The shadow guards dug deep pits in the woods, and the captain covered his mouth and nose, and saw with his own eyes that the unconscious Shen Wansan and the others were put into the pits and filled with mud, so they left with confidence. However, he didn't know that after he left, the shadow guard immediately dug out Shen Wansan and the others and carried them to Dao Yan's carriage, which had been following behind the team.

Dao Yan poured the antidote that had been prepared a long time ago into a few people, and drove to the south, he had to speed up, and after sending Shen Wansan's family to the sea, he had to go back to the palace to resume his life, and he didn't know what Ma Xiuying's condition was.

Shen Wansan and the others, who woke up a few hours later, hugged their heads and cried, although this was only the first step of escaping, but the key to success was to escape smoothly without arousing the vigilance of the soldiers.

However, the escape was not smooth, Shen Wansan and the others were prisoners who had no customs clearance documents, so they had to shave their hair and pretend to be Daoyan's entourage monks, and even Lu Xiaoqian's hip-length hair, which Lu Xiaoqian regarded as life, was forced to cut off. Everyone went all the way out of the customs by Dao Yan's degree proof.

Just when Kankan arrived in Fujian, Mu Longsheng, who had gone to the coast in advance to arrange the arrangement, heard a news, and the government issued a document that the emperor urgently summoned Master Daoyan back to Beijing, and the violators were dealt with as fugitives.

It turned out that Dao Yan had to show a certificate of degree every time he went out of a town checkpoint, and the people sent by Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't find Dao Yan in Sichuan and Shu, so they had to ask the government to help find it, and learned that Dao Yan was about to go to sea all the way to the south, and they hurriedly told Zhu Yuanzhang while chasing after Dao Yan's whereabouts.

Zhu Yuanzhang was furious, Dao Yan obviously said that he went to the northwest to find medicine, why did he run to the south, and Zhao Cheng instigated Dao Yan to avoid the queen's illness and wanted to escape, so Zhu Yuanzhang ordered to arrest Dao Yan at all costs.

Thanks to Mu Longsheng's contact with Shen Wansan's subordinates in the city, he never relaxed his vigilance when he inquired about the situation, and when he learned of the government's notice, he quickly informed Dao Yan, otherwise Dao Yan would undoubtedly fall into the net when he took Shen Wansan's family into the city.

At this point, Dao Yan can no longer walk with Shen Wansan's family, and only by separating will the fact that Shen Wansan pretended to be dead and fled will not be exposed. Fortunately, Shen Wansan is also connected with his subordinates, and there should be no problem with safety.

Shen Wansan was at a loss, and when he said goodbye to Dao Yan, he wanted to stop talking, without Dao Yan's degree, they didn't say that they would go to sea, and it would become a trouble to go out of the customs. Besides, Zhu Yuanzhang has already issued a sea ban order, and they can't go to the sea, even if they escape to the beach, they won't have a boat.

Seeing the sad and desperate painful expressions of Shen Wansan's family, Dao Yan couldn't bear it after all, and took out Ma Xiuying's edict from his arms, which was the content of Ma Xiuying sending people to the sea to find medicine and ordering the local government to assist.

Dao Yan is reluctant to come up with this edict, because this edict can only temporarily deceive the government, and the truth will be revealed if it falls into the hands of Zhu Yuanzhang, and Ma Xiuying will inevitably be punished by Zhu Yuanzhang at that time. However, Shen Wansan's family is desperate, and only this Yi will can help them go to sea. Weighing the pros and cons, Dao Yan decided to save Shen Wansan first, if Ma Xiuying was punished for this matter, he would sacrifice his life to accompany him, no matter the sword mountain and the sea of fire.

Shen Wansan took over the decree like a treasure, and vowed never to forget Ma Xiuying's kindness.

Dao Yan didn't have time to stay longer, and told them to take care and hurried to the capital.

At this time, a terrifying event occurred in the capital, there was a witch case in the palace, the Gu maker was Concubine Hui, and the cursed one was the queen.

It turned out that during Ma Xiuying's long-term illness, rumors slowly arose in the palace that the queen was not sick normally, but was infected with witchcraft, so all the imperial doctors could not cure the queen's illness.

Witchcraft was a popular form of witchcraft at the time. It is believed that if a wooden puppet is affixed with a person's birth date and a sorcerer invokes to the gods and spirits to help the person who is going to hate the curse of the witch, the cursed person will be cursed.

There have been several witchcraft disasters in history, which have had an extremely bad political impact and even shaken the country's foundation. Therefore, the rulers of all generations have hated witchcraft, and once they are discovered, they will be severely punished.

Zhu Yuanzhang was also extremely disgusted with witch behavior, and when rumors spread in the palace, he executed several palace people with broken mouths, but the rumors still did not stop.

And in order to shirk the responsibility of treating Ma Xiuying, the doctors also intentionally or unintentionally led him to believe that Ma Xiuying's illness was not normal.

The imperial physician knelt in the main hall of Kunning Palace and complained to Zhu Yuanzhang, "The ministers and others observed that the pulse of the queen mother is becoming more and more stable, even if it cannot fully recover, it should not recur so frequently, even more serious than when the pulse is disordered, and the ministers and others suspect that the cause of the queen mother has another hidden reason." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's vulture-like eyes swept over, "What do you mean?" ”

The imperial doctors stammered, "The ministers don't dare to discuss it, please ask the emperor to investigate thoroughly." ”

"Thorough investigation of what?"

The cold voice almost froze the blood of the imperial doctor, and they didn't dare to say more, and kowtowed desperately, "The emperor spares his life!" The emperor forgives the sins! ”

Ma Xiuying walked out slowly under the support of Xun Ying, and persuaded softly: "Don't embarrass them, the emperor has done their best." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly supported her, "You are not resting in bed, what are you doing when you come out?" ”

Ma Xiuying smiled bitterly: "Lying in bed all day, my bones are going to fall apart, I will feel better and want to come out for a walk." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said happily: "Are you better?" ”

"It's strange to say, when the emperor comes to Kunning Palace, the concubine's spirit will be better, and as soon as the emperor leaves, the concubine will be dizzy and angry." Ma Xiuying frowned slightly, as if she was very confused.

The speaker has no intention, but the listener has a heart. Zhu Yuanzhang thought of the recent rumors, his face changed slightly, could it be that he really has evil arts, he is a true dragon and can suppress evil spirits, so she can be better by Ma Xiuying's side, and no one around her to suppress evil spirits will cause her condition to be serious?

Thinking of this, the suspicion in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart gradually deepened, he was originally a person who did not believe in ghosts and gods, but when he became the emperor, he became superstitious.

This seems to be a common problem of emperors, in order to distinguish between the imperial power and the rights of the people, they often have to use the theory of ghosts and gods to brainwash the public, and over time even themselves have been fooled, and they believe more and more that they are the true dragon son of heaven, protected by God, and the rights they have are given by God.

Since there are gods, it is not surprising that there are sneaky.

Ma Xiuying sat on the chair without saying a word, silently watching Zhu Yuanzhang's changing face, and said sorry to the imperial doctors who were trembling on their knees. She wants to frame Guo Hui and can't expose herself, so she can only use these people's mouths to create momentum.

The rumors of the witch Gu were first spread by her Xun Ying, and once they spread, they stopped their actions and let the rumors spread on their own. Guo Hui, Li Shanchang and others used this method to deal with her countless times, but now she is just using the same method to deal with Guo Hui with a tooth for a tooth.

Ma Xiuying's words also gave these imperial doctors a hint of encouragement, and they boldly said: "The queen's illness is really strange, ask the emperor to find out." ”

"Pass the order down and thoroughly investigate the harem!" Zhu Yuanzhang hesitated for a long time, and finally made up his mind, since there were rumors in the palace, he simply checked it clearly.