Xia Han only thought that Lu Zhiyao was comforting himself, so he nodded in agreement and continued to embroider the things in his hand.

Time passed quickly in leisure, Lu Zhiyao didn't leave the house all day, and after the sky was a little dark, she volunteered to go to the kitchen to cook for everyone, but the things that could be made made more ugly than one by one.

On the dinner table, there were five or six dishes on the table. Lu Zhiyao glanced at the faces of Ling Yi and Bai Lixuan, looking at their strange expressions that were silent after eating the dish, and frowned.

"Not really, right?" Lu Zhiyao slowly picked up the chopsticks and prepared to taste them himself. "Even though it's my first time cooking, it shouldn't be so bad, right?"

Ling Yi had just tried hard to swallow the food that was blocked in his throat, so he hurriedly stopped Lu Zhiyao and said, "Master, you still don't eat it." ”

"What, you're afraid I'll kill myself?" Lu Zhiyao glanced at Ling Yi, and took a large mouthful of food without caring and sent it to her mouth, in front of everyone's eyes, she chewed the green vegetables that she didn't know what kind of taste it was, and her chewing movements became slower and slower, and before she could chew the vegetables, she swallowed it all hard.

Lu Zhiyao didn't say anything, and those people couldn't say anything, so they watched Lu Zhiyao taste the dishes one by one, then put down the chopsticks, sighed lightly, and said in a very small voice: "Otherwise, I'll go out and buy you a few dishes." ”

Lu Zhiyao's sigh was very soft, if he hadn't been paying attention to her, he wouldn't have noticed it at all. Ling Yi and the others wanted to laugh when they saw Lu Zhiyao's fighting spirit from the beginning to his current appearance, but because of the difference between master and servant, they could only hold back. From the first time they saw these dishes, they had a deep feeling of being bad, but Lu Zhiyao cooked for the first time, and no one dared not eat them, so now Lu Zhiyao can realize what her skills are, and these people are still very happy. Otherwise, the dignified Eight Emperor Concubines are addicted to cooking, and they cook for a few days in a row, so their stomachs may not be able to stand it.

"I'll go." Zhan Yulong volunteered to stand up, "I went out to buy it these days, you wait." ”

Zhan Yulong strode away, and the rest of the people didn't sit around the dinner table, but chatted in twos and threes, until Lan Ruoyan pushed the door and walked in.

Lan Ruoya glanced at the food on the table, then looked at Lu Zhiyao and the others, and asked curiously, "Why don't you eat it?" ”

"I'm waiting for you." Ling Yi took Lan Ruoyan's words, "It just so happens that Yulong has something to do, so you can sit here." ”

After speaking, Ling Yi also patted the chair beside him and kindly beckoned Lan Ruoyan to come over. Lan Ruoya was hungry for a day, so she didn't think much about it, she walked over and sat down, picked up the chopsticks and ate them, and after a busy day, she didn't have time to see the reaction of Lu Zhiyao and the others, so she directly vomited out the meal that had just been eaten.

"Who did this? Salt doesn't want money for nothing, right? Put so much?! Lan Ruoyao's unintentional words made Lu Zhiyao's face turn from white to red. And Lan Ruoya realized that something was not quite right.

Lan Ruoya slowly turned her head to look at Ling Yi, and saw the smile in Ling Yi's eyes clearly, Lan Ruoyan stepped on his foot hard, and guessed whose hand this meal came from. But she had already said it, and she couldn't take it back, so Lan Ruoya could only bite the bullet and look at Lu Zhiyao. Fortunately, Lu Zhiyao is not the kind of pampered eldest lady, otherwise Lan Ruoya thought that she would not have a good time in the future.

Lu Zhiyao didn't speak, Lan Ruoya thought she was angry because of her words, and just wanted to admit her mistake, she heard Xia Han over there ask, "Sister, are you angry?" ”

"Nope!" Lu Zhiyao hurriedly shook his head, then looked at the others beside him, and explained with an embarrassed smile: "I was just thinking, I and Yudie did the same steps, what was wrong." ”

"Don't think about it yet, I'm here to tell you something." Lan Ruoya breathed a sigh of relief and sat up straight, remembering the real reason why she was here. "In the past few days, many people in the city have been sick, and many people have died, and the cause has not yet been investigated, you all pay attention, don't go out if you don't have anything to do."

"A lot of people died?" Lu Zhiyao looked at Lan Ruoyan suspiciously, "It's been smooth recently, it can't be the plague, right?" ”

"It shouldn't be." Lan Ruoya shook her head and said: "I saw a few corpses today, and I also asked their families, these people are all small traders on the street, from feeling uncomfortable to coughing to death, but it was almost half a month, and there was no particularly serious and obvious reaction, so no one thought to go to the doctor to see, they just went to the pharmacy casually and grabbed some medicine to eat, and even stood up." As you know, those vendors are used to getting up early and being in good health, and no one thought that things would turn out like this. ”

"It seems that the matter is really serious, otherwise the court would not interfere." Lu Zhiyao also felt that this matter was a little strange, "Did you find a person to do an autopsy?" What was said? ”

"I haven't found it yet, the official is afraid that it will be contagious, so he ordered a fire to burn all the corpses." When Lan Ruoya said this, her tone was a little cold. Although she is Lin Yinan's subordinate, after all, she is just a small catcher in the Yamen, and she does not want to use the name of the Eighth Prince to meddle in anything, so that others think that she is a dog and a person, and she will embarrass Lin Yinan. But sometimes Lan Ruoya felt that for those who sat in their seats but didn't do their job, they would never be able to deal with them without using some means.

Lu Zhiyao learned some about Lan Ruoya, and knew that she grew up on the street since she was a child, and she was brought back by Lin Yinan without relatives or reason. She worked so hard for the imperial court, in addition to wanting to prove that women are no worse than men, Lu Zhiyao thought that maybe she really realized what kind of state those powerless ordinary people live in, so she will help them. Now that this kind of thing has happened, Lan Ruoya will definitely not be happy when she sees how the imperial court treats the people, and Lu Zhiyao doesn't think that this matter will end so easily.

"Do you want my help?" Lu Zhiyao spoke softly, drawing everyone's attention to her. "With so many of us here, we will find some useful information."

"No, I'm here to remind you. I may be busy lately and won't come over again, so if you have something, you can let Ling Yi go to me." Lan Ruoya immediately vetoed Lu Zhiyao's proposal, no matter what, Lu Zhiyao is the master and the eighth imperial concubine. Once she has something to do, how will she explain it when Lin Yinan comes back?

"Okay." Lu Zhiyao didn't say much, just thought about waiting for two more days to see what the situation was in Jingzhong before making plans. But things are moving faster than anyone could have imagined. In just a few days, there are more and more people who cough and get sick in Beijing, and everyone doesn't know if they are just ordinary wind chills or what kind of death-threatening illness they have, so for a while, the pharmacies in Beijing are also lively, and even some unlearned Jianghu Langzhong appeared, defrauding many people of money.

Lu Zhiyao listened to the news brought back by Ling Yi and Zhan Yulong every day, and became uneasy. "You say, could it be that someone is deliberately playing tricks?" Lu Zhiyao asked the question she had been thinking about in her heart, and looked at the eyes of the two, she lowered her eyes and thought for a while, and continued: "Yi Nan told me before that Nangong Lingfeng came back this time to help the prince ascend the throne, and I am afraid that this riot was caused by the people of the Nangong family. ”

"It's not impossible to think so." Ling Yi's eyes flashed, "What does the master mean that in a few days, the people from the prince's faction will stand up and deal with this matter?" ”

"So many people have died, it's not just that they can stand up and say a few words. The yamen has been refusing to perform an autopsy, I don't know if they are really afraid of death or if there is something else, how long have you not seen Ruo Aya? ”

"I haven't seen her since she came that day." Zhan Yulong asked Lu Zhiyao in a low voice, "Why don't I go and ask her now?" ”

"Go and ask, I'll wait for your news."

Lu Zhiyao motioned to Zhan Yulong to go back quickly, and after Zhan Yulong came back and said something, Lu Zhiyao clenched his fists gloomily, gritted his teeth, and squeezed out a few words.

"It's too much."

Zhan Yulong saw Lan Ruoya, and what Lan Ruoyan gave was that the government had already experienced the corpse, and it was also found out that those people died because of something. It's just that they couldn't find the suspect for a while, and they were afraid of arousing public anger and saying that the government was not doing things well, so they could only drag it out, making everyone think it was a plague.

"There are these dog officials in the country of Xialai, so why not worry." Lu Zhiyao sneered twice, feeling more and more that this was a joke. "I really don't know what the emperor will do if he knows about this matter."

"Do you want the emperor to know about this?" Ling Yi and Zhan Yulong looked at each other, not knowing what Lu Zhiyao wanted to do. She is now a secret in the capital, and it would be bad if the emperor knew about it.

"So many innocent people have been poisoned, but there has never been an explanation. Even if we don't talk about it, the people are not stupid, and sooner or later they will notice something. I just want to confirm now that this thing was not done by the Nangong family. If so, how do they plan to end up? ”

Such a careless disregard for human life reminded Lu Zhiyao of the corpses of those young women she saw at the border pass. This kind of thing that repeatedly affects the lives of innocent people makes Lu Zhiyao feel angry. Is it true that if you haven't lost your loved ones, you will never be able to experience that heart-rending pain, so you have no fear, and you can kill whoever you want?!

"How many people have died now?" Lu Zhiyao tried hard to suppress his emotions, but he still made Ling Yi and Zhan Yulong feel the anger on her.

【Second Update】