After Lu Zhiyao returned, he saw Ling Yi walking over with a letter.
"Master's reply." Ling Yi handed the letter to Lu Zhiyao and watched Lu Zhiyao walk into the house with the letter, then waited outside the door.
As soon as Lu Zhiyao closed the door, he couldn't wait to open the letter and read it. She quickly read the letter and automatically ignored Lin Yinan's obviously teasing words. Sitting on the chair with the letter, Lu Zhiyao didn't understand.
What does Lin Yinan mean by "No matter what happens, you must stay in the capital."
There were so many troublesome things that Lu Zhiyao felt that his brain was a little exhausted. He opened the door and called Ling Yi in. Lu Zhiyao asked, "Where is Zhan Yulong? Have you gone to Nangong Mansion?"
"Yes, does Madam have something to do with him?"
"It's okay." Lu Zhiyao shook his head, raised his eyes to look at Ling Yi, and then asked: "Tell me, where can those vendors gather together willingly, do the same thing, and still think it's natural?"
Ling Yi looked at Lu Zhiyao in confusion and tried hard to give her an answer. Unfortunately, there was always a gap between reality and imagination.
"Those who sell things on the street are all from poor families. They have no money, so they like cheap things. A cheap and hot breakfast is what everyone wants." Lu Zhiyao spoke slowly, like
He muttered to himself: "Let them eat poisoned things, and then go about their business as if nothing happened. The poison is chronic and will not attack immediately. Smarter people will also mix it up and down."
With some effort, it takes a person to eat several times before he is poisoned. The people who eat every day are different, and they are not just small vendors selling things. So now those who are poisoned will have ordinary people. Ling Yi, you
Say, am I right?"
Ling Yi nodded repeatedly and thought about what Lu Zhiyao said. "So what the master is saying is that you suspect that those who have died all ate food from the same family, so they were all poisoned?"
"It's not impossible. It's very common for them to take a sip of tea when they are tired during the day, so they won't take it to heart at all. Even if Ruo Ling goes to ask them specifically, they may not be able to think of this, let alone those who
Relatives of the deceased. It is impossible for them to know the behavior of the deceased during the day. If the deceased did not tell them after returning home, they would not tell Ruo Ling. Do you think a person would tell his family that he drank alcohol today after returning home from a busy day?
Is it something as small as a few sips of tea?”
"No, all the merchants care about is how much money they make." Ling Yi's eyes brightened slightly, "I will go find Ruo Ling now and bring her the master's words."
"Be careful not to let others follow you. If Ruo Ling is working so hard to investigate this matter, no one can tell whether she has been targeted by others. You, like me, are people who should not be in the capital at this time.
, go with a different face, and it’s always right to be careful.”
"I understand, don't worry, Master."
Ling Yi exited the room and immediately went to do what Lu Zhiyao told her. Lu Zhiyao lay on the table and looked at the tea cup on the table. She didn't think that the owner of the tea stall did this. Maybe at this time,
He was already dead after being used. The matter had stopped at this point, so how to continue investigating was a headache for Lu Zhiyao.
Ling Yi brought Lu Zhiyao's words to Lan Ruoling. After hearing this, an idea flashed in her mind, and she quickly set out to investigate the matter. After a lot of effort, she finally found out who was selling breakfast and setting up a tea stall on the street.
Who are they? But if she continues to check, Lan Ruoling's heart suddenly goes cold.
Just as Lu Zhiyao expected, two died and two were poisoned.
Lu Zhiyao was woken up from the bed by Lan Ruoling in a daze. He looked at Lan Ruoling with one eye closed. Lu Zhiyao shook his head, trying to wake himself up.
"What time has it been and you still came here?" Lu Zhiyao got out of bed, put on his clothes and sat at the table. Looking at Lan Ruoling who was silent and a little guilty, Lu Zhiyao asked her with a smile.
, "You can no longer continue the investigation halfway through. Are you feeling particularly unwilling?"
Lan Ruoling saw that Lu Zhiyao had guessed the purpose of her coming, so she didn't hide it. She said "hmm", lowered her head and sat next to Lu Zhiyao. After a while, she asked, "Master, what else can you do?"
Is there any way?"
"Yes. I can tell you, but you have to promise me to have a good sleep, otherwise I won't tell you."
Lan Ruoling hesitated to speak and opened her mouth. She met Lu Zhiyao's eyes. She bit her lips and said in a low voice, "I hope you won't be angry if you wake up the master."
"If I were angry, I wouldn't say these words to you. I'll stay here today and I'll tell you what to do tomorrow morning."
Lu Zhiyao smiled sweetly, watching Lan Ruoling push the door and leave, the smile on her face gradually disappeared. Her facial features wrinkled together, Lu Zhiyao crawled back to the bed with a sad face, wrapped himself in a quilt and rolled into the bed, and finally
Hit the wall and stopped.
She was obviously lying in bed thinking of ways to fall asleep without realizing it. Now that she had said the big words, how would she face Lan Ruoling's expectant face tomorrow morning?
Lu Zhiyao banged his head against the wall, hoping extremely hard that Lin Yinan would appear by his side at this moment.
Lu Zhiyao tossed and turned on the bed, suddenly sat up suddenly, then a smile slowly appeared on the corner of his mouth, and finally lay back with a smile on his face, covered himself with quilt and planned to go back to sleep.
After sleeping until dawn, Lu Zhiyao opened the door and saw Lan Ruoling already standing in the yard.
"First go and inquire about the news in the palace. You saved the Prime Minister's life before, and now it's time for him to repay the favor." Lu Zhiyao motioned Lan Ruoling to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion and ask Lu Yuanzheng what the Emperor meant about this matter.
Lu Yuanzheng wouldn't know it. Based on Lu Zhiyao's understanding of Lu Yuanzheng, she felt that he would also let the emperor know. "Find a way to contact the imperial doctor sent by the emperor. So many people have been poisoned, and the poison required is definitely not a small amount."
It can be done. Ask the imperial doctor what kind of poison those people were poisoned and what the poison was made of. Then check every pharmacy in the capital and ask them about the recent sales of those medicinal materials. You will always find some clues.
This matter cannot be rushed."
"Okay, I'll do it right away!"
Lan Ruoling came to the Prime Minister's Mansion in a hurry and explained the purpose of her visit to Lu Yuanzheng. Lu Yuanzheng did not hide anything and told Lan Ruoling everything he knew. When Lan Ruoling heard what he said, the emperor asked Ruan
When Chen came to take care of this matter, she suddenly felt a lot more at ease.
Ruan Chen is the emperor's special physician. He was the one who helped Lu Zhiyao deal with the Ye family and Su Changfei last time.
Lan Ruoling asked where Ruan Chen was now and hurried over. At this time, Ruan Chen was with the yamen's assistant, inspecting the body that had been dead for several days.
What they were looking at was a beggar, whose body was left here because he had no relatives. Ruan Chen knew Lan Ruoling, and when he saw Lan Ruoling walking over, he nodded to her.
"Does Doctor Ruan have any clues?" Lan Ruoling asked straight to the point.
"We're going to see the poisoned person later, shall we?"
"Okay." Lan Ruoling was eager to go there with Ruan Chen. She followed Ruan Chen closely, watching Ruan Chen take people's pulses, then apply acupuncture, and then wink at herself with a gloomy look. Lan Ruoling left.
When I got to the yard, I turned to look at him and asked, "What's wrong?"
"This poison is difficult to cure." Ruan Chen looked at Lan Ruoling with a solemn expression and said, "I have seen the bodies of the deceased, and I also understand what is happening to the people who are not dead yet. The poison is very toxic.
Although people will not die immediately after taking it, but if there is no antidote, there is no chance of surviving. I will try my best to find out what kind of poison this is, but I need time, and this time is not short. So Blue
Girl, I still have to help you. Find the murderer as soon as possible, and maybe you can save their lives faster than us."
Ruan Chen's words made Lan Ruoling feel pressured. She thought that if he took action, these people would be saved. However, listening to Ruan Chen's words, it seemed that he was not completely sure.
"The person who can make such a poison that gives Dr. Ruan a headache must not be an ordinary person. It seems that there are experts in this capital now." Lan Ruoling sighed thoughtfully,
Sighing. It was obvious that things were becoming more and more difficult to investigate. Lan Ruoling said something to Ruan Chen, sent Ruan Chen back to the palace, and returned to the Yamen alone to get busy.
Lu Zhiyao was silent for a long time after listening to the news brought back by Lan Ruoling. As Lan Ruoling said, a person who is so good at using poison cannot be simple. And it is impossible for such a simple person to go without a reason.
It hurts the common people. This poison can kill ordinary people, and it can naturally kill the emperor. If a bad person sneaks into the palace and something happens to the emperor, it will have to wait ten days and a half.
By that time, the murderer had already escaped, and it was possible that he could ride a fast horse and leave the Xia Lai Kingdom.
"Find a way to tell Dr. Ruan to pay careful attention to everything around the emperor. He must check everything he eats and make sure there is nothing wrong with it before letting the emperor eat it. I don't want to wait for Lin Yinan to come back. This Xia Lai Kingdom
The master will become Lin Yichen." Lu Zhiyao leaned on the back of the chair and said to Ling Yi in a low voice: "If something happens to the emperor now, we will probably all be buried with him. There is no way that the prince will let him go.
Us, so we have to save ourselves."
Lu Zhiyao's words made Ling Yi's back feel cold. He never thought that something like this would happen when he escorted her back this time.
"I still have some unfinished business, and I absolutely cannot die at this time." Lu Zhiyao spoke softly, slowly opening his eyes to look at Ling Yi, "So this time, it seems that we want to keep the matter out of our own hands.
I can’t even watch the fun."
Lu Zhiyao stood up, walked to Ling Yi, tilted his head to look at him, and asked: "You have been with your master for so long, has he ever been assassinated?"
"Many." Ling Yi answered Lu Zhiyao's question softly, "They happen every year. Master is used to it."
"I just said that I married the wrong person, but he still didn't admit it." Lu Zhiyao sighed heavily and waved Ling Yi to leave. "When he comes back this time, I have to let him repay me properly.
