Yao Yuanxiao said: "Young Master Hua is saying that this poison is not under 'Qingfeng Garden'?"

Hua Bushi said: "Judging from the appearance of this wick cake, the cinnabar red mark on it was ordered later, and the 'rooster scatter' is in this mark, and it is more likely that this cake will be poisoned after being bought from 'Qingfengyuan'." ”

Yao Yuanxiao turned his eyes, looked at Hai Hongzhu, and said, "Yesterday afternoon, who sent the pastries, do you remember?"

Hai Hongzhu said: "It was a servant from the City Lord's Mansion who brought the pastries, where can I know him, Xiaohong may know." ”

That little girl Huan Xiaohong, at this time, had already left with Sima Rulan in the carriage, Yao Yuanxiao couldn't find it for a while, and said hatefully: "Yao must investigate this matter to the end, and he has to find the person who poisoned him, and he will be cut by a thousand knives!"

Hua Bushi suddenly turned his head to Hai Hongzhu and asked, "Hongzhu, when did you know that Miss Lan'er was sick?"

Hai Hongzhu said: "I came to the City Lord's Mansion early in the morning, when Sister Lan'er had just gotten up, her face was very bad, and she said that her stomach hurt, and she was about to ask Xiaohong to ask for a doctor, so I ran back to the Bar Sky Tower to find you!"

Hua Bushi said: "As soon as you saw that Miss Lan'er was sick, you ran back to find me, didn't you delay time in between?"

Hai Hongzhu said: "Of course not, the matter of diagnosis is extremely urgent, how can it be delayed!"

Hua Bushi looked at Yao Yuanxiao again and asked, "How did Elder Yao know that the eldest lady was sick?"

Yao Yuanxiao said: "I came to the City Lord's Mansion early this morning to have something to do, and when I entered the door, I happened to be a servant sent by Yujian Xiaohong to invite the doctor, and then I learned about it, so I hurried to the boudoir of the back garden lady. ”

Hua Bushi nodded and said: "In this way, the eldest lady is sick and goes to the doctor, and it is only half an hour at most." But how did Xiong Tiannan learn so quickly, not only rushed from Xiongjiazhuang, but also brought an entourage carriage, and made an appointment with Old Doctor Hu to diagnose the patient, isn't it strange?"

Hearing what Hua Bushi said, Yao Yuanxiao also frowned. The City Lord's Mansion and the Vedic Sky Tower are only two streets apart, which can be said to be extremely close, and it doesn't take much time for Hai Hongzhu to go back and forth, while Yao Yuanxiao happened to come to the City Lord's Mansion to learn about it.

However, Xiongjiazhuang is located in the west of the city, some distance from the city lord's mansion, even if you ride a fast horse, it will take more than a quarter of an hour. Hua Bushi just came on the front foot, Xiong Tiannan had already arrived on the back foot, and as soon as he came, he said that he would take the eldest lady to "Tongjitang" for diagnosis, and he was so well prepared, even if the news of Sima Rulan's illness came out, someone rode a fast horse to Xiongjiazhuang to report the news, Xiong Tiannan should not come so quickly.

It can be inferred from this that Xiong Tiannan had long known that the eldest lady of the city lord would be sick, so he might have made this arrangement in advance. And in this world, in addition to the immortals, there are only those who poison and assassinate Sima Rulan!

Although Hua Bushi did not explicitly express his suspicions about Xiong Tiannan, Yao Yuanxiao was also a scheming person, how could he not hear the meaning of this eldest young master's words. However, Hai Hongzhu has always been simple-minded, and at this time, she only stared at a pair of big eyes and didn't understand what Hua Bushi said.

Yao Yuanxiao said: "If Xiong Tiannan instructed others to poison him, he must have wanted to be unfavorable to the city lord eldest lady, and now the eldest lady has been taken away by him, how can this be good?"

He knew that Hua Bushi's inference was very reasonable, but if this matter was serious and Xiong Tiannan did such a thing, then his father Xiong Bailing was also likely to be involved. Xiong Bailing is the deputy hall master of the "Wanjin Hall", and his status in the sect is second only to Sima Zhufeng, if the Xiong family betrays, it will be a shocking thing for the "Wanjin Hall" and "Okura City", and the consequences are extremely serious.

Although Yao Yuanxiao was an elder of the inner hall, at this time, he was inevitably flustered and didn't know how to deal with it.

The expression on Hua Bushi's face was still calm, and he said: "For the time being, no matter who poisoned it, I think we should rush to the 'Tongjitang' first, and we can't let Miss Lan'er have another accident no matter what." ”

Yao Yuanxiao suddenly came back to his senses and said, "Yes, let's hurry up to the 'Tongjitang' to find the eldest lady, and then investigate and deal with the poisoning!"

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ "Tongjitang" is located in the east city, seven or eight streets away from the city lord's mansion, which is not too far.

Yao Yuanxiao beat the horse like a fly and opened the way in front, while Hua Bushi, Hai Hongzhu and Zhu Hong followed closely behind, and behind them, there were more than twenty gangs from the City Lord's Mansion. There were a lot of pedestrians on the street, and when they saw this pedestrian galloping past on the road, they all dodged and avoided.

It only took a moment for the group to gallop through many streets, and they saw the gold-lettered signboard of the pharmacy in front of them from a distance.

The two-horse carriage that had picked up Sima Rulan in front of the small building of the City Lord's Mansion was parked outside the door of the pharmacy, but the coachman was gone. Yao Yuanxiao stepped forward immediately, and only when he arrived in front of the carriage did he lift the reins of the horse, and stretched out his head to look into the car, but saw that the carriage was empty, and there was no one in the carriage.

Hua Bushi and the others also rushed to the door at this time, and each turned over and dismounted.

From Yao Yuanxiao's expression, Hua Bushi guessed that Sima Rulan was definitely not in the carriage, and immediately said, "Let's go into the pharmacy together to find someone, Miss Lan'er may still be inside." ”

Yao Yuanxiao said: "Okay." ”

Hua Bushi usually expects everything, but this time, the eldest young master didn't guess correctly.

"Tongjitang" is the largest pharmacy in Okura Castle, in addition to the façade outside, there are five courtyards and 30 rooms in the back. Everyone quickly searched every room in all the courtyards, but not only did they find Sima Rulan, but even Xiong Tiannan and several of his "scholars" did not find it.

Hu Wanchun, an obese old man with gray hair, had been arrested at this time and brought to Yao Yuanxiao.

This Divine Doctor Hu looked at the City Lord's Mansion gang who were searching everywhere as soon as he entered the door, his heart was uneasy, and the expression on his face was even more panicked, and he said in a trembling voice: "Our 'Tongjitang' is doing a legitimate pharmacy business, you ...... What are you going to do?"

Yao Yuanxiao said: "Let me ask you, where is the city lord's eldest lady now?"

Doctor Hu said: "Are you talking about Miss Lan'er? Isn't she in the City Lord's Mansion, how can I know where she is." ”

Yao Yuanxiao's eyes widened, and he said, "She is in poor health, she came to you for diagnosis just now, how can you not know where she is!"

Doctor Hu said: "What kind of thing is she talking about when she came to me for a diagnosis? I have been in the back hall of the pharmacy since I got up in the morning, and no one has come to see me at all." ”

Yao Yuanxiao's eyes were cold, and the cane in his hand was waved out and smashed on the counter on the side, only to hear a "click", and the marble table top with a certain thickness of the counter had been broken into two!

He stretched out his hand and grabbed the placket of the shirt on Doctor Hu's chest, and shouted: "The carriage that brought the eldest lady is parked outside the gate of the 'Tongjitang', and you dare to deny it!

Yao Yuanxiao is skinny and looks like an ape, but Doctor Hu is a big fat man, and the two are very different in size. However, Yao Yuanxiao took a Hu Shenyi who was almost twice as fat as himself in his hand, as easily as carrying a chicken, and the strength of the fingers of the elder of the inner hall of the "Wanjin Hall" was indeed not small.

Doctor Hu was so frightened that his whole body trembled, and he almost peed his pants, and lamented: "Elder Yao's life, the little one has indeed been in the back hall all the time today, and I haven't seen Miss Lan'er, and everyone in the pharmacy can testify for me......"

Yao Yuanxiao was even more furious when he heard this, and shouted: "It seems that if I don't beat you, I won't tell the truth, okay, this will make you know how powerful!"

As he spoke, he lifted the iron staff in his hand and was about to greet Doctor Hu. Yao Yuanxiao smashed down with a cane, and broke the stone slab on the table, if a cane smashed on a person's body, it would have to break bones and tendons, and I don't know if this Doctor Hu's medical skills are good enough, whether he can take over the bones and heal the wounds for himself.

Hua Bushi stepped forward and said, "Elder Yao, don't do it, although the carriage is parked outside the door, Xiong Tiannan and Miss Lan'er may not have entered the pharmacy, let's check the guys in the pharmacy in detail." ”

Yao Yuanxiao didn't mean to hurt anyone, but he couldn't find Sima Rulan for a while, and he was afraid that the eldest lady would have an accident, and the anxiety in his heart would be difficult to contain, so he wanted to beat people with a cane. At this time, after listening to what Hua Bushi said, he also lowered his steel rod and shouted to Doctor Hu: "Spare you for the time being, if it is found that you are lying, you will definitely take your life!"

Doctor Hu escaped and hurriedly said, "Don't you dare...... The little one is telling the truth, and he will never dare to lie......"

There were more than a dozen guys in the pharmacy, and the result of the inquiry was that Xiong Tiannan and Sima Rulan had indeed not entered the "Tongji Hall".

Most people didn't know when the carriage outside the door arrived, but they were seen by two men standing by the gate waiting for guests. According to the two men, they saw the two-horse carriage stop outside the door, and thought it was a guest who was coming to visit the pharmacy, but they did not expect to see only four big men, carrying two women out of the car and going to the side alley.

Asked about the appearance of the person who got out of the carriage, the guy said that he couldn't see his face clearly through the gate, and only saw the two women wearing a plain dress, and the other wearing a light red short coat, which was exactly the outfit of Sima Rulan and Yahuan Xiaohong. And one of the four big men wore a long shirt, and the other few were dressed in white short clothes, which was Xiong Tiannan and his "scholars".

After that, the man heard the sound of carriages and horses coming from the alley over there, apparently someone had changed to another carriage and left the back alley. And what the carriage looked like, neither of the two men could tell.

Yao Yuanxiao, Hua Bushi and others immediately walked out of the gate of the pharmacy and rushed to the alley that the two men said, only to see that this was a rather narrow passage, with stone walls five or six feet high on both sides, and there was no portal on the wall, and the bluestone paving on the ground could not even leave the mark of the wheel.