Chapter 21: The Dead
Qin slightly darkened his face, Xin Fei'er was present at this time, and he couldn't say anything: "Get out." ”
Jiang Ning's pupils dilated instantly, pretending to be injured, and roared with Qin Luo: "Okay, if you tell me to get out, I'll get out!" ”
Saying that, she ran out, Qin Luo's footsteps stood up, but she forced down the anxious mood in her heart and sat down again.
"Your Majesty, she really doesn't understand the rules, do the concubines want to..."Xin Fei'er stared at her back for a long time, only thinking that Jiang Ning was really jealous, so she broke into Xianfu Palace, but this is her territory, how can she let Jiang Ning walk out unharmed.
"Needless to say, I will definitely punish this matter severely, you and I can drink and talk with peace of mind." Qin Luo stopped Xin Fei'er and what he was about to say next, and raised his glass again.
Xin Fei'er had no choice but to raise her wine glass, but she secretly wrote down what happened just now, and she must give Jiang Ning a good look next time.
At this time, she did not notice that the object on her waist was gone.
Jiang Ning, who rushed out of Xianfu Palace, waved his hand at Xia Ling and Yun Jin, and the two let go of Baolian and left in a hurry.
In the middle of the night, Jiang Ning held the flute in his hand, and saw that for the first time, the whole body was green, but it was not big, only the size of a palm, but it was not an ordinary flute at a glance.
However, in order to prevent Xin Fei'er from finding out that her flute was missing, Jiang Ning didn't want to dream a lot at night, so she decided to go out of the palace to find Han Wei.
"Xia Ling, you stay in the palace and guard me out of the palace." Jiang Ning said as he stood up and was about to leave.
Xia Ling couldn't help but worry in his heart, and hurriedly dissuaded: "Niangniang, where are you going?" It's so late at night, if the emperor comes over and doesn't see the mother..."
"No, you just have to stay here in peace, maybe I'll be back in a while." Jiang Ning said, she angered Qin Luo just now, and in order to appease Xin Fei'er at this time, he will definitely not come tonight.
At this time, it was already night, the palace gate had already been keyed, and Jiang Ning and Yun Jin were hiding in the waterwheel, so they barely got out of the palace.
Half an hour later, Jiang Ning, who had gone through a lot of hardships, finally arrived at the General's Mansion.
"You say this is the murderer, the code used to assemble?" Han Wei looked puzzled, and what he was holding in his hand was the flute that Jiang Ning had stolen before.
When he first heard the sound at the door, he still didn't believe it, but he didn't expect that it was really Jiang Ning who came.
Jiang Ning nodded: "I heard a sound similar to the sound of the flute on that day, and I think that group of assassins should have used the sound of the flute as a code to assemble or retreat." ”
The flute in front of him looked no different from an ordinary flute, but it was slightly smaller, Han Wei's expression was solemn, since Jiang Ning dared to come out to find him so late, then it also means that this matter may not be out of nowhere.
"Okay, I'll put this thing here, and I'll study it carefully when the time comes." Saying that, Han Wei was about to put away the flute.
"Don't, I stole this flute from Concubine Xin, and it wouldn't be good if he found out in a while, so that's what I thought..."A hint of cunning flashed in Jiang Ning's eyes, and she beckoned to Han Wei, sticking it to Han Wei's ear, saying her thoughts.
After listening to this, Han Wei couldn't help but refresh his opinion of Jiang Ning.
He led the team to ambush in the woods on the outskirts of the city overnight, and Jiang Ning also wanted to go together, but Han Wei did not agree, of course, this was also out of consideration for Jiang Ning's safety, but Jiang Ning insisted on going with him, and he had no choice but to take Jiang Ning with him.
"I'm a woman, wouldn't it be better for me to pretend to be Xin Fei'er." Jiang Ning blinked in the darkness, those eyes were as bright as moonlight.
Han Wei frowned tightly, bringing her out was already the limit: "Weichen will not let Niangniang take risks alone. ”
"Say what? Aren't you all in ambush, as long as things are done well, and I'm sure you'll be able to protect me. Jiang Ning said and snatched the flute from Han Wei's hand and walked out.
When she walked to the open place, she took the flute in her hand, gently put it to her mouth, and began to play.
The flute sound is leisurely and tactful, in this dark night, it seems to be particularly harsh, she has been blowing for a long time, and no one has come, and a group of guards who followed are a little suspicious, after all, this black light is blinding, who doesn't want to go back and rest early.
Han Wei, on the other hand, frowned, looked in all directions, listened to the six directions, and did not miss any details.
At this time, a rush of footsteps attracted everyone's attention, it didn't sound like a person's footsteps, but a group of people, and their footsteps were extremely light, at first glance, they were superior martial arts, Han Wei and this group of guards raised their vigilance at the same time, and couldn't help but hold their breath.
Jiang Ning's flute did not stop, and her footsteps gradually became more and more rapid, until Jiang Ning felt a group of people standing behind her, and she slowly put the flute down.
"Master, I don't know what to call in the middle of the night." The man in the lead said in a low voice.
And Jiang Ning did not look back, let alone speak.
"The king said, try not to meet late at night, it's dangerous." The man said again.
And Jiang Ning still didn't respond, only then did the man feel that something was wrong, and at this time he only heard Han Wei shout angrily: "Up!" ”
The guards who had been dormant next to the woods for a long time came up with swords, guns, swords, and halberds, and the black people felt bad, and then Jiang Ning turned around, and his body retreated sharply, and the leader saw Jiang Ning's face clearly.
"It's not good, it's a trick, don't fall in love." Saying that, the man in black was about to run.
But they were already surrounded by regiments, even if their martial arts were superior, they were invincible with two fists and four hands, because there were only a dozen of them, and Han Wei brought several times as many soldiers as them.
For a while, the sound of weapons colliding resounded throughout the woods, and the flesh and blood were flying, and Han Wei had specially given an order to stay alive, so the guards only dared to seriously injure him, and did not dare to ask for his life.
Seeing that she couldn't escape, the man in black made a strange noise, and in the dark of night, Jiang Ning, she especially noticed this, until she saw a person swinging a sword to commit suicide, she had a bad heart, and suddenly shouted loudly: "They want to commit suicide!" ”
Han Wei wanted to stop it, but it was too late by this time, the guards. wiped their necks one after another, without the slightest hesitation, and for a time the corpses were all over the field, and the blood flowed like a river.
Seeing that all the achievements tonight had collapsed, Han Wei's mood was naturally not much better.
Jiang Ning also stepped forward at this time, and her expression was equally solemn: "Presumably, they are the legendary dead soldiers." ”
Han Wei nodded, the so-called dead soldiers are a group of people cultivated by a country or a special sect.
They have no feelings, they do something shady for the country, and if the matter is successful, they can carry out the next round of tasks, and if the matter is revealed, they will immediately end their lives, so as to ensure that they will not say anything because of torture to extract confessions, this is a dead man.
"Go and rummage over them, if there's anything suspicious." Han Wei said to the guards, and he also took the sword in his hand and picked up the clothes of those black-clothed people.
But the dead are the dead, and they don't have anything in them that can represent their identity.
If that's the case, it's no different from whether or not they're found.
Things seemed to be at an impasse, Jiang Ning squatted down at this time, she saw that one of the dead soldiers had been picked open and a corner of black was exposed, she carefully lifted her clothes, only to see a tattoo on it, it was a wolf, and the wolf's head seemed to be looking up to the sky and roaring.
"Han Wei, come and see!" Jiang Ning suddenly made a sound, attracting Han Wei's attention.
Jiang Ning didn't know these things, but after Han Wei saw it, his face changed greatly.
"What? What is it? Jiang Ning saw that his face was wrong, and he knew that Han Wei must have known who the assassin was.
Han Wei had a cold face and plunged his sword straight into the ground: "This is a person from Xinguo." ”
"How do you know, have you seen it before?" Jiang Ning was puzzled.
A flash of anger flashed in Han Wei's eyes, as if he remembered some past events, he had accompanied Qin Luo on a trip when he was young, and he had been assassinated.
At that time, Qin Luo's father did not compete in the world, so even if it was secretly investigated at the beginning, it was done by the people of Xingguo, and he could only stop it.
This matter was extremely secret, and only he and Qin Luo knew about it.
Han Wei briefly said this to her, and after Jiang Ning understood, he looked at the corpses all over the ground: "It's time for me to go back, I'll leave the rest to you, and our gambling contract, don't forget." ”
After Jiang Ning finished speaking, he left in a hurry, and Yun Jin had already prepared the carriage, and the two of them rushed back.
Han Wei looked at Jiang Ning's back, with a hint of admiration in his eyes, ordinary palace women don't have this guts, they are worthy of being the women that the emperor fancies, they are really not ordinary.
"When you get to the palace, secretly send this flute back to Xianfu Palace, so that they don't notice." Jiang Ning sat in the bumpy carriage and handed the flute to Yun Jin.
Yun Jin was originally a rich woman, but later the family was offended so she became an official slave, she loved martial arts at that time, but she did not learn deeply, only some simple martial arts, Jiang Ning knew that Yun Jin would have some martial arts, so he handed over the flute to her.
Naturally, there were some twists and turns, and it wasn't until two hours later that Jiang Ning returned to the Heart Cultivation Palace, Xia Ling watched Jiang Ning come back very happily, and told Jiang Ning that Qin Luo had not returned.
Although it was expected, Jiang Ning didn't know why. There was a strange feeling in her heart, she shook her head fiercely, closed her eyes, and simply stopped thinking about Qin Luo's affairs.
The next day, news of Han Wei's capture of the Assassin spread throughout the palace.
Jiang Ning was proud in her heart, and she also came out for a walk as usual, but she saw Han Wei hurriedly walking towards the imperial study, she wanted to stop Han Wei but stopped, and only followed Han Wei's direction.
Seeing Han Wei enter the imperial study, Jiang Ning asked Yun Jin to wait for her in place, while she quietly walked around to the back of the imperial study, and she was listening to the words inside with her ears pricked up at the moment.
Inside the Imperial Study.
"Don't disclose this matter for the time being, this time you found out the identity of the assassin, and I will reward you with a thousand taels of gold and a thousand acres of fertile land." After Qin Luo understood the truth of the matter, he said slowly.
Han Wei knelt on the ground at this time, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, this is my duty, I will do my best, as for these gold and fertile land, it is better to give it to those ordinary people." ”
Hearing this, Jiang Ning couldn't help but be speechless, this Han Wei really cares about the world, and he refuses to ask for golden land.
Qin Luo frowned and paused for a while, as if he remembered something: "You have also reached the right age, I see that the young lady of the Fucha family, as well as the daughter of the Chen family, are not as good as you..."
"Your Majesty, you should know my heart." Han Wei said with some embarrassment.
Seeing this, Qin Luo no longer forced him, and then just said that about this matter, don't reveal it.
Jiang Ning listened to it outside and was really itchy, this stupid melon, not only cares about the world, but even doesn't love beauty, no wonder it looks a little wooden.
However, it was clear that she had made it clear yesterday that the flute was stolen from Xin Fei'er, but today Han Wei didn't say a word, which made Jiang Ning so anxious.