The villain has been playing badly for ten years

When the night is late and the wind is still, the only sounds are the chirping of insects and the sound of the wind.

By the way, Hanamibai has already caught up with the killer.

In a desolate place, the intermittent barking of dogs penetrates the silence, and you can see the low thatched huts blending into the night.

"Wait, the one who is afraid to show himself, stand still if you can."

The strange man wrapped in black cloth was very impatient and turned around and said: "Why can't you tell right from wrong and stop me from killing that man?"

Hua Jianbai didn't understand and looked at the black cloth that looked like a mummy: "Who are you? Why do you always want to kill him?"

The strange man's voice was filled with hatred: "You can call me Chen Ying. You should know He Qi. He is my brother, but because of him, my brother died!"

Hua Jianbai started cursing, "Are all of you in the Sanhua Palace crazy? He turned to ash himself, what does it have to do with me?"

"You and I both work for our Lord, so we should be united. Why would we help a damned person who broke the rules?"

"Come on, I'm not on the same page as you!"

Hanamibai sneered and rolled his eyes.

After hearing this, Chen Ying angrily said, "Just because you don't want to follow the rules here doesn't mean you're different from me."

"Aren't you just the Lawful One of the Three Flowers Temple? If we talk about such supernatural things, then I can be considered the Creator God here."

"In this realm, there is only one God, and that is my Lord."

"Bah, you guys are all sick!"

Chen Ying was furious. He rushed past the grass bank under the flowers, and his hook punch was as fast as thunder.

Hanamibai held a water rainbow in his hand and faced the fierce attack of the monster wrapped in black cloth, using stillness to counter the attack.

He was agile and his fist struck Hua Jianbai like a rock.

Hua Jianbai slightly turned sideways to avoid the attack. The sword was like a swimming dragon, piercing his vitals with lightning speed.

With a "clang", the gauntlet hook and the sword collided during the blocking, making a crisp sound.

Hua Jianbai suddenly retracted his sword and did a roundhouse kick, hitting Chen Ying's lower body.

Chen Ying fell out suddenly. Seeing this, Hua Jianbai raised the corner of his mouth and walked forward to tear off the black cloth on his face.

What was shocking was that this person had no facial features. His face looked like crumpled newspaper and rough glass, exactly like the dummies in the dungeon.

Hua Jianbai felt very strange and asked:

"Let me ask you, were those guys who were chasing me before on the same side as you?"

"Hahahahaha..."

Suddenly, Chen Ying threw his head back and laughed loudly. "Orderly people and variables are enemies. Orderly people who don't obey deserve to die!"

"Die, die, die. Just go die first."

Hua Jianbai was a bit evil and had no intention of letting these half-human, half-ghost creatures go. He suddenly swung his sword, like a meteor across the night sky.

There was actually a look of fear on the strange man's face without any facial features.

When Hua Jianbai sheathed his sword, he suddenly fell to the ground and turned into rotten fragments.

These scraps...

Hua Jianbai smelled a hint of medicine.

……

The lights are dim and the sandalwood incense is curling.

Ning Xiusu slowly and leisurely returned to Zuifeng Pavilion with great difficulty.

The night breeze blew gently, and when the door was pushed open, a string of wind chimes jingled. Meng Qilian had entered the house without her knowing, and sat beside the mahogany desk.

Hearing the noise, he raised his eyes and said, "Nian Zheng, I've been waiting for you for half a day. Where have you been?"

Ning Xiusu was stunned when he pushed the door open. He didn't expect that he was in the room.

I thought for a moment: I can’t possibly say I’m going to the Poison King to get medicine…

So he also sat down at the mahogany desk.

"I've had nothing to do these past few days, and since I heard there's a lot of delicious food in Youzhou, I went for a stroll around the city."

Youzhou is mostly inhabited by mermaids, whose customs are very different from those in Lingnan. He is a mermaid himself, and he probably misses his hometown.

Meng Qilian expressed his understanding: "That's true. After all, you're leaving with me south tomorrow, so it's rare for you to come here again."

"Are you leaving in such a hurry?"

"I won't hide something from you. The Three Flowers Temple is involved in the Bailuofu Minerals case. The Privy Council has been ordered to assist in the investigation. We have to go to Qianluo Mountain to investigate."

Qianluo Mountain is in Nanzhao, no wonder...

Ning Xiusu thought of the assassin just now and took out the hidden weapon.

"Mianzhi, can you help me take a look at this thing?"

Meng Qilian examined the leaf-like hidden weapon and said, "This is a Phantom Leaf Flying Needle made by Jiaku, and it belongs to the Qinglian Guards. Where did you get it?"

The people from Qinglian Guard...

Ning Xiusu was a little surprised, but he didn't show it on his face.

He simply told Meng Qilian about the attack. Meng Qilian was a little surprised and asked repeatedly: "How could this happen? Nian Zheng, are you injured?..."

Ning Xiusu said, "Don't worry. I had a friend there at the time who helped me avoid the danger."

Meng Qilian was a little surprised and asked, "Why haven't I heard you mention any old friends in Youzhou before?"

"Oh, some of my friends in Jianghu, you don't even know what I'm talking about."

Ning Xiusu had just said this when Hua Jianbai rushed into the room in a rage: "Big villain, let me tell you, that killer..."

Before he could even utter the word "hand," Meng Qilian's bright eyes dimmed slightly: "Nian Zheng, is he the old friend you were talking about?"

Ning Xiusu tried to get away with it: "I forgot to introduce him, he is my friend in the martial arts world..."

Before he could finish his words, Meng Qilian's expression suddenly turned cold and looked particularly sharp.

"No need for introduction. He is Hua Jianbai, a man who committed countless rapes and robberies in Dayan. He is well-known in the files of the Ministry of Justice."

Hua Jianbai didn't expect Meng Qilian to recognize him, so he quickly explained:

"Ah, no, that was in the past. I had already retired from the underworld and was recruited by Prince Xian. Now I am the chief of the prince's personal guards."

Meng Qilian's eyes passed over Hua Jianbai, a hint of imperceptible strangeness flashed across his face, and then he stared at Ning Xiusu and said:

"Nian Zheng, I know you don't get involved in government affairs and prefer to mingle with the underworld, but as the saying goes, a gentleman doesn't form factions. How can you associate with someone with such a bad record?"

"I am a villain, and I have a bad record?"

Hanamibai seemed to be about to have another attack.

Ning Xiusu coughed dryly and stopped him.

Then he said gently: "Minzhi, you are right, but since Hua Jianbai followed me, he has never committed any crime..."

Meng Qilian shook his head and closed his eyes as if to say something serious:

"Well, it's a good thing that you can lead those who are despicable to be good."

Ning Xiusu was originally worried that Meng Qilian would take Hua Jianbai into the Ministry of Justice, but at the moment, it seemed that he would not do so.

On the other hand, Hua Jianbai raised her thin eyebrows, and her almond-shaped eyes were somewhat provocative:

"What's so cool about a cannon fodder? I don't know what the point of showing off is."

Meng Qilian's eyes caught sight of Ling Han, and he suddenly slapped the table, causing the tea to fly into the air. With a flick of his hidden strength, the water droplets flew towards Hua Jianbai like arrows in the sky.

Ning Xiusu was slightly startled and dumbfounded.

Fortunately, Hua Jianbai touched the ground with his toes and moved extremely quickly. He did a beautiful somersault on the ground and barely avoided the attack. The water hit the wall, like bullet holes.

The hem of Meng Qilian's late-night-colored dress fluttered in the wind. Hua Jianbai seemed angry and drew his sword with a "swish".

No, how could these two people just start a fight?

Ning Xiusu quickly stood between the two of them. The tense and murderous atmosphere almost choked him to death.

"We are all friends, let's talk properly."

Meng Qilian glanced at him, then put away his murderous aura and walked out of the room without saying a word.

"Tsk," Hua Jianbai raised his eyebrows and then put away his sword.

Ning Xiusu was overwhelmed and asked Hua Jianbai, "You and Meng Qilian shouldn't be enemies, so why does he dislike you so much?"

Hua Jianbai shrugged: "Who knows? Anyway, except for you, everyone is prejudiced against me..."

Ning Xiusu didn't want to dwell on this matter, so he changed the subject and said, "By the way, did you catch up with that Orderly Man?"

Hanamibai probably felt a little hungry after the fight, so he picked up the rice cake on the Eight Immortals table and took a bite.

"You just didn't see it. I chased him for several blocks and ended up on the outskirts of the city. After a fight, I ripped off his veil. Guess what?"

While eating, Hua Jianbai emphasized, "He's just like the dummy I saw in Sanhua Palace last time. He has no face!"

"...As for Yanren, there's no way they can be as detailed as real people."

Ning Xiusu sat down beside him, letting the candlelight illuminate his body.

"I haven't finished yet," Hua Jianbai Xinghe's eyes were as clear as a spring, and he patted the cake crumbs on his hands:

"The most outrageous thing is this! Those lawful people will turn into powder after death, and that powder is the same thing as this."

As he spoke, he took out a ball of cloth from his arms, which contained a piece of snow-white crystal stone. The texture was semi-transparent and looked like paper.

Ning Xiusu was a little surprised and asked, "Where did you find it?"

Hanamibai seemed to remember something, picked up another piece of rice cake, and took a bite:

"I saw it in the Sitian Tower when I sneaked into the palace last time. I thought it was pretty, so I took it."

The Sitiantai of Lingshan Taibu? The Great Yan Kingdom was born with the secret art of Yanjia, and the Sitiantai was mostly just for decoration, so it's not surprising to use it to pile up ore.

"Do you know what this is?"

"It's Bai Luofu."

Hua Jianbai frowned, this was obviously not from the book either.

"I guess there are two groups of people now. One is from the Three Flowers Temple, and the other is wearing bronze ghost masks."

"The Flying Needles of the Dark Leaf belong to the Azure Lotus Guards. Bai Luofu is stockpiled at the Sitian Terrace. The Orderly Ones of the Three Flowers Temple are all Yanren. All of this is closely related to the one in the palace."

At this moment, Ning Xiusu took out a hidden weapon that looked like a leaf blade and analyzed the conclusion he had just reached.

Hua Jianbai looked at Youye Feizhen and understood, "Are you talking about Ji Qingyu?"

"I think the person who shot Qiao'er that day was actually targeting me, but he missed."

As for the bronze ghost mask... Ning Xiusu thought of that child again, Qi'an's eldest son.

"Oh, what a mess!"

“It’s quite a mess.”

After all, there was Dan Yulang's threat.