A deadly beauty
Today's weather is good, Ji Mi is holding Yun'er in the small garden of their dormitory to enjoy the flowers, many trees in the academy have already withered and yellowed, and the autumn wind usually takes some away when it sweeps over, such a scene is a little sad in Ji Mi's opinion.
"Winter will soon begin, so why don't you go down the mountain today, and buy some things for winter." She handed over the child in her arms to Pan Xi to take care of, and went down the mountain to play after asking the dean with Huahua and Bao'er.
Only Chiyo Mu was left with the boredom of the three big men staring at them.
Not far from the foot of the mountain is the bazaar, unlike in the past, there are few pedestrians in the bazaar today, and some shops on the street are not open, if I remember correctly, the last time they came here, there were a lot of people, why are there so few pedestrians on the street today, and it takes a few steps to see one.
Ji Mi found the opportunity to stop an old man in a hurry, "Old man, why is this market so deserted today?" "Counting the days, today is the market day, it should be shoulder to shoulder.
The old gentleman recognized the Wuling Academy uniform on Ji Mi's body, thought about it for a while and decided to put down what he was doing first and tell the three girls about the situation here, only to see the old gentleman take out a slender cigarette stick from his arms, the thick burnt smell of grass leaf smoke stimulated the noses of the people around him, and the old gentleman slowly spit out a smoke ring from his mouth, and then said:
"Don't you know? Tianbao national funeral, although we are not under the jurisdiction of the five countries, but always next to a little Tianbao, no, no stalls, the emperor of Tianbao let us mourn his dead queen with sadness. ”
Stalls are not allowed in this market, so how can there be people who come to buy things and go shopping, naturally it is empty.
What made Ji Mi feel strange was that as far as she knew, Sun Changyun, the emperor of this Tianbao, did not have a good relationship with his own empress, how could he make such a big move.
The old gentleman saw that Ji Mi and the others were still puzzled, so he only pulled Ji Mi's sleeve and let her sit on the bench of the stall on the side of the road, and said to her slowly: "We have a rumor that the queen was killed by Emperor Tianbao......"
His eyes widened, for fear that Ji Mi and the three would not believe his words, but his words did make it difficult for Ji Mi and Hua Huabao'er to accept, Sun Changyun had no motive, what reason did he have to kill the queen who had been in bed with him for decades?
The smoke coming out of the old gentleman's cigarette stick has never stopped, and he seems to care about Sun Changyun's queen? This old man felt too strange to Ji Mi, but for some reason, Ji Mi always felt that this old gentleman's words could be believed.
As if guessing the doubts in the minds of the three women, the old gentleman pretended to lower his voice in a deep voice and continued: "I also heard that Sun Changyun is raising some army, and his queen family is a family with strong roots. ”
Ji Mi's eyebrows were frowned, and the contraction of her pupils didn't mean anything, but the old man's words undoubtedly made him start to suspect Sun Changyun's secret movements.
If so...... What is the purpose of Sun Changyun's army? Haven't you given up on your ridiculous idea? Do you still insist on going against Zixun?
Immediately, Ji Mi shook her head with a strange smile, she still thought too much, these rumors naturally can't be fully believed, if you have heard it, you have heard it, just go out of the other ear, if you really take it seriously, it is really stupid. After thinking about it, Ji Mi thanked the old gentleman, and turned around and left the market with Bao'er and Huahua.
They did not give up shopping, but went to another market where there were usually fewer people, and surprisingly, there were many more people here than in the previous market.
After all, it was under the feet of the Five Spirits Academy, and Emperor Tianbao didn't dare to come to the realm of the Five Spirits Academy even if he stretched out his hand for a long time, so they would just take a stroll here.
It was the same place as usual, with people talking and laughing on the road, children running around on the ground with kites, women sitting in stalls teaching young girls about life, and the clamor of men betting money in the gambling houses.
This is the bazaar that Ji Mi is familiar with, the one just now, it really seems to be an illusion created by illusion, and all the people have sallow and gloomy faces......
No, sallow-complexion, lifeless? Did they really not go wrong just now? How did she remember that the distance between the two markets was very long? Could it be that I am misremembering again?
The more she thought about it, the more wrong it became, Ji Mi hurriedly found a woman who looked relatively old and nervously grabbed someone's hand and asked, "Hello, auntie, is there a market not far from here?" ”
The woman quickly waved her hand when she heard her words, "But there is no market, there is a mass grave not far from there, and everyone usually does not leave that door, girl, are you mistaken?" ”
Having said that, the woman's eyes still had some suspicion when she looked at Ji Mi, she had long heard that there was something unclean in that mass grave, could it be this girl...... Where did it come from? Otherwise, I wouldn't have asked such a question......
This kind of thing can't be thought about, the woman was afraid, and hurriedly shook off Ji Mi's hand and walked away without looking back, until she was far away, she looked back at Ji Mi carefully, and after confirming that they did not follow her, she carried the basket in her hand and hurried home.
The three of them were all shocked when they heard the woman's words, it was impossible, what they had just seen was a bazaar, could it be ...... What the hell? Bao'er was the least daring, and when she thought of this, she couldn't help but scream, which frightened the people passing by, and she thought that this girl was crazy.
In order to verify the woman's words just now, the three girls hurriedly quickened their pace to the bazaar they had seen just now, but when they arrived, they saw the scene in front of them, where there was no market, it was clearly a mass grave that was inaccessible, countless white bones, and some corpses had not completely decomposed.
Bao'er was very scared, so she only wanted to go to the other side with Ji Mi and Huahua to ease her emotions, after all, the scene in front of her was too shocking.
Although Ji Mi was also shocked by the scene in front of her, she also thought of a question: why are there so many corpses?
She ripped off the corner of her skirt and put it over her face, trying to block out the pungent smell of the corpses, and when she went to inspect it, she realized that something was wrong.
Just thinking about it, she saw a wisp of white smoke rising from behind a small grave in the distance, and she didn't believe in anything in broad daylight, so she asked Huahua to stay here and come back in a while.
It was only after I went over that I found that the old gentleman I met at the market just now was sitting leisurely in front of the tombstone with a cigarette stick in his mouth, eating the offerings on his plate.
Ji Mi wondered why this old gentleman was so bold and actually ate the offerings of the dead in this mass grave, "Old gentleman, why are you here?" Also, this is clearly a bazaar just now, why did it become a mass grave? ”
And this old gentleman's behavior is very abnormal, what the hell is going on with all this? Can anyone explain that to her?
After smoking the last bit of tobacco, the old gentleman finally put away his black cigarette stick this time, led Ji Mi to a small hill, and pointed down for her to see.
Ji Mi looked in the direction he pointed, and her heart was shocked, she had never seen such a scene, with mountains of white bones, flies and scavenging crows flying everywhere.
What the hell is going on......
Without waiting for Ji Mi to speak, the old gentleman took the initiative to tell her the truth, "Queen, it's just one of many bones." Sun Changyun is doing something very terrible, girl, I'm sure you can stop him. ”
After speaking, there was no longer a sound in Ji Mi's ears, she felt strange, but when she turned her head, she found that the old gentleman was gone.
What the hell is going on...... Ji Mi felt a chill down her spine for the first time, no matter who saw so many corpses, she would feel her scalp tingle.
Still feeling that something was wrong, Ji Mi came to the grave bag just now, and then thought of the old gentleman sleeping here, holding a black smoke stick that had been mottled in his hand, and blowing a puff of white smoke from his mouth from time to time, he felt strange, everything was too strange.
And what the old gentleman said just now......
Although there are strange things, there is still a need to investigate.
Ji Mi didn't have the heart to go shopping anymore, so she took Huahua and Bao'er's hands and hurried back to the academy to tell Chiyo Mu about it.
When I went, I met three men drinking tea, just after listening to Ji Mi's words, Xu Ran only felt sick to his stomach, and found a place to vomit, Feng Wuchen and Chiyo Mu were still calm, they were always men who were used to seeing big scenes, and their ability to bear it was much better than that of the young master Xu Ran, who had been pampered since childhood.
"It's a strange thing." Even Feng Wuchen felt incredible, the old gentleman Ji Mi said should be just an ordinary person and didn't know how to use illusions, so how did he switch between the bazaar and the mass grave just now?
Bai Er also smelled it, and Ji Mi did not have the breath of illusion.
Maybe...... Chiyo Mu has his opinion, it thinks that that old gentleman is not a person from the yang world.
These strange things happened in the Five Spirits Continent Ji Mi felt that it was not strange, a world where even gods were real, and it seemed that there was nothing to have a ghost, but it was strange that this old gentleman knew Ji Mi's identity, and he also knew that only Ji Mi and a few people had the ability to do it.
Before the old gentleman disappeared, he said: The queen is just one of many white bones. What is the meaning of it? There is no way to start all this now, but everyone knows in their hearts that this matter is inextricably linked to Sun Changyun.
Then everything will start from the Tianbao Kingdom.
On the same day, Ji Mi took Huahua and Bao'er to inquire around the street market about the mass grave, but they got very little useful information. She sorted it out and made a list of things that could help.
Such as:
This mass grave appeared in a certain night rain, and the next day a woodcutter who went up the mountain to chop wood passed by that place, and it was a wasteland, but I didn't think that it would become a mass grave overnight, and no one dared to go to that place since then. This is very useful information, from which Ji Mi and the others learned that there were many more bodies the night before the mass grave was discovered, and they were not found until the next day.
How did you manage the appearance of so many corpses overnight? Perhaps, someone had buried so many corpses in that wasteland, but who would have thought that the rain would be so heavy that night, that the soil would be loose because it had been shoveled, and the heavy rain would wash away all the sand and gravel and mud, and those corpses would be rediscovered.
In addition, after an autopsy, all of them died from blunt force injuries, all of which were torn in the center of the skull.
Ji Mi had seen a corpse that had only been dead for a long time, and how to die ...... It's a lot like some cruel table game in the world.
Monkey brain ...... Brain......
It shouldn't be as inhumane as she thought, right? But the corpse was what she had seen with her own eyes, the hair on the deceased's head had been shaved clean, and a small hole had been knocked in the center of the skull, and there was nothing left in it, only a bunch of maggots and countless flies.
After looking at the corpse, she couldn't stop herself from thinking about it, because it was so similar...... She had seen the rich eat monkey brains before...... I still remember every step in it, how to eat it, and I can't forget it in this life.
But what kind of person would exterminate humanity to such an extent, she tried her best to control herself and not forget the bad thoughts, but no, useless, useless at all. She must catch this murderer and get justice for these tragically dead souls.
From where she returned to the academy, Ji Mi thought a lot along the way, and the old gentleman's words rang in her ears countless times, and the queen was just one of them...... It's just one of them.
If Sun Changyun's queen is also in those bones, then what has she experienced? What kind of shocking secrets does Sun Changyun have that he is hiding from them?
She couldn't wait for a minute, and after returning to the academy, Ji Mi began to pack her things, and today she was going to Tianbao to start investigating this matter, although it may not be successful, but she knew that this matter was inseparable from Sun Changyun.
Chiyo Mufeng Wuchen They also felt quite strange about this way of dying at first, but after listening to Ji Mi's explanation about the monkey brain, they also thought that they should immediately feel that Tianbao should investigate this matter, but ...... You have to find an excuse, otherwise you will only startle the snake if you go in a hurry.
There is a big funeral of Queen Tianbao here, are you still worried? Ji Mi and they changed into plain dresses after arriving at the Tianbao Earth Realm, and the soldiers were divided into two ways, Ji Mi and Qianyo Mu entered the palace to see Sun Changyun, and Bao'er and they listened to whether there were any rumors about Sun Changyun in the street.
Unlike every time she has ever come, as soon as Ji Mi stepped into Tianbao's palace this time, she felt that the sky above was shrouded in a layer of clouds, which made people unable to see and guess, and could not be wrong...... Her sixth sense has always been accurate, and something big must have happened here.
"Your Excellency, why are you here?" The guard's tone sounded surprised and resistant, and so did his expression, which made Ji Mi suspicious.
She raised her eyebrows slightly, "You don't seem to want us to come?" ”
The guard saw that Chiyo Mu's face was displeased, and quickly vetoed, "No, no, no, please ask the god to make the lord wait here for a while, and let me go in and report." ”
Sun Changyun in the main hall obviously didn't know what he was about to usher in, kneeling or sitting under the dragon chair, surrounded by a group of enchanting women, it was not surprising, which time he was not like this.
Sun Changyun, who was interrupted from doing a good thing, did not look kind, and asked with a wrinkled old face, "What are you doing?" Didn't I say you wouldn't be allowed to enter without permission?! ”
The guard hurriedly knelt down and said, "Yes...... It was the gods who sent your lord to come......"
Chiyo Mu?
As soon as Sun Changyun heard him, he was so frightened that he almost couldn't stand and fell to His Royal Highness, the news of the queen's death had just spread, if Qiandai Mu saw himself drinking and having fun with such a bunch of beauties, it would be really fatal, he quickly dismissed the women who were still delicate and paralyzed at his feet, and only after beating himself did he let Xuan Qiandai Mu enter the palace.
"The emperor asked me to wait, although I hid those women one by one, but the smell of inferior fat powder in this hall still can't be dissipated for a long time." Chiyo Mu said and stretched out his hand to fan the wind, and Ji Mi pursed his lips and smiled evilly.
Without waiting for Sun Changyun to speak, Chiyo Mu said in a condensed voice:
"I heard that Empress Kangxian died, so I came to take a look. You must know that Empress Kangxian has a good reputation in the five countries, asking people to be gentle and peaceful, and her conduct is as noble as Yuan Zhi Lilan, so virtuous and virtuous, the emperor still has the heart to drink and have fun here? Chiyo Mu's slightly hoarse voice pierced the entire hall, and the palace maids and eunuchs lowered their heads one after another, so as not to implicate themselves.
And Sun Changyun, who was originally sitting upright on the dragon chair, was also frightened and sat on the ground, "Lord Divine Envoy is ...... How can I see it? ”
He was sure that Chiyo Mu didn't see these beauties just now, and since he didn't see them, then his hat couldn't be buckled on his head.
But Chiyo Mu never needed any exact reason for who he wanted to punish, he knew in his heart what was going on, it was enough.
The man's words once again made Sun Changyun speechless, he could only be silent, thinking that he was the emperor anyway, and Chiyo Mu couldn't do anything with him even if he was angry again.
From the moment Ji Mi saw the emperor, he suspected that there was something wrong with his eyes, why did he feel that this Sun Changyun had aged a lot after not seeing him for a short time, wasn't it overindulgence?
No...... Probably not...... She also felt that Sun Changyun was a little delirious, and his speech was vague, which was very different from the last time she saw him, such a person, is he really the one who single-handedly caused so many unjust souls?
No...... Ji Mi didn't think so, she thought it was Sun Changyun who was playing tricks at first, but now after seeing this scene, she changed her mind, this emperor is already a puppet......
As for who was the one who controlled the puppet, she thought ...... It has nothing to do with those so-called beauties.
Ji Mi hallucinated everyone present except Chiyo Mu with her own strength, and when both the master and the servant were immersed in their illusory dreams and couldn't extricate themselves, Ji Mi took Chiyo Mu to find those "beauties" along the strange fragrance.
If he hadn't witnessed it with his own eyes, Ji Mi would never have imagined that there could be such a thing in the world...... These so-called beauties, they are indeed beauties, but their real bodies really make people lose their appetite, fortunately, Ji Mi didn't eat anything before she came, otherwise she would definitely vomit just by looking at the scene in front of her.