However, it was said that the master was attracted by the sound of the flute, and performed Qinggong to the back of the rockery where Xiao Liulang was located.
He was wearing a mask, revealing only a pair of eyes that were colder and bloodthirstier than ordinary killers.
He landed firmly in front of Xiao Liulang and looked at Xiao Liulang up and down.
When Xiao Liulang was a child, he had seen Princess Xinyang summon the dead men of the late emperor with the flute, playing the tune just now.
There was no one in this area, and his singing was not loud, so it should have been heard only by the dead men of the previous emperor.
At first, I was a little worried that I would make a mistake, but it seems to be right.
But why is he the only one? Aren't the rest of them in the palace
In the impression, the dead man of the first emperor wore such a mask, and he had the same terrifying murderous aura.
They will not kill people outside the mission, especially those who are not skilled in martial arts, unless they are obstructed by the other party during the execution of the mission.
Xiao Liulang understood that as long as he did not make provocative actions, he would not do anything to himself.
His eyes were puzzled and curious.
Xiao Liulang generously let him look at it.
Su Yu, as if to verify something, Xiao Liulang said to him: "Can you help me pick the leaves on the top of my head?"
The man left without looking back!
Xiao Liulang sighed.
Originally, he had a bit of luck, he could play a tune to summon the other party, and maybe he could make the other party obey. It seemed that he thought too much.
At the beginning, Princess Xinyang was able to control the dead men of the late emperor, not because of this song, but because she was the new master passed down to them by the late emperor.
When the dead man heard the song, he probably thought that the original master was calling him, but when he came over and found that he was neither the emperor nor the majesty, he turned and walked away!
Well, he can only delay so long.
Gu Jiao dragged the person into the small dark room near Taiye Pond, and just threw the person in, before she could use her snowflake-like violent fists, a terrifying yet familiar aura approached.
ah!
Are you coming back so soon!
She hasn't kicked yet!
Niu Hulu Gu Jiao scratched her little head frantically, lifted the sack, and kicked into Taiye Pond!
Then she tweeted and ran away!
Several maids in the imperial garden finally found that Concubine Jing was missing, and they hurriedly searched around, and finally alarmed the emperor.
When the emperor rushed over from the imperial study, Concubine Jing had been picked up from the water by the dead man and brought back to the bedroom of Huaqing Palace.
"Mother concubine!"
The emperor hurriedly went to Huaqing Palace. He went straight to the dormitory of Concubine Jing, but was stopped by Mammy Cai: "Your Majesty, please wait a moment! The concubine is changing clothes!"
The emperor said anxiously: "What happened? Why did the concubine suddenly disappear?"
Madam Cai said sadly and panicked: "This... the slaves are not very clear. I will talk about it after I ask the concubine the concubine!"
The emperor said coldly: "Why don't you know? Are you not serving your mother-in-law?"
Madam Cai said aggrieved: "The slave servant was originally serving by the imperial concubine's side, and a little maid in the back accidentally burnt her hand. The lady has a good heart, so she asked the slave maid to bring the little palace maid back to Huaqing Palace to apply medicine. How could the slave maid expect it? , the slave and maid walk away for a while, and the concubine will fall into the water!"
"Falling into the water?" The emperor frowned.
The painful cry of Concubine Jing came from inside, and Madam Cai hurriedly said: "The concubine's body is soaked all over! The maid is going to serve the concubine first, and the maid will retire!"
Mama Cai turned around and entered the dormitory of Concubine Jing.
Not long after, the imperial doctor also came. The imperial doctor was about to salute the emperor. The emperor waved his hand impatiently: "Come in!"
The imperial doctor shivered with fright, and hurriedly went in with the medicine box.
The emperor waited anxiously outside the dormitory for half an hour before Concubine Jing was ready to pack up.
"Your Majesty." Mama Cai walked out with red eyes and invited the emperor in.
The emperor quickly came to the bed, sat down by the bed, and looked at Concubine Jing, who was sitting on the head of the bed, with a pale face, a blue nose and a swollen face, and a huge gauze wrapped around her head.
He looked at Mama Cai coldly: "Didn't you say you just fell into the water? Why did you get hurt?!"
Still such a serious injury!
Where are all the injuries? Just the tip of the iceberg, okay
Although Gu Jiao didn't have time to make a move, on the way to drag her into the small black house, Concubine Jing bumped her head seven or eight times on the steps, her butt was rubbed on the bluestone slab a hundred and eighty times, the sacks were worn out, and her pants were worn out. Holes out too! A bloody mess!
I hit my knee three times, my arm five times, and my old waist was hit dozens of times...
She has to suffer this kind of crime at her age. If she hadn't had martial arts, she would have lost her life!
But even if you have martial arts, you are still hurt very badly!
She couldn't move at all, and she was in severe pain when she moved!
Grandma Cai thumped and knelt down, choked and said, "Slave... This slave also thought it was simply falling into the water... Slave..."
Concubine Jing said weakly: "Your Majesty, this matter has nothing to do with Cai Ma, Your Majesty, please don't take anger on her."
Her weakness at this moment is not pretending.
It is really, really weak, and it may fall down at any time.
"You all retire." Concubine Jing said to Madam Cai and the palace servants in the dormitory.
Mama Cai and her party looked at the emperor nervously, lest he would let them down. The emperor waved his hands with a cold face, and everyone stepped back in relief.
"Why aren't the palace servants doing anything this time?" The emperor murmured through gritted teeth.
Concubine Jing raised her arm that was about to break from pain, put her hand on the back of the emperor's hand gently, shook her head and said, "Don't do their business, it's because the opponent is too strong."
The emperor asked, "Where are the dead soldiers and dark guards that I left to my concubine?"
Concubine Jing said: "The dead man was led away, and the dark guard was knocked out."
"That's the master of the palace!" The emperor gasped, "Who is so powerful?"
Concubine Jing shook her head: "I don't know either. I felt something was wrong at the time, but before I could see the other party's appearance, I was injured by... the other party." That man took me to the vicinity of Taiye Pond. If the dead man hadn't come back in time and scared the man away, I might have suffered an accident. The man also knew that he would throw me into the water, forcing the dead man to go into the water to save him. That way he can get away with it."
"So vicious... so vicious!" The emperor clenched his fists, trembling with anger.
Concubine Jing lowered her head, retracted her hand, and smiled bitterly: "Am I... causing trouble for Your Majesty? If I hadn't suddenly returned to the palace, so many things would not have happened for no reason."
The emperor held her hand tightly: "Mother concubine, don't say that! It's my intention that you go back to the palace! Some people can't see you going back to the palace, and they did two tricks in one day, and almost killed the concubine! Don't worry, mother-in-law, I will definitely find out the culprit behind the scenes, even if I have fought for this life, I will also bring her to justice! Get justice for mother-in-law!"
This is just about saying Empress Dowager Zhuang without naming her.
Concubine Jing covered her mouth with a handkerchief and coughed a few times sadly.
"Concubine Mu!" The emperor looked coldly at the imperial doctor who was kneeling on the ground, "How is Concubine Mu's body?!"
The imperial doctor replied with sincerity and fear: "If you go back to your majesty, the concubine was seriously injured, and she fell into the water and was frightened. I'm afraid she will take a long time to recover before she recovers."
The emperor shouted: "Then what are you doing here? Why don't you go and make medicine for the mother and concubine!"
"Yes Yes!"
The imperial doctor went out in a cold sweat!
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!" Eunuch Wei walked in with small steps.
"What's the matter?" asked the emperor.
Duke Wei said: "The servant found Xiao Xiuzhuan who was unconscious near Taiye Pond."
"he?"
The emperor went to the small garden of Huaqing Palace.
Eunuch Wei just called for the imperial doctor. The imperial doctor gave Xiao Liulang an injection. Xiao Liulang woke up leisurely. He opened his heavy eyelids and asked, "Where is this?"
Eunuch Wei hurriedly said, "This is Huaqing Palace! Xiao Xiuzhuan, you just fainted in Taiye Lake! Why did you faint?"
Xiao Liulang looked dazed: "I... just now... I saw a suspicious person, like Jiao Jiao... I called her, and she knocked me out."
"What? The little genius doctor knocked you out?" Eunuch Wei looked at the emperor in astonishment, and he also saw shock from the emperor's eyes.
The emperor was an emperor who had experienced fighting and scheming. He carefully inquired about the location and time of Xiao Liulang's accident, and quickly identified that person with the murderer who assassinated Concubine Jing!
Xiao Liulang was stunned: "Your Majesty, you mean... Concubine Jing was attacked... The murderer was Jiaojiao? How is this possible?"
His acting skills have improved again. He has only done such a shameless thing once or twice. How can he be so consummate
Does he really have some talent
Eunuch Wei said puzzled: "But the servants have only interrogated the palace servants. At that time, except for her, no one appeared nearby."
Xiao Liulang said sternly: "Jiaojiao didn't enter the palace at all today. Although she has some skills, she doesn't take lightly, and she won't be able to enter if she doesn't go through the door."
This is true.
Gu Jiao's light work is really not at all. The emperor has deeply learned that the night he was assassinated, Gu Jiao took him to escape by running on four legs!
The emperor's leg almost broke!
If she can do it lightly, she doesn't need to be at the point of life and death.
This time, without waiting for the emperor's orders, in order to clear the innocence of the little genius doctor, Eunuch Wei went to the palace gate and asked the guard Gu Jiao if he had ever entered the palace.
"No!" The guard replied with great certainty.
Eunuch Wei: "Did Xiao Xiuzhuan enter the palace by himself?"
Guard: "There is also a little eunuch from Renshou Palace."
This little eunuch did not arouse the suspicion of Eunuch Wei, because Empress Dowager Zhuang did often send people to Bishui Hutong to deliver things, or to pick up people from Bishui Hutong into the palace.
Eunuch Wei returned to Huaqing Palace to resume his orders: "The little genius doctor did not enter the palace today."
Xiao Liulang thoughtfully said, "Could it be... is someone pretending to be Jiaojiao?"
The emperor gritted his teeth: "Have you seen her clearly?"
Xiao Liulang shook his head slightly: "I didn't see it very clearly, the back is very similar, the clothes and hair accessories are the same, and there is that little back basket!"
In the palace, no palace maid would be dressed in green clothes and carry a small backpack, which was obviously Gu Jiao's dress.
The emperor's eyes cooled down: "It seems that someone is really posing as a little genius doctor!"
Xiao Liulang suddenly realized: "Why didn't he kill the minister, maybe he just wanted to use the minister's mouth to reveal her identity. Unfortunately, she didn't know that Jiaojiao wouldn't take light work, but let her reveal herself."
The balance is delicate.
Even Eunuch Wei didn't know about Gu Jiao's incompetence. He thought that the little genius doctor was so good that he would be able to fly over the walls like a big inner master.
Just because he didn't even know it, the emperor believed that the murderer didn't even know it.
In this way, the murderer has missed something.
Since the murderer intends to blame Gu Jiao, then the mastermind behind the scenes will not be the Queen Mother Zhuang.
No matter how prejudiced the emperor was to Empress Dowager Zhuang, he could not believe that she would frame Gu Jiao. When he was recovering in Bishui Hutong, he had seen her treat Gu Jiao with his own eyes. He knew that she cherished Gu Jiao, and he had a good relationship with him. Same.
Empress Dowager Zhuang's suspicion is self-defeating.
"But if it wasn't for her, who would be so intolerant of Mother Jing..." The emperor muttered to himself in a cold voice.
His voice was not loud, but Eunuch Wei still heard it.
Eunuch Wei looked at Xiao Liulang cautiously, thinking that this kind of thing shouldn't be said in front of Xiao Xiuzhuan, right? Just pray that Xiao Xiuzhuan didn't hear it.
Xiao Liulang's expression didn't change at all, as if he really didn't hear anything, he thought for a moment seriously, and said, "Your Majesty, since that person put the blame on Jiaojiao, he must be provoking a conflict between Huaqing Palace and Renshou Palace."
It is no secret that Gu Jiao and Renshou Palace got close. If it is not proved today that the murderer is not Gu Jiao, the fire will surely burn on Empress Dowager Zhuang's head.
Xiao Liulang said sternly: "Your Majesty, I am sorry to say that this is someone who wants His Majesty, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager to fight in the nest, and the snipe and mussels compete for the fisherman's profit. The minister understands that there is an irresolvable conflict between His Majesty and the Empress Dowager, but it is a big deal. Before the enemy, Your Majesty must not fall into the tricks of others."
In the past, the emperor would not listen to these words.
But the evidence of what happened today was so conclusive that it was hard for him to believe it or not.
After Xiao Liulang left the palace, the emperor sat quietly in the study for a long time, until the imperial doctor came to report to him the situation of Concubine Jing, and he got up and went to Concubine Jing's bedroom.
"Has the murderer been found?" Concubine Jing asked weakly.
The emperor hesitated for a while, and finally didn't say anything about the murderer pretending to be Gu Jiao and being encountered by Xiao Liulang: "I don't have much clues for now, please rest assured, mother, I will continue to investigate."
Concubine Jing smiled: "Yes."
Today is Rokuro's sweet day
(End of this chapter)