Taiping Inn

Tingfeng Tower has three levels: Raven, Nightingale, and Bluebird. Miss Cai is a Nightingale, those "guys" and the men who stayed outside the charity cemetery are Ravens, and the Bluebird in front of you is the boss of this Tingfeng Tower.

Li Xuandu slowly walked forward and sat on the left side of Fugui's couch.

The blue bird filled a cup of tea for Li Xuandu with extremely skilled tea art, and then asked: "I wonder what news this guest wants to find out?"

Li Xuandu pondered for a moment, and said: "Tingfeng Tower has always had a good reputation over the years, otherwise I would not have come, but I still want to ask you that your store must not leak the news of what I am about to say."

The blue bird smiled and nodded, "Of course."

Li Xuandu lowered his head and glanced at the teacup. There was no text on it, only a picture of a hundred birds paying homage to the phoenix. He said: "I want to find out the whereabouts of a person. This person's surname is Qin, and his given name is Xiang. He has served as the Minister of War, the Left Commander-in-Chief of the Left Army, and the Governor-General of Qinzhong. Later, he was given the seal of the General of Conquering the Enemy and served as the Commander-in-Chief of Qinzhou and Zhongzhou Military Affairs. He was imprisoned in the second year of Tianbao. In the fourth year of Bao, he was released from the imperial prison after the petition of Sun Songchan, the chief minister of the cabinet, to plead for him. "

The smile on Qingniao's face gradually froze, replaced by a solemn expression, and he said in a deep voice: "This guest, you should know that this Qin Dudu was once a wanted criminal of the court. Even if he is not now, he is still a thorn in the flesh and eyes of the Queen Mother and the Qingluan Guard. If you are involved with this Qin Dudu, it may not be a good thing. "

Li Xuandu said: "Of course I know, otherwise I would not come to you. "

Qingniao was silent for a long time, and then said: "I don't care whether you are a member of the court, or an old subordinate of Qin Dudu, or an old person of the four ministers, I will remind you now that the price of this news is very expensive. "

Li Xuandu asked: "How much is it?"

Qingniao silently stretched out two fingers.

Li Xuandu was silent for a moment, then sighed, "Two thousand Taiping money, that's sixty thousand taels of silver, I wonder how much food it can buy."

Qingniao's face had a little smile again: "If the guest thinks it's too expensive, we in Tingfeng Tower won't force you to buy."

"I bought it." Li Xuandu said expressionlessly.

The smile on Qingniao's face, which had just appeared for a short time, suddenly froze, and hesitantly said: "Sir, you said... bought it?"

Li Xuandu did not answer, but took out three Taiping notes of 500 yuan and fifty Wuyou coins from the "Eighteenth Floor".

Qingniao looked at these Taiping coins that should have been very tempting, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "It seems that the guest has made up his mind, so please follow me."

After that, she got up from the Fugui couch, came to the Duobao lattice, gently turned the hands on the self-ringing clock, and then saw the bookshelf on the other side split from the middle, and the wall behind the bookshelf rose up, and behind it was a staircase leading to the underground.

Qingniao picked up a candlestick from the table to illuminate the road and walked straight into it. Li Xuan did not hesitate and followed him in.

This staircase was not too long, with a total of 360 steps, and then the two came to an underground hall.

This hall occupies a large area, surrounded by densely packed bookshelves, each of which is three feet high and flush with the dome of the hall. The bookshelves are divided into nine layers, and the highest layers can only be reached with a ladder. Each grid of the bookshelf is filled with thick files, and the pages of the files are filled with various bookmarks.

After looking around, Qingniao pushed a book cart ladder to a bookshelf on the west side, then climbed the ladder and took out a file from the eighth layer of the bookshelf.

Qingniao jumped off the book cart ladder and came to the only table in the middle of the hall. He found a page of bookmarks and spread the file in his hand on it.

Li Xuandu also followed to the table and took a quick glance. He saw that many contents on the pages were written in different shades of ink. It was obvious that they were not written at the same time. The contents were even more varied, including the latest developments in the court, the cabinet's bills, the approval of the Ministry of Rites, and various memorials from the imperial envoys.

The blue bird's eyes quickly swept through many irrelevant contents, and finally landed on the end of this page, reading: "The last time Qin Xiang appeared in public was at the Lantern Festival in Longmen Prefecture on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month in the sixth year of Tianbao. He was invited by the Sikong Dajiu of the Wanxiang Academy to go to Longmen Prefecture and stay at the Mingsheng Inn. The two of them talked secretly until late at night under the pretext of watching the moon. The content of their secret conversation is unknown. Since then, Qin Xiang has not appeared in public."

Li Xuandu frowned and was about to speak, but the blue bird continued to read: "According to the Nightingale of the Zi Department According to reports, Qin Xiang tried to go north several times after this incident, but for some unknown reason he was unable to do so. He finally went to Jingzhou via Longmen Prefecture on April 6, and then went to Jiangzhou from Jingzhou.

She raised her head, looked at Li Xuandu, and said softly: "Qin Xiang is now in Jinling City, Jinling Prefecture, Jiangzhou."

As the saying goes, "Ten miles of Qinhuai, Jinling is a dream." If we talk about prosperity, Jiangnan is better than the declining Zhongzhou, and Jinling Prefecture, as the most prosperous place in Jiangnan, is not inferior to the imperial capital.

Li Xuandu frowned and said: "Jinling is so big. If your store only tells me that Qin Xiang is in Jinling City, it is just like looking for a needle in a haystack to looking for a needle in a lake. I am afraid it is not worth the price of two thousand Taiping coins."

"Don't worry, please listen to my explanation." Qingniao said slowly, "After all, the governor of Qin is a living person, not a dead person. He has hands and feet, and his journey is uncertain. Zhongzhou is more than a thousand miles away from Jinling. It is also difficult to send messages back and forth. So we can only confirm that he is still in Jinling City. As for where he is in Jinling City, and whether he will continue to stay here in the future, we dare not promise. Just as I was talking to the guest, the governor of Qin was in Qinhuai for ten miles. When the guest arrived at Jinling City, he had already left the Qinhuai River to go to the Saint Temple, and even left the Jinling City. The guest was empty. But we have to say that our news is inaccurate, there is no such reason.”

Speaking of this, Li Xuandu cannot refuse to agree, but he believes that Tingfenglou will inevitably have a solution.

Sure enough, Bluebird continued, "But we can send someone to lead the way for the guest officials. We have our staff in Jinling City. After we arrive, we can directly lead the guest officials to meet the Qin Governor."

Hearing this, Li Xuan suddenly understood one of the keys. He looked at the beautiful woman in front of him and slowly said, "If I guessed correctly, Governor Qin left Zhongzhou through the path of Bailianfang."

The blue bird was shocked and calmed down. He didn't dare to underestimate the young man in front of him anymore. He said calmly: "Governor Qin left Zhongzhou under the escort of Bailianfang to Jinling, Tingfeng Tower, Bailianfang, Wen Xiangtang and Wandumen have coexisted for many years, and sometimes it is inevitable to communicate with each other, so we have the whereabouts of the Qin governor."

Li Xuan was not surprised and nodded, "So that's it. But if I, an outsider, knows your secret, won't you do anything if Tingfenglou?"

The blue bird looked at Li Xuandu deeply and asked, "What do you want us to do?"

Li Xuan smiled and said, "For example, killing someone to silence you."

Qingniao was stunned and said with a smile: "The guest officer is really joking. If you kill the guest without any reason and the matter will be spread, then we should not do the business of Tingfenglou."

Li Xuandu turned his head and looked in another direction: "Since you are not going to kill someone to silence me, please show up, why bother to hide it?"

After the words came, a graceful figure walked out from the darkness in the corner of the hall.

Unlike the beautiful blue bird wearing a wide robe and big sleeves, although she is also a beauty, she has a spiky rose. She is wearing black leather armor that is not common in the world. It is made of multiple layers of leather and has a surface painted. Painted with various talismans, which can not only withstand various arrows and hidden weapons, but also defend against magic.

On her feet were a pair of long iron boots, but there was no sound when she walked. There was a dagger in the boots, and there were two interlaced sheathed scimitars around her waist.

She whispered: "The guest officer has such a powerful ear power. I just vomited half of the turbid breath and was discovered by the guest officer."

Li Xuan looked at the blue bird and waited for her explanation.

The blue bird smiled slightly and said, "We Tingfeng Tower is divided into twelve divisions according to the twelve earthly branches. Each division has its own responsibilities. She is the blue bird of Chen, and I am the blue bird of Mao."