The Four Artifacts: Qinglong Sword

"Fish scale soft armor?!" Pan Suxuan nodded silently.

Zhao Niantong shook his head and said, "How could it be the soft armor with fish scales? Hasn't this treasure been lost for 30 years? Brother, you have never seen it before, so how can you be sure that he is wearing the soft armor with fish scales, one of the three treasures of our school?"

Pan Suxuan said: "Although I haven't seen it with my own eyes, I have heard from the master about the origin of this treasure. The soft armor with fish scales is made of the scales of the king of fish in the North Sea - Kunming. It is said that this Kunming lives in the deep sea and is as long as The boat is strong enough to enter the cattle, and it hides at day and night, and its lifespan can reach a hundred years. Moreover, this thing is extremely intelligent, and it is very difficult to catch it. It is useless to use ordinary bait nets and other methods. The old palace master lived in Beihai for ten years to catch this thing. For a long time, more than a hundred local fishing experts were hired with huge sums of money, and it was only after three large-scale roundups that they were caught."

Zhao Niantong asked: "The old palace master has been in Beihai for so many years, why has he been arrested three times? Shouldn't he be arrested ten times or eight times? Does it take so long to prepare for each roundup?"

Pan Suxuan replied: "Of course it wouldn't take so long if it was just preparation, but this thing is extremely cunning, and it will be difficult to take the bait if it fails to entrap once. After the first siege failed by the old palace lord, Kun Ming dived into the deep sea and disappeared for three years." Years later. The second round-up was due to the sudden appearance of Kunming, and the hasty preparation was insufficient and he was eager for success, so he returned again. There was no news of this thing in the next five years. It was also an accidental event five years later. Ming leads out again."

Zhao Niantong asked curiously: "What coincidence?" Pan Suxuan said: "The old palace master has been in the North Sea for many years. Although he did not capture Kunming, he has become an expert in fishing and fishing. In the tenth year On the way, his old man captured another deep-sea monster-the king squid.

Zhao Niantong said: "What kind of monster is that? Is it powerful?" Pan Suxuan said: "This is Kunming's mortal enemy, and it is also one of his favorite foods. I heard from the master that the adult king squid is no less than Kunming in size. The two are natural enemies of each other in the sea. If there is a contest, although Kunming has a better chance of winning, he will have to pay a heavy price with scars. The king squid captured by the old palace owner is still young, and its meat is tender and juicy. The delicacy of love. With this as bait, Kunming was drawn out and finally captured. On that day, the old palace owner and many fishermen used twelve large boats to drag Kunming to the shore, eight four-seater carriages and 40 Several strong men brought it ashore. Kun Ming's scales are extremely hard, but the soft scales on the abdomen are as soft as silk, which is the best material for making clothes. The old palace master took out the soft scales and mixed them with a thousand taels of gold It took three years for Feng Cai, who is known as "the first needle in the south of the Yangtze River", to make this invulnerable town treasure.

Zhao Niantong said: "It took ten years to catch fish, and another three years to make clothes. I spent these 13 years just for a piece of armor that can block knives and guns. Isn't it worth it?"

Pan Suxuan said: "This treasure can not only block knives and guns, but also protect the big holes all over the body, so as not to be injured by hidden weapons and finger force. What's more rare is that this thing can avoid water and fire. Yang Zongheng, do you think it is a treasure?"

Zhao Niantong said: "Even if it is invulnerable to swords and guns, water and fire, why did the old palace master spend so much manpower and financial resources in his old age to make a precious armor that he hardly needs?"

Pan Suxuan nodded and said: "Junior Sister, what you said is also reasonable. Although the martial arts of the old palace master is not to dominate the martial arts world, but it is also the pinnacle, and there are few rivals. How could he go to mobilize the masters to build a martial art in his twilight years?" What about such a treasure?"

Zhao Niantong said with a smile: "Haha, our Eldest Master Pan was also overwhelmed by my questions. It's really rare, rare! Besides, what did you call me just now? Who is your junior sister?"

Pan Suxuan took a closer look, Zhao Niantong in front of him was dressed as a handsome scholar, his apricot eyes were crooked and looked at him with a smile, although he was dressed in men's clothing, but it added a bit of aura, he couldn't help but his heart moved, his face turned red, thinking that there were so many people here. , it is inappropriate to expose Zhao Niantong's identity as a woman, and hurriedly said: "It was my slip of the tongue, brother Zhao laughed..."

Zhao Niantong laughed loudly and said: "It's not in the way, it's not in the way, just be careful next time Brother Pan. Let's get down to business, Brother Pan, you only know the origin of the soft armor, but how can you be sure that this boy is wearing it?"

Pan Suxuan said: "I just used Xuanming's finger to touch the boy's Zusanli, not only didn't hurt him, but I was injured by the finger." After speaking, he slowly raised his right hand.

Zhao Niantong looked at Pan Suxuan's fingers, and sure enough, his right index finger turned slightly black, which was a symptom of being hit by Xuanming's finger force.Pan Suxuan said: "This soft armor with fish scales can not only resist the attacker's moves, but also use it on the attacker himself. It's just like saying that you should use your own way to return to your own body. There is no second such armor in the world." .”

Zhao Niantong said: "That's strange. The treasure armor disappeared in the second year after the death of the old palace lord. All three thousand disciples were sent to search for it for more than a month. I heard that the palace lord was very angry about it. , the red-clothed first apprentice brother Ning who was in charge of guarding the temple was abolished all his martial arts, reduced to a green-clothed disciple and imprisoned in the bitter cold cave in the back mountain, even the elder Shenmu was implicated. How could he show up here today?"

Pan Suxuan said: "That's true. At the beginning, Elder Shenmu was in charge of guarding the palace, and the temple where Baojia was located was designed and supervised by him. There are many organs and traps in the temple, and the outside of the temple is heavily guarded and guarded." Strictly guarded, how this fish-scale soft armor disappeared without a trace in the net of heaven and earth is indeed unimaginable. Unless..."

Zhao Niantong said: "Unless there is an inner ghost?"

Pan Suxuan said: "Well, that's the only possibility. I think the Palace Master thought about it that way at the time, and the most suspected ones were Senior Brother Ning and Elder Shenmu, so they severely punished them."

Zhao Niantong said: "No wonder, ever since I can remember, I have felt that Elder Shenmu seldom speaks and is depressed every day. Wouldn't it be a great achievement to successfully take back the fish-scale soft armor and return to the palace?"

Pan Suxuan said: "Well, even if you can't get it back, it's good to know the whereabouts of the treasure armor and report it to the Palace Master."

Zhao Niantong said loudly: "Then what are you waiting for, let's set off quickly!"

Pan Suxuan shook his head and said, "It's not easy to find someone in this huge Jinling City?"

Zhao Niantong giggled and said: "Brother Pan, you forgot that I am lost?!"

Pan Suxuan asked in amazement: "When did you spread Mizongsan on this young man? Why didn't I notice it?"

Zhao Niantong said: "Of course he doesn't have it on him, but he has an item that belongs to me, so it's fine to have it on it."

Pan Suxuan suddenly realized: "You mean the jade pendant? You sprinkled Misongsan on the jade pendant?"

Zhao Niantong said: "That's right. Brother Pan, you always say that I am forgetful, and I am out with you. I don't want to be reprimanded by you for throwing things away. Although this jade pendant is not a high-quality item, I also like it very much, so when I bought it , just sprinkled Mizongsan on it. I didn’t expect this unintentional move to be of great help now.”

Pan Suxuan smiled and said, "Brother Zhao, you really have the foresight. Let's set off without delay."

This Mizong Powder is made of Mizong Grass, a unique plant on Shennv Peak of Caixia Palace, which can emit a unique aroma, attracting herding ants from the Shennv Peak to come for food.Taking advantage of this feature, Caixia Palace people usually carry Misongsan and a few nomadic ants when they go down the mountain, which can be used for tracking or escape when they are lost.

Zhao Niantong took out a small square box from his arms, opened the lid, and released two nomadic ants.The nomadic ants turned twice on the ground, hesitated a little, and then crawled northwest.

Pan and Zhao followed behind, walked about ten miles, and came to the gate of a big house. The nomadic ants disappeared into the grass at the corner gate.

The two looked up and saw two large characters hanging in the middle of the gate of the mansion - "Chen's Mansion".Outside the gate of the mansion, there are four guards lined up on the left and right, with waist knives in their hands, and big bellies staring coldly at the passers-by.

As soon as Pan Suxuan saw these two words on the door, his heart was moved, and he thought to himself: "This time when we go down the mountain, the master told us to hand over his old man's handwritten letter to a senior named Chen in the Jinling government before the tenth day of March. If he is in trouble, we must help him, could it be that this is his residence?"

Just as he was thinking, he heard Zhao Niantong say: "That's it, let's go in and catch this kid."

Pan Suxuan said: "Don't be busy, this is not an ordinary place, you can't intrude."

Zhao Niantong said: "Brother Pan, why did you become so timid all of a sudden? What kind of place is this? Is there anything you can't break into? Could it be the inner courtyard of the palace?"

Pan Suxuan said: "It's not the inner courtyard of the imperial palace, but it's also the family of Tianhuang nobles. Let's not talk about the scale and grandeur of this courtyard, but the knowledge can be seen from the gate of this mansion."

Zhao Niantong was puzzled and said, "Aside from being huge, what else is so special about this mansion?"

Pan Suxuan said: "The door itself is not different, but the nail on the door reveals the identity of the owner."

Zhao Niantong shook his head and said, "What's so strange about the door nails? Brother Pan, don't be fooled. What's going on?"

Pan Suxuan smiled and said: "There are nine vertical and seven horizontal doors here - 63 door nails, and the door of the Son of Heaven is nine vertical and nine horizontal - a total of 81 door nails, which means ninety-nine return to one. The identity of the owner of this mansion It is only slightly inferior to today's son, and logically speaking, it should be a prince or son-in-law. But my dynasty's surname is Song, and the owner here is named Chen, so it should not be the prince's mansion.

Today, the Holy One is young, and although he is married, he has not yet given birth to an heir, and the sons-in-law of the eldest princesses have never heard of anyone with the surname Chen.It can be seen that the owner of this mansion must be an important minister who has close ties with the royal family.Judging from the gate and door hairpin at the door, this place should be the residence of a military general, and the residence of a martial arts practitioner must be heavily guarded.Such an important place, Brother Zhao, do you think we should trespass? "

Zhao Niantong was tongue-tied when asked, and said hesitantly: "This...then...then, in your opinion, what should we do?"

Pan Suxuan said: "Stand still, let's inquire about it."

Before the words were finished, the corner door on the west side of the main entrance creaked open, and two beautiful women walked out one after the other.The woman walking in front was about 25 or [-] years old. She was dressed as an official's maid, and she was wearing Tsing Yi. While walking, she turned her head and told something to the girl behind her.The girl following behind seemed to be only sixteen or seventeen years old, wearing a sky blue dress, bowing her head and shoulders, walking in small steps, nodding her head from time to time to cater to the woman in front.

Seeing this, Pan Suxuan winked at Zhao Niantong, and the two understood and quietly followed.

After walking not far, the two women in front stopped at the gate of a cloth shop. The older woman pointed to the plaque of the cloth shop and muttered something, while the girl behind kept nodding.

Pan Suxuan looked up and saw "Chaiji Buzhuang" written on the plaque.The two women talked for a while under the plaque, and then walked slowly into the cloth house one after the other.

Zhao Niantong tugged at his cuff and whispered, "Brother, you wait at the door, I'll go in and check the situation."

Pan Suxuan said: "I will go with you."

Zhao Niantong said with a smile: "Brother, are you also proficient in the matter of female embroiderers?"

Pan Suxuan blushed, thinking that he really didn't know anything about this matter, and besides, he and Zhao Niantong were both dressed in men's clothes at this time, and it would be suspicious for two men to visit the cloth shop together, so he nodded and said: "Okay, Brother Zhao, please add more careful."

Zhao Niantong smiled sweetly at him, turned around and lifted his robes, turned his hand on the fan, and walked towards the store.

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