Kyushu · Endless Nagato

Chapter 57: Scam (4)
"Thinking about it the other way around, there might not be that part at all, and those pages in the diary were originally blank," Xue Huaiqing continued, "It's because I'm worried that others will see that those places are blank, and thus find that the bloodwing bird is only He has killed three people, but the fourth person was not killed by him at all, so he has to cast doubts and tear up those pages."

"So we need to find out what Ouyang Duan did before July [-]th, how he offended the mysterious person behind the scenes, and how this incident got in touch with Changmen monk." An Xingmian was distressed say.

"Maybe we can visit the people Ouyang Duan knew before his death," Xue Huaiqing said, "Song Chengguang doesn't know, but maybe everyone else doesn't know. Or we can also look for the old people in the palace. "

"It's like looking for a needle in a haystack." An Xingmian said.

"It's okay, even if it's a needle, we don't need to fish it ourselves," Xue Huaiqing said, "I know a famous ranger in Tianqi City, who is quite capable of handling things and has a lot of bad things. Almost screwed me. I was just about to visit him again."

"With your poison here, I don't need to worry about it," An Xingmian smiled slightly, "Then go back and rest, it's been hard enough after staying up all night."

Xue Huaiqing returned to her room, and the two of them fell asleep separately, but unfortunately, just before one of them fell asleep, there was a burst of noise from the street, through the window of the inn, and went straight into the room.An Xingmian had always been lethargic, and now that his dream was interrupted, no matter how good-tempered he was, he couldn't help rubbing his sleepy eyes and scolding his mother.He opened the window, and saw a carriage slowly passing by on the long street outside, with teams beating gongs and drums at the front and rear, and heavily armed officers and soldiers clearing the way.The common people crowded both sides of the street to the brim, and everyone was happily watching the excitement.

It seems that there is something festive about it. This is very common in Tianqi, the imperial capital. An Xingmian sighed, knowing that he will not be able to fall asleep, so he might as well try to close his eyes and meditate, maybe he will accidentally fall asleep during the meditation. with.But before he had time to go to bed, the door was pushed open, Xue Huaiqing, who always behaved elegantly, rushed in like a lioness, and grabbed his skirt.

"Do you know what's going on down here?" She asked loudly, looking at that ferocious look, she really looked like a lioness who wanted to eat people.

"I don't know..." An Xingmian replied puzzled, almost blurting out "I didn't do it".

"But I know! I just asked the guy at the inn, and he told me!" Xue Huaiqing shouted loudly.

An Xingmian's heart trembled, he quickly closed the door, turned around and asked, "What's that for?"

"It's a birthday gift sent to the capital from other places, and it's going to celebrate the emperor's birthday! The emperor's birthday will be at the end of next month." Xue Huaiqing was already emotional, and with the addition of trying to overwhelm the noise outside, she almost yelled out .

"The emperor's birthday?"

"That's right, do you know what the emperor's birthday is?" Xue Huaiqing spoke as if he had picked up 100 million gold baht on the road, "June 11th! June [-]th in the [-]th year of Shengde Exactly four days before July [-]th! That's almost the time when Ouyang Duan, who made the judgment, died! "

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On July 11, [-]th year of Shengde, the whole family of the famous doctor Ouyang Duan was found dead in his home. The cause of death was murder.According to Wu Zuo's judgment, he died about three or four days ago.

Ouyang Duan has excellent medical skills, especially in gynecology, and often goes to the palace to see doctors for concubines and concubines.

After Ouyang Duan's death, all the rumors about the tragedy were forcibly silenced, and no one dared to speak more.

On the same day that Ouyang Duan, who was presumed to have died, was born on June [-] of the same year, the current Emperor Hongjing was born.

Putting the above together, what can be explained?
"It turns out that the whole incident is related to the birth of the prince." An Xingmian's face was pale, and she couldn't hide the shock in her heart. "Based on this, could the baby carried by that female Tianluo be...could it be?" ..."

Many classic folk legends, folk novels and even storytelling stories appeared in the hearts of the two of them in an instant.There are too many stories involving the prince, and the favorite route of these stories is——

"The prince has been dropped!" The two said in unison.

A complete story quickly emerged in An Xingmian's mind: In the harem of Emperor Shengde, a group of concubines competed for favor with each other, and everyone hoped to give birth to a son for Emperor Shengde so that he could inherit the throne in the future. You can also sit on the throne of the empress dowager, and enjoy the glory and wealth in your life from now on.Under such a premise, some concubines with vicious minds will inevitably play some tricks. They will try to prevent other "competitors" from giving birth to their sons, such as doping the other party's diet with abortion drugs, such as when the abortion drug is unaffordable When it works, find a way to snatch away the newborn baby... If this incident happened to be discovered by a folk doctor who went to the palace to practice medicine, then this person would naturally be silenced; The accomplice—he also needs to be silenced.

The two were very happy and felt that they had pieced together the truth, but An Xingmian suddenly seemed discouraged again.Xue Huaiqing asked: "What's wrong?"

"It's still wrong," An Xingmian said dejectedly, "This story doesn't make any sense."

"Why doesn't it make sense?" Xue Huaiqing didn't understand.

"If the baby is the prince, how could the Jinwu guards chasing him receive the order of 'shoot and kill', so that they can just concoct a fake corpse and go back to work?" An Xingmian said, "The emperor will definitely kill the baby no matter what. Is it right to save his baby? That is his own flesh and blood."

"It's true..." Xue Huaiqing also reacted, but she then made a guess, "Could it be that the emperor didn't know that it was the vicious concubine who bribed the Jinwu Guard to kill the baby for her? For example , that female Tianluo is actually a righteous man, she snatched the baby before the concubine could do it, so the concubine bribed the Jinwu guards to chase after..."

"It's possible for an imperial concubine, even a queen, to bribe a few people, but she won't have the power to mobilize so many people," An Xingmian said. "The Jinwu Guard doesn't have much freedom of movement and must be on standby at any time. The emperor sent more than a dozen Jinwu guards to go out of the palace without telling the emperor for so many days, do you think they have the guts? It must be sent by the emperor."

Xue Huaiqing sighed: "This is really the truth, then our reasoning has reached a dead end, and the two ends are contradictory. But... I still think that the date of June [-] is too coincidental, it should not be a coincidence , there must be some connection between the birth of Emperor Hongjing and the death of Ouyang Duan. "

"I think so too," An Xingmian said, "these two things are definitely connected, but we haven't been able to find out where the connection is yet. But it doesn't matter, at least we have taken the first step, and if we move again Think about it."

"Maybe we can really look for that ranger, he has a wide network, maybe he can find out about things in the palace." Xue Huaiqing said, "But I want to ask you, what exactly does the blood wing bird have? What kind of legend? Although I have heard many stories about Yun Mie, I still don’t know the legend about the blood-winged bird.”

"That's the story of Yun Mie when he was young. Because it involves the mysterious land of Yunzhou, it is rather bizarre, so many people question the authenticity of these stories," An Xingmian said, "It can only be regarded as a pure story. Here comes the story."

"Then it doesn't matter if it's a storyteller's story," Xue Huaiqing clapped her hands like a little girl, "Actually, I like listening to stories, but no one tells me."

An Xingmian felt a little pain in his heart, and then smiled and said, "Someone will tell you later. Yun Mie was born in the Ningnan Yun family of the Yu Clan, which was one of the most powerful families of the Yu Clan at that time. But Yun Mie Mie was born rebellious and unwilling to serve the family, so he actually went to Huai'an City in Wanzhou to be a bounty killer, and it was in Huai'an City that he encountered this strange case of the blood-winged bird."

"At that time, a terrible and strange disease suddenly became popular in Huai'an City, or it could not be called a disease. It was more terrible than the plague. The people who were recruited would dehydrate and dry up within a few days, leaving only the head that was more vivid than when they were alive. It's more moist. No one knows what's going on, so Yun Mie's organization pays him to investigate. As a result, Yun Mie really has a lot of skills, and he was actually investigated. It turns out that there are villains hiding In a troupe, a strange bird that only comes from Yunzhou was brought to Huai'an."

"Bloodwing Bird?" Xue Huaiqing asked.

"It's the blood-winged bird," An Xingmian nodded, "The horrific deaths of those victims were all caused by the pollen of a flower that was associated with the blood-winged bird. When Yun Mie was investigating this case, he and the villain There was a head-on conflict, and the villain knew that he was not Yun Mie's opponent, so he came up with a poisonous plan, planting the poisonous flower called Jialan flower in different corners of Huai'an City, so that the pollen would spread in a large area and kill thousands of people. Thousands of innocents."

(End of this chapter)