Wei Chixin took twenty Ouchi guards to escort him, walked through the palace corridor and the scattered palace wall gates, and went to the Shang Pharmacy to investigate the case.

Shang Pharmacy belongs to one of the six bureaus of the palace province, mainly responsible for the imperial medicine and the diagnosis of the pulse, usually there are some imperial doctors will be on duty here to work, unless there is something to the nobles in the palace to take the pulse to treat the disease, more often it is here to go to the office, sort out the prescription, study the medicine, etc.

The imperial doctor is just a verbal title, there are four types of official positions in the Shang Pharmacy Bureau, the chief envoy in charge of the department is named Fengyu, currently served by Fu Dongsheng, two direct chiefs, named Li Keteng, Guo Sheng, and then many people serving the imperial doctor, as well as a number of main medicines, in addition to the above four official positions, the rest are ordinary imperial doctors, responsible for sorting out prescription classics and medicinal materials, and doing some miscellaneous work.

Only those who serve the imperial doctor or above are qualified to treat and diagnose the officials, the queen mother, the concubines, and the princesses, which are equivalent to the attending physicians of later generations.

Su Chen arrived at a courtyard in the west area of the palace, which was the secretary of the Provincial Medicine Bureau in the palace, and he found that the people inside were all monitored by the Praetorian Guards, probably because the emperor's order was issued, after the news spread, there were Janissaries surrounding this place, temporarily not allowing the imperial doctors to enter and exit, waiting for Su Chen to come over to count and investigate the case.

When Fu Dongsheng saw Su Chen coming, his face was a little anxious, and he stepped forward impatiently and said: "Master Su, you can count it over, the official family sent someone to ban the Shang Pharmacy, and the guards said that they were waiting for you to come over to investigate the poisoning of the medicinal soup, but what can you do?" ”

After Su Chen bowed his hand, he asked: "Master Fu, I want to check which imperial doctor grabbed the medicine according to the prescription, whether it was completely mixed according to the proportional amount, and in addition, who was responsible for supervising." ”

Fu Dongsheng replied: "The one who grabbed the medicine was Wang Cong, the main drug, because he was catching the medicine for the prince, so he was more cautious, and he looked at it in person. ”

Wang Cong is a man in his thirties, who seems to have some identity background, he doesn't care about this young Su Chen, and walks out with a bit of arrogance: "What about the medicine I caught, Wang has been in the Shang Pharmacy for many years, and the prescription he has taken can be unforgettable, can it still be wrong?" Do you need me to recite it and verify it? ”

Su Chen looked at him, but said with some interest: "Can you recite the recipe and dosage of the antiepilepsy soup?" ”

"What's so hard about that? It's very good, six coins of cooked land, six coins of angelica, two coins of Angelica Angelica, half of the whole scorpion, two centipedes, two coins of zombie silkworms, two coins of Guangdi Dragon, one money and two leeches, one money and two coins of ground turtle insects, one money and two coins of cicada molt, two coins of making Nanxing, and two coins of Sichuan Yujin......"

This Wang Cong is really smart, and he has a few brushes to memorize prescriptions.

Su Chen nodded slightly, and continued to ask, "What about the usage?" ”

Wang Cong continued to reverse: "Fry three times in water, take it three times, two doses a day, see the effect in half a month, the recipe is written like this!" ”

Su Chen still refused to let go of the details and asked: "The back is familiar, every time you grab the medicine and come out, have you measured it with a scale?" ”

Wang Cong said confidently: "Of course, Lord Li has personally supervised it. ”

Li Keteng, who was in his forties, stood up and said seriously: "Yes, Li can testify that the dosage is completely in accordance with the prescription, and there is no problem." ”

Su Chen's eyes swept over a stove room where medicine was boiled, and he pointed there and said, "Was the torment done there?" ”

Fu Dongsheng explained: "Yes, it is a matter of the prince's safety, so when the medicine is boiled, there are also many people to supervise, and even the father-in-law in front of the palace will watch it in person, and he will not do anything in the middle." ”

After listening to this, Su Chen walked straight over and entered the stove room where the decoction was made, but the residual medicine residue that was boiled for the second prince at noon had been cleaned up, I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, and it was impossible to find the potion in the casserole, only the unfried medicine bag, and there was still a lot left.

"Find someone to boil the remaining herbs out again, and I'll taste it myself."

Fu Dongsheng nodded, and called the two low-level imperial doctors, according to the instructions, burned charcoal, put water in a celadon casserole, boiled it, and put in the packet of herbs, and boiled the medicine.

Su Chen turned around and asked, "Where is the person in charge of serving the medicine?" ”

Fu Dongsheng replied: "When the medicine was served, two imperial doctors and two eunuchs sent it, and the medicinal soup was held by the eunuch's father-in-law, and the imperial doctor followed behind,"

"Where are those two imperial doctors?" Su Chen continued to ask.

"It's all here." Fu Dongsheng pointed to the two young imperial doctors and said.

Su Chen looked at the two of them and asked, "When delivering the decoction, did you encounter any turmoil and strange things on the way, such as who rushed out to block the way, or who fell behind." ”

One imperial physician recalled: "On the way...... There was a father-in-law, who seemed to be called Xiao Guizi, who suddenly said that his stomach hurt, so he turned around and put the tray on the pedestal of the cloister next to him, and then confessed his guilt and went to the toilet. ”

"General Wei Chi, please send someone immediately to bring the eunuch father-in-law who went to the toilet on the pretext, I have a few words to ask."

Wei Chixin nodded and said, "No problem." ”

He gave a few orders to the four guards and told them to go to the little nobleman.

Su Chen thought in his heart, if there is no problem with grasping the medicine and decoction in water, then only the link of feeding the medicine on the way will be started.

The casserole where the medicine is boiled is constantly added to the fire, the steaming water vapor is emitted, and a bitter medicinal smell wafts out, and the taste is not good.

Wang Cong sneered at this time: "This Su Gongzi, your anti-epilepsy prescription is unheard of, it contains a lot of poisonous insects and weeds, just drink it like this, not to mention the second highness who is sick, even ordinary children, it is estimated that he can't stand it." ”

The rest of the imperial doctors and others were whispering, some were watching coldly, some were sneering, some were expressionless, and they had all kinds of expressions.

Su Chen said nonchalantly: "Whether it has any effect or not, you can find someone with epilepsy and try it." Whether it is toxic or not, you will find out when you find someone to drink it. , if Lord Wang doesn't believe it, he can also gamble, such as this official uniform. ”

"You!" Wang Cong was a little angry, but he didn't dare to open his mouth to bet, and the meaning of an official uniform was that if he lost the bet, he would leave the Shang Pharmacy and resign from the palace.

The imperial doctor is well treated, has a lot of money, often deals with the nobles in the palace and the court magnates, and is a good place to accumulate contacts, but he is not willing to give it up.

Princess Yongning watched Su Chen from the side, and Wang Cong couldn't answer the main medicine in two sentences, smiled faintly, and felt a little happy in her heart, as a princess, she took the initiative to justify Su Chen at this time: "Su Gongzi is unparalleled in talent and has excellent medical skills, and this time he was edicted by the official family to enter the palace and treat the second prince and the queen, and he has made great contributions." The imperial doctors of the Shang Pharmacy should take this as an example, and do not disagree with each other, perfunctory resistance, Su Gongzi has the jade plate given by the official family in his hand, if the official family comes in person, he can have the right to cut first and then play! ”

After everyone heard this, they all became nervous, and when they looked at Su Chen's gaze, they became a lot more respectful.

After a while, the four guards who went to summon Xiao Guizi, only two came back, and said to Yu Chixin: "Yu Chi Dutong, that eunuch father-in-law...... Something had already happened, and he was found hanged in his residence, as if he had committed suicide in fear of sin. ”

"Dead?"

Everyone was shocked, and even Su Chen felt unexpected.