Lu Longze had nothing to say this time, so he stood up, patted his chest and said: "Even so, I don't shirk it, it's troublesome to do such a thing, let's say it, my old Lu will do it." He felt that this seventeen or eighteen-year-old young man was not simple, he was very well analyzed, and that Zheng Zhong was an old fox, so it was always right to pay attention.

"Okay, I've thought about it, the three of us, each in charge." Zheng Zhong said.

Zuo Tianqi had already taught him how to deal with it yesterday, so he didn't say anything, and listened to Da Changqiu's words quietly. He knew that this old man, who had been in the palace for a long time, must have a delicate mind.

Sure enough, I heard Zheng Zhong say: "I am familiar with the various palace rooms in the palace ban, and I am in charge of the pharmacy and the Tai Hospital. Guangluxun is the guard who manages the palace, I look at the Sima and the history of the door order of the palace gate, Lord Zuo is young and unfamiliar with the things in the palace, I look at the history of the order to check the records of entering and leaving the palace gate, we meet here every morning and evening, and summarize the situation of the day. What do you think? ”

The more he said Zuo Tianqi, the more surprised he became, Sui'er turned out to be exactly the same as Zheng Zhong said, surprisingly similar, he didn't expect her to be so smart, he nodded first and said: "I think so too, it seems that it is quite tiring to check the situation in the past six months, let's start now." ”

Zuo Tianqi is responsible for the records of the historians, he first went to the Ling History Museum to see Shi Tianrong, Tian Rong is also a eunuch, but he is responsible for the sorting of documents sent from everywhere, seeing Zuo Tianqi coming, he was quite surprised, and said: "What did the adults come to find the slave maid, I am the place of Qingshui." ”

Zuo Tianqi looked at Tian Rong, about forty years old, there was no wrinkle on his smooth face, but his head was slightly gray, and his eyes were very bright. He smiled and said, "It doesn't matter if the water is clear or not." Zuo came at the behest of the Queen Mother, and I hope my father-in-law will forgive me if there is a place to tie up. ”

"The little baby's mouth is quite sweet, what kind of official position are you?" Tian Rong seemed to be smiling, looking Zuo Tianqi up and down.

"In the Lower Guardian Temple!" Zuo Tianqi replied.

"Ouch, the fourth-grade official, I underestimate you, you are two levels older than me. I'm here under the command of Lord Lingshi. Records of entering and exiting the palace gate! You're looking for me and I'm not going to find out who stole out! Tian Rong brought a thick record and put it in front of Zuo Tianqi, "This is a record within three months, you can take a look." If that's not enough, I'll give you a record of the past six months! ”

"Thank you, Master Lingshi, I just want the record of this half a year." Zuo Tianqi took the record, glanced at Tian Rong, and felt that this person was quite shrewd.

"This palace gate is in and out. There are them every day, and they go out to buy them. Those who go out to meet relatives, and the masters of each palace send people out to contact their families, although some things are forbidden by the rules of the palace, but there is no big thing in anyone's family. The people at the gate of our palace all turned a blind eye and said that it was an inspection. And here it goes, and some of the money goes. Who still remembers Lao Shizi so clearly, you can check it if you want to. But I can say it in my head, I can't find it, I can't ask it! Tian Rong directly blocked the words, clearly not letting Zuo Tianqi ask.

Zuo Tianqi shook his head, he also knew that this matter was difficult to investigate, and he could hear a few words of nagging, but it was nothing, so he said: "Master Ling Shi just give me the record, as for whether he can find it or not, it depends on whether Zuo has this creation." ”

Tian Rong smiled, found another copy for him, and went out with his hands behind his back, going outside to watch the snow scene.

The Lingshi Museum is not very large, and the Lingshi can have Your Excellency Lingshi, who is in charge of the etiquette in the palace; Keeping a record of the history of the order, in charge of various documents and the seal of the Chen; The history of the door order is to be in charge of the entrance and exit of the palace gate; There are also other Lingshi who are in charge of the Zhucao documents. Because of the complexity, so it is divided into categories, occupies a whole large room, each order history has its own house, this door history room, it records all the palace door entry and exit records since Emperor Guangwu, so the fire candle is forbidden, only in the corner there is a charcoal stove, the fire is about to extinguish, the outside is wrapped with a very fine copper wire cover, on which are the pattern of flowing moire. It was not warm indoors, Zuo Tianqi looked at it for a while, and felt cold, his hands and feet were cold, but he had to endure the cold and look at it patiently.

Sure enough, as Tian Rong said, there are many records in it, and after reading it for a long time, they are all from the palace and who are out of the palace to buy and so on. In the past three months, there has been no change in the record. Even the Zheng family's article only remembered that the Zheng family in the Chengfu Hall brought medicine privately and died with a cane. I had to shake my head and look through the records of half a year, but it was still fruitless, and just when he was about to give up at the end, a piece suddenly appeared, which said, Li Peng of the pharmacy took the medicine residue out of the palace to bury it, and there were as many as five of them. And it was five times in a row in a month, which is indeed a bit strange, could it be that so many medicines were used in the palace in that month?

Is there still a disposal of medicine residue and the like to be buried outside the palace? These are all hung with oddities. He looked through the records before and after again, and also saw the records of the medicine residue brought out of the burial, but it was very scattered and not in one place. He beckoned, "Lord Lingshi, can I ask one thing?" ”

Tian Rong was talking to a few Ling Shi outside, and when he heard him greet him, he entered and said, "I have already told you, I am only responsible for recording, and I don't know anything about these things." ”

"I just want to ask, do you have to take the dregs used in the uterus out of the palace and bury them?"

"I want to ask the pharmacy about this, but I don't know, but since Emperor Guangwu, there has been a record of going out of the palace to bury the medicine residue, and there is a file to check, is there anything strange about this?"

Zuo Tianqi pointed to the record column and said: "This person named Li Peng went out of the palace five times in a month to bury the medicine residue, there is something strange in this, could it be that many people in the palace were sick and many people used medicine that month?" ”

"I'm one who manages the records of the palace gate, I can't control these things, have you finished checking them?"

"I've checked it, but I'll borrow the adult's records."

"This can't be done, this is the record of the royal family, it must be kept in the tube, if you want to take it, you have to ask Master Shi, I can't make decisions without permission, if something goes wrong, I can't afford this responsibility." Tian Rong looked serious and really refused.

"Where is Master Lingshi, I'll look for him." Zuo Tianqi asked helplessly.

"Master Ling Shi is not in office today, you have to find tomorrow." Tian Rong's face was gloomy.

"Okay!" Zuo Tianqi had no choice but to copy what he thought was suspicious just now, put it in his arms, bid farewell to Tian Rong, and went directly to the medical bureau to find Zheng Zhong.

Zheng Zhong not only cares about these things, but also has to take care of the big and small affairs in the palace. was already very busy, when Zuo Tianqi came in, he saw that he was talking to Wang Yin'er, so he didn't dare to disturb and stood aside and waited. Zheng Zhong also saw him and beckoned, "Lord Zuo, you wait for me first." I'll talk to you after I'm done talking to Aunt Wang. ”

Wang Yin'er smiled and said, "I don't have anything important. The Queen Mother is also right, she banned the Chengfu Palace, and this matter has fallen on our heads. I see, the emperor still made the queen early. ”

Zheng Zhong said with a smile: "That's right, although the Yin nobles have violated the rules of the palace, they are extremely shrewd and capable. Wait until she lifts the ban. Let's still ask the queen mother to be gracious, or let the Yin nobles be in charge of the inner court. ”

"That's right!" Wang Yin'er glanced at Zuo Tianqi and smiled: "Lord Zuo." is responsible, how did the Queen Mother do? ”

Zuo Tianqi knew that she was the Queen Mother, so he only smiled and said, "There is still a little eyebrows, I am checking it!" He didn't know that although Wang Yin'er was Empress Dowager Dou's person. But he is a very kind person, all for the sake of the people in the palace.

"It's not easy to do, so keep busy. I have to reply to the Queen Mother's words. She said and turned and walked out of the pharmacy.

Zheng Zhongcai asked Zuo Tianqi and said, "Lord Zuo, you come to me." Isn't there progress in things? What can be found? ”

Zuo Tianqi looked left and right, and saw that everyone was busy with their own affairs, so he whispered: "Lord Zheng, I just want to ask one thing?" ”

"What's the matter?" Zheng Zhong also felt strange when he saw him solemn.

"After the medicine in the palace is used, how is the residue disposed of?"

"Generally, it is incinerated, but if the medicine contains poison or the smell of incineration affects the person, it will be buried in the palace. How? Zheng Zhong explained, and he also felt that he would not ask for no reason.

Zuo Tianqi ignored his inquiry, and asked again: "Then how often does the palace usually go to bury medicine?" ”

"Since I became a big Changqiu, I remember that except for some medicines used in the palace when Song Caisheng gave birth, the others are all tonics, and there is no need to go out of the palace to bury them. Just burn it. ”

"My lord said so, then this person is weird, I just looked through the palace gate records, and there is a person named Li Peng in the pharmacy who entered and exited the palace gate five times in one month in August, and the reason was to go out of the palace to bury the slag!"

"What? If so? Come! Zheng Zhong shouted, only to see a small yellow door running over and asking, "What do you want from Da Changqiu?" ”

"There is a man named Li Peng in the pharmacy, bring it to me, I want to question."

"Whoa!" Xiao Huang answered, then rushed inside, and after a while, he ran out again and said, "Back to Da Changqiu, the manager of the pharmacy said that there is no such person." ”

"What?" Zheng Zhong and Zuo Tianqi were both taken aback, and at the same time exclaimed in surprise, and looked at each other, both of them were extremely surprised.

"Go and call the steward, I have something to ask him." Zheng Zhong pointed to the little yellow door and commanded.

"Whoa!" When he entered again, Zuo Tianqi said: "Lord Zheng, this matter is strange, it is clear that Li Peng and the others are written on the record, how can there be no such person, is it a fake?" ”

"Don't worry, we'll talk about it after we ask the pharmacy manager!" As he was talking, he saw a person trotting over, with a short figure and small eyes, but he was capable.

"Fan Chengda, what do you say is the matter with no such person?" Zheng Zhong pointed to Fan Chengda's nose and asked.

"Back in Da Changqiu, there is indeed no such person, I have a total of 45 people in this pharmacy, except for me who is the person who dries medicine, makes medicines, catches medicines, and dispenses medicines, there is really no such person named Li Peng." Fan Cheng bowed heavily, his face pale with fright.

"So you don't have anyone else here besides the forty-five people on the register?" Zheng Zhong asked.

"Back to Da Changqiu, it's gone!"

"So who's the person who disposes of the residue every time?" Zheng Zhong's voice was already full of anger.

"It's called Chen Xiang, and the other is called Du Chang, both of them are inside, do you want me to call them out?" Fan Chengda asked tentatively.

"Call, go!" Da Changqiu's voice has changed.

"Whoa!" Fan Chengda ran in three steps and two steps, and after a while, he came out with two people, pointed to one of the younger ones, and said, "His name is Chen Xiang, and that one is called Du Chang." ”

"Chen Xiang, Du Chang, which of you went out of the palace gate to bury medicine in August?" Zheng Zhong asked in a cold voice.

Chen Xiang glanced at Du Changdao: "The villain only left the palace once in August, and that was not to bury medicine, it was Imperial Physician Sun who asked us to accompany the youngest son of the eldest princess's family to see a doctor, only that once, and never left the palace again." ”

Zheng Zhong was even more surprised, and he didn't want this only clue to be cut off, so he asked again: "Then do you recognize a person named Li Peng?" ”

"I don't recognize it, I haven't heard of it." Chen Xiang replied. Du Chang was silent, and said after a long time: "The villain has heard this name, and he is a small handyman in the Tai Hospital." ”

At this time, Zuo Tianqi interjected: "Lord Zheng, the pharmacy lost the medicine, there must be a record, the entry and removal of the medicine are recorded, how can it be lost for no reason, what is the name of the person responsible for the record?" There is also who took the medicine, who took it, who is it, these are all things that can be checked, is it that the manager of the pharmacy knows nothing, I think this person is the most suspicious. (To be continued)