Chapter 15 Butterfly Flower

Although Yun Wuque was confident enough, it was a bit difficult for him to sleep soundly in an unfamiliar place for a whole night. After all, cats are very particular about their beds.

After feeling that the drunkenness was almost gone, Yun Wuque poked his head out from under the quilt, rolled around a few times like a naughty boy, and then sat up on the bed.

When he pushed open the door, he heard a rough male voice saying, "Everyone is already waiting in the lobby. Some of them are not cooperating and after seeing the token, they are like quails with their heads tucked in..."

But before he could finish his words, he saw the door next to him being pushed open, and the rest of his words were blocked in his mouth for a moment.

Yun Wuque looked at the two people outside the door. The man who had just spoken had a rough face and a beard. His eyes seemed to pop out when he leaned out of the door. The other man was dressed in black and had a handsome face. His eyebrows and eyes were deep, and just standing there gave people an invisible sense of oppression, as if all secrets could be revealed in his eyes.

"belch...."

Yun Wuque, who was being stared at by the two men, couldn't help but burp, and then the expressions of the two people in front of him became even uglier.

Yun Wuque noticed that the man who had spoken earlier now had an expression that made him want to cry but could not. He thought about it and realized that he had set up the simple maze himself. He felt that he still needed to explain, "It may be because I like to crawl into the quilt when I sleep. It's normal that no one saw me..."

Liu Hua's expression became even uglier. It would be better if he didn't explain. He secretly glanced at his conductor. At this time, most of the men and women in the guest room were flirting and doing things. Few people would sleep alone in the room and crawl under the quilt. But thinking of this, he remembered that he had checked this room and there was indeed no such young man. Thinking of this, Liu Hua looked at Yun Wuque with alert eyes.

Lu Jingci didn't care about the distorted face of his subordinates at this time. He looked at the boy who suddenly appeared without any fluctuation in his expression. He just said in a routine manner: "I have been ordered to track down the court criminals. Please go to the hall and wait."

Upon hearing this, Yun Wuque looked around and saw many guards wearing armor and carrying swords. The only difference was that the two guards in front of him had an extra token on their waists compared to the regular guards.

Jiuyou is an organization directly under the emperor.

Men and women gathered on the first floor. The usual romantic atmosphere was no longer there. Especially the young man from a noble family who was used to being spoiled by his family. After waiting here for a while, he became impatient and started to say some unpleasant words.

However, after Yun Wuque and a few others appeared, the hall suddenly fell silent. Yun Wuque raised his eyebrows slightly when he saw this scene, and then walked away from Lu Jingci and went to the corner of the hall very self-awarely.

After seeing this group of guards starting to check everyone in the hall one by one, Yun Wuque yawned a little bored, and then stared at the fruit plate beside him.

"Brother! This brother!"

Yun Wuque was still concentrating on eating the orange in his hand when he heard someone calling him. He looked up and saw a young man in white looking at him curiously, which reminded him of a large dog.

When the young man in white saw Yun Wuque noticed him, he immediately came over warmly and said, "My name is Wei Luobai, may I ask your name?"

"Yun Wuque."

Yun Wuque put half of the orange into his mouth as he spoke, and then his expression froze, it tasted so sour.

"What a good name!" Wei Luobai praised, and then he turned his eyes and asked, "I wonder what the relationship is between Wu Que and Commander Lu, and why they appear together?"

Yun Wuque didn't mind someone being so familiar with him. He handed the orange in his hand to Wei Luobai. After seeing the other person's face twisted by the sour taste, he smiled and asked, "Commander Lu?"

Wei Luobai ignored the bitterness in his tone and asked in surprise: "You don't know? It's that Lu Jingci, the chief commander of Jiuyou." As he spoke, he pointed at Yun Wuque with his eyes.

Yun Wuque tilted his head slightly, blinked and said, "This is my first time in Shengling City."

Wei Luobai covered his chest in exaggeration. He seemed to understand why keeping cats as pets was popular recently. However, after learning that the other party was visiting the Holy Tomb City for the first time, he asked hesitantly, "Then why did you go downstairs together?"

Although Yun Wuque didn't know why the person in front of him was so surprised, he still patiently and briefly explained what had just happened.

“Hahahahahaha.”

Wei Luobai couldn't help laughing out loud, and after being noticed by others, the smile on his face remained.

Some people admired Wei Luobai for being able to laugh out loud under Jiuyou's nose, but he was the only son of the general who controlled the country. This was not someone an ordinary person could afford to offend. Even Jiuyou had to think about the consequences clearly.

Besides that, there was a little more inquiry in their eyes when they looked at Yun Wuque. Since he could go downstairs with Lu Jingci and had such a pleasant conversation with Wei Luobai, his identity must be extraordinary.

In fact, there were many loopholes in Yun Wuque's words. Only two internal personnel of Jiuyou were dispatched for this operation, and one of them was the chief commander Lu Jingci. It was impossible for him to not be discovered under the nose of this commander by sleeping in the quilt.

But what does this have to do with Wei Luobai?

The smile on Wei Luobai's face remained unchanged, he felt like he had known Mr. Yun for a long time from the first sight!

This capital city may seem prosperous, but who knows how many disgusting poisonous insects are hidden under the dense golden leaves. It is time to clean up the garbage. After all, things that remain unchanged will eventually be abandoned. I just don't know if this young man will be one of the changes.

"Wuque, do you know why Jiuyou came to Qianjin Pavilion to capture people?" Wei Luobai took out a folding fan at some point and fanned himself and Yun Wuque.

Most people hold a folding fan to add to their style, but Wei Luobai's pure and unpretentious action impressed Yun Wuque.

Favorability +1

If there really was such a hint, Yun Wuque would definitely not hesitate to increase the other party's favorability.

The summer night was already a bit stuffy, and with a group of people gathered together, people felt restless for no reason, so Yun Wuque accepted Wei Luobai's fanning him with peace of mind. He narrowed his eyes and shook his head in a good mood.

Seeing this, Wei Luobai slowly fanned the folding fan in his hand and said, "The story begins on June 24th..."

June 24th was the birthday of the youngest son of Minister of War Yang Jiang. After his eldest son passed away, he transferred all his love to his youngest son Yang Zhan, and therefore the birthday party that day was held in an exceptionally grand manner.

But who would have thought that halfway through the birthday party, large pieces of white petals appeared in the room. The guests thought it was part of the party show, but after the petals fell to the ground, Yang Zhan suddenly fell to the ground and fell into a coma. He has not woken up until now. Although a famous doctor has saved his life, if he does not wake up, he will probably die within five days.

Yang Jiang was furious when he saw his son being persecuted by a villain, but after checking everyone at the birthday party that day, he did not find any clues. However, three days later, when Zhang Zixuan, the second son of Minister Zhang, was having dinner in a restaurant, white petals fell from the sky again, and Zhang Zixuan also fell into a coma.

The day before yesterday was three days after Zhang Zixuan fell into a coma. When his cousin Zhang Quan was playing in the water with his concubine at home, white petals fell from the sky and he also fainted. However, after the doctor came and gave him a few injections, Zhang Quan actually woke up. The doctor diagnosed that he was over-frightened.

Obviously, the three of them encountered the same thing, but Zhang Quan was the only one who woke up. As a result, Zhang Quan was targeted since he woke up. He was afraid that someone would use lynching, so he ran directly to Jiuyou, hoping that Jiuyou could find out the truth as soon as possible.

"Now Commander Lu is personally searching Qianjin Pavilion. I'm afraid the culprit who caused the young masters to fall into a coma is in Qianjin Pavilion."

White petals?

A dark light flashed in Yun Wuque's eyes, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, "This Holy Tomb City is really interesting."

Upon hearing this, Wei Luobai nodded in agreement, "It's indeed interesting."

While the two were talking, a large number of people had left the first floor of Qianjin Pavilion. Yun Wuque noticed that most of those who were let go were customers who came to Qianjin Pavilion to spend money. So it seemed that the thief was most likely a member of Qianjin Pavilion.

"No! This is not mine!"

A woman in plain clothes had a knife held across her neck by a guard, and another guard took out a purse filled with white petals from the woman's waist.

When everyone saw the white petals, their faces turned pale instantly. Everyone knew about the major case that happened in Shengling City in recent days. Especially the man who had had a romantic encounter with the woman in plain clothes, his legs became weak.

Yulan had no idea when someone had tampered with the sachet around her waist. The moment the long knife was placed at her neck, she almost fainted.

Lu Ci checked the petals in his pouch in shock and found that they were just ordinary white lily petals. His eyes dimmed and it seemed that the murderer could no longer hold back.

"Petals! Run!"

Someone in the crowd shouted, and soon everyone noticed white petals starting to scatter all around. Everyone was frightened and began to flee in all directions. Even if the guards on the side wanted to stop them, it was useless and they could only watch everyone rush to the door.

Wei Luobai looked at the people fleeing everywhere, shaking the fan in his hand in amazement.

"Aren't you afraid?"

Yun Wuque raised his head and glanced at him. "As far as I know, the white jade hairpin is not poisonous."

Wei Luobai closed his fan and said with a smile in his eyes: "Wu Que is indeed a wonderful person."

Lu Jingci also ignored the people who were fleeing towards the door. Soon, two guards tied up a thin boy who was about eleven or twelve years old and brought him in front of Lu Jingci through the back door.

"Commander Lu, this person is just as you guessed, preparing to slip away through the door."

The remaining people in the building who had not escaped calmed down after they found that no one had fainted among the petals. Some brave people squatted down to check the petals and found that it was just an ordinary white hibiscus hairpin.

Yulan looked at the boy and suddenly shouted, "It's him! He's the one who changed my purse! He's the murderer!"

After hearing Yulan's shout, everyone in Qianjin Pavilion turned their eyes to the boy. For a moment, their gazes fluctuated between Yulan and the boy. A weak woman and a thin boy, no matter what choice they made, they did not seem like the murderer.

This boy fainted at the door of Qianjin Pavilion half a month ago. The madam made a lot of money that day and was in a good mood, so she simply rescued the boy and kept him to work in Qianjin Pavilion. Yulan remembered that when Jiuyou's people came to search, they accidentally bumped into her, and the purse must have been swapped by them at that time.

"Does Wu Que think the murderer is this boy?"

Wei Luobai no longer concealed his voice. Anyway, Lu Jingci had caught the person he wanted to catch, so he was not afraid that the other party would accuse him of obstructing Jiuyou's capture of the criminal.

Yun Wuque chuckled: "Boy? He must be much older than you."

After hearing Yun Wuque's words, everyone looked at the boy in disbelief.

Wei Luobai was a smart man, and he quickly thought of something, "Dwarf?"

Yun Wuque nodded.

Everyone was shocked again. They had indeed heard of the dwarf, but this man looked too much like a child, making it difficult for them to tell him apart for a moment.

The tied-up Zhao Li also glanced at Yun Wuque and admitted casually, "Young Master, you have good eyesight."

Yun Wuque nodded, accepting Zhao Li's compliment with a clear conscience. He said calmly, "You are dying."

Zhao Li was startled, a sinister expression appeared on his face: "Yes, I'm dying soon, but if the son of the Shangshu and the son of Yu Shilang can be buried with me, my life will not be in vain, hahahahahaha."

Everyone listened to Zhao Li's crazy words with different expressions.

"It's a pity that there is still one person alive. Are you willing to accept this?" Yun Wuque continued, looking at Zhao Li's crazy look with a calm expression.

"Shut up! Why is that person okay? Why? Why?" Zhao Li shouted. He blamed God for the injustice. Why was that person okay?

Zhao Li was too noisy, so at Lu Jingci's signal, Liu Hua stepped forward and pressed the other's dumb spot.

Lu Jingci lowered his eyes and glanced at Zhao Li, then turned his gaze to Yun Wuque, as if the murderer of the Feihua case was not as attractive as the young man in front of him.

Lu Jingci walked up to the young master, lowered his head and asked, "I am the commander-in-chief of Jiuyou, Lu Jingci. May I ask your name, young master?"

Lu Jingci's action really surprised the people around him. They originally thought that the two knew each other, but they didn't expect that they didn't even know each other's names. However, although they were curious about why they could go downstairs together just now, they were now more curious about why Lu Jingci was so polite.

I'm afraid that if some people who were knocked to the ground by Lu Jingci's sword saw this scene, they might shout loudly that Lu Jingci was crazy.

"Yun Wuque."

"May I ask why Mr. Yun said that this prisoner will die?" Lu Ci looked at Yun Wuque in shock and asked.

Wei Luobai suddenly stepped forward and held his fan between the two men, "Commander Lu, Wu Que is not your prisoner." The implication was that there was no need to answer any of your questions yet.

Yun Wuque was a little surprised when he saw Wei Luobai's actions. His eyes flashed and he stroked the other's hair like petting a dog, and then commented in his heart that his hair was not as good as his own.

Wei Luobai was a little surprised, but not disgusted.

"There is an insect called butterfly flower. Its eggs are the size of soybeans and need to be hatched in the human body. After they are formed, they will drill out of the human body. Its appearance is like petals and it can dance like a butterfly."

"The newly formed butterfly flower will look for a parasite with a similar smell to the surrounding area. After finding the parasite, it will form a cocoon again inside the parasite's body. After all the nutrients of the parasite are absorbed, the butterfly flower will lay its eggs."

"The reason why he will die is because he is using his body to incubate the eggs. I am afraid that in two hours, the remaining butterflies will emerge from his body, and that will be the time of his death."

At this point, Yun Wuque raised his lips and said seriously: "I suggest cremation immediately."

Lu frowned in surprise, "Is there any other way?"

Yun Wuque shook his head and said, "It's too late."

"Master Yun, do you have any way to save the person who is parasitic and has laid eggs in the butterfly flower?" Lu Ci asked in surprise.

Yun Wuque did not reply to the other party's question. He asked back: "Commander Lu should also know about insects such as butterfly flowers. Why do you continue to ask me?"

Facing the young man's question, Lu Jingci was not dissatisfied, "There is indeed a book in the library that records this kind of insect, but the content is only two lines."

"It seems that no one can take away these ten thousand taels of silver..." Wei Luobai sighed.

Hearing the word silver, Yun Wuque looked at Wei Luobai curiously.

"Wu Que may not know this as he has just arrived in the capital, but those two families have made bold promises to save their sons. They have offered a medical fee of ten thousand taels and also given many rare treasures." Wei Luobai explained curiously when he saw Yun Wu Que.

Yun Wuque rolled his eyes, his blue eyes showing a hint of eagerness to try, "It's actually not impossible to cure it."

The next day, Shuiyun Tower.

"How is it? Is it delicious?" Wei Luobai asked.

Yun Wuque nodded, and when he was half full, he looked at Wei Luobai, "What do you want to ask me?"

Wei Luobai touched his nose, walked up to Yun Wuque and asked, "Why is Zhang Quan fine?"