228 Nightmares
Li Xiao looked like he had lost to you, and said to Chu Qiao and Yun Mo very patiently, "This mirror is a national second-class cultural relic!" β
"Oh, how could that be in his hands? He stole artifacts? Chu Qiao glanced down at the corpse that was no longer very recognizable, "The guards are stealing themselves!" β
"No, Nalin would never do such a thing!" The old man who looked to be in his sixties behind Director Zhang said with some excitement, "That Lin has been working in the museum for twenty-eight years, how could he do such a thing!?" β
Li Xiao glanced at the old man and explained to Chu Qiao and the others, "This is the deputy director of the museum. β
The deputy curator continued to blush, "I can use my personality as a guarantee, Na Lin will definitely not steal the cultural relics in the museum!" β
"Hehe, let's just say that, deputy director, don't get excited!" Chu Qiao laughed dryly.
"Indeed, Nalin should not be the one who stole this mirror." Li Xiao said, "This mirror is displayed in the treasure hall, where there is surveillance, glass cabinet and infrared anti-theft system, we just checked the glass booth where the mirror is displayed, there is no fingerprint of Na Lin on it, and there is no image of Na Lin in the surveillance." β
"How did the mirror end up in his hand?" Chu Qiao asked sharply.
Li Xiao shook his head and said, "We don't know either!" That's why I'm inviting you to come and have a look! I look at this, it's quite mysterious, the glass cover is intact, there is no trace of opening at all, how did the cultural relics come out? β
Hearing that Li Xiao actually asked about herself, Chu Qiao couldn't cry or laugh.
"Well, with my IQ, I really can't answer such a sophisticated question." Chu Qiao raised his hand in surrender, "Don't tell me, do you suspect that some kind of ghost hit the wall, air control or something, and got that mirror out of the glass cover." β
"Do you have a better explanation?" Li Xiao leaned over and said very seriously, "I really think so." β
"......" Chu Qiao and Yun Mo were really a little speechless at Li Xiao.
"It's ridiculous!" Director Zhang on the side heard Li Xiao and Chu Qiao holding their hands and chirping crookedly for a long time, but they didn't get to the point, that's all, the more they talked, the more outrageous they became, Li Xiao is a people's policeman! Or the captain of the Yanjing City Criminal Police Brigade! It's ridiculous to say such a thing!
"Captain Li, do you know what you're talking about?" Director Zhang's face was flushed with anger, "Your criminal police team came here to investigate the scene, find out the murderer's means of committing the crime, and ensure the safety of national cultural relics!" Look what you're doing now?! Are you still a materialist, a people's policeman? β
"Director Zhang, you don't have to worry about what I'm going to do!" Li Xiao glanced at Director Zhang, wondering in his heart, should he really report to the chief and send this guy who is in the way!
"Let me remind you, Captain Li, it's better to figure out the case as soon as possible, and don't waste any more time over there!" Director Zhang was not convinced at all this time, he also thought in his heart that he must report Li Xiao's behavior just now to the chief, and his position as the captain of the criminal police brigade should be replaced!
"Okay, I'll take a look." Chu Qiao squatted down and carefully examined the small mirror in Na Lin's hand.
Mirrors again.
Chu Qiao suddenly found that there were mirrors in everything he seemed to encounter today.
Su Wencai bought a strange mirror, and there was another mirror used by Concubine Zhen here, it was really ......
Chu Qiao picked up the small mirror, the process of making this mirror has been combined with Western technology, from the perspective of the shadow, it is almost the same as the modern mirror, but, after all, it is something used by the imperial concubine, and the pondering and inlay of the mirror is naturally not comparable to modern technology, it is called "art", not "technology".
The handle of the mirror is still inlaid with fine rubies, even if more than a hundred years have passed, it still shines, which shows how beautiful and touching the great beauty should be when she held the mirror and looked at herself. The outside of the mirror is plated with a layer of gold, as for the inner tube, it should be copper, the back is also inlaid with various colored gemstones, and there is a gold wire around the mirror, such a craft must have been lost in modern times, no wonder such a small mirror can be among the national second-class cultural relics, and it is also a small national treasure.
"There's nothing wrong with the mirror." Chu Qiao looked at it for a long time, but didn't feel anything unusual, and shook his head helplessly.
Li Xiao's face was disappointed, "Qiaoqiao, take a closer look...... Is there anything ...... in this mirror?"
Chu Qiao naturally knew what Li Xiao was talking about, he was worried that there would be some resentful spirits in this mirror, right? Or to put it more bluntly, he was worried that Concubine Zhen, who died in vain, has not yet been reincarnated, lives in the mirror, and comes out for a stroll if she has nothing to do......
"There's really nothing." Chu Qiao handed the mirror back, "If there's anything, I can't see it?" β
"That's just as well." Li Xiao nodded and took the mirror, "But this case is really weird!" This Nalin is a Manchu, you know the surname 'that', right? In fact, it is the surname changed from the Manchu surname Yehenara, and coincidentally, the old queen mother who killed Concubine Zhen is surnamed Yehenara! β
"Is that Lin a descendant of the old queen mother?" Chu Qiao couldn't help but ask. "Do you think it's Concubine Zhen who is taking revenge on the descendants of the Yehenara clan?"
"It's still under investigation, I'm just guessing." Li Xiao said, "There was originally surveillance here, and there were almost no blind spots, but I don't know why, none of the surveillance cameras captured last night's situation, and Lin seemed to appear here out of thin air." β
"Well, there's a lot of things you can't photograph." Chu Qiao nodded and said, "Did you lose anything else in the hall?" β
Li Xiao nodded, leaned into Chu Qiao's ear and said, "I also lost a national treasure......
"I knew it." Chu Qiao glared at Li Xiao, this guy has also learned to squirm and twist, if he doesn't ask like this, isn't he going to say it? Chu Qiao could guess with his toes, if it wasn't for the loss of an important national treasure, how could those leaders above set up a task force? It's certainly not as simple as a mirror used by a little concubine!
"What's missing?" Chu Qiao asked.
Director Zhang on the side hurriedly coughed loudly and exaggeratedly, Li Xiao hesitated for a moment, and finally said helplessly, "I can't tell you yet...... The chief's consent must be sought on this matter......"
"I'll go!" Chu Qiao rolled his eyes, "Li Xiao, Senior Brother Li, you are not as cheating as you, you called us over, and didn't tell us the whole thing, since you don't trust us, what are you doing calling us over?" β
Yun Mo also looked impatient, if it weren't for the fact that Li Xiao's Li family had a great relationship with the Chu family, he wouldn't want to make such a trip!
"Let's go, there's nothing going on with us here." This time, Chang Yun Mo took Chu Qiao's hand and walked out.
"Qiaoqiao, Momo, it's not that I don't trust you, this ...... This one...... That's a big deal! I'm going to ask the chief to arrange for you to join the task force! Li Xiao hurriedly stopped Yun Mo and said with a bitter face, "This is a secret protection rule, no one outside the task force can know what the lost national treasure is!" β
"Okay, Senior Brother Li, we're not a member of the task force yet, it's useless to stay here, let's go back first, wait until you finish the report, and the above agrees that we will join the task force, now it's a blind man to light the lamp in vain!" Chu Qiao sighed and said, Li Xiao can't be blamed for this matter, there are many rules that cannot be disobeyed.
Li Xiao glanced at Chu Qiao gratefully, "Qiao Qiao, Senior Brother really doesn't know how to thank you!" β
"Come on!" Chu Qiao said angrily, "Every time something happens, you are so virtuous!" β
While the three of them were talking, Li Xiao sent Chu Qiao and Yun Mo out together.
At the moment when Chu Qiao stepped out of this small courtyard, he suddenly felt a chill oozing from his vest.
Chu Qiao's footsteps couldn't help but stiffen and stopped.
"What's wrong? Jojo? Yun Mo asked with concern.
Chu Qiao turned his head to look at the small courtyard, and his gaze finally fell on the dry well.
"What's wrong?" Li Xiao immediately asked excitedly.
The coolness came and went quickly, and when Chu Qiao turned around, everything returned to normal.
"This place...... Seal it for the time being, and don't let people in. Although Chu Qiao couldn't tell if the weird feeling he had just now was an illusion, or if this well was really a bit evil, it was always right to prevent trouble before it happened.
"Good!" Li Xiao didn't say a word, and immediately responded.
Director Zhang and the others naturally didn't dare to stay here for a long time, so they gave an order to protect the scene, and hurriedly followed Li Xiao and them out of here.
Everyone went out into the courtyard, and the little courtyard was dead again.
The corpse was still lying on the edge of the well in an eerie manner. I don't know how long it took, but under the corpse's eyelids, which couldn't close because of shrinkage, the huge whites of the eyes suddenly rolled over.
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"Qiaoqiao, do you say that someone is pretending to be a ghost in this matter, or is it a ......" On the way back, Yun Mo asked while driving.
"It's hard to say right now." Chu Qiao shook his head and said, "However, the only thing that is certain about this matter is that there is a blood clan involved in it, but I don't know which family it is!" β
"Well, the Blood Clan's holy weapon is about to be born in less than a month, and even the people of the Holy See are alarmed, not to mention several other big families of the Blood Clan, it is normal to come and join in the fun." Yun Mo frowned and said, "However, can those blood clan criminals come to our ancient palace museum to steal things?" There are many national treasures in the national museums of their country, right? β
"It's really complicated...... Chu Qiao rubbed his temples, "Go back to the villa first, and tell my brother about this matter." β
"Well, he still knows a little bit about the blood clan." Yun Mo nodded.
The black Volkswagen Passat headed towards the Chu family's villa.
"What do you say? Has a Bloodline appeared in the location of the Ancient Palace? Mo Sang stood up very excitedly, his expression became a little unsightly, and his eyes stared at Yun Mo.
"Yes! We have just returned from the ancient palace, where there was a murder, a museum worker, who should have been attacked by the blood clan, and all the blood was sucked out of his body. Chu Qiao continued, "Brother, do you know something? β
A flash of surprise flashed in Mo Sang's eyes, and he muttered, "How is it possible, who else knows about this?" β
"Brother, what are you talking about? What's the matter? Chu Qiao couldn't help but ask, "Do you have something to hide from us?" β
After a while, Mo Sang said in a deep voice, "Qiaoqiao, the place where the Blood Clan's holy weapon was born should be the Ancient Palace!" β
"Huh?!" Chu Qiao was stunned, "What did you say?" Will the Bloodline Artifact appear in the Ancient Palace?! β
"Yes." Mo Sang nodded, "Actually, the Blood Clan's Hallows should have been born three hundred years ago, when a prince of our Dracula family deduced from the Dark Bible that the place where the Hallows was born was in this mysterious palace in the East!" Our Bloodline has never set foot in the East, but because of the Holy Weapon, we have to travel thousands of miles to come here. At that time, the strength of that prince had reached the pinnacle of the cultivation that the blood clan could cultivate, and if he had the blood clan's holy weapon, he would be able to achieve the position of the blood emperor! So, he led the elite of the Dracula family to rush over! β
"However, this prince overestimated the blood clan too much, or underestimated the cultivators of the East, when we sneaked into the ancient palace and wanted to obtain our holy weapon, several cultivators from the East appeared, they should be the guardians of the ancient palace, the prince was strong and strong, and he did not take those few Eastern cultivators who looked no different from ordinary people in his eyes, and even tried to fight against those three Eastern cultivators with the strength of one person, and the result was ...... He only passed three moves in the hands of the three of them, and then he was destroyed! β
"Prince...... Hung up after only three moves? Chu Qiao struggled to compare three fingers, a little unbelievable, Mo Sang is so powerful, he is just a blood duke, what a powerful existence is the prince? And when such an awesome character meets an Eastern cultivator, he is unexpectedly weak...... Eh, as an Oriental, can Chu Qiao be a little proud?
"Yes!" Mo Sang nodded seriously, "I was there and saw it with my own eyes." Speaking of this, Mo Sang seemed to be caught in his own memories, and his blue eyes couldn't help but cross a touch of fear.
"I've never seen anyone so powerful!" Mo Sang couldn't help but sigh, "The ancient East is indeed worthy of our awe!" β
"It's a pity...... Chu Qiao pouted, "Those cultivators have all disappeared, otherwise, your blood clan would have angered those people by entering Yanjing with such fanfare!" β
"Yes, I don't understand how this can happen, the cultivators in the East seem to have all disappeared overnight." Mo Sang had a puzzled look on his face, "Actually, I didn't dare to come to the East again, because I didn't believe that all the cultivators in the East had really disappeared. β
"If those people were still around, we wouldn't have won the war so badly decades ago." Chu Qiao said gloomily, that period of history has always been the last thing that a student of her history department is willing to study, even if she wins in the end, but that victory can really only be described as a "miserable victory", and that victory was won by the people of this land at a price that they could not bear!
"Yes, I wonder why those people who were able to protect your palace didn't show up in the war. It turned out that they had all mysteriously disappeared. Mo Sang nodded and said, "However, I still remember that the man once said that what qi is approaching, they can only protect this time, at that time, I can't understand your words very well, now I think about it, did they know what was about to happen at that time?" β
"Huh...... Maybe......" Chu Qiao took a deep breath and said in his heart, even if those people are still there, they may not intervene in the war, the fortune of the whole world is probably determined by heaven, the so-called prosperity and decline, China has flourished for thousands of years, and it is normal for the fortune of the country to fall to the lowest point in the past hundred years, and now, it is already rising again.
Moreover, cultivators regard the great righteousness of the country very lightly, in their opinion, they have already transcended the world, and what they pursue is the ultimate way of heaven, how can they do things that go against the sky?
"So, you didn't find your artifact in the ancient palace in the first place, did you?" Chu Qiao turned the slightly heavy topic just now and continued to ask.
Mo Sang nodded, "Don't say anything about the Hallows, it's good that our Dracula family can pick up a few lives!" I don't know why those people didn't kill us at the beginning, and let a few of us with very low strength go back, so the holy weapon fell silent again, in the past three hundred years, our blood clan has no new blood emperor, and we can't feel the existence of the holy weapon, until twenty years ago, I calculated the day, the holy weapon should be born again, so I began to prepare, I want to come to get the holy weapon again. β
"You said that the news of the birth of the Sacred Artifact was learned by the prince of the Dracula family from the Dark Bible, so the Dark Bible should not be something that everyone can see, right?" Chu Qiao asked.
"That's nature, the Dark Bible is the treasure of the dark world, and only the prince in the blood clan has the qualifications to read it." Moissando.
"So, among the other blood families, are there any princes?" Chu Qiao wanted to find out who had entered the ancient palace first.
Mo Sang shook his head decisively, "No." Although the Dracula family was badly damaged three hundred years ago, they are still the most powerful of the bloodline! There is not a single prince in the Dracula family, and there is no possibility of any other family! If there were, they would have challenged the position of the Dracula family as the first family a long time ago! β
"Then why did they come to Yanjing? Who leaked this news? Chu Qiao asked puzzled.
"The Holy Weapon was born, the Blood Moon appeared, and the entire dark world could guess, not who leaked the news." Mo Sang shook his head and said, "However, who actually found the ancient palace, they knew that the holy weapon would appear in Yanjing, but it would not be so easy to guess that it was the ancient palace!" After all, it is possible for the holy weapon to appear anywhere in Yanjing! β
"Brother, if you think about it again, is there anyone who can know exactly where the holy weapon was born?" Chu Qiao asked again unwillingly.
Mo Sang pondered for a while and spoke, "There is indeed another person, but it is definitely not her. β
"Who?"
"Windsor. She is already dead, how can a dead person go to the ancient palace to kill people again? β
"That's ......," Chu Qiao nodded, "Since the blood clan has set its sights on the ancient palace, we still have to prepare early!" β
"Yes!" Mo Sang nodded, "From tomorrow onwards, I will stay near the ancient palace, if anyone makes any rash moves, they should not be able to escape my eyes!" β
"Brother, if I can, I want that murderer to pay the price!" A cold light flashed in Chu Qiao's eyes.
"Okay, I promise you, when I catch that person, I'll hand it over to you." Mo Sang nodded, he didn't have any feelings for the blood clan, whatever his sister said, that's what it is.
The next day, Chu Qiao returned to school, Meng Pingping went out early in the morning, but Su Wen stayed in the dormitory for the first time, did not play games, did not read romance novels, did not make porridge on the phone with friends, and did not study which clothes looked better with them...... When Chu Qiao walked into the bedroom, he saw Su Wen curled up in the quilt, staring at him with big eyes, not knowing what he was thinking.
"Hey! Wenwen, why don't you get up yet?! Chu Qiao said coldly.
"Huh!?" Su Wen, who was in a trance, was frightened by Chu Qiao's voice, and she didn't realize that Chu Qiao had returned to the bedroom.
"What's wrong with you?" Chu Qiao was startled when he saw Su Wen, staring at him with big eyes, as if he hadn't come back to his senses yet, "The soul is out of body?" β
"Oh......" Su Wen seemed to have just reacted, and reluctantly pulled a smile, "It's nothing, it's nothing." β
"Something is wrong with you, girl!" Chu Qiao looked at Su Wen seriously, and found that Su Wen's face was a little pale, and there was some blue under his eyes, it seems that this girl didn't sleep well last night, could it be insomnia? Even buy karma, Su Wen is a guy who snores when he touches the pillow, and he doesn't want to wake her up when it thunders and rains in summer, and she will lose sleep?
"Did something happen? Tell me about it! β
Su Wen shook his head, "It's okay...... I had a nightmare last night, and when I woke up, I couldn't sleep, tossing and turning, and tossing the dead. β
"Huh? Have a nightmare? What did you dream about? Tell me about it! "When it comes to nightmares, Chu Qiao's professional sensitivity comes, dreams are actually another different dimension, but they are inextricably linked to reality, if a person is trapped by dreams, especially nightmares, then something must have happened in reality.
"Actually...... It's not a nightmare......" Su Wen smiled embarrassedly.
"Just tell me!" Chu Qiao refused to let Su Wen go, "Come, let me interpret your dreams, my interpretation of dreams is very accurate!" β
"Uh...... I just fell asleep at night, as if I heard someone calling my name......" Su Wen's face suddenly turned red as he spoke, "It's a man's voice, it sounds pretty good......"
"Oh! ......" Chu Qiao deliberately shouted loudly, "It turned out to be Xiao Nizisi!" No boys chasing lately? I said, don't be arrogant, I think about it in my dreams at night, hurry up and find a boyfriend to fall in love, don't hold back the problem! β
Listening to Su Wen's dream, Chu Qiao breathed a sigh of relief, such dreams are normal in adolescence, so he couldn't help but tease her.
"Oops! Bad Jojo! I shouldn't have told you! Su Wen glared at Chu Qiao fiercely, threatening to hit her, "Who is like you, you have had a fiancΓ© since you were a child, and you are so good to you, you don't have to worry about getting married!" Why didn't my mother order me a baby kiss? β
"Hahaha......" Chu Qiao dodged Su Wen's hand, "Envy, jealousy, and hatred, right?" Okay, okay, tomorrow I'll ask Yun Mo to introduce you to a rich and handsome person, how about it? Take you to a big meal every day, wow, raise you to be fat for nothing! β
"Bad guy, people don't want to be rich and handsome! I just need someone who is good to me! Su Wen said with a red face.
"I didn't think about it - people are looking for someone to treat me!" Chu Qiao pinched his nose to learn Su Wen to speak, and provoked Su Wen to jump off the bed and beat Chu Qiao, the two laughed for a while, Chu Qiao suddenly remembered the mirror that Su Wen bought yesterday, and looked around, the mirror was not placed in the bedroom.
"Hey, Su Wen, what about the decorative mirror you bought yesterday?" Chu Qiao couldn't help but ask.
Su Wen took away the pillow, "No, put it under the pillow!" β
"Why do you put such a beautiful mirror under your pillow? Put it out, add a bit of literary flavor to the bedroom! Chu Qiao glanced at the mirror seriously, but still didn't see anything.
"Don't want it!" Su Wen shook his head and said, "This mirror is so beautiful, what if someone steals it outside?" I'd better hide under my pillow. β
"You're just a little kid." Chu Qiao smiled and said, "Okay, I'll go to the professor's side, you get up quickly, hurry up and go on a date, don't stay in bed, it's easy to have that kind of dream!" Ho Ho Ho Ho ......"
Su Wen was anxious and ashamed, looking at Chu Qiao's back as he ran out, he was so anxious that he stomped his feet.
In the end, Su Wen couldn't put it down and covered the mirror in his hand to his chest, why would he be so precious about this mirror? She didn't know it herself, maybe this was the fate that the boss said?
If Chu Qiao was here, he would definitely add, "Yes, ape dung, what a big lump!" β
Su Wen got out of bed, put the mirror on the pillow, and went to wash, but he didn't see that on the ancient mirror lying quietly on the pillow, there was a faint blue light.
Coming out of the professor's house, Chu Qiao drooped his head.
Originally, she was going to ask about what happened to Concubine Zhen in history, after all, TV and movies are all processed and adapted, and there are very few introductions to Concubine Zhen in relatively professional books, so Chu Qiao thought about asking the professor.
As a result, the professor gave her a severe reprimand.
"Classmate Chu Qiao, you really disappointed me! Originally, I thought you were a child who was born to study history, and you have a lot of aura. But you have been absent from school for a long time, and this exam is finally a failure! The professor's earnest and heart-wrenching words fell on Chu Qiao.
But Chu Qiao was slandered in his heart, listening to the professor's tone, I failed the course, he seemed to be very happy......
------Off topic------
Today, I saw that there was a relative in the message area who threatened to kill me if he didn't give Momo a good ending...... Look at my frightened eyes, dear, are you sure you are willing?