Zhao Fang calmed down. He had a good memory. According to the records on the previous and following pages, he copied the torn pages one by one on the white paper. However, when he wrote a certain line, his hand suddenly stopped.
After coming down, it took a while before I started writing again and solemnly wrote the words "On the second day of February, Imperial Physician Ma Yuanchen took two liang of Aconitum".
Looking at this line of words, Liu Hu's pupils shrank. He and Zhao Fang both thought of the same thing. There was nothing wrong with the other records. Only this record might involve the poisoning of the second elder brother. Could this be tearing paper?
What's the purpose?
"How dare that little brat play tricks under our noses!" Zhao Fang suddenly cursed angrily. Xiao Chengzi was undoubtedly the most suspicious. If he was the one who tore the paper, then he might be the one who stole the snake venom.
But I don’t know who actually ordered him.
"Father-in-law, in my opinion, this matter must be reported to heaven. Otherwise, once the superiors investigate and find that the booklet has been torn, they may be blamed on father-in-law." Liu Hu said.
Zhao Fang waved his hands distractedly, "Don't worry, we will report to the emperor after dawn tomorrow. As for Xiao Chengzi, our family will also pay attention to it. Alas, there have been endless incidents in the palace recently, and it is not
Know why."
This night seemed to be extremely long, with layers of darkness continuing continuously, and it seemed that there would never be an end in sight...
Liu Hu returned to Chengqian Palace, only to see Hongli still waiting at the same place. He immediately told him everything and told him not to worry too much. Although the torn book had destroyed possible evidence, the corresponding doubts were also more obvious.
, I believe that when presented to the emperor, he will definitely discover something fishy. As long as he follows this line of investigation, he will be able to prove Concubine Xi's innocence.
Hongli then left, but turned back after a moment. This time he asked Liu Hu to try to go to the imperial hospital to find out who was the person who signed the petition to protect Ma Yuanchen from entering the palace as the imperial physician.
Liu Hu carefully noted down that he went to the Imperial Hospital after his shift at dawn the next day. Imperial Physician Liu was flipping through medical books there, and didn't pay attention when he came in. It wasn't until Liu Hu went around asking about Ma Yuanchen's sponsor that he felt a little confused.
He raised his head in surprise and said, "That's strange, two people have already come to ask about this this morning."
Liu Hu was startled and asked subconsciously: "May I ask Imperial Physician Liu who the other person is?"
Doctor Liu put together the medical book and replied: "It's Eunuch Su who is in front of the emperor."
Hearing this, Liu Hu immediately understood that Zhao Fang must have reported the matter to the emperor. The emperor was suspicious of Ma Yuanchen and sent Su Peisheng to inquire.
"Mr. Liu, who is this guarantor..." Liu Hu asked carefully.
Imperial Doctor Liu's eyes flashed and he said: "It's Imperial Physician Deng. Imperial Physician Ma is a disciple of Imperial Physician Deng outside the palace. He has been studying medicine with him for seven or eight years. This year, Imperial Physician Deng saw that he was successful in medical skills and recommended him to the Imperial Hospital."
When Imperial Doctor Liu's words fell upon Ling Ruo's ears several times, the questions that had been puzzling her were finally solved. Given this relationship, Imperial Doctor Ma must have been ordered by Imperial Doctor Deng to go to the Imperial Pharmacy to ask for aconite, and Deng
The imperial physician could use the aconite and stolen snake venom to make a poison that would harm Hongshi.
"Master, does this prove that you did not poison the second elder brother?" There was a joy rarely seen in these days on Shuiyue's eyebrows.
Ling Ruo lowered his head and smiled bitterly, looking at the thread that was hooked on his fingertips and said: "How can it be so easy? These are just one-sided speculations. They are possibilities at most and cannot be considered evidence at all." Nian was afraid of being discovered by others.
Early in the morning, everything that could be destroyed was destroyed, and even the record about the use of aconite was not left behind.
When Shuiyue heard this, she couldn't help but feel disappointed, "This won't work, and that won't work either. Then everything we do will be useless.
"You can't say that." Shui Xiu continued: "At least, the emperor also suspected the things we suspected, and sent Eunuch Su to investigate, as well as that Xiao Chengzi. I believe the emperor can definitely prove the innocence of the master.
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"I hope this day will come soon. I have been locked in here all day, and I always feel anxious and uneasy. I don't know what's going on with Mo'er either." When talking about this, Shui Yue became restless, and they
There has been no news about Mo'er for a long time. I'm really afraid that those in the Shenxing Division are ruthless and it will be difficult to save Mo'er's life.
After talking for a long time, Ling Ruo accidentally saw An'er talking to Yang Hai outside. The two of them frowned from time to time and asked each other, "What's wrong?"
When Ling Ruo asked, An'er had no choice but to come in and say, "Returning to the master, I found a dead cat outside the tea room, and it was all rotten. I wanted Eunuch Yang to help bury it so as not to shock the master."
Dead cat…
Ling Ruo's heart moved and she hurriedly said: "Take me to have a look quickly, and you go and call Nan Qiu."
Although An'er didn't know what was so good about a dead cat, she didn't dare to ask any more questions. She took Ling Ruo all the way to the outside of the tea room, and saw a cat with a ferocious dead look on the ground. Chengqian Palace never kept cats.
It seems that it jumped in from other places. The hair around the cat's mouth was stained with blood, and there was a pool of black blood next to it.
After waiting for a while, Nanqiu arrived. She never slept well these two nights. Her eyes were as red as a rabbit. She saluted and said, "Master, are you looking for a slave?"
"I remember you said that you poured out the first cup of tea you brewed, right?"
"Yes, I remember that I splashed it on a cat." At this point, she glanced at the dead cat on the ground and said, "It looks a bit like this one. Could it be..."
Ling Ruo nodded slightly, with a look of surprise on her face, she raised her hand and pulled out a silver hairpin from An'er's hair, and inserted it hard into the hardened cat corpse. When she pulled it out again, the hairpin that had just been embedded in the cat corpse had already softened.
Black is clearly a sign of poisoning.
"This cat was probably poisoned when the water you splashed on Tian's body was very similar to that of Second Elder Brother when he was poisoned." He returned the hairpin to An'er, but saw the girl shrinking her hand.
He refused to take the hairpin despite saying anything behind him. Ling Ruo laughed when he saw this and said, "That's all. I'll reward you with another hairpin tomorrow."
"Master, why did you check this cat? We have known for a long time that the tea is poisonous. It is normal for the cat to die from the poisoning of the tea if it dies." Shui Xiu looked questioning, not understanding Ling Ruo's actions.
She, Nan Qiu and others also looked the same.
Ling Ruo smiled silently and said: "But we can use this dead cat to set up a game within a game. When a person has ghosts in his heart, he will often be afraid of things that do not exist at all." At this point, she called out
Crossing the Yanghai Sea, I whispered in my ear.
After Yang Hai listened carefully, he held the cat corpse by its tail and said, "Master, don't worry, I will tell Leader Liu exactly what he said."
With the departure of Yang Hai, before sunset, rumors about a cat being poisoned to death in Chengqian Palace spread throughout the palace, and the rumors also became more and more fragmented as they passed on, from a cat to a
Ten, twenty or even more; at night, some guards said they heard the shrill and scary cat meowing coming from the Chengqian Palace, and they also said they saw a group of cat spirits coming and going, as if they were looking for someone to harm them.