Kyushu · Endless Nagato

Chapter 117 I Woke Up from the Dream (3)
"It's getting worse. From my point of view, even if we can survive until the beginning of spring, I'm afraid we won't be able to see the sun in summer." He had heard the voice of the answerer before. It was a court lady whose name he didn't know. Bai Mu's concubine Yu Tong's personal maid.

These two people actually hid in the corner of the palace and conspired!Xue Ji was very surprised, and then thought, what's so strange about this?In Ningnan City today, it seems that it is not uncommon for anyone to collude with anyone.However, he was interested and wanted to hear what kind of business these two people were planning.

"Remember to remind Tong'er that the amount of Yinxuancao should be less than too much, otherwise the toxicity is too strong and easy to be seen," Yu Sheng said. Soak half a pair in warm water to remove the color."

"Don't worry, the master is very careful," the maid replied, "I guarantee that there will be no mistakes."

"That's the best, success or failure depends on it." Yu Sheng said.

The two said a few more insignificant words, and left one by one.It was only then that Xue Ji dared to come out of her hiding place, and hurried back to her room, thinking about it all the way.Hearing this tone, Yu Tong seemed to be poisoning Feng Baimu under Yu Sheng's instructions, and it was a chronic poison.He had heard the names of these three drugs, but he never knew their functions.In addition, Yu Sheng called Yu Tong "Tong'er", which was very intimate. Both of them had the surname Yu. If they were not adulterers, they might be relatives like brothers and sisters. In short, the relationship was unusual.

The beloved concubine and the trusted national teacher conspired to harm him, Xue Ji thought sympathetically, Feng Baimu is really pitiful.But it's inconvenient for him to tell the other party what he said. After all, there is no evidence and no evidence. As an outsider, saying these words may cause trouble.But from then on, he had a premonition of the tragic ending of Feng Baimu's untimely death.

"You mean to say that you suspect that Feng Baimu was murdered by Yu Tong and Yu Sheng?" Hearing this, An Xingmian couldn't help asking.

"That's not necessarily the case, although these two people are very suspicious," Xue Ji said, "They discussed the use of poison, and the cause of Feng Baimu's death was trauma."

However, Xue Huaiqing was muttering words: "Silver grass, Leiyan mouse dung, purple black root leaves...these drugs are not used to kill people."

"Isn't it?" Xue Ji asked.

"No, they can't kill people—unless they eat too much to make them die," Xue Huaiqing said affirmatively, "The Yinxuan grass that Yu Sheng said is highly toxic means that this herb is easy to cause herpes on the skin and hair. It falls off, but its toxicity is not easy to kill people. But these three herbs should have other effects, I can't think of it at once..."

She beat her head in distress, and then continued: "I don't know Yu Tong, but I have seen Yu Sheng. He is already a blind old man. This man seems to hate you. Every time they interrogate me, he will be there. It seems that he hates the real culprit who killed Feng Baimu."

"Maybe it's trying to hide it?" An Xingmian said, "If Feng Baimu really died in his hands, he will definitely try to find a scapegoat. If not, it may be that they plan to kill him at a certain time." The death wind is white, and the result is that they died early and ruined their plan, so they are so resentful. Please ask uncle to tell what happened later."

Xue Ji smiled slightly: "Uncle? This title is very affectionate."

An Xingmian's face blushed slightly, and Xue Huaiqing was also a little twitchy, but quickly put aside the twitching, and looked at Xue Ji openly: "I'm very happy, no matter what, you saw him, He saw you too."

These words seemed to have some meaning, An Xingmian's face turned even redder, but Xue Ji laughed loudly: "As expected of my daughter! This temper is very similar to mine, and also very similar to your mother."

This is how father and daughter are together, An Xingmian thought to himself, it seems that the gap between them is gradually decreasing.

Xue Ji continued: "Then came that day, that incomprehensible day... that morning, shortly after I woke up, a man who looked like a guard came to see me, saying that the lord had something important to discuss, please I immediately went to the garden to discuss. I know that Feng Baimu has the habit of getting up in the morning to take care of flowers and plants, and the garden arranges flower seeds according to the seasons. Even in winter, there are flowers. It is a good time for him to take the opportunity to organize his thoughts for the day, so I went to gone."

"The guard did not lead me to the main entrance that I had entered and exited before, but entered from a side entrance in the other direction, because the side entrance was closer than the main entrance, so I didn't care. When I reached the entrance, he left quickly, and I was alone I walked in, but as soon as I stepped in, I smelled the scent of wintersweet mixed with a strong smell of blood. I was shocked, and the first thing I thought of was the guard who brought me here just now, but when I looked back, he had already Nowhere to be seen."

"I had no choice, and wanted to find out the source of the bloody smell, so I could only bite the bullet and go in. When I came to the center of the garden, I found that the ground was full of blood, and Feng Baimu fell to the ground, clutching his stomach in pain. , the blood flowed from there, and the handle of a knife exposed between the fingers explained how the wound came from. The lord of Ningzhou, who is so powerful, was used by someone in his palace and in his garden The knife was inserted into the abdomen. Of course, the wound on the abdomen will not be fatal immediately, but Feng Bai is old and frail, and he is not far from death. If he receives such a knife again at this moment, he will definitely not survive."

"I opened my mouth to call the imperial guards, Feng Baimu saw my thoughts, and said to me with the last of his strength: 'Don't, don't call them! Come here, I have something to ask you.' I hesitated and came When I came to his side, he said to me with difficulty: "I am dying, and I will die soon, but before that, I need you to do one thing for me, you must help me." Seeing that his face was full of blood No, my breathing gradually weakened. I had no choice but to ask him: 'What's the matter? Tell me.'"

"Feng Baimu struggled to take out a dagger from his arms, and handed it to my hand: 'This sword is a product of Heluo, it is extremely sharp, and it is very convenient to cut anything.' I held the dagger, Very puzzled: "Cutting? What do you want me to cut with this dagger?" Feng Baimu took a deep breath, and the words he said next were beyond my wildest dreams."

"I want you to dismember my body! Cut my body into pieces, the more pieces the better!"

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An Xingmian and Xue Huaiqing looked at each other, both felt that this matter was too weird, somewhat beyond ordinary people's imagination.There is no doubt that this incident was a conspiracy to kill two birds with one stone. The murderer killed Feng Baimu first, and then blamed Xue Ji.Since Xue Ji was brought into the garden from the side door that had been locked all the time, and no one knew about the guards guarding the main entrance, one would naturally suspect that Xue Ji sneaked in to do it afterwards.

This kind of conspiracy is not hard to imagine, and it happens frequently in the market place. Xue Ji just happened to bump into the other party's lord status, and thus got involved in a court drama.However, Feng Baimu's last request before he died was really hard to understand.

"He wants you to disassemble his corpse?" An Xingmian frowned, "What does this mean? Don't you Yu clan always attach great importance to the dead, especially can't bear to trample on corpses?"

"Yeah, that's why I couldn't understand it at all at the time," Xue Ji said, "I tried to ask him why, but he was already on the verge of death, and only left me with the last sentence: 'I am not crazy, now I am sober , please cut up my body, you must...' Then I died. So I have no way of knowing the real reason why he wants me to do this, there are only two choices in front of me, dismember the body, or not Divide the body."

"A lord who was killed, exhausted his last strength before dying, and begged you to chop up his body, the more pieces the better...I don't understand what this means at all," An Xingmian shook her head, " But in the end you chose to do what he said."

"Actually, I was also very hesitant, because I was framed at the scene of the crime, and it was difficult to escape responsibility. If I were to dismember the body, there would be no way to clear up the suspicion on me, let alone Yuren always Respect for the corpse," Xue Ji said, "but when he said those words to me just now, he really didn't look like he was in a daze or crazy, his eyes were very clear, obviously he thought of something extremely terrible, in order to stop that This incident happened, so I had to beg me to destroy his body. I always feel that there must be some conspiracy that I don't know about. If I don't do it, it may bring extremely serious consequences, so despite your hesitation, In the end I picked up the short sword, suppressed my nausea, and carefully cut his body into pieces."

"It doesn't matter about you, you left an unsolved case that won't be solved for 20 years," An Xingmian said, "everyone is guessing, what kind of deep hatred you have with Feng Baimu, you would risk your race to solve it." It is taboo to trample on his corpse so cruelly. But only you know in your heart that you are only fulfilling his last wish."

"Unfortunately, until now I don't quite understand why he did this," Xue Ji said, "When I cut the knife, I thought it was some secret hidden in his body, so I looked carefully. But nothing unusual."

When the two were talking, Xue Huaiqing remained silent and kept his head down in thought.An Xingmian saw that her expression was different, and couldn't help asking: "What's wrong with you? Did you think of anything?"

Xue Huaiqing didn't answer, and muttered to herself: "The broken corpse...the more broken the better...Yusheng...the silver grass, the thunder rock mouse dung, the purple black root leaves...the strange smell of medicine on the body ..."

An Xingmian was confused: "What strange smell of medicine? Who is it?"

Xue Huaiqing suddenly punched hard, smashing a tile beside him, making a crisp sound.Xue Ji looked at the excited expression on her face: "You figured it out? How could you guess it in such a short time?"

"I figured it out," Xue Huaiqing said viciously, "I guessed what Yu Sheng wanted to do, and why Feng Baimu asked you to dismember his body."

She took a breath, calmed down, and said slowly: "When I was imprisoned in Ningnan City for interrogation, Yu Sheng came to the scene every day, and his body always exuded a strange smell of medicine, which was a bit weird I have never smelled the smell of the medicine, but there are some that I am familiar with. I didn't pay much attention to it at the time, but today, after you mentioned Yu Sheng again, I carefully recalled the smell of medicine. Some of them This kind of breath, I have smelled it many times, that is in the residence where my master Jiang Qinyin and I lived. Many years ago, in order to narrow the gap with Xu Mizi, she forcibly used the ancient evil book "Book of Charms" I used the method in the book to improve the corpse dance technique, but the corpse dance technique did make some progress, but the body couldn't bear it, and was gradually invaded by the corpse poison."

An Xingmian's heart trembled, and when she heard Xue Huaiqing mention the corpse dance technique, she suddenly understood the meaning of her words.Xue Huaiqing went on to say: "Corpse dancers are people who rely on manipulating corpses to survive, but that doesn't mean they won't be harmed by corpses. The most common reason for this is because they have been with dead corpses all year round. Corroded by corpse poison. Generally, people who have learned the basic corpse dance can easily dissolve corpse poison, but there are two kinds of people who will be more troublesome. One is too weak, like my master; the other is... You can't master the corpse dance. This second type of person is probably not a professional corpse dancer. He may have other training methods, but out of some needs, he forcibly practiced the corpse dance... ..."

Xue Ji and An Xingmian called out in unison: "Yu Sheng! He's practicing corpse dance!"

"Yes, he is practicing corpse dance, but due to the lack of guidance from a famous teacher, or I suspect that he is simply groping for practice on his own, resulting in the invasion of corpse energy," Xue Huaiqing said, "Of course his secret technique is high, maybe I can develop the ability to manipulate corpses through my strong mental power, but if I don’t follow the standard method of corpse dance step by step, the poison will gradually accumulate, and the poisoning will become deeper and deeper. Even if I take the medicine to dissolve the corpse poison, I can’t Completely pulled out. That's how he's blind, I guess."

"It can be seen that the price of becoming a corpse dancer is high." An Xingmian shrugged, "It is even more difficult to be an amateur corpse dancer. But you said that, I have roughly understood what Yu Sheng wants What are you doing, and you understand why Feng Baimu destroyed his own corpse."

"I also understand." Xue Ji said.

Xue Huaiqing nodded: "That's right. I thought about it carefully just now, and I finally figured out what the three medicines, Yinxuan grass, Leiyan rat dung and purple black root leaves, are used for. These three medicines are not Poisons can strengthen the perception of spiritual power in people or animals. Of course, even if they are not poisons, they are three-point poisonous. Long-term use of these three drugs will bring many side effects. Ordinary mystics or corpse dancers, Not stupid enough to rely on them to enhance one's abilities, but if given to a person who is dying soon, when the person dies, his corpse will be much more sensitive to the manipulation of Corpse Dance."

"So the answer is very clear," Xue Ji let out a long breath, "Yu Sheng and Yu Tong didn't intend to kill Feng Baimu, or at least they didn't intend to kill him before his natural lifespan expired. They The plot was to manipulate Feng Baimu's corpse with the corpse dance technique after his death, so that he could make a will that would benefit their power, and even pass the throne directly. An order issued by a "living" Feng Baimu, No matter how unwilling others are, it is impossible for them to resist."

"And Feng Baimu may have found clues from the medicine he took and guessed the opponent's conspiracy, but under Yutong's control, he couldn't smash this conspiracy. So the only thing he can do is Before he died, he begged me to dismember his corpse, no matter how strong the corpse dance technique is, it is impossible to dispel the smashed corpse, if this is the case, it can be considered that he has foiled Yu Sheng's plan."

"No, if there is such a powerful force as Sumeru, even a dismembered corpse may not be unusable," Xue Huaiqing said, "But then it certainly cannot be used to impersonate a living person, which living person's body Is it sewn with thread?"

"And I also understand why Yu Sheng showed such hatred towards me during the interrogation in Ningnan City," she added, "It's not because he respects and loves the lord that he hates me, the suspect's daughter, but because Because you dismembered the lord and ruined his plan."

"As soon as this matter is over, I'll go back to Ningnan City to find Mr. Feng," An Xingmian said excitedly, "With his means, he will definitely be able to force Yu Sheng to tell the truth, and then you will be able to recover your innocence! "

Xue Ji smiled bitterly and shook his head: "It's not that simple. A Yu Sheng may be easy to deal with, but we don't know the forces behind Yu Sheng, and it may not be Feng Qiuke who can suppress it. And our deduction can only prove that Yu Sheng Sheng tried to control Feng Baimu's body, but he still couldn't find the real culprit."

An Xingmian seemed to have been splashed with cold water: "That's right, it will be even more strange who is the real culprit."

"In addition, when I lived in the palace, I once lost a pair of shoes. I didn't pay attention to it at the time. Looking back, it was probably stolen by the murderer or his accomplices in order to leave my footprints in the imperial garden. Since they You deliberately tried to frame me, and you will definitely find a way to erase other evidence afterwards."

"This is really difficult." Xue Huaiqing frowned.

Xue Ji added softly: "What's more, what's the use of getting a clean reputation now? Appearance, body, past life, those are not important, but she...she will never return to By my side. Fortunately, I still have a daughter, this is really the best gift that fate has left me after playing tricks on me all my life. With this gift, it doesn’t matter what kind of clean reputation you want.”

Xue Huaiqing suddenly covered her mouth with her hands, her eyes turned red, and after a while, she stood up slowly, sat down beside Xue Ji, and held his hand: "Now, I think you It makes me feel like a father."

(End of this chapter)