Chapter 106 The big black spider is him!
"Brother Xiongxiong, sir," Jiu suddenly interrupted after finishing his osmanthus cake, "I also saw a dark figure in my dream."
"Oh?" Chu Xuanyi immediately became interested. "Jiu, tell me quickly, what did you dream about?"
"It's... it's that when I was locked up in the little dark room, I kept having a dream. In the dream, there was a very tall person, a little taller than Brother Xiong Xiong. He was standing in a thick black fog, and I couldn't see his face clearly. He was wearing a very large robe, a little like the one you wear, Master Imperial Master, but it was black."
"He stinks, too." Jiu pinched his nose and said with certainty, "It's... it's the smell of that big spider!"
Tall! A large black robe!
This clue narrowed the target range a little bit.
There were many nobles in the court who were tall and liked to wear wide robes and large sleeves, but there were only a handful who met all of the above conditions.
"Uncle An?" Xiao Yu was the first to suggest a name.
Prince An Xiao Ji, the late emperor's younger brother, was the current head of the imperial family. He was known for his flamboyant nature and a keen interest in Buddhism, Taoism, and metaphysics. He maintained a stable of alchemists from all walks of life. His burly build also met the criteria for being tall.
"It's possible." Chu Xuanyi pondered, "Prince An is in charge of the clan affairs office and is well-informed about the royal family's secrets. It's not impossible for him to obtain the formation blueprints."
"Where is the Duke of England?" Xiao Yu asked again.
A veteran noble, he controlled the military forces of the Five Cities of the capital, and his military influence was deeply entrenched. He was also tall and mighty, with a violent temper.
"That's possible." Chu Xuanyi nodded. "The Five Cities Military Command is responsible for patrolling the capital, so they must be familiar with the structure of the underground waterways. Moreover, if he wants to insert personnel into the army, it would be easy."
"And Prince Yu, Xiao Jing." Chu Xuanyi paused when he said this name.
Prince Yu Xiao Jing is the cousin of the current emperor and also the cousin of Xiao Yu.
Unlike the decisive and ruthless Regent Xiao Yu, Prince Yu Xiao Jing was known for his gentleness and love of poetry and books. He never participated in court disputes and was known as the "idle prince" in the court. He had a very good relationship with people.
Xiao Yu frowned slightly: "Xiao Jing? He has always been a peaceful person, why would he do such a thing?"
"It's precisely because he's so indifferent to worldly matters that he's easily overlooked." Chu Xuanyi's gaze deepened. "Also, Your Majesty, don't forget that Prince Yu is the tallest of all the princes. Although he doesn't wear the armor of a general, his elegant robes also fit Ah Jiu's description."
"Guessing like this isn't the way to go." Xiao Yu put down his teacup. "Xuan Yi, can't you tell people's luck? Can you tell who has a problem?"
"With ordinary luck, it's certainly possible." Chu Xuanyi laughed bitterly, "But since the other party is the mastermind behind the Wugu tribe, he must be proficient in the method of concealing his own aura. If I force myself to spy, not only may I not succeed, but I will immediately alert them."
"Then what should we do?" Jiu was confused, but she knew that the two adults had encountered a difficult problem.
She was so anxious that she slid down from the chair, ran between the two of them, looked up and said, "How about...how about letting Jiu take a look?"
"Look?" Chu Xuanyi was stunned.
"Yes!" Ah Jiu nodded vigorously and pointed at his big eyes. "Ah Jiu can see many colorful flowers, and... and black mist! The black mist on the head of that giant spider must be the biggest!"
Chu Xuanyi's eyes suddenly lit up!
Yes! How could he forget this!
What he can see is "luck", which is something mysterious and can be concealed by profound techniques.
But what Ah Jiu saw was "emotion" and "essence"! It was the person's most fundamental good and evil, joy and sorrow! This kind of thing that comes from the essence of the soul cannot be hidden unless the other person has cultivated to the point of being emotionless and desireless!
"Good! Good! Good!" Chu Xuanyi excitedly said three good words in a row, "Your Highness, we have a solution!"
Without further hesitation, he immediately pulled out a blank scroll from his sleeve and spread it flat on the table. He then took out a cinnabar brush, bit his fingertip, and dripped a drop of his blood into the cinnabar on the inkstone.
"Ajiu, come stand next to me." Chu Xuanyi said seriously.
Ajiu stood over obediently.
"Concentrate your mind! Calm your breath! See with the eyes of heaven and hear with the ears of earth. Guide the energy back to its origin and manifest!"
Chu Xuanyi muttered something to himself as the cinnabar brush in his hand moved rapidly across the scroll. He didn't draw anything specific, but simply wrote down names one after another out of thin air.
"Prince An, Xiao Ji!"
As he wrote this name, a cloud of air suddenly appeared on the blank scroll. The cloud was dark yellow, with a few gray-black threads in the middle, making it look a little turbid.
"Master Imperial Master, this person's flower is yellow, but it's a little dirty." Ah Jiu immediately pointed at the ball of air and said, "There are a few small black bugs crawling on it. It doesn't look very happy."
Chu Xuanyi nodded and wrote down the second name.
"Duke of England, Zhao Xun!"
A ball of red gas suddenly rose from the scroll, like a burning flame, full of violence and fierceness.
"Wow! This one is so red! Like a ball of fire!" Ah Jiu exclaimed in amazement, "But there's also black smoke inside the fire. Hmm... it has a little more bugs than the yellow one just now."
Names were written one after another, and clusters of "qi" of different colors appeared on the scroll.
There are gray, blue, and purple...
Although everyone has some "dirty" things on their bodies, they don't seem to match the scary "big spider".
Finally, Chu Xuanyi took a deep breath and put down the final stroke.
"Prince Yu, Xiao Jing."
The moment these three words were written, a ball of air slowly emerged above the scroll.
It was a very gentle, light blue aura with a scholarly air. It looked clean and peaceful, even purer than the auras of many court officials he had seen before.
When Chu Xuanyi saw this ball of air, he couldn't help but frown. Could it be... that he really guessed wrong?
But at this moment, Ajiu beside him suddenly screamed, took two steps back, and hid directly behind Xiao Yu, daring only to stick out a small head, his eyes full of fear.
"What's wrong, Jiu?" Xiao Yu immediately protected her.
"He...he..." Ajiu's voice was trembling.
"His black fog! His black fog is the biggest! It's almost covering his blue flowers!"
"His bugs! He has so many black bugs! They're so densely packed, they're almost crawling out of the painting! So disgusting! So scary!"
The little girl's description made Xiao Yu and Chu Xuanyi's faces instantly sink to the bottom.
Ah Jiu hid behind Xiao Yu, using all his strength to point at the well-disguised aura and shouted in a decisive tone:
"Brother Xiong Xiong! Sir! It's him!"
"He's that...big, big black spider!"
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