Chapter 3: Painting (II)
Five.
While waiting for the results to come out, I found someone to bring a letter to Master Li Shuangshi, asking him to lead someone to search Wucheng and find Wu Mo. I think Master Li must be annoying me too, last time I was looking for Sun Yuji, this time I was looking for Wu Mo, he is going to become a search team.
The inspection process was complicated, and Sun Yuji and I waited for an hour, and when we were both hungry, a little imperial doctor came out, saying that in addition to cinnabar, there was indeed a poison that could cause disease, and it was volatile.
The little physician took out a small plate, on which was some red powder, similar in color to cinnabar.
"Xiangye, you smell it."
I'm also a little curious, fanning the wind with my hand, and a faint fragrance comes to my nose, not to mention, it's quite good.
"This fragrance dissolves in cinnabar, which can make the painting fragrant, but most people can't imagine that this aroma is poisonous." The little doctor said, "This is the poison powder extracted from our steaming, the toxicity is not strong, and it will only react over time, like the princess's chest tightness and cough, and her whole body is weak." If it takes a little longer, it will be able to ...... silently. ”
The little imperial doctor didn't continue, but Sun Yuji and I both understood what he meant. Sun Yuji carefully observed and sniffed the medicine, let the little imperial doctor wrap it up, and said, "It seems that your speculation is right, everything will be revealed only when you find Wu Mo." ”
"I selfishly don't want Wu Mo to do it, but all the truth will have to wait until I find Wu Mo." I put away the poison powder and said, "I'll go back to the house first and wait for news from Master Li, and I'll send someone to inform you as soon as there is any new development." ”
"Go ahead, Prime Minister," Sun Yuji said with a smile, "You will do this well." ”
Prime Minister's House.
I went to see Mrs. immediately when I returned home, Mrs. still didn't get any better, the high fever did not go away, and I never woke up, so anxious that I kept scolding Chen Lixia in my heart, fortunately, I blocked the news of this matter, and it has not reached the ears of my father-in-law, if he knows that Mrs. is like this now, he will definitely have to bring someone to Xingshi to ask for guilt.
After waiting at home for a day, Master Li sent someone to deliver the news.
The one who came to deliver the news for Lord Li was a newcomer from the Criminal Department, who was said to be Ni Yuyi, who had super light skills and first-class ability to pursue cases. Ni Yuyi found Wu Mo, and now Master Li has subdued her and is waiting for me at the door of Chen Lixia's Zhuxuan. As soon as I heard this, I immediately led a horse. I saw that Ni Yuren came on two legs, and there was no mount, so Ni Yuren said: "I'll just fly over." ”
As he spoke, Ni Yuyi got up and flew out with light skills, and soon disappeared from my field of vision, leaving me and Qiu Ming stunned.
"Lord Ni's martial arts... It's really not ordinarily tall... My God..."Qiu Ming looked into the distance with wide eyes, "Fortunately, he is his own person, if he is a prisoner, who can catch him?" ”
Bamboo Xuan.
When I arrived, Master Li had already helped Wu Mo wait for me outside Zhuxuan, and according to Ni Yuyi, Chen Lixia Zhuxuan was surrounded by an ambush from the Criminal Department. I haven't seen Wu Mo for a few years, my face is a little paler, very weak, and my hands are strangled with red marks by the rope, I can't bear to look at it, and let Master Li untie her.
"Xiangye..."
"It's not decided that Wu Mo is a prisoner, what are you doing with her? And a weak woman who doesn't know martial arts, what can she do? Loosen it down, other people's hands are drawing, and who of you is responsible for breaking it? As I spoke, I motioned for Ni Yuyi to loosen the binding, Ni Yuyi glanced at Lord Li, and under my gaze, Lord Li nodded, and Ni Yuyi let go of the rope in Wu Mo's hand, but still followed Wu Mo inch by inch.
"Chen Lixia! Come out! I shouted inside twice with full of anger, and after a while, Chen Lixia really came out.
Chen Lixia's face was not very good, and he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Wu Mo, and said, "The prime minister is really golden. ”
"Don't compliment me yet, what is the ins and outs of this matter, you two tell me clearly, otherwise I will make you two stakes together and stand at the gate of the city." I said viciously.
The most cruel criminal law of Chen Guo is the human pile, but there are very few people who are sentenced to this punishment, usually treason, as a Chen Guo person, I have always been very proud of the founding of the Chen country, no one has ever been punished for treason.
Wu Mo hadn't spoken before, but then he spoke: "Don't blame him, Prime Minister, just pursue me." ”
I smiled, "I don't know what tricks you two are playing, I don't know why you poisoned the princess in the painting, and I don't know why your husband wants to blackmail my wife." ”
"I didn't mean to hurt the princess, I didn't know there was a problem with the painting at first, but I didn't know until I handed it in." Wu Mo hurriedly said, "There is no problem with painting, but there is a problem with cinnabar." ”
"I know this, I've already asked the hospital for verification." I asked Qiu Ming to take out the packet of poison powder, "The question is why are you running away?" Why not come out and make it clear? ”
"I've been uncomfortable after painting "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains", Lixia later showed me, saying that I was poisoned, and then he said that it was probably the poison in my fragrant cinnabar, I thought about it badly, this painting has been sent to the palace, in case any nobleman in the palace is also poisoned like me, it is not good, I didn't expect that after a few days, it was reported that the princess was sick, and His Majesty was so angry about it, I planned to find the person who gave me cinnabar, because I didn't want to affect Lixia, I didn't tell him." Wu Mo showed an apologetic expression towards Chen Lixia.
"Who gave you the cinnabar?"
"A man named Wang Yiliang." Wu Mo said lightly, "He is also a master of using drugs, he used to open a small pharmacy on Xiqiao Street, he didn't have any emotions, and he sat alone at the corner of the street every day." By chance, we met, because he likes to study poisons, and he will borrow the Chen family's books from Lixia, and he will also get acquainted with them after coming and going, and he will sometimes bring some wine to Lixia and some paints for me. This time the paint was scented, and I was very strange at first, he only said that it was a new pigment from Mao Guo, and I didn't pay attention to it. When something happened, I went to look for him again and found that his shop was closed and no one could be found. ”
"And we suspect that Wang Yiliang is Sakule's man." Chen Lixia said, "Otherwise, he has no motive to harm the princess." ”
"Why should we believe the two of you?" Lord Li frowned, and Ni Yuyi immediately pulled out his knife, "Since Wang Yiliang can't be found, this matter will automatically be blamed on you, and I must give Your Majesty an explanation." ”
Chen Lixia didn't know when a golden needle appeared in his hand, and his eyes became fierce.
"I am from Chenguo, I love this country, and I love the princess, I can confess any crime, but I will not admit this crime, even if you make me a human stake to the city gate, I will not confess." Wu Mo Dao.
Wu Mo held his head high, maintaining his pride and self-esteem. Wu Mo became famous as a young man, and later participated in the Zhen Ying exam of Chenguo in one year, and it was rare to get into the flower that year, but Wu Mo refused to enter the office for reasons of unintentional officialdom, and returned to the folk to paint, until now, she and Chen Lixia still live in such a simple Zhuxuan, but the noble person in his heart, words and deeds are always noble, just like Zhuxuan is so simple, the first time I came, Chen Lixia would still make a cup of clean hot tea.
The two sides were at a stalemate, I looked at Wu Mo for a long time, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "I believe her." ”
Master Li was stunned for a moment and said, "Xiangye......"
"I believe her, Master Li." I insisted, "You send someone to find this Wang Yiliang, and find someone to replace Wu Mo's sin, I ask you." ”
"Xiangye, I can't do this."
"Master Lee." I looked into his eyes and said, "I heard that you were just a small arraignment in the Criminal Department back then, and it was my father who promoted you to be a waiter in the Criminal Department, and then to the Shangshu of the Criminal Department." ”
Master Li stopped talking.
"Today's things will be done as I say." I tried my best to ignore the incomprehension in the eyes of Ni Yuyi and others, and decided the case.
Six.
Later, Master Li found an unlucky guy to take Wu Mo's place, and "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" was burned.
"A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains", it is a very long picture scroll, and Wu Mo spent a lot of effort to draw the picture scroll. In order to serve as an example to the chickens and monkeys, the painting was burned at the outer city gate. Wu Mo was also there that day, she looked at the fire in the sky, and spit out a mouthful of blood when she looked at it.
Chen Lixia saved my wife and cured her illness as agreed. "In the future, if the prime minister needs me for something, I will come." After that, he took Wu Mo and bowed to me, and left.
Thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, I don't know whose dreams are painted.
Later, Madame really grew her forehead hair and blocked the eye of the needle.