Long Yuan and Xuying ignored the indignant Li Xiu'e.

Time passed little by little, and the palace maids and attendants entered the house one after another to be searched, and came out one after another.

searched all the palace maids and chamberlains in the West Palace, including Red Note and Xue Ying, but still found nothing.

Seeing that Long Yuan and Xuying had not found anything, Li Xiu'e came to her senses, walked up to Long Yuan and Xuying, and asked angrily: "The general keeps saying that there are ill-intentioned people hidden in the West Palace, where is the person who the general suspects now?" ”

Long Yuan stared at her with squinted eyes, for a long time, so long that Li Xiu'e was covered in hair by him.

Long Yuan suddenly raised his hand and grasped the hilt of the saber under his side, even the stunned Li Xiu'e was frightened by his actions and took a step back, looking at him in surprise.

Xu Ying reminded in a low voice: "Long Yuan! ”

No matter how they searched the West Palace, it would be fine, but if they hurt someone, they would not be able to explain it.

Long Yuan didn't say a word, turned around and walked to the dining room.

The dining room was turned into a mess, Long Yuan held his sword in his hand, walked slowly around, and then walked into the small warehouse behind.

It's all about food.

Long Yuan walked to a bamboo basket, which was filled with white flowers.

Long Yuan touched it inside with his hand, and then he drew his saber and inserted the long sword into the bamboo basket.

After repeatedly inserting good opportunities, but finding nothing unusual, Long Yuan continued to walk forward slowly.

The next bamboo basket was filled with corn, and Long Yuan still used his sword to insert it into the basket as a temptation.

One, two, after a dozen insertions, his movements suddenly stopped.

Immediately afterwards, he drew his sword, put it into its sheath, took a step back, grabbed the edge of the bamboo basket, and pulled it hard, and heard a loud bang, and the bamboo basket fell to the ground, and in an instant, the corn inside was scattered all over the ground.

Xuying, who was watching from the sidelines, grinned secretly and said in a low voice, "Long Yuan, we were just ordered to search!" ”

It's not for us to come to the West Palace to wreak havoc! Long Yuan waved his hand at him, poured out all the millet seeds in the bamboo basket, and then he flattened the pile of millet seeds on the ground, and soon, a small burlap bag was revealed.

Seeing this, Xuying's eyes narrowed, and he stepped forward quickly and took out the small cloth bag from the corn.

"What is this?"

Long Yuan looked at the small cloth bag in Xuying's hand and asked.

Xu Ying put the small cloth bag on the table with a solemn face, and at this time, Xue Ying, Hong Jian, and Li Xiu'e also walked in from the outside and looked at the small cloth bag in surprise.

Several people looked at each other, with blank faces on their faces, indicating that it was the first time they had seen this small cloth bag.

Glancing at the three of them, Long Yuan slowly opened the small cloth bag, which contained several round pale yellow flakes, which looked like potato chips.

Long Yuan didn't know this thing, he picked up a piece casually, lowered his head and sniffed it, there was no pungent smell.

He then handed it to Xuying.

The latter took it, also looked and smelled, carefully distinguished, and then he broke a small point, put it in his mouth and chewed it.

After chewing twice, his face changed, he spit out the dregs, and whispered, "It's smallpox pollen!" ”

Long Yuan asked, "But poison?" ”

Xuying shook his head and said with a solemn face: "It's medicine." ”

Smallpox pollen, despite its name, is not actually a powder, it is a herb.

The effect can remove heat, quench thirst, reduce swelling, discharge pus, and dissolve stasis, but in addition, smallpox pollen also has another effect, that is, contraception.

It is a cold drug, which has a miraculous effect on women's contraception, although it is a drug, but if it is taken for a long time, it will cause great damage to the human body.

Xu Ying told Long Yuan about his understanding of smallpox pollen, and Xue Ying, Hongjian, and Li Xiu'e, who were standing on the side, all heard a cold sweat.

Xue Ying muttered, "The dining room...... How could such a poisonous drug be hidden in the dining room? ”

Xu Ying's gaze slowly scanned the three of them, and said word by word: "The palace maids and chamberlains in the dining room, as well as the palace maids and chamberlains who can enter and exit the dining room, are all inseparable from this matter!" ”

After speaking, he rewrapped the small cloth bag, picked it up and walked out.

Out of the dining room, Yu Linwei, who was outside by Xu Ying, said: "All the palace maids and chamberlains in the West Palace are all taken care of, no matter who they are, they must not leave the West Palace for a single step!" ”

"Subordinates obey!"

All the Yulin guards responded in unison, and then brought the palace maids and chamberlains present back to their own rooms, and Yulin guarded the door of the house.

Even Xue Ying and Red Note were also guarded by Yu Linwei.

After all, Xue Ying and Red Note are both people who can enter and exit the dining room, and they are also suspicious.

Long Yuan and Xuying returned to Qingliang Hall with the small cloth bag found in the dining room.

After arriving at the Qingliang Palace, the two presented the small cloth bag to Liu Xiu.

Liu Xiu took it, looked at it slightly, and handed it to Pi Tong.

As judged by Xu Ying, this small cloth bag contained smallpox pollen, and Pi Tong also told Liu Xiu about the characteristics of smallpox pollen.

After listening to Pi Tong, Yin Lihua's face was incredulous, she couldn't believe that her West Palace really had a villain who was secretly plotting against her.

Liu Xiu's face was so angry that his face was pale, his fists were clenched, and in the palace, under his nose, there was such a bold person, which was simply lawless.

He looked at Long Yuan and Xuying and said, "Check! Be scrutinized! Whoever hid the smallpox in the dining room, you must find out the person for me! ”

Long Yuan and Xuying both responded, and Xuying said: "The subordinates have taken care of all the palace maids and attendants in the West Palace......" Before he finished speaking, a Yulin guard hurriedly ran into the Qingliang Palace, he knelt on his knees, bowed to Liu Xiu, and said: "Report to Your Majesty, the West Palace...... A dining room lady in the West Palace committed suicide! ”

Hearing this, the faces of everyone present changed at the same time, and Long Yuan frowned and asked, "Which grandmother is it?" ”

"Mama the housekeeper of the dining room!"

"How did she kill herself?

Didn't you keep an eye on them? ”

The Yu Linwei's face turned pale and he stammered, "Yes...... It's her going to the toilet, I'll wait...... I waited for the inconvenience to follow up, but seeing that she hadn't come out for a long time and no one answered, I realized that something was wrong, and only found her after I went in...... She had already committed suicide by hanging herself. ”

As he spoke, Yu Linwei took out a strip of cloth and said, "This is ...... Left by the housekeeper's grandmother! ”

Long Yuan took it and looked down, on the cloth was a blood book written with blood stains, which can also be said to be a suicide note, with not much content, only a small number: the slave is ashamed of the nobles, and even more ashamed of His Majesty, and should apologize with death.

After seeing it, Long Yuan frowned, handed the blood book to Liu Xiu, Liu Xiu read it, and threw it on the ground.

The housekeeper left such a bloody letter and then committed suicide, which is tantamount to taking all the crimes on her own.

But how could she, a mere housekeeper, be so bold as to have the audacity to secretly administer smallpox pollen to a nobleman, and besides, she had no reason to do so.

Behind the housekeeper's mother, there must be a master envoy, but now with her death, all clues have been broken.

Long Yuan's eyes rolled and asked Yu Linwei, "Have you checked her relics?" ”

Yu Linwei said: "It's been checked!" ”

"What did you find?"

Yu Linwei shook his head and said in a low voice: "It's all inconsequential sundries, and there are hundreds of dollars." ”

"That's all?"

"Yes!"

Long Yuan pondered for a moment, gasped, and said urgently, "Not good! ”

He hurriedly bowed to Liu Xiu and said, "Your Majesty, your subordinates must leave the palace immediately to find the family of the housekeeper!" ”

Someone secretly bought off the housekeeper, but there was no large amount of property in her relics, which can only show that the person who bought her in the first place sent the money to her family, and through her family, clues will definitely be found.

If the main messenger behind the scenes wants to cut off this clue, then the family of the housekeeper is now in danger.

Long Yuan realized the problem, Liu Xiu also realized, he nodded, and said: "Look for it immediately, and after you find it, send it all to the Tingwei Mansion!" ”

"Subordinates obey!"

Long Yuan shook his head at Xuying, who immediately understood, bowed to Liu Xiu, and then followed Long Yuan and hurriedly walked out together.

Although Long Yuan expected it right, he was still a step slower.

When he and Xu Ying took Yu Linwei and the forbidden army to find the residence of the housekeeper's grandmother's family, the family of nine had all died tragically in their own house.

Moreover, the person who did it swept away the belongings in the house and turned it into a mess everywhere, so as to create a false impression of murder for money, and this case became a seemingly ordinary homicide case.

Long Yuan and Xu Ying looked at the nine corpses in the house, all of them frowning.

Xuying walked up to a corpse, crouched down, and looked at the wound on the corpse's body, there was a blood line in the throat, which was cut by a sharp blade.

He couldn't help but mutter, "What a fast sword! ”

Long Yuan walked over, also squatted down, looked at the wound carefully, and nodded, indeed, the perpetrator was a master of swordsmanship.

Xu Ying said in a low voice: "This matter, Changqiu Palace, Phoenix Palace may not be able to get rid of it......" Before he finished speaking, Long Yuan hurriedly stabbed him with his elbow, glaring at him angrily, full of warning, as if to say, you don't want to die, can this kind of thing be said nonsense?

Xuying smiled bitterly, it wasn't that he was talking nonsense, in the palace, there were just three concubines, of course the Yin nobles would not do this to themselves, so they had the motivation to do this kind of thing to her, and they had the ability to do things so decisively, leaving no traces, only Empress Guo and Xu Meiren were the only ones.

Since Xu Meiren gave birth to the eldest princess, the whole person has become much softer, and the relationship with the Yin nobles is very good, Xu Meiren is not very likely, so there is only one person left who is the most suspicious, and that is the one in Changqiu Palace.

It's just that in the absence of real evidence, accusing the queen of murdering nobles is indeed a head-off.

Xuying muttered: "What's going on, you and I know in our hearts." ”

Long Yuan reminded expressionlessly: "The stakes are very high, everything must be told and evidenced, you can't guess out of thin air, be careful that trouble comes out of your mouth." ”

Inside the Royal Palace.

While waiting for news from Long Yuan and Xuying, Liu Xiu asked Pi Tong with concern: "Weijun, can Lihua's body be well adjusted?" ”

"This, Wechen do his best!"

Again, Liu Xiu didn't want to hear this kind of muddy and leeway words now, so he asked again: "Weijun, you just need to tell me, is it possible for Lihua's body to be conditioned?" ”

Pi Tong sighed lightly, looked at Yin Lihua on the side, and stopped talking.

Yin Lihua had red circles in her eyes and said to Pi Tong: "Pi Taichang, if you have anything to say, just say it." ”

"Wechen...... Alas! ”

Pi Tong is a human being, not an immortal, and he can't cure the disease with medicine.

He said meaningfully: "Yin nobleman has been taking smallpox pollen for at least more than a year, and his body is seriously damaged, can you regulate the nobleman's body, Weichen...... Wechen is really not sure. ”

Liu Xiu frowned and asked, "At the beginning, Weijun was able to regulate Xiling's body, but now he can't regulate Lihua's body?" ”

"Your Majesty, the symptoms are different, Weichen...... Wechen can only do his best. ”

Pi Tong is still the same, no matter how he forces him, he will never say anything to death.

He doesn't pat his chest and promise that he will be cured, nor does he shake his head to say that he can't be cured, and the answer he gets here is always ambiguous, and the longest word he hears is 'do your best'.

Typical doctor!