When the wine and food were full, the sky was completely gloomy, and in early summer, there was still a light rain, which hit people's faces, and it was soft and cold.

Chu Nian sat in front of the water pavilion in the wing room, clearly facing a gloomy sky, but from time to time he glanced back at the depths of the water pavilion, and the worry in his eyes was even worse.

After a while, the medicine king wiped his sweat and walked out: "The county lord's courage really swallowed an elephant." ”

Chu Nian smiled far-fetchedly, this is indeed because she bet too much, when she fell from that cliff in her previous life, Chu Nian saw a branch growing from the cliff in a hurry, if she jumped off the cliff a little bit, she would definitely fall on that branch, and she could save her life in her previous life.

That day, she and Ming Xiu were surrounded on the edge of the cliff, and when she was desperate, she thought of this way to gamble on her life, but fortunately, three years later, the branch seemed to be thicker, and it just caught Ming Xiu and her who fell, but there was a slight deviation, and Ming Xiu's head accidentally hit the hard trunk and fell into a coma for a while.

The two of them were crumbling on the trunk of the tree for three days, and Chu Nian tried his best to put himself and Ming Xiu on the ground not far from the branch of the tree, and begged the passers-by to send the two injured people to Qingyunguan.

After listening to Chu Nian's seemingly breezy narration, the medicine king, who had experienced strong winds and waves, couldn't help but wipe a cold sweat for Chu Nian, and seeing Chu Nian's somewhat worried look, he sighed and said: "The county lord doesn't need to worry, His Royal Highness is just affected in the brain, forming blood congestion, and when he is old, he will make some medicine that can impact blood congestion, and he will be sober up in a few days." ”

Seeing that the Medicine King said this, Chu Nian's hanging heart finally fell, and his eyes looked into the distance, and his heart calmed down a little.

The medicine king was able to speak: "County Lord, it is definitely not a good choice to gamble with your life like this. ”

Chu Nian understood what the Medicine King meant, if they fought with those people that day, maybe they would really have such a glimmer of life, but it was also a gamble.

She knew Ming Xiu, she was already injured at that time, Ming Xiu would definitely not let her make another move, and if Ming Xiu took her with such a drag oil bottle to compete with those twenty or so white-clothed people with strong martial arts, Chu Nian didn't dare to guarantee that they would get out of the encirclement alive.

It is better to make the person behind them feel that they are dead, and it is convenient to lure the snake out of the hole.

However, judging from the current news in Kyoto, this snake has not yet been brought out.

Breaking his thoughts, Chu Nian looked back and said with a light smile: "Sometimes, you always have to gamble, what if you can win?" ”

The Medicine King looked stunned, and then saw Chu Nian curling up and walking towards the depths of the Water Pavilion.

"Always have to gamble......" The Medicine King frowned and looked at Chu Nian's back, thoughtful.

……

In Kyoto, there is an undercurrent surging under the calm of the waves.

In the early morning, a young man passed by the Ningyuan Mansion in the north of the city, and he was in a hurry with a burden in his hand, but he stopped at the gate of the Ningyuan Palace.

He sensitively smelled an inexplicable stream of blood coming from the air, and looked at the open door of Ningyuan Palace, a trace of curiosity rose in his heart.

The people of Ningyuan Wangfu were relieved, so they opened the door so open for people to visit, and there was not even a single subordinate guarding the door.

The young man sneaked into the courtyard, and even more coincidentally, there was not even a servant along the way.

The entire palace seemed to have evaporated out of thin air.

With a smile of joy on the corner of the young man's mouth, he went straight to the north corner of the courtyard to look at the most luxurious house—that must be the place where the most important people in the house lived, and if he went there, he would gain more.

The young man was full of joy and thought that he would have a lot to gain from this trip, so he naturally ignored the increasingly strong smell of blood in the air.

When he arrived at the door of the luxurious house, the young man was eager to try it, and gently pushed open a crack in the door.

The door was dark, mixed with the smell of rotting at an unknown age, and people couldn't help but gause.

The young man held back, and when he realized that there was no one in the room, he pushed open the door with a big stab, but the scene that caught his eye shocked him: he saw two naked men lying on the couch, their bodies intertwined, but motionless, their eyes bulging, and on their necks were two neatly cut blood marks, apparently killed by a single knife;

Beside them, under the bed, was a mess of clothes, a strange humanoid piece of wood, and further down, a broken finger was exposed in the gap beneath the slump.

The young man screamed and fainted......

When Liu Qi arrived, it was already noon.

He investigated the murder of Wang Lu's family for three months without finding a result, and in the end, it was because there was no one to lead the royal forest army in the capital, and the queen mother had no choice, so he summoned him to return to Beijing, and it was not until he returned to Beijing that he heard the news of the murder of Chu Nian and Ming Xiu, and his heart tightened for no reason.

Now that more than half a year has passed, Chu Nian still hasn't appeared, and he has an inexplicable peace in his heart, and he is inexplicably worried, but Chu Nian still has no intention of appearing.

As a last resort, Liu Qi had no choice but to forget Chu Nian for the time being, and in addition to being busy, he occasionally went to the Su family to have a look, but unfortunately the Su family was only in ruins......

Liu Qi shook his head and looked intently at the two entangled figures in front of him.

Those two people are King Ning Yuan and Princess Ning Yuan, who have just returned to Beijing.

This King Ning Yuan is also one of those princes who are not favored by the emperor, but fortunately, he is not willing to fight, so he was not targeted by the Queen Mother, but this time he returned to Beijing, I don't know what rumors he heard, in short, he went against the Queen Mother everywhere, which made the Queen Mother angry for a while, and also said that he would abolish the title of King Ning Yuan, but it is a pity that the position of the prince is so easy to say that it can be abolished?

The next day, the Wang family was jointly suppressed by all the princes in the court, so that Wang Zixuan couldn't raise his head in the court, and as a result, the next day, King Ning Yuan died.

Moreover, there are more than 100 people in the whole family, and none of them are alive, which is no different from the tragedy of the Huaihua General's Mansion.

Therefore, the matter is very important, I am afraid that if we do not find out who the murderer of King Ningyuan's family is, I am afraid that it will provoke the anger of the princes, and when the time comes, the court will be turbulent, and there is no prince, I am afraid that the matter will be even bigger.

Only then did the Queen Mother send Liu Qi to find out the truth in the name of making up for the merits.

But now Liu Qi is indeed in trouble.

At this stall, a figure outside the door barged in: "General Liu." ”

Liu Qi turned his head, he was a dignified young man, but now this young man already had a mature temperament on his face that did not match his age, and even when he saw a miserable room, he didn't even move his brows at a young age.

This kid has really grown a lot.

Liu Qi leaned over: "Young Marquis." ”

Chu Yuanlang nodded, "There are rumors that my sister is dead, and the undead can't see Kyoto Antai before she came out to make trouble, so I came to check." ”

Hearing this, Liu Qi remembered that there was such a rumor a few days ago, but it was suppressed by someone with a heart, and now Chu Yuanlang mentioned it, he didn't want to listen to people slandering Chu Nian, but this is okay, Chu Nian is such a keen person, this Chu Yuanlang has been by her side for so long, not to mention that she can learn a thing or two, at least she can touch Chu Nian so little.

Liu Qi nodded: "Okay, then there is the help of Young Marquis Lao." ”

Chu Yuanlang was followed by Li Le, and at this moment he was being pushed into the house by his junior brother, and the two senior brothers looked at the miserable situation in the house indifferently, and their brows furrowed slightly.

As he spoke, Chu Yuanlang had already looked around the room, and when he saw the strange-shaped wooden stakes on the ground, his eyebrows raised slightly: "Master Medicine Immortal, what is this?" ”

Hearing him speak, Liu Qi turned his eyes and looked towards the wooden stake, only to see that the stake was half a person high, faintly humanoid outline, and at this moment he was lying obediently in Chu Yuanlang's arms, accepting the scrutiny of four men from a room.

When he saw the stake, Li Le's eyes condensed slightly, and after a moment, his thin lips moved: "Illusion? ”

Liu Qi looked at Li Le curiously, he knew that this person was the so-called "Chen Guifei", and he knew that his real identity was the medicine immortal of the Medicine King Valley now, and he didn't dare to peep at it, seeing Li Le say this, Liu Qi looked at the stake more and more curiously.

Li Le took a few steps forward with the wheelchair, reached out and took the stake from Chu Yuanlang's hand.

I saw him stretch out his hand and grope on the stake for a while, then nodded as if he was sure: "Yes, this material is peach wood for illusions, if I guess correctly, the murderer used this piece of peach wood to turn into the closest person to the prince and princess, so that the prince and princess were defenseless." ”

As he spoke, he was amazed: "I have to say that King Ning Yuan and the princess are playing so much that they dare to let people in." ”

Liu Qi's expression sank, and he listened to Chu Yuanlang on the side and said, "General, it's time to start investigating from the people close to them." ”

"Oh? Since that person can replace the close people of the prince and princess with illusion, that person must have died a long time ago. ”

"I know." Chu Yuanlang's face was not an old man of age, he lowered his head and calmly analyzed, "King Ning Yuan and the princess are not stupid people, if someone uses illusion to pretend to be someone close to them, they must first find out the temperament and temperament of the person he imitates, so that they will not be easily seen by the princess and princess, therefore, it doesn't matter if this person is dead or not, as long as he can know who is among the people he has been in contact with recently, he can use illusions." ”

Hearing this, Liu Qi suddenly realized, but a few drops of sweat fell and praised: "It is worthy of the personal teaching of the unequaled county lord." ”

Chu Yuanlang frowned and didn't answer, "It's better for General Liu to find out the real culprit as soon as possible, and the current imperial court really can't stand such a storm." ”

……

At night, Liu Qicai hurriedly entered Cining Palace, and showed the Queen Mother Chu Yuanlang's performance today, and the Queen Mother seemed to be very interested in Chu Yuanlang.

"Back to the Queen Mother, it's an illusion."

"Illusion?" The Queen Mother frowned, and glanced at the vermilion tent on the side.

Liu Qi nodded: "Xiaguan also found Qinghe's token at the scene. ”

As he spoke, Liu Qi handed over the token in his hand, which he found in the corner of Ningyuan Palace.

Taking the token, she nodded lightly and said in appreciation, "Good job." ”

The Queen Mother's voice had just fallen, and the voice of the little eunuch came from outside the door: "The Queen Mother, Prime Minister Wang asks to see!" ”

Seeing this, the Queen Mother glanced at Liu Qi and said, "You go down first, pay attention to find the murderer earlier, otherwise the mourning family will ask you!" ”

Liu Qi's body was shocked, so he leaned over and bowed and retreated, and after Liu Qi left, Wang Zixuan was invited into Cining Palace.

Looking at the pale Wang Zixuan in front of her, the Queen Mother felt a feeling of hatred for iron and steel for the first time in her heart, she glared at Wang Zixuan fiercely, and then said: "Anyway, what is the important thing to come to the mourning family?" ”

Wang Zixuan's face changed and changed, and after a while, he breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "Niangniang, about the matter of Ning Yuanhou, the court has already complained. ”