This matter was not important, and it could not even be compared to the previous events. Nan Shiying had a strange feeling, always sensing that behind this flawed scheme, something was hidden, something was lurking, like a colossal creature flashing past beneath the ripples on the surface of a cold pond in the dead of night.
"Xuan Yi, I want detailed information about the opera troupe after their arrival in the capital. Which minister's mansion did they perform in, and what plays did they put on? Also, where did they go for shopping and whom did they speak with? Furthermore, send people to their ancestral hometowns. I want to know if the opera troupe that entered the capital is the same one as before."
"Also, do not overlook any place suitable for murder and disposal of bodies along the way. Investigate thoroughly."
Upon learning that Dieyi had deliberately used a woman to spread rumors, the Dark Web immediately presented the information about the opera troupe. The troupe needed travel permits to enter the capital, and the permits detailed their household registration locations.
However, the permits lacked portraits, meaning their documents were insufficient to prove their identities.
Jin Mo said that the Tang Clan was in Shu, while Lan Dieyi and the others' ancestral homes were in Changting County, Changwei City. Changwei City was two thousand li away from Shu. What did two thousand li mean? It meant that if they walked, it would take people a full half-year. Even martial arts experts would need over a month to travel on foot.
Wait a minute, why was everyone's mind as if smeared with a layer of paste? From Jia Huan to her, then to Jin Mo, how could such obvious errors go unnoticed?
Nan Shiying suddenly raised her hand and seized Jin Mo's wrist. The blood vessels on his wrist were strong, but faintly, there was a surging and turbulence like a flood battering a dike.
"Jin Mo..."
Nan Shiying's figure, upon seeing the light-and-shadow-like green appearing at the temples of Ji Jin Mo, felt her anger and panic instantly surge into her brain.
Lan Dieyi or that woman carried poison.
No, it wasn't Lan Dieyi, it was the initial woman, that woman!
"Thirteen, go and call my master, quickly!"
Xuan Shisan, seeing the scales like those on a snake's body spreading from the Prince's temples, was greatly alarmed. He even looked up at the moon hanging high in the sky. The moon was crescent-shaped, still five to six months away from being completely full. It wasn't even mid-autumn yet, so why would the蠱 poison in the Master's body act up?
Hearing Nan Shiying's command, Shisan did not dare to hesitate. He accepted the order and went to find Poison Elder.
"It's nothing!"
The蛊 worm in his body became active. Ji Jin Mo's head felt like hundreds of people were speaking at once, some crying, some laughing, some screaming, some cursing. The most terrifying thing was not the torment raging in his mind, but the gnawing of the蛊 worm at his spine, a pain that pierced the very soul. Yet, this torment, which could drive a person mad, only caused him to furrow his brow slightly. In fact, compared to the torment he was currently enduring, he cared more about Nan Shiying's mood.
This was the objective of those people, this was it!
Nan Shiying's eyes widened in fury. She held Ji Jin Mo's hand, hating his nonchalant demeanor when he was clearly in extreme pain. This made her unable to stop thinking about how much torment he had endured over the years to cultivate such a reaction.
"Shut up!"
Nan Shiying drew out a silver needle, moved behind Ji Jin Mo, and stabbed him at an acupuncture point, directly sealing the Yuling acupoint between his third and fourth vertebrae.