I am neither beautiful nor crazy

"Master, what is the origin of the ice tongue grass, do you know where it went after that?"

In the palace, Jiang Qi paced back and forth in front of the Taoist priest, his expression extremely anxious, "I ordered the army to strictly patrol at night, but those people don't know what they are capable of, they can always sneak around without anyone noticing."

He was so excited that his face turned red and he trembled all over, "Master, if you still don't plan to tell me where the ice tongue grass is, how are you going to stop the slaughter in the imperial city?"

The other party frowned, "There are three ice tongue grasses in the rivers and lakes, and every birth will bring slaughter. Even if the goddess of Northern Xinjiang merges the third branch into the mechanism of the double swords, it will be difficult to stop it."

Jiang Qi retorted loudly, "The lives of those who fight for the ice tongue grass are life. Are the lives of those servants who died innocently in the palace worthless? Master, since you can figure out where the ice tongue grass is, as long as we get it first, You can take the lead.”

The man shook his head slowly, his voice was still thin and sharp, "Your Majesty, the heavenly secret must not be revealed."

"Tianji? I am the sky!" Jiang Qi gritted his teeth and said, lowering his voice, the corners of his eyes turned red, "Do you know, if they get the ice tongue grass first, and the crown prince comes back to life, then this throne... Whose throne should it be?" !"

The other party bowed his head and said nothing, as if weighing the pros and cons, he sighed heavily after a long time, "Your Majesty, I can only tell you that this ice tongue grass is now in the imperial city."

Jiang Qi opened his eyes slightly.

Before the words fell, there was only a slight crisp sound echoing in the hall, which was so fleeting that it sounded creepy.

Because the content of the conversation between the two was extremely private, Jiang Qi deliberately dismissed all the nearby patrolling guards. This voice could not have come from the maids and guards.

Reminiscent of last night's case, Jiang Qi's whole body turned cold instantly, and in desperation, he pulled out his saber several times before taking it out of its sheath.

"Who is pretending to be a ghost!" He shouted tremblingly, "Get out!"

The next moment, as if responding to his words, a feathered arrow shot straight out from the bottom of the dragon chair, heading straight for Jiang Qi's eyebrows.

The sharp sound of the sharp arrow piercing the air sounded, and Jiang Qi was instantly frightened out of his wits. The arrow was so fast that he had no time to dodge sideways, and could only watch in horror as it was about to shoot right in front of his eyes.

And at the moment when the feathered arrow came out of the string, a group of figures broke through the window, pointing precisely at the dumbfounded Jiang Qi standing there.

Almost at the same moment when the arrow flew, the person who broke through the window hit Jiang Qi.

This brute force made Jiang Qi take a few steps back, and the feathered arrow happened to penetrate deeply into the chest of the group of figures.The figure fell straight to the ground from mid-air, and happened to stop in front of Jiang Qi.

Jiang Qi looked at the corpse in front of him in horror, and was so frightened that he stood motionless, unable to stand on his feet.

It wasn't until the Taoist priest around him shouted "Help me" several times out of the window, and the guards poured in, that he regained his sanity a little, and was supported by someone to look at the bloody man who fell on the ground.

It was one of his personal servants!

It was the same as the previous corpses, except for the arrow wound on the chest and other fatal injuries.Apparently it was thrown in after death.

And the scene just now is creepy no matter what—not to mention how the killer put the feather arrow under the dragon seat without anyone noticing, even the timing and angle of shooting the arrow and throwing the corpse are absolutely accurate. Chills down the spine.

"They must have heard what we said just now." Jiang Qi's voice was so trembling that he could hardly connect, "The feathered arrow can be hidden under my dragon seat, what else can't be done by them! You bunch of trash , nothing can stop it!"

He pointed at the guards kneeling on the ground with the tip of his sword, "Look for me day and night! If you encounter suspicious people, you don't need to kill them, and I won't let any one go!"

At the same time, a snow-white figure slipped along the wall in the moonlight, and disappeared into the boundless darkness in the blink of an eye.

The next morning.

Due to the horrific incident last night, Jiang Qi almost stayed up all night.On the short-circuit to the upper court, his footsteps are still vacant, and his eyes are blue now. Thinking of Jiang Yu's speculation a few days ago, he is even more panicked.

"Seventh Brother." He turned his head slightly, and whispered to Jiang Yu who was half a step behind him, "Did you hear any special noise last night?"

Seeing the other party's suppressed fear, Jiang Yu just smiled softly, "It was very quiet last night, and there were no strange sounds. What's the matter? But the murderer is committing crimes again?"

"No." Jiang Qi's face turned pale, and he replied in panic.

It was impossible for Jiang Qi to tell the truth about the killer sneaking into the hall last night and overhearing the ice tongue grass, but he was terrified that the assassin would gradually target him.

"Seventh Brother." He turned his head back and spoke again, with a gentler tone, "Last time you mentioned the third possibility, they wanted to bring... His Royal Highness the Crown Prince back from the dead. You were in Northern Xinjiang when the incident happened, What's the strange behavior?"

Jiang Yu was slightly stunned for a moment, and then chuckled, "Brother Huang, don't joke, people cannot be resurrected after death. As the king of a country, Brother Huang, don't let your rational judgment be biased by ghosts and gods."

Jiang Qi's body froze suddenly, and the steps of the officials following behind him also stopped.He looked up at Jiang Yu's gentle and smiling expression, and he was stunned for a few seconds before he could react.

Jiang Yu was not answering his question seriously, he was clearly teasing him for his incompetence in politics and blindly following ghosts and gods.

But when he looked up at Jiang Yu's expression, he was clearly gentle and obedient, which made him feel that this idea was just his speculation and conjecture.

Jiang Qi flicked his cuffs slightly, took two quick steps to distance himself from the people behind him, and stepped up the jade steps.

Now it is not only the war in northern Xinjiang that is on fire, but also the prince's body.

Not seeing people alive, not seeing dead bodies, this is a huge hidden danger in his heart, and there is a danger of collapse at any time.

"Jiangyu." He suddenly thought of something and frowned, "When you were in the northern border, did you pay attention to..."

"Pay attention to what?" Jiang Yu has been following a few steps behind him, but he stopped abruptly when he heard half of what he said, and the other party's footsteps stopped in place again.

At this time, they had already reached the entrance of the main hall, and they only needed to open the door to enter.

But the moment the door opened, Jiang Yu suddenly smelled a strange smell coming from inside. Jiang Qi, who was walking in front, took a few steps back in panic, almost bumping into his shoulder. body.

Jiang Yu held his breath subconsciously, and his sharp gaze suddenly swept into the hall, but the moment he saw the scene in the hall, his pupils swelled and his whole body tensed up.

In the originally resplendent and resplendent hall, white mourning belts were hung all around, and in the center of the hall stood a pair of wooden coffins, and the strange and strange fragrance came from that coffin.

Jiang Yu suddenly had a strong intuition—the person who appeared in the coffin at this time point was most likely to be His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who was killed in northern Xinjiang and whose body has not yet been found.

And everyone obviously had the same idea as him, boos rang out all around, and the scene ensued into a commotion that was uncontrollable.

If it is true that the body of His Highness the Crown Prince can be found and put into the main hall of the court without anyone noticing, then there will be no safety at all in the palace, and everyone will seek to protect themselves, the situation will be unimaginable.

In desperation, Jiang Qi finally came to his senses. He waved his hand to the people behind him not to follow in to check, and then he ordered the guards to escort him into the hall with a heroic demeanor.

But from Jiang Yu's point of view, it was obvious that the other party's shoulders were almost shaken into chaff, and every step was cautious, as if stepping on a gun.

All the ministers obeyed their orders and retreated, but Jiang Yu stood still outside the palace gate and refused to leave.He fixed his eyes on Jiang Qi's back as he walked forward slowly, watching him walk near the coffin, and his trembling hand was about to touch the coffin lid.

An ominous premonition suddenly rose in his heart at that moment, he suddenly raised his sword and threw off the guards at the gate of the hall to run in, but only heard a loud "boom".

The moment Jiang Qi's hand touched the upper coffin board, the ground directly below the coffin exploded, sand, stone, gold and jade splashed out along with the blasting air, and at the same time, a raging fire ignited inside the coffin.

Jiang Qi's terrified screams came from inside, and all the guards hurried in to escort him.All the ministers stood at the bottom of the jade steps and saw this sudden situation, they were at a loss for what to do, and they froze in place.I don't know who yelled "Hurry up and put out the fire!", and everyone ran away as if awakened from a dream.

Noticing the commotion behind him, Jiang Yu suddenly turned around, only to see that the steps were in a mess, and it was impossible to verify who yelled the phrase "take water to put out the fire" first.In a hurry, he saw that the guards were trying to stop the fire at the entrance of the hall, and sent in a wet blanket so that Jiang Qi could escape unscathed.

The moment the two passed by, Jiang Yu had a thought, and rushed in from a gap that the guards had just cleared from the fire.

The dryness and heat engulfed all limbs and bones in an instant, and only the scorching crackle could be heard in the ears, and even the voice of the people behind him shouting his name was indistinguishable.

He was forced to squint his eyes due to the high temperature around him, and saw the cracks on the ground explode around the coffin mouth as the center.And even though the raging flames almost licked the coffin, the coffin was placed in the center of the hall intact without any damage.

He heard the sound of people behind him pouring water into the hall, and even half a bucket was deliberately poured on him.At that cold and dizzying moment, a strange memory that did not belong to him suddenly rushed into his mind, making his vision blank, and his body froze in place.

——There was still a sea of ​​flames in front of my eyes, but the surrounding scene suddenly reversed, changing from this hall to an outdoor open space.

The flames rolled wantonly on the haystack and firewood in the center, surrounded by a group of people who looked like villagers, and in the center of the flame, there was actually a group of people tied up!

As if noticing his arrival, the villagers turned their heads to look at him, with pity, guilt, and undisguised malice and hatred in their eyes.

At the same time, the people bound in the flames also looked at him.

Most of his sight was blocked by the bright flames, but Jiang Yu somehow felt that those eyes were hot and glaring, so familiar, as if he was about to forcibly pull something out of his heart.

A strange feeling in his heart rushed out of the ground, but Jiang Yu still didn't know where this inexplicable palpitation came from.

Who is he?

Where is he?

- Whoops.

Another large bucket of cold water was poured in, and Jiang Yu suddenly regained his senses, only to realize that the surrounding flames had swept to a very dangerous level, and had even wrapped around his clothes, but stagnated due to the dampness of the clothes after being splashed with water in place.

This time he clearly heard someone calling his name outside, and several guards were ready to rush in.

Jiang Yu didn't hesitate anymore, he lifted the hot coffin board with his hand, and confirmed his conjecture the moment he saw the inside of the coffin.

The guards also rushed in at this moment, put a soaked blanket on him, and immediately protected him and escaped.

Jiang Qi still hadn't recovered from the aftertaste of the extreme shock just now, and sat slumped to the side with a pale face.

All the ministers didn't know what happened inside, they could only comfort in a chaotic manner.

"Your Highness, you...are you not injured? I still have some medicinal materials for burns in my house. You can..."

Jiang Yu looked back and saw a person talking to him with his head down and smiling, but he had no impression of this person.

"No problem." Jiang Yu replied, "When there was a fire in the Prince's Palace, even more violent fires went in."

After being reminded by Jiang Yu, all the ministers recalled that he rushed into the fire to save people before, and they couldn't help sighing with emotion.

"His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince has always been on good terms with His Highness the Crown Prince, but unfortunately..."

"Your Highness the Seventh Prince accidentally drank poisoned wine at a banquet, and broke into a fire scene to save people, but they were all unscathed. God must be blessed."

Jiang Yu didn't respond, but another thing suddenly came to his mind.

"Brother Huang." He turned around and said to Jiang Qi, "I just opened the coffin in the fire scene."

This time he didn't salute, and he didn't even show much respect in his tone, but everyone looked at him because of this simple sentence, including Jiang Qi who was trembling all over.

"Look... what did you see?"

"But... the body of His Highness the Crown Prince?" Everyone speculated.

Jiang Qi rolled his eyes and almost fainted.

"It's not a corpse, but it is related to His Royal Highness." Jiang Yu said in a deep voice, "There is only an arrow in the coffin, and the arrow is still stained with blood. Now we need to check the structure of the arrow and the toxicity of the arrow. If it is the same as the arrows used by the Northern Xinjiang military, then it is basically certain..."

"This is the poisonous arrow that stabbed His Highness the Crown Prince."