Chapter 532: Clues
In the dark bedroom, only the moonlight shone through the doors and windows.
The lantern on the cloister outside the house flickered slightly, and the shadow cast on the door was particularly clear. Looking at the figure, it seemed to be a man, he didn't know that the person in the room was awake, as if he had listened to the sound, and then, a bamboo tube pierced the papier-mΓ’chΓ© door and reached in.
This kind of method is just the most indiscriminate trick of the rivers and lakes, although Luo Qingluan has seen it for the first time, he has heard a lot. Xu Lian, as a person from the Dark Night Hall, is even more familiar with it in her years of experience, not to mention seeing it with her own eyes, even if she is allowed to concoct it in the same way, she is definitely very proficient.
Soon, a thin wisp of smoke came out of the bamboo tube, fluttering and curling, and dissipated.
"Princess, it's smoke, be careful not to inhale it." It will take a while for the smoke to spread throughout the house, Xu Lian took the opportunity to remind.
How could Luo Qingluan care about this? If she didn't know from the beginning, then she might have been careless, but she had already had Nalan Ye's warning, and on the same day, she asked Dai Yue to take advantage of going out to grab medicine, and brought back a lot of needed medicines, and some of the various needs were allocated.
Carefully stuffed one in Xu Lian's mouth, Luo Qingluan said: "Put this under your tongue, and you will be fine." β
Knowing that her princess had good means, Xu Lian took Luo Qingluan's medicine and pressed it under her tongue, only to feel a faint mint smell to refresh her mind, and she was even more settled. Then he quietly turned over and sat up, and quickly walked behind the door and hidden.
Luo Qingluan lay on the bed as usual, motionless, as if he was asleep. But her eyes opened a slit, and she kept watching the room.
The black shadow was very patient, and there happened to be a patrolling guard passing by outside, so he hid vigilantly, and only appeared at the door after the guard patrolled away, but he was not in a hurry at all.
Finally pushed open the door, silently, the black shadow jumped in sensitively, without making a sound, he closed the door with his backhand, and was just about to walk towards the bed, but he knew that there was a strong wind next to him.
Caught off guard, the black shadow was still in a coma when the people in the room had been stunned, and they didn't expect that there was someone waiting for the rabbit next to the door. He hurriedly dodged, but Xu Lian had already calculated it, and blocked all his retreats with one move, and the dagger in his hand was already clamped around his neck.
"Hmph, dare to come and attack my princess, I'm really impatient!"
As soon as Xu Lian spoke, Luo Qingluan knew that she had captured the comer, and immediately shouted: "Daiyue, hold the lamp." β
At this time, Dai Yue came out of the back room, and soon the lights came on, and Dai Yue looked worried: "Miss, are you okay?" "If Luo Qingluan hadn't insisted on sleeping outside with Xu Lian, but let her sleep in the master bedroom inside, how could she have been worried? Obviously she is a girl, but she can't protect Miss, but she has to let Miss protect her, and Daiyue is really scared.
Fortunately, Luo Qingluan was fine, and Xu Lian also caught the comer, and Dai Yue breathed a sigh of relief.
Under the lights, Luo Qingluan saw clearly the man in black who was restrained by Xu Lian.
Nothing special, a face that is unremarkable and the kind that you won't find in the blink of an eye if you throw it into the crowd. Luo Qingluan knew in his heart that this kind of person was the best assassin, so inconspicuous, even if he sneaked into the mansion, he would not attract attention.
Without waiting for Luo Qingluan to interrogate, Xu Lian acted as a law enforcer, quickly clicked on the man's acupoint, and kicked him in the crook of his leg: "If you don't recruit from the truth, who sent you?" β
The man knelt on the ground with a thud, but he sneered and didn't speak, looking like a dead duck with a hard mouth.
Luo Qingluan was not in a hurry, so he asked Xu Lian to search her body first, but she still found nothing, only an ordinary handkerchief, two taels of silver and a fire fold, plus some gold sore medicine, and nothing else that could prove her identity.
"Princess, that's all." Xu Lian put the things on the killer's body on the table and showed them to Luo Qingluan.
Dai Yue put on another piece of clothing for Luo Qingluan, brought a stove to her, and then guarded beside her. Luo Qingluan got up and sat down at the table, his gaze sweeping over these things one by one.
As if knowing that he couldn't get the identity of the killer from these things, Xu Lian grabbed his jaw and said with a little force: "Since it fell into our hands, don't want to be a stuffy gourd, if you don't say it, believe it or not, this girl will take off your hands?" β
The killer didn't twitch his face, only glanced at Xu Lian, with a faint mockery in his eyes.
"You ......" Xu Lian was a little embarrassed, so intimidating, I didn't expect the other party to be inappropriate, I was really not afraid of death, or did I think I was scaring him?
"Princess, it seems that he won't be recruited without punishment, do you want me to give him a taste of those tricks......"
Before Xu Lian finished speaking, Luo Qingluan had already said lightly: "No need, I have my own way to make him speak." β
Picking up the handkerchief on the table, Luo Qingluan knocked it carefully, and then glanced at the killer: "Although I don't know who you are, I can guess it." Now that you're in my hands, and I don't want to get dirty, why don't we make a bet that if I can tell you who you are, you'll tell me everything. β
"Can you know me?" The killer finally glanced at Luo Qingluan, as if he was very disdainful, and he didn't believe it at all: "You don't have to waste your time, I won't say anything." β
"It doesn't matter if you say it or not, I already know where you came from."
Seeing a suspicious look flashing in the killer's eyes, Luo Qingluan had already said slowly: "This cloth towel can roughly prove your identity, believe it?" Glancing at the killer who was still silent with a sneer on his face, she analyzed little by little: "This cloth towel is made of kudzu gauze brocade, which seems to be an ordinary material, but it is soft and smooth. The finished products of Ge Ma Yarn Brocade are sold in four countries, but your piece was purchased from the shops under Wanfeng Cloth Village, although I can't guess which one, but I can guarantee that it must be in North Vietnam, right? β
The killer didn't take it seriously at first, and when Luo Qingluan talked more and more, when he talked about Wanfeng Buzhuang, his eyes changed obviously. When Luo Qingluan said that it was the North Yue Kingdom, he finally couldn't control it, his eyelids twitched, but he still held on and didn't speak.
"If I'm sure you're from North Vietnam, maybe it's a bit of a fluke, but this ......" Seeing him like that, Luo Qingluan had already affirmed three points, but he was still not in a hurry, and picked up the fire fold and said: "This fire fold can also prove your identity." β
Listening to Luo Qingluan's truth, not to mention that the killer was full of shock, even Xu Lian and Dai Yue looked at her in surprise, they never thought that Luo Qingluan still had this kind of ability, and he could analyze the history from an inconspicuous thing, so as to know the identity of this killer.
"Generally speaking, the fire fold is made of potato vines and then soaked with cotton, reed tassels to dry, add nitrate, sulfur, rosin, camphor and other flammable substances and a variety of spices, it seems that each fire fold is almost the same, just the difference in appearance, but you are afraid that you can't think of it, your fire fold, there are still some differences."
Hearing this, the killer finally couldn't help it, and looked at Luo Qingluan with a strange expression: "Hmph, what tricks can you say?" β
"It's not the trick, it's the fire fold you carry with you that tells me who you are."
Luo Qingluan slowly pulled the fire fold away, and gently blew the end of the ignition, and a flash of fire suddenly ignited. Looking at this small flame, she couldn't help laughing: "Do you smell it, the smell of this flame when it burns, there is the fragrance of rosin and camphor chips, although it is very light, but it is still very clear." β
"So what?" The killer is still hard-mouthed, but his heart is already worried.
He was ordered to assassinate Luo Qingluan, just as she was an ordinary woman, at most beautiful, even if she knew how to heal, it was probably because of her identity that she was deliberately touted. But the poison he put in the chicken soup failed, and Luo Qingluan didn't drink it, so he had to do it a second time.
But being caught by the other party so easily, he was finally a little worried, if he failed to complete the task, it would be fine, and Luo Qingluan saw through the origin, I was afraid that even if he escaped, going back would only be a dead end.
Seeing the killer's timidity more and more, Luo Qingluan's eyes flashed, and he laughed: "It's not good, it's just that the rosin in this fire fold is a little special." Different pine trees produce different rosin, and the rosin in this fire fold has a special red tail pine taste, but the red tail pine only grows in large quantities in the mountains and forests of northern North Vietnam, even if it is Xichu and Dongwan are quite rare, so this fire fold is most likely from North Vietnam. β
Seeing that the killer couldn't help but twitch his face, Luo Qingluan's eyes lit up, and he chuckled: "So, I said that you were sent by your North Vietnam to assassinate me, do you have anything else to quibble?"
"Huhu ......" The killer seemed to be stunned by Luo Qingluan's analysis, and he didn't speak for a long time, just gasping for breath.
"Why, I just saw where you came from, what are you nervous about, as long as you confess honestly, I didn't say I wanted to kill you." Luo Qingluan was about to continue to break through his psychological defense, but the killer turned his head abruptly, stared at her and said word by word: "Okay, I didn't expect me to be careless, put it in your hands as a woman, since you see my origin, then I have no way to live, there is nothing to say, anyway, it is a dead end, I will not tell you anything." β
"Uh......" In an instant, the killer gritted his teeth, and then his face changed, and a wisp of blood flowed from the corner of his lips. Xu Lian was shocked when she saw it, and hurriedly wanted to stop it, but found that the killer had bitten his tongue and committed suicide.
"Princess, he...... He's dead. β
No matter how defensive Xu Lian was, she only paid attention to not letting that person hurt Luo Qingluan, but she didn't expect him to commit suicide so simply. Without even using superfluous threats, and before he even began to extract a confession, the killer simply committed suicide.
Xu Lian's face darkened, she didn't expect to be killed in front of her, and she wasted all her hard work tonight, and she didn't even have any clues.
Taking a deep breath, Luo Qingluan sank down: "It's okay, don't blame yourself, we can't prevent him from committing suicide." However, it can also be seen from this that I am afraid that the other party is really ruthless, otherwise this killer will not die so simply. β
Vaguely, Luo Qingluan had almost guessed who had sent the killer.
Nalan Ye is attacking North Vietnam, and this killer is also from North Vietnam, if the person who wants to kill her has nothing to do with Han Xun and Bai Yixuan, she will not believe it. Nalan Ye's letter didn't make it clear, and she didn't think it was very clear, so she asked her to be careful.
She avoided it for the time being, but since the other party didn't succeed, I'm afraid there will be a third or fourth time. And what about Nalan Night? Is he in a war zone even more dangerous than her?