ebookland Chapter 408 only talks about knowledge points we don't know.
Chapter 408 only talks about knowledge points we don't know.
Misleading?
Before Jiang Jinghuai could react, Wen Yao had already lifted her skirt and run towards the direction of Tianji Pavilion.
"Master, I want to buy intelligence."
“Our Heavenly Secrets Pavilion has a rule: as long as the money is right, even heavenly secrets can be revealed!” The Pavilion Master twirled the sandalwood beads in his hand, raising an eyebrow. “However, it depends on whether Miss Wen has enough financial resources.”
Wen Yao's goal was clear: "I want to buy information related to puppetry."
The shop owner paused in his work of stringing beads, then said slowly, "Not for sale."
"Didn't you mean that heavenly secrets can be bought and sold, Master?"
"However, our establishment has one rule: everything is done according to one's heart. If it is not what one desires, no amount of money can satisfy it! Miss Wen, please leave!"
Wen Yao calmly held out a 10,000 tael silver note: "A thousand pieces of gold can't buy this, what about ten thousand?"
The Pavilion Master of Tianji Pavilion: "..."
Each of the NPCs has their own set of character traits that they must follow. For example, he may appear to be a wise and venerable person, but in reality, he is greedy and greedy.
According to regulations, he couldn't buy or sell this information, but Wen Yao used her financial power...
NPCs cannot be out of character (OOC); this rule is paramount.
So the Pavilion Master of Tianji Pavilion hesitated for a moment, but finally slowly took out the intelligence.
Wen Yao unfolded it and suddenly understood!
"Thank you, Pavilion Master!"
In the following time, Wen Yao did as many tasks as possible and even went to the gambling den to play a couple of rounds.
Unfortunately, she wasn't very lucky at gambling, winning one game and losing the next, so she decided to quit while she was ahead.
"Time's up! All talented individuals, please gather at Chang Le Palace!"
Everyone gathers.
"Before calculating your reputation points, I would like to ask a question."
The Emperor's fingers tapped lightly on the table rhythmically.
"Do you, my esteemed sages, know what other purpose this 'Selection of Talented Individuals' has besides selecting capable individuals?"
The murder mystery game lasted two hours, and everyone except for two people with negative IQs answered all the questions correctly.
"Investigate the cause of the Empress's death!"
"Find the person who poisoned us!"
"Main quest: Find the real killer!"
Gu Yan: ?
Lu Amber: ?
These two, the Crouching Dragon and the Young Phoenix, have clear yet foolish eyes.
WTF?
There's a main storyline quest??
Gu Yan: "Your Majesty, why didn't you say so sooner?"
Lu Amber: "Yeah, that's not fair! I don't know anything about it!"
The Emperor's Consort was speechless: "You two didn't even investigate properly, yet you're blaming me? Chunhua, punish those two for their great disrespect!"
The palace maid Chunhua responded, "Yes! Xiao Baizi and Steward Gu have repeatedly committed insubordination and have been disrespectful to their superiors. 5000 reputation points will be deducted from their names!"
The two, who were already poor, were now on the verge of desperation.
"No way! If we keep deducting, it'll become a negative number!"
"Your Majesty! Please, have mercy!"
The Emperor's Consort snorted coldly:
"Each of you is equivalent to five hundred ducks, and the two of you together are a thousand ducks. You're making such a racket that my old headache has flared up again! If you dare to make any more noise, then Chunhua will punish you again!"
Gu Yan and Lu Anbo fell silent instantly, but their expressions were also utterly despondent.
They didn't have much of an advantage to begin with, and now with a deduction of 5000, they have even less of a chance.
"Aside from those two fools, I presume all of you talented individuals have already begun your investigations. How are things progressing? Who—is the murderer?"
The scene was silent for a few seconds, mainly because time was too tight and everyone had not yet finished the main quest, so they could only guess based on the existing clues.
"The Grand Secretary!"
"Chief Steward Lu!"
"Your Majesty!"
Wen Yao gave a different answer:
"It's the Great General!"
The general rebuked, "Nonsense! I was the last to arrive at the scene when the Empress was poisoned!"
"Whether it's Steward Lu's files, the intelligence from the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion Master, or everyone present that day, they can all testify for me!"
Everyone spoke up for the general.
Wen Yao's gaze was calm and composed: "You were not present, but what if... you used puppetry to control someone and poison them?"
Gu Yan and Lu Anbo were even more confused.
What is puppetry? What is poisoning?
Why are you talking about things we don't know?
【What the hell? ? ? 】
[How does my little sister's brain work?!]
[Oh no, I'm possessed by Bai Ziyanzi! I still haven't figured out the logic!]