Chapter 087: Parting
In the Purple Smoke Palace, Xiao Ling's face was gloomy, his brows were frowning, and he took the silver needle in his hand and looked at it carefully, and there was a bottomless depth in his eyes:
"You say, this needle was found from Miss Yang's clothes?"
"On the painting boat, Yang Zhaoyi was standing unsteadily, Miss Yang helped her, there was no such thing as falling into the water, but because of this silver needle, Miss Yang couldn't save her......" Gu Yanru explained.
"I know, you tell Yang Zhaoyi, let her rest well, you don't have to wait tonight, I will see her another day. After Xiao Ling finished speaking, he held the silver needle in his hand and turned around and walked out of the Purple Smoke Palace.
"You two, can you see clearly who made the move?" Gu Yanru turned her head to look at Ye Xi and Wen Qin and asked.
Gu Yanru was born in Jiangmen, she knew a little kung fu, and knew that this silver needle pierced the clothes and stabbed people's bodies, and she couldn't do it if she wasn't a master, but she couldn't figure out who was in the audience and had such a ability.
"Qi Yu Niangniang, we walked in front, and the other party shot from behind, so we didn't see it clearly. Wenqin replied.
"...... behind" Gu Yanru listened to Wen Qin's words, remembering the scene by the mirror lake before, and whispered in her mouth, "All the people were on the boat at that time, and there were only three people behind." ”
Mu Qingchen, Shen Bining, Luo Yiyi.
Gu Yanru thought very simply, the reason why the other party wanted Yang Shu to fall into the water was nothing more than to destroy the night's sleep, so that Yang Zhaoyi could not get the emperor's favor, but among the three people, there seemed to be no reason for anyone to do so.
Not to mention that Mu Qingchen and Shen Bining are the concubines of King Yi's Mansion, and they have nothing to do with the palace, even Concubine An herself has always been cold and arrogant, even the emperor can't force her, how can such three people think about making Yang Shu unable to accept favor?
Ye Xi stood behind Gu Yanru, bowed her head to hide the look in her eyes, although she had never seen this silver needle, but it made her think of the stunt of the night rain needle, because Ye Chengcheng had nothing to do to practice the night rain needle, and even invented a trick by himself, and the silver needles in the sky were like scattered flowers of the heavenly maiden.
Now seeing the silver needle again, it actually made Ye Xi feel a little like a world away.
Just when Gu Yanru was secretly guessing, Xiao Ling had already returned to Longchen Palace, waved Qin Xi away, and sat on the dragon chair by himself, looking at the row of silver needles on the desk, thinking to himself.
The long-lost phantom stunt Night Rain Needle in the rivers and lakes, its owner is a woman with strong martial arts, first killed Commander Meng, and then destroyed the crystal coffin, and now he actually uses the silver needle to stop Yang Ying from saving people.
If he had suspected that this woman was from the rivers and lakes two times before, but this time today, it overturned his previous speculation. If it weren't for the people in the palace, they wouldn't be so familiar with the palace, so that thousands of forbidden soldiers couldn't find a single person, and they wouldn't have appeared by the mirror lake today.
So who is it exactly?
The faces of those women flashed from Xiao Ling's mind during the day, but they were excluded by him one by one. Among the people he knows, Gu Yanru's martial arts are not high, Ye Xi's martial arts are completely useless, the three sisters of the Shen family do not know martial arts, and the others are even weaker.
Mu Qingchen is from the Heavenly Star Country, Luo Yiyi grew up in Nanjun since he was a child, and the two of them can't be so familiar with the Ningyue Palace, so the owner of this silver needle ...... Who exactly?
Soon, the gaze in Xiao Ling's mind fell on the woman behind Concubine An, who had been standing behind Concubine An with her head down, standing respectfully and politely behind Concubine An, with a humble expression on her face, without the slightest wave, but Xiao Ling clearly remembered that this palace maid was on an errand in Shuhexuan before.
Moon.
From the palace maid beside Lu Xiangran to the attendant beside Luo Yiyi, although the harem concubines have the right to decide whether the palace maid goes or stays, but this palace maid named Mingyue makes him have to doubt.
"Someone-" Thinking of this, Xiao Ling suddenly opened his eyes, a cold chill burst out of his eyes, and shouted outside, "Call Zhang Jing to me." ”
"The minions obeyed. When Qin Xi heard the voice, he agreed, and called the little eunuch who followed him to call Zhang Jing.
Zhang Jing is different from Meng Fei, Meng Fei is the commander of the forbidden army appointed by the first emperor, loyal to the first emperor, the reason why he is loyal to Xiao Ling is because Xiao Ling is the emperor, but Zhang Jing is Xiao Ling's secretly cultivated henchman, and has always been in the position of deputy commander, just to one day, control the forbidden army in the imperial city.
"Humble Zhang Jing, long live my emperor. Zhang Jing came quickly, knelt on one knee, saluted Xiao Ling, and only got up after getting permission.
"I remember you said that on the night of the attack on Longchen Palace, you chased that woman to the vicinity of Yijing Palace, and then disappeared?" Xiao Ling asked.
"Exactly. Zhang Jing arched his hand and said, "He led the brothers of the forbidden army to chase him to the vicinity of Yijing Palace, but the female assassin had already lost his trace, and when he returned to Longchen Palace, he saw that all the forbidden soldiers guarding the door fell to the ground, unconscious. ”
"From Yijing Palace to Longchen Palace, even if you are extremely light, it is impossible to solve all the forbidden troops before you rush to Longchen Palace, and then enter Longchen Palace without a sound. Xiao Ling squinted his eyes and said so.
"What does the emperor mean, that woman has accomplices?" Zhang Jing quickly understood what Xiao Ling meant.
"You go down, Rong Zhen thinks again. Xiao Ling confirmed his thoughts from Zhang Jing's mouth and asked him to retreat.
The things that happened one after another in the palace were full of strangeness, and the mysterious woman who used the night rain needle made him always think of Ye Chengcheng inadvertently. originally thought that it was the friends Ye Tingcheng made in the rivers and lakes in the past to avenge her, but now it seems that there is more than one dark ghost in the palace.
The silver needle was found in the secret room of Longchen Palace, indicating that the mysterious woman was the one who entered Longchen Palace, so who was the woman who led Zhang Jing away? Is it the palace maid named Mingyue, or Concubine An? Or is it ...... Are they all in the know?
Xiao Ling was thinking about the origin of the mysterious woman, Gu Yanru was thinking about who was secretly against her, Yang Shu was angry that he had lost the opportunity to accept favor because he fell into the water, and Shen Bihuan was annoyed because Xiao Ling treated Gu Yanru differently...... The people in the entire palace almost couldn't sleep at night, but in King Yi's mansion, it was still there.
"Princess, this is the time of today's chaos, and the Bright Moon Protector took the opportunity to hand it over to the slave maid. Huai Jin took out the note in his hand and handed it to Mu Qingchen.
Mu Qingchen took it, opened it and saw that there were only four words written on it: Concubine An's family letter.
"Princess, what does Mingyue Protector mean? Could it be a letter from a different surname Hou and Concubine An?"
"I don't know what Mingyue means, but she must have found something to tell us. Qingchen thought for a moment and said, "Concubine An's side doesn't have to worry about it for now, she is also busy with the play of visiting the lake today, and she doesn't have so much spare time to hinder my affairs." ”
"Did the princess mean that Yang Zhaoyi fell into the water?" said Zhiyu asked again, "The slave maid was still puzzled in her heart just now, but she didn't expect that this was a flaw deliberately left by the princess. ”
"I used the silver needle to stop Yang Ying from saving Yang Shu, Gu Yanru and Xiao Ling will definitely find out. Gu Yanru would think that Concubine An deliberately let Yang Shu fall into the water in order to compete for favor, while Xiao Ling would turn her attention to the woman in black who repeatedly broke into the palace, and all the superficial evidence was inseparable from Concubine An. Qingchen said with a smile.
As soon as the words fell, a cool breeze blew on Qingchen's face, and there was a figure in the curie instantly, thinking it was night, but when Qingchen raised his eyes, it was Ning Chen who was dressed in a dark robe.
"Subordinates, see the landlord. Ning Chen hugged his fist and saluted Mu Qingchen, "My subordinates took the liberty to ask to see the landlord, and I asked the landlord to forgive me." ”
"What are you talking about?I'm just surprised, I've always come here at night, why are you here in person today?" Mu Qingchen asked.
"Night Dead often listen to the dispatch in front of the landlord, and rarely learn martial arts with the owner of the Wind Building, and the Lord of the Wind Mansion will leave in two days, so I let the Night Dead stay, and discuss a few tricks with the Lord of the Wind Building. Ning Chen said.
After finishing the words, the smile on Qingchen's face gradually faded, he lowered his head slightly, and couldn't see the look on his face clearly, and after a long time, he raised his head, as if with a little relief: "He's leaving?"
Mu Qingchen vaguely remembered that on the day Feng Xiran came back, he had told her that he would not leave again, but now, he still had to leave after all, perhaps, because he was completely chilled by her, how could a woman like her, who was full of intrigue and intrigues, be treated with the heart and soul like a fairy?
She is destined to struggle in this dusty world, seeking relief from revenge, but he is still the unstained chivalrous man, coldly seeing through the worldly disputes, and hiding the rest of his life on the top of the mountain.
"Yes, the Wind Mansion Master received a letter from Senior Mo, saying that he wanted the Wind Mansion Master to go back. Ning Chen nodded, "The owner of the Feng Mansion said that this time when he leaves, he will go to Nanjun to visit a few friends and learn martial arts, and when the landlord needs him, he will appear by himself." ”
"I see, is there anything else?" Qingchen nodded and asked again, the initial stunned silence had been replaced by boundless calm.
"There are brothers in the building who received news that it was the frequent deployment of troops in southern Xinjiang recently, and it seemed that there was a big move, but I don't know if it was aimed at Tianxing or Ning Yue. Ning Chen was amazed at Mu Qingchen's calmness, and sighed for the wind in his heart, but he had no choice but to tell the truth, "If Southern Xinjiang really wants to go to war, the landlord may be able to take advantage of it." ”
"I know, send someone to keep an eye on the movements in southern Xinjiang, and report anything wrong immediately. Mu Qingchen nodded and said.
"Yes, my subordinates know. Ning Chen arched his hand and said, "It's not too early, and my subordinates are retiring." ”
After Ning Chen finished speaking, he was about to leave, but at this time, he was stopped by Qingchen: "Wait a minute-"
"What else does the landlord command?" Ning Chen turned around and asked.
"Tell him to take care for me. Qingchen said, then waved his hand to let Ning Chen leave, and said no more.
Huai Jin and Zhan Yu also seemed to know that Mu Qingchen might be in a bad mood, so they didn't say anything, just stood silently by Mu Qingchen's side, accompanying her in silence.