Chapter 24: Cicada Dreams of Fragrance are Far-Fetched
She didn't know whether there was any rosemary in this world, so she didn't tell them and just let them smell it themselves.
"I can't smell it." Jiang Jinzhou smelled it and shook his head decisively.
No taste at all.
He was still a little curious. They were just some ashes of incense. How did his sister smell it?
Yan Shuli looked at her puzzledly, "I can't smell it either."
Li Qing stepped forward, pinched the incense ash, and put it close to his nose. Just as he was about to say that he didn't smell it either, he suddenly smelled a very faint scent, which was different from the normal dragon scale incense.
"Senior Lin, I smell it." Li Qing looked excited.
Yan Shuli and Jiang Jinzhou also looked over. Li Qing explained, "In addition to the dragon scale incense, there is another kind of incense in here. The smell is very light, the same as the dragon scale incense, but there is a very subtle difference. If you don't look carefully, ordinary people can't tell the difference at all."
"Is there? Why can't I smell it?" Jiang Jinzhou was confused when he saw that he was talking so convincingly.
He sniffed again, but still smelled nothing.
In the end, he could only give up in frustration. Maybe he really couldn't smell it.
Yan Shuli looked at Lin Yulu, "Miss Lin, is Qing'er right?"
Lin Yulu nodded and looked at Li Qing with some surprise.
There are indeed two kinds of fragrances in it, and the smells are very similar. If you don’t have a sensitive sense of smell, it would be difficult to tell them apart.
Li Qingyou twisted the incense ash and said with certainty, "The residue of the incense in the incense burner is the residue of dragon scale incense, but the dragon scale incense is mixed with some cicada dream incense. Cicada dream incense is a kind of hallucinogenic incense. With the sound of cicadas, it can make people feel like they are in a dream and relieve pain. I remember that it can also produce another kind of illusion, which may cause people to die in their sleep. Now it is summer, even if there is the sound of cicadas, no one will find it strange."
"Chanmengxiang?" Yan Shuli frowned. What kind of incense was this? He seemed to have never heard of this name.
Lin Yulu thought: So the rose hip is called Chanmengxiang here?
"I remember now." Li Qing's eyes suddenly lit up and he clapped his hands. "Cicada Dream Incense is a special fragrance of the Moruo Kingdom. The Moruo Kingdom was famous for its incense making. Later, it was presented as a tribute to our Great Yong Dynasty. However, the Moruo Kingdom was destroyed later, and the production of Chanmeng Incense was lost."
Jiang Jinzhou looked puzzled. "That's impossible. If Chanmengxiang can kill people in their sleep, why did the people of Moro make this kind of incense? Moreover, they offered it as a tribute to the Emperor of Dayong Dynasty. Aren't they afraid of being discovered?"
They can't be that stupid, can they?
"Let me think about it..." Li Qing knocked his head, wondering what he had missed.
Jiang Jinzhou suddenly had an idea and subconsciously said, "Could it be that burning the Dragon Scale Incense and this Cicada Dream Incense at the same time would have a hallucinogenic effect?"
"Yes, it's Long Linxiang, Jinzhou, you are so smart." Li Qing suddenly shouted, looking excited.
"That should be it. The Dragon Scale Incense and the Cicada Dream Incense, when combined with the sound of cicadas, will cause hallucinations in the sleeping person, as if they were in another world. They will not want to wake up, and will eventually die."
Lin Yulu: It seems very far-fetched, so I just listen to your nonsense quietly.
Yan Shuli: "If that's the case, then it would explain why Junior Sister Yang has no wounds on her body and no signs of poisoning!"
Jiang Jinzhou still had doubts, "The Moruo Kingdom was destroyed more than a hundred years ago, and Chan Mengxiang has been lost for a long time. Who would have Chan Mengxiang?"
"The royal family." Li Qing said with a confident look, "Before the fall of the Moruo Kingdom, it once contributed several boxes of Chan Meng Xiang to the imperial court. Chan Meng Xiang was once the most popular incense in the royal family because of its unique smell and ability to relieve pain. After the fall of the Moruo Kingdom, Chan Meng Xiang was even more valuable. It was only used by the emperor and became a magical medicine for the royal family."
Jiang Jinzhou: "But it's been a hundred years. Even if the royal family had Chan Meng Xiang, it must have been consumed, right?"
Jiang Jinzhou frowned, feeling that the matter was becoming increasingly confusing.
Yan Shuli: "Since only the royal family and the Moruo Kingdom have Chan Mengxiang, we now have a direction for investigation."
Regardless of whether the royal family has this Chan Mengxiang or not, as long as we go to the capital and investigate secretly, we can find clues.
If it was really done by the imperial court, then the imperial court must have had great ambitions.
After all, the underworld has been strong over the past hundred years, while the imperial court has declined. Perhaps this is a mystery set up by the imperial court in order to split the underworld.
Yan Shuli: "This matter is of great importance, the two of you should not go out and talk nonsense."
What he fears most now is that the imperial court, Xuanyin Sect and Shenjiying will join forces. This would make things even worse.
Li Qing and Jiang Jinzhou looked at each other and nodded, "Brother Yan, don't worry, we won't say anything nonsense."
After seeing the three people off, Yan Shuli immediately went to his father to explain the matter.
Jiang Zhonglin slapped the table, "Now that we have a direction, let's investigate it carefully. The court has been going too far over the years. Emperor Longxi wants to completely swallow up the martial arts world, but it depends on whether he has the strength to do so. Do you really think that the Wulin Alliance has not taken action over the years because they are afraid of him! Emperor Longxi dares to sow discord between our six major sects and the aristocratic families, so we must be prepared for the possibility of backlash."
"The imperial court wants to split our underworld forces, which is absolutely impossible." Yan Yunchu looked ugly and hated the imperial court's actions even more.
Even though there is no evidence now, he still has a hunch that the imperial court may have joined forces with the Xuanyin Sect.
......
the next day.
When the head of the Yang family arrived at Yanyun Gate, his face looked very ugly.
"Brother Yang!" Yan Yunchu looked guilty.
After all, the accident happened in Yanyunmen, and his niece Yunxi came all the way to Yanyunmen for his son. He cannot shirk this responsibility.
Yang Wanshan's face was so gloomy that water could drip out of it. He knew that this matter had nothing to do with Yan Yunchu, but that didn't stop him from venting his anger on him.
Yang Wanshan looked at the two of them, "Any clues?"
All he wanted now was to know whether the murderer had been found after such a long investigation, and whether there were any clues. He would never let his daughter's death be in vain.
Yan Yunchu nodded, his face looking a little grim, "Yesterday Shuli and the others went to Qianyueju again and found Chan Mengxiang in Yunxi's room."
Yang Wanshan frowned, "Chan Mengxiang?"
Why does it sound so familiar?
Jiang Chonglin explained, "Cicada Dream Incense is a special aromatherapy made by Moruo Country. When used alone, it can calm the mind and relieve pain, but it also has another effect."
Jiang Chonglin: "Yunxi likes Dragon Scale Incense, but Dragon Scale Incense mixed with Cicada Dream Incense will make people drowsy and, along with the sound of cicadas, they will fall into a dream forever until they die."
Yan Yunchu: "The murderer took advantage of Yunxi's love for Longlinxiang. It's summer now, so the sound of cicadas won't attract the attention of the guards. That's why he killed Yunxi's niece."
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