"Father-in-law Lao has been waiting for a long time." Liu Hu arched his hand and said, "I don't know why Gonggong Zhao came to me overnight?" ”

"Didn't Leader Liu come in the morning to ask our family to get medicine, and our family suddenly remembered that there was a particularly effective medicine, so I specially sent it to you." Zhao Fang said as he glanced meaningfully at the guards next to him.

Seeing this, Liu Hu knew that he must have something to say to himself in private, so he immediately said to him: "There is a special trip for Father-in-law Lao Zhao." Then one hand pretended to make a gesture to pick up something, and it was very dark on the left and right, and no one could see whether there was anything in his hand.

Liu Hu took the lantern from one of the guards and said earnestly: "It's hard to leave when it's dark, I'll send my father-in-law back." ”

Zhao Fang was waiting for this sentence, nodded and walked towards the imperial pharmacy with Liu Hu, and when he passed by no one, Liu Hu asked in a low voice: "Father-in-law Zhao, what is the matter with you?" ”

"Not bad." Zhao Fangkong reflected the light of the palace lamp, which was not too bright, and he looked older, "I originally wanted to find the fourth elder brother, but I was afraid that it would be inconvenient, so I thought it would be better to find you." ”

"If my father-in-law has anything to say, it doesn't hurt to say it, I will definitely tell the fourth elder brother on my behalf." Liu Hu said solemnly, he knew that Zhao Fang would come overnight at the risk of being suspicious, and he must have discovered something important.

While speaking, a palace man passed by with something in his hand, and after he walked away, Zhao Fangfang whispered: "The fourth elder brother asked our family to check the stock of snake venom before, and our family found that although there was no shortage of bottles, one of the bottles was missing by nearly half, I think it was quietly taken away, as for when and who took it, I don't know how to do it." ”

Liu Hu was shocked, "According to what my father-in-law said, isn't there a mole in the imperial pharmacy?" ”

Zhao Fang said gloomily: "Our family has always thought that we have a good way to control them, and we know everything about those little cubs, but we don't want this to happen, and it is also a dereliction of duty for our family." ”

Liu Hu comforted when he heard this: "My father-in-law is just a pair of eyes and a pair of ears, how can I manage a lot, and people have different hearts, this is also a helpless thing, but my father-in-law still has to try to find out the traitor in the imperial pharmacy, and I know who made him steal the snake venom." ”

"Our family will do it themselves, and we will notify you as soon as there is news, and you tell the fourth elder brother to let him watch out for some Nian Guifei, after you leave, Nian Guifei came to ask our family about you, and our family was calm and covered up." Speaking of this, Zhao Fang shook his head again and again, "Originally, these things were none of our family's business, but you pulled them onto the boat, which made our family unhappy." ”

"My father-in-law is kind-hearted and willing to help others, and he will be rewarded well in the future." Liu Hu lost no time in complimenting him, and after walking like this for a while, he was already outside the imperial pharmacy, Liu Hu was about to leave, and suddenly saw a figure flash out of the dark imperial pharmacy, and hurriedly shouted: "What person?" ”

The figure heard someone asking, but it ran faster, at first glance, there was a ghost in his heart, Liu Hu didn't talk nonsense with him, he stuffed the lantern into Zhao Fang's hand, and took three steps and two steps to pounce directly, the figure saw Liu Hu catching up and became more and more nervous, and ran forward in a panic, but in terms of skill, it was obviously inferior to Liu Hu, who was a four-grade guard, and soon grabbed the clothes on his back and knelt on the ground.

"Hmph, the thief who doesn't open his eyes dares to escape in front of me, but I want to see who you are, and you sneaked to the imperial pharmacy." Liu Hu snorted softly and motioned for Zhao Fang to bring the lantern over.

In the moment before being shrouded in the reddish light of the lantern, Liu Hu seemed to see him stuffing something into his mouth, but he was not sure, and when he saw the young face of the figure, Zhao Fang snorted lightly, "Xiao Chengzi." ”

"Huh? Father-in-law, do you recognize him? Liu Hu asked with some opinion.

"Yes, he is the little eunuch in charge of medicine under our family." Zhao Fang replied and asked, "Xiao Chengzi, what are you doing sneakily here?" ”

Xiao Chengzi was pressed by Liu Hu and couldn't move, swallowed and salivaed: "My father-in-law was wronged, the little one remembered that there were a few medicines that I just sent and forgot to put them in the drawer, so I came back to put them, but I didn't know that I was treated as a thief, and the little one was wronged!" ”

"In that case, why did you run away when I asked you just now?" Liu Hu questioned.

"I didn't know that Gonggong Zhao was too, otherwise he wouldn't have run at all." Xiao Chengzi said aggrievedly: "I thought it was a thief from somewhere." ”

There are a few medicinal herbs sent today, Zhao Fang is aware of it, and nodded immediately: "Leader Liu, let it go, it should be a misunderstanding, but Xiao Chengzi, you can't be so reckless in the future, in case you surprise any nobleman, it's not something you and I can handle." ”

"Yes, Xiao Chengzi wrote it down, if the father-in-law has no other instructions, the little one will retire first." In the place where Zhao Fang and the others couldn't see, Xiao Chengzi's eyes kept rolling.

Zhao Fang nodded, and said to Liu Hu after he left: "If Leader Liu is not in a hurry to go back, go inside and have a cup of tea, by the way, there are some things that our family also wants to ask you." ”

"Okay." Liu Hu readily agreed, and after Zhao Fang entered, he first lit up the candlestick one by one, so that the inside was as bright as day. Liu Hu took a breath of air with the smell of various medicinal herbs, and said quite unaccustomedly: "The smell here is really bad, it's hard for my father-in-law to smell this smell all year round." ”

Zhao Fangzheng took the booklet from the innermost drawer, although the medicinal materials had been put in, but the routine should be recorded in the book, hearing Liu Hu's words and smiling: "I will get used to it after smelling it for a long time, I am not afraid of your jokes, our family will feel uncomfortable if we don't smell this smell for a day, hey!" ”

"What's wrong?" Liu Hu noticed Zhao Fang's last word with a deep sense of surprise, and asked curiously.

"Nothing." Zhao Fang shook his head, but the look on his face was a little different, holding the booklet and sitting in the chair to look through the pages, Liu Hu didn't ask him what he was looking at, only keenly felt that something was wrong.

When turning to a certain page, Zhao Fang jumped up as if he had been pricked by a needle and exclaimed, "Oh no, someone tore off a few pages of the record." ”

Liu Hu leaned over to take a look, and saw that three pages had been torn off in the place where Zhao Fang had opened, leaving only a small piece of paper on the edge, and he suddenly thought of the gag action that Xiao Chengzi did in the dark just now, could it be that he tore it? But what do you do when you tear up this booklet that records the incursions of medicinal herbs for no reason?

When Liu Hu told Zhao Fang what he had just seen, Zhao Fang's expression became more and more solemn, and when the drawer was opened just now, he had already found that someone had touched the booklet, because every time he put the booklet back, he would put it neatly next to it, but when he opened it this time, it was placed in it at random.

"What is Xiao Chengzi doing with this thing, and he can't eat it as food?" Zhao Fang was also puzzled, and thought for a while and said, "Otherwise, our family will summon Xiao Chengzi to ask?" ”

Liu Hu shook his head and said: "We didn't catch it, even if he tore it, he wouldn't admit it." My father-in-law might as well take a look at the pages he tore first. ”