Chapter 36: The Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell
Ning Zhao's aftermath is naturally handled by the Chen family, the head of the house. I thought that it would be okay to deal with it hastily, but Mrs. Ning remembered her filial piety to Ning Zhao in front of her and passed a message to the Chen family.
Although she is a concubine, she is also the daughter of the princess's house, and she has to do it in accordance with the family etiquette law, so she declared that she had a sudden emergency and died.
"Hmph, everyone is dead, and it's still so tossed!" relieved the fear in his heart, and Ning Lian's whole person came back to life.
The matter is a foregone conclusion, the uneasiness in Ning Lian's heart is gone, only the joy that the thorn in his eye has been expelled, and his speech has returned to his usual arrogance.
"Let's do it." Chen took a sip of tea while the old god was there, and said with a smile: "Why bother with a dead person, just let her go." ”
After that, Chen instructed his subordinates to prepare the mourning hall, and moved Ning Zhao's 'corpse' into the coffin that evening.
The fake death pill will expire in about ten hours, even if Ning Zhao is good before, the 'corpse' still has to be chosen at night.
So, just after the cicada was tired of crying and fell asleep in front of the incense and candle case, Ning Zhao in the coffin moved.
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It was already the second day when the bad news came out from the Taifu Mansion, but Jin Yuan was not there at this time, and there were not many people in Jingzhong who were good friends with Ning Zhao, but the crown prince Murong Cheng was taken aback when he learned the news.
After the early dynasty, Murong Cheng followed Ning Hong to the Taifu Mansion to mourn Ning Zhao, and when he arrived outside the mansion, he couldn't help but sigh when he saw the white sail hanging on it.
Murong Cheng rarely took a fancy to a woman, he had a strong impression of Ning Zhao, and he was looking forward to when they could meet, but he didn't want it to be like this, separated by yin and yang.
The white sails were plain, and Ning Zhaoling was only accompanied by green cicadas in front of him, and it was desolate and desolate.
Looking at the coffin in the mourning hall, Murong Cheng sighed, gave Ning Zhao incense, and said with emotion: "Second Miss Ning is gentle and generous, and full of talent, so it is a pity that the fragrance has declined." ”
"Hey, today His Royal Highness Prince Lao personally expressed his condolences, and the lower official thanked His Royal Highness for the little girl."
Murong Cheng waved his hand, chatted with Ning Hong for a few more words, and then left.
When the two of them walked away, the green cicada's hanging head was raised, and then he looked at the incense on the case and the 'Ning Zhao' in the coffin.
- Rewind time a few hours ago.
The fake death pill failed, Ning Zhao woke up slowly, and when he opened his eyes, he was white, and the next moment he understood where he was.
Although the effect of the medicine passed, there were still a few side effects, Ning Zhao untied the funeral cloth, pressed his somewhat drowsy head, and sat up with the coffin.
Fortunately, it was late at night, and if people saw this horrific scene, they might be scared of something.
Ning Zhao slowed down, looked at the green cicada who was already asleep, the corners of his mouth curled, and then turned out of the coffin and walked to the green cicada.
"Green Cicada, wake up, Green Cicada......" Ning Zhao squatted down, patted the green cicada's cheek gently, and saw that there were still undried tears on it, and his heart hurt.
After tossing all day, the cicada was physically and mentally exhausted, and Ning Zhao called several times before she had a little reaction.
"Miss, what's the matter?" The cicada rubbed her eyes that were still red and swollen, and blurted out.
However, the next moment, she paused suddenly, and then looked at Ning Zhao in front of her with wide eyes, dumbfounded.
"Ah...... Hmm......" The green cicada that reacted was covered by Ning Zhao as soon as she screamed.
Ning Zhao made a gesture of silence and hurriedly said: "Don't make a sound, I'm not dead or cheating, I have body temperature, you touch it." ”
As he spoke, Ning Zhao grabbed the green cicada's hand and put it on his face, the tentacles were a little cold, but it didn't take long for it to get warm.
The cicada looked at Ning Zhao in disbelief, the living Ning Zhao!
"Hmm......" Qing Cicada nodded quickly, signaling that he understood, and Ning Zhao let go of his hand.
"Miss! You, how are you? "The green cicada is about to be played to death by Ning Zhao, this one will live and one will die, if she wants to do it again, she will definitely have to die first.
"Huh...... I'm scared. Ning Zhao chuckled, touched the cicada's head, and said, "I told you that I'm fine, don't you still believe in my medical skills?" I don't care about Ning Lian's trick yet. ”
"Then why did you suddenly ......" Qing Cicada didn't want to mention that word, it was unlucky.
"I took fake death pills." Ning Zhao winked at the green cicada, a rare playful appearance.
The green cicada was full of questions, but Ning Zhao didn't have time to say more, so he pulled up the green cicada and ordered: "While there is no one, go and find me some rice paper and bamboo strips, quickly." ”
Qing Cicada wanted to ask for the reason, but seeing Ning Zhao's serious appearance, she still followed her words and found what Ning Zhao wanted.
Ning Zhao didn't delay, his hand moved quickly, the green cicada watched from the side, and asked curiously, "Miss, is this going to tie a paper person?" ”
"Clever!" Ning Zhao smiled and praised: "If I don't find a good stand-in, how can I get out of my shell?" ”
As he spoke, the paper figure had already taken shape.
"Golden cicadas coming out of their shells?" Qing Cicada blinked her eyes and said blankly, "Where is Miss going?" ”
Hearing this, Ning Zhao's hands flashed, his eyes flashed, and he said: "There are some things I need to investigate clearly, in order not to arouse suspicion, only this method is the safest." ”
After a while, Ning Zhao stopped his movements, patted the dust on his hands, and said with a smile: "Okay." ”
It was a paper figure similar to Ning Zhao's body.
The cicada was very surprised, and she didn't know that her young lady would do this.
"Bring me two sets of clothes, and the little package I kept in the cupboard." Ning Zhao commanded.
The cicada went quickly, and after a while, he came back with the package.
Ning Zhao took off the funeral clothes and put them on the paper man, took out a set of clean clothes to change into, and then beckoned the cicada to put the paper man into the coffin, and covered the entire head and face with the mortuary cloth.
After doing all this, Ning Zhao let out a long breath.
"I don't have any friends in Beijing, and I believe that Chen and my father will not come to see me, so no one should find out that something is wrong." Ning Zhao looked at Qing Chan, and then said: "I'm only worried about my mother, Qing Cicada, you remember to take care of her, and when you feel that the time is right, you can tell her the truth." ”
"Miss, don't worry." Qing Cicada nodded solemnly, handed the burden to Ning Zhao, and said, "I will definitely take care of Aunt Dou, you must also pay attention to safety and come back safely." ”
Ning Zhao smiled and nodded, then stopped lingering, took the package and left the Taifu Mansion.
The actual situation is the same as Ning Zhao thought, although there is a mourning hall, no one came to condole, except for Ning Lao Taijun who sent someone to help and was euphemistically sent away by the green cicada.
The cicada pretended to be in pain, thinking that no one should come again in the past few days, and when she was about to breathe a sigh of relief, she ushered in the uninvited guest of the prince.
Fortunately, the prince just left after putting on the incense, and he didn't notice anything unusual.
The cicada took a deep breath, looked out the window, looked at the unknown distance, and murmured, "Miss, you must come back safely!" ”
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Ning Zhao left the house, first found a remote inn to rest for the night, and the next morning, he hurried to the military horse trading market.
It's been a few days since the last investigation, and the matter of the military horse has just had a clue, but it has attracted the men in black to chase and kill, and the people behind it are so excited, there must be a lot of information in this.