Cannon Fodder Collection [Comprehensive]

Chapter 165 Little Phoenix (15)

This is true.

At that time, Tianzi wanted to find a new head arrester for Six Doors, and it might be more than that, but his old man took a fancy to Lin Ning.In addition to martial arts, wisdom, courage and chivalry, Lin Ning's compassion for the common people in the case of the red shoes has also caught the eyes of today's people.

What to say?

Not to mention the issue of the prohibition of chivalrous use of martial arts, it is simply the issue that martial arts people are not friendly to ordinary people.The unfriendliness here is not just about bullying the weak, but that most of the martial arts people don't take the common people very seriously. They will only choose to use violence to control violence, and then leave, leaving the common people to face the ensuing dire straits.

Heroes have gained a good reputation, but many times they can't bring good results.

But for today's emperor, all the people in the world are his subjects, so he is naturally more inclined to be an official who can truly understand the suffering of the people, especially an institution like Liufan, which was originally set up to face people in the Jianghu.

And Lin Ning has a good impression of today's world, even though she hasn't met him yet.

But today, facing wave after wave of attempts to usurp the throne, but has not doubted life, it is worth looking at it differently.Furthermore, in the original book, although only a few pens and inks are used to describe the present day, it also portrays an emperor with extraordinary demeanor, saying "I am practicing the sword of the emperor, to level the world, to secure the people, and to strategize, "Decisively winning a thousand miles away" is enough to reflect its courage.

Just let her into the public house?

Lin Ning really had no such intention.

That being said, Lin Ning still accepted the commission, since the Hua family was involved after all.

The people from the six doors who came to her this time saw that she agreed, and their attitude became more enthusiastic. They not only took out the secret report, but also said that if Lin Ning needs anything, just ask Lin Ning. It seems that they also think that today's This time, the emperor wanted to recruit Lin Ning as the chief arrester of the six sects, that is, their immediate boss.

Lin Ning didn't say anything, but looked at the relevant information with ease.

The secret report only mentioned that the Peacock Prince hired a powerful character to steal the Jade Buddha of the Vast Sea, but did not mention what kind of powerful character this powerful character was.When Lin Ning checked, he found that the Hanhai Jade Buddha was almost stolen 15 years ago, and the thieves at that time were iron shoe thieves who were rampant for a while.

This iron shoe thief was causing chaos in the Central Plains at that time. He was extremely ruthless, and his actions were unpredictable. The doormen shot one after another, and finally killed the iron shoe thief on the spot.

Lin Ning moved slightly.

According to the secret report that the Peacock Prince wants to steal the Jade Buddha of the Hanhai to usurp the throne, it means that the Jade Buddha of the Hanhai is of great importance, and it is very likely to be equivalent to the Jade Seal of the Hanhai Kingdom. It is kept strictly confidential, and not many people know about it, so at that time, the Iron Shoes Thief was making troubles everywhere in the Central Plains, was the ultimate goal of the Hanhai Jade Buddha?

Thinking of this, Lin Ning looked at the case file about the Iron Shoe Bandit among the six doors.

Six Doors’ records about the Iron Shoe Bandit are still very detailed. The location and time of the crime were also clearly recorded. Lin Ning found out that the location of the Iron Shoe Bandit’s crime was centered on Hua’s Peach Blossom Fort. of.

And why did no one suspect that the Iron Shoes Bandit was not a single person, but a gang?That's because the modus operandi of each case is exactly the same, as well as the unique imprint of the Iron Shoe Bandit.

This makes many people think that the iron shoe thief is not a human being.

It is not impossible for human beings, and the reincarnation of Earth Fiend is also nonsense. If many possibilities are ruled out, the remaining possibilities, no matter how inconceivable, are the truth, that is, the Iron Shoes Bandit is really not a single person, but a gang.

Not only that, but it is also very possible to know the meaning of the Hanhai Jade Buddha, and maybe it has something to do with the Hanhai Kingdom.

Lin Ning suddenly thought of one thing. After pondering for a while, she set off for Jiangnan.

The south of the Yangtze River is good, the river flowers are red than the fire at sunrise, and the scenery is old and familiar.

As the wealthiest family in the world, the Hua family has celebrated their [-]th birthday, and many wealthy and famous people have come to congratulate them. Naturally, various priceless birthday gifts are indispensable.

If there is a big baby, it will naturally attract small thieves.

Sikong Zhaixing was gearing up for a big fight, but in the blink of an eye, he met a pair of eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling.

Sikong Zhaixing: "..."

Sikong Zhaixing said weakly: "Why are you here?"

Lin Ning smiled slightly: "Of course I came here specially to find you."

Sikong Zhaixing immediately jumped five feet away: "I definitely didn't tell Lu Xiaoji about your abandonment of the young leader of the Western Demon Sect!"

Lin Ning: "..."

Sikong Zhaixing: "..." Didn't he just call himself out?

Lin Ning waved to him: "Come here."

Sikong Zhaixing said dryly: "Will you hit me?"

Lin Ning thought for a while and said, "It depends on the situation."

Ai Ai said, "What's the situation?"

He still refused to walk back, Lin Ning put his hand on the hilt of the Longyin Sword: "Do you think it's your lightness skill that is faster, or my sword is faster."

Sikong Zhaixing had no choice but to come over slowly, like a bullied little daughter-in-law.

Lin Ning rolled his eyes in his heart: "How much do you know about the iron shoe thief?"

Sikong Zhaixing cheered up: "You said that the iron shoe thief who did all kinds of evil in the Central Plains 15 years ago? No matter what his status is in the eyes of other thieves, in my opinion, I am ashamed to be with him. Don't you know , At that time, no less than 30 people died in his hands, and the methods were very vicious, and I seriously suspect that the Iron Shoes Bandit was not one person, at least two, so as to ensure that they could commit several major crimes overnight. "Sikong Zhaixing actually seldom kills, and he admires thieves as well, so naturally he despises the ruthless iron shoe robber.

Lin Ning raised his eyebrows slightly: "Have you studied it?"

"Of course, I also know the origin of the Iron Shoes Thief." Sikong Zhaixing said proudly.

Lin Ning said directly: "Donghai Poison Dragon Island."

Sikong Zhaixing was stunned: "You know. Wait, how did you know?"

"I have studied the case records of people in the martial arts chasing the iron shoe thief. It is recorded that once everyone tracked the iron shoe thief to the Meng River, and the iron shoe thief jumped into the Meng River when he saw that there was no way out. At that time The people sent guards along both sides of the river, and searched the river for two full hours, but no one came ashore, but soon the iron shoe thief showed up again, which made the people in the rivers and lakes think that he was the reincarnation of an evil star. He even said that he is a ghost." Lin Ning said with a sigh of relief, "I don't believe such a statement, but I think that the iron shoe thief is most likely to be able to hold his breath in the water for up to two hours, which is naturally impossible for ordinary people Yes, but I think there is always someone in this world who can do it."

It's fine to be like Chu Liuxiang, but there is no Chu Liuxiang in this world, but there are other talented people.

Sikong Zhaixing continued: "That's why you thought of Dulong Island."

Lin Ning nodded: "Of course, it's also because of the iron shoes."

Sikong Zhaixing rested his hands on the back of his head and said: "I thought so too, the two of us want to go together."

It turns out that many years ago, Dulong Island was rich in a peerless seafood called beauty abalone. This kind of beauty abalone is expensive, and dignitaries are flocking to it. However, it is very difficult to catch the beauty abalone, requiring sea hunters to walk on the seabed wearing iron shoes and holding their breath.The one with the best breath-holding skills can go into the water for an hour or two, but the owner of Dulong Island is too greedy and exploits the sea-hunters under him, causing them many casualties.

In the end, the people who chased the sea were unwilling to suffer, so they rose up to resist, captured the owner of Dulong Island alive, made him a pair of iron shoes with hot molten iron, and threw him into the sea to feed the sharks.

Since then, there has been no business of the beauty Bao in the market, but there has been the legend of the iron shoe thief.

It can be said that everyone on Dulong Island can hold their breath in the water for such a long time, and there is also a pair of iron shoes, and the various performances of the iron shoe thief all point the direction to Dulong Island, but the martial arts of the iron shoe thief is quite high, isn't it? Ordinary sailors can do it.

Lin Ning asked: "Then do you know how Dulong Island fell?"

Since the people who chased the sea killed the island owner unwilling to suffer, there is no reason why the beauty Bao's business should not be done.

Sikong Zhaixing shook his head: "I really haven't thought about this."

Lin Ning let out a "huh", raised his eyes and asked again: "Do you know that the Jade Buddha of the Han Sea is in Hua's house? It seems that you know it."

Sikong Zhaixing quickly said: "I know that I didn't want to steal it. I also know that there are various organs in the place where the Jade Buddha is placed, and that is the Hua family. Wait, why should I destroy my own prestige? There is nothing down there that I dare not steal, and there is no place I dare not go, even inside the palace."

Lin Ning glanced at him: "Then you are awesome."

Sikong Zhaixing: "..."

Lin Ning was very innocent: "Tell me about how you know that the Jade Buddha of the Han Sea is in Hua's house?"

Sikong Zhaixing finally realized the problem: "No, why do you seem to be interrogating me?"

Lin Ning said abruptly: "To tell you the truth, this case was entrusted to me by Six Doors."

Sikong Zhaixing immediately frowned when he heard this, he is allergic to six doors!I just thought about it and thought it was wrong, "When did the relationship between the Six Doors and you ease enough to assign the case to you? I always felt that they wanted to catch you and put you in jail. Of course they couldn't beat you. gone."

Lin Ning said indifferently: "Is there?"

Sikong Zhaixing shrugged.

He didn't pursue it any further, he wasn't worried that Lin Ning would be tricked by Liu Fan, and he didn't think Liu Fan had the guts to cheat her, so he just told him how he knew about Hanhai Jade Buddha being in Hua's house up.According to him, before the Iron Shoes Thief ran rampant, no one in the world of thieves knew that the Hanhai Jade Buddha was in Hua's house. Afterwards, some people got some information vaguely, but Sikong Zhaixing can guarantee that it is up to now that they There are no more than three people here who know about it, and it is even less likely for others to know about it.

This allowed Lin Ning to confirm that the Iron Shoes Bandit came for the Hanhai Jade Buddha. Not only that, the Iron Shoes Bandit had a connection with the royal family of the Hanhai Kingdom.Now that the Peacock Prince has hired a powerful character, it is very likely that this powerful character is still the Iron Shoe Bandit—only one Iron Shoe Bandit died back then, but not all of them died—and the Iron Shoe Bandit was driven to steal the vast sea. The Jade Buddha's should not be the Peacock Prince who was still young at the time, but more likely his close relatives, so that after more than ten years, the grown Peacock Prince can still drive the Iron Shoes Thief.

It's just that Lin Ning doesn't know much about the royal family of Hanhai Kingdom, after all Hanhai Kingdom is far away in the Western Regions.

Wait, Western Regions.

"Has the Iron Shoes Bandit appeared again? I haven't heard any news about it." Sikong Zhaixing realized this question again at this moment, and asked curiously.

Lin Ning looked at him.

Sikong Zhaixing: "...Why do you look at me like that? It makes me feel gross."

Lin Ning said slowly: "Maomao is right."

Sikong Zhaixing: "..."

Is it too late for him to escape now?

Hua Ruling passed his [-]th birthday, and he has his own Hua family to take care of him. It has nothing to do with Huamanlou. It's just that the birthday party is approaching, but Huamanlou still encounters something unexpected for him.

On the way to Peach Blossom Castle with Lu Xiaofeng, he was stunned by his family's servants and locked up in his family's other courtyard, Yuxiu Villa.When Lu Xiaofeng and Lu Xiaofeng used the Thunderbolt bomb from the Jiangnan Thunderbolt Hall to find a way out, and rushed to Peach Blossom Castle to ask his father about it, his father mentioned a thing that exploded like a spring thunder:

The Iron Shoes Bandit appeared again.

There is a piece of paper with the shoe prints of the Iron Shoe Thief as proof, and Hua Ruling was afraid that Hua Manlou would be irritated, and he didn't want another accident to happen to him, so he wanted to protect him in Yuxiu Villa.

It turned out that Hua Manlou's eyes were not blind due to illness, but were stabbed blind by the iron shoe robbers back then, and he was only blind because of illness.

Huamanlou knew that Hua Ruling was doing it for his own good, but he was not someone who would run away when things happened. He also wanted to get rid of this grievance, so he rejected Hua Ruling's proposal, and wanted to face the iron man who reappeared after many years. Shoe Thief.In fact, all these years, he has always felt that the iron shoe thief is not dead, not only that, he also feels that the iron shoe thief is haunting Peach Blossom Castle.

But this is just his feeling, even if he mentioned it to Hua Ruling, Hua Ruling didn't believe it. After all, he joined other experts to kill the Iron Shoes Thief, and there is no reason why the Iron Shoes Thief is still alive.

Hua Manlou turned around and said apologetically to Lu Xiaofeng, "This time I have troubled you."

"Where is it, Uncle Hua is also doing it for you." Lu Xiaofeng felt a little uncomfortable, but he quickly covered it up and said indifferently as usual.But he quickly changed the subject, "The garden of your house is well maintained, quiet and elegant, and unique."

Hua Manlou smiled and said, "If you say that, I can show you around."

Lu Xiaofeng just said casually: "I'd rather have a few drinks with you than go shopping in the garden."

Hua Manlou nodded: "Alright."

Lu Xiaofeng glanced at him, although he looked normal, but Lu Xiaofeng could still see that he was different from usual, Lu Xiaofeng was a little guilty, so he said casually: "Brother Hua, do you know that Brother Lin and the Western Demon Sect are young? What happened to the leader that happened just before the moon and the moon?"

Hua ManLou: "?"

Lu Xiaofeng coughed dryly: "I also heard about this from Monkey Spirit." He told Hua Manlou what he heard from Sikong Jiexing.

Hua Manlou said after listening, "I think you and Sikong Zaixing spread the rumor."

Lu Xiaofeng hastily threw the blame away: "Hey, actually it's mainly because Hou Jing doesn't have a good mouth."

Hua Manlou shook his head slightly: "Actually, my family sent an invitation to Brother Lin, and she said she would come to celebrate my father's birthday."

"Then why didn't I see her? The banquet will be held tomorrow." He met Zen Master Dabei, head of Wudang School Shi Yan, Bashan Xiaogu Daoren, Xiangxi hero Wu Shanyun, and Diancang School's Guan Guan. Tiangao, and Eagle Eye Lao Qi and the others, among them are almost the masters who participated in the eradication of the Iron Shoes Thief.

"I don't know that either."

So I called the servants to ask the previous question, and the servants said that Lin Ning was coming, but something was delayed on the way, but he would arrive as soon as possible today.

After the servants retreated, Hua Manlou remembered something and turned to Lu Xiaofeng: "I haven't seen her for a long time, but we have written letters. Didn't you meet her earlier about the robbery case?" Has it passed? Did you ask her to confirm what you just told me?"

Lu Xiaofeng: "...No." He thought of the Pink Swallow who flung his eye hook towards him again, and retched, "You better not bring up the robbery case with me."

Hua Manlou hesitated and asked tentatively, "Could it be that he has taken a fancy to you?"

Lu Xiaofeng: "...he actually also has a crush on Brother Lin." This matter must be left behind.

Hua Manlou was considerate and didn't bring up this matter again. After he and Lu Xiaofeng had dinner and had a heart-to-heart talk, the servants over there came to tell Lin Ning.The two of them went to the front hall to greet them. Lin Ning was still dressed as Lin Shaoxia, with a green lotus-colored long dress, standing there like a Zhilan Yushu. At first glance, she seemed to be a junior from a martial arts family, but her name As soon as the news came out, whoever knew about it would treat her as a junior, even if she "debuted" only last year, but in terms of status in the world, she was enough to be on an equal footing with a group of leaders.

Even though she doesn't look so young.

Seeing her, Hua Ruling's eyes brightened, but other people like Wudang master Shi Yan and Eagle Eye Lao Qi felt a little uncomfortable. Fortunately, they have known about it for a long time and are used to it now, so He quickly adjusted his mentality and still treated her as Lin Shaoxia.

Lin Shaoxia also behaved very Lin Shaoxia, with extreme confusion in every move, so that people who knew her identity unconsciously let go of the entanglement in their hearts.

There was also a Jianghu who was not a lot of Jianghu, and that was Song Wencao who was standing half a step back from Hua Ruling's side.It can be seen that his status in Peach Blossom Castle is not low, and this person is a miracle doctor. It is said that he has excellent medical skills. He has been in Peach Blossom Castle for so many years, doing his best for Huamanlou's eyes.

Lin Ning took a look at Song Wencao, and quickly turned his eyes away.

After exchanging pleasantries, Hua Ruling ordered someone to call Huamanlou and Lu Xiaofeng.

Lin Ning simply said to lead her there, Hua Ruling said with a smile: "That's fine, you young people can still chat."

Lin Ning was led by a loyal servant of the Hua family for many years. Lin Ning casually mentioned Song Wencao on the road, and only then did he know that Song Wencao had been in the Hua family for 15 years.Lin Ning asked a few more common things related to Song Wencao, and then bumped into Hua Manlou and Lu Xiaofeng who had received the concierge's letter.

"Brother Lin." x2

Lin Ning replied, "Brother Lu, Brother Hua."

Lu Xiaofeng smiled and said: "I just talked about you with Hua Manlou earlier, and you came here."

Lin Ning glanced at him: "Are you saying I've been in chaos and abandoned?"

Lu Xiaofeng: "...how can it be."

Hua Manlou said to her: "You have come here in a hurry, and you are tired after thinking about it. I will tell the butler to prepare a room for you." Naturally, there is no shortage of guest rooms in Peach Blossom Castle, but Lin Ning's situation is special. It is impossible to arrange an ordinary guest room for her, which naturally needs to be clearly explained to the housekeeper.

Lin Ning's smile deepened: "Thank you."

Hua ManLou asked his servants to lead him to the busy butler, and now only Lin Ning and Lu XiaoFeng were left in the courtyard.

Lin Ning cut to the chase: "What happened?"

Lu Xiaofeng: "Huh?"

Lin Ning glanced at the ring on his hand, "That's the ring that Hua Manlou never leaves, but now it's on your hand."

Lu Xiaofeng turned the ring and sighed: "I knew I couldn't hide it from you." He leaned over and explained the matter in a low voice. It turned out that he was able to meet Eagle Eye Lao Qi and the others in advance because Hua Ruling concealed it. Blossoming all over the building for him to see.In order to get rid of Huamanlou's knots, Hua Ruling wanted to let Lu Xiaofeng pretend to be the iron shoe thief, and then play a play with Eagle Eye Laoqi and let Huamanlou personally "kill" the iron shoe thief. The shoe print of the Iron Shoe Bandit that Manlou saw was the imprint of Hua Ruling rubbing it in the past, and the reason why Lu Xiaofeng has Huamanlou's heirloom ring in his hand is because Huamanlou entrusted it to Lu Xiaofeng.

Lin Ning's first question after listening was: "Who came up with this plan in the first place?"

Lu Xiaofeng thought for a while and said, "Song Wencao, the genius doctor Song, he has been treating Huamanlou and knows his condition best, and Uncle Hua had a serious illness a few years ago, and his health has not been very good, so I want to borrow it This birthday fulfills a wish. Why do you ask?"

He is also very sharp.

Lin Ning said bluntly: "Then do you see that he has changed his face?"

Lu Xiaofeng: "!" He didn't!

Lin Ning's disguise technique is not only superb, but it can also be called a proficiency. In addition, her acting skills are online, so after she played Lin Shaoxia, before she said it herself, others did not see through it at all. So is Sikong Zhaixing, who is also good at disguise.It can be said that she has a lot of research on the disguise technique, and with her careful observation, she can quickly judge whether a person is disguised or not. In addition, that Song Wencao has many flaws, like his expression is rigid, even if he shows With such an expression of surprise, the emotions in the eyes are in place, but the other parts of the face have not changed at all.

Of course, this may also be facial nerve necrosis.

It's just that when Lin Ning asked the loyal servants of the Hua family and learned that Song Wencao "has a good face", he can be sure that he is easy-going, and his real identity is also worth pondering.

Gee.

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