The emperor originally had this intention, but now Wang Meiren took the initiative to mention it, and after a little consideration, he followed Wang Meiren's words and opened his mouth, "The eldest lady of the Tao family has excellent medical skills, so let's stay and discuss a solution with the imperial doctor." ”

The news of the appearance of Gu poison in the palace quickly spread throughout the harem, and an hour later, the people of Kyoto City would also know about it. When they heard that Tao Yaoyao was left in the palace to discuss with the imperial doctor how to get rid of the Gu poison, they began to praise her medical skills one by one.

Tao Shi'an went back to his house and heard the discussion of people on the street, with mixed tastes.

At this time, the cold palace was full of imperial doctors, and they gathered around Tao Yaoyao one by one to ask her how to solve the Gu, Tao Yaoyao didn't think of a way, so he asked the imperial doctor to find some books about Miao Jiang to see if there was a solution here.

The Tai Hospital was giving Xie Lan good medicine, and went to check the queen's pulse, making sure that she was okay for the time being, and came here, "Okay, you guys one by one, go and find a book to read, what are you doing here?" ”

"Yuanzheng, these books are almost rotten, but we don't have a clue at all." Imperial Physician Wang sighed, "According to Niangniang's pulse, this Gu poison on Niangniang's body has been almost five years......"

"Shut up." Yuan Zheng interrupted him, "You don't want to live, don't pull us." ”

Of course, the imperial physician wanted to live, so he told the truth to the hospital, the emperor didn't know what it meant, they knew it clearly. This kind of Gu poison, if it is manipulated and domesticated by someone, it is no problem to live in the host's body for ten or twenty years.

This can be seen from the physical condition of the queen mother, but ...... To raise this kind of Gu poison, it is necessary for the person who raises Gu to be by the host's side all the time, because the person who raises Gu has the breath that Gu poison likes.

In other words, the person who poisoned the queen has been in the palace for several years.

Imagine that such a dangerous person has been in the harem for five years, can they catch it all at once?

The emperor also issued a death order, if they can't catch the people who are poisonous, they are not allowed to leave the palace, this is ......

"Okay, instead of thinking about what you don't get, it's better to think about how to solve this Gu poison." In addition to looking for the person who raised the Gu according to the smell, another way is to detoxify the Gu poison on the queen's mother.

Once the Gu leaves the body of the Queen Mother, the person who raises the Gu will definitely be counterattacked, and at that time, even if they can't find this person, he can still appear in his original form.

It's just that at the moment, neither of these approaches is easy to do.

At dusk, Xiao Shuo and Zhang Jing were both summoned into the palace by His Majesty, they were responsible for finding the person who raised the Gu, and the people from the Tai Hospital and Tao Yaoyao were responsible for the antidote to the Gu poison.

For a while, everyone in the harem was in danger, and even the palace where His Majesty doesn't go much on weekdays is much more lively today than before.

Yu and Xu Cairen in the palace entered the palace together, but she was pampered once when she first entered the palace, and His Majesty never summoned her again, and more than ten years have passed.

However, she has a kind temperament, and for such days, not only does she not have any discomfort, but she lives freely, going out for a walk every morning, resting in the house in the afternoon, and in the evening she likes to come to the Royal Garden for night fishing.

Tonight, as usual, when the time came, she brought her fishing stuff, but as soon as she sat down, a number of royal guards came by.

Then almost every other tea, these people will pass by this side, fishing needs to be quiet, like them back and forth, when will she catch a fish?

After a few times, Xu Cairen frowned and called out to the right envoy of the Imperial Forest Army, "Are you going to patrol like this all the time tonight?" ”

"Back to Xu Cairen, not only tonight, but before we catch the Gu cultivator, we have to patrol like this." The right envoy and Xu Cairen are quite familiar, so it reminds her that she doesn't have to go out for night fishing in the near future.

Who knew that Xu Cairen was directly unhappy, "Tell me about the characteristics of the people you are looking for?" ”

The right envoy was stunned for a moment, and then said, "There is a smell of rotting corpses on this person, but Miss Tao said that it is possible that that person also used other spices to cover up the smell on his body."

Miss Tao also said that this smell is not easy to cover, and if you want to cover it thoroughly, you need to aggravate the spice trick. ”

"In other words, this person will have a strong fragrance?"

"That's right."

Xu Cairen really thought of a person, "Mama Liu beside Concubine Li, the smell on her body should be the most delicious in the palace." Have you been looking for her? ”

The right envoy nodded, "I've been there, but Mama Liu is not in the dormitory for the time being." ”

Xu Cairen thought of a place, "Beehouse." I've seen Mama Liu go over there several times before. ”

The beehouse is similar to the cold palace, and very few people go there on weekdays, one because it is located in a remote place, and the other is because it is unlucky, and it is said that people who have been there have not ended up well. Therefore, no one in the palace who knows about this place will go there.

But Mama Liu is different from others, not only is she not afraid, but she often goes.

Xu Cairen also saw it because he often fished at night. But she had never liked to meddle in things, and if it hadn't been for the Guards bothering her to fish at night tonight, she wouldn't have said that.

After the right envoy got the news, he took people to the beekeeping house, and after the surroundings were finally quiet, Xu Cairen sat down and started night fishing.

The right envoy has been patrolling the palace, the masters of each palace have got the news, and everyone has been paying attention to his movements, when everyone heard that the right envoy went to the bee house, the first reaction was surprise, but Mama Liu panicked.

"Mother, the slave suddenly felt a little uncomfortable."

Mama Liu is the old man next to her, Concubine Li trusts her extremely much, and she is also extremely conniving on weekdays, like others who are not feeling well, she will definitely reprimand, but Mama Liu is not feeling well, she will immediately let him go to the imperial doctor.

After Mama Liu came out of the palace smoothly, she went straight to the beekeeping house, but she was still one step too late.

At this time, the right envoy had already rushed to the beekeeping courtyard with the Imperial Forest Army, and as soon as he entered the courtyard, the right envoy noticed that something was wrong, and saw that there were two tables in the courtyard, and there were four candlesticks on the table, and the candlesticks were lit, and there was an incense burner on the table, and incense was also lit inside.

When the right envoy approached, he found that there was an extremely ugly insect in the innermost part of the table, and at this time, the insect was coiled on a bloody finger, eating happily.

Where have the Imperial Guards seen such a situation, they either ran to the side to vomit, or they were unwell, and the right envoy was slightly better than them, but their faces were still solemn.

There are rules in the palace that you can't sacrifice casually, and that person is actually blatantly worshipping Gu worms in the beehouse.

"Come on, fence this place. Find one of you to inform the hospital officer. ”

"Yes."

At dinnertime, the queen mother woke up, Xie Lan accompanied her to eat something, and then she went to sleep. Xie Lan didn't leave, but sat on the side and said something to the courtyard, but their voices were so small that Tao Yaoyao didn't hear a word.

She quickly finished reading the few books in her hand, and was about to go to check the queen's pulse again, when the Royal Forest Army ran in and said, "The right envoy has found a place to raise Gu worms. ”

Tai Hospital was glancing at Xie Lan, and then got up and prepared to go over in person, Tao Yaoyao hurriedly followed.

"Master Mo, can I go with you?"

The courtyard had a good impression of Tao Yaoyao, and maybe he would need her help in this matter, so he immediately nodded, "Trouble Miss Tao." ”

Xie Lan also followed them to the beekeeping home, and when he met Zhang Jing on the way, he also followed, and when the group came over, Mama Liu hid in the dark and watched, and after they entered, they quickly ran to the door to check the situation inside.

"Look, my lords." The right envoy brought everyone to the table, Tao Yaoyao saw such a bloody scene for the first time, and swallowed his saliva in fright, "This method of worshipping Gu worms has been mentioned in the ancient books of Miao Jiang. It is said that the Gu worms that are fed in this way will be extremely fond of her fingers after being sent to the host's body in the future. ”

When several people heard this, they frowned at the same time, "Do you mean that how to feed it, Gu worms like that part of the human body?" ”

"Not bad."

What about the Queen? How were the Gu worms in her body fed?

"The Gu worms in the queen mother's body are obviously different from these Gu worms, her Gu worm is to disturb people's thoughts, and finally torture that person ......"

After Tao Yaoyao saw Xie Lan, he immediately changed the topic, "Actually, these Gu worms are not terrible, I'll put them away." ”

Tao Yaoyao found two empty porcelain bottles and put the Gu worms in them. The Guards hurriedly disposed of the fingers on the table.

Seeing this, Zhang Jing immediately called the guards and said, "Immediately send someone to search the palace for anyone with a broken finger." As soon as you find out the news, you will immediately send someone to report it. ”

"Yes."

Tao Yaoyao felt that the person with the broken finger might be dead, but ...... There is no investigation and no right to speak, speculation cannot be used as evidence, so she should not talk much.

"How did you come here?"

This place is even more remote and deserted than where the queen lives, and the Guards should not notice such a place.

The right envoy explained, "Xu Cairen accidentally saw someone coming here, and she suggested that the lower officials come over and have a look." ”

Xu Cairen? Tao Yaoyao didn't know her, but today's events would be thanks to her, otherwise, I don't know how many people will be victimized.

"The Gu worms that are offered in this way will be fed once a day, if you don't find this place now, I'm afraid that someone will suffer tomorrow."

How could there be such cruelty in the world. And this kind of thing has been going on in the harem for five years, and no one has found out yet.

"Someone died in the harem, won't anyone find out?"

Tao Yaoyao asked curiously.

The right envoy of the Royal Forest Army frowned, "It is true that there are occasional missing people in the harem, but the body has not been found so far. ”

In five years, no matter what method that person used to raise Gu worms, he must have killed a lot of people, what about those corpses? Disappeared into thin air?

In the past, the right envoy didn't know about it, but he only thought that there were just a few people, maybe someone had hidden it, and now after guessing something, the right envoy's face was particularly ugly.

"Xia Guan has been on duty in the palace for so long, and he has never seen a palace man with a mutilated finger, let alone such a corpse. Miss Tao, is there any way to make the corpse disappear without a trace? ”

Tai Hospital Yuan and Tao Yaoyao thought of something at the same time.

"Corpse powder."

"But didn't this thing go extinct many years ago?" Yuan Zheng frowned, everything that happened today made him creepy, and it seemed that he still had to go to His Majesty.

"I'm going to bother you here. The old man is going to the imperial study. ”

Not long after the courtyard left, Zhang actually took people to search the palace. The right envoy took someone to deal with the things in the yard, and Xie Lan came to her with a frown, "Give me the things." ”

"What?" Tao Yaoyao didn't react at first, but after understanding what he meant, he shook his head directly, "No, you don't know what to do with this thing, what if you are injured by it?" ”

"The king will let the others watch." Xie Lan insisted.

Tao Yaoyao thought of something, and suddenly stepped forward with a smile, "Are you worried about me?" ”

Xie Lan didn't speak. Tao Yao was very inched, "What are you afraid of, now the entire palace is heavily guarded, as long as that person doesn't want to die, he won't do it at this time." ”

"But you took his Gu worm." Xie Lan reminded her, "You have read the ancient books of Miaojiang, you should know how important this thing is to them, if that person knows that the thing is here, I am afraid that he will take it back even if he risks his life." ”

This Tao Yaoyao naturally knows, but ......

"Who?" Xie Lan grabbed her, and then took her to hide behind the big tree next to her, at this time, the Royal Forest Army led people to rush out, and soon brought a palace person in from outside.

"Who are you? Why is it sneaky out there? ”

The right envoy stepped forward to ask, and after seeing the person clearly, he was vigilant, "Mama Liu?" ”

After Tao Yaoyao and Xie Lan heard that something was wrong, they stood still and did not move.

"Master Xiao Pei, the old slave heard that you came here, thinking that the cat that the old slave raised here would be scared by you, so I came to take a look." Mama Liu explained, "Little Pei, what are you doing? ”

The right envoy stared at Mama Liu for a while, and after making sure that she was not lying, he told her directly, "There are no night cats here, if you don't have anything else to do, go back first." ”

Mama Liu turned around three times in one step, and when she was about to walk to the door, Tao Yaoyao stood up and stopped her.

"Mama Liu, are you, are you really here to see the cat?"

Mama Liu nodded, "I'm old, I have no children and no daughters, and I like to raise cats on weekdays, but my mother doesn't like it, so the old slave kept cats here."

Someone in the palace knows about this, if you don't believe it......"

"Cats are quite sensitive to smells. The fragrance of Mama Liu's body, I'm afraid that the night cat will have to hide when she sees it. ”

The right envoy felt that something was wrong before, but he couldn't tell what was wrong, and now when he heard Tao Yaoyao's words, he instantly remembered what Xu Cairen had just said.

So he hurriedly walked over, "Since you have a cat here, why do you always sneak around in the middle of the night." ”