The Dragon Guards were responsible for secretly investigating the list of people who bought and sold the Divine Pill, and the Tingwei Mansion was responsible for arresting these people. Within a few days, most of the dignitaries in the capital were arrested and put in the prison of the Tingwei Mansion.

Tingweifu has always been resolute in doing things, whether you are the grandfather of the country or an ordinary person, you should be caught, you will not let go of any of them, and no one will want to escape. Therefore, in the prison of the Tingwei Mansion in the past two days, many high-ranking and powerful people have been "occupied".

These high-ranking bigwigs scolded and scolded in the prison, and also threatened and intimidated the officials of the Tingwei Mansion in various ways, so that they knew each other and quickly released them, but the officials of the Tingwei Mansion ignored them.

No matter how monstrous your power in the imperial court is, as long as you enter the prison of the Imperial Governor's Mansion, you are a prisoner, your official position is useless here, you must honestly follow the rules of the Imperial Mansion.

If the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were to vote for the most hated department, it would definitely be the Tingwei Mansion.

The people of the Tingwei Mansion do not pay attention to human feelings at all, and they are not afraid of the coercion of the powerful, and they are mainly selfless.

Guo Tingwei of the Tingwei Mansion was a close confidant of the emperor. Before the establishment of the Great Zhou Dynasty, he was a clerk by the emperor's side and was highly used by the emperor. After the establishment of the Great Zhou, the emperor arranged for him to enter the Tingwei Mansion and was responsible for managing the Tingwei Mansion.

Guo Tingwei was good at the law and studied the laws of various dynasties. At the beginning, when the Great Zhou Dynasty was first established, he also made a lot of efforts to set up laws.

If you want to say that in the Great Zhou, who knows the laws of the Great Zhou best, it is none other than Guo Tingwei.

Behind Guo Tingwei is the emperor, so he is not afraid of the powerful at all. Even if he is not a close confidant of the emperor, he can be upright and will never bend the law for personal gain.

At this time, the emperor was joking with Guo Tingwei.

"In the past two days, has your Tingwei Mansion been full of brilliance?"

Guo Tingwei understood what the emperor meant, and said with a smile: "But isn't it, most of the people with status and status in this capital are in the prison of Tingwei's mansion." Guo Tingwei has a cold face on weekdays, and he looks like "don't get close to the living", so you think he is an old-fashioned and mean person, then you are wrong. In fact, he is very humorous in private. However, this side is not visible to everyone. "The minister has been scolded by them for the past few days."

"Have you been scolded less?" Since Lao Guo became a court lieutenant, he has been scolded day and night. "How was your interrogation, did they confess honestly?"

"Your Majesty, you also know that they won't be honest, and you have to scare them before they say it." Guo Tingwei deliberately put on a distressed look, "Your Majesty, their status is noble, and it's not good for the ministers to scare them." ”

The emperor glared at Guo Tingwei, and said angrily: "You don't come, I don't know you yet, you can judge you how you want, I won't interfere." ”

Getting the emperor's words, Guo Tingwei said with a smile on his face: "The minister obeys the order." With that, he rubbed his hands and looked eager to try.

Seeing Guo Tingwei's anxious appearance, the emperor scolded with a smile: "Don't go back to your Tingwei Mansion soon." ”

"The minister retired."

The emperor advised: "They are all fine-skinned and tender-fleshed, you should be leisurely." ”

"The emperor can rest assured, the minister knows it." Guo Tingwei said again, "The minister retired. With that, he disappeared in a puff of smoke.

Looking at Guo Tingwei's back who couldn't wait to leave, Sun Kui said with a strange face: "Your Majesty, the slave and maid looked at Guo Tingwei as if they were very happy, is the slave and maid wrong?" ”

"You read that right, he looked happy." The emperor smiled, "He has long wanted to interrogate these nobles, and now it is just in his hands, do you think he is not happy?" ”

Thinking of Guo Tingwei's murderous reputation outside, Sun Kui swallowed his saliva with fear on his face: "Your Majesty, Guo Tingwei won't interrogate Zhenguo Gong and them, right?" ”

"Who knows."

Sun Kui heard the emperor say this, and silently sympathized with Zhenguo Gong and them in his heart.

At this time, Sun Doudou bent over and walked in, and respectfully said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the queen mother, Rong Guifei, and De Concubine Niangniang ask to see you." ”

When the emperor heard this, a playful smile rose at the corner of his mouth: "What kind of wind is blowing today, and it actually blows them together?" ”

"The queen must have come to intercede."

"Let them in."

After a while, Concubine Rong squeezed in front of Empress Xie and took the lead in entering the imperial study. She didn't even salute, walked to the emperor's side, and said coquettishly: "Cousin, the people in the Tingwei Mansion are so bold that they have arrested my brother in prison, you have to help my brother make the decision." ”

Hearing the sound of Rong Guifei dripping water, Empress Xie and Concubine De both felt disgusted. There was a touch of disdain in the eyes of both of them.

Empress Xie and Concubine De saluted the emperor in a proper manner: "The concubine has seen the emperor. ”

"Get up." The emperor looked at Empress Xie and Concubine De and asked, "You are also here to intercede?" ”

Empress Xie and Concubine De nodded slightly.

"You should know what they were arrested for."

"Cousin, didn't you just buy some divine pills, is it necessary to arrest them all?" Concubine Rong pulled the emperor's sleeve and shook it gently, "Cousin, this is not a big matter of killing people and setting fires, why do you want to arrest them?" I've heard that the prison in the Tingwei Mansion is very scary, and my brother and they can't stand it inside. ”

The emperor glanced at Concubine Rong and the three of them, "Have you eaten the Divine Pill?" ”

Queen Xie's eyes flashed, and her heart jumped, but her face was still calm.

"The concubine didn't."

"I'm so young and beautiful, I don't need to take the Divine Pill to maintain my beauty." After Concubine Rong finished speaking, she also glanced at Queen Xie, who suddenly became young and beautiful, and said in a strange manner, "It's that the queen hasn't seen her for a while, and she has become a lot younger. ”

Empress Xie glared at Concubine Rong and said with a gloomy face: "Concubine Rong, don't spew blood. ”

Concubine De did not join the battle of words between Concubine Rong and Empress Xie, "The concubine did not. ”

"It's better not to have any." The emperor took a deep look at Empress Xie, who was much younger, "The Divine Pill is a forbidden drug, no matter who buys it or eats it, it must be strictly examined." After the trial, the Tingwei Mansion will naturally release Xuanping Hou and them. ”

"Cousin, you also know that Guo Tingwei's interrogation methods are ruthless, if he executes my brother. What to do? Concubine Rong asked again, "Isn't the divine pill a miracle medicine, how did it become a forbidden medicine?" ”

"The so-called elixir is just a poison that harms people, so it's good that you don't eat it."

When Concubine Rong heard this, her face changed greatly: "Poison? ”

Empress Xie's face instantly turned pale, and a flash of fear flashed in her eyes.

The elixir turned out to be a poison?!

Concubine De didn't eat it, but there were people in the Anyang Mansion who ate it. She hurriedly asked, "How can it be poison, I haven't heard that someone has eaten the divine pill to be poisoned?" ”

"Yes, I've heard that a lot of people have eaten it, their bodies have become better, and people have become younger, but I haven't heard that anyone has been poisoned, is there something wrong with my cousin?"

"Chronic poison, your brother just ate it, and they didn't eat much, so there are no signs of poisoning yet." The emperor said, "When they eat for a long time, they will be poisoned, and the gods will not be able to save them." ”

Rong Guifei and the others were so frightened: "Is it so serious?" ”

"Otherwise, why would I ban it?" The emperor gently knocked on Concubine Rong's head, "As soon as your brother heard that it was a divine pill, they were stupid enough to buy a few to eat, whether it was true or fake." The purpose of arresting them this time is to let them remember for a long time, and not to easily believe that there is a miracle medicine in this world. ”

"Cousin, my brother will be okay with them, right?"

"What do you think can happen?"

"Aren't I afraid that the Tingwei Mansion will be tortured?"

"As long as they confess honestly, the Tingwei Mansion will naturally not embarrass them." The emperor patted Concubine Rong on the shoulder, "I still have something to do, so you can step down." ”

Concubine Rong didn't dare to disturb anymore and obediently withdrew.

"Queen, the emperor said that the elixir is poison, you have to be careful." Concubine Rong looked at Empress Xie with a sneering look in her eyes, and mocked unceremoniously, "You have finally become young and beautiful, don't die after a few days." ”

was said to be in the sore spot, Queen Xie's face was very ugly, and she roared angrily: "Concubine Rong, you have such a vicious heart, you actually cursed this palace to death!" ”

"I'm obviously doing this for the good of the queen, how can you think of me so much, queen." Concubine Rong put on a hurt expression, "It's really good to be kind." ”

"You're just jealous that Hongu is sick and becomes young and beautiful."

Concubine Rong seemed to hear a big joke, "I'm jealous that you are young and beautiful?" Queen, do you want to go back and look in the mirror? ”

Concubine De didn't pay attention to Queen Xie and Concubine Rong, and walked away directly.

Concubine Rong didn't bother to deal with the self-righteous Empress Xie anymore. She looked Queen Xie up and down contemptuously, "It's really funny that you have a good face." With that, he turned and left.

If it weren't for the door of the imperial study, Empress Xie would have stepped forward to tear Concubine Rong's face.

Sun Doudou, who was standing on the side, saw Queen Xie's eyes that wanted to eat people, and he was so frightened that he quickly lowered his head and pretended not to hear anything.

In the imperial study, the emperor naturally heard the argument at the door, but he didn't hear what he should have done.

Sun Kui muttered in his heart: Could it be that the queen mother really ate the divine pill?

At this time, the people in a house outside the capital were shocked when they learned that the emperor had ordered a ban on the sale of divine pills and arrested many people.

"How could the emperor know that there was something wrong with the Divine Pill?" The person who spoke was a middle-aged man, "It's impossible for anyone to notice that there is something wrong with the Divine Pill, what the hell is going on?" ”

Another thin-looking middle-aged man said, "I heard that it was the King of Han in the Swamp Mansion who had already ordered the prohibition of the Divine Pill a few days ago, and I guess it should be the King of Han who wrote to the Emperor. ”

When the middle-aged man heard that it was the King of Han, he changed color and said, "Why is it the King of Han again?!" ”

"The whole of Lingnan is arresting people who sell, buy, and make the divine pills." Another young man reported, "In the past few days, most of our people in Lingnan have been arrested. ”

With a bang, the table in the middle-aged man's hand suddenly fell apart. The middle-aged man's face was gloomy, and he gritted his teeth and said, "What a Han king!" ”

The king of Han also ordered a strict inspection of the customs, and did not allow the foreign gods of Annam to flow into Lingnan. When the Gentiles of Annam and Johor learned that the King of Han had ordered the elixir to be turned into a forbidden medicine, they followed suit, resulting in our elixir not being sold now. ”

The middle-aged man's expression became hideous, "Why did King Han know that there was something wrong with the Divine Pill?" ”

"At present, King Han has not found out about the problem of the Divine Pill."

"What, he didn't find out, why did he list the Divine Pill as a forbidden drug?"

"King Han advertised that the Divine Pill was poison, but he didn't find out what the specific poison was."

"He didn't find anything, so he listed the Divine Pill as a banned drug?!" The middle-aged man said in disbelief.

The thin man just now said, "King Han is really terrifying! "Their elixir is only sold in the circle of dignitaries, and there is no sign of poisoning of anyone, and the king of Han sensed that there was a problem with the elixir based on this, and immediately ordered a ban, which ...... It's really sharp!

"This Han King has ruined our big things again and again!" The middle-aged man couldn't wait to break Zhao Yao's body into pieces at this moment.

"Most of our people in Nanyan Mansion have been arrested, but fortunately, those who make medicine have fled into the Phantom Forest, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable."

"What we have done has been detected by the King of Han, and now that the imperial court has ordered a ban on the Divine Pill, I am afraid that our plan will not be able to continue."

"I'm going to kill King Han!" Everything they had carefully planned was destroyed by King Han, making the situation they had laid out in vain in the past few years, and the middle-aged man's eyes were red and his face was distorted and terrifying. "I am bound to kill the King of Han, and I must not let him live in the world again!"

The others did not speak. They also wanted to kill the king of Han, and sent people to assassinate him more than once, but each time they failed.

"No matter what the price is, we must kill King Han, and we can't let him spoil our big things again!" The Han King is their nemesis, sabotaging their plans again and again. This time the matter of Shendan, they did it seamlessly, but they didn't expect to be noticed by King Han that there was a problem.

"The lord should also know about the Divine Pill, and he probably guessed that we did it, but I'm afraid he won't spare us easily."

"What lord, he is not our lord, even if he finds out." The middle-aged man didn't take King Wei in his eyes at all. "Even if the King of Han and the Emperor decree a ban on the Divine Pill, there are still people who will eat it, and we will continue to do it."

"Although our medicine makers have hid in the Illusion Forest, they can't stay in the Illusion Forest for a long time, otherwise they will have to die." The young man continued, "Besides, the King of Han has already sent people to guard the surroundings of the Illusory Forest, and once our people come out of the Illusory Forest, they will be captured by the King of Han's people. ”

"We have a prescription, can't we do it anywhere else except the Illusion Forest?"

"You should know that the most important medicinal herbs in the Divine Pill are in the Illusory Forest, and there are no other places."

"I heard that King Han is planning to set fire to the Illusory Forest."

"What?!"

Although Zhao Yao, who was far away in the swamp mansion, did not plan to set fire to the Phantom Forest, he was ready to blow up the Phantom Forest.

Although he still hasn't figured out the ingredients of the Divine Pill, he guesses that the most important ingredient in the Divine Pill must be in the Illusory Forest, otherwise the Southern Wei people would not have set the location of the medicine in Nanyan Mansion. Besides, many people from the Southern Wei Dynasty hid in the Phantom Forest. In order to force them out, he can only blow up the Phantom Forest, leaving them with nowhere to hide. At the same time, it can also blow up the medicinal herbs that are important ingredients in the Divine Pill.

Chu Huan and the others blew up the Shanyue people's nest before, and successfully arrested many Shanyue people. For fried mountains, they already have experience. Just when the capital was going around to arrest people who sold and bought the Divine Pill, Zhao Yao had already asked Chu Huan and them to blow up the Illusion Forest.

The Southern Wei people hiding in the Phantom Forest did not know what the explosives were, they only knew that the earth was shaking, and they were so frightened that they quickly escaped from the forest, and then were caught by the guards who were waiting for the rabbit.

At first, they didn't say anything about the ingredients of the Divine Pill, but after being locked up in a dark room where they didn't see the light of day, they obediently confessed within a few days.

When Zhao Yao got the confessions of these people, his eyes were full of murder.

Sure enough, he guessed it! These Southern Wei people deserve to die! They should all be cut with a thousand knives and executed by Ling Chi! (End of chapter)