It was already nightfall when I returned to Taopin Building, Duan Ming summoned everyone to my room, and I told me in detail what happened in the palace.

"So the current situation is that the poison prescription is obviously already in our hands, and in order to avoid the emperor's suspicion, we can't confess the matter, right?"

I nodded to Zhuo Ying, who was sitting on the edge of the bed, and walked to the round table and sat down with Duan Ming, Sarong, and Qu Xi. Wanqiu gathered the charcoal fire and sat down on the chaise longue by herself.

"According to your orders, I have already bought all the medicinal materials on the main prescription of Tang Qi according to the amount." Wanqiu said worriedly, "It's just that without that last taste of the Muscle and Bone Herb, the antidote can't be effective, right?" ”

"yes. The third prince and the fourth prince are really insidious, but they are joking with the lives of the people of Kashu City? Sarong sneered, "It's really not good, let's divide the army into two ways, return to Ying and Duan Ming to go to the palace of the prince of Huan, and I and the lord of the Tang Banner will go to the palace of Prince Huan to turn these two wolf dens over, I still don't believe that I can't find out so a large number of herbs!" ”

"I don't think so, not only can they take the step of Tibetan medicine, but they will also have a wonderful location for Tibetan medicine, and we will not be easily searched." Duan Ming shook his head slowly, "At that time, once they can't find it, they will go back to the royal front to report the fireflies, and then the gains outweigh the losses." ”

"Didn't you say that Bai Xiaohan was the one of the four princes?" Qu Xi looked at me with a faint green light in his eyes, "It was also his person and Zhu Yutang's medicine boy at the beginning, he must know where the Tibetan medicine is." If the master of Ji Qi sent the water flag to catch the traitor, under torture, he may not be able to tell the truth. ”

"Although this method is feasible, it's just that since Bai Xiaohan already knows that now that the three banner masters of Gangfeng, Feiyan, and Chiyan are gathered in Kazhou, then he will definitely hide himself." I looked embarrassed, "Even if Sarong's Feiyan Banner can find someone, I'm afraid that a lot of time has been wasted by then, and we won't be able to control the epidemic in three days." ”

Wanqiu anxiously put the teacup on the bamboo platform: "Three days... These three days are too short. Can't you talk to that emperor again, why don't you give us a few more days? ”

"The emperor's golden mouth and jade words, the holy decree is not child's play."

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, do we have to watch these three days go to waste?" Sarong couldn't help but be a little impatient, "Gui Ying, don't you still have an eyeliner in the Wangfu of the Junjun Palace, and he doesn't have any news?" ”

"Ahh I'm so busy that I forgot about the axe..."I exchanged glances with Duan Ming, "Now that he's in danger in the Imperial Palace, let's call him back." ”

Duan Ming nodded gratefully, and I took out the stone python bone from my sleeve and concentrated on injecting internal force into the bone. The familiar sense of discovery came back again, and I groped in the darkness for a long time, and finally felt the echo of the resonance.

"Alright."

"It's better to see than to hear, this stone python bone is really powerful." Qu Xi saw the way I summoned the axe, and nodded slightly, "It's just that your subordinate can't find any information in front of the four princes?" ”

"He... He was just a killer, and he had never been trained to scout like the Flying Rock Banner Deadman. Duan Ming's tone was faintly sad, "Moreover, he has recently... to lose the person who was very important to him. ”

Qu Xi and Sarong narrowed their eyes slightly and stopped talking—perhaps from the perspective of their Red Flame Banner and Feiyan Banner Masters, it was a very strange thing that the dead soldiers under their command did not cut off their emotions; Perhaps, they couldn't understand Duan Ming's look of concern when he talked about the axe.

"Alright, let's get things straight." Zhuo Ying, who was sitting on the bed, stood up, "What we are missing now is the hidden muscles and bones and an opportunity to make the poison prescription public, right?" ”

"Not bad."

"And what we have is all the medicinal materials except the muscles and bones grass, and the privilege of being in charge of fighting the epidemic and commanding the officials of the DPRK and China, right?"

"Not bad."

"Gui Hotaru, in your Gangfeng Banner, are there any other dead soldiers in Karanzhou?"

"The martial arts are strong, and now there is only one person left. I can't use the stone python bone to detect the rest, and even if I don't, Sarong's Flying Rock Banner has a lot of hard hands, right? ”

I turned to Sarong, who nodded affirmatively at me.

"That's good, you don't need strong hands with strong martial arts, just a few skilled ones." Zhuo Ying looked around the room, and finally fell on me. "Gui Hotaru, I have a solution to the problem."

The coals in the furnace crackled, and the scent of Canaan burned in the air. The tea in the cup became cool, and I seemed to feel my fingers lose their temperature.

When Zhuo Ying clearly finished her plan, no one spoke. Everyone slowly focused their eyes on me and Duan Ming, and on his face, I saw a look of pain and embarrassment just like I was at the moment.

"Zhuo Ying's method is not impossible," Sarong's hesitant gaze probed over my and Duan Ming's faces, "It's just..."

"—This is absolutely not going to work!"

"Duan Ming..."

I subconsciously stood up with Duan Ming, who was almost out of control, his clear eyes like spring water filled with tears of anger and sadness.

"Gui Hotaru, are you willing to do it?"

I saw the anger in Duan Ming's eyes slowly turn into a feeble begging.

Yes, after all, here, his will does not matter, he will never obey my orders.

"It's cruel, but it's the only way." Qu Xi's tone was so calm that there was no trace of warmth, "The two of them are embarrassed, so let's vote on the four of us." Those who agree with Miss Zhuo Ying's method raise their hands. ”

After she finished speaking, she raised her right hand.

Zhuo Ying looked at me and sighed, and raised her hand as well.

Wanqiu didn't know when she burst into tears, she took a long breath of sadness, walked to the window and opened it, leaving only her beautiful fairy-like silhouette and long black satin-like hair.

Qu Xi slowly looked at Sarong, who looked up helplessly to meet her. After a long time, Sarong still sighed softly and closed his eyes and raised his hand.

"You..."Duan Yingsheng burst into tears, "Why did you make such a decision!" ”

He gave me one last look of pleading, but didn't get the response he was expecting. His clenched fists shook suddenly, and he took a step past me and rushed out.

"Duan Ming!"

As if hearing my call, Duan Ming, who ran to the door, suddenly stopped. I hurriedly walked around the screen and followed, only to see him standing in the doorway, his eyes staring straight out.

And following his gaze, I saw the axe, which was still panting slightly, and looked at his deputy flag master with a blank look on his face, full of tears, and had no idea what was happening in this warm room.

Sleepless nights.

In the early morning of the next day, according to Zhuo Ying's plan, Aunt Hua and Wanqiu spread the news, announcing that all the people of Kazhou, the Prince's Mansion, had made an antidote, and they could be put into the people as long as the test was successful tomorrow. Sarong comforted Duan Ming, who was reluctant to go out, while Qu Xi and I took our swords and boarded the gate of Prince Huan's mansion.

The palace curtain was obviously very surprised by my sudden visit, and he was trapped in the punishment of the palace curtain, and shut himself up in the study of the palace all day long.

"I heard that you have spread the news that there is an antidote to the epidemic?"

"The third prince is in the mansion, but he still has a good ability to listen to all directions."

"What are you going to do?"

"I know you don't want to see me. Believe me, I don't want to see you either. I didn't even look at the palace curtain, and continued to say in a cold tone, "Father's holy decree, I am in charge of fighting the epidemic, from the prince to the people, all the people in Kazhou City must listen to my orders, do you disagree?" ”

The palace curtain gritted his teeth with hatred, but there was the emperor's holy decree pressing, and he was silent for a long time before he said hoarsely: "What do you want me to do?" ”

"You and I know very well that this epidemic is deliberately spread by bad people who have made poison prescriptions. So I came up with a plan to make an antidote if we claimed that we had a poison prescription in our hands and based on that...... Perhaps the thief will steal our prescription and prescription out of curiosity. I said coldly, "Therefore, I will spread the news, and the prescription and medicine of this epidemic poison are conveniently kept in the study of your Prince Huan's mansion." And tonight he waited for the rabbit to catch the villain who stole the recipe. ”

Gong Wei stared at me, and suddenly burst out laughing. He laughed for a long time before he reluctantly said to me: "Where in this world are there any villains who make drugs?" Even if there were, how could they be stupid enough to hear the news and come to my Prince Huan's mansion to steal the prescription? ”

"Third Highness, don't be in a hurry to laugh. You're not that villain, how do you know he won't come? I sneered, "I have ordered someone to release it in black and white, I will come back tonight, and I will also ask Prince Huan to prepare people to help me arrest the gangsters." ”

With that, I turned and strode out. After walking for a long time, I heard the palace curtain behind me shouting loudly.

"The crown princess has a life, and Xiao Wang will do it." His tone was still full of disdainful mockery, "Tonight, Xiao Wang will bury people in this study with the crown princess, and wait for the villains to be caught!" ”

It was far away from the prince's mansion, and Qu Xi whispered to me in his ear: "Sure enough, as Miss Zhuo Ying expected, the palace curtain promised to be really refreshing." ”

Of course he agreed. I sneered, "Because he is the one who made the poison, he naturally calculated that no one would come to steal the fake prescription." ”

Qu Xi and I looked at each other and smiled, and then returned to Taopinlou without mentioning it. At that time, when night fell, I went to Prince Huan's mansion alone with my sword. The palace curtain opened the door and waited for me, personally greeted me at the door of the house, and led me all the way to the study.

"Thanks to the blessing of the crown princess, Xiao Wang may be able to see a good show tonight."

"If you want to watch a good show, don't be noisy." I said coldly, "Put out all the lights in the study, and there will be people in ambush inside and outside the room, and no one will be allowed to make a sound tonight without my orders." ”

Seeing that my attitude was cold, Gong Wei was not annoyed, but only smiled and ordered my words. We hid in the room, blew out the candles, and began to wait.

For an hour, there was no movement......

For two hours, there was no movement......

In the blink of an eye, the air was so still that it almost froze. Occasionally, the guards behind me yawned from sleepiness, and I glared back sharply, and the room suddenly returned to silent silence. When I turned back, I caught a glimpse of the palace curtain's playful and playful eyes.

"I said the crown princess, this is the ugly time. You're in good spirits, we need to rest, we-"

"-Shhh

The palace curtain was startled by my sudden scolding, and before he could come back to his senses, there was a strange sound of wind outside.