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Zhang Haidong didn't go to Kyoto for a day, and the Empress Dowager Zhang couldn't sleep and eat for a day.

Gao Song was standing in the hall: "The Queen Mother, please forgive me, today's subordinates went to interrogate the assassin as usual, but found that the man had somehow committed suicide by taking poison." ”

When Empress Dowager Zhang heard this, she was taken aback: "How could he commit suicide by taking poison? Didn't the mourning family promise him that if he told everything honestly, the mourning family would return him to freedom?"

Besides, he had searched his body before entering the prison, and it was impossible for him to bring poison into it. Taking a step back, even if he had carried it, he should have taken it a long time ago, so why wait until now?

There is something strange about this.

Mrs. Zhang hated to think that this year was really eventful, and none of the things she wanted to do went well.

Empress Dowager Zhang said angrily: "Check! Check the mourning family fiercely! Some people think that the mourning family does not have the one hundred and ten guards, and this Chang'an City is not the final say of the mourning family, hmph, the younger brother of the mourning family has a tiger talisman in his hand, and all the soldiers and horses in the world are transferred with him (except for the Western Regions), what else is the mourning family afraid of?"

What's more, the news that General Sima has arrived, and now he has arrived in Jingzhaoyin, and he will arrive in Chang'an, the capital division in less than two days.

"That's what the Queen Mother said. "Takamatsu Road.

Empress Dowager Zhang stroked her chest and looked at Ziqing who was standing not far away, trying to suppress her anger.

Today is the 29th of July, and I believe that Zhang Haidong will be able to rush back before August. Although she said that she was not afraid, she had indeed been unable to sleep at night recently, and her face had become much haggard.

Fortunately, with Monk Ziqing by his side, this day is not too difficult.

Fang Cai, a strange assassin who committed suicide by poisoning, she guessed that he must have let his companion infiltrate the palace and poisoned him to death. These people have succeeded repeatedly, and now Empress Dowager Zhang has to wonder again whether there are ghosts in the palace.

If an assassin with great skills was hiding in the palace, how could she not be afraid?

Empress Dowager Zhang said: "From now on, you go and check the soldiers on duty at night, this matter has nothing to do with them, if no one confesses, then ......."

Empress Dowager Zhang quietly made a motion to wipe her neck.

"Yes!" When Gao Song was about to take the order to go out, Empress Dowager Zhang thought for a while and said, "There is one more thing. ”

"Before the Praetorian Guard's accident, the Mourning Family secretly sent two Praetorian Guards to search the Jiang Mansion, why haven't they come back until now?"

It stands to reason that Jiang Shaoqing and Lu Chuan and Su Jun were not in Jiangfu at that time. It should be easy for the two of them to get things done, how long has it been, but those two seem to have evaporated from the world!

Gao Song stood in place and said in a low voice: "My subordinates don't know about this matter, ...... if he comes forward to investigate, it is clear that there are no three hundred taels of silver here, and the Queen Mother's face is not good-looking."

Empress Dowager Zhang waved her hand: "That's it, I'll ask Fan Shigao to take a look at this matter." In addition, in the case of the assassin's suicide, the mourners will ask Li Hongliang to accompany you to review it, if it is really useless, then you don't need to keep it, and transfer another batch directly from Li Hongliang's subordinates. Also, the Assassin's suicide must be kept secret from both of you. ”

Now that Empress Dowager Zhang's prestige has been repeatedly frustrated, it is obvious that someone is secretly attacking her. Don't let the ministers of the court know about these things, otherwise these old foxes will be restless again.

"Go and call Li Hongliang in. ”

"Yes!"

Takamatsu took the order.

Little Sima Li Hongliang came in.

The Queen Mother said: "Do you think Miao Ying is reliable?"

Li Hongliang said without thinking: "Weichen feels that Lord Liao is not enough to rely on. ”

Empress Dowager Zhang nodded: "But the mourning family still decided to use him, but I didn't expect that there was a fork halfway through, which actually gave Lu Chuan and his wife a life-saving grace." ”

Li Hongliang stepped forward and said: "Queen Mother, Weichen thinks that because his wife has gone through hell, he can use it." ”

Empress Dowager Zhang looked at Li Hongliang, pointed her finger at him, and said with a slight hook on the corner of her mouth: "You, you, the mourning family appreciates you." The mourner will wait and see. ”

"The Queen Mother can rest assured, everything is on Weichen. ”

"Good. There is another matter, which is related to the death of the assassin, and today you and Gao Song will work together to examine the soldiers in the prison clearly, and in addition, the families of several government officials who have been dismissed from their posts and investigated in the prison should not be spared. As for Miao Ying, he was first moved to a spacious and bright cell, so that he could take care of his wife. Next, you know what to do. ”

Empress Dowager Zhang said, the corners of her mouth slightly hooked.

Li Hongliang arched his hand and said, "Yes." Weichen received the order, and asked the Queen Mother to rest assured. ”

According to the instructions of the Empress Dowager Zhang, Li Hongliang and Gao Song examined the soldiers on duty that day one by one, and sure enough, they couldn't ask any results. He also selected shrewd and capable soldiers from his own army to replace all the positions in the prison.

On the second day, at the third watch, Takamatsu hung the corpse of the assassin who had committed suicide by poisoning himself on the city gate.

At the same time Jiangfu.

Lu Chuan lit the candle early and got up for Su Jun's acupuncture.

Su Jun was woken up by the sound of Lu Chuan getting up, he got up and looked at Lu Chuan who was putting on the lamp, the neckline of his loose nightgown was all open, revealing the muscular and blood-pumping chest inside, and said in a hoarse voice: "You slept late yesterday, why don't you rest more today?"

Lu Chuan looked back at his sleeping red cheeks, his gaze went down again, and then he turned around uncomfortably to order a lamp.

The slender white jade fingers held the lamp in front of the desk, and the pink lips opened slightly: "If you are sleepy, just sleep on your back first." The voice was small, but it was a little shy and annoyed. Besides, he had written to his family to tell him that his leg was getting better, and he praised her inside and out in the letter, and she couldn't disappoint the old lady.

After hearing this, Su Jun's eyes deepened. He shut up silently, just thinking that the knot between the two had not been untied since that day.

In fact, Su Jun refused to bring up this topic again.

There was no expression of joy and anger in the handsome eyes, only silent, lowered his head, and removed the placket on his body according to Lu Chuan's wishes, and in the end, only the dirty pants on his body remained, so he obediently lay down and closed his eyes and did not move.

The muscles in his chest fell together with his breathing, but his head was facing inward, Lu Chuan didn't speak, silently wiped his body with a hot towel, and waited until the pores of his whole body were opened, and then applied the medicine taken from the Medicine Fragrance Pavilion to invigorate blood and dispel stasis.

At this time, his body was tense and straight, but today it was particularly strange that he actually squeezed the fists on both sides with a rattling sound!

Lu Chuan was shocked when he heard this, and he didn't understand why he was clenching his fist.

I had to speed up the movements in my hands, and after applying the medicine, I turned around and calmly walked to the side of the case.

A pair of dark eyes stared at the air in a daze...... I was a little scared and a little lost. Thinking like this, Lu Chuan categorized the large and small silver needles and spread them on the gauze just by feeling.

It was quiet, except for the occasional cricket outside the window.

Lu Chuan secretly glanced at him on the bed, and saw that he was lying there motionless, still facing inward.