When night falls, the streets are still crowded, but there are two women and a man running among them, as if they are in a no-man's land.

The gate of the ancient grass garden is still open, and there are countless doctors in white clothes and plain faces, and there are three or two sick people, who are grateful when they go out, while holding their pockets tightly, for fear that the doctor will take out a few more pieces of silver.

A wealthy old man at the door stroked his beard and looked at the passers-by with a smile, wishing that one of them would get sick on the spot and come to such a big business.

Although this old guy sent someone to Jishitang to make trouble last time, he has also settled down a lot recently, and Chu Nian is too lazy to delve into it, but when he saw this rich old shopkeeper, he still glanced at him slightly, and his wife glanced at him and didn't speak.

There are more patients who come to Jishitang now than those in Gu Caoyuan, and they don't need to worry about those old things with this person-whether people admit it or not is another matter.

There is a small portal next to the ancient grass garden, and the door face can probably accommodate two lean people walking together, and the aunt held the painting in her hand and tightened her arms, and even Chu Nian frowned without a trace.

The three of them walked into the store in front of and back, there was a candle in the hall, and the counter seemed to only accommodate one person.

The only candle flickered for a moment, and the man said without raising his head: "Do you want to see something?" ”

Chu Nian waved his hand, and the aunt unfolded the scroll: "Shopkeeper, do you remember this thing?" ”

The fat man glanced up, with a flattering smile unique to the merchant on his face, he stepped forward, and then the candle flame carefully studied the painting in Chu Nian's hand, and said in amazement: "Earlier, I sold a similar painting to a son, but I was selling a black-haired woman, this is the first time I have seen this colorful painting, this lady you ......."

The shopkeeper looked up and saw Chu Yuanlang standing beside Chu Nian, who was staring at the shopkeeper with a resentful face at the moment.

was stared at by him with hatred, and the shopkeeper's body trembled three times: "What do you mean?" How did you get the colors on the painting? The painting is good, even the original ink color has been completely obscured. ”

Chu Nian narrowed his eyes, it seemed that the shopkeeper didn't seem to know about the poisonous things in this painting, "The shopkeeper, your painting can kill people." ”

For the Liu family, although Chu Nian does not have too many feelings, but after all, she is Chu Yuanlang's mother, and now Chu Yuanlang is sad, and Chu Nian is also irritable, and the people around him are killed under their noses, which is somewhat powerless.

"Huh? Can painting kill people? This is the first time I've heard of it. ”

"Didn't you say that there was magic in this painting, and my mother would love it when she saw it? What kind of magic spell? ”

Chu Yuanlang stood beside Chu Nian with a gloomy face, he seemed to be a little calmer at the moment, but looking at the old shopkeeper's gaze was still not good.

"Xiao Langjun looks polite, I thought you were from a scholarly family, that painting has magic is true, but because of its delicate painting, people who know painting naturally like it, is it possible that your family is dead, and you still have to rely on my painting?"

"You ......"

Chu Nian stopped Chu Yuanlang, who came forward impulsively, and his eyes swept coldly over the articulate shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, we didn't come to Xingshi to ask about the crime, we just wanted to ask, you should know the origin of this painting, right?" ”

The shopkeeper's face Chu Yuanlang is a scoundrel, looking at Chu Nian at this moment, seeing that this woman has an extraordinary bearing and a pair of soft eyes shining with essence, and her voice is neither humble nor arrogant but also gentle and elegant, knowing that this woman must be difficult to provoke, he also lowered his posture a little.

"What do you call this lady?"

Chu Nian narrowed his eyes: "Chengnan, Chu family." ”

The shopkeeper lowered his head and thought for a while, and suddenly fell to his knees: "Lord County! ”

Ah Wu looked at the shopkeeper who was suddenly flattering, and suddenly said with disgust: "Fang Cai can still speak ill of the young marquis, and he is so flattering to the county lord at this time, isn't it contradictory to the shopkeeper?" ”

After listening to Grandma's words, the shopkeeper's forehead was sweating coldly, who knew that the little boy was the newly taken over young marquis of Zhenning? Besides, where is there a rich family who is willing to come to his corner to buy such a broken painting?

Oops, it's a mistake, most of his paintings are collected on the black market, where are a few genuine products, at most a few high-imitation fakes, but I don't say that paintings can kill people!

There is news from the south of the city that the young marquis's biological mother has died, could it be the purpose of the county lord and others' trip?

There's no reason for people to harm a small citizen like him, I can't figure out if what these people say is true, he's really in big trouble!

Chu Yuanlang was so angry that he trembled all over, and kicked on the shopkeeper who was kneeling on the ground: "My third sister is asking you, where did this painting come from?" ”

Chu Nian glanced at Chu Yuanlang quietly, and retracted his gaze, too, no one can calm down in the situation where his biological mother was inexplicably killed.

Of course, Ming Xiu is an exception, now that the queen is sick in bed for a long time, he has long known who is going to kill his mother, and there is no movement at all on the side of Bisheng, and now he can hold it down, which really makes people wonder if he is an unintentional person.

The shopkeeper knelt on the spot, and didn't dare to get up without Chu Nian's order, but said: "My shop is small, the cost is not high, most of them are sold to ordinary people, the things in the store are all bought in the black market, the things in the black market are cheap, and occasionally you can catch a few ground mice brought real products from the ground." ”

These words, the shopkeeper has already given the truth, and even the words "black market" and "ground mouse" can pop out of his mouth so familiarly, it seems that he has done something that is not allowed in the court.

This black market has been there for a long time, most of them are stolen by some thieves, and there are things dug out of the ground by "ground mice", and the court has seized many such black markets, but every time, this black market will emerge from another place.

If it is a seller in the black market, most of them don't need their real names, but I'm afraid that the shopkeeper hasn't even seen the real person of the seller.

Chu Nian glanced sideways at Auntie, and Auntie threw the dyed painting in her hand on the ground: "I'll give you time to think about it, whether to take me to the black market to find the so-called seller, or you can find it yourself, of course, no matter which option it is, killing our aunt of the Chu family is a big crime, as for the black market trading without permission......"

The red lips hooked, "Shopkeeper, you're not a dull person. ”

The shopkeeper immediately frowned, and he didn't know if taking people from the court to the black market would cause trouble......

Seeing that the shopkeeper didn't speak, Chu Nian stretched out his hand to put away the painting, turned around and took Auntie and Chu Yuanlang to prepare to go back, the shopkeeper saw this, understood that Chu Nian didn't want to force it, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly got up as if he remembered something: "Slow down, county lord, you let me go to the seller, I have to leave a piece of evidence, right?" ”

Chu Nian paused, and saw that Ah Wu took out a crystal bottle from her arms, and the crystal bottle was filled with colorful powder, and it was not beautiful under the candlelight.

The shopkeeper took it, looked at the crystal bottle in his hand suspiciously, this stall, and the person who walked to the door looked back and said: "Shopkeeper, if you catch that person, tell him on my behalf, originally people didn't offend me, I won't offend people, but now that he has provoked my Chu Nian's head, don't blame me for being nosy." In addition, "

Chu Nian looked sideways: "Tell your master, this name is too blatant and will make people suspicious." ”

The shopkeeper's face was stunned, and he wanted to say something, but the person had already gone away. The shopkeeper's lowered eyes pondered for a while, and hurriedly entered the cabinet with the crystal bottle in his hand.

How many poisonous people can there be in Kyoto? can make the poison so invisible, and there is no one who has to be discovered until the poison occurs.

Liu's body was originally infected with an invisible poison, and even Ah Wu couldn't see the source of this poison. The Liu family does not go out of the door on weekdays, at most she goes out with the housekeeper to purchase, and the poison that causes exhaustion in her body is naturally in the Chu family.

"Now this poison is just an intensifying thing, and it happened that the Liu family ate that bowl of lotus seed porridge......"

On the way back, while analyzing what she had gained today, Chu Nian's brows furrowed slightly, "Go back and ask Xiaolian why Madame suddenly wants to drink lotus seed porridge." ”

Auntie responded, since there was an inner ghost in the Chu family, and the poisoning of this inner ghost was not aimed at Chu Nian, it must be for Chu Yuanlang, the newly appointed Zhen Ninghou.

Either that...... Chu Nian looked sideways at Chu Yuanlang: "Has Xiao Chen's family been out of her yard recently?" ”

Chu Yuanlang shook his head with red eyes: "Recently, the maids who went to her yard came back and said that Xiao Chen's family is very normal, third sister, can you still find the murderer of my mother?" ”

Chu Nian already had a suspicious person in her heart, but she wasn't sure yet, but this black market ...... It's supposed to be a break.

"Do you really want to avenge your mother?"

Seeing Chu Nian's serious expression, Chu Yuanlang nodded without hesitation, "Well, I want to cut the person who killed my mother with a thousand knives." ”

Chu Nian turned his head without a trace: "The person who wants to harm you is not a simple person, even I may not be able to defeat him, you can think about it." ”

Chu Yuanlang nodded solemnly: "This is the revenge of killing the mother, even if the other party is an immortal in the sky, I will knock him down from the clouds!" ”

Hatred burst out in the young man's eyes, and at that moment, even Chu Nian was surprised by Chu Yuanlang's momentum, but seeing the ambition of his younger brother, who was originally weak, suddenly rose, Chu Nian suddenly felt that the Liu family died at a loss, although it was not very kind to think so, the Liu family was not a bad person, and he was also a poor person.

It's a pity that since ancient times, Chu Nian is not a kind-hearted person, why bother everyone around her to die She has to mourn, now as long as she helps Chu Yuanlang bring the real murderer of the Liu family to justice, it can be regarded as repaying the kindness of the Liu family for helping her speak several times before.

No matter what purpose the Liu family approached her, it was always for the sake of their children, the starting point was not bad, and the Liu family had really thought about her.

Chu Nian lowered his eyes and pondered for a while, then raised his eyes to look at Chu Yuanlang, who was gradually calming down, "It seems that we are going to go to the black market anyway." ”

Since the shopkeeper was afraid of causing trouble and didn't want to take them to the black market, they went by themselves.

……

When they were young, Chu Nian and Chu Yuanlang, both sisters and brothers, were dressed in pitch-black robes, covered their faces with black veils, and both sat in the vanilla house.

After a while, Dark Three fell from the eaves: "Lady, the shopkeeper has already acted, Dark One has followed, along the way, we only follow the mark left by Dark One." ”

Chu Nian nodded, and looked sideways at Chu Yuanlang: "Are you ready?" ”

At this moment, Chu Yuanlang was clenching his fists on his knees, his immature eyebrows were frowning, and there were green tendons looming in the corners of his forehead, when he heard Chu Nian's voice, he slowly got up as if he had just woken up from a dream, "Third sister, please." ”

Chu Nian didn't know if it was right or wrong to use hatred to stimulate his growth, but at the moment, it seemed that this was the only way to go on.

After all, the people of the Medicine King Valley are not something that their small town of Ninghou Mansion can match, but having a goal is better than giving up on oneself without a goal.

And it seems that Concubine Liang's plan is not completely without carrying Mingyue, otherwise Mingyue would not have known that her mother had already released "Chen Guifei" from the palace, or Mingyue concealed it and did not report it, but judging from Mingyue's performance, the former is more likely.