On the day after receiving the reply, Zuo Yi began to let go and let her take over the affairs that originally belonged to her responsibilities in accordance with the original agreement with Ye Yu. Thinking that if she was just left alone for a day, there shouldn't be any big mess - with such a fluke mentality, Zuo Yi took advantage of the free time from letting Ye Yu do a lot of trivial things for him, and sneaked out of the palace through the secret passage after disguise.

After leaving the palace, Zuo Yi went straight to the "Tianlai Pavilion", which was opened about half a year ago only one street away from the palace. This inn, which can be regarded as the largest in this Luoyang city, is mainly divided into two courtyards: the front yard is mainly engaged in the daily tea business, especially from the third floor to the top floor and the fifth floor, all of which are private rooms that only dignitaries can afford, and the back yard provides accommodation, which is also expensive.

And the special thing about this "Tianlai Pavilion" is not only that its scale is the largest in the city, but also that it has the support of mysterious forces that are not attached to the imperial court at all but are enough to make the imperial court fearful from the beginning, so that it has always been able to ensure that a rule that the locals have never heard of since its opening has been maintained to this day: whether it is to drink tea, eat or stay, unless you enjoy the membership privileges granted by the owner of the inn, otherwise, no matter what the identity of the person who comes, you must make an appointment in advance, and then come in the order of first order.

Although half a year ago, at the beginning of the opening of this mysterious and peculiar inn, some powerful dignitaries, royal relatives and relatives would rashly challenge the rules of the inn without knowing the details. But he didn't think that no matter who came was there, they were all beaten mercilessly and crippled by the little two people of the inn in front of all the people who came to watch, the light ones were half paralyzed, and the heavy ones were paralyzed, and the guards around those provocateurs, in front of these little two people, were like clumsy live targets, and they could only be beaten.

Not only that, but after the fact, the key forces of the forces on which the provocateurs relied - both men and weapons - were often slaughtered or completely destroyed by a mysterious group of Assassins of up to ten men that night. Those provocateurs who want to rely on their own forces to take revenge the next day will be frightened by such a "warning" and have to think twice.

Of course, there were also those who were not afraid of death who reported the matter to the Jiaohuang Emperor, but the Jiaohuang seemed to deliberately protect the inn, and turned a deaf ear to the grievances of these imperial relatives and important ministers of the imperial court, and also reprimanded them for abusing their power to obstruct the legitimate business of the people, and warned that if there was a next time, the wrongdoers would be imprisoned in the future.

Only then did he finally frighten the gentlemen who tried to rely on their identity and power to come and try to break the rules of that inn.

It's just that because of their trouble, some well-intentioned people who chose to be very cautious from the beginning vaguely saw some clues: the forces behind this inn must be extraordinary, and even make the Banana Emperor fearful, but it seems to be related to the Banana Emperor - those assassins assassinated and assassinated were all people or weapons who had more or less hidden threats to the Banana Emperor. Coupled with the deliberate protection of the Banana Emperor, this really makes people wonder if the force behind this inn is another secret force that secretly assists the Banana Emperor, collects intelligence for him and helps him eliminate threats?

And the reason why there is no suspicion that that force may belong to the Banana Emperor in the first place is because the methods of those assassins who kill people and destroy things are not at all like the usual methods of the Banana Emperor's guards, and even in the territory of the Banana Kingdom, such methods are rarely seen, but more like the actions of foreign forces......

But in any case, after this provocative turmoil, which lasted no more than three days, the prestige of this inn was completely established, and the rules it had set from the beginning no longer dared to openly provoke and offend.

And in the past six months, Jiaohuang has only been there once. But because he was directly led to the private room on the fifth floor as soon as he came, all the onlookers present at that time, especially the waiters who had already booked the private room but had not yet taken their turn, understood at once: they finally saw the first "member" of this inn for the first time. It was because of his membership priority that he was given priority to use any private room he wanted.

Among the many onlookers that day, a few recognized the member as the Banana Emperor, but because of this, they did not dare to reveal his identity, while most of the others who did not know the Banana Emperor whispered in private, discussing and speculating about who he really was, what did he have to do with the inn, why did he get membership, and how did they get membership like him?

Then someone really asked Xiao Er how to get membership, but the answer was: I don't know.

Xiao Er's obvious refusal made the guests dare not continue to pester. I had to go back to my group and say no more. But I unconsciously became more curious about the member who could easily get past their long waiting line and go straight to the fifth floor as soon as he came......

Therefore, since that day, the people have begun to discuss the first member of this inn for the first time since it opened, and in the discussion, a lot of rumors about that member have been produced, and it is difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood. Those who have no intention will use this to increase the chatter with relatives and friends, and those who have a heart will take the opportunity to spread various rumors to the people that are either beneficial or unfavorable to the banana emperor.

And because of this, the Banana Emperor has never set foot in that inn since that time. Only occasionally did Zuo Yi need to go to the inn to complete the transaction on his behalf, and use his membership privileges to set up a private room on the top floor to complete the transaction.

Therefore, Zuo Yi had been here several times before this time. Except that he was not familiar with the backyard of this inn because he had never stayed here, he was very familiar with the front yard of this inn.

And the inn's junior has already recognized Zuo Yi, even if he disguises himself, he still recognizes him at a glance. And Zuo Yi was not surprised by the ability of the little seconders of this inn to recognize people. He has long known that the little two here are not simple, and the "little two" is just their cover identity. But after all, it's none of his business, Zuo Yi naturally knows it, and if he should ignore it, he must all pretend to be unaware.

And after Xiao Er recognized him, he took the initiative to ask if he still wanted the original private room?

But Zuo Yi replied that he was here to see someone, a ten-year-old young lady.

When Xiao Er heard this, he was a little hesitant, but he quickly reacted again, and took the initiative to correct him: "Guest officer, the 'son' you are looking for is already waiting for you in the innermost private room on the fifth floor. Since then, she has been drinking tea there at this hour of the day......"

When Zuo Yi heard this, he immediately understood the two meanings that Xiao Er wanted to convey to him: first, Gao Ran is now disguised as a man, and second, she will be in a fixed room at this hour every day, so if he wants to look for her in the future, he can go to that room to find her at this hour.

"Thank you. ”

After a brief thank-you, Zuo Yi went straight to the innermost private room on the fifth floor—it happened to be next to the room that the Jiaohuang was used to. On the fifth floor, there are only three private rooms, and the remaining one is separated from them by a staircase.

Zuo Yi remembered that when Jiaohuang first came, he wanted an independent room, but he didn't want Xiao Er to say that it was not for external use - neither could members, and that room was for their owner. Jiaohuang listened, so he retreated and chose the one next to the stairs of the other two.

Zuo Yi guessed that the reason why Jiaohuang chose that room should be to make it easier to take precautions as soon as he noticed someone moving on the stairs. Indeed, it is easier to detect movement outside the room than in the innermost room, which is separated from the staircase by a spacious private room.

But because the two rooms are next to each other, there is a hidden risk that they could be eavesdropped. Therefore, in the past, whether the Jiaohuang came in person or Zuo Yi came to handle the matter, they would specially charter these two rooms to prevent the secret from being eavesdropped.

And today, because he did not want to use the original private room but to meet people, he thought that most of them were already in use. But he didn't think that when he passed by the room, he clearly noticed that the room was empty—he couldn't hear the slightest breath.

But in order to confirm that it was not his own misjudgment, Zuo Yi deliberately knocked on the door of the private room, but it was the guest in the next room who answered the door.

I only heard a slightly immature child's voice coming from the private room next door: "That room has been taken over by me, you don't have to worry about someone eavesdropping on our conversation." ”

Zuo Yi smiled dumbly, and then went straight to the next room, and pushed the door directly.

After entering the door, Zuo Yi and Gao Ran looked at each other and observed each other, and closed the door behind him with his backhand.

And after he walked to Gao Ran and sat down, Gao Ran spoke first: "You have been poisoned." ”

Not asking, but stating the facts.

"Hmm. ”

Although it should be very casual, Zuo Yi's heart couldn't help but tremble a little at this moment, and he felt that he seemed to see hope.

"Stretch out your hand, and I'll check your pulse first. ”

Zuo Yi did not shirk, and did as he cooperated.

However, after Gao Ran quietly checked his pulse for a while, he suddenly frowned, as if he was hesitating about something.

"How?"

Gao Ran ignored Zuo Yi's questioning, but continued to think alone for a while before moving his gaze back to him. Then he said in a very affirmative tone: "Someone has given you an antidote, but this antidote is also poison." This antidote is taken in two doses, and if you don't take the second dose in time half a month after the first dose, you will definitely die. I'm just wondering, the Gu in you can be solved at one time, why would someone specially come to solve the Gu for you twice?"

"So, is the antidote I'm taking?"

"Hmm. It's true. ”

After finishing speaking, Gao Ran suddenly thought that Zuo Yi was Gao Liwen's fine work, so such a rare Gu poison in him was Ye Yu's masterpiece eight times out of ten. And the most likely person who has the ability to solve this Gu but deliberately solves it twice - the most likely person who will threaten Zuo Yi's submission like this is only Ye Xuan.

Gao Ran had expected that the rumors she had deliberately created would reach Ye Yu's ears sooner or later, and she would definitely know that she was the initiator behind this rumor turmoil. If Ye Yu already knew what she had done, then she would choose to act on her own, taking advantage of the rare opportunity of the Banana Emperor at this time to shift his attention to the two princes who were still outside and whose movements were not completely controllable, and sneaked into the palace to wait for an opportunity to assassinate him - Gao Ran felt that this possibility was very high. And if she were Ye Yu, then she would also prefer Zuo Yi as the first entry point for her revenge.

But for the sake of prudence, Gao Ran still decided to test Zuo Yi first, and after confirming her conjecture, she would temporarily adjust her next step. - After all, Ye Yu's unauthorized actions were indeed not in her original plan.

So, she asked Zuo Yi: "Is the person who gave you the antidote still by your side?" Did she say what was the purpose of approaching you?"

"What do you ask all this for?"

"Don't be nervous, I'm just suspicious that the person who gave you the antidote happens to be someone I know. ”

"Do you know? So, do you know who she is? Could it be that she's really a disciple of Yigu?"

"Oh, so she's really by your side now, and told you she's a disciple of the Medicine Valley?"

"So, is she really a disciple of the Medicine Valley? This Gu poison was really developed by her?"

When Gao Ran heard this, he realized Zuoyi's way. Fortunately, the truth he wanted to find out was not something that had to be hidden from him, but it was enough to make her more wary of him.