After the medicine store and Le Ran left, the Jade Emperor instructed the palace people to take care of the queen, so he went out of the inner bed with Bai Ran and others, and went to the road bed to talk.

In the middle of the road, the Jade Emperor sat on the top, Bai Ran sat down on the bottom, Xue Er's eyes stood beside him without squinting, and the chief attendant led the palace people to serve tea and soup, and then led people away.

The Jade Emperor put down the teacup in his hand, raised his eyes to look at Bai Ran, and saw that his complexion had returned to normal at this time, and he was sipping the teacup with a teacup, and he didn't mean to speak first, and then smiled slightly and said, "The national teacher just opened the valley master, but he has something to talk to me?" ”

Hearing this, the corners of Bai Ran's lips hooked slightly, elegantly put down the teacup, turned to the Jade Emperor and said, "Your Majesty Shengming." ”

The Jade Emperor smiled and waved his hand, "That's it, that's it, the national teacher and I don't want to come to these false courtesies, although you are far from me now, but in my heart, the national teacher is still my old friend, and he is also the person I respect the most." ”

"Your Majesty's words are serious, but since this is the case, then Bai Ran is also blunt."

"But it doesn't hurt to say it."

The two have known each other for several years, and they both have a unique eye for seeing and recognizing people, and they are familiar with each other's temperaments.

"The valley lord arrived at the forbidden middle a few days before me, and I think that Your Majesty should have arranged a thorough investigation as soon as he learned that the queen's heart disease was induced by poison, so how is it going now?"

During the questioning, the Jade Emperor's soothing face, which was originally due to the improvement of the queen's illness, was once again troubled, and the shallow Sichuan character lines rose between his eyebrows, and he shook his head gently, since he learned that the queen's heart disease was really poisoned, he ordered a thorough investigation, but now three days have passed, but there are no clues, and he said in frustration for a while: "All the relevant people have been all confined to each other, from meals and daily life, to clothing and utensils, etc., and they have found nothing, but the few people close to the queen have stayed by her side to serve the sick, The day before, the prince had all been put in prison for interrogation, and today should have a result. ”

As soon as the Jade Emperor's words fell, it was rumored outside the road that the prince had come to see him, and the Jade Emperor looked at Bai Ran and said affirmatively: "There must be news." He said to the outside, "Come in." ”

The door opened from the outside to the inside, and a young man dressed in a gorgeous costume slowly walked to the center against the light to salute the Jade Emperor, and then turned his head to see Bai Ran on the side, and after the two gently bowed their heads to each other, they turned to sit on the chair directly opposite Bai Ran.

When it was closer, Bai Ran looked carefully, the young man in front of him was only seventeen or eighteen years old, with a majestic appearance, a tall posture, a steady pace but not heavy, and it could be seen that he had been practicing martial arts all year round and his attainments were not low.

In addition, not only does he not have the recklessness of ordinary martial artists, but also under his warm face, he has a pair of clear eyes, and his tone is gentle during the conversation, and he is easy to answer questions and answers.

Thinking of this, Bai Ran didn't think of the little girl at home again, and he didn't know what she was doing at this time.

Nanyue, Yin Mountain, Immortal Valley

Wu Yuan sat on a small stool under the pergola, in a daze with his hands on his cheeks, the nine-tails rested leisurely on the chaise longue on the other side, and there was a small table with tea soup between the two.

In the past, when Bai Ran was there, even when he didn't use this recliner, he didn't let others get close, just because Wu Yuan often liked to sit here and make tea soup when he had nothing to do, and whenever Bai Ran was always on time, and then leisurely sniffed the tea on the chaise longue and took a nap, every time everyone saw this scene, they subconsciously became a jealous face, and now while he was away, he lay down enough.

Suddenly, a breeze hit, "......Ahh

Nine-tails heard the sound, his beautiful eyes opened slightly, and his lazy look made people's hearts ripple, he slowly got up and raised his hand to stroke Wanyuan's forehead, "What's wrong, sick?" But the temperature under the palm of his hand was normal, so he looked at the source suspiciously.

Wu Yuan shook his head and said, "No, it's just that my nose is itchy all of a sudden." Then he was still bored and held his cheeks in a daze.

"Oh, that's someone misses you." Nine-Tails smiled and reclined back in his chair.

Wan Yuan smiled, didn't speak, but his cheeks were slightly hot, the corners of his lips still remained upturned, and his eyes were shining when he looked at the stream in the distance, and he inexplicably believed the words of the Nine Tails, so he wondered if his current thoughts could also be fulfilled on someone.

Just as she was concentrating on her thoughts, the jade lock hidden in the collar glowed with a faint halo, and the gossamer inside slowly swam a few times, forming a small rune, and then it stood still.

On the other side, in the sleep of the Dongyu Emperor Road, Bai Ran was suddenly hit by a hot feeling in his chest, burning the roots of his ears, and while pulling back his thoughts, there was a happy look on his face that could not be concealed.

The Jade Emperor on the top and Yu Zhuo on the opposite side were a little inexplicable by Bai Ran's sudden pleasant emotions, and Xue Er, who was standing beside Bai Ran, was frightened the moment his right hand touched his chest, and he hurriedly bowed down and asked.

Seeing that he was so nervous, Bai Ran was moved and a little embarrassed, and reassured: "It's okay, don't worry." ”

Then he looked at the Jade Emperor and Yu Zhuo, and said apologetically: "I just suddenly remembered something, Bai Ran was rude, Your Majesty, Your Highness is not strange." ”

The Jade Emperor nodded, not caring very much, but said with some concern: "The national teacher is fine, if he is unwell, he will go back to the room to rest first, these things cannot be solved for a while, we can talk about it tomorrow." ”

"Thank Your Majesty for your kindness, Bai Ran is fine."

The Jade Emperor nodded, then he didn't persuade more, and instead said, "The national teacher still remembers Yu Zhuo?" Since the prince entered the road, the Jade Emperor's original sorrow has been replaced by kindness, which is enough to show his affection for the prince.

"The prince is outstanding, and Bai Ran is impressed." Bai Ran said.

Yu Zhuo raised his eyes to look at him, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

Seeing that the atmosphere was harmonious, the Jade Emperor couldn't help but smile, turned to look at Yu Zhuo and said, "Zhuo'er, this is my Dongyu National Teacher, who came today for your mother's emergency." ”

When Yu Zhuo heard this, he stood up and said with a serious expression: "Thank you to the national teacher for traveling thousands of miles, Yu Zhuo has gone to Yan's bed to see the queen mother before, and the palace people told that there are immortals who treat the queen mother, Yu Zhuo guessed that it must be the national teacher at that time, and now the queen mother's illness is slightly relieved, Yu Zhuo is very grateful." "If you say the right thing, you will have a deep understanding of Bai Ran.

Bai Ran stood up immediately, turned sideways slightly, slowly stepped forward to help Yuzhuo get up, and said: "Your Highness doesn't have to be like this, Bai Ran is the Dongyu National Teacher, so it should be like this, I just heard that Your Majesty said that there has been no progress on the poisoning of the queen recently, and now the palace people who are in prison can have clues to discover, is there an eyebrow in this matter?" ”

"Yuzhuo is here for this matter, the national teacher, please sit down, let me elaborate."

Yu Zhuo raised his hand to give up his seat, then turned to the Jade Emperor and said: "Erchen has been interrogating the palace people who have been in the prison since the day before yesterday, and because the queen mother is happy and quiet, there are not many palace people who have been imprisoned, so there are preliminary results yesterday.

It's just that most of the rhetoric is the same, and there are human and physical evidence, and I can't find a flaw for a while, and then Erchen can't report to his father in a hurry, so he directly found Mama Jin and asked her to describe in detail all the things she had done and the places she had been on the day of her mother's illness, so yesterday Erchen took people to check and review with Mama Jin over and over again, and finally let Erchen find some clues. ”

Speaking of this, Yu Zhuo paused, ignoring the anxious urging of the Jade Emperor, he gave a salute unhurriedly, and then said: "It's good to bother my father and the national teacher to go with me to have a look." ”

On the way from Lu Yu to Yan Yu, Yu Zhuo led the way in front with steady steps, followed by Jade Emperor and Bai Ran and Xue Er, who were one step behind.

Since the Jade Emperor went to bed, he secretly blamed Yu Zhuo for selling Guanzi, but seeing that his son, the national teacher, and even the waiter all looked peaceful, his originally anxious mood was unconsciously pacified with the pace of everyone.

About half a pillar of incense time, everyone came to a small garden in front of the place, here is the necessary place to go back and forth between the road bed and the Yan bed, originally just an ordinary open space, but because the queen regularly goes back and forth between the two beds every day, in order to be able to make the queen happy, the Jade Emperor ordered people to plant some flowers and plants in this place in the early years, although it is not as lush and rare as the imperial garden, but there are also full-time palace people waiting, and the fragrance of flowers is constant throughout the year.

Now that he came here, the Jade Emperor was a little strange, so he asked with a puzzled face: "Zhuo'er, but you found a clue here?" ”

Yu Zhuo turned around, and said to everyone with deep eyes: "This is it." ”

With that, he walked a few steps into the garden, came to a stop at the crossroads not far away, raised his hand to the corner on the left, and said, "This is it, if my expectation is right, the place where the queen mother was poisoned should be here." ”

After a pause, he turned around and continued: "Since yesterday morning, I have been going back and forth with Mama Jin in the two bedrooms, and I have walked no less than five times, because the queen mother is strict with herself, and her daily affairs are arranged according to the law, and she has always been safe, so it is normal for everyone not to pay much attention.

But recently, the mother was tired from taking care of the queen, and the foot was a little slower, and the last time she was reviewed, it happened to be noon when she passed through this place, and the mother was hungry, and suddenly remembered that the day of the mother's poisoning was because the father was busy, and almost missed the lunch hour, so she ordered someone to notify the queen mother to come to sleep and eat together.

It is said that from the Yan bed to the road bed, the queen mother must be very familiar, there should not be anything unusual, but the mother said that the queen mother stayed here for a moment that day, and then asked the mother if she heard the sound of the beard, and the mother thought that the queen mother was homesick because of the approaching moonset, and had auditory hallucinations, and immediately comforted a few words without thinking much.

And when she recalled it yesterday, she felt that the queen mother's expression was a little strange at that time, as if she had been looking at a certain part of the garden for a long time. Yu Zhuo recounted yesterday's review as he looked at the flowers and plants in the corner.

"So, you and Mama Jin reviewed the details of the day, and they restored the form of the scene at that time, this is the place you found from the perspective of the queen, right?" As Bai Ran spoke, he stepped forward slowly, turned his head to look at Yu Zhuo, and made up for what he hadn't said yet.

Yu Zhuo smiled humbly, and said lightly: "What the national teacher said is good, I compared it for a long time yesterday and found a few suspicious points, and after checking them one by one, fortunately, there is a providence in the dark, so that Yu Zhuo found the clues of the murder of the queen mother here." ”

As soon as the words fell, Yu Zhuo took out a handkerchief from his arms, covered it in his palm, leaned down and squatted down, brushed off the flower stem at the corner, grabbed a handful of the soil at the root with the handkerchief, and when he withdrew his hand, he gently shook off the scattered soil, stood up, slowly opened his palm to everyone, and said, "Father, national teacher-please see." ”

Looking at the soil in Yu Zhuo's palm, the Jade Emperor's expression was full of surprise, and then he looked at Bai Ran on Yu Zhuo's side, and saw that his eyes were slightly narrowed at this time, as if he was contemplating and thinking, so he didn't disturb him, and turned to Yu Zhuo and said, "This soil is actually black, but it's poisonous?" ”

Yu Zhuo didn't answer for a while, but heard Bai Ran say, "Please ask Your Majesty to send someone to invite the valley lord to come." ”

The Jade Emperor looked at Yu Zhuo, and seeing that he also agreed, he didn't say anything more, so he sent someone to the valley master's unique medicine house in the forbidden to ask for someone.

After a stick of incense, it was not the medicine valley master who came with the palace people, but his personal disciple Le Ran, and when he walked in front of everyone, Le Ran Shi Li said: "The grass people medicine and music dye, I have seen His Majesty the Jade Emperor, His Royal Highness the Prince, and the national teacher, and the master of the grass people is refining the antidote for the queen mother, in order to ensure the efficacy of the medicine, he can not leave the medicine house, and the grass people are sent to come, but according to His Majesty's orders." ”

"It's okay, there should be no need to trouble the valley master in this matter, just let him refine the medicine with peace of mind, and the valley master's senior disciples here Zhuo'er and the national teacher can say it quickly." When the Jade Emperor heard that the medicine store was refining the antidote, he was even more relieved at this time.

Yu Zhuo nodded, and handed the soil in his hand to Le Ran, "Please help Miss Le Ran to see what is wrong with this soil." ”

Le Ran was obviously accustomed to her disguise being recognized, because she was only for convenience, and she never wanted to deliberately hide it, so she nodded, stepped forward generously, and took Yu Zhuo's hand and carefully looked at the blackened soil.

Suddenly, she frowned slightly, raised her hand and stretched out her hand to the soil in Yu Zhuo's palm, "Slow-" Yu Zhuo was startled by her movements, clenched her palm suddenly, raised her elbow, and then looked at Le Ran with a worried face and said, "It's poisonous, it's better not to touch it with your bare hands, girl." ”

Le Ran was startled by his scolding at first, and then when he heard him say this, he raised his head and smiled at him: "Your Highness is too worried, how can the people of the Medicine Valley be afraid of poison, not to mention the personal disciples of the valley master, if the verification is delayed because of the fear of poison, I am afraid that the master will expel the grass people from the master." ”

Yu Zhuo looked at the girl with a bright and moving smile, clear and warm eyes, and a confident girl in her words, and at that moment it seemed that a certain nerve in her body trembled slightly, which made him feel a little strange.

It was also many years later that he understood why that feeling had made him unforgettable for a long time, and he was willing to give everything he had to protect it, just because the smile, eyes and confidence of that moment showed the truth from the heart everywhere, and the spotless reality was like the moonlight shining into the unknown gray area of his heart in an instant.