Capture the Jade:

"Yes." Teng Yuyi boredly picked up a piece on the chessboard and played with it.

Teng Shao looked at his daughter quietly. A while ago, his daughter obviously treated him a lot closer, but seeing him today, the long-lost sense of alienation came back in his daughter's eyes.

He suppressed the doubts in his heart, and sat cross-legged on the mat opposite his daughter: "When that ghost broke in last night, did you send someone to send a message to Prince Cheng's residence?"

The tone was very casual, but Teng Yuyi still caught a hint of something unusual. In fact, it's not my fault that Grandpa was careless. What happened last night was indeed easy to cause misunderstandings.

She threw the chess piece back into the chess jar, pointed to Xuan Yinling and said, "Here, it's because of it."

She told the ins and outs.

"The Xuanyin bell will ring only when evil spirits are coming. Lin Chengyou helped set up the formation last night to prevent being noisy in the middle of the night in the future."

Teng Yuyi said, shaking her wrist in front of Grandpa, the little bell as round as a apple rose did not make any sound at all.

Teng Shao looked at Xuanyinling in surprise, if his daughter didn't mention the twists and turns, it would look like a string of ordinary golden bells.

I heard that strangers from all over the world have offered a lot of Taoist treasures to the saints in recent years, and I believe it is not a lie. This string of Xuanyin bells alone is considered rare.

Teng Shao pondered for a moment and said: "Since it is a rare treasure of Qingyun Temple, you should keep it properly first. Prince Cheng can't take it down for a while. The Daoist Qingxuzi may not know the reason. When Qingxuzi returned to Chang'an, Grandpa took it personally You return the bell. So why did that ghost break into Teng Mansion last night, do you recognize that woman?"

Teng Yuyi shook her head: "I don't know, but I heard that several pregnant women were killed in Chang'an recently, and the cause of death was that they were taken by caesarean section. The woman last night was named Shu Liniang, and she was one of the victims."

Teng Shao frowned deeply, there were corpses in front of him, and ghosts nearby, his daughter just drowned once on the way back to Chang'an, why did she encounter these strange things again and again.

"Abbot Yuanjue of Dayin Temple will return to Chang'an in a few days. I remember that when the great monster in Chang'an made troubles, it was Abbot Yuanjue and Daoist Qingxuzi who worked together to put down the chaos. His Dharma is boundless, maybe he can see Why do you always encounter evil spirits recently? When the abbot returns to Beijing, Grandpa will take you to Dayin Temple to find Abbot Yuanjue."

Teng Yu jumped up in a heartbeat, Buddhists are most jealous of ghost tricks, if Abbot Yuanjue sees the injustice in her body, he will never stand by and help her out, if she is asked to "Where did she come from?" Where are you going?" would be bad.

Besides, in her previous life, she heard the bad news that Grandpa was attacked in Dayin Temple. The word "Dayin Temple" is equivalent to "unlucky" in her heart. Unless it is absolutely necessary, she does not want to step into that place again. step.

Teng Yuyi cleared her throat: "Grandfather, don't be so troublesome. In fact, I already know the reason, because since I fell into the water last time, I always have strange dreams that predict the future."

"A strange dream that predicts what will happen next?" Teng Shao paused while drinking tea.

Teng Yuyi stirred the chess box with her fingers, and the chess pieces collided with each other and made a crisp clucking sound.

"Last time, I told Grandpa that on my way to Chang'an, I dreamed that my sister was in danger in the forest, and that the leader of the high school surnamed Lu, all of which came true later. A while ago I dreamed I was killed by someone with a hidden weapon as thin as rain. After waking up, I asked Grandpa, but even Grandpa had never heard of such a hidden weapon. I thought it was absurd. Lou saw this hidden silver-like weapon with his own eyes. When Peng Yugui asked me to return his bones back to his hometown before his death, he told me the origin of the hidden weapon. That's why I went to Xishi today to find the man named Zhuang Mu. Poppy."

Teng Shao listened carefully. He knew about his daughter's nightmare a while ago, but he didn't believe in the so-called "predicting the future in a dream". Yes, but as he listened, his expression became complicated.

The scene when his daughter asked him about the hidden weapon is vivid. At that time, she had not yet taken refuge in the Caifeng Tower, so it was impossible for her to know that Peng Yugui was the murderer. Although he ordered his subordinates to find this hidden weapon, he didn't think so Really, I didn't know that such a rare silver thread hidden weapon appeared in Caifenglou.

One or two things match the dream, which can be called a coincidence, and everything matches...

"Besides that, I also dreamed several strange things about grandpa. I dreamed that Peng Sishun of Huaixi Road died of illness, and his son Peng Zhen took over Huaixi Road. The army rebelled in the feudal town, and Grandpa was ordered to seek rebellion, but was killed by the thieves outside Jiafu Gate. Those people knew sorcery, and they succeeded by trapping Grandpa and his men in the mist."

Speaking of this, her heart trembled uncontrollably, remembering the last time when she rushed to see Grandpa in her previous life, the large blood stains on Grandpa's robe made Grandpa's face as pale as paper.

Teng Shao's complexion changed drastically. The so-called "dream incident" of his daughter suddenly stabbed the most secret worry in his heart. Peng Sishun's health was deteriorating. Take care of the eldest son Peng Zhen. Peng Zhen's military management is not inferior to that of his father. In the past two years, Huaixi Road has become stronger and more fertile. , Peng Zhen can logically become Huaixi Jiedushi.

Peng Zhen took the initiative to pay all kinds of taxes and was loyal to the imperial court. One year ago, when Teng Shao's generals were transporting grain from the Huaihe River outside the customs, they caught a Huihe Xizuo in Yuanzhou. After searching for a large number of money tickets for horse transactions, Teng Shao found out that Peng Zhen had been secretly buying horses from Huihe people for the past few years. It happened that the general recognized that the "trader" who traded was the brother-in-law of a certain general in Huaixi Road, so he was sure that the person who bought the horse was from Huaixi Road.

Huaixidao already has more than one hundred thousand soldiers under his command, enough to occupy one side, it is self-evident why he secretly expanded his troops.

Based on this alone, it is impossible to conclude that Peng Zhen has the intention of treason. If the report is made rashly, the imperial court may not believe it. If he did so, it might arouse the imperial court's suspicion of Teng Shao.

However, if people go down to investigate, Peng Zhen is strict with his soldiers, and Huaixi Road is like a piece of iron. If he wants to get the actual evidence, he must go deep into the heart of Huaixi Road. .

Thus, even though he secretly guarded against Peng Zhen, he was unable to formulate a proper countermeasure for a long time.

Teng Yuyi observed Grandpa's expression while talking, she thought that Grandpa would not take it seriously, but unexpectedly, Grandpa was shocked instead of shocked, and was more contemplative.

A thought flashed in her mind, would Grandpa suspect that Huai Xidao had a different heart? It is possible that Grandpa might have secretly reminded the court, so when the court ordered a conquest in the previous life, Peng Zhen and his gang were the first to deal with Grandpa.

The man in black broke into the mansion and took her life that night. Could it be because she is Teng Shao's daughter?

No, Grandpa's death shocked the entire government and the public. The saint was in grief and ordered to pursue the murderer day and night. The soldiers of the Zhenhai Navy wanted to avenge the commander. , Chang'an was turned upside down, and almost all those with unknown origins could not escape open and secret investigations. Thanks to such an overwhelming search, the Peng family's rebellious party in Chang'an was quickly wiped out.

The man in black broke into Teng Mansion after that.

At that time, the remnants of the Peng family in central Beijing had been wiped out, and the imperial army had already moved out. Peng Zhen was busy fighting, so it was hard to say whether he would have time to deal with her.

Even if it was really sent by Peng Zhen, this group of people tried their best to sneak back into the capital, gather so many martial arts masters who know sorcery, and risk being arrested by the whole city, just to kill an unarmed A little lady with the power to bind a chicken?

After thinking about it, she still felt that the man in black came for something in the mansion.

The man in black who killed her that night might not be Peng Zhen's traitor at all.

Recalling the man in black exuding a cold aura, she subconsciously turned her gaze to the Duobao Pavilion behind the desk, where a stack of letters from the Nanzhao Kingdom was hidden, and the cover was signed "Knock on by Wu".

The letter was both a mystery and a thorn in her chest. I have already talked to Grandpa to this point today, so why hesitate?

Teng Yuyi was in a state of confusion, and Teng Shao was not much better, nothing else. My daughter would never make up nonsense about the courtiers rebelling. Ayu said that she might be killed by the man in black. Is it possible for this to happen? what? Confused, he got up and took a few steps in the room: "You said you were killed by a man in black, what happened."

"I dreamed that after Grandpa died, a group of men in black came into the mansion to kill me. Those people seemed to come for Grandpa's study, where there was a stack of letters from Nanzhao kingdom. "

Teng Shao's footsteps stopped abruptly, and expressions of shock, shame, and suspicion flashed across his face in an instant, as if he had been slapped in the face, or stabbed in the chest suddenly. sword.

Even though Teng Yuyi was mentally prepared, she was still secretly surprised when she saw Grandpa's expression. Grandpa seemed to be pinched by someone, and her whole body froze. She could almost hear Grandpa's chest. The sound of a violent heartbeat.

She held her breath for a moment, then calmly said, "Grandfather, who wrote those letters?"

Teng Shao couldn't see any blood on his face, and he just looked at his daughter steadfastly. No one except himself knew the existence of these letters. He originally carried them with him. By mistake, he personally made a hidden compartment in the Duobao Pavilion in the study, but he hadn't had time to put the letters in it.

That is to say, no one except himself knows that there is a secret compartment in Duobao Pavilion, let alone that he is about to store a batch of letters in it.

Hearing what his daughter said, he was so shocked that he couldn't be more shocked. Could it be that there is really a so-called "dream that predicts the future" in the world? ! Otherwise, how could the daughter predict what he would do next.

What made him even more uneasy was that he was worried that his daughter would see the contents of the letter. It was a heavy secret that he had carried for many years. She was still young, so he shouldn't and couldn't let her see those things.

"You—" Teng Shao's voice suddenly became hoarse, "My good boy, tell Grandpa, what did you see in the letter?"

Teng Yuyi secretly clenched her palms tightly. She guessed right, Grandpa was really afraid that she would read those letters.

If her death is inseparable from these letters, Grandpa has no reason to conceal their origin.

"Why didn't Grandfather tell me?" She said angrily, "The strange things I dreamed all happened, and this incident is no exception. Those people killed their daughter precisely because of these letters. Grandpa knows this will happen, so why don't you plan to tell your daughter the truth?"

Teng Shao's face became more and more ugly, and he held back the screen stand tightly, trying to calm himself down as soon as possible. When he looked at his daughter again, his eyes became a little quieter.

"I can't tell you the contents of the letter, but I can assure you that no one will hurt you in the future."

"How can you guarantee it?" Teng Yuyi looked directly at his father, "Just because the writer is Wu from Nanzhao State?"

Teng Shao's complexion changed a few times, but he immediately thought that if he read the contents of the letter, the child would not be as calm as he is now. If you want to ask him, he is definitely not just a "Wu Mou" up.

He walked to the desk and took a set of pens and inks himself: "The portrait you gave to Grandpa last time was too sloppy. Grandpa has sent people to look for it for a long time, but there has been no news. Think about it carefully." When I think about that person's appearance and moves, as long as I can think of some clues, I will draw them for Grandpa."

Teng Yuyi was stunned, but in just a short moment, the grandpa who was as firm as a mountain came back again. The gaffe just now seemed to have never happened, and grandpa has already started to calmly think about what to do next.

She knew that no matter what she asked next, Grandpa would never answer her question directly again.

She fixedly looked at her father, and Teng Shao also looked at her daughter silently.

Both know what the other party wants to hear, but both father and daughter are unwilling to back down.

Tonight, Teng Yuyi split the words, she just wanted to get the truth from her father, and she would rather Grandpa tell her what was going on than to beat around the bush to seek answers elsewhere.

She was convinced that her father would tell the truth once he learned that these letters might bring them disaster.

But she was disappointed after all.

That secret, like an indestructible mountain, lay between her father and her.

In her previous life, she didn't have time to ask.

In this life, she still couldn't hear the truth from Grandpa.

It confuses her.

Is the secret in that letter more important than the lives of the father and daughter?

Does Grandpa want to protect the secret on the letter, or the person who wrote it?

The word "Wu Mou" on the envelope roasted her heart like charcoal fire, but she turned her anger into anger, but she did not forget Grandpa's flashing complex expression. His lifeline was seized by someone.

This feeling is not right, Wu Yingying is no longer a secret to their father and daughter, if Grandpa just wanted to cover up his personal relationship with Wu Yingying in front of his daughter, would he lose his composure like that?

People say that her grandfather Teng Yuanhao was a well-deserved famous general. In order to resist the Hu rebellion, he led his two uncles to defend Huaiyun. Stopped the offensive of the Hu rebellion going south. When the name of the Teng family is mentioned, no one in the world is impressed.

When my father grew up, he was worthy of his grandfather's name of loyalty. He became famous at the age of seventeen, and he was able to kill thousands of Tubo soldiers on his own. A person like my father would not know how to hide his emotions, which would make his father lose his composure—

Teng Yuyi faintly felt uneasy.

Maybe, the content of this letter is far more complicated than she imagined?

Thinking of this, she was shaken.

If there is any difference in her state of mind after returning to life, it is that she knows how to "treasure" better than before. She will always remember that snowy night in her previous life. Because she hated her father, she resolutely left her father's study. How impermanent, when she meets her father again, it will be his **** corpse.

She didn't even have time to talk to her father calmly, and the father and daughter were separated forever.

Recalling the eyes of the grandfather in the previous life that could not be closed because he cared about her, she slowly loosened her clenched fingers. Perhaps, she should trust her father once.

After tonight's conversation, at least my father began to pay attention to her so-called "prophecy". He asked her to redraw the appearance of the man in black, presumably planning to preemptively strike.

She knew that as long as her father officially intervened in this matter, the progress would advance by leaps and bounds, and maybe they would know the true face of the man in black before long.

While thinking about it, his father seemed to light up the horn lamp at hand in order to illuminate the paper and ink on the case. When the light suddenly came on, Teng Yuyi realized that Grandpa's white hair had grown a lot more than before.

She remembered that Grandpa's hair was originally as black as ink, but in the year when Auntie passed away, in just two months, her father's hair seemed to be sprinkled with a lot of salt flowers, and it grew one after another. Gray hair came out.

According to this year, Grandpa is less than forty, and half of his hair is gray. Teng Yuyi was a little startled, but also a little sad. How many things does a person have to bear to age so quickly.

The grievance in her heart subsided in an instant, and she decided to temporarily ignore Wu Yingying's appearance, temporarily ignore Cheng Bo and her father's various concealments from her, and temporarily ignore the "rainbows and flowers falling" that should only belong to Grandpa and Grandma. ".

She took a step and walked slowly towards the desk.

Teng Shao caught the change of his daughter almost instantly, and his resolute eyes slowly revealed a kind of almost sad relief.

For my daughter, the death of Hui Niang is a hurdle that cannot be overcome in a lifetime. Anything related to Hui Niang will arouse her daughter's strong reaction.

Many times, as long as her aunt is mentioned, the daughter will be like a little beast that loses its temper, wishing to stand full of spikes in front of him.

But no matter how much he loves this child, he doesn't know how to untie the knot between father and daughter, because he has a guilty conscience.

He originally thought that the father and daughter would have another quarrel tonight, but he didn't expect that the daughter finally compromised in a subtle way.

His chest was so tight that it was unspeakable, father and daughter connected, and of course he could understand his daughter's worries, but a father would never let his children know about the things she asked about, and he would never think of it, even if he bothered Concealing it, fate still played a joke on him, and the daughter actually glimpsed a corner of the letter in her dream.

Is it really just a few strange dreams? He wondered suspiciously, could someone secretly do something to his daughter? But even if someone knows the past, why can the daughter know in advance the things that haven't happened yet.

He was lost in thought.

Teng Yuyi was dissatisfied with a few strokes, and simply gestured with each move: "The man's hand was hidden in the cloak, and he didn't see him move, and the silver thread popped out... two shots against me And Duanfu, this person never moved."

Teng Shaozai looked at it carefully for a while: "This person is very stable, and his internal strength is not inferior to Duanfu. There are not many masters like Chang'an City. If you think about it again, that silver thread is The one coming from the right side of his body, or the left side."

"Right side."

Teng Shao nodded: "Did you smell the smell of his body or hear the sound of his accessories when this man started doing it? Such as ring pendants or fan pendants."

"I didn't smell it, and I didn't hear it. When he appeared, he was silent, and when he made a move, he was silent."

Teng Shao's face became weird: "Yu'er, have you seen this person before?"

Teng Yuyi was taken aback for a moment. In fact, she had suspected this for a long time, because when that person showed up that night, there was only Duanfu left beside her. When master and servant, there is absolutely no need to have any scruples, but this person is so cautious that he doesn't even wear a single accessory.

She thought of all the people she knew, but she couldn't think of anyone who was close in appearance to this person.

"Not sure, but I don't think I've seen anyone like this before."

"What if that person deliberately concealed it? The voice can be disguised. Besides, such a large cloak can not only hide the face, but also disguise the body shape. You only need to sew cloth **** on the shoulders to widen it. Wearing thick boots on both shoulders and feet can increase your stature. This is not a difficult task for a person who has practiced martial arts all year round, but such an outfit is very effective for a person who needs to conceal his identity. As long as the cloak If you don’t take it down, no one will know the real face of that person.”

Teng Yuyi's eyelids twitched. He is superb in martial arts and possesses sorcery. He wants to take her life, but he is afraid of being recognized by her...

After much deliberation, she couldn't think of an acquaintance who fit these characteristics.

Teng Shao frowned: "This person should have prepared for a long time before making the move, and he has figured out the habits of everyone in our house in advance. He even knows Duanfu's strengths and weaknesses very well, so as soon as he appeared On the one hand, he used a hidden weapon. On the one hand, he might want to make a quick decision. Another reason may be that he knows that if he fights in close quarters, he may not be Duanfu's opponent."

The father and daughter combed together, and the characteristics of the man in black became much clearer than before.