"It's better for King Xuan not to take what a regicide says seriously." Jiang Ling squinted her eyes, and distanced herself from the third prince. "Also, are you sure you don't want to keep a distance from me?"

"Brother Three Emperors, what are you doing?" The Ninth Prince withdrew his gaze from the edge of the secret passage, seeing that the Third Prince was so close to Jiang Ling, he rushed over to push people away.

"I just had a few words with Xiaoling."

"You don't need to be so close to talk." The Ninth Prince disapproved.

Jiang Ling nodded: "I also think that if King Xuan has something to say, just say it directly. The Ninth Prince is not an outsider, so there is no need to avoid him."

"That's right, Brother Sanhuang, what did you say to Brother Jiang, can't I hear it?"

The two spoke one word at a time, and under the tacit understanding, the third prince had no choice but to say, "I just want to talk about Jiewei, and wonder why Jiewei is targeting Xiaoling alone."

"How could he be targeting him alone?" The Ninth Prince retorted subconsciously, "I still think he was targeting me alone. None of you met the demon fox, but I did, and it almost never came back. If it wasn't targeting me, what was it?"

"I think Jie Wei is targeting everyone equally." Finally, the Ninth Prince came to a conclusion.

Jie Wei was taken down for interrogation, Jiang Ling hadn't seen anyone from Xiao Shengyun since she woke up, she didn't know what the outcome would be, the Ninth Prince didn't know much, the Third Prince...

Jiang Ling didn't want to ask him.

"Let's go up." The smell in the secret passage is not very pleasant, and after staying for a long time, it is very stuffy.

After getting up, Jiang Ling relaxed and took a few breaths to break free from the cramped feeling.

The Ninth Prince was strictly on guard, and the Third Prince couldn't find a chance to talk to Jiang Ling alone, so he had to suppress all kinds of thoughts.The opportunities for him to get in touch with Jiang Ling are really limited, otherwise he wouldn't be testing him at this time.

But Jiang Ling's behavior was too normal. Whether it was last night or today when he was asked suddenly, he didn't panic at all. The third prince didn't believe that Chongxi could bring the prince back from the gate of hell. There must be something happening that he didn't know about. .

It's a pity that since the prince woke up, the East Palace was heavily guarded, and those who had different intentions were cleared out. It was very difficult to find out some news.

Jiang Ling was not interested in caring what the third prince thought, so he and the ninth prince left after seeing the secret passage.

On the way, the Ninth Prince couldn't hold back, and asked, "Brother Jiang, why do I feel that Brother Sanhuang is very interested in you? It's not that kind of interest, it's that there seems to be some secret hidden in you and he wants to dig it out."

The Ninth Prince's mind is not deep, but his intuition is very accurate. He has not had much contact with the Third Prince, because he has always felt that the Third Prince is a very dangerous person. aggressive.

"Maybe he's just idle, and he tends to think blindly when he has nothing to do." Jiang Ling spoke not very politely.

"Forget it, let's not talk about him, hey, isn't the person in front of you the village chief? Why didn't you see another person?" The Ninth Prince asked the man they saw by the guardrail yesterday.

The village head didn't know their specific identities, but based on their clothes and the attitude of the people around them, it was not difficult to guess that they were noble. After approaching, he saluted them.

"The village chief doesn't need to be too polite." The Ninth Prince helped him up and looked behind him. "The village chief, why are you alone? Where are the people who came with you?"

"Who came with me?" The village chief looked surprised, "I'm the only one going back to the village."

The Ninth Prince's expression changed slightly, he turned his head and looked at Jiang Ling.

"Maybe I misremembered."

After sending the village chief away, the Ninth Prince rubbed his chin: "Brother Jiang, something is wrong. If the village chief is telling the truth, what is the origin of the person we met yesterday?"

"That person doesn't seem to be lying," Jiang Ling didn't feel any malice from him, "Could it be that he came back secretly?"

"It's possible, maybe I want to come back to avenge my brother."

As the sun went down, officials came one after another. The officials from the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple were the busiest recently, and all sorts of things came together and they needed to be resolved.

Chu Qiao and Imperial Physician Zhang also arrived, bringing along several other doctors from the Imperial Hospital.

Chu Qiao first checked Koizumi's pulse, and Koizumi was tied to a chair in a daze, without any response to outside movements.

"How's his situation?" The Ninth Prince looked anxious as he was the one who had been by his side for a while.

"His condition is not very good. Whether he can recover, I can only say that I will try my best." Chu Qiao frowned.

"Is his situation the same as that of the previous one?" Jiang Ling asked.

"It's roughly the same, but his Chinese medicine time is short, and it is possible to save him. Fortunately, I have tried a lot of medicine on that person and have some experience."

After watching Koizumi, Chu Qiao, led by the guards, went to the place where the demon fox's corpse was piled up.

Jiang Ling and the Ninth Prince followed.

After Xiao Shengyun explained the follow-up matters, he came back to find Jiang Ling.

Jiang Ling told him about the third prince: "Your Highness, be careful of King Xuan."

Whether it is King Xuan that Jiang Ling met, or the protagonist Gong in the original book, they are all in a competitive relationship with the prince. In the original book, one is the protagonist Gong and the other is the villain. Ling had to pay attention.

"You don't have to take his words to heart, I will be careful." Xiao Shengyun's eyes were dim.

From the moment Jiawei said those words, he knew that this matter might be used as a raft by others. He couldn't control what others thought, so he could only kill all dangers as early as possible.

"Did Jiewei explain anything?" Jiang Ling was curious, "What exactly is he trying to do?"

"He wouldn't say it."

This is not surprising, it would be even more suspicious if Jie Wei confessed everything easily.

"Now I only know that his appearance in front of Father is not a coincidence, but man-made. Father trusts him because Father has been haunted by nightmares every night recently. Only Jiewei can help Father stay away from nightmares."

At this time, Emperor Chongming didn't have the heart to continue to hide it. Because of Jiewei's assassination, he even suspected that his nightmare was inseparable from Jiewei.

Several imperial physicians took the pulse for Emperor Chongming, stepped aside, and talked in a low voice.

Emperor Chongming sat on the main seat, his eyes slightly closed, as if taking a nap.

After talking for a while, one of the older imperial physicians stood up and said, "Shu Chen and others are not good at learning, so they can't see what's wrong with your majesty's body."

The imperial physicians came to the same conclusion that Emperor Chongming was just overthinking and the mental restlessness caused by the fright, and there was no other problem.

Emperor Chongming waved his hand to let the imperial physician back down.

The imperial doctor couldn't see the problem, and it was impossible for Jiewei to say that he was entangled in the resentment of the demon fox.

"Son of heaven, I deserve to be protected by the heavens, and evil spirits are not allowed to get close to me. Why can't I see the problem?"

Eunuch Qian put the brewed hot tea at the hand of Emperor Chongming: "Your Majesty may wish to invite Dr. Chu to have a look. Dr. Chu is good at these things, maybe you can see something."

"Go and invite Dr. Chu here."

Chu Qiao was studying the demon fox together with Imperial Physician Zhang, while Jiang Ling and the Ninth Prince watched from the sidelines. They were not too close, mainly because the smell was too strong, and they couldn't stand being too close.

Xiao Shengyun said a few words to Doctor Zhang and then left. Many things were waiting for him to do. The guards made simple protection and instructed them to move the fox's body to another place.

"It smells really bad." Doctor Zhang helped Chu Qiao get the tools he needed, "Junior brother, did you find anything?"

"There are some," Chu Qiao opened the demon fox's mouth, "This thing looks like a fox on the outside, but its teeth are quite different from ordinary foxes, and their smell is not the same as ordinary foxes. Same, it should be paired with other creatures."

"The blood is dark red, corrosive, and poisonous. It may have been fed with poison..."

Doctor Zhang's research in this area is not as deep as that of Chu Qiao, so I can only listen to him.

"I'm curious, how did they raise this thing so big, I'll go to His Royal Highness later to see if I can transport the two ends to my yard, it would be even better if there are alive ones." Chu Qiao's subordinates kept moving .

"It's hard to catch a living one." Doctor Zhang squatted beside him and handed him tools.

"I'm just saying, these are enough."

"Doctor Chu isn't afraid at all?" Seeing Chu Qiao toss and turn on Yaohu's body, the Ninth Prince was shocked.

"Doctor Chu also often deals with poisonous insects, he is too courageous."

"Poisonous insects, I'm afraid of those."

Jiang Ling and the Ninth Prince looked at each other and found resonance in each other's eyes: bugs are too scary!

Several people were talking, and Eunuch Qian found them: "Doctor Chu, Imperial Physician Zhang, Your Majesty would like to invite Dr. Chu to visit."

"What do you want to do with Doctor Chu?" The Ninth Prince was curious.

Jiang Ling guessed: "Maybe I want Dr. Chu to show him his body."

"Your Majesty would like to ask Dr. Chu some questions." Mr. Qian said fairly.

Doctor Chu cleaned himself up, and went to Emperor Chongming with Eunuch Qian.

"I invite Doctor Chu to come here, I want Doctor Chu to help me find out where is the source of my nightmares every night." Emperor Chongming said.

On the way here, Eunuch Qian roughly explained the situation to him, Chu Qiao did not hesitate, and stepped forward: "Your Majesty, please extend your hand."

After taking the pulse, Chu Qiao asked some questions, and Emperor Chongming answered them one by one.

"The talisman that Jiewei gave to His Majesty, can Your Majesty show it to Caomin?" Emperor Chongming's situation was a bit complicated, and Chu Qiao couldn't draw a conclusion right away.

"I haven't used the talismans for the past two days. The ones I used before were in the palace. Some of them were taken back by Jie Wei and destroyed. I asked Eunuch Qian to keep a few."

It was originally intended to be used in case of emergency, but I didn't expect to use it in such a situation.

Emperor Chongming was exhausted physically and mentally, and with the advice of his ministers, he quickly ordered to return to Beijing.

Several princes went back together, leaving the officials in charge of the matter to deal with the follow-up, because they only stayed for one day and did not bring much. Soon, everyone packed up their things and boarded the carriage.

The carriage was driving on the mountain road, surrounded by elite cavalry, Xiao Shengyun was riding outside Jiang Ling's carriage.

Jiang Ling lifted the curtain of the car and looked at the tall man on horseback: "Your Highness, I want to ride a horse too."

If it wasn't for the wrong occasion, Xiao Shengyun could let Jiang Ling sit in front of him to experience it.

"When I get back, Gu will take you to ride."

The sun was just right, Jiang Ling narrowed his eyes to observe the surroundings, suddenly, his gaze paused.

Xiao Shengyun raised his voice on alert: "Pay attention to your surroundings!"

A stone rolled down from the stone wall, and the convoy stopped. The guards held a sharp sword, guarded the carriage in the center, and looked forward seriously.

The masked dead soldiers rushed out from the forest, with a clear purpose to flock to the carriage where Emperor Chongming was.

"Escort—" exclaimed.

The convoy is in disarray.

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