did not mention that Huang Xue and King Shang were recuperating in the palace, but said that Ji Chang brought back Ji Kao's body from the palace that night, so he sent him back to Xiqi overnight for burial.

Lying on the couch that night, he recalled all the things that happened before his son Ji took the exam, and his heart was sad, and he couldn't sleep after tossing and turning. After staying up all night, early the next morning, he developed a high fever, and he was so weak that he couldn't get out of bed.

Speaking of which, although Ji Chang is no longer young, he has always maintained his health and skills, and his body is quite strong, but now he is sad in his heart and has some diseases, but it is not a big deal.

The attendants invited a doctor to come to Ji Chang for treatment, but they only said that he was depressed and occasionally felt cold, so they prescribed him a few doses of medicine.

The attendant hurriedly went to the medical hall with the doctor to get the medicine, and was about to rush back to the official residence to decoct Ji Chang, but he didn't want to go out of the medical hall, so he collided with a figure head-on, was knocked to the ground, and the medicine bag he had just grabbed also fell to the ground.

The man was startled, looked up, and saw that it was a thin Taoist who knocked him down.

When the man saw that he had hit someone, he was also taken aback, and hurriedly stepped forward to help the person up, and apologized without hesitation: "Poor Dao lost his mind for a while, and accidentally bumped into the donor, it is really a sin, a sin." ”

Ji Chang is very strict with his subordinates on weekdays, and the subordinates are not very domineering, just patting the dust on his body, while muttering dissatisfiedly: "Dao Chief, your strength is really not small." That's it, I still have urgent matters at home, and I don't care about you. ”

The Daoist was overjoyed, and hurriedly bent down to pick up the medicine bag, handed it to the man, and said: "Thank you for the magnanimity of the donor, and the poor Dao sees the donor's seal hall shining, presumably there will be a happy event in the family." ”

The man took the medicine bag and scolded with a smile: "You old man, you really don't have any eyesight, who can run to the hospital if you have a happy event?" Okay, you hurry up and get out of the way, I'm leaving, you walk by yourself and pay attention, don't bump into people again." With that, he turned around and walked quickly towards the mansion.

When the man heard this, he didn't dare to stop him, so he quickly dodged his figure, made a salute, and watched the man leave with a smile on his face.

But the man never noticed that the little finger of his right hand, which was now behind him, had grown nails more than three inches long, and the nails were black and shiny, and they were stained with some white powder. At this time, the medicine bag in his hand, which was originally tightly bandaged, had broken a hole the thickness of a little finger at some point.

Ji Chang took the doctor's medicine, although the fever subsided quickly, but he always felt dizzy, weak, and did not get better, and invited the doctor to come and see, but he couldn't see any symptoms.

What's more, for some reason, he suddenly became very sleepy, and his original regular schedule was broken, and he had to sleep until midnight to wake up, but before the end of the day, he was already drowsy, sleeping for six hours a day, and only half of the time he could stay awake.

However, at this time, he was recovering from his illness, and it was not a strange thing to sleep more, although the people in the house were a little worried, they did not pay too much attention.

Three days later, Ziya returned from the court, but he heard a report from someone that his junior brother had come to the house to look for him again.

Ziya was shocked, and hurriedly entered the front hall, and sure enough, he saw Shen Gongbao sitting on a wooden chair, sipping tea leisurely at this time.

Shen Gongbao saw Ziya come in, and said with a smile: "Senior brother is really a celebrity in the court, there have been a lot of things in the court recently, and senior brother must be busy." ”

Ziya frowned and said, "I've already got what you want to take, why haven't you left Chaoge yet?"

Shen Gongbao said: "What did the senior brother say? How can the junior brother be the kind of person who has no faith in his words? I promised the senior brother that as long as the senior brother helps me, I will help you." That night, the younger brother was entrusted to the royal palace of the senior brother's blessing, and naturally the senior brother helped a lot, if the younger brother left here, where would he have the face to see the senior brother again in the future?"

When Ziya heard this, the horror in his heart was even worse, and he asked in a trembling voice, "You mean killing Ji Chang?"

Shen Gongbao smiled: "Exactly, the junior brother is here to tell the senior brother today, and the senior brother doesn't have to worry about this matter anymore." ”

Ziya said: "Could it be that you ...... You've ......"

Shen Gongbao said: "Fortunately, now that Ji Chang has been separated from the soul of the younger brother, the senior brother only needs to sit at home and wait for the good news." ”

Ziya said, "When did you make a move?"

Shen Gongbao said: "It's been three days, senior brother rest assured, the younger brother has already found out, the medicine has worked, and now there will be no more mistakes." ”

As soon as Ziya heard that Ji Chang had been poisoned by the deadly poison, the anger in his heart could no longer be restrained, and he roared angrily: "When did I ask you to help me? When did I let you poison me? Shen Gongbao, you are obviously trying to trap me in injustice." ”

Shen Gongbao was not angry when he heard this, but said lightly: "What did Senior Brother say? You and I were ordered by the master to go down the mountain together, so naturally we should watch and help each other." I naturally know that you have always valued love and righteousness, and you really don't want to kill Ji Chang in your heart, and the little brother's move is precisely to help the senior brother make up his mind, can you still disobey the order of the master for the sake of the lives of that mortal?"

Ziya's face turned red at this time, his eyes stared at Shen Gongbao, and said, "You mean, Ji Chang has been poisoned for two or three days?"

Shen Gongbao smiled: "Exactly." ”

Ziya gritted his teeth and said, "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Shen Gongbao said: "What's the benefit of telling you earlier? Can't you let you save people, senior brother? I'm also doing this for your good, now that three days have passed, there is no one to solve the soul dispersion on his body, and the senior brother only needs to wait for Ji Chang to die, and then he can leave Chaoge, which is really a piece of hard work for the younger brother." ”

Ziya was already extremely angry at this time, trembling all over, pointing at Shen Gongbao and trembling: "You...... You ......" just looked at Shen Gongbao looking at him sincerely, but he couldn't speak for a while.

Seeing this, Shen Gongbao said: "Senior brother, I also know that you are not angry at this time, but I think one day, you will thank your younger brother." Today, I was going to leave my senior brother, and I planned to return to Donglu to do my business, senior brother took care of himself, and my younger brother said goodbye. ”

After speaking, he saluted Ziya, and then left the mansion by himself, leaving Ziya sitting on the chair with his head down, panting, not knowing what he was thinking.

After another two days, Ji Chang's drowsiness symptoms have become more and more serious, and he has to sleep for seven hours every day, and the people in the house just feel a little strange, but Ziya, who is always paying attention to this matter, naturally knows that he is one step closer to death.

Finally, Ziya could no longer bear the guilt in his patience, and came to Ji Chang's mansion on the third day, he wanted to see this best friend in life again.