Chapter 052: Hope
Jian Ning thought about the things before and after again, and said with some affirmation in her tone: "Zijin's master has always lived in seclusion on Tianhua Mountain, whether it is in the rivers and lakes or in the court, very few people know about his existence. It can be said that there are few people who know him and the Lord of the Easy Valley. ”
When Jian Ning said this, Jiu'er seemed to have some understanding, looked at Jian Ning and said: "So the one who can pretend to be him to write a letter to my grandfather and design to arrest my grandfather is the one who harms him!" ”
Because only by controlling Ruan Feichen can he design Xiaoyaozi in a grand manner.
"It's Ai Gaoyi!" No matter how long it has been, when Ruan Zijin mentions Ai Gaoyi, there is still an indelible hatred in his eyes. But now Jian Ning is very satisfied, at least Zijin has learned to control his impulses. I will no longer run to Ai Gaoyi desperately without caring for anything.
Although he now knows that Ai Gaoyi should be the one who captured Xiaoyaozi, Jian Ning still can't figure it out. Ruan Feichen has lived here for more than 200 years, and has been living in seclusion in Tianhua Mountain for more than 100 years, and few people know about him, why would Ai Gaoyi know about him? And he actually knows the relationship between Ruan Feichen and Xiaoyaozi, something that even Jiu'er and Zijin don't know, isn't it too strange that he, an outsider, actually knows?
"I'll go to Aifu right now to find out." Jiu'er learned that it was Ai Gaoyi, and stood up almost "Teng".
"Wait!" Jian Ning immediately took Jiu'er's hand and shouted, "If you go like this, not only will you not find any clues, but you will also startle the snake!" ”
"According to Ai Gaoyi's cunning, even if he is under his hands, he will not be so stupid to lock people in his own mansion!" Jian Ning muttered thoughtfully, "And I always feel that this matter has been strange since we first investigated. ”
"What does Ning'er think is strange?" Ruan Zijin calmed down, looked at Jian Ning and asked.
"What do you think, what did Ai Gaoyi do when he captured Jiu'er's grandfather? Even if you want Grandpa Jiu'er to help him do things, then why use your master to lure him in? Wouldn't it be more convenient to directly threaten Jiu'er. And your master should be much more difficult to deal with than Jiu'er."
Jian Ning said what she felt suspicious little by little: "Besides, he arrested Jiu'er's grandfather because he took a fancy to his medical skills and poison skills, but have you heard that there are people around Ai Gaoyi who have an incurable disease?" Not at all! I haven't heard of any minister or anyone else Ai Gaoyi has used poison to assassinate in the past year! ”
"That's it. Don't you think Ai Gaoyi's arrest of Jiu'er's grandfather is suspicious? After Jian Ning finished speaking, her brows furrowed deeply.
Sometimes the clues come too quickly, and it's not a happy thing to be too smooth, especially if the mastermind behind it is someone like Ai Gaoyi.
"Then Ning'er thinks that the person behind the scenes may not be Ai Gaoyi?" After listening to Jian Ning's call, Ruan Zijin suddenly asked.
"No, I think the person behind this must be Ai Gaoyi. But what I'm afraid of is that Ai Gaoyi knows that we are investigating, so he will come and make a plan. Set us up. "It's not unreasonable for Jian Ning to think like this, after all, a person who can cover the sky with one hand in officialdom can't capsize in the hands of these people.
"So what do you think we should do? Do you just do nothing? Jiu'er said a little impatiently. Now that I finally have this clue, even if I know that there may be danger, I will not back down. ”
"Besides, I don't think that the Valley of Ease is a place where ordinary people can get in and out as they want. No one will be able to escape the eyes and ears of Runaway Valley and be funny in Grandpa's study. Jiu'er is so firm that he believes that this letter was left by his grandfather, not that Ai Gaoyi's people deliberately broke into the situation of Xiaoyao Gubu.
Jian Ning could hear that Jiu'er was very relieved about Xiaoyao Valley, and she also trusted the people inside. But it is impossible for Jian Ning to rule out the speculation that there is a mole in Xiaoyao Valley.
"Nature can't do nothing." Jian Ning looked at Jiu'er and said, "Even if it is really Ai Gaoyi's hand, he will not detain people in his own mansion, especially when it is nearly a year after one pass." So now all you have to do is find as many places where you can be held. ”
"You can ask people to check Ai Gaoyi or the house related to the Ai family, which has been vacant for at least a year. Of course, when checking, you should also be careful. See if there are any dungeons or secret rooms or anything like that. In particular, it is clear that it is an empty house. But you can often see people entering and leaving the house. ”
Jian Ning thought about how to give food and water to people after this shutdown, and besides, those medicinal materials should also be transported there. There will inevitably be people coming in and out.
"Okay, I'll give the order at once." Jiu'er nodded and went out.
Jian Ning originally wanted to say something to Ruan Zijin, but after thinking about it for a long time, she still didn't speak.
After such an analysis just now, Jian Ning was actually guessing whether Zijin's master was not dead at all, and was also locked up by Ai Gaoyi. First, Zijin and her senior brother didn't really see their master's corpse, and second, since Ai Gaoyi designed Ruan Feichen, he must have a favorite use value.
But she didn't want Zijin to be hurt a second time, and she looked for someone with hope, but in the end she still got the result that the person was dead, so Jian Ning didn't open her mouth in the end.
Originally, Jian Ning thought that things could be suppressed for the time being, but what she didn't expect was that what she was most worried about finally happened. At dinner in the evening, neither Jiu'er nor Zijin knew where to go.
"Senior brother, but there's news?" Seeing Liu Leshan coming in, Jian Ning immediately ran forward and asked.
Liu Leshan was also obviously very disappointed, panting, and shook his head helplessly: "Ning'er, could it be that they just went out to run errands and came back in a while." How anxious were you when Jiu'er didn't come back overnight and didn't see you before, why did you just disappear for a few hours today, and you were in such a hurry? ”
Liu Leshan didn't know about their conversation in the afternoon, and naturally he didn't know why Jian Ning was so worried.
Jian Ning listened to Liu Leshan's words, and could only continue to comfort herself, hoping that it was really as the senior brother said, they really just went out to investigate the clues, not to Aifu.
"Senior brother, you've also run several times, let's sit down and rest first!" Jian Ning saw that Liu Leshan was also tired enough, and immediately spoke. asked Xi'er to pour water for Liu Leshan again.
It's a pity that the two of them didn't come back until the end of the day, and Jian Ning really couldn't sit still at this time.
Here she has no power or power, and there is no one available at all. Now that Jiu'er and they are missing, it is very likely that they have fallen into the hands of Ai Gaoyi. If this is the case, it is estimated that it will be difficult to find them without someone who specializes in investigating intelligence.
Thinking of this, Jian Ning immediately instructed Xi'er: "Xi'er, go to my room and bring a red lacquer carved box on the side of the makeup box." ”
Xi'er saw that Jian Ning was in a hurry, and immediately rushed back to the courtyard when she heard the words.
Jian Ning looked at Liu Leshan and said solemnly: "Senior brother, I can't tell the specific things now, Jiu'er and Zijin haven't come back yet, and I haven't seen any news come back, maybe they're in trouble." ”
"I still have the token given by the owner of Ziwei Villa in my hand, you can go to their rudder in a while, and ask them to help find out their whereabouts, or if there is a fight in any place near Kyoto." After pausing for a moment, Jian Ning added, "If you can, it's best to check what happened in Aifu today, is there anyone arrested?" ”
Speaking of which, Xi'er has already taken the box.
After Jian Ning took it, she gave the entire box to Liu Leshan, and continued: "Although Ziwei Villa's influence is widely distributed, Kyoto is not where their headquarters is located after all, and there will always be places that cannot be found. There are still a few thousand taels of silver tickets in the box, you can inquire again, there is some secret organization in Kyoto, if there is, you can pay them to investigate it too."
All Jian Ning could think of, and the only ones he could use in his hands were these clues. Although Liu Leshan didn't know what was going on, looking at Jian Ning's expression and hearing that he was going to send Aifu, he also knew that this time the matter was not small.
didn't ask much, took a subordinate in the courtyard and hurriedly went out.
Looking at Liu Leshan's figure going out, Jian Ning suddenly felt extremely tired and sat on the chair weakly.
Time passed little by little, and when the sky was white, Liu Leshan finally returned.
Jian Ning hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "How are things going?" ”
"Ziwei Villa is also refreshing, and quickly agreed, help us inquire, I left the address, and they will come to inform us as soon as there is news. As for the killer organization, they thought it was too troublesome to find someone, it took a long time, and the commission was low, so they didn't take over. Liu Leshan said with a frown.
"Think the commission is low? Didn't Senior Brother increase the price? Jian Ning asked in surprise.
"Why didn't I add it, I added it three times, but they still didn't take it." Liu Leshan said with a little annoyance.
Jian Ning also frowned when she heard this, generally speaking, the gold owner is willing to pay three times the price, no matter what the errand is, they will not lose, how can they not take it?
Jian Ning looked at Liu Leshan and asked suspiciously, "Where did you inquire about the organization?" ”
"The shopkeeper of Tianxianglou is there." Liu Leshan replied truthfully.
They all opened restaurants, and often ate in Tianxianglou, and after coming and going, Liu Leshan became familiar with the shopkeeper.
Jian Ning kept thinking in her heart, and suddenly said, "Since they don't take it, forget it." Senior brother, go and rest first. ”
Jian Ning had been pacing around the courtyard, just hoping that news would come back, but until sunset, no one came to the door.
Just when Jian Ning was about to despair, she finally thought of a way and quickly ran to the courtyard where Jiu'er and the others were. When she saw the eagle in front of Jiu'er's window, Jian Ning had a hopeful smile on her face. (To be continued) R466