Yangyue

Hearing that Henry Zhang answered the question with a question, Qi Zhuwei was surprised and looked up, as if he could see a bit of stubbornness in his eyebrows, but Henry Zhang quickly looked away, as if deliberately not wanting to meet his eyes like.

At this time, the door of the side hall was pushed open, and Duan Rufeng pushed the door in with a sword. He looked at the two of them, paused for a while on Qi Zhu, and saluted, "My lord, my lord Shaoqing."

Duan Rufeng has also changed his name to Qi Zhu, obviously because of the emperor's will to temporarily restore Qi Zhu's position in Dali Temple.

Qi Zhu: "Lord Duan, where are the evidences found in my house?"

"The evidence is placed in the guard's mansion, you two come with me."

Henry Zhang stepped out of the room first, and Qi Zhu followed, and the two were led by Duan Rufeng to the gate guard's mansion.

The physical evidence recovered from the Hou's mansion was placed on the main table, including pills, various porcelain bottles containing pills, medicine cups, herbal prescriptions, and some medicine powders wrapped in paper.

Qi Yi looked carefully one by one, and found that some of these things were indeed his, and they had been kept in the hidden compartment of the Baibaoge in the study room of the bedroom. The guards searched carefully, and found these things.

As for those medicine cups, shell bug poison pills, herbal prescriptions and powders, he knew nothing about them.

Qi Zhu saw that the surface of the dark brown pottery medicine cup seemed to be stained with wet water, and asked, "Where did you find these things?"

"In the pond in the upper garden of Lord Shaoqing's mansion." Duan Rufeng replied, "The medicine powder, prescription and shell bug poison pills were all stuffed in the medicine cup, and the medicine cup had been sealed with wax when it was found, and the rest were in the study Baibaoge found it in secret. This morning, the imperial hospital was supposed to check the ingredients of these medicines, but it was delayed because of the matter of imperial physician Geng."

Qi Zhu was thinking about how to rely on the imperial physician for these things, when Henry Zhang said in a deep voice: "Shaoqing, the things found in this Baibaoge are indeed yours, right? Is there anyone else?" In order to hide this thing, you took advantage of people’s unpreparedness to make a secret compartment on the cabinet early? Can this not be discovered? Are all the people in your house dead?”

Qi Zhu: "..."

Henry Zhang's word "Shaoqing" was cold and cold, Qi Zhu suddenly felt that he was the most beautiful when he called himself Lord Marquis.

Duan Rufeng also noticed the strangeness, and asked with a frown, "My lord's words are reasonable, and I would like to ask my lord Shaoqing to explain clearly what this is."

"These medicines..." Qi Zhu said slowly, with a dark smile in his eyes, "It's for intercourse. I'm always embarrassed to put this kind of medicine in a too conspicuous place, right?"

Fortunately, he was prepared in advance. In each porcelain bottle, there are actually only two or three pills that are really important, and most of the rest are mixed medicines for intercourse. It was covered with a layer of boosting drugs, and only he could tell the difference, and if someone really wanted to investigate, he could find a way to cover it up.

After hearing Qi Zhu's words, both Duan Rufeng and Henry Zhang gave a meal, the former showed a bit of embarrassment, and the latter frowned and remained silent.

Sorry to put it in a conspicuous place, can it be placed in the study?That's right, Master Hou is interested in the gazebo in the backyard, and the study is nothing.

Qi Zhu: "If Master Duan doesn't believe it, just find someone to test it on the spot. The formula of this kind of medicine is simple and effective, so you don't need to find a doctor."

Duan Rufeng still called a subordinate and handed over the porcelain bottle to the subordinate to verify.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the subordinate came back. He whispered something to Duan Rufeng. Duan Rufeng nodded, pursed his lips slightly, and said to Qi Zhu: "The doctor in the government has tested it, and what Master Shaoqing said is true. Xu, these medicines... Master Shaoqing, please take them back."

Qi Zhu put those porcelain bottles back into his pocket for the time being, and then stared at the medicine cup and shell insect poison pills, those poison pills were shaped like broad beans and were colorless.

Qi Zhu ordered someone to fetch a heater, picked up one of them with copper tweezers, and baked it on top of the heater for a while. After a few breaths, the surface of the pill began to soften and peel off, and four or five transparent maggots broke out from the inside. out.

Qi Zhu picked up one of them and took a closer look. The poisonous insect seemed to smell the smell of flesh and blood, and struggled to move towards Qi Zhu's lips. Henry Zhang and Duan Rufeng were extremely nervous.

Qi Yi was not afraid at all, he put down the tweezers and asked, "Master Duan, can you get some fresh teeth, tongue and fingers?"

Duan Rufeng: "... Where can I find fresh ones?"

Qi Zhu: "There are always people left behind in the imperial prison, right?"

Duan Rufeng was silent for a while, and ordered his subordinates to go to the prison to inquire about the warden. Two quarters of an hour later, the subordinates came back with a plate. As expected, there were a severed tongue, a few broken teeth and a few severed fingers in the plate. with blood.

Qi Zhu threw the poisonous worms into the plate, and the worms covered the severed tongue and teeth in an instant, and devoured them all in an instant, but the severed fingers remained intact.

Qi Zhu: "These maggots really only eat people's teeth and tongues."

Henry Zhang sniffed for a while, but still didn't smell any other smells except blood, frowned and said: "I haven't smelled anything, what have you smelled?"

Qi Zhulian removed the dark color in his eyes, and replied: "A very faint cold fragrance."

Henry Zhang: "Lengxiang?"

"Maybe it's because I have 'hidden veins', and I can smell scents that people without 'hidden veins' can't smell." Qi Zhu replied slowly, "This smell is very light, like thousands of flowers mixed together, but Not only the aroma, but also the smell of blood."

It was not the first time Qi Zhu had smelled this smell, he had also smelled it that day in the cave under the Tuhu Lake.Not only that, those things that he regretted in the past, that is, this smell that seems to be found in the depths of hell, runs through and haunts his heart like a nightmare, even if his body is broken, he will never forget it.

"Looking at the medicine cup and the prescription, it is indeed like the art of witchcraft, and this kind of poisonous insects are also like the insects used to cultivate poison." Qi Zhu continued, "The art of witchcraft is quite popular in the southern Xinjiang generation. Many people in southern Xinjiang believe in witchcraft but not medicine."

Duan Rufeng suddenly said: "So, Geng Chongdao is indeed from Southern Xinjiang."

Qi Zhu: "Oh? Unexpectedly, the emperor would value the imperial physician from southern Xinjiang."

Duan Rufeng: "In the second year after the emperor ascended the throne, there was an epidemic in the capital. At that time, it was Geng Chongdao who wrote the prescriptions for effective prevention and treatment of the epidemic, which was very appreciated by the emperor."

Qi Zhu nodded slightly: "I see."

Not only Geng Chongdao is from Southern Xinjiang, but Huo Qiao is also from Southern Xinjiang.

An hour later, a dry guard hurried in and reported to Duan Rufeng: "Lord Zuo Tongzhi, Geng Chongdao failed to be caught. When I chased him to Jieziling, he disappeared. Now he is gone." Send people to lay an ambush near the skyline of Jiezi Ridge, and not a single bird will be released from the Ridge!"

The terrain of Jieziling in the suburbs of Beijing is steep, especially the first line of sky, which is an important pass of the capital.There are soldiers from the imperial court near Jieziling, and the guards are already tight. Why did Geng Chongdao choose to escape to Jieziling?

"Geng Chongdao must be caught. I want to go to Jieziling in person. The emperor only gave me five days, and I can't sit still." Qi Zhu looked at Duan Rufeng, "Can Lord Duan help me?"

Duan Rufeng: "It's the guard's responsibility to let Geng Chongdao escape, and it's my job to arrest him."

Qi Zhu nodded his thanks and went to check the pills.

Duan Rufeng walked to Xiao Yangyue's side, and suddenly said in a low voice: "My lord, take a step to speak."

Xiao Yangyue and Duan Rufeng came to the side hall of the guard's official residence, and the latter cut straight to the point: "My lord, do you know when Shaoqing learned his martial arts?"

"Eight years ago."

"Is it the time when Shaoqing was kidnapped by martial arts thieves when he was young?" Duan Rufeng frowned, "I just heard Shaoqing say 'hidden veins', but it is the 'hidden veins' that are used by few martial arts talents to adjust breath and trace force '?"

Henry Zhang stared at him: "Have Zuo Tongzhi heard of it?"

"Yes..." Duan Rufeng pondered, "How high is Shaoqing's martial arts in your opinion, Lord Master?"

Henry Zhang frowned, and this matter was also a question he had been thinking about. He had fought against Qi Zhu, and the martial arts Qi Zhu showed could only be regarded as a middle-to-lower level, and it could never be called a high-level martial arts.

However, somewhere in his heart, he faintly felt that something was wrong.

Seeing that Henry Zhang didn't speak, Duan Rufeng also understood that Henry Zhang probably also had doubts in his heart: "My lord, maybe I am overthinking, but in the imperial prison, Shaoqing can kill that man with a single palm piercing. Royal chef; just now in the palace, Shaoqing easily broke free from the shackles and took my sword. I think Shaoqing is far more than that."

What the two of them didn't know was that Qi Zhu had listened to all their conversations in the side hall.

Qi Zhu stood outside the door of the side hall, listening to the conversation between the two in the room through the window lattice, and finally closed his eyes, and left quietly.

A quarter of an hour later, the duckweed pavilion and the dry gate guards and dozens of guards were ready, and the group hurried towards Jieziling.

Jieziling Mountain is a dangerous highland, and there are streams flowing swiftly in the valley, and the vicinity of Yixiantian is even more dangerous. There are cliffs and cliffs everywhere, and people who are not familiar with the terrain can easily get lost.

Qi Zhu got off his horse and looked up at the lush jungle and dangerous mountains. It took them nearly three hours to reach Jieziling. It was getting late at this time, and the red clouds outlined the dark and blurred outlines of the mountains. Undulating like the wings of a black raven.

Now is not a foggy and cloudy season, but there is a thick fog lingering around the Mustard Ridge, which makes it difficult to see clearly. In addition, it is already night, so it is really not a good time to search.

It's just that the fog, set off by the red-hot sunset glow, seems to be faintly smeared with a layer of blood.

Qi Zhu narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking a little bit in his heart, he said to Henry Zhang: "Xiao Yangyue, come here."

Henry Zhang paused, and walked over: "What's wrong?"

Qi Zhu: "Seeing this fog, do you think of anything?"

Henry Zhang looked at the mist on the mountainside, frowned and said: "Sanfeng Mountain."

"That's right." Qi Zhudao, "At that time, the poisonous mist on the top of Sanfeng Mountain could cause people to hallucinate, and especially disturb the inner strength and true energy of people practicing martial arts. We still don't know what the poison in the mist is. Now It seems that there may be traces to follow."

Xiao Yangyue said coldly: "Geng Chongdao entered the imperial hospital two years before the emperor ascended the throne, but he was really appreciated by the emperor in the second year of ascending the throne. At that time, it was the time when Ding Feiyun had just become the guard right If at that time Geng Chongdao had colluded with Ding Feiyun, the Hongyue Society, the Moro Sect, the Southern Border Witch Gu...these incidents must have been controlled by the same martial arts force behind the scenes."

But, what is the purpose of this force?

Why do you want to assassinate the emperor over and over again or attract the attention of the court?

Zhang Yangyue's heart suddenly gathered a bit of anxiety that was difficult to resolve. Something suddenly flowed away from his fingers like sand, and he couldn't grasp it, nor could he see its true face.

He must have missed something.

At this moment, Henry Zhang suddenly saw a faint light flickering in the dark forest, like little fireflies or stars in the sky.

He immediately raised his sword and moved towards the cluster of lights. When he approached, the fluorescent light disappeared without a trace, only a burst of cold mist from the forest, piercing and bitter.

In this cold mist, there is a strange fragrance faintly mixed.

Henry Zhang raised his sleeves to cover it, and subconsciously took half a step back. Unexpectedly, the originally solid flat ground suddenly turned into a void. Henry Zhang stepped into the air with half a step, and his body fell backwards. Under him, there seemed to be endless cliff.

Before falling, he heard a familiar voice shouting: "Xiao Yangyue!"

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He is in a hurry!

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