Chapter Twenty-Seven: A Thousand Things
The next morning, about midnight.
When the carriage came to Tongping Town, it was peaceful and calm, and no one cared about what happened to Lizhou City yesterday.
Dugujing and Du Xi'er got out of the carriage and went straight to the Ruogui Medical Center, passing by the Tongping Inn on the way, Du Xi'er took a second look, and saw that the shopkeeper and the shopkeeper were delivering food to a few guests.
As soon as I walked into the door of the Ruogui Medical Hall, I saw a helpless Lang Zhong sitting behind the counter, settling accounts.
Chen Ruogui raised his head and looked over, and when he saw Du Xi'er, he was stunned for a moment and asked, "The girl is so familiar." ”
Du Xi'er respectfully hugged her fists and said: "The family teacher will never return to the valley master, thank you Dr. Chen and Mrs. Chen for their care three years ago." ”
Chen Ruogui's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly ran out from behind the counter and said, "It turned out to be the girl back then, did the Engong take you as an apprentice?" Madame must be very happy to see you, come, come inside and say. ”
After that, he went to the outside of the medical hall and took down the wooden sign that had been opened, and closed the door.
Then led the two of them around the medicine cabinet and entered the courtyard from the back door, the small courtyard is not big, but there are some small bamboos planted in the corner, and there is a water tank in the middle.
In front of the hall, Chen Ruogui said: "Madame is in the room, girl, please." ”
As soon as Chen Ruogui stepped into the hall with one foot, Dugujing heard a voice coming: "Chen Lang...... Ahh
Entering the hall, Dugujing's eyes lit up, and he was amazed that Mrs. Chen was so beautiful, her eyebrows were as black as ink, and although she didn't use rouge, her face was fair, and she looked like she was only thirty years old.
Du Xi'er also said respectfully to Mrs. Chen: "Mrs. Chen, I don't know if Mrs. Chen still remembers me, thank you Mrs. Chen for taking care of me three years ago." ”
"Of course I remember, Engong must have taken you as an apprentice. Mrs. Chen guessed, and the sound was as beautiful as a silver bell.
Dugu Jing secretly said that Mrs. Chen is really smart, and she can guess this.
Du Xi'er said yes, and then introduced Dugujing: "This is ......"
Dugujing grabbed the conversation and said: "Under Dugujing, it's ......"
"Are you the grandson of the Martial Arts Alliance Master?" asked Madam Chen.
Dugu Jing was stunned and said, "Madame guessed right, exactly." ”
Chen Ruogui invited the two to sit down, Mrs. Chen smiled proudly at Dugujing, and then took Du Xi'er's hand and pulled her to the side to sit down.
After sitting down, Mrs. Chen poured tea for the two of them and asked, "Dugu Gongzi is the third young master of Qianhe Villa?"
Dugu nodded and said, "Yes, it seems that Madame knows a lot about the affairs of the rivers and lakes." ”
When he first saw Chen Ruogui, he found that this Dr. Chen was an ordinary person who had never practiced martial arts, and he thought that Mrs. Chen would be a person in the rivers and lakes, but now when he saw it, he found that Mrs. Chen was just an ordinary person.
Chen Ruogui said in a deep voice: "The matter of the leader of the Dugu Alliance, I and my lover are also very sad after hearing about it, and I hope that the son will mourn. ”
Dugujing nodded lightly and said nothing.
Chen Ruogui looked at his wife and gestured slightly, and Mrs. Chen nodded and said, "I heard news early this morning, about the matter of Qianhe Villa yesterday. ”
After a pause, he continued: "It is rumored that the day before yesterday, the leader of the Dugu League was assassinated by the Song Dynasty on his birthday, and Engong came to the rescue but did not save him. ”
Du Xi'er shook her head, and Mrs. Chen asked: "The girl will definitely leave yesterday when she arrives today, is there anything wrong with this, is it that the rumors do not match the facts?"
Dugujing sighed in his heart that Mrs. Chen was really careful.
Du Xi'er nodded and said: "Yes, Mrs. Chen, my master was not in Qianhe Villa at that time, and this time I went out of the valley not to congratulate the alliance leader on his birthday, it was not my master who wanted to save the alliance master in Qianhe Villa at that time." ”
Mrs. Chen said, "But why does this person pretend to be Engong, isn't he helping Engong by doing so?"
Du Xi'er said: "It's just on the surface, but in fact, they are just using my master's name. ”
Without waiting for Mrs. Chen to ask, Du Xi'er informed Dugujing of what he had said before: "This person pretended to be my master, and in order to make people believe that he even used the Xuanwu Double Dagger as a congratulatory gift, in order to get close to the alliance leader, and then collaborated with the assassins of the Detention Immortal Pavilion to assassinate the alliance leader. ”
"And his purpose is to get the alliance leader to agree to let him participate in the next session, which is the martial arts conference in two years. We guess that he is trying to obtain the position of the leader of the Martial Arts Alliance, so that person must be someone related to the Detention Immortal Pavilion, or even a person in the Detention Immortal Pavilion. ”
Mrs. Chen shook her head.
Du Xi'er hurriedly asked, "What does Mrs. Chen think is wrong?"
Mrs. Chen said something that Du Xi'er once said: "Even if Engong is present in person, it will be difficult to obtain the position of the leader of the alliance, and with the reputation of Engong, I am afraid that it will ...... I'm afraid ......"
Qin Guiyu is kind to her husband and wife, so there are some things that Mrs. Chen can't say, although they don't know much about Qin Guiyu, but they think that Qin Guiyu is not what is rumored.
Du Xi'er said: "That's true, but they not only killed the Dugu Alliance Master, but also ...... also plotted against my master. ”
"What?" Chen Ruogui and Mrs. Chen were both surprised.
Dugu Jing said: "Yes, I secretly entered the Ethereal Tower with Miss Qin and found the clues at night after the accident. ”
Then he told everything that happened after entering the Ethereal Tower, including his own guesses and the clues found later.
As he spoke, Du Xi'er took out the small piece of wood with traces of Qin Guiyu and put it on the table.
Mrs. Chen picked up the wooden board and looked at it for a moment and handed it to Chen Ruogui, who looked at it and then put it back in its place.
Mrs. Chen said: "The fragrance of flowers overflows every time the flowers bloom in the Ethereal Building, is there no fragrance of flowers in spring this year?"
Dugu Jing said suddenly: "I remember, more than half a month ago, there were many rouge merchants collecting pollen in the Ethereal Building, and even all the flowers around the Ethereal Building were collecting pollen with brushes, which lasted for half a month, and it didn't end until a few days before my grandfather's birthday, that is, before the arrival of the Lord of the Qin Valley." ”
Mrs. Chen said: "So Le Zhengshang knows Engong's weakness, which is also the reason why Engong couldn't smell the fragrance of flowers when he first arrived at the Ethereal Tower." ”
Mrs. Chen's words did not bring new clues to Dugujing and Du Xi'er, but she was more sure that Qin Guiyu had an accident.
"Le Zhengshang had a premeditated plan. Du Xi'er said hatefully.
Mrs. Chen asked Dugu Jing, "San Lang, do you know why Dugu League mainly expelled you from the house?"
Dugu Jing said: "Naturally, it is...... Let me ...... the Xuanwu Twin Dagger" The sound became smaller and smaller, and finally there was no sound on the surface. Originally, he wanted to say that Dugu Ming asked him to take the Xuanwu Twin Daggers away, but why he wanted to take them away, this didn't make sense.
“...... I don't know ......" Dugu Jingdao.
Mrs. Chen said: "San Lang, you have thought about things clearly, do you think the master of the Dugu Alliance will be more confused than you?"
Dugu Jing suddenly realized: "Madame is saying that my grandfather saw that the Qin Valley Lord was fake, so he asked me to leave the house with the Xuanwu Double Dagger and expel him from the house."
Mrs. Chen shook her head.
Dugu Jing said: "The younger generation doesn't understand, and I ask Mrs. to make it clear." ”
Mrs. Chen said: "San Lang thinks for himself. ”
Dugujing pondered for a long time, and asked as if talking to himself: "Grandpa found out that the Qin Valley Lord is fake, so why don't you say it?" There are so many seniors in the courtyard, it still makes no sense for me to leave with the Xuanwu Twin Daggers. ”
Mrs. Chen nodded and said, "That's true." ”
Dugu Jing asked, "Why does Madam think that my grandfather knows that the Lord of Qin Valley is fake?"
Mrs. Chen looked at Du Xi'er and said, "Didn't the girl say that Engong had told him that if there was danger, the leader of the Dugu Alliance was a credible person. to keep you safe. ”
Du Xi'er nodded: "Master did say so." ”
Mrs. Chen looked at Dugu Jing: "It means that since in the eyes of Engong, even if the master of the Dugu Alliance knows that the girl is the descendant of the Absolute Return Valley, he will not be the enemy of the girl, can San Lang understand?"
Dugu Jing said: "I see, I didn't even find out." At that time, when my grandfather looked at the fake Qin Valley Lord in the compound, there was clear murderous intent in his eyes. ”
Mrs. Chen's eyes were waiting and encouraging, and she said, "Think about it again, what else did the Lonely Alliance Master say. ”
"In addition to saying something to let me go out to practice, my grandfather also said that I should ......," he said, he looked at Du Xi'er and said, "Let me get along well if I meet the master of the Qin Valley or the heir of the Lord of the Qin Valley." ”
Mrs. Chen said: "Yes, why does the alliance leader himself have murderous intent towards Engong but let you get along well? ”
Dugujing was annoyed and scolded himself for being confused and not understanding what his grandfather meant.
Mrs. Chen asked again: "San Lang has to think again." ”
Dugu Jing said: "Yes, how did my grandfather find out that the Qin Valley Lord is a fake?"
Mrs. Chen said: "This matter can only be asked to the Dugu Alliance Lord or Engong, if others know, no one will pretend to be Engong in front of the Dugu Alliance Master." ”
Dugu nodded: "I see, what should the juniors think?" Without waiting for Mrs. Chen to remind him, he said: "Why did my grandfather find out that the master of the Qin Valley was fake, but he didn't say it in front of many martial arts seniors?"
Mrs. Chen nodded: "Yes, over the years, the slave family has lived in Tongping Town with their beloved, and they have seen many martial arts people, but after all, they are not martial arts people, and they don't know much about the affairs of the rivers and lakes, and they still need San Lang to think about it." ”
Dugujing was silent, some bad thoughts rose in his heart, he was worried that Mrs. Chen was not ignorant of the affairs of the rivers and lakes, but did not want to say it.
Du Xi'er saw that Dugujing had no clue, so she also thought about it, and subconsciously said an idea: "Gongzi said before that Le Zhengshang had collusion with Kuxianlou because Kuxianlou wooed ...... in order to obtain the position of the leader of the martial arts alliance."
"That's right!" Dugu Jing said: "If you just pretend to be the master of the Qin Valley, the reputation of the Lord of the Qin Valley will not really help them get the position of the leader of the alliance, only by attracting enough Jianghu sects can this possibility be improved, so in the next two years, they will definitely try their best to win over the Jianghu sect......"
Speaking of this, the thought that made him uneasy became clearer and clearer, and finally he opened his mouth in shock: "What if...... If the Detention Immortal Building has already attracted enough martial arts sects...... My grandfather's birthday ...... who just came to attend."
Du Xi'er took a deep breath, but Mrs. Chen's face did not change, and she looked at Dugujing quietly.