Famous in the Jianghu [Comprehensive Martial Arts]

"Yes." Ling Lu bowed and quietly retreated.

There was no one around, Ye Cenqiu sat alone under the tree with a very cold look on his face, but it didn't make people feel that he was too lonely sitting here alone.

The efficiency of Linglu's work has always been fast, but after two incense sticks, he asked about the cause and effect.

"Young master, those two are Chu Liuxiang, the captain of robbers, and Sikong, the king of robbers." Linglu said to Ye Cenqiu after returning, "Just now they stole the personal jade finger ring of a wealthy businessman in the city in a competition."

"Who won?" Ye Cenqiu looked at Linglu and asked with some interest.

"It's Chu Liuxiang, the captain of bandits." Ling Lu lowered his eyes and returned, "Because the two of them were just a little behind, so the King of Thieves, Sikong Zhaixing, refused to accept it and proposed the lightness of competition."

"Okay, step back, I don't need you to take care of me here." Ye Cenqiu usually likes to be alone, he likes the feeling of being alone and quiet.

"Yes." Linglu withdrew.

Qingyi went to Ren Yazi's place to pick someone out this morning, and she was also used to the young master's habit of not liking people staying by his side.

In this case, she will go to furniture and other things first, the yard is still too simple for these things.

"The competition to steal jade fingers..." Ye Cenqiu looked at the cockatiel that was still pecking quietly without his interruption, without raising his head, Ye Cenqiu raised his hand slightly, and caught it with precision. A ginkgo leaf fell on the shoulder.

"Competition at this time?" Some pale fingers pinched the golden ginkgo leaves, Ye Cenqiu's eyes suddenly darkened.

If he remembered correctly, Jin Jiuling's black peony embroidery was stolen by him by hiring Sikong Jiexing.

Sikong Zhaixing is a person who regards "stealing" as an art, and he never steals because he lacks money.He doesn't like to steal valuable things, but he likes to steal interesting things.

But at the same time, he also has to eat, so as long as others are willing to pay a lot of money to ask him to steal something, he will also steal, but often when he steals, the thing he is asked to steal must also meet the premise of being "interesting". .

Now that Sikong Zhaixing and Jin Jiuling should still be in touch, Ye Cenqiu wanted to see Chu Liuxiang's good show.

But at this point in time, Chu Liuxiang was always smart, so he probably knew the disadvantages of such a blatant match between the two.

"There will be nothing wrong." Chu Liuxiang's strength is not fake, besides, Lu Xiaofeng is almost going to track down the Pingnan Palace because of Jin Jiuling's "Embroidered Thief".

It would be unexpected if something happened to the two "protagonists".

After eating lunch alone, someone unexpectedly came to the yard.

"Cen Qiu." The man hung a long sword with a black scabbard on his waist. He was dressed in white and had black hair. As he walked slowly, the hem of his clothes fluttered slightly. His whole body was extremely black and white.

"Brother." Ye Cenqiu looked up, a little surprised in his eyes.

He thought that as the teacher of Prince Pingnan's son, Ye Gucheng would not be able to leave when such a big event happened in the Pingnan Palace.

"King Pingnan is going to spread the news that I will compete with Ximen Chuixue." Ye Gucheng knew his younger brother well, so he saw his surprise at a glance and explained.

"He can't wait?" Ye Cenqiu pondered for a moment and asked.

This month is almost over, if nothing else, it should be the night of the full moon next month.

In fact it does.

"I agreed with Ximen Chuuxue that on the night of the full moon, on the top of the Forbidden City, I will have a sword contest with him." Ye Gucheng sat down, looked at the sword in his hand, and his eyes were not the same as Ye Cen's when he was in Baiyun City. Qiu said that she wanted to compete with Ximen Chuuxue for her joy.

For a swordsman, doing this is really not something to be happy about.

"King Pingnan suspects that he fell in love with Chu Liuxiang and Sikong Zhaixing." Ye Gucheng quickly adjusted his mood, but his expressionless face all the year round could not be seen by anyone except Ye Cenqiu.

really.

Jin Jiuling would have put the blame on Aunt Gongsun, but now that Aunt Gongsun died early at the hands of Ye Cenqiu, so Chu Liuxiang is now the top Aunt Gongsun?

Ye Cenqiu admired Jin Jiuling's courage.

"However, when Lu Xiaofeng arrived at Pingnan Palace today, he made it clear that Chu Liuxiang and Sikong Zaixing were not the 'Embroidered Thief'." Ye Gucheng continued, "Jiang Chongwei just woke up, and he didn't think that the 'Embroidered Thief' were Chu Liuxiang and Sikong Zaixing. .”

Is Lu Xiaofeng here?

It should not be too late to resolve the matter of Pingnan Palace.

"In a few days, I will leave for the capital." Ye Gucheng said and looked at Ye Cenqiu, "Prince Pingnan will leave a few days after I leave."

"I'll go with my brother." Ye Cenqiu said.

"Okay." Ye Gucheng nodded.

He came here today just to say this, if nothing happened, he still had to go back to Pingnan Palace first.

Ye Cenqiu gave Ye Gucheng a box of snacks that Qingyi made at noon, Ye Gucheng hesitated for a while and took the box of snacks and left.

Staying quietly in the yard, Ye Cenqiu did not go to inquire about the Pingnan Palace.

A few days later in the morning, Ye Gucheng stopped in front of Ye Cenqiu's yard in an unassuming carriage.

"Master." Qingyi helped Ye Cenqiu into the carriage.

Yu Luocha didn't know what he was doing, and he didn't come back for the past few days.

However, news came from Wangchuan, saying that there has been civil turmoil in the Western Demon Cult recently.

When Zhao Yu saw Ye Cenqiu coming up, she stepped forward and thoughtfully took off the cloak on him.

There is a heater in the carriage, and the temperature is not cold.

However, Ye Gucheng was still afraid that Ye Cenqiu would catch a cold, so he handed him a hand stove that he had prepared earlier.

The carriage drove slowly, because it was too high-profile to avoid attracting the attention of the people on the roadside.

This deliberately attracted attention didn't disappear until he became an official.

Once the carriage got on the official road, it stopped deliberately slowing down, and the four best horses pulled the carriage and galloped fast.

Along the way, unless the supplies on the carriage were insufficient, he would choose a nearby town to replenish supplies, and spend the rest of the time on the official road.

"It's coming soon." Ye Gucheng poured a cup of hot tea and pushed it to Ye Cenqiu.

If the weather is cold, drinking some hot water can also warm you up.

"Thank you." Ye Cenqiu picked up his teacup and took a sip.

They had set off for ten days, and just yesterday he received news that the theft of Pingnan Palace had been solved, and the murderer was Jin Jiuling who was pretending to be the "Embroidered Thief", and it was Jin Jiuling's friend Lu Xiaofeng and Bandit Commander who exposed the incident Chu Liuxiang.

In the early morning two days later, the morning light was faint.

After paying the entrance fee, a carriage slowly entered the capital.

After the carriage entered the city, it entered the inner ring with a clear goal. There was a house that King Pingnan sent someone to buy in advance.

By the time they settled down in the capital, the news that Ye Gucheng and Ximen Chuuxue were going to compete with swords had already spread throughout the rivers and lakes.

"On the night of the full moon, on the top of the Forbidden City, with a sword coming to the west, a flying fairy from the sky" has become a sentence that people in the world often say in recent days. Jian traveled thousands of miles and began to rush to the capital.

So during this period of time, the capital was almost a mixed bag, with everyone.

Because he was afraid that Ye Gucheng would be injured before the full moon night, Ye Cenqiu sent someone to trouble the Tang Sect.

So this time until three days before the night of the full moon, Ye Gucheng did not experience being plotted against by disciples of the Tang Sect.

The top of the Forbidden City is still the territory of the imperial palace no matter what, it is impossible to let a group of people from all walks of life go in to watch the competition between Ye Gucheng and Ximen Chuuxue, otherwise where will the royal face be put?

So just yesterday, the palace called Lu Xiaofeng into the palace, and they gave Lu Xiaofeng six ribbons, saying that on the night of the full moon, only people with the ribbons in their hands can enter, and it is up to Lu Xiaofeng to decide who to give the ribbons to.

For this reason, all the people in the capital are frantically looking for Lu Xiaofeng's figure, wanting to get the ribbon from Lu Xiaofeng that can enter the palace.

However, King Pingnan wanted to take this opportunity to rebel, so how could he allow only six people to enter the palace in the end?

Almost at the same time the news of the ribbon came out, a ribbon that was exactly the same as the ribbon in Lu Xiaofeng's hand was circulated on the black market.

This ribbon was sold directly to tens of thousands of taels of silver in the black market.

"Unfortunately..." Ye Cenqiu casually put the letter in his hand on the candle and lit it.

It's a pity that the ribbon is exclusive to the royal family, otherwise he could take the opportunity to make a fortune.

A ribbon worth tens of thousands of taels of silver. Sure enough, there are still a lot of wealthy people in the world.

How about raising the admission fee for the next auction?

Ye Cenqiu was a little moved.

Three days later it was the night of the full moon, the letter in his hand just now was sent to him by Lu Xiaofeng, and along with that letter came a ribbon that was fired for tens of thousands of taels.

What was written above was to invite Ye Cenqiu... No, it should be to invite "Ying Zhong" to participate in the sword competition between Ye Gucheng and Ximen Chuuxue on the night of the full moon.

Of course, Ye Cenqiu asked Lu Xiaofeng for this ribbon first, and Lu Xiaofeng didn't know where Ye Cenqiu lived.

"Cen Qiu, this is for you." Ye Gucheng came in and handed Ye Cenqiu a very familiar ribbon.

This ribbon was specially given to Ye Gucheng by the emperor when he heard that Ye Gucheng's younger brother was coming.

But Ye Cenqiu didn't intend to enter the palace as "Ye Gucheng's younger brother" from the beginning.

"Thank you, brother, but I already have it." Ye Cenqiu took the ribbon and said softly.

Ye Gucheng also saw the same ribbon on the table, but he didn't say anything.

Well, there is an extra ribbon, let's sell it and make a small profit.

Not long after they arrived in the capital, Prince Pingnan's son also quietly entered the capital, but because Ye Gucheng has attracted too much attention now, Ye Gucheng actually didn't go to see Prince Pingnan's son.

The reason why he knew the news was from his subordinates.

However, Ye Gucheng did not go to see Prince Pingnan for safety reasons, but there were other people who secretly went to see Prince Pingnan without telling their master.

That person is Wang An, the chief eunuch next to Shengshang today.