Master National Teacher is motionless

Chapter 42 Snake Demon
At the moment when more than ten people fell to their deaths, there seemed to be a slight distortion in the space. A tall, thin old man with white hair and wearing a learned cloak suddenly appeared at the scene of entering the Pan ceremony out of thin air.

"Gongsun Xuebo!"

"He's a master of chess."

Immediately, some students and Xuezheng recognized the identity of the tall and thin old man.

The tall and thin old man frowned and glanced at the dozen or so corpses on the ground, then looked at Jian Cheng, and said, "Old Qi, I feel that someone died in the school formation. What happened?"

Jian Cheng looked at these corpses with a heavy face, and immediately said in a deep voice: "Gongsun Zangshu, immediately completely seal off the entire school, and move Yan Zangshu over here."

The tall and thin old man didn't say much, just waved his sleeves, and black and white chess pieces flew out of his sleeves, turning into streamers of light and flying in all directions, and at the same time, grid-like lines appeared under his feet, as if At this moment, the entire academy turned into a huge chessboard.

Immediately afterwards, a tall woman with a veil on her face and a green dress and fur cape also appeared on the scene, and the faint scent of medicine slowly permeated.

This woman is obviously a scholar of pharmacy in Xuegong, and also the book collection order of Renzong Secret Pavilion.

"What happened?" Yan Zangshu's voice was slightly hoarse, and his clear eyes swept over the corpses at the scene.

Jian Cheng took a deep breath and said: "These people died suddenly, they looked like witchcraft or some kind of poison, I wanted to call you to save them, but it was too late, and I didn't find any traces, so Please take a look."

"The art of witchcraft? Gu poison?"

Yan Zangshu frowned slightly, and when he walked up to the corpse of one of Xuezheng, the crowd watching the ceremony immediately dispersed to the side for an open space.

She squatted down, resting a slender fingertip on the forehead of the corpse.

After a while, Yan Zangshu withdrew his hand, glanced at the crowd of guests again, then turned his head to look at Jian Cheng, and fell silent.

"How about Yan Zangshu?" Jiancheng asked: "You are already the best person in the academy who is good at medicine and toxicology, if you can't find out, then you can only go to the sect to invite the master of your medicine pavilion. "

"It doesn't make any difference if the pavilion master comes, he will only come to the same conclusion as me."

Yan Zangshu shook his head slightly, and said: "When I arrived just now, I recognized them at a glance. Judging from the signs of death, these people obviously died of the 'poison of the worry-relieving snake', but I searched the corpses...but I couldn't find them. A trace of snake venom."

"Can't find snake venom?" Jian Cheng frowned and said, "Since he died from snake venom, why can't he find snake venom?"

"Two possibilities." Yan Zangshu said in a low voice: "First, the poisoned Jieyou snake is the legendary ten thousand year demon king. The snake venom completely dissipated into the invisible."

Lin Lan's heart skipped a beat when he heard this.

The scene he saw in the final scene was a tsunami caused by a huge snake tail, overwhelming him, and the terrible water directly washed him to death.

Could it be that……

"Ten Thousand Years Demon King?" Jian Cheng frowned even deeper, "Master Shengshi swept the world 800 years ago, so there shouldn't be a Ten Thousand Years Demon King that has been missed in this world, right?"

He was also a little unsure, took a deep breath, and asked, "Is there another possibility?"

Yan Zangshu glanced at the crowd present, but did not answer.

Knowing what she meant, Jian Cheng waved his sleeves and said, "Then let's discuss it later."

He looked at the dozen or so corpses again, frowned and said, "However, why were these people killed? What do these people have in common that will attract poisonous killing?"

At this time, a student in a white robe suddenly took a step forward, cupped his hands and said, "Report to Jian Cheng, the student probably knows what these people have in common."

"Oh? Say." Jian Cheng looked at Xuezheng.

The white-robed Xuezheng immediately said: "Last night, in order to celebrate being admitted to the Academy, His Royal Highness King Ning held a banquet at the mansion, and invited friends and several students in the Academy, including students, who went to the banquet Later, it was discovered that His Highness King Ning had prepared a batch of snake girls at the dinner party to entertain the guests.

He coughed and said: "It's just that the students remembered the teacher's teachings, declined the kindness of His Highness Ning Wang, and did not let the snake girl serve. After the banquet, they left directly. On this point, Shu Xue who left with me Xuezheng Liang Feiming can testify."

Immediately, a young man walked out of the crowd, and said solemnly: "Jiancheng, the students can testify that this was indeed the case at the banquet last night, and the students, like Brother Zhao, always kept the teacher's teachings in mind, so they left after the banquet. "

Jian Cheng frowned slightly, and said, "Get to the point."

The white-robed student glanced at the dozen or so corpses on the ground, and said, "These dead who were poisoned happened to be the guests who attended the banquet last night, so the student guessed, since it was snake venom, would they be with these snake girls?" related?"

"Snake girl?"

Jian Cheng looked at the crowd of guests and asked, "Is there someone from Prince Ning's residence?"

Immediately, a middle-aged man with the appearance of a housekeeper came out from the edge of the crowd. His face was pale and bloodless. After cupping his hands, he respectfully said, "Lord Jian Cheng, you are in charge of the Xia Ning Palace."

"Do you know what happened at the banquet last night?" Jian Cheng stared at the steward of Prince Naning's mansion, "Tell me exactly."

"Yes."

The steward of Prince Ning's Mansion said in a low voice: "At the banquet last night, His Royal Highness Ning Wang prepared fifteen snake girls. He originally planned to invite 14 people, but he didn't expect that there was a student on the invitation list who didn't go, and the other three friends of His Highness heard about it. Feng Sheng came to the banquet, so there were two more people at the banquet, His Royal Highness Ning Wang found that Zhao Xuezheng and Liang Xuezheng were not served by the snake girl, so he asked me to take the two adults to the Jiaofang Division."

The faces of the two Xuezhengs were suddenly a little embarrassed.

Jian Cheng glanced coldly at the two Xuezhengs, ignored them, and just said, "And then?"

"There was nothing unusual after that." The steward of Prince Ning's Mansion lowered his head and said, "After the banquet, His Highness Prince Ning asked all the guests to stay in the guest room of the Nuan Pavilion with Snake Girl."

Jian Cheng pondered for a moment, then asked: "You just said that there is a student on the invitation list who did not go? Who is it?"

The steward of Prince Ning's Mansion looked at the new student behind Jiancheng and said, "It's Mr. Lin Lan. His Highness originally planned to give the most beautiful snake girl to Mr. Lin Lan at the banquet, but Mr. Lin Lan directly rejected the invitation to the banquet. "

Everyone looked at Lin Lan.

Lin Lan calmly met everyone's gaze.

Jian Cheng nodded slightly, then frowned and said: "Please distinguish carefully, the people who died at the scene were all those who were served by the snake girl last night?"

The steward of Prince Ning's Mansion carefully looked at more than a dozen corpses with sweat on his forehead, and said, "That's true, except for the second son of Lou Guogong's mansion and the third son of Qingyang County Lord's mansion who were not present, these thirteen people were all dead last night. Those who are served by the Snake Maiden."

"There are two more?"

Jiancheng turned his head to look at one of the purple-robed Jiaoyu, and said, "Chen Jiaoyu, quickly go to Lou Guogong's Mansion and Qingyang County Lord's Mansion to confirm whether the two died of poison."

The purple-robed instructor nodded slightly, and looked at the chess scholar who sealed off the academy with a formation.

The tall and thin old man waved his sleeve immediately, and a pawn flew out, moving the purple-robed instruction out of the formation.

"I'll ask you again."

Jian Cheng looked at the steward of King Ning's mansion again, frowned and said, "Where did those snake girls of King Ning come from? Where are they now?"

The steward of Prince Ning's Mansion hesitated for a moment, and then said in a low voice: "... When the master of Faguang Temple was killing demons, he found a group of snake demons who had just transformed into Qingmu Mountain in Yanzhou, because these snake demons did not commit any crimes. , and has a certain cultivation qualification, so the mana was sealed and given as a gift to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Speaking of this, he lowered his head and said: "His Royal Highness King Ning found that these snake girls were all beautiful, so he asked for them from His Royal Highness. Now those snake girls are still in the palace, and His Highness plans to use them to entertain guests. .”

(End of this chapter)