Second minister and thief

Chapter 76

Someone in Yun died, his mouth and nose were congested and his face was swollen, the symptoms were almost exactly the same as those of the previous deceased.

What everyone couldn't understand while being shocked was that under the supervision of Xuanwuwei, this secret room was like a solid wall, and not a single larva could fly in.Under such circumstances, apart from the fact that the perpetrator was hidden in it from the very beginning, there was only one possibility left: Xiao Cen was the perpetrator.

Suddenly, the people standing behind Chu Linqiu looked at Xiao Cen differently.

But only Chu Linqiu walked over as if nothing had happened, raised his hand to support his shoulder, carefully observed his face, and didn't realize that he was the ghost-faced person.

"My lord! Be careful!"

As soon as he got close to Xiao Cen, Chu Linqiu found that his eyes were dull, his expression was in a trance, and he didn't respond. He must have been poisoned by a kind of mihuan drug from the Northland, and he was temporarily immersed in his dreams.He began to slap his face and pinch Hegu, trying to keep the man sane.But he never thought that Xiao Cen bit his forearm with his mouth when he was not on guard.

"grown ups!!!"

The sudden severe pain made Chu Linqiu gasp.But he only staggered a small step forward, leaning against Xiao Cen to stand firm, and barely raised his other hand, swung his subordinates back to make them exit the door.Afterwards, he hugged Xiao Cen with one arm and sat on the spot protecting the two.

Xiao Cen still looked dazed, but he had an innate dependence on Chu Linqiu.He stopped biting, and just followed the heat source to bury himself in it. In the end, his whole body became nestled in Chu Linqiu's arms.

Chu Linqiu couldn't sit still, and as the candles in the execution room burned out little by little, he also felt that the temperature on his forehead had risen a lot, as if the discomfort that had been suppressed with great difficulty before had returned with a vengeance.Chu Linqiu's heart skipped a beat, thinking to himself that the pill was of no use to him?

However, no matter how drowsy and confused he is, he will remember to put one arm outside to prevent Xiao Cen from falling over.

After an unknown amount of time like this, Xiao Cen's pair of black beads finally rolled slowly in his eye sockets twice, his sanity regained a little bit of clarity, he leaned against Chu Linqiu's body weakly, and murmured, "I know who it is. .....I know...but I..." As he spoke, he suddenly closed his eyes and fell asleep.

And Chu Linqiu hugged him tightly as if he had been prepared, helped him lie down on his lap, and then called his subordinates to come in to clean up the mess.Although Xiao Cen temporarily lost his sanity, he was still holding a bundle of red strings in his hands. Chu Linqiu pulled it out to have a look, and found that it was the Yingluo that the prince had left in the Chu residence earlier.

Something that belongs to Yun Zhaoxun.

Reminiscent of the words Xiao Cen said before falling asleep... Chu Linqiu's phoenix eyes gradually narrowed.

"Go and check Yun Zhaoxun's recent whereabouts, and remember not to startle the snake."

"Yun Zhaoxun? My lord, is it Xiao Shi's Yun Zhaoxun? What does this matter have to do with her? This...this..." The subordinate was halfway through speaking, and suddenly seemed to remember something His eyes widened, and although he tried his best to restrain himself, his eyes still couldn't stop drifting towards the sleeping Xiao Cen.

How could Chu Linqiu not know the little Jiujiu in their hearts?But he only needs to raise his eyes and be silent for a while, and he can make people rest without saying a lot.

The carriage covered with black cloth quietly left the manor without leaving a trace.It was a calm night and nothing happened.

Chu Linqiu was able to climb from a small lieutenant to the position of the commander of the capital. Seeing that the case is over, he will go further. Naturally, the means should not be underestimated.What he tried his best to hide, even the emperor would not know.If not, Xuanwuwei would not be criticized in every possible way, and Chu Linqiu, the leader, is a frequent visitor to the censors.

"My lord, what are you doing... Oh, look at your face! Hurry up! Come in! Shu Ping! Give me orders, my lord is back!"

"Ning Bo, don't be so busy. Come to the study with me, I have something to tell you."

Who would have thought that after Chu Linqiu ordered Xiao Cen to settle down, he turned around and returned to his mansion, catching all the servants by surprise.He didn't even care about his own health, and as soon as he returned to the mansion, he ordered the housekeeper Ning Bo to quickly gather his cronies and generals and some An Tan who were ambushing in Taodu to gather in the study for a secret talk.

The necklace reminded him, telling him that he should not only focus on court officials and aristocratic families, but neglect to check on their female relatives.

"My lord, that person surnamed Yun just said so much to Master Hou, nothing special. There is only one thing...the subordinates can't figure it out. That is, even if we have so many people watching in the dark, Still let him die. Who can kill people invisible, without even seeing a shadow on the ground? Wronged soul?"

"Wait! You mean, the Taoist priest died after saying that to Lord Hou?!"

"Exactly."

"My lord! That sentence is... the beginning of the big storm, Qing, Jun, and Fang! They really came for you, my lord! Who the hell is trying to stir up... this mess?" water?"

As soon as these words came out, there was a sudden silence in the study, and everyone raised their eyes to look at the person leaning on the main seat.Chu Linqiu's eyes were slightly closed, his complexion was snow-white, and he coughed lightly from his lips from time to time, looking extremely weak.But even so, the aura on his body is still terrifying, making people dare not look directly at him.

"Great wind... the beginning of the cloud... the beginning of the cloud... Yun..." At this moment, a picture suddenly appeared in Chu Linqiu's mind: Qingli Wearing a red fox cloak, the girl stands under the heavy snowflying sky with a plum branch in her hand, smiling sweetly, but her eyes are inadvertently overflowing with sadness.

"The sun sinks in the pavilion at the beginning of the creek cloud, and the mountain rain is about to come and the wind fills the building. Master Chu, what is the solution to this sign?"

"I don't know."

In the 12th year of Fengshuo, Chu Linqiu himself was just a young man who had not reached the weak crown, and there was still a trace of childishness in his brows. He raised his eyes to look at the tall and graceful woman, and gradually revealed a little inexplicable and impatience in his eyes.

Seeing this, the girl let out a long sigh.At that time, she took out the Yingluo from her bosom and tied it around the plum branch in her hand, put it together with the wooden stick, and buried it in the snowdrift.

Chu Linqiu only thought it was a chance encounter, but didn't think that someone had remembered it for so many years.If it weren't for what Yun said before his death and the necklace, he might not even be able to recall this past event.

"Go to Baiyin Temple."

"Baiyin Temple? My lord, do you suspect that Master Kongchen is behind the scenes? But he...why...?"

But Chu Linqiu has his own reasons, because he noticed that from the emperor's gift of medicine, to the crown prince's congratulations, to the death of someone Yun today, and even Yun Zhaoxun, behind these seemingly unrelated things , Can actually find a person's shadow.