At half past eight in the morning, Nao Sato saw that the man who had stayed in the town to listen to the situation was rushing here.

He came to the side of the road, beckoned to the man and shouted, "Here we are." ”

The man came to Nao Sato, turned over and dismounted.

Nao Sato asked hopefully, "How is it?" Are all those Tang people dead? ”

The man shook his head and said, "I heard that it's just a dead person, and it's still a cook." ”

Speaking of Li Zhi, he was just about to put the beef into his mouth when he suddenly heard someone downstairs shouting: "The food is poisonous." His hands trembled in fright, and the beef fell to the ground.

It turned out that the soldiers first brought food to His Royal Highness the Prince, and then brought it to themselves, and when they had finished the meal, they were about to leave the kitchen.

At this moment, a cook suddenly clutched his stomach and shouted, "Oops, it hurts." Then he fell to the ground, convulsed a few times and then did not move.

When the soldiers came forward, they saw that he was bleeding from his mouth and nose, and that he was dead.

The soldiers shouted: "The food is poisonous. As he spoke, he drew his blade and aimed it at the cooks.

The strategy of Shiratori Tomokako and others is very good, and the poison is also very effective, but they ignore a problem, that is, many chefs have a habit of tasting while cooking, and as a result, they are poisoned first.

In the guest room, Li Su and the others were listening to the report of the captain of the Flying Tiger Army.

He said that the entire inn had been controlled, and all the personnel below the innkeeper had been detained. Two soldiers who were in charge of supervising the kitchen were also brought in bundles.

The two soldiers knelt on the ground and confessed that they had been wronged. They said that they had been supervising the chefs, that the chefs had no chance of poisoning, that they had already tested with silver needles, and that there were no regressions.

Moreover, they were the last to call the police.

Li Zhi took the silver needle and tested it in the food in front of him, and there was no sign of blackening.

After listening to the report of the team leader, Li Su made a simple judgment and said, "Let them go, it's not their problem." ”

After the two soldiers were untied, Li Su said: "You have found some chickens and ducks and other living creatures, and give them these meals to eat, as well as the ingredients for cooking, and test them." ”

An hour later, the team leader came in again to report that the food had been tested with chickens and ducks, and that it was all toxic. The other ingredients used for cooking have also been tested, and the same.

Li Zhi was surprised and said: "The food is really poisonous, why can't the silver needle be tested?" ”

Li Su said: "Silver needle poison detection is only suitable for arsenic and other poisons, and there are many types of poisons, such as snake venom and other biological poisons, and silver needles cannot be detected." ”

Li Su asked the innkeeper, the cook, and the two soldiers to be brought in, and after carefully inquiring about the situation, he said, "The matter is already very clear. This matter has nothing to do with the inn either. Let them go, too. ”

The captain of the Flying Tiger Army asked with some puzzlement: "Childe, they are the most suspicious, did you just let them go?" ”

Li Su said: "Let it go, and then I will tell you the reason." ”

The innkeeper and the chefs were already frightened when they saw such a big event happening, and they were all relieved to hear that this matter had nothing to do with them.

Li Zhi didn't understand either, he asked, "Sixth brother, you tell us about the matter, how do you judge?" ”

李愔 says:

"First, the people at the inn don't know our identities, so there's no reason to poison us.

Second, this poison is violent and fast-attacking, and if our people take it, it will work on the spot, and the people in the inn will not be able to get rid of it.

If the people of the inn want to poison us, they will choose chronic poison and wait until ten days and half a month later, how can we think that it is related to the people of this inn?

This doesn't make sense.

Third, if the innkeepers were poisoned, they wouldn't have poisoned their cooks first. As a result, the conspiracy was exposed in advance.

As for why the chef died, it has something to do with his habit of tasting while cooking. ”

Li Zhi nodded and said, "Makes sense." ”

The innkeeper and the chefs also hurriedly nodded together and said, "This boy is right, we won't be so stupid, it's definitely not us who did it." ”

Li Su said: "Things should be like this, after we lived in this inn, I don't know why, our identities were exposed, so some people had murderous intentions."

According to the innkeeper, a group of people came in yesterday and left in a hurry this morning, which should have been the work of this group. ”

Du He said: "Childe, how should this matter be handled? ”

Li Su said: "Don't make a noise about this matter, this group of people are guests from other places, they just passed by here temporarily, reported to the local government, and can't investigate anything."

When the time comes, the uproar will add a lot of pressure to the local area, and I am afraid that this inn will not survive in the future. If this chef dies, your inn will report him as a normal death. ”

When the innkeeper heard this, he was very moved, and said gratefully: "This son, you are really the master of the blue sky." ”

Du He asked, "Then let's not investigate this matter?" ”

Li Su said: "Check, but let's hurry back to Chang'an, let this matter go first, these people want to harm us, but if they don't do it, they won't give up, I'm afraid they will find us in the future, and they won't be afraid to catch their fox tail when the time comes." ”

Li Su and the others continued to hurry, but the inn did not dare to live anymore.

Besides, Bai Bird Zhixiangzi hid on the side of the road, and when she saw Li Yu and the others on guard, she drove by quickly, and she didn't dare to make a move.

Bai Bird Zhixiangzi said: "Senior brother, I will take Juzi and the others to Chang'an, and you take the rest of the people to Zhumadian and live there temporarily." ”

Nao Sato was reluctant to part with her, and said, "Senior sister, let me follow you to protect you." ”

Bai Tori Zhikako said: "Let's leave in a hurry in the morning, they will definitely suspect us, the physical characteristics of our people, they must have inquired carefully." Especially if the features on your face are too obvious, when you get to Chang'an, you will be exposed. ”

Nao Sato gritted his teeth and turned away. He took out the dagger from his bosom, and with a ruthless heart, he cut off the mole from the corner of his eye. A streak of blood suddenly ran down his cheek.

He turned around and said, "Senior sister, you think this is okay, right?" ”

Bai Tori Zhikako was shocked: "Senior brother, what are you doing here?" Angry and moved, she took out a handkerchief and handed it to him, saying, "Hurry up and put some medicine on it and bandage it." ”

Nao Sato saw that she cared about herself, and his heart warmed, and the pain on his face disappeared immediately.

Subsequently, Shiratori Tomokako took Nao Sato and two maids, as well as three other samurai who were proficient in Chinese, to Chang'an.

The Imperial Palace, the Alchemy Room.

When Huangfu Duan'er entered the alchemy room, he felt that someone was staring at him.