The Brocaded Tale of The Girl Si

This guess is very likely.

Of the more than ten tribes in the southern border, only Wumiao and Xuemiao were in the same vein, and used poisonous insects and poisonous weeds as means of fighting the enemy.

If anyone can sneak into Xuemiao quietly, it must be inseparable from Wumiao.

The elder who spoke first asked a question: "Is it just Elder Rong's guess that Prince Zhou Qi killed the patriarch?"

Elder Rong was startled: "Elder Bai, what do you mean?"

Elder Bai said solemnly: "Since the patriarch sent Ashan to kill Prince Zhou Qi, why did the patriarch and Ashan die in this fire? Could it be that Prince Zhou Qi guessed that the patriarch wanted to be unfavorable to him yesterday, so he chose to do it first. powerful?"

"I don't think there is such a possibility." Elder Rong said.

"So does Elder Rong know why the patriarch wants to get rid of Prince Zhou Qi?"

Elder Rong was asked.

It was only in recent years that he won the trust of the patriarch, and some things are not clear.

Seeing this, Elder Bai smiled secretly.

He knew the reason why the patriarch wanted to put Prince Zhou Qi to death.

When I first learned about the hexagram of the Wumiao people, the patriarch once mentioned it to him, and he insisted on solving the seventh prince of Zhou, but he was opposed to it.

He thinks that the hexagrams are just nonsense, and Xue Miao is at a disadvantage to Shang Wu Miao, and once he has a grudge with Da Zhou, it will be even worse.

Who knows if that hexagram is true, or is it a bait that Wu Miao deliberately released.

The patriarch is aggressive, and he prefers to be safe, and as a result, the two who have different ideas drift away.

Until now, the patriarch did not reveal a word to him directly.

"So, I think that the patriarch sent Ah Shan to assassinate Prince Zhou Qi last night was just the words of the elder Rong."

Elder Rong was furious: "Elder Bai, do you doubt me?"

Elder Bai smiled: "I didn't mean it that way, I just didn't want to easily provoke hatred between my clan and Da Zhou. After all, the patriarch just left, it is really unwise for us to face both Wu Miao and Da Zhou."

"Elder Bai, are you afraid of Da Zhou? Could it be that the revenge of the patriarch will not be avenged?"

Elder Bai's expression turned cold: "If it is true that Prince Zhou Qi killed the patriarch, of course we can't just let it go. I just said that we can't draw conclusions too hastily. Let's just say Ah Shan, according to Elder Rong's words, he went to assassinate Prince Zhou Qi. How does that explain the discovery of his body in the burning house?"

"Elder Bai, what do you say?" asked the son of the patriarch.

Elder Bai felt a little more joy in his heart, but his face remained calm: "Naturally, we need to find out the truth first. On the one hand, we will investigate the whereabouts of Prince Zhou Qi, and on the other hand, we will go to Wu Miao to find out what happened."

"Go to Wumiao?" Everyone was surprised.

Listening to Elder Bai's meaning and disapproving of Elder Rong's statement, why did he turn the tide again?

Elder Bai said sadly: "There is no trauma on the patriarch. One possibility is that he actually died accidentally in the water, and the other possibility is that he was controlled by others and could not escape. If it is the latter, he can safely sneak into the patriarch's study and suppress it. The patriarch's breeding of Gu worms makes the patriarch lose his power to resist, and the perpetrators cannot do without Wu Miao's help, even the Wu Miao people!"

After Elder Bai said, everyone was silent for a long time. An elder said: "But we have no evidence, and the patriarch has no injuries. Elder Wumiao can completely say that the patriarch died by accident."

Elder Bai sneered: "We insist that the patriarch was harmed, and Wu Miao always has to express something. Don't worry, I will personally go to Wu Miao to seek justice for the patriarch."

Everyone saluted: "Then please ask Elder Bai."

Under the patriarch, Elder Bai was already the most powerful, so naturally no one wanted to offend him at this time.

Seeing that everyone was like this, Elder Bai was quite satisfied despite his sorrow on his face.

It is the right thing to take advantage of the death of the patriarch to gather the clan and become the new patriarch. As for the rest, we will talk about it later.

Seeing this, Elder Rong had to suppress the injustice in his heart, and secretly said that he must have a good talk with the young master when he turned back, and he could not let Elder Bai be proud.

After that, Elder Bai went to Wu Miao to settle accounts and seek benefits. Some Xue Miao people began to investigate where Prince Zhou Qi had settled.

In addition, the internal struggle for power and profit within Xue Miao became more and more intense, so there is no need to go into details.

The horse-drawn carriage heading north had left the chaos far behind and was getting closer and closer to the capital.

And one step faster than Jiang Si was that a secret letter fell on the dragon case in front of Emperor Jing Ming.

Looking at the signature of the Jinlin Guard spy on the letter, Emperor Jing Ming could hardly wait to open the letter.

At the beginning of the year, Honglu Siqing and others were dispatched to Wumiao as envoys, among which Jinlin Guard spies were mixed in. Later, when Honglu Siqing and others returned, a few Jinlin Guards stayed in the south as ordinary people.

For the mysterious Wumiao, Emperor Jing Ming was extremely vigilant, and naturally wanted to grasp some movements over there.

After reading the letter, Emperor Jing Ming leaned back in his chair and said nothing for a while.

Pan Hai silently poured a cup of tea and placed it in front of Emperor Jing Ming without saying a word.

After a long while, Emperor Jing Ming instructed Pan Hai, "Please come over here."

Pan Hai had just ordered to leave, but Emperor Jing Ming changed his mind and got up and said, "Forget it, go to Kunning Palace."

It was in the morning when the earth dragon was burning vigorously in the house, and the queen was concentrating on trimming a pot of flowers by the window with silver scissors in hand.

"Niangniang, the emperor is here."

The queen put the silver scissors aside, and hurriedly greeted them: "Why is the emperor here at this time?"

Emperor Jing Ming walked in and sat down casually, with a momentary look of joy and anger on his face.

Seeing this, the queen didn't ask any more questions, she waved the palace maid to step back, and poured a cup of tea for Emperor Jing Ming herself.

Emperor Jing Ming stretched out his hand to take it, rubbed the fine porcelain teacup for a moment, and said, "The spy from the south staring at Wu Miao has received a letter."

The Empress put away her relaxed expression and said solemnly, "What's going on over there?"

Emperor Jing Ming nodded and said, "Not long ago in southern Xinjiang, it was rumored that the Holy Maiden Wumiao was no longer alive, but the Holy Maiden Wumiao appeared at the New Fire Festival..."

The queen raised her eyebrows in surprise: "So, Saint Wu Miao has not shown her face for several years, is she really in retreat?"

"I don't know if it is a closed-door retreat, but one thing is very strange."

"What's up?"

Emperor Jing Ming paused for a moment before saying: "The letter said that it is difficult for outsiders to sneak into Wumiao during the New Fire Festival. They hid in a high place and looked at it with a telescopic mirror, and found that the Holy Lady Wumiao... She looks exactly like the old seventh daughter-in-law..."

The queen was really taken aback: "There is such a bizarre thing?"

Emperor Jing Ming's expression was a little complicated, and he pondered for a long time: "The old seventh daughter-in-law claims to be born with knowledge of different arts, but she looks similar to the Wumiao saint... By the way, Empress, you said earlier that the old seventh daughter-in-law prayed for the old seven to recite the scriptures, and closed her eyes. Can't get out?"

The queen's heart skipped a beat, and she nodded calmly.

"So, the seventh daughter-in-law hasn't gone out for a while, hasn't she?"

"Yes."

Emperor Jing Ming tapped lightly on the table with his fingers, obviously hesitant.

There was a faint guess in the queen's heart, and she didn't say much.

After a long time, Emperor Jing Ming made a decision: "Let's do it, send someone to see the Prince Yan's mansion."