108. Tracking
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Somehow, Chu Ning suddenly remembered Jing Yuanyi's demonic appearance, and said to Forget Worry: "If I can be sure that the murderer is in the palace, I think there is a person who is very suspicious." β
Forget worry rolled his eyes: "That's not for sure, the guards in this palace look very strict on weekdays, and if something really happens, there are so many loopholes like a sieve." That look of disdain, on the face of this cold-faced beauty, looks a little fresh and cute.
That's right, just look at how freely Wuyong came and went when he assassinated Ji Chongguang several times. Chu Ning remembered something, and asked again: "Why doesn't the king ask someone to use the past mirror to see, the time is so close, it shouldn't be difficult, right?" β
"How do you know no?" Forget worry replied coldly, "Originally, the mirror could only be used for book history, and could not be used for other purposes. But this time the matter was too weird, so the king privately summoned the people of the Qing family into the palace to check, but the murderer who committed the crime was very cunning and clever, and he preset a way to obstruct the appearance of the past mirror, and the past mirror could not be seen at all. β
Chu Ning nodded slightly, she understood if she forgot her worries, she had already seen it the last time she checked it privately, and when some specific words appeared, the function of the mirror in the past had to be terminated, resulting in the truth of the matter never being seen by future generations. She twisted her fingers and thought about it, and finally made up her mind to say to Forget Worry, "Let's go, let's go to the dining room again." β
The two asked Mrs. Xiaowei to cover their whereabouts for themselves, and decided to take advantage of the darkness to go to the dining room that night. Although Mrs. Xiaowei was afraid, she also hoped that this unsolved case could be solved as soon as possible, so she had to bite the horn and agree, repeatedly telling them that they would come back as soon as the matter was over.
Because there has just been a heart-to-heart murder, this night's dining room is extremely quiet, no one dares to continue to stay here alone at night at this time, and there is no longer even a rough palace maid who is usually on duty at night, of course, the nobles in the palace will not have to rush to eat at night at this time, it is more important to be safe and sound.
The large area of blood near the stove had been washed away, leaving only faint traces, and there were no other traces of the murder scene.
Chu Ning tugged at the sleeves of his worries and asked, "Is there any magic that I can check who has been here?" She brought Forget Worry with her, clearly treating Forget Worry as a living manual for spells.
Forget her worries and glance at her: "Your magic practice, shouldn't it be taught by the old blind man at your doorstep, why don't you know anything?" β
Chu Ning knew that her temperament was like this, she was willing to talk more, that is, she regarded herself as a friend, and immediately took over the words casually: "I have never practiced seriously, and I have entered the Spirit Bird Platform and become an inner priest, if I get serious, will others still have a way to live?" β
Forget the worry sneered, and then said: "I can see it directly, but I know that the Xun family of the Jin Kingdom is the best at training killers, a killer named Wurong under the Xun family back then, will use a secret technique called 'Thousand Machines', you can distinguish the breath of people and things that have appeared in a certain place, he once relied on the secret technique of a thousand machines, to find the son of the princess of the Jin Kingdom, the head of the Xun family later raised this baby, avenged his biological father, and it was from that time that the Xun family began to become famous. β
When forgetting to worry about history, there is a cold and lonely charm that breaks through thousands of red dusts, and the past and unknown future are like magical magic in her mouth, transforming into countless ups and downs. Chu Jing listened quietly, sighed and said, "Even if you know that there is such a secret technique, it's useless, where will you find a killer of the Xun clan to learn it for a while?" β
"That's not necessarily," Forget worry was silent for a long time, and suddenly spoke, "In addition to using the past mirror to write history, the Qing clan also has a skill that outsiders don't know, that is, you can explore the cultivation tips of any magic in the past mirror, back then...... My mother, because of this, was imprisoned and tortured by that person, and gave birth to me and my brother......"
Her voice choked slightly, and the words in her mouth came to an abrupt end, as if she was too emotional to speak. She has always been indifferent, and when she talks about these heart-piercing pasts, her eyes are just red, and she doesn't even cover her face or hang her head.
Chu Ning is especially able to know her feelings, she has grown so big in the palace, she has never been able to talk to anyone about these things, not even to forget the joy, she can only think in her heart again and again, thinking of a scar that penetrates deep into the bone marrow on her heart, at this time, any words of comfort will only seem too perfunctory, and the best comfort is to let her vent all the emotions that should be vented.
After a long time, he continued: "You may have seen it that day, it is not the first time that I have secretly checked the mirror of the past, I have memorized hundreds of magical and rare magic tricks, and some people even think that they have been lost a long time ago. I said that it is extremely risky to look at the past mirror, but it is just to trick you into helping Wanghuan get a more advantageous position, if you feel cheated, the agreement between us can also be nullified......"
Chu Ning patted her on the shoulder: "If you can still say such a thing, then it means ......"
She paused, forgetting that she thought she was going to say something like "still treat me as a friend", and even a relieved smile was ready, but Chu Ning continued: "Then it means that you are still stupid to me, hundreds of secret techniques, you are a practice manual that can breathe, and now you tell me that cooperation is invalid, do you think I can agree?" β
She naturally put her worries on her shoulder: "You don't need to look at the mirrors of the past, you can choose the most practical ones among these hundreds of secret techniques-such as those that can keep you young forever and make money on the spot, teach me some." β
Forget Worry was so amused by her that she couldn't help but chuckle, and pushed her hand away: "Then you will be polite to the manual in the future, these secret techniques have a great counter-devouring power, and I won't be able to do one, if you want to try, start with a thousand machines." β
She recited the key to a thousand machines to Chu Ning a few times. Chu Ning just meditated in her heart for a while, and then she felt a sharp stinging pain in the scar on her cheek, and she couldn't help but raise her hand and rub it, and then she tried to open the Thousand Machines Secret Technique according to the method taught to her by Forget Worry.
What Forget Worry can give her is a verbal hint, and in this case, the little hint that Wu Yong has given her is particularly important, just enough to turn the dry tips that Forget Worry remembers into a living technique.
There seemed to be wisps of smoke, rising from the corner of this dining room, gradually condensing into a moving figure. Chu Ning closed his eyes and carefully identified them, most of them were palace maids and eunuchs who were originally in the dining room, busy doing their own things, before that incident, this was originally the most popular place in the entire palace, noisy and lively.
Soon, she also recognized Su Jinyao's breath, which was mixed with some water vapor, and indeed as she said, she took the beans she brought from home, went to the dining room to boil water to drink, and when the water was boiled, she left quickly. Then, Chu Ning discerned a breath that was not unfamiliar from the overlapping figures, but after the breath arrived, the time was already very close to the time when the palace maid was killed, and the smell of blood gradually intensified, and all the smells were mixed together, and it was impossible to continue to identify.
Chu Ning opened her eyes, a little hesitant to tell Forget Worry the news that that person had been here, she wasn't sure how Forget Worry would react to this. She was so engrossed that she forgot to control her eyes, and subconsciously stared at Forget Worry, which provoked Forget Worry and asked, "What's wrong?" Is there anything wrong? β
"No," Chu Ning shook his head, "It may be the first time to use it, and I am not very proficient, and the breath is too vague, and it is all mixed together, so I can't see it clearly." β
Forget worry has a little disappointment on her face, she lives in the palace, and her young brother is also there, of course, she also hopes that this bizarre murder can be ended as soon as possible.
"Otherwise," Chu Ning thought silently for a moment and then said, "I asked Mrs. Xiaowei, the previous murders happened in different places, but no one seems to notice, these locations actually have rules to follow, first in the place where fresh fruits are stored, then in the place where the people in the lower palace make pickles, this time in the dining room, if I guess correctly, the next time it should be the place where the wine is stored in the palace." Why don't we squat there for a few days, maybe we can block this person next time. β
This approach is actually very risky, not to mention that it is very likely to be killed on the spot, even if they can survive, if the real murderer escapes, how to explain that the two of them are at the scene afterwards is also a problem. But Chu Ning has always been a person who is not afraid of big things, and he will never give up easily because of the risk before he tries it. Forget the worry was slightly provoked by her, and agreed to come down.
King Qi was good at wine when he was young, there was a huge wine cellar in the palace of the Eastern Qi Dynasty, which was dug under an attic, there were three layers deep, each layer was divided into categories to store all kinds of fine wines, the number was not much, but the types were very complex, from the spirits of the grassland in the north to the soft fruit wine in the south, as long as the name was spoken, everything was available.
There is only one entrance to the wine cellar, so it is also very suitable for squatting, as long as you guard this entrance.
Chu Ning and Wangwu waited for three or four days, but no palace maid came to fetch wine, and the current situation was tense, and the nobles in the palace were not in the mood to drink.
Until the evening of the fifth day, news came from Mrs. Xiaowei that an old injury of King Qi had flare-up, and the pain was unbearable, so he wanted to warm up his body with warm wine, so that it was convenient to use medicine. Chu Ning immediately sent a message to Forget Worry and asked her to meet her directly at the entrance of the wine cellar. As soon as the two arrived in Qi, they saw a little palace maid in the palace of Qi, and the two went to the wine cellar to get wine together.