It was so strange that his fingers gently scratched at the wooden table, frowned, and after a moment of silence, he asked if there was an antidote. The shopkeeper's hand stroked his long beard, and he only kept bowing his head, but he didn't speak for a while.

Mo Jin took out a silver ingot from his bosom and put it on the table, and arched his hand: "The matter is urgent, please tell me!" ”

glanced at the corner of his eye, shook his head slightly, and the shopkeeper was still silent.

Mo Jin had already prepared, so he simply took out the whole bag of silver from his arms and sent it to her, the shopkeeper checked it with his hand, and finally stretched his eyebrows, and said with a smile: "The girl is really not an ordinary person!" Good! ”

Put the silver in his sleeve, and beckoned Mo Jin to go inside.

There was a small courtyard inside, and when he pushed open one of the doors, he felt a strong smell of medicine, mixed with the smell of dampness.

The shopkeeper immediately lifted his toes, swept his eyes one by one, and soon there was a pale green porcelain vase in his hand. "Well, that's it." He exclaimed in surprise.

Immediately turned around and handed it into Mo Jin's hands.

I opened the cap and a foul smell hit my nose.

She immediately covered her nose and asked in surprise, "Is it really an antidote?" ”

"Of course! Good medicine is bitter, and the antidote is not much better, but it is a good prescription to save life. ”

The inside was dim and gloomy, and the smell was unpleasant, Mo Jin couldn't hold on for a moment, came to the door, poured out a few pills from the bottle, and prepared to see if it was true or false by the bright light outside.

The pills are the size of mud pills, brownish-black. She held her breath, looked at the few balls gurgling around in her palm, and raised her hand.

Suddenly, the shopkeeper rushed forward nervously, immediately rolled up her five fingers, covered the pill, quickly closed the door, and said solemnly: "The antidote is not visible, otherwise it will be invalid at that time." ”

Without warning, Mo Jin was stunned, he never thought that it would be like this.

The shopkeeper was chattering and greedy for money, just a few pills, but he received hundreds of taels, a cloud of doubt flashed on his face, and he was secretly worried in his heart.

After the shopkeeper turned around, his breath calmed down a little, and then he said seriously, "It is a strange poison in the world, and the antidote is even more unusual, and it is extremely difficult to match, you see." ”

He turned around and faced the room, a narrow space with countless bottles and jars, no windows, only a door that was closed all the year round.

"Medicine is going to see the light, just like the youth of eighteen, every moment in the future is not as good as before, people have a shelf life, flowers are more, not to mention medicine, okay!"

stared at Mo Jin deadly, ordered her to put the medicine in her pocket, and looked cautious, lest she break her beloved medicine jar, and hurriedly urged her to leave.

When Mo Jin said goodbye and was about to leave with Xiao Tuanzi, the shopkeeper shouted loudly behind him: "Don't forget, the medicine can only be taken at night, otherwise you will die when you see the light." ”

Xiao Tuanzi opened his eyes wide and clear, and his face was red when he looked at the shopkeeper's shouting, and only after a long time did he retract his head.

With an irrepressible look of joy on his face, he stroked his palms and said, "After I go back, they will no longer wrongfully accuse me of using poison, and they will not blame you on your head, Master." ”

Mo Jin turned his head to look at him and said word by word: "Those who are clear are self-purifying, and they don't need to care about other people's opinions!" ”

Xiao Tuanzi nodded as if he didn't understand, and sat upright on the side, the road was bumpy, but he didn't move, just swayed slightly with the car.

Everyone in the palace was in danger, and a tense atmosphere permeated the sky from time to time. The emperor was thirsty after reading, so he ordered someone to pour tea.

Without waiting for the tea to be delivered, there was a eunuch on the road who was tentatively holding a silver needle, he unconsciously closed the book, his eyes narrowed slightly, and the corners of his lips were tightly pursed.

The emperor seemed to have doubts, and the eunuch who was close to him hurriedly came to the emperor, "The emperor forgives the sin, it is the queen mother's order, everything that is imported needs to be carefully inspected, just in case." ”

That's because they were poisoned before, and they were too nervous, so that they were in the cup.

Yuan Lie took it, took a sip, waved his hand and said, "The matter has passed, don't be so nervous, everything is as usual!" ”

The personal eunuch looked frightened, knelt down in panic and said, "But the queen mother has already commanded, and the servants dare not slack off!" The queen mother was always too worried, and she didn't embarrass him, and raised her hand to get him up.

After sitting for a long time with a sore back, he took his subordinates and walked around.

Suddenly, there was a discordant sound not far away, mixed with the sound of beating and scolding, his face was pale, and the eunuch was busy asking the female officer who was in charge of the reprimand to ask what was the matter.

Seeing the emperor, the female official hurriedly knelt down and replied: "Let's enlighten the emperor, the two of them are so bold and reckless that they dare to sneak out of the palace." The slave and maid are here to admonish, and they never want to alarm the emperor! ”

With that, he fell deep to the ground.

Since becoming the emperor, Yuan Lie has rectified in the harem, and has given preferential treatment to the palace maids and eunuchs, and has never heard of smuggling in recent years, so he can't help but say in a serious tone, and said unhappily: "No wonder, everyone talks about being insatiable, what is the dissatisfaction, you want to escape?" ”

I'd like to hear what they do.

Before the two were brought to the emperor, they couldn't stop shaking like chaff, and they hung their heads deeply and didn't dare to raise them again, but they kept asking the emperor to spare their lives.

"Raise your head!" The two of them trembled, crying so much that their eyes were red and swollen.

Yuan Lie felt a deep headache, and the eunuch who was close to him was uneasy, and suddenly stepped forward and shouted in a low voice: "Presumptuous, crying and crying in front of the emperor, it is not unseemly, if you have something to say to the emperor, you must not hide it!" ”

"If you go back to the emperor, the slave and maid are just worried about ......"

The words stopped abruptly, and he looked at the female officer beside him uneasily, and his body flashed to the side slightly, as if he was afraid. Raising his hand to let the female officer leave, Yuan Yeol asked again what was going on.

"Your Majesty, there has been a lot of noise in the palace recently, and the sisters are all uncomfortable, and several people have been taken to prison, and their lives and deaths are unknown.

We are not greedy for life and afraid of death, but there are still worries at home, and there are relatives who can't rest assured, so we want to leave for the time being, hoping that the emperor will forgive the sins! ”

Something big happened, Yuan Lie didn't know anything, and looked at the personal eunuch with dissatisfaction. He was stared at in a panic, and hurriedly knelt down, only to feel that his scalp was numb, and said in a trembling voice: "The emperor Mingjian, in fact, ......"

"Wow!" The people below hid it from him, and Yuan Lie's face became more and more iron-blue, and he got off the sedan chariot angrily, pacing back and forth.

The personal eunuch was afraid, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "The emperor forgives the sin, this is a matter without a beginning and no end, faintly saying that there are people in the palace who are poisoned, but there are many people in the harem who are playing right and wrong, the emperor is tired all day long, and the queen mother can't bear to disturb, so let's strengthen our vigilance!" ”

So it was, Yuan Lie's face suddenly sank, sat back in the sedan chair, and went to Mojin's palace.

They hurried along, but when they came to the door, they found it empty, not even the guards, and the faces of the people inside turned white, and they knelt in the courtyard.

Yuan Lie knew that something was wrong, and when he walked into the inner hall, he found that there was no trace.

"What about people?" He dropped the curtain and asked, pointing to the man on the ground.

"This is reserved for the emperor, please take a look!"

"I'm leaving!" Liao Liao's three words made Yuan Lie's face extremely ugly, and when he turned to the back, there were still a few words, "Come back soon." ”

He breathed a sigh of relief, but the people inside didn't report it, and Yuan Lie punished them for two months of moon silver before leaving.

Two days later, the personal guard Yun Ge hurriedly came to report, "Your Majesty, there is indeed someone in the palace who poisoned her, she sneakily came to the well, but before she poured the poison into the well, she was caught, and she was a palace maid." ”

"What a daredevil!" Yuan Lie pressed down the unhappiness on his face and said coldly, "What about people, where are you now?" ”

Yun Ge retracted his gaze and said hesitantly: "The person is by Zhang Guifei's side, she is the palace maid brought by the concubine's mansion. The dissatisfaction on his face gradually disappeared, and Won Yeol became more and more calm.

After a moment of silence, he raised his hand, "The matter has passed, don't alarm anyone again, just as if it never happened!" The guard nodded immediately.

As soon as he left with his front foot, the eunuch with his back foot came in in a panic, "Your Majesty, Concubine Zhang is here." ”

"Your Majesty, you have to be the master of your concubines!" Zhang Guifei stepped in, immediately screamed, was supported by others, knelt down in front of the emperor, and begged the emperor for justice.

"Aifei, please get up quickly!" Yuan Lie immediately put down the pen, walked straight to him, and helped her up, "Okay, is someone bullying you?" Whoever it is, I'll be in charge for you. ”

She sobbed, snorted and cried, sniffed violently, and said: "That person is Yun Ge, relying on the emperor's favor for him, and disrespecting his concubines!" ”

Is this really the case?

Yuan Lie's face immediately changed, and he shouted instead, "Go and arrest Yun Ge!" ”

But before anyone could leave, he suddenly stopped and asked her suspiciously, "Yun Ge has never had a holiday with you, besides, you are a concubine, he is a slave, how can he offend you?" What the hell is going on? ”

The emperor just came out for her without asking, Zhang Guifei was very happy, and when she saw him asking the reason, she secretly beat the drum in her heart.

Still bold and said: "He framed the maid next to the concubine to poison the people in the palace." Your Majesty, Que'er is loyal to his concubines, he is so slanderous and sinister, Your Majesty. ”

He clutched his handkerchief and cried sadly, raising his eyes from time to time to look secretly.

The emperor's face was full of concern at first, and then gradually indifferent, until finally the corners of his lips were raised, and with a meaningful smile, Zhang Guifei's heart was uncomfortable, and she pulled Yuan Lie's sleeve and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, don't you believe what the concubine said?" Whining. ”

As soon as Yuan Lie raised his hand, the eunuch who was close to him held the white medicine powder on the side in front of her, "The finch next to Niangniang was caught by the well, this is from her, the imperial doctor has already seen it, and it will be poisoned immediately if you eat it!" ”

"Of course, I understand that this matter must have nothing to do with you, so I don't want to be alarmed, since you already know, such a vicious slave staying by your side will be a scourge sooner or later, drive it away as soon as possible, and you can rest easy!"

Zhang Guifei was stunned for a while, looking at the emperor's face, and constantly favoring her, her face suddenly turned red, and she cried even more miserably.

"The emperor trusts him so much, the concubines are hard to repay, since they came to the harem, the concubines have never been jealous, but they are looking forward to the emperor's favor day and night, and they are negligent in disciplining the maids beside them for a while!"

Raised teary eyes looked at him pitifully, Yuan Lie comforted a few words, but seeing that she was crying more and more, he didn't want to spend too much time, just let people send her away and continue to read after he went back.

Yuan Lie pondered, Zhang Guifei didn't dare to leave immediately, and kept sitting next to her and crying slightly, not daring to cry loudly, choking like a kitten.

Leisurely, gently, and slightly crying in the empty hall, Won Yeol was not affected in any way, but indulged in the book, smiling from time to time.

Time flies, and it's time for dinner in an instant.

Yuan Lie put down the book, and suddenly a voice rang out, and he was taken aback.