Chapter 129 The scapegoat
The cold night is cold, the fields are vast, and the north wind blows by at night, blew on your face, like a knife passing by.
Ximen Wuhen's face remained unchanged, and he said lightly, "Is I a Bronze General?"
"The Divine Hou is an amazing figure. Do you dare not act but not be?" Qi Ning also said calmly.
Ximen Wuhen smiled slightly and said, "Didn't you find out that the Bronze General is the third brother? It is precisely because you caught the third brother on the spot that he is still imprisoned in the Shenhou Mansion, why did you suddenly say that I am the Bronze General?"
"The third senior brother is just a scapegoat." Qi Ning sighed: "The third senior brother regards the Divine Hou as his father, so he made a huge sacrifice. Not only does he not even want reputation, but he even doesn't care about his own life."
Hongmendao lurked in the Northern Han Dynasty all year round and knew nothing about the case of the Bronze General in Jianye Capital. At this time, he was quite confused when he heard the conversation between the two.
But he knows the rules and must not say a word when he knows he shouldn't speak.
Ximen Wuhen raised his head slightly and said, "So are you sure the third brother must have been born on behalf of others?"
"Actually, I know that the martial arts of the Bronze General are far from what the third senior brother can do." Qi Ning said: "The day the third senior brother was arrested, I knew something was wrong. Before that time, the Bronze General had not committed the crime for a long time, but the Bronze General suddenly sneaked into my mansion and even killed a maid in my mansion. The maid's death made me determine that it was done by the Bronze General."
Ximen Wuhen's face did not change his expression and asked, "Why did General Bronze go to your mansion?"
"I couldn't figure out why before." Qi Ning sighed: "I always thought he wanted to assassinate me, but now I finally understand that the Bronze General's target is not me, but Youhanzhu."
"Youhanzhu?"
"The God Hou himself also said that Youhanzhu is a magic pill that is hard to come by." Qi Ning stared at Ximen Wuhen's eyes: "Maybe General Bronze is suffering from a terminal illness and needs Youhanzhu to treat the disease, or there is another picture. What is not important is that he got the news and knew that Youhanzhu was in my hands. That night, he couldn't wait, so he sneaked into the Marquis' Mansion to take action. Who knew that an accident suddenly happened and had not seen me yet, but the disease suddenly broke out."
Ximen Wuhen murmured, "That's really a coincidence."
"It's true." Qi Ning said: "In that case, there is only one way to relieve the pain, which is to absorb human blood. He happened to meet the maid, so he took the maid hostage into the woods, killed the maid and sucked her blood."
Ximen Wuhen nodded and said, "General Bronze does like to suck blood."
"He could still act after he recovered from sucking human blood, but he was really lucky that night." Qi Ning sighed: "The maid had a deep relationship with the ugly man in the mansion. The maid screamed when she was dying. Although it was just a short sound, it was heard by the ugly man. It was okay for others to scream, but the maid's cry might be very familiar, so he followed the sound, and the Bronze General was the first to suck blood. Someone came to him. He knew that once he was surrounded by the people in the Marquis' Mansion, he might not be able to escape, so he had no choice but to escape in a hurry. However, the ugly man saw that the Bronze General killed his favorite maid, so he naturally would not let him go."
On the night of the incident, Su Lan was killed, but the ugly man disappeared and could not be found everywhere. Even afterwards, Qi Ning didn't know where the ugly man went, but now he has fully understood.
The ugly man had an incompetent speed, but he also had a sense of smell beyond ordinary people. He was like a hunting dog. Perhaps he had already remembered the breath of the bronze general that night.
"I don't know if the Lord Shen still remembers that after the incident of the Bronze General, I went to ask you specifically. At that time, we said that the Bronze General was not an ordinary person, and it was very likely that he was a general of the court." Qi Ning said slowly: "And that person has always lived in the capital."
Ximen Wuhen said, "I remember."
"Shenhou has a disease, but he has been hiding it." Qi Ning said: "But the paper cannot contain fire after all. Shenhou's condition is getting worse and worse. He can hide it from outsiders, but Zhan Ying, but you can't explain too much to Zhan Ying. Although Zhan Ying is impulsive, he is not a stupid person. You know the more you explain, the more trouble you may be. But then you happened to be touched by me. You know that something is not good, and you are not sure if I guessed something, but this matter is ultimately a problem. After that incident in my mansion that night, you are even more worried that I will doubt you."
Ximen Wuhen was silent for a while and finally said, "You are a smart person. I believe you already had some doubts about me at that time."
"Yes, I do have doubts, but I'm not sure, and I don't want to believe that the Imperial God Hou would be a blood-sucking demon." Qi Ning smiled bitterly: "But in order to clear the suspicion, you immediately came up with a way to find a scapegoat to replace you, and the third brother has become the tool you use."
Although Hong Mendao knew nothing about the case of the Bronze General, he had already understood a little when he heard the conversation between the two. His eyes looked horrified, but it flashed by, lowered his head and said nothing.
"That day, Zhan Ying and I went to the Shenhou Mansion to see all the senior brothers. The third brother was late. The most surprising thing was that he suddenly fell to the ground at the dinner table." Qi Ning shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Of course, the third brother deliberately wanted to show me all this. He knew that if this happened, I would inevitably doubt him. This is the purpose of Shenhou and the third brother, so I stayed outside the third brother's house that day and saw how it would develop next."
"It's worthy of being the man Zhan Ying looked at." Ximen Wuhen raised his hand and stroked his beard: "You are indeed not stupid."
"The third senior brother did indeed act that night and happened to be caught by us." Qi Ning said: "I don't know that the second senior brother was ordered by the Divine Marquis to perform this scene with you, or it was just a coincidence that night. The second senior brother took someone to take the third senior brother on the spot and then brought it back to the Shenhou Mansion. So the third senior brother naturally became the blood-sucking demon, and the Shenhou was naturally innocent."
Ximen Wuhen laughed and said, "It's not bad, it's reasonable and well-founded. I really look at you with admiration."
"Divine Hou, I actually don't believe you are the Bronze General." Qi Ning looked solemn and said slowly: "Until today, the ugly man followed you to the northwest, and there is still!" He raised his hand and pointed to the sheepskin bag not far away: "There is that thing, and finally I can understand the cause and effect of the matter."
"oh?"
"The sheepskin bag contains human blood." Qi Ning said: "If I'm not wrong, the Divine Hou has killed innocent people in the past two days, and has taken blood to store it, and is worried that the disease will occur in the middle of the road."
Hong Mendao looked up and said in surprise: "Shenhou, isn't that bag of sheep blood?"
Ximen Wuhen didn't even look at Hongmendao and said coldly: "Qinning, now you know everything, so what can you do? Yes, I am a Bronze General, and the vampire case in the capital was done by me."
"No wonder the case of the Bronze General has never been successful." Qi Ning shook his head and smiled bitterly: "The Divine Marquis of the Shenhou Mansion is the real murderer behind the scenes, but he asked the people of the Shenhou Mansion to investigate the case. Even if they have been investigated for a thousand years, how can they find out the result?" After pausing, he said: "The Divine Marquis took me to Daxue Mountain this time, but I want the Dharma King Zhuri to treat you? I took the Youhan Pearl and you took me hostage and handed it over to the Dharma King Zhuri, hoping to please the Dharma King Zhuri. I wonder if what I said is right?"
Ximen Wuhen just sneered and didn't explain.
"Actually, the divine ward really doesn't have to be like this." Qi Ning said: "As far as I know, the two great doctors in the world, Dong Miao and Xili, are both skilled in medical skills. If you want to treat the disease, you should find these two people, so why go all the way to find the Dharma King Zhuri?"
"Are you talking about Miao Wuji and Li Xigong?" Ximen Wuhen smiled disdainfully: "These two people are just proficient in pharmacology. I'm hehe, they don't have that ability yet."
Qi Ning frowned, even more suspicious.
Mr. Li Xi was the medical envoy of the Black Lotus Sect, while Miao Wuji was a vicious old woman. Miao Wuji set up a trap in the Ghost Bamboo Forest and wanted to use Qi Ning as herbal medicine. After the failure, he was taken to Baiyun Island by the Lord of Baiyun Island. However, the medical skills of these two people are famous all over the world.
Tang Nuo is a disciple of Duke Li Xi, and his medical skills are already very good. Duke Li Xi's medical skills are naturally even more difficult to predict. Although Miao Wuji is a deceitful and vicious person, he is as famous as Duke Li Xi, and his medical skills are of course extremely clever. However, Ximen Wuhen disdains these two great doctoral saints and even claims that these two people have no ability to cure his illness, which really surprised Qi Ning.
If what he guessed was correct, Ximen Wuhen took him to Daxue Mountain for medical treatment, then wouldn’t the medical skills of the Sun-Zhu Dawang be even more sophisticated?
"Don't delay." Ximen Wuhen had just drunk human blood, and his complexion had already recovered. He looked quite energetic. He walked towards the carriage with his hands on his back and ordered: "Lao Wu, let's go!"
Hongmendao went over and picked up the sheepskin bag, followed quickly, and asked, "Shenhou, that ugly man escapes, let's!"
"Don't worry about him." Ximen Wuhen sneered: "Before dawn, he was already dead. There were wolves in this area, and the corpse would soon be bitten by the wolves. The beast would not dissipate. Let him actually go underground to be a ghost today."
When Qi Ning thought that the ugly man ran away with injuries, he heard what Ximen Wuhen said, he was shocked and angry: "Shenhou, have you attacked him?"
Chapter completed!