Qingyan raised her eyebrows and said, "What do you mean, Chou Chou is your noble?"
Huang Xiaowu nodded and shook his head, "Not only Master Zhu Yan, but also you. You are also my noble one. Do you think I look like a human being when I look like this?"
"..."
Qingyan was speechless for a while, this guy really didn't waste time, so he asked for a seal.
Thinking so, she didn't do what the bad guy practiced, so she nodded and replied: "It's similar, very similar."
It may be that Huang Xiaowu's Taoist skills have already arrived, or it may be that the rich spiritual energy in the space made his advancement very smooth.
As soon as Qingyan finished speaking, a burst of white light appeared on the opposite side, shrouding it tightly, which stung Qingyan and quickly closed her eyes.
However, only ten seconds passed before I heard a bit of harsh laughter coming from the other side.
Qingyan opened her eyes and saw a thin man wearing a khaki robe, a sharp mouth and a mustache, dancing in front of her.
The corners of Qingyan's eyes twitched, this... this really didn't change much from the previous appearance, except that her hair was less hairy, and she was just as ugly and wretched.
If you go out now, no one who sees him will think he is a good person. His appearance is so recognisable.
Qingyan couldn't help but ask: "Can't you choose your appearance after you transform?"
Huang Xiaowu shook his head, "No, it took shape based on what he imagined in his mind."
Qingyan twitched her lips, "Then who did you think of just now?"
Huang Xiaowu: "My master is the Taoist priest I have followed for more than 20 years. He taught me a lot. In my heart, he is my master, but he is unwilling to admit it."
Qingyan organized her words before saying, "Why do you want to look like your master? Are other young masters like Pian Pianjia not good?"
Huang Xiaowu said matter-of-factly: "My master has such an air of immortality and moral integrity, while all the young masters like Pian Pianjia look like they are helpless and incompetent!
Do you think I look particularly charming like this? The female guests who came to the Taoist temple to offer incense would cover their faces in shame when they saw my master, which shows how handsome my master is and is uncontrollable. "
Qingyan took a deep breath, suppressed the complaints in her heart, and smiled, "Ah, yes, yes, it's very charming. Just like it."
Then he got to the main topic: "Then tell me about the murderer at Daxiangguo Temple. Have you seen the murderer's face?"
Huang Xiaowu nodded, "Yes, I happened to come out of the kitchen and go to the front to listen to the evening class.
You should also know that our favorite thing is to listen to lectures on scriptures. Since I arrived at Daxiangguo Temple, I have never failed to attend morning and evening classes every day for two years.
It was almost midnight the night before yesterday, when the evening classes were about to start. The monks and pilgrims in the temple had all gone to the main hall in front, and no one would be left behind.
When I was passing by the yard between the kitchen and the wing, a man ran over from the wing. He moved very quickly, he must have some qigong skills, and jumped out from the middle courtyard wall. "
Qingyan and Chou Chou looked at each other and asked, "Can you describe that person's appearance, whether he is a boy or a girl, and how old he is?"
Huang Xiaowu thought about it for a moment and then said: "He is a man, very thin, with a round face, slightly inverted triangular eyes, and thick lips. He looks about thirty years old. He is wearing gray clothes with a lot of black and gray stains on them. .
Oh, by the way, there was another person outside the wall. After he jumped out, I heard his voice. He was also a man. "
When Qingyan heard the description of his appearance, she immediately thought of one of the people who attacked Zhao Rixin in Guandu Town at night. Those two people matched him in appearance, and the one outside the wall was probably another accomplice.
And the time was right. Judging from the distance ahead, they arrived in the capital the night before. It seemed that as soon as they arrived in the capital, they went to Daxiangguo Temple to kill people.
But why do you need to remove the internal organs? Wouldn't it be easier to kill him with one knife? It should be a brutal killing. If he makes any noise and attracts people, wouldn't it be troublesome?
She told this suspicion to Chou Chou, who pondered for a moment and said: "Maybe they just want people to think about hatred, or about supernatural beings, to mislead the government, so it will be difficult to find them. ."
Qingyan nodded, "It's also possible. What about the bolted doors and windows in the room, as well as the disappeared internal organs and blood? It can't be that he also has space and just pretended to leave, right?"
Huang Xiaowu interjected: "I know this. The fire walls in those wing rooms are hollow. At the place connected to the fire pit, there is a living opening for cleaning the flue. Just push it in to reveal a nearly two-foot wide The flue is connected to the hole outside the kang. If you are thin, you can get out through there.
When I saw the man, there was a lot of black ash on his body, which must be the soot in the flue. "
Chou Chou nodded, "I scanned it with my spiritual consciousness and felt that it was no different from the ordinary fire wall, so I ignored it. It seems that I was negligent."
Qingyan shook her head and said, "I can't blame you. Who would have thought that that person could get out of the flue? It seems that the other person is also very familiar with Daxiangguo Temple, otherwise he wouldn't have planned the time and place.
I just don’t know where that person is now, and what his relationship with the deceased is, whether it’s a vendetta, taking someone’s money to help others eliminate disasters, or internal strife to kill people and silence them…”
Chou Chou: "It's easy to tell now that we know who they are. You can draw the faces of those two people and give them to me later. I'll look for them within the capital. As long as I don't leave the capital, I should be able to find them."
Qingyan nodded and didn't say any more to them. She asked Chou Chou to find paper and ink strips. Carbon strips would also work. She was better at sketching and was going to go back to the room to draw a portrait.
They had no shortage of these things in their space, especially rice paper. She had collected some before and bought some later. She planned to take them back to her grandfather, who had become obsessed with calligraphy in recent years.
Lay out the paper, sharpen the ink stick, recall what the two people looked like, and then start drawing.
Because I had paid attention to each other all the way, I was very impressed, especially the features of the two people's facial features and faces, not even a wrinkle was missing.
It took about an hour to finish the two paintings and handed them directly to Chou Chou. Huang Xiaowu also came over to take a look, and nodded when he saw the round face.
"Yes, that's right, it's him. The painting is really like a real person. If the government's wanted portraits were so clear, the criminals would have been caught long ago."
Qingyan said modestly: "I'm just getting started. If it were my teacher, the painting would be more similar and take less time."
After talking to the two of them again, Qingyan couldn't bear it anymore. She looked at her watch and saw that it was already twelve o'clock, so she asked Chou Chou to send her out to sleep.
The next day, she was woken up by Yuan Bao. When she opened her eyes, she saw a big cat's face. It was only three or four centimeters away from her, and it almost hit her face.
He stretched out his hand to pull it open, sat up and said, "You just came back this morning?"
Yuan Bao shook his head and sent a message to her: "I came back last night. Zhao Rixin was afraid of disturbing your rest, so he left me to sleep in his yard.
You don’t even know how uncomfortable it is for me to lie in his arms and hold back from sucking the energy around him.
I’m already saturated from smoking now, and I’m afraid that if I smoke a little more, I’ll be promoted outside. It’s so hard to bear it~”
Qingyan held it in her arms and moved it. She hadn't held it in the past two days and she missed the feeling.
"Then do you want to enter the space now to advance, or do you want to wait outside for us to leave before going in? The day after tomorrow is the Plum Market, and we can leave after shopping for two days at most."
Yuan Bao thought for a while and said, "Then just wait for two days. It's not good if I disappear suddenly. I don't know how long it has been since I was promoted. If I can't come out before I leave, it won't be easy to answer if they ask you."
The main reason is that it has been registered with King Jin and Zhao Rixin, and it followed it into the palace yesterday. The queen hugged it for a while, so it is not good to disappear suddenly.
Qingyan thought of something and asked: "By the way, tell me why Zhao Rixin went to Prince Jin's Mansion yesterday? I later entered the Chou Chou space and didn't use my spiritual consciousness to look at you."
Yuan Bao: "Zhao Rixin said that he caught a person who assassinated him, and that person identified him as the one sent by King Jin. Of course he didn't believe it, but no matter how he was sentenced, the man didn't change his story and went to King Jin's Mansion for verification. ."
Qingyan was dumbfounded, "He just asked like that? Can he admit it? No matter whether it is true or not, he has to deny it!
Also, it’s not normal for the killer to admit it at the first trial. It looks like he was framed and framed. "
Of course, it is also possible to go in the opposite direction. The more this is done, the more likely it is to eliminate the suspicion of Prince Jin. This kind of unconventional approach is sometimes very useful.
I just don’t know which one this is from.
Yuan Bao replied: "The King of Jin didn't say anything, he didn't admit or deny, he just said that he would investigate clearly and give Zhao Rixin an explanation."
Qingyan frowned. This seemed to be unjust, but she did not rule out the other party's scheming. Hey... it was too brain-burning, so she didn't want to think about it. Anyway, Zhao Rixin should be wary of it.
After getting up and freshening up, I carried Yuan Bao to the front hall. Zhao Rixin was already there, and I saw him moving around with a gray tabby cat in his arms.
Qingyan raised her eyebrows. This was the first time she had seen this cat in the three days since she had been here. Of course, the ones she had seen with her spiritual consciousness before were not counted.
This cat usually lives in the greenhouse over the garden. At noon when the sun is right, it goes up to the roof to stay for a while. It rarely appears in front of people.
"Brother Rixin, I finally see your cat. Why is it willing to be held by you today?"
Qingyan asked curiously.
Zhao Rixin touched the cat in his arms and replied: "I don't know what happened to it today. As soon as I entered the front hall, it was in there, lying on my chair. It didn't even move when I approached. Run away.
I tried to pick it up, but it didn't struggle. It just let me hold it obediently. This has never happened before. "
Qingyan stepped forward curiously and reached out to touch it tentatively. She found that it did not dodge, but only glanced at Yuan Bao with some fear.
Qingyan looked at Yuanbao suspiciously, and the sound of Yuanbao's fart sounded in her head: "Aren't I afraid that he would hug me again? I couldn't bear it very hard, so I communicated with this silly cat and asked him to come over and talk to me. Its owner is near and dear.
You see how obvious the effect is. Zhao Rixin no longer stares at me. He is very happy. Finally, he is not in vain. "
Qingyan couldn't help but twitch the corner of her mouth. This guy was really serious. Why did she think he was in Versailles?
"This cat may have suddenly become enlightened. I think it saw that you liked Yuanbao so much, and it became a little aware of the crisis. It was afraid that you wouldn't want it, so it came to get close to you. All small animals are spiritual."
Qingyan found a way to help Yuanbao.
Zhao Rixin nodded after hearing this, feeling that what Qingyan said made sense. No matter what, it was always a good thing that his cat finally got close to him. He petted the cat very happily.
To be honest, no matter how good Yuan Bao is, it is not his own cat. He may like it, but it will not be as affectionate as it is now. Although this cat is not close to him, he will be very happy to see him occasionally. After all, it is his own cat.
When the food was ready, the two of them put the cat on a stool aside, washed their hands and ate. A servant also prepared food for the cat.
Zhao Rixin also talked about what happened yesterday, "I took people to the Dali Temple yesterday, and the torturers only used sticks and sticks to attack the other side. They said it was ordered by the emperor's uncle.
Of course I didn't believe him for confessing so happily, and he was given other punishments. As a result, the other party didn't change his confession, so he had to be imprisoned for the time being. I went to the emperor's uncle to tell him.
The emperor's uncle said he would go check it out and just asked me to wait. We deliberately locked that person up with the previous killer and kept a close eye on them to see if they were in the same group. "
Qingyan looked at him and asked, "Don't you suspect that it was your uncle who instigated it? Wouldn't asking him to investigate give him time to destroy the evidence?"
Zhao Rixin simply shook his head and said: "Impossible. Not to mention that the emperor loves me the most. Even if he doesn't love me, there is no reason to kill me."
Qingyan said tentatively: "Maybe it's for the throne. Hasn't it been said since ancient times that there is no father or son in the Tian family? After all, you are your father's eldest son and the most likely candidate to succeed to the throne."
Zhao Rixin continued to shake his head with a funny look on his face, "That is even more impossible. My father has long told us that the throne will be passed on to my uncle. This was what he said when he ascended the throne.
You may not know that my father did not want to be emperor at that time. He ascended the throne only after many ministers and uncles persuaded him. Over the years, my father had worked hard for the sake of the country and had long thought of quitting. It was only the emperor who kept pushing away. No Zen position is successful. "
Qingyan was stunned for a while after hearing this. She almost felt like a villain in vain. The whole family had agreed. Sure enough, what outsiders saw was often far from the truth.
Fortunately, she didn't tell him to be wary of King Jin before, otherwise it would have been a joke.
So now the question is, who is the mastermind behind this?
If she doesn't want the good of both sides, it must be someone who can benefit from killing each other. It may be a powerful official in the court, or it may be a foreigner. She feels that the chance of foreigners is greater.
Because the one who can truly be called a powerful minister now is the King of Jin. If he wants military power and fame, it is impossible for other ministers to ascend the throne even if they succeed.
It's different for foreigners. They can take the opportunity to invade the Central Plains, and they don't know much about the relationship between the Zhao brothers, so they make such a plan.
