The first paparazzi in the Red Chamber

Xue Pan was beaten, and he still had to go to jail, feeling wronged in his heart.When Wei Daopo asked, he spit out his bitterness and told her carefully how he had been beaten.

Wei Daopo sighed that he was young and energetic, "Now that I'm in this situation, I can't help you anymore, or I will help you deal with that bastard who bullied you."

Xue Pan: "Don't brag, the son of the servant of the Ministry of Rites is so tall that he can't even beat me. You are a woman who has no strength to restrain a chicken. What can you do for me?"

Wei Daopo laughed twice, "You child, you know very little at such a young age. Who said that fooling people must dance with guns, sticks, punches and kicks? Even a few pieces of paper and a few grasses can also make you feel better. A hulking seven-foot man has been knocked down!"

Xue Pan rolled his eyes, thinking that this was probably something that Uncle Xi wanted to find out by himself, so he hurriedly kept his head down and asked Mrs. Wei how to do it.

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After Jia She left Gyeonggi Mansion, he didn't follow Liu Zhizhong's intention to find Song Xi, but went back to Rong Mansion directly.

His carriage hadn't reached home, and just passed in front of the Ning Mansion when he was stopped by the servants of the Ning Mansion.Zhu Mao asked why, then turned his head in and told Jia She, "Master Jing had an accident in the Taoist temple."

Jia She paused for a moment before realizing that it was Jia Jing, and asked what was the accident.

Zhu Mao said: "Suddenly, the alchemy furnace blew up for some reason and injured people. Uncle Zhen is going to the Taoist temple at the moment, and he is going to bring him back for treatment. He said that the injury was serious, so Uncle Zhen left a message and wanted to I beg the master to help and invite an imperial doctor to take a look."

Jia Amnesty: "It's simple, you just bring my name card to invite Doctor Zhang."

Zhu Mao agreed, and immediately returned to the servant in Ningfu.Then he followed Jia Amnesty's carriage back to Rongfu to get a name card, and then rode to invite Doctor Zhang.Zhu Mao was told that Doctor Zhang was sent into the palace to feel the pulse of the concubines, and it would take some time before he could come out of the palace, so Zhu Mao simply waited near the Imperial Hospital.It happened that he saw Heng Shu passing by, so he greeted him with a smile.

Heng Shu took a look at the pig hair, then turned to scan around.

Zhu Mao hurriedly explained: "Don't look at it, it's just me, my master is not here."

"Why didn't he come to the Hall of Martial Arts?" Heng Shu asked.

"Why do you want to go to the Hall of Valor?" Zhu Mao asked puzzled.

"It's okay." Heng Shumei glanced at the pig's hair, then kept his face cold, and said nothing.

Zhu Mao smiled and explained that he came this time, following the master's order, to ask Doctor Zhang to help him see a doctor.

Heng Shu nodded, said goodbye to Zhu Mao, and rode away immediately.

Zhu Mao stomped his feet angrily, before he finished speaking, this fellow left in such a rude way, it was too much!

But after that, Zhu Mao was not as boring as before, and he could keep chanting and cursing Heng Shu.

After Hengshu came out of the Imperial Hospital, he immediately rushed back to Wuyingdian to inform Song Xi that Master Xi had returned from Gyeonggi Prefecture.

Song Xi glanced at the case file just sent by Gyeonggi Prefecture on the table, but there was no answer, so he sent Heng Shu down.

When it was dark, Song Xicai finished his official duties from the Hall of Martial Arts and went home by car.

Hengshu asked his master if he was going to Rongfu, but Song Xi didn't respond, but only ordered Hengshu to send the case file to Rongfu.

Heng Shu respectfully agreed and did so immediately.When he arrived at Rong Mansion, he heard that Mr. She was in Ning Mansion, so he handed over the case file to the servant of Rong Mansion, and left.

Jia Amnesty is drinking tea and waiting quietly in the wing room of Ning Mansion.

Jia Amnesty had heard Jia Zhen say earlier that the alchemy furnace of Jia Jingxuan Zhenguan was specially made, and it was eight inches thick. It was able to explode such a thick furnace, which shows that the medicine powder inside is powerful.Now the gunpowder of the Great Zhou Dynasty is not very powerful except for making fireworks. Sometimes it is difficult to blow up a wall, let alone a mountain.So Jia Amnesty was very interested in the cause of the accident when Jia Jing's alchemy furnace exploded.

It had been a long time since Doctor Zhang went in to treat Jia Jing's wound, Zhu Mao was afraid that his master would be bored waiting, so he silently took out the book he had prepared from his bosom and handed it over.

Jia Amnesty took it, but didn't look at it, just drank tea and meditated.

Seeing this, Zhu Mao didn't dare to bother him anymore.

About another stick of incense passed before Doctor Zhang came out with Jia Zhen.Jia Amnesty saw that there were still beads of sweat on Doctor Zhang's forehead, so he hurriedly asked how the situation was, and then got Jia Jing's situation from Doctor Zhang.

The exploded pill furnace fragments hit Jia Jing's chest, causing serious internal bruises. At the same time, his body, arms, and neck were also burned in many places.Fortunately, when the pill furnace exploded, Jia Jing went outside to get something, and when the pill furnace fragments jumped out, they were blocked by the door panel, and they didn't hit Jia Jing so hard, which saved Jia Jing's life.It took a long time to treat the bruises carefully with needles. If there is a slight mistake, it is easy to fall short.The problem of burns is not a big one, just some splashed charcoal fire burning the body, but because the wound is stuck to the medicine powder, it takes time to deal with it.

Jia Amnesty quickly thanked Dr. Zhang, and because he knew that his mother liked plum blossoms, he prepared a pot of eucalyptus plum blossoms for him as a thank you gift.

Doctor Zhang politely declined a few words, then accepted his farewell.

Jia Zhen hurriedly bowed to Jia Shen and thanked him, saying that he should pay the money for the gift, and hurriedly asked the servants at home to move out the good things from the warehouse, and let Jia Shen choose them.

"You don't have to be so polite. I'm just curious about how your father's stove exploded. I'll ask someone to take a look later, and don't ask someone to clean the Xuanzhen Temple." Jia She instructed.

Jia Zhen hurriedly agreed, and at this time the maid in the house came to report that the master had woken up.Jia Amnesty then invited Jia Amnesty to enter.

Jia Jing's lower body was covered with a thin quilt, and gauze was wrapped around his limbs, chest and shoulders. Fortunately, he did not hurt his head and his face was intact.

As soon as Jia Jing saw Jia Zhen coming in, his eyes widened, his eyes were full of jealousy, and he said angrily, "Who told you to bring me back?"

After Jia Jing finished yelling, he turned to see Jia She behind Jia Zhen. He was stunned for a while, and looked at Jia She carefully before he dared to recognize him.

Jia Jing couldn't help but sigh in his heart, he only went to Xuanzhen Temple for two or three years, and this Jia She has become more handsome than when he was 20 years old.When Jia Jing was in the Taoist temple last year, he had heard about Jia Amnesty's successive promotions, but he didn't care about the outside world. At that time, he only thought that this fellow was lucky enough to save the prince and would flatter him.Now looking at his demeanor, his unwavering gaze, and righteousness in his eyes, it's not what he thought at the beginning.

"Brother Jing, do you feel the pain in your body is unbearable?" Jia She asked gently.

Jia Amnesty's tone of voice was neither urgent nor slow, steady and firm, as if a spring breeze was blowing.Just such a simple greeting made Jia Jing feel extremely comfortable listening.Jia Jing couldn't help sighing again, this person is going to change, even his speech is better than before.

In the past, when Jia She opened his mouth to speak, he carried a strong sense of ignorance. His words were never listened to, and he used to disdain to associate with this cousin.It's really different now, not only does he look decent, he doesn't have mischievous eyebrows, his face is not muddy, and he even speaks smarter.Jia Amnesty's simple greeting not only expressed his concern, but also eased the embarrassment he felt when he just scolded his son in front of outsiders.

Jia Jing hummed, and then said to Jia She: "But it's nothing, it's just the suffering that one must go through in order to cultivate the Tao, and I'm willing to bear it."

Jia Zhen was obedient, and hurriedly explained to Jia Jing that she had no choice but to take him back, "But the master's injury is really too serious, the place in the Taoist temple is too poor, and there is no good medicine or doctor. My son can only make up his own mind and take you back. Come to Beijing, please Uncle Xi come forward and invite an imperial doctor from the palace to see you."

Jia Jing looked at Jia Amnesty seriously again, and said with a smile, "Thank you."

"From the time my father came back to the end of the diagnosis and treatment, Uncle Xi has been waiting outside for news." Jia Zhen said hastily.

Jia Jing felt a little uncomfortable, moved his body slightly, and the wound immediately began to hurt.He took a cold breath from the pain, endured the pain and relieved for a while, then thanked Jia Amnesty again.

"Father and son, you don't have to be so polite, I'm ashamed. In fact, I also have other purposes for helping." Jia She was curious about the reason why Jia Jing's alchemy furnace exploded.

Jia Jing couldn't help laughing when he heard the words, and forgot about the pain in his chest, which forced him to cough a few times in pain.Jia Zhen hurriedly persuaded her father to calm down.

Jia Jing glanced at Jia Zhen and felt that he was showing some filial piety, so he felt a little relieved.

Seeing this, Jia Amnesty felt that he was a little too impatient, and hurriedly said, "I'll come another day, it's important for elder brother to recover first."

"No need. Our brother has been gone for three years. It's so easy to have a chance. Although I am in such a situation, as long as you don't dislike it, it doesn't matter if you say a few words. Besides, my body hurts so much. Way to rest well." Jia Jing said.

Seeing that Jia Jing was so reasonable, Jia Amnesty had a better impression of him, so he asked Jia Jing what he put into the alchemy furnace this time, which caused such a big accident.

"Fire and explosions have been common in the process of alchemy since ancient times. I was confused and missed this time, which made it so serious. In fact, it has nothing to do with other medicinal powders, just sulfur, saltpeter and charcoal. If they are mixed together, it is easy to cause trouble. Generally, before alchemy, if we use gold stone medicines such as sulfur and arsenic, we need to set fire to burn them first, so as to reduce the toxicity of these medicines. I think the power of these three things mixed , It should be related to the combination compatibility. In the past, when the amount of saltpeter was small, it would crackle in the stove. So powerful."

When Jia Zhen heard the words, she hurriedly asked which Taoist boy it was, and it was clear that he was a murderer, and he should be sent to see the official to die.

Jia Jing immediately frowned and glared at Jia Zhen: "A child's family is innocent and ignorant, and it's not out of intention. Don't make things difficult for them."

Jia Zhen hurriedly said yes, and dared not say more.

Jia Jing felt more and more pain in his body, so he took a few breaths.At this time, the servant girl brought over the pain-relieving and tranquilizing medicine handed down from the imperial physician's family. Jia Jing felt much better after drinking it, and his eyelids became heavy after lying on the couch for a while.

Jia Amnesty and Jia Zhen withdrew immediately.Jia Amnesty asked Jia Zhen to take care of Jia Jing in the past few days and make sure he recovered from his illness.

Jia Amnesty turned to Jia Zhen and asked, "Does your father know about the Songshan Taoist?"

Jia Zhen said with a worried face: "I know, our master is very stubborn, but he just doesn't believe it. When the thirteenth issue of "Secrets of Neighbors" just came out, I hurriedly sent someone to inform him, and wanted him to understand that it was the result of alchemy. Everything is poison. He just said that he is a fake Taoist priest, and he made pills for the sake of fame and fortune. He is different. He also said that he has been taking the pills he made for the past two years, and he has been fine until now. , are different from the symptoms described in the book.”

Jia Amnesty knew very well that among the children of the Jia family, Jia Jing was the most talented and learned, and he was a Jinshi.Jia Amnesty and Jia Jing talked a few words just now, and they also felt that Jia Jing was indeed unusual, with a very clever mind, some of the principles summed up by later generations, and he could immediately understand the rules after practicing, which shows that he is a talent.It's a pity that he is too persistent in asking immortals for medicine.And the obsession is very deep, and it is estimated that it will not change for a while.

"Let's ask him to recuperate well. There's no need to rush this matter. Take your time."

After Jia Amnesty gave Jia Zhen instructions, he returned to the Rong Mansion, and immediately saw the case file.

Jia Amnesty asked who sent it, and learned that it was Hengshu.Jia Amnesty's brows darkened, before he opened the file to check.

Wei Daopo confessed to the fact that she harmed people with voodoo, and also admitted that the dozens of people who died suddenly of strange diseases in the past two years were all written by her.From this, she also confessed many dark and private things in the house behind the high gate in the capital.

But Wei Daopo refused to admit the diseases of Dr. Min and Liu Tongjuan.In the first case, she insisted that she did not know her, but in the latter case, she bit her to death and refused to admit that she had done harm. She even tried to prove that she had killed more than a dozen people, and this one was not bad. Tongju really didn't do anything.

Liu Zhizhong and others even tortured Wei Daopo, but Wei Daopo still refused to speak.This Wei Daopo and Dr. Min have not seen each other for nearly half a month. As soon as they met, they hummed in the ruined temple until midnight. Now that they are arrested, they would rather suffer flesh and blood than refuse to confess to each other. It can be seen that Wei Daopo treats Dr. Min very well. Really good, belongs to the infatuated kind.

Some people are willing to risk their lives when they are infatuated, and Wei Daopo should fall into this category.Jia Amnesty felt that it would be impossible to deal with her harshly.

I only hope that Xue Pan can get some clues about Dr. Min from her mouth. As long as we know the real background of these two people, everything will be easy to understand.

Wei Daopo was involved in a murder case, and she never had a chance to get out of the prison in Gyeonggi Province in her life.As a dying person, she is bound to have a lot of reluctance and regrets, and it is absolutely impossible not to leave a word of entrustment.Now Xue Pan is her best confidant, and Xue Pan will be released in a few days, Wei Daopo will be tempted when she sees an opportunity, and begs Xue Pan to pass a few words to her beloved.So Jia Amnesty just needs to wait quietly.

After Jia She ordered Liu Xianglian to copy the confession of Wei Daopo in the case file, the next morning, he sent Zhu Mao to return the case file to Gyeonggi Prefecture.

"Master Song ordered Hengshu to send this, don't you need to return it to Master Song?" Zhu Mao thought it would be better to borrow it from somewhere.The case file was sent by Mr. Song, and if they send it back, they can also contact each other.

Jia Amnesty cast a cold glance at Zhu Mao.

Zhu Mao immediately realized that he was talking too much, so he honestly bowed his head and agreed, and he went to do it.

Hei Zhu rode his horse back to the manor, heaved a sigh of relief when he saw the master was about to get into the carriage.After he got off his horse, he came running out of breath, and reported to Jia She that several vegetable fields outside Beijing had been infested by insects.

"After I got the news, I went to see it yesterday. The affected vegetable fields were all near the river, sunny, and the soil was relatively wet. Then I went to see other vegetable fields, and there were similar insects on the leaves of those vegetables. The traces of nibbling are not serious. There are many insect eggs on the back of the vegetable leaves, which are similar to the insect infestation I encountered when I was farming in Shandong more than ten years ago. As long as the rainy season comes and the sun comes again, the remaining vegetable fields will also be destroyed. Everyone will suffer.”

"Furthermore, the Northwest Sub-Helm also sent news, saying that the locusts in the fields in their area have increased."

Locust plague, this kind of disaster was basically hopeless in ancient times.

Jia Amnesty frowned.

The black pig gave Jia She the basket of vegetables he brought back for a look.Some leaves have been eaten clean, while others just have a few inconspicuous small holes.

Jia Amnesty looked at the backs of those leaves that were still intact, and his brows frowned even deeper.

Jia Amnesty asked the black pig to lead people to carefully investigate how many areas have similar situations, and whether this is the case in all parts of the capital.Afterwards, he went directly to see Prime Minister Wu by car, and happened to meet Song Xi at the gate of the main hall.

Song Xi glanced at him, moved his lips slightly, and was about to speak when Prime Minister Wu came out and warmly invited the two into the room for tea.

After Song Xi took his seat, he talked with Prime Minister Wu about Prince Zhenyan's entry to Beijing, and asked everyone to be more prepared.

Jia Amnesty drank his tea with his head down, thinking about the insect plague.It's a pity that he didn't study agriculture after all, and he couldn't produce any pesticides to kill insects to treat disasters.Besides, things like locust plagues can only be solved by spraying by planes in modern times.In the northwest, I'm afraid they can only provide disaster relief.

However, the pests in this area of ​​the capital hadn't completely occurred yet, so he couldn't just watch, but hoped to find some way to solve or mitigate the disaster.But how to solve it, he couldn't think of a solution for a while.

At this time, Prime Minister Wu had already negotiated with Song Xi about the place to receive Prince Zhenyan, how to do defense without the other party's knowledge, and so on.The two were giving each other advice and making up for each other, and the final way of discussing sounded perfect and there was no problem.

Jia Amnesty immediately realized that relying on his own ideas was not enough.It just so happened that he managed the School of Journalism to recruit the first batch of students, so he could assign this task to them, and use it as an assessment, so that they can each find a solution according to their own ability. Someone will find an unexpected way.

Jia She then got up and went to arrange the matter, forgetting that there were other people still in the house.

Prime Minister Wu and Song Xi had a lively conversation, and just after they said that the three of them would go to have a meal together at noon, Jia Amnesty stood up with a cold face, and left without saying a word.

Prime Minister Wu was stunned for a moment, and asked Song Xi what was going on.

Song Xi glanced indifferently at the back of the departing Jia She, not knowing.

Prime Minister Wu raised his eyebrows and glanced at Song Xi in disbelief, stroked his beard and asked with a smile, "Could it be that the two of you have some misunderstanding?"

Song Xi shook his head, "Probably not."

"What do you mean there shouldn't be? Anyway, I definitely don't have it here. Recently, Master Jia and I have had a lot of conversations, which is better than talking with you." Prime Minister Wu continued to stroke his beard, put on an innocent face, and then used ' There must be something wrong with you." He looked at Song Xi with eyes.

Song Xi's expression remained the same, and after saying goodbye to Prime Minister Wu, he went out to chase Jia She, but he heard that Jia She had already gone by car.Song Xi lowered his eyes, and the corners of his eyes were cold.Then he called Hengshu and asked him if Jia Amnesty returned the case file.

Heng Shu shook his head.

Song Xi didn't say anything more, and went back to Wuyingdian to continue working.But her mind was messed up, she couldn't take anything into her eyes, so she simply stood by the window with a cup of tea, looking at a butterfly flying on the orchid in the corridor.

Hengshu came back after a while, and seeing his master was in a daze, he whispered back to him: "I asked Mabian, Gyeonggi Prefecture, and the case file was returned early this morning."

Song Xi's eyes still didn't shift, but his eyes were a little colder than before.

Hengshu bowed cautiously to Song Xi.

"Go and call Liu Zhizhong," Song Xi said.

A moment later, Liu Zhizhong stumbled into the Hall of Martial Heroes, and not long after, he walked out with a sullen face and extremely aggrieved.

Hengshu sent Liu Zhizhong.

Liu Zhizhong sighed all the way, and when he was about to go out at the end, he couldn't help turning his head and asking Heng Shu, "What happened to your master today, and you are in a bad mood? Why did you pick on me all of a sudden for no reason?"

"It's not for nothing, you did unnecessary things." Heng Shu replied.

Liu Zhizhong was stunned for a moment, and said that he was innocent, he couldn't even finish what he was supposed to do, so he wouldn't meddle in other things.

Heng Shu turned around and left.Liu Zhizhong was relentless, and pulled Heng Shu to beg him to tell him.

"Ah, could it be that one? I see that your adults care about Mr. Jia very much, and have been looking for opportunities to spend more time with him, so they helped to create opportunities by the way. They didn't do much, so they let Mr. Jia go for nothing. He personally went to Mr. Song to read the case file, which is a good thing, why did something go wrong." Liu Zhizhong was puzzled.

Heng Shu glanced at Liu Zhizhong.

Liu Zhi patted his forehead again, "It must be that I didn't pretend well enough, and Mr. Jia saw my carelessness. Could it be that Mr. Jia thought I was ordered by Mr. Song, and misunderstood something?"

Heng Shu sighed helplessly.

"Then I'll go and explain to Mr. Jia!" Liu Zhizhong hurriedly said.

Hengshu glared at him, told him not to do anything unnecessary, and then sent Liu Zhizhong to leave quickly.

Liu Zhizhong didn't feel wronged now, and suddenly felt grateful for the rest of his life after the catastrophe.He hastily bid farewell to Hengshu and fled away.

Jia Amnesty instructed Fangzhenglu to assign tasks in the School of Journalism, and then sent Wanfu to lead people to collect methods of farming and pest control. He spared no expense in inviting experienced farmers from various places to discuss solutions.

Immediately, Jia Amnesty came up with the idea of ​​compiling an agronomy book, not only to record the pest control methods this time, but also to record other farming experience and methods of the old farmers, and preserve them as important materials.Jia She then handed over the matter to Liu Xianglian and Fang Zhenglu.

Fang Zhenglu: "Then what about the neighbor's secret in this issue?"

"I just wrote it, you just worry about this matter. This matter is related to the people's livelihood, and it is the top priority. It should be done as soon as possible." Jia She said.

The two immediately mustered up their ambitions and agreed, and they will do it now.

The matter here had just been arranged properly, and Jia Amnesty hadn't let go of his heart yet, when Dr. Min came to make noise.

"After the Zhenyan businessman visited Dr. Min's house this time, he didn't plan to leave, but stayed in the wing room. Dr. Min just went out to the ruined temple in the east of the city. He probably wanted to meet Mrs. Wei Dao, but he didn't. I saw someone as expected. Dr. Min hesitated at the gate of the temple for a while, then went back to his house and never came out again."

"Watch closely, don't let him notice that Wei Daopo was arrested."

Jia Amnesty just gave orders, knowing that something would happen tomorrow, so he went to bed early and went to bed early, and when it was just dawn, he got up and finished eating, and waited in a car on the street closest to Dr. Min's house.

It didn't take long for Guisan's people to spread the news that Dr. Min and the Zhenyan businessman came out on horseback and headed straight for the east gate.

Jia Amnesty went straight out of the East City Gate in a carriage and waited at the gate of the East City Gate.Not long after that, I saw Dr. Min riding a horse with another tall man in his 30s.When the two left the city, they were one in front of the other, with a certain distance, as if they didn't know each other.After leaving the city, Dr. Min rode in front of the horse, and looked back from time to time. When he saw the real-faced businessman coming out, he kicked the horse's belly and galloped on the horse.Seeing this, the Zhenyan businessman quickly followed up with a whip.

Immediately Jia Amnesty saw Gui Sanwai also riding a horse to follow, and the carriage he was riding in also moved immediately, following the group of people.

After walking for about half an hour, there were fewer and fewer people walking on the road.Ghost Sanwai didn't like to follow too closely, so he followed from a distance.Jia Amnesty's carriage had a bigger target, so it pulled a longer distance and dangled behind.Not long after, more than [-] secret guards also caught up with Jia Amnesty's carriage on fast horses, and then followed the speed of the carriage to move forward slowly.

A group of people in front sprinkled cinnabar powder on the road as a mark, and Jia Amnesty's carriage followed the mark and turned all the way to a small grass-covered dirt road, and further down, there was a mountain.

After Jia Amnesty looked at the map, he stopped the carriage.

"Master, this place is some distance away from Qingfeng Temple, what are they doing here?"

Jia Amnesty observed the surrounding environment, and remembered that the Nanjiang doctor once told him that raising Gu is to put scorpions, poisonous snakes, lice and other poisonous insects in a container, and after sealing it for several days, the most poisonous Gu will survive in the end. , and the best place to choose Gu to raise Gu is the deep mountain and dense cave with good geomantic omen.The poisonous Gu cultivated in this way is very strong in yang, and the poisonous Gu itself or feces and other substances can be used to make medicines, which can cause illness and death, and can kill life with one touch.

Jia Amnesty then asked if there were caves in the nearby mountains, but no one knew.

The entourage immediately rode fast horses, asked the local people working in the fields nearby, and returned to report Jia Amnesty.

"They all said no. They also said that despite the dense forests in this mountain, nothing useful grows, not even a few wild vegetables, but there are many poisonous insects."

"That's it. If there is a cave, it must be an extremely secret place. Naturally, others will not know about it, otherwise they would not choose it here."

It turned out that the purpose of Dr. Min's association with the Zhenyan businessman was for Gu worms.

The harm of this Gu insect is too great, and the tricks of the Gu insect are not easy to be noticed by others.He couldn't take the risk of letting them take Gu out just to cast a line for fishing.

Jia She immediately ordered someone to invite the doctor from southern Xinjiang to come over, and immediately ordered the secret guards around him to go up the mountain, and asked them to cover their faces and mouths, and put on the special gloves prepared earlier.

"Don't let anything in their hands touch your body. After the warning, if they resist, they will be shot to death, but it is best to catch them alive, especially the real face businessman." Jia She said coldly.

The secret guards agreed one after another, and they went up the mountain.

After a while, Jia She got the news that there was indeed a secret cave in the shade of the mountainside.After Dr. Min saw the man, he was warned that it was invalid, so he went to get the pot in the cave in a panic, but was directly shot by the secret guard with a bow and crossbow, killing him with a sword.As for the real face businessman, he escaped to no avail, and after being arrested by the secret guards, he suddenly convulsed, vomited blood and died.

In the blink of an eye, two lives were lost.

Jia Amnesty ordered people to invite Wei Qingdong quickly, leaving two subordinates waiting at the foot of the mountain, and he went up the mountain first.

The mountain is densely covered with bushes, and walking is very troublesome.Even when secret guards opened the way with knives, Jia Amnesty's robe was torn in several places. When he reached the shady place halfway up the mountain, he saw a steep rock exposed. A thicket of thorns with nowhere to go.After walking down, there is a hole covered by green climbing vines. In front of the hole, some chopped thorn branches are piled up, which should have been used to cover the hole before and increase the privacy.Just when Dr. Min brought people in, he was pushed aside.

Looking up from the hole, you will find that the thorn bushes you saw before are all growing on the hole.If you don't get close, it's really hard to find such a cave in the thorn bushes under the steep rocks.The entrance of the cave is as high as half a person, and you have to bend over to get in.But within two steps, it opened up, and the cave was a little dark, but there were some lights coming from the cracks in the rock, and there were still oil lamps in the cave, so we could see clearly.

Jia Shen smelled a damp earthy smell, and then, under the light of the oil lamp, he saw that there were wooden frames standing on all four walls of the cave. The jars are all sealed.

The corpses of Dr. Min and Merchant Zhenyan were lying in the middle of the cave, covered by the clothes of the secret guards, for fear of bumping into Jia Amnesty.

Jia Amnesty asked the guards to search their belongings.Dr. Min immediately brought four catties of Xiayanglou sweet-scented osmanthus cake, a bag of sugar, a bag of gold jewelry, gouache and gauze flowers for women, and 5000 taels of silver notes.Other than that, there is nothing else.As for the real face businessman, there are even fewer things, except for a dagger that he carries with him, there are only 5 taels of silver notes.

Jia Amnesty waited outside the cave for a while, and then saw the Nanjiang doctor coming, so he asked someone to fetch a jar of things, and asked the Nanjiang doctor to check it.Sure enough, as Jia She had expected, the jar contained Gu worms.Doctor Nanjiang couldn't believe that so many pots in the cave were Gu, turned around and asked someone to take another five pots, all of them were like this.

After the doctor in Nanjiang finished the examination, he was so shocked that he couldn't speak, and it took a long time for him to recover.

Wei Qingdong arrived later and inspected the body.

"Doctor Min's death is undoubtedly the result of being shot to the vitals by a crossbow. As for the real-faced businessman, his tongue was black and he vomited blood, he died of poisoning. I checked his articulates carefully and found this thing."

Wei Qingdong unfolded the handkerchief in his hand to show Jia Amnesty.

On the snow-white silk handkerchief, there is a piece of bitten off bamboo wood.It's only the thickness of two toothpicks put together, but it's hollow.

Wei Qingdong explained: "There should be two such things. The joints are sealed with wax and fixed behind the back molars. If you bite them open in case of danger, you will be poisoned and die. Generally, only ordered dead soldiers will There are such preparations."

True face, dead man.

Jia Amnesty immediately thought of the case of the Zhenyan tribe's kinship mission, and their suspicion seemed to be getting bigger and bigger.

Jia Amnesty then ordered Nanjiang doctor to clean up the poisonous poison, and asked his subordinates to cooperate with Nanjiang doctor's requirements.Immediately, he went down the mountain with Wei Qingdong.

Wei Qingdong was a little worried about the identity of the real face businessman, and he had something to say, but he was afraid that he would offend Jia Amnesty by talking too much.Normally he wouldn't hesitate like this, but today he watched Jia She go all the way down the mountain with a dignified expression, which was different from usual.

"Uncle, do you have something on your mind?" The official business has been dealt with, so Wei Qingdong changed his name to Jia She as uncle.

"The two important people involved died in the blink of an eye, what do you think." Jia Amnesty frowned and sighed.

"But it can be seen that the Zhenyan businessman intends to buy Gu poison from Dr. Min. This is not the most important thing. The most terrifying thing is where he intends to use the Gu poison. In two days, Prince Zhenyan will enter Beijing It just so happens that such a thing happened right now, I am afraid that Prince Zhenyan will not be able to get rid of the responsibility." Wei Qingdong paused, and then said, "If Prince Zhenyan takes the opportunity to treat me, Da Zhou, when the emperor leads the officials to host a palace banquet for him, The emperor and all the courtiers injected these poisonous poisons, and the consequences would be disastrous."

"Indeed." Jia Amnesty had imagined this possibility since he suspected that the true-face merchant was buying Gu poison.But then he felt something was wrong.

If this real-faced prince is also a dead man pretending to be like the fake princess last time, it can be explained.But Prince Zhenyan fought with his Khan father since he was a child, and his appearance is well known by many people.Moreover, when Da Zhou heard the news of Prince Zhenyan's visit, he had already learned a lot from the pitfalls, so that the fake princess would happen again. After several confirmations and verifications of the prince's identity, there was absolutely no possibility of falsehood.

The idea of ​​poisoning courtiers and emperors on a large scale with Gu poison is indeed bold and powerful, but even if the emperor and some courtiers are really dead, there are still other officials, royal family and army in Dazhou.Da Zhou and Zhenyan have always been at odds, and when such a thing suddenly occurs, it is easy for people to suspect Prince Zhenyan.At that time, Da Zhou will definitely not let Prince Zhenyan go, he will definitely lose his life.

The life of Prince Zhenyan is different from that of ordinary dead soldiers. He has the Khan to inherit and is very favored by Khan. It is not worth it to take his life so easily and provoke an unknown war.Moreover, the last case of the fake princess had severely damaged the Zhenyan army, and they couldn't bear the attack of Da Zhou's troops again.Who would provoke a matter of losing a son in vain for no reason and bring about their own destruction?

Jia Amnesty couldn't figure it out, but with the emperor, he still had to fulfill his duty of notification.It is better to believe in it and take precautions early than to be beaten by the wrong hand.

After Jia Amnesty and Wei Qingdong bid farewell, they hurried back to the mansion to write the memorial, and presented it in the palace.

After the emperor was shocked to hear what had happened, he was horrified and hurriedly summoned Song Xi and Prime Minister Wu to discuss it, with the intention of killing Prince Zhenyan directly.In the end, Prime Minister Wu calmed down the emperor's anger after repeated dissuasion.In order to comfort the emperor, the emperor must not be allowed to summon Prince Zhenyan in the palace this time.Song Xi stood up and suggested that the eleventh prince should entertain the Zhenyan guests on behalf of the emperor.

The emperor nodded immediately without hesitation.

The emperor immediately walked up to Jia She, patted Jia She on the shoulder hard, and sighed that he had done a great job this time, and he must reward Jia She well.

Jia Amnesty didn't dare to take the credit, and hurriedly explained: "Once the real face merchant died, all clues would be cut off. I always feel that this incident is a bit strange and too coincidental. Dayang Khan doesn't seem stupid enough to take advantage of his own son. The person who risked his life to do such an impulsive thing that would do him no good at all. Besides, the case of the pro-envoys is known to the whole world, and it is not ruled out that someone is using the conflict between Da Zhou and the Zhenyan tribe as a cover , there is another conspiracy."

After hearing what Jia She said, the emperor thought about it carefully and calmly, and felt that what Jia She said was not unreasonable, so he ordered Jia She to investigate this matter clearly.He needs to know who is trying to use such an insidious method of poisonous Gu to harm people, no matter if it is the Zhenyan clan or anyone else, as long as it is found out, he will never forgive him.

Jia Amnesty hurriedly took orders.

Song Xi glanced at Jia Amnesty with cold eyes, and frowned slightly.

Prime Minister Wu and Song Xi resigned immediately, but Jia Amnesty hesitated to leave.The emperor realized that he still had something to say, so he changed his words and asked Jia Amnesty to stay.

Jia Amnesty then suggested that the emperor let the household department collect grain and transport it to the northwest.

"Why is this, the spring drought in the northwest, I have already distributed food relief, and Jia Aiqing also knows about it. Why do we need to transport it again?"

"There must be locusts in the so-called long drought. Since the replanting of the spring drought in the northwest, the drought has not been relieved for a long time. The minister is worried that there will be locust plagues in the northwest. Locusts tend to water and like depressions, which are often accompanied by drought. It is necessary to prevent it. And it is the northwest There is no locust plague, and given the current situation in the Northwest, this year is bound to be a famine year, and the early preparation of relief money and food can save some people from suffering from hunger."

The emperor stared at Jia She for a while, then suddenly sighed, "I am so gracious, the world is blessed!" Then, according to Jia She's order, he ordered the Ministry of Households to mobilize rice carts and horses to transport grain to the northwest.

It's already hot in June, and you'll sweat if you stand in the sun for a while.

Song Xi leaning against the palace wall