After Yeluruyu and Mo Qi had a short dispute that was not considered a dispute, they hurriedly bid farewell to everyone at the gate of the Yushe County Prince's Mansion, and left without looking back.
Chu Liuxiang looked at the back of him leaving, and even saw a little bit of resentment. For a moment, she couldn't tell who it was that just landed her finger: "Why is he angry?"
As soon as the words were asked, Chu Liuxiang's eyes flashed past Mo Qi's frowning face, and he suddenly realized: Yelu Ruyu must have taken the opportunity to show Mo Daochang his determination to 'keep his body like a jade', so he was rejected. The Taoist priest was irritated by his completely ungrateful attitude.
However, this determination was too extreme, and it was only natural that the Daoist leader could not accept it.While thinking about it, Chu Liuxiang patted Daoist Mo sympathetically in the center of the storm without knowing it.
Yelu Ruyu walked away from a distance: "Ah Choo!"
Chu Liuxiang looked up at the sky that was beginning to faint with the sunset glow: "Look at the sun, brother Lu and Mr. Hua should be on their way back, let's wait for them at the restaurant we made an appointment with."
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Restaurant, elegant room.
Mo Qi and Gong Jiu are quietly eating appetizers, and occasionally Gong Jiu will throw something he doesn't like into Mo Qi's bowl.On the other side, Chu Liuxiang and Ji Bingyan were arguing fiercely.
After they came to the restaurant, they began to analyze the clues and the facts of the case they knew now, and they had a conflict on one issue: whether the king of Yushe County was Duanxiu.
This question sounds like a joke, but it's actually very important. After all, its answer is probably the reason why the shadow people treat their corpses specially.
Ji Bingyan was already not used to the food here in Daliao, and when she argued with Chu Liuxiang, she didn't move her chopsticks: "...Otherwise, do you think there is any other reason why the shadow people castrate their corpses like this?" Besides, isn’t it you who said that the general of Fuguo used incense, was particular about it, didn’t marry a wife, and hid the three pieces of jade?”
Chu Liuxiang frowned: "But the Yushe County King is different from the Fuguo General. He is close to women. You heard it when you asked just now. Those concubines are not a cover. If this is the case, then the jade may be used by him for those concubines."
Mo Qi sat far away from Chu Liuxiang and Ji Bingyan, almost diagonally, but he still couldn't stop words like "jade" and "use" from pouring into his ears.Thinking back to what Gong Jiu told him in the Fuguo General's Mansion earlier, what is the use of that jade...
Sitting on the seat stiffened into a statue of Mo Qi, he was almost ashamed to death.
Gong Jiu was sipping sweet and sour lotus root with great interest, while staring at the rouge-like earlobe of the ink unicorn powder, and the more extreme thoughts in his mind were like boiling water, puff puff puff Turning over his heart, it made his heart itch, and his eyes were even hotter.While the mind was swaying, even the sweet and sour lotus root that I ate in my mouth lost the taste of vinegar, and everything became sweet, and it seemed to smell like a juicy broth.
He didn't even notice that the sweet and sour lotus root in his mouth had been swallowed, and continued to chew instinctively with an empty mouth.
Gong Jiu chewed the air and thought in a daze: I don't know how long it will take for the dark guard to buy back the 'thing'...
The hair on Mo Qi's back stood on end for an instant, a feeling of being watched made his heart throb.
Sitting on his left are Chu Liuxiang and Ji Bingyan who are still clamoring for jade; sitting on his right is Gong Jiu whose eyes almost want to swallow him as a sweet and sour lotus root.Mo Qi, who was caught in the middle, felt as if he was sitting on pins and needles. At this moment, he suddenly wanted to go back to the quiet time when he hadn't gone down the mountain and could soak in the ice pond by himself every day, brushing snow and fox fur.
On the other hand, the debate between Chu Liuxiang and Ji Bingyan has reached a fever pitch.
Chu Liuxiang tapped the table with his fingers: "The King of Yushe County is different from the General of Fuguo! His room contains not only jade stones, but also iron chains, long whips, red candles, and many utensils, and more importantly, These things are not hidden like the jade of General Fuguo, they are placed in the bedroom of King Yushe County openly. You think these things are so eye-catching, and it is possible that they have not been discovered after so many years ?"
"Since it will definitely be discovered, if these things are not used on the concubines, wouldn't the concubines in his house find it strange?"
Ji Bingyan frowned, folded her arms around her chest, and did not immediately refute, but listened to Chu Liuxiang finish her sentence.
Chu Liuxiang continued: "Having a concubine is no better than being single. The concubines around him should know what kind of person King Yushe is. Not to mention anything else, at least they should know whether they have broken sleeves or not? But When we asked first, no one said that they had ever noticed that Prince Yushe had a tendency to cut off his sleeves."
Seeing that Chu Liuxiang had finished speaking, Ji Bingyan slowly said: "Then do you think, besides the fact that the General Fuguo and Yushe County King both have broken sleeves, is there any reason why they all have the same set of jade stones in their rooms? Why? And it is precisely their way of death, which is completely different from the way of death of other dead?"
Ji Bingyan calmly reminded: "Don't forget, you were the first to raise this possibility before going to Yushe County Prince's Mansion."
Chu Liuxiang: "Possibility is possibility, and fact is another matter. I think there is still a lack of evidence to assert that Yushe County King is a broken sleeve. This is an important key to determine why the shadow people castrated the bodies of the two of them." , if we are led astray because of this speculation, it is very likely that the whole case will not be solved."
Ji Bingyan looked at Chu Liuxiang for a while: "...All right. Then we will rule out the motive. Daoist." Ji Bingyan called Mo Qi abruptly, "What do you think is the possibility that the murderer castrated the dead body? s reason?"
Mo Qi, who was quietly making a wooden stake: "..."
Mo Qi: "...Humiliation?"
Ji Bingyan nodded: "That's right, castration is an extremely private way of venting anger that is completely different from the motives of general mutilation. It often contains the murderer's private emotions. Do you think those emotions will cause the murderer to do this?" matter?"
Mo Qi, who was targeted by Ji Bingyan: "...the deceased had molested the murderer, and the murderer wanted revenge; or the murderer had been... bullied by others, so he formed a fixed habit of killing people. It's the murderer..." Mo Qi took a deep breath, and stabilized the embarrassment that was about to burn from his ears to his face, "Sex has been motivated by 'getting'."
"There is another kind, which is due to 'missing'. Maybe the deceased failed to satisfy the murderer in a certain aspect, so the murderer was angry and vented his anger in this way."
Mo Qi paused for a while, and finally finished speaking, and secretly heaved a sigh of relief.
Gong Jiu has already started staring at him to eat melon seeds.
Chu Liuxiang nodded in agreement.
Ji Bingyan said: "That's right." He turned to Chu Liuxiang, "Let's analyze the three possibilities mentioned by the Taoist priest one by one. The first one is that the deceased had molested the murderer. I don't think it is possible. Prince Yushe didn't mention it. The character of the General Fuguo is well-known for his strictness and etiquette."
"..." Ji Bingyan saw that Chu Liuxiang frowned, so she didn't hesitate to continue, but presented a piece of evidence that can confirm this point, "As a general, there will be no shortage of people to pay attention to his marriage." Even if he is not good at women, if he can marry a girl of the right family, it will be the icing on the cake. Firstly, it can cover up his broken sleeves for him, secondly, his wife's natal family can also help him, and thirdly In the future, if he doesn't stay at home for a long time, he can have a wife to take care of the housework for him, and he will be much more relaxed. However, the general of Fuguo has never married a wife. Doesn't this mean that he is actually a person with principles and a bottom line? ? Such a person would do obscene things?"
Chu Liuxiang showed a persuaded expression.
Only then did Ji Bingyan go on to say: "The first possibility has been ruled out, let's look at the second: it is his practice for the murderer to kill and castrate."
Chu Liuxiang had to admit: "This is completely impossible. Not only the other hundred corpses here in Liao Kingdom, brother Lu also said that those who were killed in Song Dynasty were not castrated."
Ji Bingyan nodded: "That's right, so the second one may not be true—by the way, I want to raise another question."
"Since we mentioned the same method of mutilating corpses, it may be a practice formed by the murderer due to his past experience. In this case, no matter how different the corpses are, the only thing they have in common is that their faces were cut off. I think the murderer It is likely to be very concerned about this aspect..."
Mo Qi said in a low voice: "But I have never heard of anyone in Jianghu who is very obsessed with the face..."
Chu Liuxiang shrugged: "Me neither. Although Shi Guanyin is one of them, she is only obsessed with women's faces, and they are beautiful women's faces. These dead people are all men."
Ji Bingyan said: "That's okay, we can ask Liao to paint portraits of these dead people before they were alive, and we'll know when we compare them."
Gong Jiu raised his hand, and immediately floated down from the beam of the house, the dark guard, who was still diligently hiding his body while watching the crowd eating and drinking, flew out of the window to inform Hua Jiang.
Ji Bingyan lowered her eyes lazily, without even looking at the white shadow that was drifting by: "So, three possibilities, now that we have ruled out the first two, the remaining one is the only possibility——no, Is it the only truth?"
Chu Liuxiang thought for a while: "You are right."
The expression on his face was relieved at first because he solved a puzzle, but soon wrinkled again: "But even if we know this, it will be difficult for us to find the murderer."
Ji Bingyan reached out to pour a glass of wine, and pushed it in front of Chu Liuxiang, without saying a word, as if silently comforting her.
Chu Liuxiang drank it all in one gulp, then looked at Mo Qi who was contemplative and frowning: "Master Daoist, what do you think?"
Mo Qi was silent for a while: "I'm not thinking about this case."
Chu Liuxiang watched Gong Jiu add another piece of meat to the Mo Qi bowl, Mo Qi naturally frowned and thought, and instinctively picked it up and ate it, the smile in Gong Jiu's eyes made Chu Liuxiang's hands numb Couldn't hold onto the glass.Under the impact of this inexplicable sour smell, he struggled to spit out his own question: "...Then what are you thinking?"
Mo Qi's face was a bit grim: "I'm thinking, why the Lord Liao took so much trouble to find someone from Song Dynasty to solve this case."
Ji Bingyan froze for a moment, then cast a thoughtful look.
This point, he has not thought about.
Chu Liuxiang raised the wine glass subconsciously, took a sip before realizing that he had just finished drinking the wine in the glass.
After setting foot in Liao soil, everyone has been disturbed by the case of the faceless man, no one has really noticed what is wrong with this matter.
Mo Qi put down his chopsticks: "This is very strange. If there are Liao people in the territory of Song Dynasty, it is impossible for the Holy One to find Liao people to solve the case. Because this is the territory of Song Dynasty, the case should be handled by Song Dynasty." The officials will do it."
Gong Jiu pondered: "That's right."
"Unless he has confirmed that Liao's own officials are unable to handle this case, so he turned to the Holy One for help." Chu Liuxiang said.
Gong Jiu said coldly: "Or, his own purpose is not to solve this faceless man case, but to handle the case, Zhao Zhen will send someone."
Ji Bingyan sat up straight involuntarily: "You mean, Lord Liao wants to harm one of us—or certain people?"
Chu Liuxiang murmured: "It's not necessary. Among us, which one can attract the attention of the Lord Liao? No matter how famous we are in the Jianghu, it will be the best if we can have some influence in the Song Dynasty. No matter what Wouldn't it be able to spread to the Liao Kingdom?"
Gong Jiu didn't speak, and the private room fell into silence for a while.
Half of Mo Qi's face was hidden in the shadow that the lamps and candles could not illuminate, silent like a silent mountain.
There was a hasty knock on the door, Chu Liuxiang pulled the door open, and a Lu Xiaofeng wrapped in a red cloak rushed in from the door: "Wine! I can smell the aroma of wine!"
Hua Manlou followed behind Lu Xiaofeng who couldn't wait to rush in, and said with some helplessness: "We found some news, he was a little too excited, and rushed all the way back - we didn't eat anything all day."
Lu Xiaofeng was half paralyzed by the table: "Lord Liao gave me three days, and it's already the evening of the first day, why don't you hurry up?" He straightened up and said, "We have brought back a bad news and a good news. News, and there is good news. Which one do you want to hear first?"
Mo Qi and Ji Bingyan: "Bad news."
Gong Jiu and Chu Liuxiang: "Good news."
Lu Xiaofeng looked around: "They're all the same, then I'll start from the beginning."
Gong Jiu showed a dangerous expression, wanting to cut off Lu Xiaofeng's only two remaining eyebrows.
Lu Xiaofeng said: "Qitong and I went to the ancient battlefield first. Except that we saw a lot of newly dug graves as the child said, we didn't find any other abnormalities. The ghosts and gods are completely nonsense. We walked around the whole circle, but we didn't see a single zongzi."
Lu Xiaofeng took a sip of his wine and showed an expression of enjoyment: "So, we went directly to General Gu who is stationed there."
Gong Jiu: "What did he say?"
Lu Xiaofeng: "Don't worry, this is the first bad news. General Gu said that he only acted once against those Liao troops who dared to cross the border between Song and Liao without permission and dig the graves of soldiers who died in battle."
Hua Manlou said: "That's what the herdsman child we asked earlier said that only one person was left alive." He shook his head and said, "Although it's a bit... cruel, but General Gu even digs for these people who cross the border without permission. There is nothing wrong with the Liao people who took the corpses of their comrades in law.”
A strange smile hung on Lu Xiaofeng's face: "Okay, now I'm going to tell you the good news."
Chu Liuxiang couldn't help laughing: "Brother Lu, looking at you with this expression, it doesn't seem like good or bad news."
Lu Xiaofeng smiled narrowly, and shared this big gossip with everyone: "Qitong discovered that General Gu is not a man, but a woman."
The expression on Hua Manlou's face was awkward. The reason he found out was because he smelled the bloody smell from General Gu's body...
Ji Bingyan was not as happy as Lu Xiaofeng, and instinctively questioned: "Woman? General Gu has been guarding Taiyuan Mansion for many years, why have I never heard of him...she is a female general?" Has someone changed their identity?"
Lu Xiaofeng smiled and said, "Brother Ji! You and I have thought of getting together."
"In the beginning, I thought so too. I was shocked at first and wanted to question her, but later I was called aside by the military adviser Lian. He told us that General Gu has always been a female general."
"You've also heard that Mulan joined the army. It's almost the same story. Her husband served in the army under Pang Tong's flag. At that time, it was the most fierce years between Song and Xixia. Her husband was Unfortunately, she died on the battlefield. Then when the conscripts went to her house to recruit her grandfather to go to the battlefield again, she came to Taiyuan instead of her grandfather. After several battles with the Liao Dynasty, she won many victories and was banned. took the position of general."
Chu Liuxiang couldn't help sighing: "The Song Dynasty is considered peaceful now, and the neighboring countries around them dare not raise their troops to provoke a war easily. If her husband had been conscripted in the past few years, she would not have been forced to do so. People are separated..."
Hua Manlou said softly: "But without those soldiers and generals throwing their heads and blood, how could there be peace and prosperity today?"
Lu Xiaofeng said: "Young Master Lian told us about this, and asked us to keep it a secret. Oh, he also explained to us why he met those Liao soldiers who sneaked in and secretly dug ancient battlefields—" Lu Xiaofeng looked strange Get up, "you can't think of it at all - General Gu actually went to the ancient battlefield to help bury some undisposed bones. She was thinking of her husband, and she suddenly had this idea, so I'm sorry Asked other soldiers to help, and ended up digging... the menstrual event came."
Everyone's originally serious expressions suddenly became weird.
Lu Xiaofeng said embarrassingly: "General Gu's health is not very good due to several years of fighting, and she felt very uncomfortable when menstruation came, and she didn't expect this at all at the time... Cough, there will be a sudden visit, and the blood will flow out of panic. More blood poured out, and the trouser legs were soaked with blood, which is why the surviving Liao soldier said that General Gu was pale and rickety, and his armor was stained with blood—in fact, it was just a trouser leg."
"Sudden menstruation, pain, discomfort, and irritable mood, coupled with unprepared clothes stained with blood, and meeting this group of Liao soldiers who dared to sneak across the border to the ancient battlefield to dig up the corpses of fellow soldiers, she was furious. If you don't hold back, you will be killed anyway if you catch him for such a crime."
Hua Manlou smiled: "Oh, by the way, the white-clothed ghost mentioned earlier is the young master Lian who is watching over General Gu."
Chu Liuxiang rubbed his nose: "But how did Young Master Lian know about General Gu's daughter? They..."
Lu Xiaofeng waved his hand: "That's not true, I don't know why, I feel that General Gu doesn't really like Young Master Lian, and Young Master Lian also has a flat expression when facing General Gu. It is clear that the secret of General Gu's daughter, Young Master Lian, is already gone. Knowing that, he specially asked Qitong and I to keep it a secret, and when General Gu felt that he wanted to clean up the ancient battlefield, he would take care of her..."
Gong Jiu didn't have any emotion towards other people's feelings, so she interrupted Lu Xiaofeng impatiently: "Then what is the good news you said?"
Lu Xiaofeng: "I just said it."
Gong Jiu looked at him coldly: "When did you say that?"
Lu Xiaofeng wanted to show off at first, but when he met Shang Gong Jiu's menacing gaze, who kept sweeping his only two eyebrows, he was instantly cowed: "Gu, General Gu said that she is only interested in digging war relics." Someone has done it once."
Gong Jiu said: "What kind of good news is this?"
Lu Xiaofeng said: "Of course this is considered good news. Think about it, except for that group of Liao soldiers, if none of the people who went to the ancient battlefield to dig graves disappeared because of General Gu's actions, why did they disappear without any reason? They Where did it disappear?"
"We haven't found their bodies until now. Is there a possibility that they are actually still alive, and the shadow people need their help to complete some things." Lu Xiaofeng paused, "Perhaps, we really have the possibility to rescue them. The child's father."
Hua Manlou's face was also full of optimism: "That's right. Don't forget, after the child's father disappeared, when the shadow people went to their tribe to steal cattle and sheep, all they stole were cows and sheep. The child said that his father is the best at raising cattle and sheep, and the milk produced by the cattle and sheep is the best..."
Ji Bingyan: "In this case, let's try our best to find the shadow man's hiding place as soon as possible."
Chu Liuxiang said: "Now, we have three clues about this hiding place."
"First, since the shadow people can attack those who dig the graves of the ancient war relics, then this hiding place should not be far from the ancient war relics."
"Second, every time the corpse is abandoned, it is in the middle of the Sanggan River. The stolen cattle and sheep were also stolen when the herdsmen were stationed in the middle of the Sanggan River. Then this place should be near the middle of the Sanggan River. Not far."
"Thirdly, these shadow people stole so many cattle and sheep, there must be a place to put them? And those who were looted by them. They need so many people, certainly not to lock these people in small The dark room is stuffy and moldy, there must be a lot of work that they can't do by themselves that need these people to do."
Gong Jiu nodded: "According to this, this place must be located between the ancient battle relics and the middle section of the Sanggan River, and it has a vast area, few people come to it, and the terrain is best flat, so that it can house cattle and sheep, and give them what they want. That thing that gets done makes room."
Ji Bingyan: "What could it be?"
Chu Liuxiang shook his head: "I don't know yet. But there shouldn't be many places like this, maybe it's a valley. This is the Liao Kingdom, we foreigners are not familiar with it, so let's ask the Seventh Prince's people to help check this place."
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The nights of the Liao Kingdom seem to be no different from the nights of the Song Dynasty.
Mo Qi closed the door, turned around, took off the dust whisk behind his back, smoothed the tail of the dust neatly, and placed it on the round table.He raised his hand and used scissors to gently cut off the candle wick that exposed the flame, then walked to the bed and took off the hair crown on the top of his head.
The long black hair was loose, soft like a bright ribbon, draped over the back, a few strands hung on the shoulders, and slid down to the chest as Mo Qi made the bed.
The door creaked and was pushed open.
Gong Jiu stood at the door with her chest folded and raised her eyebrows: "Now you don't even close the door to sleep?"
Mo Qi paused as he spread the quilt: "... You are coming."
There is no difference between off and off.
Gong Jiu rolled her eyes, and said slyly: "Oh, it turns out that Junyu didn't close the door when you slept, because you were waiting for Ajiu to come."
Mo Qi froze his body, resisting the urge to shake all over.He is really not used to the name Junyu being spoken by someone other than his mother, let alone Gong Jiu calling himself by a name like Ajiu.
Gong Jiu seemed to think so too, he sighed faintly: "...Forget it, these two titles are not suitable for us. Dao Chang and Jiu Gongzi are more convenient."
Take a closer look, but it’s actually quite interesting: everyone calls you Daochang or Jiugongzi, but only the words “Daochang” and “Jiugongzi” between us have different meanings from others... …
Doesn't this feeling of being teased quietly under everyone's noses have a thrill like stealing love?
Mo Qi didn't know that Gong Jiu was thinking about so many things in his head, so he just breathed a sigh of relief.
In his mind, even being with the dearest person requires a certain distance, and treating each other as a guest is the best way to get along.
...Anyway, he would never be able to say such an intimate name like Ajiu.
Jun...Junyu is not used to listening to him either.
Mo Qi clenched his fists, not daring to turn around to look at Gong Jiu behind him.He knew that his face must be so red now that he couldn't hide it at all, so he simply didn't look back.
Gong Jiu looked at the flickering and flickering candle beside him, and kindly let Mo Qi go: "That's all. I'm here this time, and I'll let you finish what I've said."
Mo Qi was stunned for a moment, the red cloud on his face gradually faded, and he turned his face slightly: "What are you talking about?"
Gong Jiu sneered: "Now there are only you and me in this room, why do you pretend you don't know?" He casually stretched out his hand and dragged the chair beside him, making a shrill dragging sound, "Why are you talking about this today after finishing talking?" The case, after Liao lord spent so much time finding people from Song Dynasty to solve the case, he looks very strange."
Mo Qi's heart skipped a beat, and he subconsciously frowned.
He turned around and looked at Gong Jiu who was sitting on the chair and looking up at him: "What's so strange?"
Gong Jiu considered for a while: "Very...depressed? Very...full of melancholy? What were you thinking at that time?"
Mo Qi avoided Gong Jiu's sight: "...I want to visit the Liao Lord's palace."
Gong Jiu stretched out her straight legs in dissatisfaction, clamped Mo Qi's feet between her two feet, forced Mo Qi's face to face him, sat up straight, leaned forward slightly, and looked at Mo Qi inquiringly. Qi: "Look at me!"
He clearly felt that Mo Qi was so tense that his body was tense.
Mo Qi tensed his face, feeling that his ears were burning again, and also had a terrible auditory hallucination, as if he could hear Gong Jiu calling him 'Junyu' with different voices.
"Yeluyan died in Shangjing, and when the news of his death came, he had only been dead for half a day. Logically speaking, Lord Liao should have preserved the scene of his death so that we can search for clues, but when we arrived, Yeluyan His corpse has already been moved." Mo Qi paused, and with the analysis, his rationality gradually regained the vantage point of his head, and the temperature on his ears slowly faded, "And... Liao Lord never said that Yeluyan Where did he die? Shangjing is so big, did Yeluyan die in the barracks where he was stationed, outside the barracks, or...in the palace?"
Gong Jiu's eyebrows twitched: "Dead in the palace? How could you have such an idea?"
Mo Qi looked straight at Gong Jiu: "If it wasn't for that, what other reason do you think Lord Liao didn't want to keep this crime scene?"
He hesitated for a moment: "I even think... Yeluyan, maybe she was killed in front of Lord Liao."
"As I said earlier, the reason why Lord Liao asked His Majesty for help was because he had already determined that the Liao people could not handle this case by themselves. In addition, what was involved in this case was not an ordinary murderer, but a shadow man... "
"I doubt very much that the reason why Lord Liao proposed a seven-day limit to His Majesty was not to retaliate, but to ask for help. There are few martial arts masters in Liao Kingdom, and the Seventh Prince is one of them, but the Seventh Prince obviously will not help Liao host."
"So for Lord Liao, if there is a shadow man lurking beside him, and this shadow man has controlled him with drugs or other means, he has no one to turn to for help, but Xiang Da Song Call for help."
Gong Jiu thought for a while, then questioned: "But if he is already controlled by the shadow man, why can he ask Da Song for help?"
Mo Qi stared at Gong Jiu with quiet eyes, and his tone was convincing: "Because he is the Lord of the Liao Dynasty, even if he is controlled by others, he will not submit. This is the inherent blood nature of the Khitan people. Moreover, he Being Lord Liao also means that no matter how much he challenges the shadow man behind the scenes who wants to control him, even if it is too much, the shadow man will not be able to kill him."
"After all... no matter what the shadow people do, they can't replace the Lord of Liao. The Liao Kingdom is not an ordinary small frontier country. There are many other countries around it. They want to rule the entire Liao Kingdom without making mistakes. It is not something that shadow people can handle. They may have been martial arts masters and heroes, but they were not emperors. Shadow people are vines that live on trees. Upward, there is no way... to be a domineering..."
Mo Qi's words slowed down.
He has never realized that Gong Jiu's eyes are so bright and pure.When looking at him with such pure eyes, Mo Qi almost forgot what he wanted to say, and his mind has automatically completed the next action for him——
——Bending down, clasped the snow fox that was always teasing him viciously with his arms, then stroked its fur and rubbed its tail, asking if it would dare to be so presumptuous again, if it dared to use this kind of fox again. Looking at him with hot eyes.
Mo Qi's body has already leaned down a little bit, even this little bit is almost invisible to the naked eye.
Gong Jiu didn't know that his unconscious look could tease Mo Qi so easily, and it was more effective than his previous direct teasing: "I'll go with you."
Mo Qi straightened his waist suddenly.
Gong Jiu saw Mo Qi's suddenly stiff face, and thought that Mo Qi disagreed, so she stood up and said in an undeniable tone: "I will go with you. Tomorrow morning, we will go together."
Mo Qi's heartbeat finally calmed down: "No, this time I go, I don't know if I can find the traces of the shadow people, and I don't know if I will scare the snake, and if they are discovered by those shadow people, I don't know if I can beat them. You It's too dangerous to come with me."
There was a trace of anger on Gong Jiu's face at first, and then he sneered and said: "Okay, if you don't let me go with you, then I will wait for you to go, and I will go by myself. I have long legs, so it is possible that you disagree , I can’t go where I want to go by myself?”
Mo Qi said helplessly: "This is not an interesting thing."
Gong Jiu snorted, "But I think it would be very interesting to explore the Liao Palace with you."
Mo Qi: "..."
Mo Qi: "..."
Gong Jiu was surprised to find that Mo Qi's fair and clean face was dyed a big blush again as if the red cliff was on fire.
Mo Qi suddenly turned around in a bit of embarrassment: "If you want to follow, just follow!"
Inspector Gong Jiu stretched his neck: "Are you blushing?"
Mo Qi turned around quickly, insisting to turn his back on Gong Jiu: "...No."
"I saw it, your ears are red." Gong Jiu was full of interest, and the two of them started to circle around like three-year-old children.
Mo Qi stretched out his hand to block Gong Jiu's steps when he wanted to turn to him, and said angrily, "No, it's frozen."
Gong Jiu: "You're talking nonsense, it's clear that there are no such red ones just now."
Mo Qi's arm trembled, his eyebrows twitched suddenly, he took a deep breath, turned around and picked up Gong Jiu's collar, and kicked the door that Gong Jiu had closed roughly. Restraintly pushed the person out of the door, and closed the door with a bang.
Gong Jiu stood outside the door, heard Mo Qi standing inside and locked the latch, and said calmly: "Go back, rest, and leave tomorrow morning."
Gong Jiu: "..."
If you lock the door, who can the latch stop?
Blushing, lock the door.
.........It's too cute.
Gong Jiu's mood suddenly became so good that it can be described as happy, and walked back to the house with a slightly brisk pace.
Tonight, I will definitely have a good dream that I can do whatever I want.
Gong Jiu thought happily.
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What kind of dream Gong Jiu had, Mo Qi didn't know.Last night, after he was woken up by a dream that was so charming that his face was flushed for nearly half an hour, he had practiced for a whole night, and he didn't dare to go to bed and close his eyes again.
When the morning light finally came in from the outside through the window, Mo Qi, who was restless, finally heaved a sigh of relief, stood up from the futon, took care of himself as usual, and then went out the door.
At this time, it was just dawn, and the Seventh Prince's mansion was still quiet, and everyone was still asleep.
Mo Qi walked to Gong Jiu's room, before knocking on the door, suddenly felt nervous for no reason. After taking a few deep breaths, he suppressed the inexplicably accelerated heartbeat and raised his hand.
Fingers were just about to land on the door.
A voice so soft that it was almost inaudible came from Gong Jiu's room.
"Um……"
Mo Qi didn't hear clearly, he didn't think about it, and instinctively leaned his head to the door.
Chu Liuxiang looked at the back of him leaving, and even saw a little bit of resentment. For a moment, she couldn't tell who it was that just landed her finger: "Why is he angry?"
As soon as the words were asked, Chu Liuxiang's eyes flashed past Mo Qi's frowning face, and he suddenly realized: Yelu Ruyu must have taken the opportunity to show Mo Daochang his determination to 'keep his body like a jade', so he was rejected. The Taoist priest was irritated by his completely ungrateful attitude.
However, this determination was too extreme, and it was only natural that the Daoist leader could not accept it.While thinking about it, Chu Liuxiang patted Daoist Mo sympathetically in the center of the storm without knowing it.
Yelu Ruyu walked away from a distance: "Ah Choo!"
Chu Liuxiang looked up at the sky that was beginning to faint with the sunset glow: "Look at the sun, brother Lu and Mr. Hua should be on their way back, let's wait for them at the restaurant we made an appointment with."
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Restaurant, elegant room.
Mo Qi and Gong Jiu are quietly eating appetizers, and occasionally Gong Jiu will throw something he doesn't like into Mo Qi's bowl.On the other side, Chu Liuxiang and Ji Bingyan were arguing fiercely.
After they came to the restaurant, they began to analyze the clues and the facts of the case they knew now, and they had a conflict on one issue: whether the king of Yushe County was Duanxiu.
This question sounds like a joke, but it's actually very important. After all, its answer is probably the reason why the shadow people treat their corpses specially.
Ji Bingyan was already not used to the food here in Daliao, and when she argued with Chu Liuxiang, she didn't move her chopsticks: "...Otherwise, do you think there is any other reason why the shadow people castrate their corpses like this?" Besides, isn’t it you who said that the general of Fuguo used incense, was particular about it, didn’t marry a wife, and hid the three pieces of jade?”
Chu Liuxiang frowned: "But the Yushe County King is different from the Fuguo General. He is close to women. You heard it when you asked just now. Those concubines are not a cover. If this is the case, then the jade may be used by him for those concubines."
Mo Qi sat far away from Chu Liuxiang and Ji Bingyan, almost diagonally, but he still couldn't stop words like "jade" and "use" from pouring into his ears.Thinking back to what Gong Jiu told him in the Fuguo General's Mansion earlier, what is the use of that jade...
Sitting on the seat stiffened into a statue of Mo Qi, he was almost ashamed to death.
Gong Jiu was sipping sweet and sour lotus root with great interest, while staring at the rouge-like earlobe of the ink unicorn powder, and the more extreme thoughts in his mind were like boiling water, puff puff puff Turning over his heart, it made his heart itch, and his eyes were even hotter.While the mind was swaying, even the sweet and sour lotus root that I ate in my mouth lost the taste of vinegar, and everything became sweet, and it seemed to smell like a juicy broth.
He didn't even notice that the sweet and sour lotus root in his mouth had been swallowed, and continued to chew instinctively with an empty mouth.
Gong Jiu chewed the air and thought in a daze: I don't know how long it will take for the dark guard to buy back the 'thing'...
The hair on Mo Qi's back stood on end for an instant, a feeling of being watched made his heart throb.
Sitting on his left are Chu Liuxiang and Ji Bingyan who are still clamoring for jade; sitting on his right is Gong Jiu whose eyes almost want to swallow him as a sweet and sour lotus root.Mo Qi, who was caught in the middle, felt as if he was sitting on pins and needles. At this moment, he suddenly wanted to go back to the quiet time when he hadn't gone down the mountain and could soak in the ice pond by himself every day, brushing snow and fox fur.
On the other hand, the debate between Chu Liuxiang and Ji Bingyan has reached a fever pitch.
Chu Liuxiang tapped the table with his fingers: "The King of Yushe County is different from the General of Fuguo! His room contains not only jade stones, but also iron chains, long whips, red candles, and many utensils, and more importantly, These things are not hidden like the jade of General Fuguo, they are placed in the bedroom of King Yushe County openly. You think these things are so eye-catching, and it is possible that they have not been discovered after so many years ?"
"Since it will definitely be discovered, if these things are not used on the concubines, wouldn't the concubines in his house find it strange?"
Ji Bingyan frowned, folded her arms around her chest, and did not immediately refute, but listened to Chu Liuxiang finish her sentence.
Chu Liuxiang continued: "Having a concubine is no better than being single. The concubines around him should know what kind of person King Yushe is. Not to mention anything else, at least they should know whether they have broken sleeves or not? But When we asked first, no one said that they had ever noticed that Prince Yushe had a tendency to cut off his sleeves."
Seeing that Chu Liuxiang had finished speaking, Ji Bingyan slowly said: "Then do you think, besides the fact that the General Fuguo and Yushe County King both have broken sleeves, is there any reason why they all have the same set of jade stones in their rooms? Why? And it is precisely their way of death, which is completely different from the way of death of other dead?"
Ji Bingyan calmly reminded: "Don't forget, you were the first to raise this possibility before going to Yushe County Prince's Mansion."
Chu Liuxiang: "Possibility is possibility, and fact is another matter. I think there is still a lack of evidence to assert that Yushe County King is a broken sleeve. This is an important key to determine why the shadow people castrated the bodies of the two of them." , if we are led astray because of this speculation, it is very likely that the whole case will not be solved."
Ji Bingyan looked at Chu Liuxiang for a while: "...All right. Then we will rule out the motive. Daoist." Ji Bingyan called Mo Qi abruptly, "What do you think is the possibility that the murderer castrated the dead body? s reason?"
Mo Qi, who was quietly making a wooden stake: "..."
Mo Qi: "...Humiliation?"
Ji Bingyan nodded: "That's right, castration is an extremely private way of venting anger that is completely different from the motives of general mutilation. It often contains the murderer's private emotions. Do you think those emotions will cause the murderer to do this?" matter?"
Mo Qi, who was targeted by Ji Bingyan: "...the deceased had molested the murderer, and the murderer wanted revenge; or the murderer had been... bullied by others, so he formed a fixed habit of killing people. It's the murderer..." Mo Qi took a deep breath, and stabilized the embarrassment that was about to burn from his ears to his face, "Sex has been motivated by 'getting'."
"There is another kind, which is due to 'missing'. Maybe the deceased failed to satisfy the murderer in a certain aspect, so the murderer was angry and vented his anger in this way."
Mo Qi paused for a while, and finally finished speaking, and secretly heaved a sigh of relief.
Gong Jiu has already started staring at him to eat melon seeds.
Chu Liuxiang nodded in agreement.
Ji Bingyan said: "That's right." He turned to Chu Liuxiang, "Let's analyze the three possibilities mentioned by the Taoist priest one by one. The first one is that the deceased had molested the murderer. I don't think it is possible. Prince Yushe didn't mention it. The character of the General Fuguo is well-known for his strictness and etiquette."
"..." Ji Bingyan saw that Chu Liuxiang frowned, so she didn't hesitate to continue, but presented a piece of evidence that can confirm this point, "As a general, there will be no shortage of people to pay attention to his marriage." Even if he is not good at women, if he can marry a girl of the right family, it will be the icing on the cake. Firstly, it can cover up his broken sleeves for him, secondly, his wife's natal family can also help him, and thirdly In the future, if he doesn't stay at home for a long time, he can have a wife to take care of the housework for him, and he will be much more relaxed. However, the general of Fuguo has never married a wife. Doesn't this mean that he is actually a person with principles and a bottom line? ? Such a person would do obscene things?"
Chu Liuxiang showed a persuaded expression.
Only then did Ji Bingyan go on to say: "The first possibility has been ruled out, let's look at the second: it is his practice for the murderer to kill and castrate."
Chu Liuxiang had to admit: "This is completely impossible. Not only the other hundred corpses here in Liao Kingdom, brother Lu also said that those who were killed in Song Dynasty were not castrated."
Ji Bingyan nodded: "That's right, so the second one may not be true—by the way, I want to raise another question."
"Since we mentioned the same method of mutilating corpses, it may be a practice formed by the murderer due to his past experience. In this case, no matter how different the corpses are, the only thing they have in common is that their faces were cut off. I think the murderer It is likely to be very concerned about this aspect..."
Mo Qi said in a low voice: "But I have never heard of anyone in Jianghu who is very obsessed with the face..."
Chu Liuxiang shrugged: "Me neither. Although Shi Guanyin is one of them, she is only obsessed with women's faces, and they are beautiful women's faces. These dead people are all men."
Ji Bingyan said: "That's okay, we can ask Liao to paint portraits of these dead people before they were alive, and we'll know when we compare them."
Gong Jiu raised his hand, and immediately floated down from the beam of the house, the dark guard, who was still diligently hiding his body while watching the crowd eating and drinking, flew out of the window to inform Hua Jiang.
Ji Bingyan lowered her eyes lazily, without even looking at the white shadow that was drifting by: "So, three possibilities, now that we have ruled out the first two, the remaining one is the only possibility——no, Is it the only truth?"
Chu Liuxiang thought for a while: "You are right."
The expression on his face was relieved at first because he solved a puzzle, but soon wrinkled again: "But even if we know this, it will be difficult for us to find the murderer."
Ji Bingyan reached out to pour a glass of wine, and pushed it in front of Chu Liuxiang, without saying a word, as if silently comforting her.
Chu Liuxiang drank it all in one gulp, then looked at Mo Qi who was contemplative and frowning: "Master Daoist, what do you think?"
Mo Qi was silent for a while: "I'm not thinking about this case."
Chu Liuxiang watched Gong Jiu add another piece of meat to the Mo Qi bowl, Mo Qi naturally frowned and thought, and instinctively picked it up and ate it, the smile in Gong Jiu's eyes made Chu Liuxiang's hands numb Couldn't hold onto the glass.Under the impact of this inexplicable sour smell, he struggled to spit out his own question: "...Then what are you thinking?"
Mo Qi's face was a bit grim: "I'm thinking, why the Lord Liao took so much trouble to find someone from Song Dynasty to solve this case."
Ji Bingyan froze for a moment, then cast a thoughtful look.
This point, he has not thought about.
Chu Liuxiang raised the wine glass subconsciously, took a sip before realizing that he had just finished drinking the wine in the glass.
After setting foot in Liao soil, everyone has been disturbed by the case of the faceless man, no one has really noticed what is wrong with this matter.
Mo Qi put down his chopsticks: "This is very strange. If there are Liao people in the territory of Song Dynasty, it is impossible for the Holy One to find Liao people to solve the case. Because this is the territory of Song Dynasty, the case should be handled by Song Dynasty." The officials will do it."
Gong Jiu pondered: "That's right."
"Unless he has confirmed that Liao's own officials are unable to handle this case, so he turned to the Holy One for help." Chu Liuxiang said.
Gong Jiu said coldly: "Or, his own purpose is not to solve this faceless man case, but to handle the case, Zhao Zhen will send someone."
Ji Bingyan sat up straight involuntarily: "You mean, Lord Liao wants to harm one of us—or certain people?"
Chu Liuxiang murmured: "It's not necessary. Among us, which one can attract the attention of the Lord Liao? No matter how famous we are in the Jianghu, it will be the best if we can have some influence in the Song Dynasty. No matter what Wouldn't it be able to spread to the Liao Kingdom?"
Gong Jiu didn't speak, and the private room fell into silence for a while.
Half of Mo Qi's face was hidden in the shadow that the lamps and candles could not illuminate, silent like a silent mountain.
There was a hasty knock on the door, Chu Liuxiang pulled the door open, and a Lu Xiaofeng wrapped in a red cloak rushed in from the door: "Wine! I can smell the aroma of wine!"
Hua Manlou followed behind Lu Xiaofeng who couldn't wait to rush in, and said with some helplessness: "We found some news, he was a little too excited, and rushed all the way back - we didn't eat anything all day."
Lu Xiaofeng was half paralyzed by the table: "Lord Liao gave me three days, and it's already the evening of the first day, why don't you hurry up?" He straightened up and said, "We have brought back a bad news and a good news. News, and there is good news. Which one do you want to hear first?"
Mo Qi and Ji Bingyan: "Bad news."
Gong Jiu and Chu Liuxiang: "Good news."
Lu Xiaofeng looked around: "They're all the same, then I'll start from the beginning."
Gong Jiu showed a dangerous expression, wanting to cut off Lu Xiaofeng's only two remaining eyebrows.
Lu Xiaofeng said: "Qitong and I went to the ancient battlefield first. Except that we saw a lot of newly dug graves as the child said, we didn't find any other abnormalities. The ghosts and gods are completely nonsense. We walked around the whole circle, but we didn't see a single zongzi."
Lu Xiaofeng took a sip of his wine and showed an expression of enjoyment: "So, we went directly to General Gu who is stationed there."
Gong Jiu: "What did he say?"
Lu Xiaofeng: "Don't worry, this is the first bad news. General Gu said that he only acted once against those Liao troops who dared to cross the border between Song and Liao without permission and dig the graves of soldiers who died in battle."
Hua Manlou said: "That's what the herdsman child we asked earlier said that only one person was left alive." He shook his head and said, "Although it's a bit... cruel, but General Gu even digs for these people who cross the border without permission. There is nothing wrong with the Liao people who took the corpses of their comrades in law.”
A strange smile hung on Lu Xiaofeng's face: "Okay, now I'm going to tell you the good news."
Chu Liuxiang couldn't help laughing: "Brother Lu, looking at you with this expression, it doesn't seem like good or bad news."
Lu Xiaofeng smiled narrowly, and shared this big gossip with everyone: "Qitong discovered that General Gu is not a man, but a woman."
The expression on Hua Manlou's face was awkward. The reason he found out was because he smelled the bloody smell from General Gu's body...
Ji Bingyan was not as happy as Lu Xiaofeng, and instinctively questioned: "Woman? General Gu has been guarding Taiyuan Mansion for many years, why have I never heard of him...she is a female general?" Has someone changed their identity?"
Lu Xiaofeng smiled and said, "Brother Ji! You and I have thought of getting together."
"In the beginning, I thought so too. I was shocked at first and wanted to question her, but later I was called aside by the military adviser Lian. He told us that General Gu has always been a female general."
"You've also heard that Mulan joined the army. It's almost the same story. Her husband served in the army under Pang Tong's flag. At that time, it was the most fierce years between Song and Xixia. Her husband was Unfortunately, she died on the battlefield. Then when the conscripts went to her house to recruit her grandfather to go to the battlefield again, she came to Taiyuan instead of her grandfather. After several battles with the Liao Dynasty, she won many victories and was banned. took the position of general."
Chu Liuxiang couldn't help sighing: "The Song Dynasty is considered peaceful now, and the neighboring countries around them dare not raise their troops to provoke a war easily. If her husband had been conscripted in the past few years, she would not have been forced to do so. People are separated..."
Hua Manlou said softly: "But without those soldiers and generals throwing their heads and blood, how could there be peace and prosperity today?"
Lu Xiaofeng said: "Young Master Lian told us about this, and asked us to keep it a secret. Oh, he also explained to us why he met those Liao soldiers who sneaked in and secretly dug ancient battlefields—" Lu Xiaofeng looked strange Get up, "you can't think of it at all - General Gu actually went to the ancient battlefield to help bury some undisposed bones. She was thinking of her husband, and she suddenly had this idea, so I'm sorry Asked other soldiers to help, and ended up digging... the menstrual event came."
Everyone's originally serious expressions suddenly became weird.
Lu Xiaofeng said embarrassingly: "General Gu's health is not very good due to several years of fighting, and she felt very uncomfortable when menstruation came, and she didn't expect this at all at the time... Cough, there will be a sudden visit, and the blood will flow out of panic. More blood poured out, and the trouser legs were soaked with blood, which is why the surviving Liao soldier said that General Gu was pale and rickety, and his armor was stained with blood—in fact, it was just a trouser leg."
"Sudden menstruation, pain, discomfort, and irritable mood, coupled with unprepared clothes stained with blood, and meeting this group of Liao soldiers who dared to sneak across the border to the ancient battlefield to dig up the corpses of fellow soldiers, she was furious. If you don't hold back, you will be killed anyway if you catch him for such a crime."
Hua Manlou smiled: "Oh, by the way, the white-clothed ghost mentioned earlier is the young master Lian who is watching over General Gu."
Chu Liuxiang rubbed his nose: "But how did Young Master Lian know about General Gu's daughter? They..."
Lu Xiaofeng waved his hand: "That's not true, I don't know why, I feel that General Gu doesn't really like Young Master Lian, and Young Master Lian also has a flat expression when facing General Gu. It is clear that the secret of General Gu's daughter, Young Master Lian, is already gone. Knowing that, he specially asked Qitong and I to keep it a secret, and when General Gu felt that he wanted to clean up the ancient battlefield, he would take care of her..."
Gong Jiu didn't have any emotion towards other people's feelings, so she interrupted Lu Xiaofeng impatiently: "Then what is the good news you said?"
Lu Xiaofeng: "I just said it."
Gong Jiu looked at him coldly: "When did you say that?"
Lu Xiaofeng wanted to show off at first, but when he met Shang Gong Jiu's menacing gaze, who kept sweeping his only two eyebrows, he was instantly cowed: "Gu, General Gu said that she is only interested in digging war relics." Someone has done it once."
Gong Jiu said: "What kind of good news is this?"
Lu Xiaofeng said: "Of course this is considered good news. Think about it, except for that group of Liao soldiers, if none of the people who went to the ancient battlefield to dig graves disappeared because of General Gu's actions, why did they disappear without any reason? They Where did it disappear?"
"We haven't found their bodies until now. Is there a possibility that they are actually still alive, and the shadow people need their help to complete some things." Lu Xiaofeng paused, "Perhaps, we really have the possibility to rescue them. The child's father."
Hua Manlou's face was also full of optimism: "That's right. Don't forget, after the child's father disappeared, when the shadow people went to their tribe to steal cattle and sheep, all they stole were cows and sheep. The child said that his father is the best at raising cattle and sheep, and the milk produced by the cattle and sheep is the best..."
Ji Bingyan: "In this case, let's try our best to find the shadow man's hiding place as soon as possible."
Chu Liuxiang said: "Now, we have three clues about this hiding place."
"First, since the shadow people can attack those who dig the graves of the ancient war relics, then this hiding place should not be far from the ancient war relics."
"Second, every time the corpse is abandoned, it is in the middle of the Sanggan River. The stolen cattle and sheep were also stolen when the herdsmen were stationed in the middle of the Sanggan River. Then this place should be near the middle of the Sanggan River. Not far."
"Thirdly, these shadow people stole so many cattle and sheep, there must be a place to put them? And those who were looted by them. They need so many people, certainly not to lock these people in small The dark room is stuffy and moldy, there must be a lot of work that they can't do by themselves that need these people to do."
Gong Jiu nodded: "According to this, this place must be located between the ancient battle relics and the middle section of the Sanggan River, and it has a vast area, few people come to it, and the terrain is best flat, so that it can house cattle and sheep, and give them what they want. That thing that gets done makes room."
Ji Bingyan: "What could it be?"
Chu Liuxiang shook his head: "I don't know yet. But there shouldn't be many places like this, maybe it's a valley. This is the Liao Kingdom, we foreigners are not familiar with it, so let's ask the Seventh Prince's people to help check this place."
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The nights of the Liao Kingdom seem to be no different from the nights of the Song Dynasty.
Mo Qi closed the door, turned around, took off the dust whisk behind his back, smoothed the tail of the dust neatly, and placed it on the round table.He raised his hand and used scissors to gently cut off the candle wick that exposed the flame, then walked to the bed and took off the hair crown on the top of his head.
The long black hair was loose, soft like a bright ribbon, draped over the back, a few strands hung on the shoulders, and slid down to the chest as Mo Qi made the bed.
The door creaked and was pushed open.
Gong Jiu stood at the door with her chest folded and raised her eyebrows: "Now you don't even close the door to sleep?"
Mo Qi paused as he spread the quilt: "... You are coming."
There is no difference between off and off.
Gong Jiu rolled her eyes, and said slyly: "Oh, it turns out that Junyu didn't close the door when you slept, because you were waiting for Ajiu to come."
Mo Qi froze his body, resisting the urge to shake all over.He is really not used to the name Junyu being spoken by someone other than his mother, let alone Gong Jiu calling himself by a name like Ajiu.
Gong Jiu seemed to think so too, he sighed faintly: "...Forget it, these two titles are not suitable for us. Dao Chang and Jiu Gongzi are more convenient."
Take a closer look, but it’s actually quite interesting: everyone calls you Daochang or Jiugongzi, but only the words “Daochang” and “Jiugongzi” between us have different meanings from others... …
Doesn't this feeling of being teased quietly under everyone's noses have a thrill like stealing love?
Mo Qi didn't know that Gong Jiu was thinking about so many things in his head, so he just breathed a sigh of relief.
In his mind, even being with the dearest person requires a certain distance, and treating each other as a guest is the best way to get along.
...Anyway, he would never be able to say such an intimate name like Ajiu.
Jun...Junyu is not used to listening to him either.
Mo Qi clenched his fists, not daring to turn around to look at Gong Jiu behind him.He knew that his face must be so red now that he couldn't hide it at all, so he simply didn't look back.
Gong Jiu looked at the flickering and flickering candle beside him, and kindly let Mo Qi go: "That's all. I'm here this time, and I'll let you finish what I've said."
Mo Qi was stunned for a moment, the red cloud on his face gradually faded, and he turned his face slightly: "What are you talking about?"
Gong Jiu sneered: "Now there are only you and me in this room, why do you pretend you don't know?" He casually stretched out his hand and dragged the chair beside him, making a shrill dragging sound, "Why are you talking about this today after finishing talking?" The case, after Liao lord spent so much time finding people from Song Dynasty to solve the case, he looks very strange."
Mo Qi's heart skipped a beat, and he subconsciously frowned.
He turned around and looked at Gong Jiu who was sitting on the chair and looking up at him: "What's so strange?"
Gong Jiu considered for a while: "Very...depressed? Very...full of melancholy? What were you thinking at that time?"
Mo Qi avoided Gong Jiu's sight: "...I want to visit the Liao Lord's palace."
Gong Jiu stretched out her straight legs in dissatisfaction, clamped Mo Qi's feet between her two feet, forced Mo Qi's face to face him, sat up straight, leaned forward slightly, and looked at Mo Qi inquiringly. Qi: "Look at me!"
He clearly felt that Mo Qi was so tense that his body was tense.
Mo Qi tensed his face, feeling that his ears were burning again, and also had a terrible auditory hallucination, as if he could hear Gong Jiu calling him 'Junyu' with different voices.
"Yeluyan died in Shangjing, and when the news of his death came, he had only been dead for half a day. Logically speaking, Lord Liao should have preserved the scene of his death so that we can search for clues, but when we arrived, Yeluyan His corpse has already been moved." Mo Qi paused, and with the analysis, his rationality gradually regained the vantage point of his head, and the temperature on his ears slowly faded, "And... Liao Lord never said that Yeluyan Where did he die? Shangjing is so big, did Yeluyan die in the barracks where he was stationed, outside the barracks, or...in the palace?"
Gong Jiu's eyebrows twitched: "Dead in the palace? How could you have such an idea?"
Mo Qi looked straight at Gong Jiu: "If it wasn't for that, what other reason do you think Lord Liao didn't want to keep this crime scene?"
He hesitated for a moment: "I even think... Yeluyan, maybe she was killed in front of Lord Liao."
"As I said earlier, the reason why Lord Liao asked His Majesty for help was because he had already determined that the Liao people could not handle this case by themselves. In addition, what was involved in this case was not an ordinary murderer, but a shadow man... "
"I doubt very much that the reason why Lord Liao proposed a seven-day limit to His Majesty was not to retaliate, but to ask for help. There are few martial arts masters in Liao Kingdom, and the Seventh Prince is one of them, but the Seventh Prince obviously will not help Liao host."
"So for Lord Liao, if there is a shadow man lurking beside him, and this shadow man has controlled him with drugs or other means, he has no one to turn to for help, but Xiang Da Song Call for help."
Gong Jiu thought for a while, then questioned: "But if he is already controlled by the shadow man, why can he ask Da Song for help?"
Mo Qi stared at Gong Jiu with quiet eyes, and his tone was convincing: "Because he is the Lord of the Liao Dynasty, even if he is controlled by others, he will not submit. This is the inherent blood nature of the Khitan people. Moreover, he Being Lord Liao also means that no matter how much he challenges the shadow man behind the scenes who wants to control him, even if it is too much, the shadow man will not be able to kill him."
"After all... no matter what the shadow people do, they can't replace the Lord of Liao. The Liao Kingdom is not an ordinary small frontier country. There are many other countries around it. They want to rule the entire Liao Kingdom without making mistakes. It is not something that shadow people can handle. They may have been martial arts masters and heroes, but they were not emperors. Shadow people are vines that live on trees. Upward, there is no way... to be a domineering..."
Mo Qi's words slowed down.
He has never realized that Gong Jiu's eyes are so bright and pure.When looking at him with such pure eyes, Mo Qi almost forgot what he wanted to say, and his mind has automatically completed the next action for him——
——Bending down, clasped the snow fox that was always teasing him viciously with his arms, then stroked its fur and rubbed its tail, asking if it would dare to be so presumptuous again, if it dared to use this kind of fox again. Looking at him with hot eyes.
Mo Qi's body has already leaned down a little bit, even this little bit is almost invisible to the naked eye.
Gong Jiu didn't know that his unconscious look could tease Mo Qi so easily, and it was more effective than his previous direct teasing: "I'll go with you."
Mo Qi straightened his waist suddenly.
Gong Jiu saw Mo Qi's suddenly stiff face, and thought that Mo Qi disagreed, so she stood up and said in an undeniable tone: "I will go with you. Tomorrow morning, we will go together."
Mo Qi's heartbeat finally calmed down: "No, this time I go, I don't know if I can find the traces of the shadow people, and I don't know if I will scare the snake, and if they are discovered by those shadow people, I don't know if I can beat them. You It's too dangerous to come with me."
There was a trace of anger on Gong Jiu's face at first, and then he sneered and said: "Okay, if you don't let me go with you, then I will wait for you to go, and I will go by myself. I have long legs, so it is possible that you disagree , I can’t go where I want to go by myself?”
Mo Qi said helplessly: "This is not an interesting thing."
Gong Jiu snorted, "But I think it would be very interesting to explore the Liao Palace with you."
Mo Qi: "..."
Mo Qi: "..."
Gong Jiu was surprised to find that Mo Qi's fair and clean face was dyed a big blush again as if the red cliff was on fire.
Mo Qi suddenly turned around in a bit of embarrassment: "If you want to follow, just follow!"
Inspector Gong Jiu stretched his neck: "Are you blushing?"
Mo Qi turned around quickly, insisting to turn his back on Gong Jiu: "...No."
"I saw it, your ears are red." Gong Jiu was full of interest, and the two of them started to circle around like three-year-old children.
Mo Qi stretched out his hand to block Gong Jiu's steps when he wanted to turn to him, and said angrily, "No, it's frozen."
Gong Jiu: "You're talking nonsense, it's clear that there are no such red ones just now."
Mo Qi's arm trembled, his eyebrows twitched suddenly, he took a deep breath, turned around and picked up Gong Jiu's collar, and kicked the door that Gong Jiu had closed roughly. Restraintly pushed the person out of the door, and closed the door with a bang.
Gong Jiu stood outside the door, heard Mo Qi standing inside and locked the latch, and said calmly: "Go back, rest, and leave tomorrow morning."
Gong Jiu: "..."
If you lock the door, who can the latch stop?
Blushing, lock the door.
.........It's too cute.
Gong Jiu's mood suddenly became so good that it can be described as happy, and walked back to the house with a slightly brisk pace.
Tonight, I will definitely have a good dream that I can do whatever I want.
Gong Jiu thought happily.
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What kind of dream Gong Jiu had, Mo Qi didn't know.Last night, after he was woken up by a dream that was so charming that his face was flushed for nearly half an hour, he had practiced for a whole night, and he didn't dare to go to bed and close his eyes again.
When the morning light finally came in from the outside through the window, Mo Qi, who was restless, finally heaved a sigh of relief, stood up from the futon, took care of himself as usual, and then went out the door.
At this time, it was just dawn, and the Seventh Prince's mansion was still quiet, and everyone was still asleep.
Mo Qi walked to Gong Jiu's room, before knocking on the door, suddenly felt nervous for no reason. After taking a few deep breaths, he suppressed the inexplicably accelerated heartbeat and raised his hand.
Fingers were just about to land on the door.
A voice so soft that it was almost inaudible came from Gong Jiu's room.
"Um……"
Mo Qi didn't hear clearly, he didn't think about it, and instinctively leaned his head to the door.
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