"My junior brother is not sensible," Zhang Zhenren looked at Taoist Master Qingling and couldn't help shaking his head. "When the master left, he was worried about his unstable mind and asked me to practice Buddhism more. I failed to fulfill my responsibility as a senior brother."
If Xu Qinghuan hadn't seen Master Zhang touching Taoist Priest Qingling just now, he might have believed what Master Zhang said, especially now that Master Zhang was holding a fly whisk in his hand and his clothes were slowly blowing in the breeze. He looked very extraordinary.
Refined.
Zhang Zhenren smiled unexpectedly: "It will be much better after a few days of hard work, and there will be no need to go out and travel."
Everyone in the courtyard was already well aware of what Master Zhang was doing, but when the servants who were busy going back and forth heard it, they had a look of admiration and respect for Master Zhang in their eyes.
Seeing those eyes, Mr. Zhang misses Quanzhou more and more. He has been like this for many years in Quanzhou. When he walks on the street, everyone who knows him calls him "immortal".
He hasn't heard such a voice for a long time. When the matter in the capital is over, he can return to Quanzhou to be his Zhang Xianren. He doesn't have to be with his uncle all day long. Thinking about it, he feels comfortable. If the junior brother doesn't want
It would be better to go to Yunyou again and talk to him about the relationship between brothers all day long. What master doesn't have someone who follows him around?
In short, after returning to Quanzhou, it will be his good life.
"Master, it's not night yet." Qi Defang kindly reminded Zhang Zhenren. Zhang Zhenren's eyes were distracted, and he was obviously daydreaming.
After Qi Defang finished speaking, he turned to look at Xu Qinghuan without giving Mr. Zhang a chance to refute.
The second uncle's case has finally made progress, and Qi Defang is eager to know whether King Jian is the real culprit behind the scenes.
Xu Qinghuan said: "Let's go to the flower hall to talk!"
They had already made a mess in Taoist Priest Qingling's place. If the Taoist Priest had not agreed to help her figure out the properties of the poison pills, he would have packed up the package and left long ago.
Mrs. Chang whispered: "I will stay and help Taoist Priest Qingling."
Xu Qinghuan nodded.
Everyone left one after another. Only Master Zhang stood there and kept looking into the room. Then he walked to Mrs. Chang and whispered: "My junior brother has the temper of a child. Please be kind to me. Please bear with me."
"Don't worry, Master Zhang," Madam Chang put away the bottles and jars on the table, "I won't take Taoist Priest Qingling away."
When Master Zhang heard this, he felt a little relieved, but he vaguely felt that something was wrong, as if he was afraid of being abandoned by his junior brother.
Master Zhang left, and Taoist Priest Qingling came out.
Mrs. Chang put all the medicinal materials in order for Taoist Priest Qingling to use them easily.
Taoist Priest Qingling couldn't help but nodded when he saw Mrs. Chang's meticulous look. This is how it must be when refining elixirs. All the medicinal materials must be placed accurately. There can be no mistakes, otherwise the effect of the medicine will be very different.
Taoist Priest Qingling took out the elixir that Zhang Zhenren had given him. After cutting the elixir open, there was no golden color. At least it proved that there was not much gold added.
Dazhou is known as the elixir of immortality, most of which are golden elixirs. In other words, this elixir was never refined as an elixir from the beginning.
Taoist Master Qingling thought this way and went to get the medicinal materials on the table. Mrs. Chang was getting the medicine bottle. If he walked over, he would be too close to Mrs. Chang.
As if seeing the hesitation of Taoist Master Qingling, Mrs. Chang said: "Everyone has secrets. Don't worry, I won't tell your secrets. I stay here to help. I just want to find it for Miss Xu as soon as possible."
I won’t ask any questions about treatment methods or irrelevant matters.”
Taoist Priest Qingling's eyes flashed slightly: "The good man is very kind to Miss Xu."
"No," Mrs. Chang said, "it's the eldest lady who treats me well. Although she doesn't say it, she treats me very well." Regardless of her origin or experience, she has complete trust in her.
A young lady will never interfere with whatever she wants to do. This kind of respect and understanding is something ordinary people would never give her.
Mrs. Chang took out a pen: "I will write down every step the Taoist priest makes so that I can check it later. I can help you more while the weather is calm these two days."
After speaking, she silently glanced at the green cloth bundle next to her.
The courtyard became quiet, and Taoist Priest Qingling once again focused his attention on the alchemy in his hand. He remembered that his master said that alchemy is not harmful to people, but many alchemists have ulterior motives, and some people use alchemists to achieve their goals. Back then, there was a master
Bo and his friend were taken advantage of, and eventually one of them died and the other became disabled.
The master did not want to pass on these elixir recipes, but before he died, he still handed them to him and told him not to start refining elixirs easily, and not to try them easily even if he made elixirs.
Because no one knows whether it is a blessing or a curse in the end.
Now he hopes that this elixir can save people, and it can also be regarded as a blessing for his uncle.
…
Everyone sat down in the flower hall.
Qi Defang placed all his expectations on Xu Qinghuan. In his heart, no one was better than Miss Xu.
"Could it really be Prince Jian?" Xu Qing'an asked first. "Originally, the case in Changzhou was related to the aunt named Rong Xiao in Prince Jian's palace. Although it was later discovered that the person who really had an affair with Rong Xiao was Su Wan, but Rong Xiao finally
But he was raised in Prince Jian’s Mansion. Maybe Prince Jian made such an arrangement for the convenience of his care. I really didn’t know that Prince Jian turned out to be..."
If he hadn't found clues, Xu Qing'an would never have suspected King Jian.
Xu Qinghuan has sorted through all the cases in the past two days.
"Whether it was the Wang Yun case or the final Huijing case, they all involved secrets from the past," Xu Qinghuan said, "If someone with a certain status in the court would not know about these things, let alone use them.
Moreover, these cases are all old matters again. It can be seen that the person behind the scenes has been planning for many years. From Fengxiang to Changzhou, he worked meticulously and arranged everything extremely carefully. He could make people like Wang Yun and Su Wan
Bowing to him and being loyal to him cannot be achieved by relying on power and intimidation.
It can be seen that that person has enough ability to make people around him respect him.
Therefore, he must be able to hide it so that no one can doubt it."
Xu Qingan opened his eyes wide. As his sister said this, she looked more and more like King Jian.
"Looking at the timing of these cases, Wang Yun was recruited by the person behind him after he came back from the northwest. It can be inferred that when Wang Yun got into trouble in the northwest, that person was at least mentally mature and had enough ability to recruit
People did things for him, and Su Wan did the same. Not long after he became the princess, something happened to the Su family, and Su Wan quickly found a way to get along with the eldest princess of Jiashan.
The person behind the scenes also knew the secret that happened in Songpanwei back then. Even if he did not experience the whole incident when King An died, he was still investigating the case secretly afterwards.
It seems that he is not a young man."
Xu Qing'an said: "You have a certain status in the court, you have the ability to be respected, and you are not young. Isn't this King Jian?"
Every inference made by King Jian is consistent.
Xu Qing'an gritted his teeth as he spoke: "King Jian has lied to us for so long. I will definitely catch him this time. Why don't we go to Zhuangzi today and find the chamberlain hiding inside? That chamberlain must know many of Prince Jian's secrets."
, we interrogated him strictly and exposed King Jian’s true face.”