palm river mountain

Chapter 70 Two Conjectures
Cui Zigeng's words were like a heavy hammer, which made Duan Yi feel sleepless until late at night.

She was sitting in front of the table, holding a thrush charcoal in her hand, drawing on the paper...

It's just that it's been a long time since her last stroke, and she hasn't come up with any new clues.

The men in black killed decisively, Gu Xuzhao and his party were all killed in an instant, and the entire Zhiqiao clan was wiped out overnight.This group of people killed people like cutting melons, and they didn't have the temperament of cats and mice at all.

Duan Yi thought, and put the portrait of the man in black aside.

In this portrait, she has finished drawing other parts, but she can't draw any paint for those eyes.

"Girl, stop drawing. I made you a bowl of white fungus and lotus seed stew. I got the lotus seeds from Mr. Yan. Little General Cui is delicious, and their ingredients are all the best."

"In the past, we really were frogs squatting at the bottom of the well. We ate some moss and thought it was delicious in the world."

As Zhilu said, he pushed open the door of the room, put the bowl of white fungus and lotus seed soup on the small round table at the side, and walked over to close the door. The late autumn night was getting colder and colder.

"It's been so late at night, Zhiqiao hasn't come back, and I don't know if she has caught the murderer. The girl is really careful, knowing that she is eager for revenge, and she can't stay at home, so she specially asked her to go all over the city with the Jiannan army. Manhunt."

Duan Yi put down the charcoal pencil in her hand, picked up the handkerchief to wipe her hands, and walked to the round table.

Zhilu's white fungus soup was boiled very well, thick but not too sweet, Duan Yi took a sip lightly and sighed, "It used to be to find a needle in a haystack, but now the sea has become a fish pond, if she is not allowed to fight This time, those tortoises will show up next time, I don’t know when it will be.”

Cui Zi even awakened the dreamer with a single word.

She rushed to Gu's house immediately, told Gu Congrong to act first, and ordered the arrest of the murderer.

The man in black is so powerful, but the two princes were only injured and did not lose their lives. There are two possibilities.

Firstly, Xiang Zhuang's sword dance was aimed at Pei Gong.It was a lie that they killed the two princes, and they did it on purpose to throw the blame on Gu Congrong.The assassination at Budaikou proved Duan Yi's conjecture that His Majesty wanted to use Jiannan Road as a fighting arena for the two princes.

Whoever can win Jiannan will have military merits, and he will be one step closer to the position of the crown prince.

Gu Congrong encountered a catastrophe six years ago, and with the lessons learned from the Qiao family, it is absolutely impossible to peacefully cut down the feudal clan, so a big war is imperative and will start soon.

At this time, it is very important to occupy the moral high ground.Budaikou's assassination of Gu Congrong left room for the two princes, but no one was left alive, and after entering the city, they were not held accountable.

The two princes are not so high-spirited, it is not impossible for them to resort to such a bitter plan, and then beat them back, saying that only Gu Congrong in the entire Jiannan Road has the strength to support a murderer who can assassinate the prince.

And use this as an excuse to directly start a war with Jiannan.

As for the fact that the man in black was the murderer who killed Gu Mingrui back then, Duan Yi was the only witness, what did he do?

Therefore, she immediately asked Gu Congrong to act first, and while searching for the murderer, she secretly set up defenses in case the opponent suddenly violently attacked.

However, Duan Yi picked up the white fungus soup and drank it boldly. She thought that the truth should be closer to the second one.

Duan Yi wiped her mouth and went back to the desk. She picked up a charcoal pencil and a new piece of white paper, and drew Jiqiao Garden on that paper.

The fifth prince was the first to be attacked by the man in black. The people around him were almost dead, and Wang Zhan's face was also ruined.It seems that he is the worst, but among them, there are two suspicious things.

Duan Yi thought about it, and opened a mouth in the passage where the Fifth Prince was...

Even though the battle ended with only the lonely family left, the fifth prince still managed to survive. Not only that, but he also managed to interrupt the escape of the third prince, causing the men in black to join forces to chase and kill the two of them. .

The third prince escaped by luck because she and Cui Zigeng appeared unexpectedly.

But what about the fifth prince?How did the fifth prince survive under the hands of the man in black?
So the second possibility is that it is false that the man in black wanted to kill the fifth prince, but it is true that he helped him get rid of the third prince.

The third prince Chen Ming's mother's family is rich and noble, and he is old and stable, so he has a lot of advantages over the fifth prince Chen Heqing in the battle for heir.On the contrary, the fifth prince, who is barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes, is the one who is most likely to take a slanted sword and use blood to wash a way to the sky.

"The biggest support around the fifth prince is Wang Zhan, but this time Wang Zhan is almost abolished. If a person who has ruined his appearance wants to take the path of a civil servant, it will be difficult. How can he command well?" Where's the man in black?"

"Six years ago, he was just a child."

Duan Yi muttered.

This matter is like a pool of spring water, it seems to be seen clearly, but it seems that nothing is seen clearly.

It was as if there was a hazy layer of mist, right in front of my eyes, but I couldn't get rid of it no matter what.

Just like the pair of eyes that Duan Yi couldn't draw, she felt that they were similar, but had a strong sense of disobedience, as if she had never seen them before.

It stands to reason that with such a murderous intent, such a person with such strong personalities as if he had overturned his palette, once she had seen him, she would never forget it.

"Girl, what are you muttering about? There are so many people in the Jiannan army, how can the murderer fail to catch them? He has thrown himself into a trap and ran over. It's not like it's hard to fly with wings, and it's only a matter of time before we find them."

"Impossible, he is still like that goblin, just turn around and change his face."

Duan Yi was taken aback, "Will you change your face if you turn around?"

When Zhilu heard it, he immediately became excited, "Girl forgot, we went to the Lantern Festival during the New Year's Eve, and there were jugglers, playing and changing faces! What's so difficult about changing faces? Just like that June day, it changes as soon as it is said."

Duan Yi thought about it, she took a charcoal pencil and tapped on the table, after a long time, she hugged her head, shook the charcoal pencil, and simply lay down on the bed, pulled off the quilt cover on the head.

Zhilu watched from the side, dimmed the lights quietly, sat down by the small stove, took out another fan and embroidered it, seeing that Duan Xian was about to get married, and the sisters at home were putting on makeup. Sometimes, not only will I send some pearl hairpins, but also some embroidery pieces.

Duan Yi has never learned this stuff, so naturally she can only rely on her.

She can't help the girl to make suggestions, and she can't help the girl fight all over the world, so she can only do what she can.

Hearing Duan Yi's breathing, Zhilu smiled, "Miss, can't sleep? Why don't you listen to something I heard?"

Duan Yi turned over like a tiger, and looked at Zhilu with her chin in her hands, "What's the matter?"

Zhilu lowered his voice and said, "I heard that Master Xiang intends to marry Miss Jing to Wang Zhan."

(End of this chapter)