Chapter 42: The boy is clear
Chapter 42: The boy is clear
Mo Wuxian didn't go back to the deserted courtyard again, he knew that since the other party killed the old woman, he would not leave any evidence to himself.
It's just that he doesn't understand a little bit, who is responsible for this missing child, and why does the assassin who ambushed him know where he will go? Coincidentally, why did the same person assassinate him twice?
It is not difficult to deduce from the second prince who seems to appear by chance every time that the person who wants to kill him is the second prince.
On the way home, he carefully scrutinized, and seemed to have a clear idea.
After that, he concluded: The tongueless child is just an accidental coincidence, and my investigation of the child's disappearance may have attracted the attention of some people. After I left, the old woman was killed, and quickly transferred everything in the deserted courtyard, and then set up a killer to take my life, just to prevent me from continuing to investigate. With my identity, someone in the imperial capital dares to kill me, which means that his background is very big.
The killer was hired by the second prince, so it shows two points, one is that the second prince wants to kill me, and the other is that the child disappearance case is related to the second prince!
This astonishing inference made him a little reluctant to associate it with himself. However, thinking of the character of the second prince who will repay him, it seems that it is reasonable to do these things.
"It seems that although the second prince has ambitions, he is not the material to do big things!, however, I have to be careful, he can send a Martial King-level killer to kill me, and there is no guarantee that there will not be multiple Martial King-level killers next time!"
Mo Wuxian shook his head, since the second prince was unkind and unjust, he was not a good stubble, and he also had the determination to obtain that batch of medicinal materials.
"Is it Little Lord Mo?" a childish voice with apprehension came into Mo Wuxie's ears.
Mo Wuxian looked up and saw a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy standing in front of him. Looking at his body, he was dressed in silk and satin, and there was a round Luanfeng jade ornament tied around his waist. Looking at its appearance, there is a faint shadow of the emperor, but it is a little immature. And he was wearing a silver crown on his head, binding his hair. Not far from the boy was parked a carriage slightly inferior to him.
It is not an exaggeration to describe the young man in front of him with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and there is a faint hint of a woman's delicate color.
However, Mo Wuxian is sure that this is a standard shy boy.
The boy was looked at by him and took a step back, his face flushed slightly, and said, "Is it Little Lord Mo?"
Mo Wuxian had never seen this boy, and in the imperial capital, the boy he had never seen was a new thing.
Suddenly, thinking of Gongsun Yingying, it was not surprising, obviously, the radius of the imperial capital was not something he could know one by one.
Mo Wuxian nodded and asked, "Who are you?"
The young man bowed his head slightly and said, "My name is Yiqing, the little prince may not know me, I have admired your name for a long time, and I have long wanted to see you, but I have never had a chance!"
Mo Wuxian suddenly became interested, why did this strange boy want to see me?
The young man who claimed to be a clear man looked up at Mo Wuxie, lowered his head again, and said, "I heard that the little prince's qin, chess, calligraphy and painting are all at the grandmaster level, so I want to learn something from the little prince!"
Mo Wuxian touched his nose, if this was said from someone else's mouth, he might think that the other party was hypocritical and sarcastic. But when it came out of this boy's mouth, he felt a sense of pride, and said with a smile: "Ha Luha, that's all rumors, and Young Master Ben is not that powerful." By the way, I don't know your family background yet!"
Yiqing said: "I'm just a declining noble child, don't talk about it." He looked up, with a look of anticipation in his eyes, and asked, "Can I learn these things from you?"
Mo Wuxian suddenly thought of a girl, this Qing boy and Yue'er seemed to have some similarities, but in detail, they didn't seem to be the same. Thinking of Yue'er and her appreciation of herself, she couldn't help but have the mentality of teaching a good apprentice to show off, so she nodded and said, "I can teach you, but if you want to apprentice, do three bows and nine bows!"
Yiqing hesitated for a long time, seemed to have made a lot of determination, looked up at Mo Wuxie, and said, "Okay! When can I apprentice?"
Mo Wuxian thought for a moment and said, "Without further ado, follow me back to the house!"
Mo Wuxian sat in his carriage, there was a little fragrance in it, and when he thought of the boy's shy side, he chuckled in his heart, thinking, this boy will not have sexual orientation problems, right?
He shrunk his nose, wishing he had thought too much.
They chatted for a while, and Mo Wuxian knew the general background of the boy.
In the imperial capital, there are not a few big people, and there are countless nobles, and the nobles who can prosper forever are naturally a minority, and some have begun to decline. Yiqing is the child of a viscount in Xicheng, but his father has disappeared to avoid debts.
Yiqing didn't seem to want to talk too much about family matters, and Mo Wuxian didn't want to ask too much. However, Yiqing has very aristocratic etiquette, and at a glance, it is clear that he has a very good aristocratic heritage.
returned to the Duke's Palace, and as soon as he was clear, he bowed three times and bowed nine times, and became Mo Wuxie's official disciple.
However, to Mo Wuxian's surprise, Yiqing's attainments in music and rhythm are extraordinary, although there is still a long way to go from Yue'er, but it is also a top choice.
Mo Wuxian didn't teach him anything about the essence of the rhythm. Instead, he just played a piece of music and let Yiqing understand it.
The name of this piece is called Plum Blossom Three Alleys, and after listening to it, I was shocked by the divine sound, and I realized it for a long time in the Duke's Palace before leaving.
Of course, he can't fully comprehend it with his attainments, and he needs to digest it slowly.
After Yiqing left, Miao Xiong came excitedly.
"Mo Shao, I learned through some friends that Situ Zhe's batch of medicinal materials will arrive in the imperial capital in a month, but this time the number of medicinal materials is very large, at least three carts, and there is a single collarbone in it!"
Miao Xiong's complexion is very good, and there is always a color of worship in his eyes when he looks at Mo Wuxian.
It turned out that Miao Xiong's father had already made a name for himself in the government and the opposition, and was exceptionally promoted by the emperor to the position of Zhongshu Ling, with the official rank of Zheng Erpin. The Zhongshu Order is subordinate to the Zhongshu Province and belongs to the central decision-making organ. The current Miao Xin has transformed into a powerful faction, and there is naturally Mo Xie's credit in this.
After listening to Miao Xiong's words, Mo Wuxian fell into deep thought.
"Who is guarding this batch of medicinal herbs?"
He asked again.
Miao Xiong replied: "I'm also quite strange, since this batch of medicinal materials was escorted by Situ Zhe, they should have sent officers and soldiers, but I don't know what to do, this time they actually hired some local forces to protect them in civilian clothes and secretly return to Beijing!"
Miao Xiong left, but Mo Wuxian hesitated in the room.
"The local situation is strong, and the plainclothes are secretly escorted back to Beijing?" his mind kept thinking about this question.
Obviously, this batch of medicinal materials is not used by medical merchants, nor is it used by the royal family, so what is the second prince going to do with this batch of medicinal materials?
He thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't figure it out.
"No matter what use he has, I'm going to decide on this batch of medicinal materials!"
He returned to the second stone chamber again, this time, for alchemy.
The idea of fighting medicinal herbs this time is destined to be robbed by force and unknowingly. This batch of force must be trustworthy to himself, and to create these forces, he needs a kind of Pei Yuan Dan.