Emperor Phoenix

Chapter 43

He laughed and swung his whip away, his snow-white back was as straight as a bamboo, and laughter as bright as pearls scattered behind him.

Baozi Xiao held the Rubik's Cube, looked at his disappearing figure, and asked his mother blankly:
"What's a drag bottle? What's a drag bottle?"

In the coffin shop, Qin Changge summed up what had happened before, Qi Fan was stunned when he heard it, and said in a daze for a while: "Miss Ming, do you think this is aimed at you, the leader of the Su gang, or directly at you? "

Qin Changge didn't answer, but said: "I asked you to prepare the customs clearance guide yesterday and the two hidden piles in the mansion. Let me take a look first."

Qi Fan took a box, called a young man, and said: "This is the one who made a hidden stake in Zhao Wang's mansion. His name is Wei Gong, Wei Gong. He came to see Miss Ming."

That Wei Gong stepped forward to salute, Qin Changge took a careful look at him, saw his sharp features, and was satisfied, he said, "What was your role in Prince Zhao's mansion back then?"

"Ms. Hui, she is the front yard guard."

"What was King Zhao doing that night?"

"That night was the [-]th birthday of Meng Tingyuan, a great Confucian in Yingdu. The prince personally celebrated his birthday in the palace and invited all the famous literati in Yingdu. After the birthday banquet, Meng Tingyuan was drunk, and the prince ordered someone to send him back in a sedan chair. He was in a particularly good mood that day, and it was nearly three o'clock, but he invited a few scholars of the Qing Dynasty who were usually valued, to discuss poetry and prose in the study until the four o'clock.

"What are you doing?"

"The little one is on duty that day, and has been guarding the front mansion all the time, all of this is witnessed."

"Is there anything special about it?"

Wei Gong thought for a while and said, "No."

Qin Changge smiled and said, "You answered too quickly."

Unknown why he raised his eyes and met Qin Changge's gaze, Wei Gong couldn't help shivering, and quickly said: "Yes, think about it again, little one."

Gritting her teeth and frowning, she hesitated for a while and said, "There is something... I don't know if there is a problem..."

Qi Fan smiled from the side: "It's okay, just tell me." He glanced at Qin Changge, thinking of her gaze just now, he was slightly startled.

"At about three o'clock that night, the lord and the others were discussing poetry in the study room. One scholar had too much wine and talked too excitedly, so he vomited all over the study. , prepared a small sedan chair to send back, and then moved to the study room to continue talking... The little one was fine at the time, but now that I think about it, the prince was in a much better mood that day..."

At three o'clock, it was just before and after the accident.

Smiling slightly, Qin Changge was noncommittal, but changed the subject, "Why were you kicked out of the house?"

"The little one hit the imperial jade vase by mistake. I was supposed to be killed with a stick, but the prince said that I was unintentionally wrong, and the crime was not worthy of death. Out of the house."

"When were you reprimanded?"

"Three months after that night."

Qin Changge nodded, and said, "Thank you for your hard work, let's go down, Mr. Qi, I think this person is quite smart. If the silk shop lacks a master, you might as well cultivate it."

Qi Fan agreed, Wei Gong was overjoyed, saluted again and again, and left happily.

"The one who was killed by the rod, and why?" Qin Changge asked thoughtfully, and slapped away Xiao Baozi's wolf claws that were poking towards the sixth piece of golden peach kernel crisp on the plate on the table.

"I heard that it's because of ineffectiveness... As you know, King Jing'an looks delicate and cruel in heart. He rules the mansion with military law, and all his subordinates have signed a life-and-death contract. Killing people in his mansion is like mowing grass. No one cares." Qi Fan stretched out his hand, and took away the jujube cake next to the gold silk peach kernel cake, as if he didn't see the little wolf's paw that was creeping up from another angle and gradually approaching the target.

Qin Changge hummed, grabbed three pieces of jujube cake, shook it at Xiao Baozi's staring eyes, calmly put it in his mouth under his longing eyes, ate it slowly and gracefully, and said: "Three things, please."

Qi Fan stood up with a smile that was not a smile, bowed and obeyed, showing a non-disobedient attitude. He always had a vague feeling that this woman was very demeanor of a former queen, and he also felt that she could solve this shocking murder case and avenge the former queen. As long as he can vindicate the queen, why not be loyal to her?

When he stood up, with a tacit understanding, he "accidentally" brushed the jujube cake that was in his hand to the ground.

Xiao Baozi stared at the dusty sweets, fiddled with the Nine Links in his hand, connected them into a circle, and viciously wrapped them around the neck of someone in his imagination, tightening his grip.

The two men didn't even glance at him.

Xiao Baozi, who had been neglected by great efforts, climbed onto the stool, looked down with his hips on his hips, and tried to show his presence: "Three pieces of cake, please give it back to me."

"Oh," Qin Changge looked at him squarely this time, "Really?"

"want!"

"So you want it, why don't you say it. How do I know you want it if you don't say it?" Qin Changge shook his head regretfully, "But, are you sure you can eat it? I don't mind wasting food. Allowed."

"Definitely!" Baozi Xiao sneered, three pieces of cake, what is it, the five pieces of gold silk and peach kernel cake in his stomach are still waiting for the jujube cake to meet each other.

"Okay then," Qin Changge smiled, "You said it, if you can't eat three cakes, you will never touch any sweets again."

"Of course." Xiao Baozi was impatient, the naughty girl is too long-winded today!

Standing up, Qin Changge flipped through the snack box hidden high, brought out a plate of pastries, and pushed it in front of his son with a smile.

"Please, Young Master Xiao."

It was rare for the bad girl to relax the restriction on his eating sweets, Xiao Baozi glanced at the plate with delighted eyes.

Ah!
Evil, unpalatable, bitter melon cake that he swears to the death!
"Eat it," Qin Changge smiled enthusiastically, "Look, three yuan, cake, that's right."

In Xiao Baozi's screams, in his bitter and hatred first, then in his tearless and pitiful eyes, in his tossing and frothing, Qin Changge continued the discussion with a calm expression It's business, first I told about the origin of the flying needle I heard from Suxuan and the legend of the Yinxue clan, and then I said: "First, go and check Meng Tingyuan's household post to see if his birthday is really that day; second, You go to find out Suxuan's background, remember, the real background, I want any relevant clues, and send a capable person to Chihe, villages and tribes around the ice circle, collect all the information about the Snow Drinking Clan Thirdly, you arrange an identity for me, and I will go to Zhao Wangfu to be a servant for a few days."

Qi Fan agreed first, and when he heard the last sentence, he blurted out with wide eyes: "How can this be——"

Rong Xiaotian, who was stepping through the door, heard the last sentence, opened his mouth to speak, but was hit by a flying meat ball along with a plate of cake, the meat ball was crying like rain, with a mouth full of cake that he refused to swallow Tired of him, she hugged his thigh and complained: "Uncle Rong, they bullied me..." While taking the opportunity to spit out his mouthful of cakes into his skirt, stuff the cakes in his claws into Rong Xiaotian's sleeve, and desperately Rub it a few times to destroy the corpse, but in just one sentence, the three cakes are all heroic on Rong Xiaotian's body.

With a dark face, he looked down at Xiao Baozi who was holding his waist and showing him a flattering smile, Rong Xiaotian's eyes slowly fell on his messy skirt, Xiao Baozi's eyes followed, looking at the horrific The clothes trembled guiltily, and Qin Changge said coldly, "Young Master Xiao, have you finished eating the cake?"

Quickly changing his expression, Xiao Baozi looked back suddenly, filled with righteous indignation and pointed his trembling halberd finger, "I ate it! It's all because of Uncle Rong, he hugged me so tightly! I spit it out!"

Rong Xiaotian's face turned black with grief and indignation, Empress, why did you give birth to such a treacherous disaster? !Also, why is he always the scapegoat who is pushed out? Does he look easier to bully?

Rong Xiaotian's patience has never been very good, and he has no habit of not returning when he is bullied.

So he immediately waved his hands and watched him off, and sent the black-bellied and shameless Xiliang Crown Prince steadily and respectfully out of the study room, and squatted in the flower garden ten meters away.

After sending Xiao Baozi away, the three of them sat down to discuss the matter. Rong Xiaotian continued the topic just now: "Why do you miss King Zhao? Obviously the emperor is suspicious, and we have been investigating him for the past three years—"

"In the past three years, you may have checked the wrong direction," Qin Changge smiled, "I also just remembered something, so I decided to check Zhao Wang first-what appears on the surface is often not the truth, and Xiao Jue is the truth. Suspicious, but is he really the only suspect?"

"When the queen died suddenly in the palace, he, the husband, didn't care about it. He didn't even have a mausoleum, and he didn't mention revenge for the queen. He didn't kill him, and he must have acquiesced!"

"You forgot that rumor," Qin Changge said lightly: "This rumor is by no means groundless. If Xiao Jue believed the 'Queen's Death' statement, then he is a man who was abandoned by his wife. His dignity is a huge blow, why does he still want to avenge that unwarranted revenge?"

Looking at the silent Qi Fan, she said again: "The current incidents seem to be complicated and complicated, but in fact, as long as they are sorted out, there are only those people who are left and right——how can ordinary people be able to kill the former queen? for?"

She sighed slightly, "Whether it's the mechanism hidden by the golden crossbow or the danger I encountered in the main altar of the Blazing Gang today, it means that in the dark, there is a powerful force that is always eyeing us. This us may not be Xiao Jue. The Phoenix Alliance, or Blazing Flame, maybe we are all in it, and we are all under surprise attack because of touching the interests of a certain party——this is a very powerful force, we need to be careful."

"If we are really under the surveillance of the other party, why can we survive three years and bring up Rong Rong safely." Rong Xiaotian was not convinced.

"As I said, the other party's line of sight may not necessarily be directed directly at the Phoenix League, but may be directed at all groups that may touch its interests. The Phoenix League has been hiding its power for three years, but it is just an ordinary merchant, so it may not be able to enter its line of sight. , but once the Phoenix Alliance makes a move, it will inevitably be noticed by people."

(End of this chapter)