Chapter 1209: Scapegoat
The cold night is bleak, the four fields are vast, and the north wind in the night blows, scraping on the face, like a knife cutting through.
Ximen Wuji's face remained unchanged, he let out a light "oh", and said lightly: "The old man is a bronze general?" ”
"Shen Hou is a great man, don't you dare to do it?" Qi Ning also said indifferently.
Ximen Wuxian smiled slightly and said, "Haven't you already found out that the bronze general is the third?" It is precisely because you caught the third child red-handed, he is still imprisoned in the Shenhou Mansion, why did you suddenly say that the old man is a bronze general? ”
"The third senior brother is just a scapegoat." Qi Ning sighed: "The third senior brother regards the gods as his father, so he made a huge sacrifice, not only did he not even want his reputation, but he didn't even care about his own life. ”
Hongmen Dao has been lurking in the Northern Han Dynasty all the year round, and he doesn't know anything about the Bronze General case that happened in Jianye Capital, and he was a little dazed when he heard the conversation between the two at this time.
But he knows the rules, and when he knows not to speak, he must not say a word more.
Ximen Wuxian raised his head slightly and said, "So are you sure that the third child must have received it from generation to generation?" ”
"Actually, I know that General Bronze's martial arts are far from being comparable to the third senior brother." Qi Ning said: "The day the third senior brother was arrested, I knew that something was wrong. Before that time, the Bronze General had not committed a crime for a long time, but the Bronze General suddenly infiltrated my mansion and even killed one of the maids in my mansion, and the death of the maid made me conclude that the Bronze General had committed it. ”
Simon Wuxian did not change his face and asked, "Why did General Bronze go to your mansion?" ”
"I couldn't figure out why." Qi Ning sighed: "I always thought he was trying to assassinate me, but now I finally understand that the Bronze General's target is not me, but the Dark Cold Pearl. ”
"The Frost Pearl?"
"Shen Hou himself has said that the cold pearl is a panacea that can be encountered but cannot be sought." Qi Ning stared into Ximen's traceless eyes: "Maybe General Bronze is terminally ill and needs the Youhan Bead to heal the disease, or maybe there is another plan, it doesn't matter what the reason is, the important thing is that he got the news and knew that the Youhan Bead was in my hand, and he really couldn't wait that night, so he sneaked into the Hou Mansion to do it, who knew that there was a sudden accident, and he hadn't seen me yet, but the illness suddenly attacked." ”
Simon Traceless muttered, "That's really not a coincidence. ”
"It's not a coincidence." Qi Ning said: "In that case, there is only one way to alleviate the pain, and that is to suck the blood of the person, and he happened to meet the maid, so he took the maid hostage to the forest, killed the maid and sucked her blood." ”
Simon said without a trace: "General Bronze does like to suck human blood. ”
"Originally, he could still move after recovering from sucking human blood, but his luck was really bad that night." Qi Ning sighed: "The maid has a deep relationship with the ugly man in the mansion, the maid screamed when she was dying, although it was short, but it was heard by the ugly man, and the cry of others was fine, but the cry of the maid The ugly man may be very familiar, so he was the first to follow the sound to find it, and the bronze general just started to suck blood and someone came to him, he knew that once he was besieged by the people in the Hou mansion, he might not be able to get out, so in desperation, he could only flee in a hurry, but the ugly man saw that the bronze general killed his favorite maid, Naturally, I won't let it go. ”
On the night of the incident, Su Lan was killed, but the ugly man disappeared and could not be found, even afterwards Qi Ning did not know where the ugly man went, but now he has fully understood.
The ugly man has unparalleled speed, but also has an uncommon sense of smell, like a hound, and may have memorized the breath of the bronze general that night.
"I don't know if Shen Hou still remembers, after the Bronze General case, I went to consult you, and we said at that time that the Bronze General is not an ordinary person, it is very likely that he is a general of the imperial court." Qi Ning said slowly: "And that person has been living in the capital. ”
Simon said without a trace: "The old man remembers. ”
"God is sick, but he has been hiding it." Qi Ning said: "But the paper can't contain the fire after all, Shenhou's condition is getting more and more serious, you can hide it from outsiders, but you can't hide it from Zhan Sakura, but you can't explain too much to Zhan Sakura, although Zhan Sakura has an impulsive temperament, he is not a stupid person, you know that the more you explain, the more troublesome it may be." But that time you had a seizure, and I happened to run into it, and you knew that something was wrong, and you weren't sure if I had guessed anything, but it was a trouble after all, and after that incident in my house that night, you were even more worried that I would suspect you. ”
Ximen Wuxian was silent for a while, and finally said: "You are a smart person, and the old man believes that you have doubts about the old man at that time." ”
"Yes, I do have doubts, but I'm not sure, and I don't want to believe that the Imperial Gods are vampiric demons." Qi Ning smiled bitterly: "But in order to clear your suspicion, you immediately came up with a way, that is, to find a scapegoat to replace you, and the third senior brother has become a tool for you to use." ”
Although Hong Mendao didn't know anything about the Bronze General's case, when he heard the conversation between the two, he already understood a little bit in his heart, and his eyes showed a look of horror, but it flashed, lowered his head, and didn't say a word.
"That day, Zhan Ying and I went to the Shenhou Mansion to see all the senior brothers, the third senior brother was late, and the most surprising thing was that he suddenly fell to the ground at the dinner table." Qi Ning shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Of course, the third senior brother deliberately wanted to show me, he knew that in this way, I would inevitably suspect him, and this was the purpose of waiting for you and the third senior brother, so I stayed outside the third senior brother's house that day to see what would happen next." ”
"He is worthy of the man that Zhan Sakura fancies." Simon Wuxian raised his hand and stroked his beard: "You are really not stupid." ”
"The third senior brother really acted that night, and he happened to be caught by us." Qi Ning said: "I don't know if the second senior brother was instructed by Shenhou to act in this scene with you, or if it was just a coincidence that night, the second senior brother led someone to take the third senior brother on the spot, and then brought it back to the Shenhou Mansion, so the third senior brother naturally became the bloodsucking demon, and the god Hou was naturally innocent." ”
Simon Wuxian laughed and said: "Yes, yes, reasonable, the old man is really impressed by you." ”
"Shenhou, in fact, I have never believed that you are the Bronze General." Qi Ning's expression was solemn, and he said slowly: "Until today, the ugly man followed you to the northwest, and there are still ......!" He raised his hand and pointed to the sheepskin bag on the ground not far away: "And that thing, finally let me figure out all the causes and consequences of the matter." ”
"Oh?"
"The sheepskin bag contained human blood." Qi Ning said: "If I guessed correctly, God Hou has been killing innocents indiscriminately in the past two days, taking blood and storing it, and I am worried that I will have a seizure in the middle of the road." ”
Hongmen Dao raised his head and said in surprise: "Shenhou, that ..... Isn't that bag of goat's blood? ”
Ximen Wuxian didn't look at Hongmen Dao, and said coldly: "Qi Ning, even if you know it now, what can you do?" Yes, the old man is the bronze general, and the bloodsucking case in the capital was done by the old man. ”
"It's no wonder that the case of General Bronze has never been resolved." Qi Ning shook his head and said with a wry smile: "The Shenhou of the Shenhou Mansion is the real culprit behind the scenes, but if he asks the people of the Shenhou Mansion to investigate this case, even if he investigates it for a thousand years, how can he find out the results?" After a pause, he said, "Shen Hou took me to the Great Snow Mountain this time, but you want to let the Dharma King of the Sun Chase treat your illness?" I took the Chill Pearl, and you took me hostage and handed it over to the Sun King, hoping to please the Sun King, I don't know if what I said was right? ”
Simon Traceless just sneered and didn't explain.
"Actually, the gods really don't have to be like this." Qi Ning said: "As far as I know, the two great miracle doctors in the world, Dongmiao and Xili, these two people are both skilled in medicine, if you want to cure the disease, you should find these two people, why go all the way to find the Sun Chasing Dharma King?" ”
"You mean Miao Wuji and Li Xigong?" Simon Wuxian smiled disdainfully: "These two people are nothing more than those who are familiar with pharmacology, the old man's ..... Hehe, they don't have that kind of ability yet. ”
Qi Ning frowned, even more suspicious.
Li Xigong is the Black Lotus Sect Doctor, and Miao Wuji is a vicious old woman, that Miao Wuji originally set a trap in the Ghost Bamboo Forest, and wanted to use Qi Ning as a medicinal material, and after the defeat, he was escorted to Baiyun Island by the lord of Baiyun Island, but the medical skills of these two people are famous all over the world.
Tang Nuo is a disciple of Li Xigong, and his medical skills are already very good, and Li Xigong's medical skills are naturally even more unpredictable, and although Miao Wuji's character is treacherous and vicious, he can be as famous as Li Xigong, and his medical skills are of course extremely clever, but Ximen Wuji disdains these two great medical Dao holy hands, and even says that these two people have no ability to treat his illness, which really surprised Qi Ning.
If his guess is correct, Ximen Wuxian took him to the Great Snow Mountain to seek medical treatment, then wouldn't the medical skills of the Dharma King of the Sun be even more sophisticated than that of Dongmiao Xili?
"Don't delay." Ximen Wuxian had just drunk human blood, his complexion had already recovered, and the whole person looked quite energetic, walked towards the carriage with his hands behind his back, and ordered: "Old Five, let's go!" ”
Hong Men Dao went over and picked up the sheepskin bag, quickly followed, and asked, "Shenhou, that ugly man escaped, let's ......!" ”
"Leave him alone." Simon Wuxian sneered: "Before dawn, he has died of anger, this area is infested with wolves, the corpse will soon be torn clean by the wolves, the ghost of the beast will not disperse, let him really go underground to be a ghost today." ”
Qi Ning thought that the ugly man was running away with injuries, and at this time, he was shocked and angry when he heard what Simon Wuxian said: "Shenhou, you ..... You did a dead deal to him? ”
"The old man's heart-destroying palm is enough to burst his heart." Simon said without a trace: "That beast has been following the old man, like a fly beside the old man, what is so strange about the old man swatting a fly to death?" Walking towards the carriage, Qi Ning clenched his hands into fists and looked in the direction of the ugly man's escape, the cold night was bleak, and the place he saw was black, like a monster's mouth devouring everything.