"Fish scale soft armor?!" Pan Suxuan nodded silently.
Zhao Niantong shook his head and said: "How could it be fish scale soft armor? Hasn't this treasure been lost for thirty years? Senior brother, you have never seen it, how can you be sure that he is wearing fish scale soft armor, one of the three treasures of our sect?"
Pan Suxuan said: "Although I have never seen it with my own eyes, I heard the master tell me about the origin of this treasure. The fish scale soft armor is made of the scales of Kunming, the king of fish in the North Sea. It is said that Kunming lives in the deep sea and is as long as The boat is built like an ox, with a strong body. It can hide during the day and go out at night. It has a lifespan of hundreds of years. Moreover, this thing is extremely intelligent and difficult to catch. Using ordinary baits and nets will not help at all. The old palace owner has lived in Beihai for ten years to catch this thing. For a long time, we spent a lot of money to hire more than a hundred local fishing experts and captured it three times in large-scale roundups."
Zhao Niantong asked: "How come the old palace master has been arrested three times in Beihai for so many years? Shouldn't he be arrested ten or eight times? Doesn't it take so long to prepare for every round-up?"
Pan Suxuan replied: "Of course it won't take so long if it's just preparation, but this thing is extremely cunning. If you fail to trap it once, it will be difficult to get hooked again. After the old palace master failed to round up the first time, Kun Ming sneaked into the deep sea and disappeared for three years. Years later. The second roundup failed because Kun Ming suddenly appeared. He was too hastily prepared and was too eager for success, so he failed again. There was no news about the object in the next five years. It was only by chance that Kun Ming was captured five years later. Ming leads out again.”
Zhao Niantong asked curiously: "What accidental thing?" Pan Suxuan said: "The old palace master has been wandering in the Beihai for many years. Although he has not captured Kunming, he has become an expert in reeling and fishing. In the tenth year He went to his old man and captured another deep-sea beast - the giant squid.
Zhao Niantong asked: "What kind of monster is that? Is it very powerful?" Pan Suxuan said: "This is Kun Ming's mortal enemy and one of his favorite foods. I heard from the master that the adult king squid is no less big than Kun Ming. The two are natural enemies of each other in the sea. If they compete, although Kun Ming has a better chance of winning, he will still have to pay a heavy price with scars. The king squid captured by the old palace master is still young, and its meat is tender and juicy. It is Kun Ming's best. The delicacy of love. Using this as bait, Kunming was lured out and finally captured. That day, the old palace owner and many fishermen used twelve large boats to drag Kunming to the shore. They used eight four-carriage carriages and four It took more than a dozen strong men to transport it ashore. Kunming's scales were extremely hard, but the soft scales on his abdomen were as soft as silk, which was the best material for making clothes. The old palace master took out the soft scales and mixed them with Qianliang The golden thread took Feng Cai, known as "the first needle in the south of the Yangtze River," for three years to make this invulnerable treasure.
Zhao Niantong said: "It took ten years to catch fish and another three years to make clothes. Isn't it worth it to spend these thirteen years just for an armor that can block swords and guns?"
Pan Suxuan said: "This treasure can not only block swords and guns, but also protect the major points all over the body from being hurt by hidden weapons and finger force. What's even more rare is that this item is water-resistant and fire-resistant. The wearer can gallop into the flames and can shoot five Yang Zongheng, do you think it’s a treasure?”
Zhao Niantong said: "Even if it is invulnerable to weapons, water and fire, why did the old palace master spend so much manpower and financial resources in his twilight years to make a treasured armor that he hardly uses?"
Pan Suxuan nodded and said: "Junior sister, what you said makes sense. Although the old palace master's martial arts does not dominate the martial arts world and is the best in the world, it is still at the pinnacle and has few opponents. How could he, in his twilight years, mobilize all his troops to build a new building? Where is such a treasure?"
Zhao Niantong laughed and said: "Haha, our Young Master Pan was also knocked down by me. It's really rare, rare! Besides, what did you just call me? Who is your junior sister?"
Pan Suxuan took a closer look and saw Zhao Niantong in front of him, dressed as an elegant scholar. He looked at him with a smile with crooked almond eyes. Although he was dressed in men's clothing, it added a bit of aura. He couldn't help but feel something in his heart and his face turned red. Thinking that there were so many people here talking. , it was not appropriate to reveal Zhao Niantong’s identity as a woman, so she hurriedly said: “It was a slip of the tongue, Brother Zhao is laughing...”
Zhao Niantong laughed loudly and said: "It's not in the way, it's not in the way. Brother Pan, just be careful next time. Let's get back to the topic. Brother Pan, you only know the origin of the soft armor, but how can you be sure that this young man is wearing it?"
Pan Suxuan said: "I just used Xuan Ming's finger force to touch the young man's Zusanli. Not only did he not be hurt, but I was injured by the finger force." After speaking, he slowly raised his right hand.
Zhao Niantong looked at Pan Suxuan's fingers. Sure enough, the index finger of his right hand was slightly black, which was a symptom of Xuanming's finger force. Pan Suxuan said: "This fish scale soft armor can not only resist the attacker's moves, but also act on the attacker himself. As the saying goes, repay the other person with his own way. There is no other such armor in the world." .”
Zhao Niantong said: "That's strange. This precious armor disappeared the year after the death of the old palace master. All three thousand disciples were sent to search for Yu Yu to no avail. I heard that the palace master was very angry about this. , Senior Brother Ning, the chief disciple in red who was responsible for guarding the temple, was demoted to a disciple in green and imprisoned in the bitter cold cave in the back mountain. Even the elder Shenmu was implicated. How could he show up here today? "
Pan Suxuan said: "That's true. Elder Shenmu was responsible for the security in the palace, and the temple where Baojia is located was personally designed and supervised by him. There are many institutions and traps inside the temple, and the outside of the temple is heavily guarded and guarded. Sen Yan, how this fish scale soft armor disappeared without a trace in this dragnet is indeed incredible. Unless..."
Zhao Niantong said: "Unless there is a mole?"
Pan Suxuan said: "Well, this is the only possibility. I think the palace master also considered this at the time, and the most suspected ones were Senior Brother Ning and Elder Shenmu, so he punished them heavily."
Zhao Niantong said: "No wonder, ever since I can remember, I have felt that Elder Shenmu speaks very little and is depressed every day. It turns out that this is the reason. But more than twenty years have passed since this matter, so we should let it go. By the way, if we can do this this time Isn't it a great achievement to successfully take back the fish scale soft armor and return to the palace?"
Pan Suxuan said: "Well, even if we can't take it back, it would be a good idea to report the whereabouts of the treasure armor to the palace master."
Zhao Niantong said loudly: "Then what are you waiting for? Let's set off quickly!"
Pan Suxuan shook his head and said: "How easy is it to find someone in this huge Jinling City?"
Zhao Niantong chuckled and said: "Brother Pan, have you forgotten that I have Mi Zong San?!"
Pan Suxuan said in surprise: "When did you sprinkle Mizongsan on this young man? Why didn't I notice it?"
Zhao Niantong said: "Of course he doesn't have it on him, but he has an item that belongs to me, so it's fine if it's on it."
Pan Suxuan suddenly realized: "You mean the jade pendant? Did you sprinkle Mizong Powder on the jade pendant?"
Zhao Niantong said: "Exactly. Brother Pan, you always say that I am careless and careless when I go out with you. I don't want to be scolded by you for losing things. Although this jade pendant is not a high-quality product, I also like it very much, so when I bought it , so I sprinkled Mizong Powder on it. I didn’t expect that this unintentional move has helped a lot now.”
Pan Suxuan smiled and said: "Brother Zhao, you are really foresighted. Without further ado, let's set off as soon as possible."
This Mizong Powder is made from Mizong grass, a unique plant on the Goddess Peak of Caixia Palace. It can emit a unique aroma and attract nomadic herder ants on the Goddess Peak to come to look for food. Taking advantage of this characteristic, people from Caixia Palace usually carry the Lost Tracking Powder and a few nomadic ants with them when they go down the mountain. They can be used to track them or to escape from being lost.
Zhao Niantong took out a small square box from his arms, opened the lid and released two nomadic ants. The nomadic ant circled the ground twice, and after a slight hesitation, crawled toward the northwest.
Pan and Zhao followed, walking about ten miles, and came to the door of a large house. The nomadic ants disappeared into the grass at the corner door.
The two of them looked up and saw two big characters hanging in the middle of the mansion's door - "Chen's Mansion". Outside the gate of the mansion, there were four doormen standing on the left and right, holding waist knives in their hands and looking coldly at the passers-by.
As soon as Pan Suxuan saw these two words on the door, his heart moved, and he thought secretly: "This time when we go down the mountain, the master has asked us to hand over his handwritten letter to a senior in the Jinling government surnamed Chen before the tenth day of March. If he is in trouble, he must be given a helping hand. Could this be his residence?"
Just as I was thinking about it, I heard Zhao Niantong say: "That's it, let's go in and catch this kid."
Pan Suxuan said: "Don't be busy, this is not an ordinary place, you can't break in."
Zhao Niantong said: "Brother Pan, why have you suddenly become so timid? Where is this place? Is there anything that cannot be broken into? Isn't it the inner courtyard of the palace?"
Pan Suxuan said: "It is not the inner courtyard of the palace, but it is also the home of Tianhuang noble family. Let's not talk about the scale and magnificence of this courtyard, but the knowledge can be seen from the door of this palace."
Zhao Niantong asked in confusion: "Besides the huge size of this mansion, what else is special about it?"
Pan Suxuan said: "There is nothing wrong with the door itself, but the nails on the door reveal the identity of the owner."
Zhao Niantong shook his head and said: "What's so strange about the doornail? Brother Pan, please stop being so pretentious. What's going on?"
Pan Suxuan smiled and said: "Each door here has sixty-three doornails, nine vertically and seven horizontally, and the Emperor's Gate has nine vertically and nine horizontally - a total of eighty-one doornails, which means nine and nine are unified. The status of the owner of this mansion is only slightly inferior to that of the emperor today. Logically speaking, he should be a prince or a consort. However, the surname of our country is Song, but the owner here is surnamed Chen, so it should not be the prince's mansion.
The Holy Emperor is young today. Although he is married, he has not yet given birth to an heir. The consorts of the eldest princess have never heard of anyone with the surname Chen. This shows that the owner of this palace must be an important minister closely connected with the royal family. Judging from the gates and hairpins at the door, this should be the residence of a military commander, and the residence of a martial artist must be heavily guarded. Such an important place, Brother Zhao, do you think we should trespass? "
Zhao Niantong was speechless when asked, and said hesitantly: "This...then...in your opinion, what should we do?"
Pan Suxuan said: "Hold your troops and wait for more inquiries."
Before he finished speaking, the corner door on the west side of the main entrance opened with a creak, and two good-looking women walked out one after the other. The woman walking in front was about twenty-five or six years old. She was dressed like an official maid and wore a green dress. As she walked, she turned back and told the girl behind her something. The girl following behind her looked to be about sixteen or seventeen years old. She was wearing sky blue clothes, her head lowered and her shoulders lowered. She walked slowly, nodding from time to time to cater to the woman in front of her.
Upon seeing this, Pan Suxuan winked at Zhao Niantong, and the two understood and followed quietly.
Not far away, the two women in front stopped at the entrance of a cloth shop. The older woman pointed at the cloth shop's plaque and muttered something, while the girl behind kept nodding.
Pan Suxuan looked up and saw "Chai Ji Buzhuang" written on the plaque. The two women talked for a while under the plaque, and then slowly walked into the cloth village one after the other.
Zhao Niantong tugged on his sleeves and whispered: "Senior brother, you wait at the door, I will go in to check the situation."
Pan Suxuan said: "I will go with you."
Zhao Niantong smiled and said: "Senior brother, are you also proficient in the matter of female embroidery workers?"
Pan Suxuan's face turned red and he thought that he really knew nothing about this matter. Moreover, he and Zhao Niantong were both dressed in men's clothing at this time. It would be suspicious for two men to visit the cloth shop together. He had no choice but to nod and said: "Okay, Brother Zhao, please add more careful."
Zhao Niantong smiled at him, turned around, lifted up his robe, fanned his hand, and walked towards the store.
