The puppet tried several times to shake off the saint and run straight towards the carriage, but was stopped forcefully by the saint.
With the help of Ghost Princess, the Saint not only got back her own power, but also absorbed some of the inner strength of the woman in green, which improved her power a little bit.
Su Xiaoxiao no longer paid attention to Xie Jinnian and focused on the battle between the saint and the masked puppet.
Puppets are actually divided into different levels.
If the puppets of the Southern Xinjiang Holy Maiden Temple are compared to primary puppets, then the puppets that once lurked in the Drunken Life and Dream Death Pavilion are intermediate puppets. As for the ones in the Sutra Library, although Su Xiaoxiao has never seen them take action, judging from their aura and sense of oppression, they should be considered advanced puppets.
The one who came to assassinate Xie Jinnian is between intermediate and advanced level.
If the Saint Lady hadn't absorbed the old man's inner strength, she wouldn't be able to deal with him.
Su Xiaoxiao said calmly: "Xiahou Yi sent such a powerful puppet here, is he really planning to make sure you never come back?"
However, Xiahou Yi probably did not expect that Xie Jinnian was so cunning. He went out to seek the "protection" of the two elders, and came back to abduct a master from the Baihua Palace.
The saint finally got rid of the puppet.
"Did you absorb his inner strength?"
Su Xiaoxiao asked.
The Saint shook her head: "The energy of fire."
It turns out that this puppet also has a burning energy in its body.
The Palace Master is not here, so no one can force the burning energy into a corner and seal it up. If the Saint absorbs it rashly, she will be hurt.
Xie Jinnian stared at the saint without blinking. Her veil was still on, but her eyes were visible.
The once cold and arrogant eyes have now become clear and innocent.
The saint stood by the car window without moving.
Su Xiaoxiao opened the secret compartment of the carriage and took out a string of shiny candied haws. She tore off the oil paper and handed it to the Saint: "Here."
The saint took the candied haws, jumped onto the roof of the car majestically, sat cross-legged, and started eating with an expressionless face.
Xie Jinnian: “…” - In the dark and damp dungeon, Xiahou Zheng was tied to a wooden pillar. After just one night, he seemed to have been tortured, and his whole body was in a state of disarray and decadence.
The City Lord's Mansion has always been a place where the powerful are flattered and the weak are bullied. No matter how noble one's status was in the past, once abandoned by the City Lord, one becomes a useless pawn.
Even the jailers were not polite to him.
The jailer whipped Xiahou Zheng and said coldly, "Tell me! Where is the remaining half of the treasure map?"
Elder Zhao and Elder Liu stood outside the prison door with stern looks, carefully observing Xiahou Zheng's expression.
Xiahou Zheng smiled weakly and grimly: "I said, there is no treasure map!"
"You're still making excuses!"
The jailer whipped him again.
Xiahou Zheng groaned, holding back the pain and anger, and said with bloodshot eyes: "You bunch of fools! You were all fooled by Xiahou Jin! Everything... was all set up by Xiahou Jin... You didn't arrest him... but instead framed me... You will regret it! You will definitely regret it!"
"You dare to bite the Second Young Master when you are about to die. I don't think you will cry until you see the coffin!"
The jailer whipped Xiahou Zheng several more times until he passed out.
The jailer turned around and bowed to Elder Zhao and Elder Liu: "Two elders, he fainted again."
Elder Liu looked at Elder Zhao and asked, "What do you think?"
Elder Zhao said with a complicated expression: "According to the order of the city lord, you must find out the whereabouts of the other half of the treasure map. When he wakes up, we will continue to interrogate him."
Elder Liu nodded: "Okay." -After Xie Jinnian and Su Xiaoxiao entered the City Lord's Mansion, they went directly to Xiahou Qing's bedroom.
Xiahou Qing was just finishing his official duties when he heard that the two men had arrived. He said to Manager Chang, "Let them in and go to the Phoenix Pavilion first."
"Yes, City Lord."
Manager Chang personally led the two to the Phoenix Pavilion.
Phoenix Pavilion was the place where Xiahou Qing specially placed the two phoenixes. It was originally called Maple Leaf Residence, and he had the plaque replaced overnight.
Phoenix Pavilion has a yard and a clean and warm house.
Top-quality silver charcoal was burning inside, and it was as warm as spring or summer.
As soon as Su Xiaoxiao entered the house, she was dizzy due to a wave of heat.
"Wow."
She quickly took two steps back.
Manager Chang was surprised: "Second Young Master's Madam, what's wrong?"
“It’s so hot.”
Su Xiaoxiao wrote this.
Manager Chang smiled and said, "The city lord was worried that the phoenix would get cold, so he specially asked people to make the house so warm."
He was still trying to take credit for the city lord, hoping to gain Ling Yun's favor through Su Xiaoxiao.
But Su Xiaoxiao said: "Phoenix birds are not afraid of cold, they are afraid of heat."
"ah?"
Chang Guanshi was confused.
Su Xiaoxiao went into the house, took out the two phoenix birds whose eyes turned white due to the heat, and placed them in the biting cold wind.
After blowing for a while, the dying phoenix finally recovered.
The two birds seemed to have finally seen their family. They flapped their wings and flew towards Su Xiaoxiao, surrounding her feet and chirping aggrievedly.
Uh... isn't this the roar of the Five Tigers?
Don't be led astray by that traitor!
Su Xiaoxiao squatted down and touched the two phoenix birds: "Okay, okay, it's not hot anymore. It won't be hot again. I brought you some phoenix grass. Eat it quickly."
She took the phoenix grass out of the basket.
Although phoenix grass is called grass, it is actually the tender shoots of a plant, which phoenix birds love to eat.
Seeing that the Phoenix Bird really started to eat, Manager Chang was dumbfounded: "Really...it's just that it got too hot..."
Always take note of things carefully.
After feeding the phoenix, Su Xiaoxiao went to Xiahou Qing with Xie Jinnian to report.
Xiahou Qing had finished his official business and was comparing the half of the real treasure map with the fake treasure map that Lou Bufan had given him.
"City Lord, the Second Young Master and the Second Young Madam of the Baihua Palace wish to see you."
The guard reported.
Xiahou Qing nodded, folded the treasure map and put it into the brocade box at hand.
The two of them entered.
Su Xiaoxiao told Xiahou Qing about the situation of the phoenix birds and told the city lord not to worry. As long as he fed them strictly according to her instructions, he would be able to raise the two phoenix birds to be plump and colorful.
——The feathers of adult phoenix birds are colorful.
Xiahou Qing felt relieved and was about to check on Ling Yun's situation.
Suddenly, Xie Jinnian spoke up: "What did you say? There's a strange smell in the box?"
Su Xiaoxiao was stunned.
Chief eunuch, what are you doing? When did I speak?
Xie Jinnian pointed to the brocade box on the table and said to Su Xiaoxiao, "Is this the box? Why can't I smell it? Yes, Yun Lin mentioned to me that your sense of smell is different from that of ordinary people."
The corner of Su Xiaoxiao's mouth twitched.
He mentioned ghosts to you!
"Godfather." Xie Jinnian looked at Xiahou Qing worriedly.
A trace of suspicion flashed across Xia Houqing's eyes, but after thinking about it, she was not an outsider, and she had repaired her relationship with her son many times, so she asked Xie Jinnian to bring the brocade box to her for viewing.
Xie Jinnian took the brocade box and handed it to Su Xiaoxiao: "Smell it carefully again."
What the hell! Su Xiaoxiao stared at him.
Xie Jinnian had his back to Xia Houqing, his expression calm, but his tone was full of surprise: "What did you say...you...you..."
Su Xiaoxiao: I didn't say a word! I just watched you act, and you continued to act! Xiahou Qing asked: "Xiaoxiao, what did you find?"
Su Xiaoxiao looked at Xie Jinnian coldly: "Yes, Second Young Master, what did I find?"
Xie Jinnian turned around with a complicated expression: "Godfather, don't blame the Second Young Master's wife. If it were me, I wouldn't dare to say it either."
Xiahou Qing: "Just say it."
Xie Jinnian said, "The Second Young Master's wife said... the half piece of parchment in the box... has the smell of medicine from Uncle's room... very faint... but she can smell it... and she can't be wrong..."
The corners of Su Xiaoxiao's mouth twitched.
Damn it!
It’s not enough that you cheated me on the way, you continued to cheat me after I got home!
As soon as Xiahou Yi sent someone to assassinate him, his counterattack was arranged.
And dragged her into the water!
Xiahou Qing frowned: "Xiaoxiao, are you serious?"
If there is a smell of medicine from my great uncle's room on the treasure map, it means that the treasure map was once kept by my second uncle for quite some time, otherwise it would not have the smell of medicine.
Could it be——
No, that's his uncle! Seeing Su Xiaoxiao pursed her lips and said nothing, Xiahou Qing said seriously: "Xiaoxiao, this half of the parchment is not an ordinary map. Its importance is beyond your imagination. You have to think clearly, does it really... smell like the medicine in my second uncle's room?"
These words seem to emphasize the importance of the treasure map, but in fact they are warning Su Xiaoxiao not to slander Xiahou Yi at will.
Xiahou Zheng is his adopted son, but Xiahou Yi is his biological uncle and is related to him by blood.
When he was young, he was mostly taken care of by his uncle.
He has always treated his second uncle as his own father.
Su Xiaoxiao hesitated to speak.
Xiahou Qing said: "Why are you silent? If you heard it wrong, it's no big deal. We are all family. I won't blame you."
If she knew when to stop and corrected her mistake in time, he could forgive her this time for Yun Lin's sake.
Su Xiaoxiao opened her mouth and said awkwardly: "I...I can tell the truth, but the city lord must promise that no matter what I say, you will not kill me or punish me, then I dare to say it."
Xiahou Qing said sternly: "If you are innocent, I will not punish you. If you deliberately frame me, I will not let you off easily."
Su Xiaoxiao closed her eyes and said, "Okay, okay, I'll tell you what I am saying! I did smell a little bit, but it's not very real. The reason why... I dared to suspect the Second Master... is because the Second Young Master told me on the way here that his men saw the fourth piece of dragon crystal in the Second Master's room."
Xiahou Qing glanced at Xie Jinnian.
Xie Jinnian's eyelids twitched.
Su Xiaoxiao raised her eyebrows.
Come on, let’s hurt each other!
"Is this true?"
Xiahou Qing clenched his fingers and looked at Xie Jinnian.
Su Xiaoxiao asked weakly, "City Lord, should I step aside and wait for you outside?"
Xiahou Qing agreed.
Su Xiaoxiao turned around and paused as she passed by Xie Jinnian. She raised her eyebrows and whispered, "Eunuch Jin, I advise you to quickly put the dragon crystal into Xiahou Yi's yard and make it clear that he was framed. Otherwise, I'm afraid the city lord won't be able to find it, and you'll be in trouble.
“Oh, by the way, it looks like you’ve run out of bird food.
"Ruyi loves you!"
When there is something to do, it’s Brother Jin; when there is nothing to do, it’s Eunuch Jin.
I have been coughing since the second positive test. I went to the hospital for a CT scan in the afternoon. I will update here for today and see you tomorrow.
(End of this chapter)
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