After getting the words of the third master, Rhubarb immediately rushed to the open space next to the low house where the sundries were placed, and showed its strong ability to dig holes, and after a while, a pit was dug out. Seeing that half of the dog's body had been drilled in, Zhang Lihai muttered in disbelief, "The last general only knows that rats and rabbits are good at making holes, but I didn't expect dogs to be so good at making holes...... It's all sorts of clutter, what's down there? ”

"Could it be...... Rabbit? "Xuan Qi is full of interest, he was not present last time when Rhubarb took out the sarcophagus of King Qing in order to catch the rabbit, this time it can be regarded as catching up, inexplicably, he feels that this must be a big deal.

Xuan Qi shook his head, "It's not a rabbit, it should be something that rhubarb doesn't like." ”

Xuan San felt incredible, "Lord Huang can even see this?" ”

Xuan Qi glared at Xuan San, wanting to fight him alone. Zhang Bing also said, "The villain also saw that it was a strange thing that Rhubarb didn't like." ”

Xuansan......

Well, it's better that he's stupid and can't read dogs, or that he's honest about observing the onlookers to see if there's anything wrong with them.

Seeing that Rhubarb came out of the hole without holding anything, the third master asked, "Found it?" ”

Rhubarb spun around irritably, "Wang! ”

The third master looked at Xuan Qi, and Xuan Qi didn't understand, so he had to bite the bullet and say, "Lord Wang, my subordinates will take a look?" ”

"The last general will send someone to dig it up." Zhang Lihai immediately said, how can you say that this is also Yulinwei's camp, how can this physical work bother the prince's guards.

Seeing King Sheng's nod, Zhang Lihai immediately beckoned someone to enlarge the hole dug by the dog, and after a while, he dug out a small wooden box from a depth of about one and a half feet and sent it to King Sheng.

The third master glanced at it and knew why Rhubarb was able to find this box. When it rains in the summer or for other reasons, water seeps into the ground and seeps into the box, causing something inside to become damp and moldy, and the smell comes out. People can't smell this smell, but the dog's nose is smart, and it smells at once, no matter what's inside, you have to go into the big tent and find out.

"General, let's go into the tent and talk." After the third master and Zhang Lihai took the box back to the big tent, they pried open the copper lock on the box and opened the lid of the box, and a smell of moldy medicinal herbs came from the surface, and the rhubarb next to him turned around a few times anxiously, "Wang, Wang, Wang!" ”

The third master motioned to Xuanqi to take the rhubarb to wait outside to see what was in the box. There are more than a dozen small pill bottles scattered in this box, some of the pill bottles have been corked, and the pills are sprinkled outside, in addition to a few packets of moldy medicinal materials, combined with the abnormal anxiety of the rhubarb, the third master has a guess, and after closing the lid of the box, he said with Zhang Lihai, "Please bring this thing to the palace with Xiao Wang, and the place where the box is dug out is also surrounded by people, and you must not approach within three zhangs, otherwise you will be killed." ”

Although Zhang Lihai didn't know what the contents of this box represented, he immediately agreed when he saw that King Sheng was so cautious. After leaving the camp, the third master instructed Zhang Bing and Xuanqi to send Rhubarb away, and he and Zhang Lihai entered the palace with the box.

In Yishou Palace, after the third master Chen Ming had happened, Emperor Jianlong asked the two of them to step back and motioned for Dexi to check it out in person. Dexi walked over quickly and solemnly opened the box. The case of the outflow of Qinmingshan pills was presided over by Dexi, Zhao Shuduo, who died of poisoning in Yulinwei, was buying and selling medicinal materials, and there were clues that Zhao Shuduo was providing Yuan Tiancheng with a few important medicinal materials for refining pills, but this was not a major matter that would kill people, but Zhao Shuduo took poison immediately after being noticed by King Sheng, and there should be another hidden story.

This box may be able to illustrate a thing or two.

Dexi carefully took out a few moldy medicinal materials in the box and put them on the white paper, and took out a bottle of pills to open and sniffed, although no one had solved and verified, but he was ninety percent sure that this was Zheng Duchu taking pills, maybe these pills were scattered from him, these pills were similar to the pills that the saint had taken before, and they should all be from Yuan Tiancheng's hands.

After Dexi cleaned up the clutter in the box, he knocked again, broke the mezzanine at the bottom of the box, took out two pages of paper that had not been soaked in the rain, and returned to Emperor Jianlong, "Long live." ”

Emperor Jianlong nodded, "Open it and take a look." ”

Dexi opened the two thin sheets of paper, and when he could see the contents on them, his hands trembled. Emperor Jianlong frowned, "What is written on it?" ”

Dexi fell to his knees, not knowing how to speak.

Seeing that he was so abnormal, Emperor Jianlong said eagerly, "Useless things, take them to me and see them myself." ”

"Long live or don't look at it, don't stain your eyes......" Before Dexi finished speaking, Emperor Jianlong snatched the paper away, and after seeing the content on it clearly, Emperor Jianlong's hands also trembled, and then he rolled his eyes and fainted.

Dexi was frightened and immediately ordered, "Quickly ask the imperial doctor!" ”

The little eunuch in the palace immediately ran out to ask for the imperial doctor, and the third master, who had not gone far, saw the little eunuch who ran away in a hurry, and asked Chen Lihai to go first, and he turned back to Yishou Palace.

Seeing that Dexi and the eunuch were helping the unconscious Emperor Jianlong back to the inner hall to rest, the third master immediately said, "Father-in-law De." ”

The flustered Dexi saw that the third master signaled to the palace gate with his eyes, and then he reacted, "Come on, close the palace gate immediately, and go to the imperial dining room to make a medicinal meal for the saint to remove the fire, the saint has eaten a few more mouthfuls of meat this morning, and his chest is blocked." ”

The guards at the door immediately took the order, and Dexi helped Emperor Jianlong into the inner hall. The saint was in a coma, and the third master, as the prince, should enter to check, but Emperor Jianlong was suspicious, if he entered it, it would only arouse Emperor Jianlong's suspicion, so the third master waited in the palace. At this time, there was no one in the hall, and the third master stepped forward to pick up the two pieces of paper that fell to the ground, and his brows furrowed deeply after reading them.

On this first piece of paper, the steps of soaking the herbs in the blood of a baby are recorded. The second list recorded the number of vials of baby blood that had been sent to Zhao Shuduo in recent years, as well as the amount of silver he had earned by concocting medicinal materials and hand-over pills.

And the person recorded above, who gave Zhao Shuduo baby blood and took away the brewed and dried medicinal materials, was Yuan Tiancheng's disciple. This disciple also suddenly fell ill and died a month ago.

Emperor Jianlong read this letter and thought of what kind of medicinal materials might have been used to refine Yuan Tiancheng's elixir that he had taken over the years, and it was inevitable that his qi and blood would surge and he would lose his mind for a while. The third master folded the two pages and put them away, thinking about what to do next.

About half an hour after the imperial doctor followed the little eunuch in, the soup in the imperial dining room was brought in again, and he didn't need to look at it to know that the soup would only go into the spittoon. After a long time, the imperial doctor left, and Dexi came out to see King Xuansheng.

Sitting on the dragon bed, Emperor Jianlong, who had changed into clean clothes, had already regained his composure, pointed to the stool beside him, and asked his son to sit down before asking, "Did you see that?" ”

The third master nodded, "The paper is scattered on the ground, and I'll see you when I pick it up." ”

"Tell me about it." Emperor Jianlong still looked confident, as if it wasn't him who fainted just now.

The third master is very cautious, "Erchen thinks that only these two pages can't explain anything. ”

"So what?" Emperor Jianlong asked.

"Let people find out what is in the pill bottle, and then verify who wrote these two pieces of paper, and determine their authenticity."

That's how it should be, Emperor Jianlong, who was disgusted in his heart, nodded, "Sheng'er thinks, who can find out about this case?" ”

The third master heard that the saint intended to let him investigate the case, but the third master had no reason to jump into this quagmire, so he recommended others, "If you want to find out this case as soon as possible, it must be Zuo Xiang." ”

Li Xiran, the left minister, is the most trusted minister of Emperor Jianlong in the court, and he can still hold great power after assisting Emperor Jianlong to ascend the throne, which is by no means comparable to other elders.

Emperor Jianlong closed his eyes and thought for a while, then opened his eyes and said, "Dexi, Xuan Zuoxiang." ”

In Lijiazhuang in the south of the city, Zuo Xiang glanced at the steaming meat buns that had just been put on the table, and then said goodbye to his mother and hurried back to the city on horseback.