The people of the government urged: "Everyone, hurry up and go to Beijing with me! Your Majesty is in a very bad mood after hearing the news of the death of General Yelu. If you keep him waiting for a long time, I'm afraid..."
The words of the people in the government are euphemistic.The guard of Shangjing was killed in Shangjing, which was simply called to provoke him. The Liao Lord is not only in a bad mood now, he must be furious.
But Lu Xiaofeng didn't want to leave right away, the pair of black eyes that were looking at him from hiding in the tent just now had aroused his interest.
Lu Xiaofeng said: "Wait, I see there is another person, I have to meet."
The man from the house had an ugly expression on his face, he glared at Lu Xiaofeng impatiently for several times, then glanced at Mo Qi fearfully, then he tightly pressed his lips together and calmed down, apparently hindering Mo Qi's existence, he couldn't lose his temper.
Everyone followed the enthusiastic Lu Xiaofeng through one tent after another, until he reached the edge of the tribe, Lu Xiaofeng stopped.
From the outside, this tent looked much smaller than the other tents. The curtains were torn and leaky, and there were many patches on it. It was very shabby.
Lu Xiaofeng cleared his throat outside, and asked in the Khitan language he was learning, "Is anyone there?"
It was quiet in the tent.
The people of the government were already terrified because of the Liao Lord's anger, and they wished to send this group of people to Beijing for work as soon as possible, so that the Liao Lord's fire would not reach the fish in the pond and burn him.Seeing that Lu Xiaofeng was still wasting time with unimportant people, he couldn't stand still, he quickly stepped forward and opened the curtain door.
The inside of the tent was even more dilapidated than the outside.Compared with the tent of the family of six they had questioned before, it was actually even more empty, without even a quilt, only thin sheets and clothes, which seemed to be the only thing the tent owner relied on for the winter.
The people in the house looked around, but they didn't see anyone: "Is there anyone? If there is, come out quickly, don't delay our time!"
There was no answer from the tent.
Hua Manlou smiled, walked into the tent, and reached out to pick apart a pile of firewood piled up in the corner: "What are you doing hiding here? We won't beat you."
The firewood peeled off and rolled away, revealing a child curled up inside.
The child's eyes did not relax one bit because of Hua Manlou's gentle smile, and he glared fiercely at the person who broke into his house: "Song people! Get out!"
Huamanlou couldn't understand the meaning of the child's words, but felt that the child's voice was a little trembling and hoarse, and it sounded like it was being frozen, so he couldn't help reaching out to touch the child's face, and the touch was cold: "Why is it so cold? .”
Lu Xiaofeng sighed helplessly: "It seems that we scared him out of the nest." He walked to the wooden plank that was probably a bed, bent down and picked up all the quilts and clothes, and sent them to the child, Putting his head down, "Mo Daoxian, tell him to wrap up the quilt and clothes before talking."
Mo Qi lowered his head and muttered a few words in Khitan to the child, Huamanlou heard a rustling sound of dressing and wrapping, and then he was relieved.
Lu Xiaofeng squatted down next to the child, ignoring the other's fierce stare: "Don't blame us for scaring you suddenly. You were the one who scared me first—what are you doing peeking at us from the tent?"
The man from the house had already been pushed out of the door by Chu Liuxiang, and he was afraid that this guy would vent his anger on the child because of his impatience and scare the child.
The child didn't answer, just looked at Lu Xiaofeng with his eyes: "Hmph!"
Mo Qi asked in a low voice: "Where is your adult?"
The child jumped up from the ground as if he had been poked at a sore spot, and cursed: "You have the guts to ask! If it weren't for you Song people, why would my father disappear! Bah! Bah! Shameless! Killed someone! How dare you break into my tent! Ask me why I peeped at you!"
The child angrily pointed at the squatting Lu Xiaofeng's nose: "Do you think you are good-looking? I want to peek at you? Bah! You are not as good-looking as my Ah Hua's tail! I just want to see, you Song People, how shameless and ugly can they be? Is it because they have sores on their heads and pus on their feet that they can do so many evil things, and they still have the face to trouble the victims like us in turn!"
Lu Xiaofeng looked innocently at the screaming child: "... Daoxian, what does he mean?"
Mo Qi frowned: "He said that his father disappeared, and he thought it was done by Song people."
Lu Xiaofeng didn't believe it: "He said so much, Daoxian, why did you just translate one sentence?"
Mo Qi paused, and responded to Lu Xiaofeng's request with kindness, and relayed the curse that he filtered out just now: "He said you are ugly, shameless, not as good-looking as a cow's tail, with sores on the top of your head and pus oozing from your feet. "
Lu Xiaofeng: "..."
Lu Xiaofeng slowly stretched out his hand, and poked his finger on the thin chest of the child who was still scolding, the child suddenly staggered, fell backwards on all fours and fell into the pile of sheets and clothes.
Lu Xiaofeng stood up, turned around and said seriously to Mo Qi: "Daoxian, tell him that now I have infected him with all these problems, and when he wakes up tomorrow, he will also find that he is not as good-looking as a cow's tail, and the top of his head is long. Pus oozes from the sore feet..."
Mo Qi: "..."
Are you still young?
Lu Xiaofeng smacked his lips and sighed: "Forget it... Daoist, you still tell him that since his father is only missing and it has not been confirmed whether he was killed, we will definitely help him rescue his father back." .But he must tell us all he knows."
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Huamanlou used some scraps of silver to buy a thick quilt with the herdsmen, changed into a set of neat cotton clothes, and brought them back for the child to wear.
The child originally wanted to continue to be cold-hearted, but these Song people always smiled and gave him quilts and clothes, so that he was embarrassed to blow his beard and stare at them-even though he didn't have a beard.
"My aunt died early, and I was raised by my father alone." The child pouted his head, unable to hide his depression, "Although my father is just an ordinary shepherd, he can't fly into the sky or escape from the ground. But he is very powerful. He can always raise the best and strongest cattle and sheep in the clan. The milk and meat produced by the cattle and sheep he raises are also the best. And from time to time, He'll be able to bring a lot of good stuff back with him."
"But two and a half months ago, Dad suddenly disappeared, and all the cattle and sheep that the tribe entrusted him to drive together disappeared, as if taken away by a ghost. No one saw him again."
Everyone's expressions changed.
two and a half months ago.This timing is really a bit of a coincidence.
"Although Dad is gone, the clansmen who entrusted him to help herd cattle and sheep are still there! Without cattle and sheep, how will they survive next spring?" The child clutched the quilt in his hand and forced himself Spirit, "So, I will give them the things at home, so that they can go to the market in the coming year to exchange some cattle and sheep."
No wonder the child's father often brought good things back, but now the tent is so shabby that there is almost nothing.
Ji Bingyan sighed: "Then how will you live next year?"
The child said innocently, "I can go to the city to do coolie work, blacksmithing and serving tea, and I won't starve to death."
Ji Bingyan shook her head, but said nothing.As for the child's small body, which blacksmith wants him, even if he serves tea and water, there is no need to hire a child to do it.
Hua Manlou couldn't help touching the child's head.
Gong Jiu looked at the people in the room, his eyes gradually changed from probing to loving, and he had to say: "Since your father is 'missing', why are you so sure that we Song people did it?"
The child's expression of hostility was not so hostile at first, but he was instantly angered by this sentence: "Of course you Song people did it! In the past few months, the ghosts who plundered our tribe's cattle and sheep at night were all dressed in your clothes." Song people's clothes! Moreover, your Song people's general is also a ghost general, my father suddenly disappeared, it wasn't made by you Song people, who else could do it?"
Lu Xiaofeng was tongue-tied: "What's the reason? Wait a minute, can you explain first why we say that our Song generals are also ghost generals?"
Lu Xiaofeng felt bored, never heard of any generals and ghosts being involved?
The child hesitated for a moment, then tightly shut his mouth.
Gong Jiu slapped away Mo Qi's hand trying to stop him, and reminded the child forcefully: "Do you still want your daddy to come back? If you hide like this, aren't you covering up for the people who snatched daddy away? If so , I don’t think there is any need for us to help you find Dad, let’s just leave—”
"I said I said!" The child became anxious immediately, "Don't go!"
He swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva, showing a little fearful expression: "If you tell this, it may cause some trouble, so I don't want to say it..."
"The reason why my father brought me a lot of good things every time he went out is because... he and his friends would often sneak across the border between Song and Liao, go to the ruins of the old battlefield, rummage... rummage through corpses Tomb, take the belongings from the corpses back, and then make a deal with the people in the city. Those good things are all exchanged in this way."
It's no wonder the kid dared not speak out about the dead money.
Mo Qi was stunned at first, and then wondered: "Crossing the Song-Liao border? There are troops stationed on the Song-Liao border. How did your father and his friends cross the border?"
The child rubbed the quilt in his hand: "Just... because... my father's friend is a soldier stationed on the border."
He glanced anxiously at the faces of the people, fearing that they would turn around and go out to tell the family members outside, and quickly said: "Most of them are to make up for the family. After all, they are the only men in the family. They After going to the border, there are only wives, children, and old people left at home, and the military salary of the border guards is not enough for them to supplement their families, so they can only seek this kind of partial wealth...Although, although it is wrong, there is no way! It can't be watched Let the family starve to death..." The child begged in a low voice, "Don't tell anyone about it!"
There was a bit of regret on his face, he obviously felt that he was out of his mind to tell these Song people such terrible news in order to save Father.
But the temptation of being able to save Father is too great, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, he will give it a try, after all, that is his Father!
The child made up his mind. Anyway, the matter has been exposed. At this time, he regretted halfway, wouldn't it be empty-handed: "This is evil money, and it's all dead people's things. What the hell is actually... actually it's a common thing. Oh, before this, my father and the others have encountered ghosts crawling out of the battlefield! And there will also be some soldiers who disappeared while picking up waste. Everyone thinks that it was made by ghosts in the battlefield Sin."
"Actually...that battlefield can't be regarded as the old site. Three years ago, a conflict broke out there because the higher taxes were increased at that time, so a whole team of soldiers chose to take the risk and cross the border between Song and Liao to pick up waste. Quite a lot. Also because there were a lot of people, it was later revealed that the Song general who was stationed there was General Gu. At that time, only one person came back from the entire team. When that person came back, he said, General Gu It was General Ghost, with a pale complexion, drenched in blood, murderous like numbness, and merciless. Not long after he came back, he died of serious injuries, and he was haunted by nightmares every night and died."
When the child said this, he also began to feel guilty, because in the end, it was his father who crossed the border first and went to the Song soil to dig up the dead's belongings before disappearing. Even if he was really killed by General Gu, it seemed that he would nothing wrong with it...
Lu Xiaofeng was at a loss when he heard this: "There is such a thing? But I have never heard of such a conflict between the Liao and Song Dynasties in these years? Your Majesty didn't even mention General Gu's name to me, which means that General Gu should be with you It's okay, right?"
The child whispered: "That's because the conflict was not between the Liao army and the Song army. The reason why the soldier who came back had nightmares every night was because General Gu killed him with just two people. Just the entire Liao soldier team!"
"According to what he said, all of them were digging graves at that time. There were so many people! None of them realized that General Gu was by their side! General Gu appeared in the battle ruins suddenly and silently. Terrifying, his face was as white as a ghost crawling out of the remnants of war, his armor was already soaked in blood before the fight started - and after the fight, he whistled and called another ghost in white, Two people wiped out the entire team in just an instant!"
The child shivered and hugged the quilt tightly: "——Isn't this a ghost, what is it?"
Lu Xiaofeng and Mo Qi looked at each other: It's a general who knows martial arts.But why did General Gu run into the war remnants alone, and "the complexion is as white as a ghost, and the armor is bloody before the fight", and, who is that white-clothed ghost?
...Could it be a shadow man?
When everyone came out of the tent, Lu Xiaofeng was still muttering to Mo Qi: "...No, we must go to General Gu to confirm, this matter can't be ignored—"
Waiting outside, the man from the house whose face was stiffened by the cold wind suddenly changed his face: "No!"
He has been waiting for such a long time, and with every extra second, the possibility of Lord Liao beheading him in a rage increases, how could he agree to let Lu Xiaofeng and others go back to Taiyuan Mansion to find General Gu, and then return?
What if he finds General Gu, finds out another clue, and goes to another place?
No, no, these people must be sent to Beijing immediately.When he got to Beijing, he handed over the errand, and this matter has nothing to do with him. At that time, where these people want to go is their own business.
Thinking of this, the people of the government became very firm: "I can't wait any longer, go to Beijing immediately!"
Hua Manlou patted Lu Xiaofeng on the shoulder: "Otherwise, the two of us will go to General Gu, and the rest will go to Shangjing. Our troops will be divided into two groups, and there will be no delay."
Mo Qi and Chu Liuxiang nodded together: "Good!"
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Shangjing.
"Three days, I'll give you three days. I must catch this murderer!" Sitting on top of the treasure hall, Lord Liao said angrily.
Chu Liuxiang was helpless: "But if you didn't give me seven days before, now there are still four days..."
The Lord of Liao was furious: "Only three days!" He patted the armrest of the throne and said, "Look for yourselves! You Song people are too much! How dare you come to Shangjing directly? What are you trying to do?! Are you going to shame me in public? !?"
Lord Liao waved his hand, interrupted Chu Liuxiang's attempt to redeem, and said arrogantly: "Enough! I said three days, that's three days!"
Lord Liao finished speaking, closed his eyes, and waved to everyone, signaling them to get out of the palace quickly, he didn't want to see these Song people again.
Everyone came out of the palace full of melancholy and helplessness, and met Yelu Ruyu head-on.
Chu Liuxiang couldn't help but recalled that Yelu Ruyu had imposed a three-day limit on them during the Yumenguan case, smiled wryly, and said to himself: As expected of a father and son.
Yelu Ruyu walked over with a smile: "Did your majesty say that you should stay in Shangjing and leave when the case is over?"
Mo Qi nodded: "Yes. But the corpses of General Fuguo and Prince Yushe..."
"Oh, their bodies have already been transported back to Shangjing. After all, the family members of the two are also in Shangjing. We have also detained their bodies for three months. It would be too unreasonable to detain them again, so their bodies have now been confiscated." They sent them to their respective residences. Since you have checked the corpse, you don't have to worry about it." Yelu Ruyu led the crowd all the way to the outside of the palace gate.
"In fact, you don't need to worry too much. We Liao people don't like cremation. Even if we bury them, they are wrapped in coffins and buried in the ground. If you really need to handle the case, you can dig them out again at any time. Don't worry, both of you The relatives of the deceased will not mind."
The corner of Ji Bingyan's mouth twitched: "Do you mind?"
After finally waiting for three months to come back, the corpses of the family members were buried and had to be dug up. Who wouldn't mind?
Yelu Ruyu smiled indifferently, his eyes were full of coldness: "I made a mistake. It's not that I don't mind, it's that I won't let it go."
"The corpse of General Fuguo was taken care of by his adoptive daughter. This woman is resolute and courageous, and the most upright. In order to return the fair truth to her adoptive father, she will definitely not disagree. As for Prince Yushe... There is no one in his house who can truly afford the position of master. Those concubines are just a group of greedy and short-sighted women. If you need to re-examine the body of Prince Yushe, you can go directly to the mansion. , no one needs to say hello."
The expression on Yelu Ruyu's face was very calm, as if saying such a cold thing did not have the slightest psychological burden on him.
The people walked very quickly. After going out from the palace gate and turning left for a few hundred miles, they arrived at Yelu Ruyu's mansion in Shangjing.
When they stepped through the door, both Chu Liuxiang and Ji Bingyan looked up at the plaque, which simply mentioned a few words, "Seventh Prince's Mansion", without any title or title.
The Lord of Liao's dislike of Yelu Ruyu can be said to be undisguised.
"Yeluyan's body has been sent to the ice cellar behind the mansion. You can check it out. If you have any questions, you can ask the flower general or me." The flower general who came, let him take everyone to the ice cellar.
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Yeluyan's body was only discovered yesterday, and the body has not rotted yet. Mo Qi stretched out his hand and picked up the broken front of the clothes: "Someone used his hands as claws and pierced through his chest. Looking at the damage of the clothes, he was killed when he was killed." , is wearing this suit."
Chu Liuxiang has consciously untied the belt of the corpse: "Not castrated."
Gong Jiu quickly moved his eyes away in disgust as if he had been pricked by a needle, and he almost wanted to rush back to the room and wash his eyes with water: "If it was all made by shadow people, why is his body still intact?"
Ji Bingyan pondered: "Now, these corpses are divided into three categories. The first category is those who were killed without clothes, their faces were cut off after death, and then thrown into the Sanggan River; the second category is those who were killed. Those who wore clothes when they were killed and had their faces cut off, but were not thrown into the water to destroy their bodies; It angered the murderer and vented his anger."
Chu Liuxiang was worried: "But why do you have to spend so much time to divide these corpses into three categories? What are the differences between these three categories of people?"
Everyone was depressed and distressed when the door of the ice cellar was knocked three times, a hidden guard walked into the room, knelt down and said, "Master."
Gong Jiu: "How?"
Anwei said: "Yeluyan has always supported Yelu Ruyu in the court, not Yelu Hongji. And he has repeatedly written to the Lord of Liao, hoping to ask the Lord of Liao to reward Yelu Ruyu for his meritorious service in attacking Xixia. Although this matter was later reported by Liao The Lord suppressed it, but Yelu Hongji has always been dissatisfied with Yelu Yan because of this matter. If you really want to say that Yelu Hongji killed people, it is much more credible than Yelu Ruyu killed people."
Chu Liuxiang thought: "If this is the case...then we might not be able to trust Yelu Ruyu this time. We don't know anyone in Liaozhong. , I still need to ask Yelu Ruyu for help."
Mo Qi nodded: "Although Yeluyan died in Shangjing, unlike the other dead, his death condition can actually be classified into the second category mentioned by Xiangshuai earlier, that is, 'when he was killed, he wore a The clothes were cut off, the face was cut off, but the body was not thrown into the water to destroy'. Only the dead in the third category of death were not only cut off the face, but also castrated. At present, only the Fuguo University The general and Yushe County King. There must be something special about the two of them, which caused the murderer to destroy his body to vent his anger."
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Asking Yelu Ruyu to come forward to help, it is natural to rely on Mo Daochang to come forward.
Chu Liuxiang suspected that the ninth son might have pierced through several scarecrows of Yelu Ruyu. If Yelu Ruyu didn't threaten anything in return when Mo Qi asked for help, Gong Jiu's sword would have already appeared sheathed.
As Yelu Ruyu said, the adopted daughter of the Great General of Fuguo, she just let everyone in after she announced her name outside the door, and she didn't mean to embarrass her.She personally led everyone to her adoptive father's house, and simply pushed open the door of the bedroom in the main house.
Her face was a bit haggard and her eyes were red, but she didn't show any fragility or sadness in front of everyone: "My adoptive father was a soldier all his life, and he was an upright man. He shouldn't end up in such a disgraceful end, nor should he suffer such humiliation." .Since I let you in, you must find the murderer who killed him!"
After leaving this sentence, she turned and left.
It has been three months since she heard the news of her adoptive father's death. During these three months, she had been angry, doubted, collapsed, and mourned. Looking at anything related to her adoptive father, these things can always easily make the tears in her eyes roll down in different ways.
——That was her father.
Yelu Ruyu saw that everyone looked serious, and couldn't help but smiled: "Why don't you take it to heart, anyway, it's only about three days, if you can catch the murderer, you'll catch it, if you can't...you don't have a chance to say sorry to her gone."
After all, Liao Lord's three-day limit is still hanging on everyone's minds.
Gong Jiu glanced at Yelu Ruyu in response, before stepping into the bedroom of the General Fuguo.Yelu Ruyu didn't take it seriously, and didn't intend to go in with her, so she turned around and went to the lobby to wait.
The bedroom of General Fuguo is more exquisite than everyone imagined. The floor is covered with wool felt, the table top is covered with warm flannelette, and the bed is also full of plush. Neat and tidy, not messy at all.
Chu Liuxiang and Ji Bingyan immediately went to look through the bookcases and desks of General Fuguo, wanting to see if there were any letters or daily records, so as to understand the activities of General Fuguo before he was killed.Mo Qi competed with a low cabinet next to the bed. This low cabinet had a drawer that couldn't be pulled out, and it was very strong. There must be important things hidden in it.
Gong Jiu leaned over to take a look: "Maybe the clue is here, can't open it with brute force? Then pick the lock."
Chu Liuxiang and Ji Bingyan couldn't help coming over when they heard the words.
Mo Qi took out the familiar iron rod from his sleeve, poked it into the keyhole, turned it a few times, the lock cylinder clicked, and the drawer opened in response.
Inside was a box wrapped solemnly in red velvet, and when it was taken out, it was quite heavy.
The curiosity of Chu Liuxiang and Ji Bingyan was also aroused, and they urged: "Open it and have a look!"
Mo Qi pulled the red velvet away as he said, and lifted the box.
There are three cylindrical jade stones of different sizes, one end is flat and the other end is round.
The smallest one can be held in one hand, and the largest one may not be able to hold the whole palm.Mo Qi couldn't understand what it was, and was about to take it out, but Gong Jiu slapped him on the back of his hand: "Don't touch it!"
Chu Liuxiang and Ji Bingyan kept their mouths shut, straightened up, turned around and went back to continue looking through their bookcases and desks.
Mo Qi frowned and looked at the three jade pillars carefully: "Is there anything wrong?"
Could it be that it was poisoned from above?Or is there something hidden inside?
Gong Jiu's originally disgusted expression suddenly turned into a half-smile: "You don't know? Are you just pretending?"
Mo Qi carefully looked at it: "...What is this?"
Gong Jiu: "You really don't know?"
Mo Qi: "...?"
Mo Qi is baffled, is this something very common or famous?no?Isn't this just ordinary suet jade?The shape is nothing unusual, the jade pillars are not translucent, and it seems that there is nothing hidden inside, and there are no patterns on the surface of the jade...
Mo Qi was still thinking hard with the box in his hand, Gong Jiu had already leaned close to him at some point, his whole body was almost touching him, his lips parted, his tone was ambiguous, and his moist and hot breath sprayed on his ears: "It is used for Here's the..."
Gong Jiu used her body to cover the eyes of Chu Liuxiang and Ji Bingyan, and moved wantonly.
Chu Liuxiang and Ji Bingyan heard the sound of the box being overturned from the side, and Mo Qi shouted angrily: "Gong Jiu!"
Chu Liuxiang and Ji Bingyan silently poked their heads into the bookcase together, pretending that they didn't exist.
Gong Jiu was pushed to the ground by Mo Qi, and he didn't get up at all. Anyway, the ground was covered with soft wool felt, and his hands felt fluffy, soft and fluffy. He elongated his tone and said forcefully, "You didn't ask me." Me, what is this?"
The three jade stones fell into the wool felt, but they couldn't roll. They happened to be scattered beside Gong Jiu, who was lying face up and half propped up. One of them landed between Gong Jiu's half-bent knees. .
Mo Qi's Adam's apple rolled almost the moment the picture came into view, and then he pulled Gong Jiu up from the jade, with a hint of embarrassment and dryness that he didn't realize in his annoyed voice: "Don't say anything rude. .”
Gong Jiu was held by Mo Qi's arm, unable to continue lying down to carry out his seductive plan, looked regretfully at the three jade stones in the wool felt: "Okay."
Gong Jiu calmed down for the time being, but his sly narrowed eyes and faint smile at the corners of his mouth all showed that he was thinking of some bad ideas that were not so serious.
As if facing a big enemy, Mo Qi pushed back the little bud that had been excitedly shaken out of the ground again, and didn't even see Gong Jiuzheng's eyes turning towards him.
Chu Liuxiang coughed a few times, trying to discuss this clue seriously: "You guys say, is this thing used by the general himself, or is it for someone else..."
His voice became smaller and smaller, because Gong Jiu's eyes on Mo Qi became more and more hungry... No, it was hot, which made Chu Liuxiang almost want to drag Ji Bingyan to turn around and rush out of the room immediately, so as not to be forced to watch some firewood fire scene.
Chu Liuxiang silently closed her mouth and gave up the idea of seriously discussing the use of jade.
Ji Bingyan kept his ears pricked up until he heard no sound from the side, then pulled his head out of the bookcase with a calm face. During his actions, he accidentally swept a small, finger-sized bottle. He reached out to catch it, and opened it smoothly. Smell: "...it's the fragrance from the corpse of the great general of Fuguo."
Ji Bingyan poured out the contents of the bottle, and pondered for a while: "This is a bit strange, it looks like... oil? I have never seen anything with such a fragrance, it should be made of spices, um... It smells really good, similar to the smell of the sachet that I usually wear."
Chu Liuxiang raised his eyebrows: "Don't you think that this General Fuguo is a little strange? Although the people in the prefecture said convincingly that the General Fuguo would never lose his sleeves, but look, this sesame oil, this jade, There is also the General Fuguo who is so particular about dressing up, and has never married... I think it is very likely that he has broken sleeves."
Ji Bingyan glanced at Chu Liuxiang: "You also like to use tulip-scented dew, and you also attach great importance to dressing up, and you are still unmarried. Isn't this jade stone the only difference between you and this general? How can you be sure of this jade stone? Is it for his own use, not for others?"
Chu Liuxiang was embarrassed by Ji Bingyan: "You say that - but he doesn't have any 'others'? He doesn't use it for himself, but for the air? What's more, he hides this thing so tightly, obviously he doesn't want to let it go. People know. If he uses it for others, does he need to hide it like this?"
He paused suddenly: "By the way, Duanxiu. Does this count as the difference between him and others?" Chu Liuxiang cheered up, "Come on, let's go to the house of another deceased person to find out!"
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Half an hour later, Yushe County Prince's Mansion.
Chu Liuxiang, Ji Bingyan, and Mo Qi were relatively speechless in front of the three almost identical jade statues.
"Which famous store made this in batches?" Chu Liuxiang wondered, "Although it is expected to find this kind of thing, but these two sets of jade stones look exactly the same, which is a bit..."
Chu Liuxiang covered his forehead: "...wait a minute, let me stroke it. The General of the Fuguo is the one who leads the king of Yushe County in one hand, which is equivalent to half of the father of the king of Yushe County. This general is another broken man. Sleeve, there are three hidden in the bedroom... Jade, this kind of jade, the king of Yushe County also has three exactly the same."
Ji Bingyan: "It's possible that the general of Fuguo knew that his adopted son was just like himself, also a broken sleeve, and because of his special status, he couldn't reveal this secret, so he gave this thing?"
Chu Liuxiang stretched out her hand and found her voice after a while: "This is too weird, I can't accept it. Is this something that fathers and sons would do?"
Gong Jiu glanced at Chu Liuxiang: "It's better than another possibility."
If it wasn't for what Ji Bingyan said, it probably meant that there was a relationship between the General of Fuguo and King Yushe County that could not be forgiven by the world.
"There is also a saying in the Liao Kingdom that they raised prostitutes." Gong Jiu said indifferently.
Chu Liuxiang didn't want to think about this possibility, he tried his best to refute it: "Kong Yushe has raised such a whole house of concubines, he obviously likes women."
Gong Jiu: "Then why didn't he marry a wife?"
Chu Liuxiang choked for a moment, and quickly found a reasonable reason: "Because he hasn't met anyone who can really make him love!"
Gong Jiu chuckled: "Then why did he marry so many concubines and raise them for so many years, yet he has no children of his own?"
"Master Ninth, do you mean to say that these concubines are just a cover for him to fight, but he has never touched them at all?" Chu Liuxiang's eyes widened, "But, have you ever thought that if General Fuguo really I have done such excessive things to King Yushe, why did King Yushe become furious after his death, he did not hesitate to quarrel with Lord Liao, violate the order of Lord Liao, and must lead the army to serve as a general of the auxiliary country Seek justice and find his murderer?"
Chu Liuxiang finally found a tenable position: "Would you do such a thing for your enemy? When the news of the death of General Fuguo came, his body had already been found. If King Yushe wanted to If you want revenge, just attack the corpse directly, why don't you lead the army all the way from Shangjing to Sanggan River?"
Ji Bingyan raised her voice weakly: "There's no need to quarrel, if you want to know if Prince Yushe has broken his sleeve, just ask the concubines in the whole house?"
Whether you have touched it or not, this is not something you can know by asking, why bother arguing here.
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"Of course I did. The Lord County King always comes to my room at the beginning of every month! What do you mean by your question? Could it be that the concubine is not good-looking enough to keep the Lord County King's heart?"
The concubines began to chatter angrily, and the pavilion suddenly became noisy.
"Hmph, the king of the county likes the waist of the concubine's body the most..."
"Every time Lord Junwang comes, he will ask me many times!"
Mo Qi followed behind Gong Jiu stiffly, his jade-white ears were already stained red.
Chu Liuxiang coughed a few times: "Okay, okay, just asking, ladies, don't think too much."
Yelu Ruyu, who had been drinking tea in the pavilion, smiled.
A concubine in thin clothes took the opportunity to step forward: "Let me make tea for you!"
Before Yelu Ruyu could speak, she quickly raised the teapot with her orchid fingers, refilled Yelu Ruyu's teacup, and then deliberately pretended to be careless, touching Yelu Ruyu's palm with her fingers.
The smile on Yelu Ruyu's face grew wider.
The concubine was overjoyed immediately, and looked at Yelu Ruyu with even more shy and timid eyes.
Yelu Ruyu put down the teacup in his hand, slowed down his speech and asked with a smile, "Did you bump into me just now?"
The concubine blushed: "This, concubine is just a
The words of the people in the government are euphemistic.The guard of Shangjing was killed in Shangjing, which was simply called to provoke him. The Liao Lord is not only in a bad mood now, he must be furious.
But Lu Xiaofeng didn't want to leave right away, the pair of black eyes that were looking at him from hiding in the tent just now had aroused his interest.
Lu Xiaofeng said: "Wait, I see there is another person, I have to meet."
The man from the house had an ugly expression on his face, he glared at Lu Xiaofeng impatiently for several times, then glanced at Mo Qi fearfully, then he tightly pressed his lips together and calmed down, apparently hindering Mo Qi's existence, he couldn't lose his temper.
Everyone followed the enthusiastic Lu Xiaofeng through one tent after another, until he reached the edge of the tribe, Lu Xiaofeng stopped.
From the outside, this tent looked much smaller than the other tents. The curtains were torn and leaky, and there were many patches on it. It was very shabby.
Lu Xiaofeng cleared his throat outside, and asked in the Khitan language he was learning, "Is anyone there?"
It was quiet in the tent.
The people of the government were already terrified because of the Liao Lord's anger, and they wished to send this group of people to Beijing for work as soon as possible, so that the Liao Lord's fire would not reach the fish in the pond and burn him.Seeing that Lu Xiaofeng was still wasting time with unimportant people, he couldn't stand still, he quickly stepped forward and opened the curtain door.
The inside of the tent was even more dilapidated than the outside.Compared with the tent of the family of six they had questioned before, it was actually even more empty, without even a quilt, only thin sheets and clothes, which seemed to be the only thing the tent owner relied on for the winter.
The people in the house looked around, but they didn't see anyone: "Is there anyone? If there is, come out quickly, don't delay our time!"
There was no answer from the tent.
Hua Manlou smiled, walked into the tent, and reached out to pick apart a pile of firewood piled up in the corner: "What are you doing hiding here? We won't beat you."
The firewood peeled off and rolled away, revealing a child curled up inside.
The child's eyes did not relax one bit because of Hua Manlou's gentle smile, and he glared fiercely at the person who broke into his house: "Song people! Get out!"
Huamanlou couldn't understand the meaning of the child's words, but felt that the child's voice was a little trembling and hoarse, and it sounded like it was being frozen, so he couldn't help reaching out to touch the child's face, and the touch was cold: "Why is it so cold? .”
Lu Xiaofeng sighed helplessly: "It seems that we scared him out of the nest." He walked to the wooden plank that was probably a bed, bent down and picked up all the quilts and clothes, and sent them to the child, Putting his head down, "Mo Daoxian, tell him to wrap up the quilt and clothes before talking."
Mo Qi lowered his head and muttered a few words in Khitan to the child, Huamanlou heard a rustling sound of dressing and wrapping, and then he was relieved.
Lu Xiaofeng squatted down next to the child, ignoring the other's fierce stare: "Don't blame us for scaring you suddenly. You were the one who scared me first—what are you doing peeking at us from the tent?"
The man from the house had already been pushed out of the door by Chu Liuxiang, and he was afraid that this guy would vent his anger on the child because of his impatience and scare the child.
The child didn't answer, just looked at Lu Xiaofeng with his eyes: "Hmph!"
Mo Qi asked in a low voice: "Where is your adult?"
The child jumped up from the ground as if he had been poked at a sore spot, and cursed: "You have the guts to ask! If it weren't for you Song people, why would my father disappear! Bah! Bah! Shameless! Killed someone! How dare you break into my tent! Ask me why I peeped at you!"
The child angrily pointed at the squatting Lu Xiaofeng's nose: "Do you think you are good-looking? I want to peek at you? Bah! You are not as good-looking as my Ah Hua's tail! I just want to see, you Song People, how shameless and ugly can they be? Is it because they have sores on their heads and pus on their feet that they can do so many evil things, and they still have the face to trouble the victims like us in turn!"
Lu Xiaofeng looked innocently at the screaming child: "... Daoxian, what does he mean?"
Mo Qi frowned: "He said that his father disappeared, and he thought it was done by Song people."
Lu Xiaofeng didn't believe it: "He said so much, Daoxian, why did you just translate one sentence?"
Mo Qi paused, and responded to Lu Xiaofeng's request with kindness, and relayed the curse that he filtered out just now: "He said you are ugly, shameless, not as good-looking as a cow's tail, with sores on the top of your head and pus oozing from your feet. "
Lu Xiaofeng: "..."
Lu Xiaofeng slowly stretched out his hand, and poked his finger on the thin chest of the child who was still scolding, the child suddenly staggered, fell backwards on all fours and fell into the pile of sheets and clothes.
Lu Xiaofeng stood up, turned around and said seriously to Mo Qi: "Daoxian, tell him that now I have infected him with all these problems, and when he wakes up tomorrow, he will also find that he is not as good-looking as a cow's tail, and the top of his head is long. Pus oozes from the sore feet..."
Mo Qi: "..."
Are you still young?
Lu Xiaofeng smacked his lips and sighed: "Forget it... Daoist, you still tell him that since his father is only missing and it has not been confirmed whether he was killed, we will definitely help him rescue his father back." .But he must tell us all he knows."
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Huamanlou used some scraps of silver to buy a thick quilt with the herdsmen, changed into a set of neat cotton clothes, and brought them back for the child to wear.
The child originally wanted to continue to be cold-hearted, but these Song people always smiled and gave him quilts and clothes, so that he was embarrassed to blow his beard and stare at them-even though he didn't have a beard.
"My aunt died early, and I was raised by my father alone." The child pouted his head, unable to hide his depression, "Although my father is just an ordinary shepherd, he can't fly into the sky or escape from the ground. But he is very powerful. He can always raise the best and strongest cattle and sheep in the clan. The milk and meat produced by the cattle and sheep he raises are also the best. And from time to time, He'll be able to bring a lot of good stuff back with him."
"But two and a half months ago, Dad suddenly disappeared, and all the cattle and sheep that the tribe entrusted him to drive together disappeared, as if taken away by a ghost. No one saw him again."
Everyone's expressions changed.
two and a half months ago.This timing is really a bit of a coincidence.
"Although Dad is gone, the clansmen who entrusted him to help herd cattle and sheep are still there! Without cattle and sheep, how will they survive next spring?" The child clutched the quilt in his hand and forced himself Spirit, "So, I will give them the things at home, so that they can go to the market in the coming year to exchange some cattle and sheep."
No wonder the child's father often brought good things back, but now the tent is so shabby that there is almost nothing.
Ji Bingyan sighed: "Then how will you live next year?"
The child said innocently, "I can go to the city to do coolie work, blacksmithing and serving tea, and I won't starve to death."
Ji Bingyan shook her head, but said nothing.As for the child's small body, which blacksmith wants him, even if he serves tea and water, there is no need to hire a child to do it.
Hua Manlou couldn't help touching the child's head.
Gong Jiu looked at the people in the room, his eyes gradually changed from probing to loving, and he had to say: "Since your father is 'missing', why are you so sure that we Song people did it?"
The child's expression of hostility was not so hostile at first, but he was instantly angered by this sentence: "Of course you Song people did it! In the past few months, the ghosts who plundered our tribe's cattle and sheep at night were all dressed in your clothes." Song people's clothes! Moreover, your Song people's general is also a ghost general, my father suddenly disappeared, it wasn't made by you Song people, who else could do it?"
Lu Xiaofeng was tongue-tied: "What's the reason? Wait a minute, can you explain first why we say that our Song generals are also ghost generals?"
Lu Xiaofeng felt bored, never heard of any generals and ghosts being involved?
The child hesitated for a moment, then tightly shut his mouth.
Gong Jiu slapped away Mo Qi's hand trying to stop him, and reminded the child forcefully: "Do you still want your daddy to come back? If you hide like this, aren't you covering up for the people who snatched daddy away? If so , I don’t think there is any need for us to help you find Dad, let’s just leave—”
"I said I said!" The child became anxious immediately, "Don't go!"
He swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva, showing a little fearful expression: "If you tell this, it may cause some trouble, so I don't want to say it..."
"The reason why my father brought me a lot of good things every time he went out is because... he and his friends would often sneak across the border between Song and Liao, go to the ruins of the old battlefield, rummage... rummage through corpses Tomb, take the belongings from the corpses back, and then make a deal with the people in the city. Those good things are all exchanged in this way."
It's no wonder the kid dared not speak out about the dead money.
Mo Qi was stunned at first, and then wondered: "Crossing the Song-Liao border? There are troops stationed on the Song-Liao border. How did your father and his friends cross the border?"
The child rubbed the quilt in his hand: "Just... because... my father's friend is a soldier stationed on the border."
He glanced anxiously at the faces of the people, fearing that they would turn around and go out to tell the family members outside, and quickly said: "Most of them are to make up for the family. After all, they are the only men in the family. They After going to the border, there are only wives, children, and old people left at home, and the military salary of the border guards is not enough for them to supplement their families, so they can only seek this kind of partial wealth...Although, although it is wrong, there is no way! It can't be watched Let the family starve to death..." The child begged in a low voice, "Don't tell anyone about it!"
There was a bit of regret on his face, he obviously felt that he was out of his mind to tell these Song people such terrible news in order to save Father.
But the temptation of being able to save Father is too great, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, he will give it a try, after all, that is his Father!
The child made up his mind. Anyway, the matter has been exposed. At this time, he regretted halfway, wouldn't it be empty-handed: "This is evil money, and it's all dead people's things. What the hell is actually... actually it's a common thing. Oh, before this, my father and the others have encountered ghosts crawling out of the battlefield! And there will also be some soldiers who disappeared while picking up waste. Everyone thinks that it was made by ghosts in the battlefield Sin."
"Actually...that battlefield can't be regarded as the old site. Three years ago, a conflict broke out there because the higher taxes were increased at that time, so a whole team of soldiers chose to take the risk and cross the border between Song and Liao to pick up waste. Quite a lot. Also because there were a lot of people, it was later revealed that the Song general who was stationed there was General Gu. At that time, only one person came back from the entire team. When that person came back, he said, General Gu It was General Ghost, with a pale complexion, drenched in blood, murderous like numbness, and merciless. Not long after he came back, he died of serious injuries, and he was haunted by nightmares every night and died."
When the child said this, he also began to feel guilty, because in the end, it was his father who crossed the border first and went to the Song soil to dig up the dead's belongings before disappearing. Even if he was really killed by General Gu, it seemed that he would nothing wrong with it...
Lu Xiaofeng was at a loss when he heard this: "There is such a thing? But I have never heard of such a conflict between the Liao and Song Dynasties in these years? Your Majesty didn't even mention General Gu's name to me, which means that General Gu should be with you It's okay, right?"
The child whispered: "That's because the conflict was not between the Liao army and the Song army. The reason why the soldier who came back had nightmares every night was because General Gu killed him with just two people. Just the entire Liao soldier team!"
"According to what he said, all of them were digging graves at that time. There were so many people! None of them realized that General Gu was by their side! General Gu appeared in the battle ruins suddenly and silently. Terrifying, his face was as white as a ghost crawling out of the remnants of war, his armor was already soaked in blood before the fight started - and after the fight, he whistled and called another ghost in white, Two people wiped out the entire team in just an instant!"
The child shivered and hugged the quilt tightly: "——Isn't this a ghost, what is it?"
Lu Xiaofeng and Mo Qi looked at each other: It's a general who knows martial arts.But why did General Gu run into the war remnants alone, and "the complexion is as white as a ghost, and the armor is bloody before the fight", and, who is that white-clothed ghost?
...Could it be a shadow man?
When everyone came out of the tent, Lu Xiaofeng was still muttering to Mo Qi: "...No, we must go to General Gu to confirm, this matter can't be ignored—"
Waiting outside, the man from the house whose face was stiffened by the cold wind suddenly changed his face: "No!"
He has been waiting for such a long time, and with every extra second, the possibility of Lord Liao beheading him in a rage increases, how could he agree to let Lu Xiaofeng and others go back to Taiyuan Mansion to find General Gu, and then return?
What if he finds General Gu, finds out another clue, and goes to another place?
No, no, these people must be sent to Beijing immediately.When he got to Beijing, he handed over the errand, and this matter has nothing to do with him. At that time, where these people want to go is their own business.
Thinking of this, the people of the government became very firm: "I can't wait any longer, go to Beijing immediately!"
Hua Manlou patted Lu Xiaofeng on the shoulder: "Otherwise, the two of us will go to General Gu, and the rest will go to Shangjing. Our troops will be divided into two groups, and there will be no delay."
Mo Qi and Chu Liuxiang nodded together: "Good!"
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Shangjing.
"Three days, I'll give you three days. I must catch this murderer!" Sitting on top of the treasure hall, Lord Liao said angrily.
Chu Liuxiang was helpless: "But if you didn't give me seven days before, now there are still four days..."
The Lord of Liao was furious: "Only three days!" He patted the armrest of the throne and said, "Look for yourselves! You Song people are too much! How dare you come to Shangjing directly? What are you trying to do?! Are you going to shame me in public? !?"
Lord Liao waved his hand, interrupted Chu Liuxiang's attempt to redeem, and said arrogantly: "Enough! I said three days, that's three days!"
Lord Liao finished speaking, closed his eyes, and waved to everyone, signaling them to get out of the palace quickly, he didn't want to see these Song people again.
Everyone came out of the palace full of melancholy and helplessness, and met Yelu Ruyu head-on.
Chu Liuxiang couldn't help but recalled that Yelu Ruyu had imposed a three-day limit on them during the Yumenguan case, smiled wryly, and said to himself: As expected of a father and son.
Yelu Ruyu walked over with a smile: "Did your majesty say that you should stay in Shangjing and leave when the case is over?"
Mo Qi nodded: "Yes. But the corpses of General Fuguo and Prince Yushe..."
"Oh, their bodies have already been transported back to Shangjing. After all, the family members of the two are also in Shangjing. We have also detained their bodies for three months. It would be too unreasonable to detain them again, so their bodies have now been confiscated." They sent them to their respective residences. Since you have checked the corpse, you don't have to worry about it." Yelu Ruyu led the crowd all the way to the outside of the palace gate.
"In fact, you don't need to worry too much. We Liao people don't like cremation. Even if we bury them, they are wrapped in coffins and buried in the ground. If you really need to handle the case, you can dig them out again at any time. Don't worry, both of you The relatives of the deceased will not mind."
The corner of Ji Bingyan's mouth twitched: "Do you mind?"
After finally waiting for three months to come back, the corpses of the family members were buried and had to be dug up. Who wouldn't mind?
Yelu Ruyu smiled indifferently, his eyes were full of coldness: "I made a mistake. It's not that I don't mind, it's that I won't let it go."
"The corpse of General Fuguo was taken care of by his adoptive daughter. This woman is resolute and courageous, and the most upright. In order to return the fair truth to her adoptive father, she will definitely not disagree. As for Prince Yushe... There is no one in his house who can truly afford the position of master. Those concubines are just a group of greedy and short-sighted women. If you need to re-examine the body of Prince Yushe, you can go directly to the mansion. , no one needs to say hello."
The expression on Yelu Ruyu's face was very calm, as if saying such a cold thing did not have the slightest psychological burden on him.
The people walked very quickly. After going out from the palace gate and turning left for a few hundred miles, they arrived at Yelu Ruyu's mansion in Shangjing.
When they stepped through the door, both Chu Liuxiang and Ji Bingyan looked up at the plaque, which simply mentioned a few words, "Seventh Prince's Mansion", without any title or title.
The Lord of Liao's dislike of Yelu Ruyu can be said to be undisguised.
"Yeluyan's body has been sent to the ice cellar behind the mansion. You can check it out. If you have any questions, you can ask the flower general or me." The flower general who came, let him take everyone to the ice cellar.
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Yeluyan's body was only discovered yesterday, and the body has not rotted yet. Mo Qi stretched out his hand and picked up the broken front of the clothes: "Someone used his hands as claws and pierced through his chest. Looking at the damage of the clothes, he was killed when he was killed." , is wearing this suit."
Chu Liuxiang has consciously untied the belt of the corpse: "Not castrated."
Gong Jiu quickly moved his eyes away in disgust as if he had been pricked by a needle, and he almost wanted to rush back to the room and wash his eyes with water: "If it was all made by shadow people, why is his body still intact?"
Ji Bingyan pondered: "Now, these corpses are divided into three categories. The first category is those who were killed without clothes, their faces were cut off after death, and then thrown into the Sanggan River; the second category is those who were killed. Those who wore clothes when they were killed and had their faces cut off, but were not thrown into the water to destroy their bodies; It angered the murderer and vented his anger."
Chu Liuxiang was worried: "But why do you have to spend so much time to divide these corpses into three categories? What are the differences between these three categories of people?"
Everyone was depressed and distressed when the door of the ice cellar was knocked three times, a hidden guard walked into the room, knelt down and said, "Master."
Gong Jiu: "How?"
Anwei said: "Yeluyan has always supported Yelu Ruyu in the court, not Yelu Hongji. And he has repeatedly written to the Lord of Liao, hoping to ask the Lord of Liao to reward Yelu Ruyu for his meritorious service in attacking Xixia. Although this matter was later reported by Liao The Lord suppressed it, but Yelu Hongji has always been dissatisfied with Yelu Yan because of this matter. If you really want to say that Yelu Hongji killed people, it is much more credible than Yelu Ruyu killed people."
Chu Liuxiang thought: "If this is the case...then we might not be able to trust Yelu Ruyu this time. We don't know anyone in Liaozhong. , I still need to ask Yelu Ruyu for help."
Mo Qi nodded: "Although Yeluyan died in Shangjing, unlike the other dead, his death condition can actually be classified into the second category mentioned by Xiangshuai earlier, that is, 'when he was killed, he wore a The clothes were cut off, the face was cut off, but the body was not thrown into the water to destroy'. Only the dead in the third category of death were not only cut off the face, but also castrated. At present, only the Fuguo University The general and Yushe County King. There must be something special about the two of them, which caused the murderer to destroy his body to vent his anger."
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Asking Yelu Ruyu to come forward to help, it is natural to rely on Mo Daochang to come forward.
Chu Liuxiang suspected that the ninth son might have pierced through several scarecrows of Yelu Ruyu. If Yelu Ruyu didn't threaten anything in return when Mo Qi asked for help, Gong Jiu's sword would have already appeared sheathed.
As Yelu Ruyu said, the adopted daughter of the Great General of Fuguo, she just let everyone in after she announced her name outside the door, and she didn't mean to embarrass her.She personally led everyone to her adoptive father's house, and simply pushed open the door of the bedroom in the main house.
Her face was a bit haggard and her eyes were red, but she didn't show any fragility or sadness in front of everyone: "My adoptive father was a soldier all his life, and he was an upright man. He shouldn't end up in such a disgraceful end, nor should he suffer such humiliation." .Since I let you in, you must find the murderer who killed him!"
After leaving this sentence, she turned and left.
It has been three months since she heard the news of her adoptive father's death. During these three months, she had been angry, doubted, collapsed, and mourned. Looking at anything related to her adoptive father, these things can always easily make the tears in her eyes roll down in different ways.
——That was her father.
Yelu Ruyu saw that everyone looked serious, and couldn't help but smiled: "Why don't you take it to heart, anyway, it's only about three days, if you can catch the murderer, you'll catch it, if you can't...you don't have a chance to say sorry to her gone."
After all, Liao Lord's three-day limit is still hanging on everyone's minds.
Gong Jiu glanced at Yelu Ruyu in response, before stepping into the bedroom of the General Fuguo.Yelu Ruyu didn't take it seriously, and didn't intend to go in with her, so she turned around and went to the lobby to wait.
The bedroom of General Fuguo is more exquisite than everyone imagined. The floor is covered with wool felt, the table top is covered with warm flannelette, and the bed is also full of plush. Neat and tidy, not messy at all.
Chu Liuxiang and Ji Bingyan immediately went to look through the bookcases and desks of General Fuguo, wanting to see if there were any letters or daily records, so as to understand the activities of General Fuguo before he was killed.Mo Qi competed with a low cabinet next to the bed. This low cabinet had a drawer that couldn't be pulled out, and it was very strong. There must be important things hidden in it.
Gong Jiu leaned over to take a look: "Maybe the clue is here, can't open it with brute force? Then pick the lock."
Chu Liuxiang and Ji Bingyan couldn't help coming over when they heard the words.
Mo Qi took out the familiar iron rod from his sleeve, poked it into the keyhole, turned it a few times, the lock cylinder clicked, and the drawer opened in response.
Inside was a box wrapped solemnly in red velvet, and when it was taken out, it was quite heavy.
The curiosity of Chu Liuxiang and Ji Bingyan was also aroused, and they urged: "Open it and have a look!"
Mo Qi pulled the red velvet away as he said, and lifted the box.
There are three cylindrical jade stones of different sizes, one end is flat and the other end is round.
The smallest one can be held in one hand, and the largest one may not be able to hold the whole palm.Mo Qi couldn't understand what it was, and was about to take it out, but Gong Jiu slapped him on the back of his hand: "Don't touch it!"
Chu Liuxiang and Ji Bingyan kept their mouths shut, straightened up, turned around and went back to continue looking through their bookcases and desks.
Mo Qi frowned and looked at the three jade pillars carefully: "Is there anything wrong?"
Could it be that it was poisoned from above?Or is there something hidden inside?
Gong Jiu's originally disgusted expression suddenly turned into a half-smile: "You don't know? Are you just pretending?"
Mo Qi carefully looked at it: "...What is this?"
Gong Jiu: "You really don't know?"
Mo Qi: "...?"
Mo Qi is baffled, is this something very common or famous?no?Isn't this just ordinary suet jade?The shape is nothing unusual, the jade pillars are not translucent, and it seems that there is nothing hidden inside, and there are no patterns on the surface of the jade...
Mo Qi was still thinking hard with the box in his hand, Gong Jiu had already leaned close to him at some point, his whole body was almost touching him, his lips parted, his tone was ambiguous, and his moist and hot breath sprayed on his ears: "It is used for Here's the..."
Gong Jiu used her body to cover the eyes of Chu Liuxiang and Ji Bingyan, and moved wantonly.
Chu Liuxiang and Ji Bingyan heard the sound of the box being overturned from the side, and Mo Qi shouted angrily: "Gong Jiu!"
Chu Liuxiang and Ji Bingyan silently poked their heads into the bookcase together, pretending that they didn't exist.
Gong Jiu was pushed to the ground by Mo Qi, and he didn't get up at all. Anyway, the ground was covered with soft wool felt, and his hands felt fluffy, soft and fluffy. He elongated his tone and said forcefully, "You didn't ask me." Me, what is this?"
The three jade stones fell into the wool felt, but they couldn't roll. They happened to be scattered beside Gong Jiu, who was lying face up and half propped up. One of them landed between Gong Jiu's half-bent knees. .
Mo Qi's Adam's apple rolled almost the moment the picture came into view, and then he pulled Gong Jiu up from the jade, with a hint of embarrassment and dryness that he didn't realize in his annoyed voice: "Don't say anything rude. .”
Gong Jiu was held by Mo Qi's arm, unable to continue lying down to carry out his seductive plan, looked regretfully at the three jade stones in the wool felt: "Okay."
Gong Jiu calmed down for the time being, but his sly narrowed eyes and faint smile at the corners of his mouth all showed that he was thinking of some bad ideas that were not so serious.
As if facing a big enemy, Mo Qi pushed back the little bud that had been excitedly shaken out of the ground again, and didn't even see Gong Jiuzheng's eyes turning towards him.
Chu Liuxiang coughed a few times, trying to discuss this clue seriously: "You guys say, is this thing used by the general himself, or is it for someone else..."
His voice became smaller and smaller, because Gong Jiu's eyes on Mo Qi became more and more hungry... No, it was hot, which made Chu Liuxiang almost want to drag Ji Bingyan to turn around and rush out of the room immediately, so as not to be forced to watch some firewood fire scene.
Chu Liuxiang silently closed her mouth and gave up the idea of seriously discussing the use of jade.
Ji Bingyan kept his ears pricked up until he heard no sound from the side, then pulled his head out of the bookcase with a calm face. During his actions, he accidentally swept a small, finger-sized bottle. He reached out to catch it, and opened it smoothly. Smell: "...it's the fragrance from the corpse of the great general of Fuguo."
Ji Bingyan poured out the contents of the bottle, and pondered for a while: "This is a bit strange, it looks like... oil? I have never seen anything with such a fragrance, it should be made of spices, um... It smells really good, similar to the smell of the sachet that I usually wear."
Chu Liuxiang raised his eyebrows: "Don't you think that this General Fuguo is a little strange? Although the people in the prefecture said convincingly that the General Fuguo would never lose his sleeves, but look, this sesame oil, this jade, There is also the General Fuguo who is so particular about dressing up, and has never married... I think it is very likely that he has broken sleeves."
Ji Bingyan glanced at Chu Liuxiang: "You also like to use tulip-scented dew, and you also attach great importance to dressing up, and you are still unmarried. Isn't this jade stone the only difference between you and this general? How can you be sure of this jade stone? Is it for his own use, not for others?"
Chu Liuxiang was embarrassed by Ji Bingyan: "You say that - but he doesn't have any 'others'? He doesn't use it for himself, but for the air? What's more, he hides this thing so tightly, obviously he doesn't want to let it go. People know. If he uses it for others, does he need to hide it like this?"
He paused suddenly: "By the way, Duanxiu. Does this count as the difference between him and others?" Chu Liuxiang cheered up, "Come on, let's go to the house of another deceased person to find out!"
……
Half an hour later, Yushe County Prince's Mansion.
Chu Liuxiang, Ji Bingyan, and Mo Qi were relatively speechless in front of the three almost identical jade statues.
"Which famous store made this in batches?" Chu Liuxiang wondered, "Although it is expected to find this kind of thing, but these two sets of jade stones look exactly the same, which is a bit..."
Chu Liuxiang covered his forehead: "...wait a minute, let me stroke it. The General of the Fuguo is the one who leads the king of Yushe County in one hand, which is equivalent to half of the father of the king of Yushe County. This general is another broken man. Sleeve, there are three hidden in the bedroom... Jade, this kind of jade, the king of Yushe County also has three exactly the same."
Ji Bingyan: "It's possible that the general of Fuguo knew that his adopted son was just like himself, also a broken sleeve, and because of his special status, he couldn't reveal this secret, so he gave this thing?"
Chu Liuxiang stretched out her hand and found her voice after a while: "This is too weird, I can't accept it. Is this something that fathers and sons would do?"
Gong Jiu glanced at Chu Liuxiang: "It's better than another possibility."
If it wasn't for what Ji Bingyan said, it probably meant that there was a relationship between the General of Fuguo and King Yushe County that could not be forgiven by the world.
"There is also a saying in the Liao Kingdom that they raised prostitutes." Gong Jiu said indifferently.
Chu Liuxiang didn't want to think about this possibility, he tried his best to refute it: "Kong Yushe has raised such a whole house of concubines, he obviously likes women."
Gong Jiu: "Then why didn't he marry a wife?"
Chu Liuxiang choked for a moment, and quickly found a reasonable reason: "Because he hasn't met anyone who can really make him love!"
Gong Jiu chuckled: "Then why did he marry so many concubines and raise them for so many years, yet he has no children of his own?"
"Master Ninth, do you mean to say that these concubines are just a cover for him to fight, but he has never touched them at all?" Chu Liuxiang's eyes widened, "But, have you ever thought that if General Fuguo really I have done such excessive things to King Yushe, why did King Yushe become furious after his death, he did not hesitate to quarrel with Lord Liao, violate the order of Lord Liao, and must lead the army to serve as a general of the auxiliary country Seek justice and find his murderer?"
Chu Liuxiang finally found a tenable position: "Would you do such a thing for your enemy? When the news of the death of General Fuguo came, his body had already been found. If King Yushe wanted to If you want revenge, just attack the corpse directly, why don't you lead the army all the way from Shangjing to Sanggan River?"
Ji Bingyan raised her voice weakly: "There's no need to quarrel, if you want to know if Prince Yushe has broken his sleeve, just ask the concubines in the whole house?"
Whether you have touched it or not, this is not something you can know by asking, why bother arguing here.
…………
"Of course I did. The Lord County King always comes to my room at the beginning of every month! What do you mean by your question? Could it be that the concubine is not good-looking enough to keep the Lord County King's heart?"
The concubines began to chatter angrily, and the pavilion suddenly became noisy.
"Hmph, the king of the county likes the waist of the concubine's body the most..."
"Every time Lord Junwang comes, he will ask me many times!"
Mo Qi followed behind Gong Jiu stiffly, his jade-white ears were already stained red.
Chu Liuxiang coughed a few times: "Okay, okay, just asking, ladies, don't think too much."
Yelu Ruyu, who had been drinking tea in the pavilion, smiled.
A concubine in thin clothes took the opportunity to step forward: "Let me make tea for you!"
Before Yelu Ruyu could speak, she quickly raised the teapot with her orchid fingers, refilled Yelu Ruyu's teacup, and then deliberately pretended to be careless, touching Yelu Ruyu's palm with her fingers.
The smile on Yelu Ruyu's face grew wider.
The concubine was overjoyed immediately, and looked at Yelu Ruyu with even more shy and timid eyes.
Yelu Ruyu put down the teacup in his hand, slowed down his speech and asked with a smile, "Did you bump into me just now?"
The concubine blushed: "This, concubine is just a
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