"You said that the old city lord was behind all of this, and that the disaster that befell Malazar Khan is also because of him?"
The female shopkeeper couldn't believe her ears.
Even though she had clearly heard what Lu Jing said before, she still couldn't help but subconsciously asked.
"That's right." Lu Ding nodded.
"Wait a minute, why is this matter related to the old city lord again? Our previous investigation results were all related to the Vulture and Yazdan. Now that the Vulture has been ruled out, only Yazdan is left. You're done." The female shopkeeper frowned, "Didn't Sarah and Nikkar also want to coerce you to kill Yazdan before?"
"This is the most powerful thing about him. No matter what he does, there will be no trace. He has found a scapegoat early, whether it is a vulture or Yazdan... This is what he deliberately throws out to attract people like us. Such thoughtful people pay attention." Lu Jingdao.
“But weren’t Yazdan’s guards the ones who captured Nikkar’s alcoholic father?”
The female shopkeeper had just finished asking this question and she also reacted.
"In addition to obeying Yazdan's orders, Yazdan's guards will also obey the orders of the old city lord. No, it should be said that they will give priority to obeying the orders of the old city lord compared to Yazdan. After all, the latter is Malazar Khan. The true master.”
"Yes, and we went to see the household registration officer before. You said that the household registration officer is a very upright person and loves this city very much. He clearly knows some things, but he would rather watch the beloved city and what he cares about. They were destroyed together, and they didn’t want to tell us.
"I was thinking about a question at that time, what temptation could make such an upright person make such a terrible choice? Is it money, power, or beauty?
"Although these things are precious, they are nothing compared to the lives of myself and the people I care about. It was only now that I thought of one thing - loyalty, the cheapest and most expensive thing in the world.
"It was his loyalty to the old city lord that made him would rather tell us to leave in tears than help us save the city he lives in." Lu Jingdao
"The situation of Shrike is similar to him. She was picked by the Vulture. According to the Vulture himself, he chose Shrike because he had big breasts and didn't seem to be afraid of him.
"But these two points alone do not necessarily guarantee that the shrike will be selected. How will her master control and monitor the vulture at that time?"
The female shopkeeper also thought about it at this time, "There is no shrike at all, or everyone can be a shrike, because these maids are all under the orders of the city lord. As far as I know, most of them are orphans in the city. Their parents grew up He died unexpectedly.
"It was the old city lord who adopted them, gave them food and clothes, and when they grew up, he made them maids in the city lord's palace, so they are also very loyal to the old city lord."
Lu Jing took over her words and added, "Before she died, Shrike was still misleading us. She specifically mentioned the old city lord, saying that if it weren't for the Lord's request, she would expose the Vulture's conspiracy in front of the old city lord. The trick is to allow us to subconsciously exclude the old city lord from being suspected."
Things have gradually become clearer by now, but the female shopkeeper still has something she can't understand, "But why would the old city lord do such a thing? To be honest, I don't believe that he would kill Malazar Khan just to unify the Mingsha Desert. Destroyed.
“When he was in power, he was known for his generosity and benevolence, and he had little interest in invasion and expansion. Although he did not make any commendable achievements, under his rule, the residents of this city have always lived and worked in peace and contentment.
"And he is not young anymore. Even if he unified the Mingsha Desert..." At this point, the female shopkeeper's tone suddenly paused, and then her eyes widened.
"Is the life-threatening medicine that Dr. Jasmine took from the pharmacy for him?"
"That's right." Lu Jingdao, "We have met Yazdan. He looks quite healthy and does not seem to need this kind of medicine. And if other people are sick, there is no reason to hide it from the general public. So it’s self-evident who is administering the medicine.”
"But according to your original speculation, the old city lord has not been out of the city during this time, nor has he been to the ancient tomb. Wasn't it always Yazdan who left the city?"
"Yazdan left the city with Dr. Jasmine. His purpose of leaving the city was not to find the ancient tomb, but to find herbs that could kill the old city lord.
"As for the ancient tomb..." Lu Jing paused but said surprisingly, "I suspect the entrance is within the city."
The female shopkeeper took a long time to digest the news, and Lu Jing also took advantage of this time to go over the matter from beginning to end.
First, the old city lord discovered the surname on the mural, and through the household registration officer, he found the descendant of the ancient family that originally founded the city, that is, the drunkard, and learned the location of the ancient tomb from his mouth.
After that, he should have organized people to go to the ancient tomb and found something inside, but at that time, probably because he was concerned about the possible terrible consequences, he did not touch the thing.
But it didn't take long for him to realize that he was not going to die soon. After trying conventional treatments and finding that they didn't work, he turned his attention to the thing in the ancient tomb.
However, he also knew that what he did was likely to destroy Malazar Khan. In order to prevent someone from sabotaging his plan, he prepared two smoke bombs.
The first one is naturally the vulture. This dark wizard was not popular when he first arrived in Malazar Khan, and was about to be kicked out of this ancient oasis city. However, the disaster he casually fabricated to scare people turned out to be... It just gave the old city lord a reason to keep him.
The evil wizard and the fatuous and old city lord are a classic Disney pair. Anyone who looks at them at first glance will think that there is something wrong with the dark wizard.
What's more, in order to further blame the vulture, the old city lord also induced the vulture to write down the pattern from the ancient tomb when he was high.
And the second smoke bomb is naturally Yazdan.
The old city lord was not polite to his son-in-law. Many key things were done through Yazdan's guards, making people mistakenly think that they were orders from Yazdan.
Until Shrike's last words before his death, he still directed Lu Jing's attention to Yazdan, asking him to focus on Yazdan's ambitions instead of the old city lord's illness.
In fact, if Yazdan had not mentioned before that the old city lord had been suffering from minor illnesses recently, even if Lu Jing had noticed Jia Simin, he might not have thought of checking what medicine he had taken recently.
At this time, the female shopkeeper finally finished digesting Lu Jing's words, and then said, "I only have one question left now. I can understand the life-threatening medicine, but what are the spices for?"
Lu Jing sighed, "It is said that the city lord has not seen anyone for a while. Vulture said that he and the city lord were far apart when they met, so I hope it is not the effect I imagined."
