Black Fairy, the master is a female ghost

Two days later, outside the south gate of Beidi City, two young men came riding on magic weapons.

Beidi City is two thousand miles away from Changzhou City.

Another hundred miles to the north is the important pass used by Western Chu to defend against the northern barbarians.

After passing the pass and heading north, there are still layers of mountains, and snow-capped peaks can be seen in the sky.

Most of the mountains over there are bare without trees or grass, with little soil and only dark rocks.

It was a worthless and barren land, and Western Chu was too lazy to make the effort to invade further to the north.

South of the pass, there are heavy troops stationed to defend against invasions by northern barbarians.

The two young people who came to Beidi City were Lu Xunhuan and Zixia.

After landing, Zixia pulled out a piece of wild grass from the roadside and walked towards the city gate with Lu Xunhuan.

A soldier on duty saw her and saluted quickly: "Second Miss, you are finally back. The general must have been furious."

Zixia snorted, "Hmph, what's there to be angry about? I just went back to Changzhou City. What's the big fuss?"

She pulled Lu Xunhuan and said, "Supreme Treasure, let's go."

As the two men walked into the city, they were constantly greeted by soldiers passing by, and even by shop owners and their employees.

"Second Miss, you're back?"

Lu Xunhuan said, "Coming back here, it feels like coming home."

Zixia shook the weeds in her hand and said, "This is my home. I feel much more at ease here than in Changzhou City."

Lu Xunhuan nodded: "I can see that."

He asked Zixia, "Should we go back to your home first, or go to the Hua Mansion first?"

Zixia said, "Let's go to Hua Mansion, I'm familiar with it."

Lu Xun Huan turned and looked at her: "Do you know anyone from the Hua Mansion? Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Zixia giggled: "My sister also knows him. She pretended to help you look up information, so I have to pretend too, right?"

Lu Xun Huan smiled bitterly and said, "Why bother pretending? If you know someone at the Hua Mansion, just bring me here."

Zixia took his arm and said, "Sister, if you pretend not to know me, I should give her face and not expose her to her face."

"Okay, stop worrying about it and let's go."

The two walked along the street for about a hundred steps and arrived at the gate of Hua Mansion.

Zixia walked forward and knocked on the door.

A servant opened the door and saw Zixia, a smile on his face: "Second Miss, didn't you say you were going back to Changzhou City?"

Zixia said: "My father is still here, how can I abandon him? This Master Zhizunbao is here to visit Sister Hua Mengdie."

The servant quickly opened the door and said, "Come in."

Walking in the mansion, Zixia asked, "Where is Master Hua?"

The servant replied, "I went to the pass with your father. They said they were going to build the city walls and beacon towers, and they gave the project to my master. Your father took my master to inspect it."

Zixia said, "So, my father is no longer at home?"

The servant said, "He's gone to inspect the pass and may not be back for several days."

As they were talking, the three of them walked to the living room, and Zixia said, "Go call Sister Hua Mengdie."

After the servant left, Lu Xunhuan asked, "Do you know Hua Mengdie?"

Zixia shook her head: "I don't know her, but I know the rest of her family."

After a while, an old woman came. After entering the door, she opened her arms and went to greet Zixia.

"Hey, Zixia, long time no see."

Zixia hugged her: "Grandma Zhu, you are exaggerating. I have only been gone for a short time."

She pulled Grandma Zhu over and introduced Lu Xunhuan to her: "Grandma, this is Zhizunbao. How is it? Pretty good, right?"

Grandma Zhu looked Lu Xunhuan up and down and said, "This young man is very outstanding. Zixia, is he the man you introduced to my Mengdie?"

Zixia smiled and said, "Yes, yes, grandma, do you like it?"

Grandma Zhu also smiled and said, "I like it, I like it."

Lu Xunhuan quickly said, "Zixia, don't joke with grandma."

Grandma Zhu stopped laughing and said, "So you were kidding me. Then why did I hear the housekeeper say that this young man was here to look for Mengdie?"

Lu Xunhuan said, "Grandma, I want to find out something from her."

Grandma Zhu nodded: "Okay, okay, you guys sit down, I'll ask someone to make tea."

After Grandma Zhu left, Lu Xunhuan asked, "Is it Hua Mengdie's mother?"

Zixia covered her mouth and laughed, "I'm dying of laughter. How old is her mother? I can tell at a glance that she's her grandmother."

Lu Xun Huan said, "I'm quite puzzled. Her family is well-off, so why did she marry Master Zhuang and become his fifth wife?"

Zixia raised her eyebrows and said, "You probably don't know this. Their family became rich only in the past ten years or so since my father came to the North. Ten years ago, his father was still a pauper."

After a while, a woman about thirty-five years old came.

The woman exudes a mature charm, with a plump figure but not fat. She has a beautiful appearance and abrupt curves, which makes her very sexy.

She walked in, smiled and asked, "Are you Zixia?"

Zixia smiled and bowed: "Exactly, you are Sister Mengdie, right?"

The woman held her back and said, "I've often heard people talk about how beautiful and lovely Zixia is. Now that I've seen her, she's even more beautiful and lovely than I imagined."

Zixia smiled and said, "Thank you for the compliment, sister. Come, let me introduce you."

She introduced Lu Xunhuan to Hua Mengdie: "The great hero of Xialou, the best master, the Supreme Treasure."

Hua Mengdie said, "I heard that there's a Supreme Jade in the Xia Tower who solved a major case and arrested that heinous villain. Is Zhizunbao the younger brother of Zhizunyu?"

Lu Xun Huan bowed and said, "Madam, it's all me."

Hua Mengdie finally understood: "Oh, haha, interesting."

Zixia said: "Zhizunbao, what do you want to talk to your sister about? Just go ahead and talk."

Lu Xunhuan gestured, "Sit down."

After Hua Mengdie sat down, he said to Zixia, "This is a confidential matter..."

Zixia stood up: "I'm going for a walk."

After Zixia left, Lu Xunhuan went to the door to take a look, then turned back and whispered, "Is there a better place to talk?"

Hua Mengdie nodded: "Yes, but if you come with me, Zixia won't say anything, right?"

Lu Xun Huan said, "She can understand. Besides, she and I are just friends. You probably misunderstood, right?"

Hua Mengdie stood up: "Come with me."

The two walked through the mansion, and Hua Mengdie brought Lu Xunhuan to her father's study.

After Lu Xunhuan entered, she closed the study door and said, "Just borrow my father's study."

Lu Xun Huan sat down at the desk. "I just want to find out what's going on. I hope Madam's forgiveness for what I said might offend you."

Hua Mengdie smiled and said, "I'm not a lady anymore. You can call me sister like Zixia did."

Lu Xunhuan nodded: "Okay, Sister Mengdie, then I will get straight to the point and say it directly."

Hua Mengdie gestured, "If you have anything to say, just say it."

Lu Xun Huan said, "Master Zhuang secretly entrusted me with a task. He asked me to go to the Fifth Prince's mansion to help him steal the dragon bone. He said that you stole the dragon bone from his house and gave it to the Fifth Prince."

Hua Mengdie's expression was very surprised: "Did he say that?"

Lu Xun Huan replied, "Absolutely true."

Hua Mengdie shook her head: "Can he be more shameless? He is the good guy and he is innocent. I am the bad guy and I have to bear the consequences. Why?"

Lu Xunhuan asked, "Sister Mengdie, can you open your heart?"

Hua Mengdie took out a silver note of five thousand taels from her bosom, put it on the table, and pushed it to Lu Xunhuan.

"He asked you to come to Xialou, and I also asked you to come to Xialou. He asked you to help him steal the dragon bones, and I asked you to go and destroy him."

Lu Xunhuan smiled: "You are..."

Hua Mengdie said, "His family has never had any dragon bones. Those dragon bones have always belonged to the Fifth Prince. He is shameless and instigated me..."

She paused for a moment before continuing, "Some things are shameful to talk about. Anyway, I did it, and not only did I not get any credit, but it also became..."

Lu Xun Huan asked, "Have you seen the Fifth Prince's dragon bone?"

Hua Mengdie nodded: "I have seen it. In his secret room, there are many traps in the secret room. Without his guidance, no one knows when they will step on a trap."

"The Fifth Prince took me to see it once. The dragon bone was about the same length and thickness as a finger, and it was red."

Lu Xun Huan pondered, "But this doesn't sound reasonable. Even if you can steal the dragon bones, wouldn't the Fifth Prince know it was you? Once he finds you, not only you, but Master Zhuang's entire family might be beheaded."

"Is he so bold as to do this?"

Hua Mengdie said, "Supreme Master Yu, this is a conspiracy. Don't help him steal the dragon bones. If you steal the dragon bones, the Fifth Prince will die, and you will die, but the banker will be fine."

Lu Xunhuan was puzzled and asked, "How strange is it that the banker is fine?"

Hua Mengdie lowered her voice, "The power struggle in the court never stops. Mr. Zhuang asked me to steal the dragon bones, but it wasn't because he wanted to."

She took a pen, dipped it in water, and drew on the table.

"The Fifth Prince, Prime Minister Zhou and others are in the same group and may be secretly supporting a certain prince."

"Minister Shangguan, the Queen, and the Crown Prince are in cahoots, intending to put the Fifth Prince, Prime Minister Zhou, and the others to death."

"The secret of that dragon bone is rarely known to outsiders."

"When dragon bones fell from the sky, the royal family collected many, but that one piece stood out from the others, seemingly imbued with divine power."

"So, the late king regarded that piece of dragon bone as a symbol of the succession of royal power."

"But before he died, he didn't give the dragon bones to Your Majesty, but gave them to the Fifth Prince instead."

Lu Xun Huan was surprised and said, "This is getting more and more bizarre. If it is regarded as a symbol of royal power, why not hand it over to Your Majesty?"

Hua Mengdie said, "Before the late king died, he issued an edict to make it clear that Your Majesty would succeed him, but he didn't take any of Your Majesty's sons seriously."

"This is what the Fifth Prince told me."

"So, the late king asked the Fifth Prince to keep the dragon bone for safekeeping."

"If none of your Majesty's sons are capable of success, upon your death, the Fifth Prince can choose not to allow the Crown Prince to succeed him, but to find another promising descendant within the royal family."

Lu Xun Huan shook his head: "Is this due to illness? This will only exacerbate the palace fighting."

Hua Mengdie said, "Therefore, the Queen, the Crown Prince, and the others are both afraid of offending the Fifth Prince and regard him as a thorn in their side."

"If the dragon bones were lost, think about it, would His Majesty let it go? Would the Queen and the Crown Prince let it go?"

Lu Xun Huan stroked his chin and thought for a moment. "Even if the Fifth Prince's secret room is full of traps, as far as I know, there are top masters in the world who surpass all the masters in the world today. If we force our way in, can those traps stop us?"

Hua Mengdie said, "Don't underestimate those mechanisms. Since they were designed, they have taken all aspects into consideration. They not only contain poison arrows and traps, but also poison gas, formations, and so on."

"No matter how powerful a master is, he can block arrows, avoid traps, and break formations, but who can be immune to all poisons?"

"Besides, I only scratched the surface of what the Fifth Prince said. There might be fire, flooding, and all sorts of other brutal methods. Even an iron man would be melted if he went in."

"To be honest, I don't want to harm the Fifth Prince."

Lu Xunhuan nodded: "Understood."