Not long after lunch, there was some tranquility in the Dingnan Palace. Yesterday, the princess returned from enjoying the snow at night, and at noon she went back to her room to rest with some sleepiness. The king of Dingnan smelled that the princess was resting in the study, so he asked all his subordinates to move lightly.

The king of Dingnan was looking at some historical records, and as soon as the next person made tea for him and retreated, someone in the front yard came to spread the word, saying that Pu Mu came to visit.

"Hurry up, please—" Dingnan Wang said. After that, King Dingnan tidied up his clothes and hats, sent someone to the reception room to set up refreshments, and then went to the reception room to wait. When he was young, a small servant led Pu Mu to come, Pu Mu stepped forward to pay a salute, and the king of Dingnan signaled to be exempt from the courtesy, and said: "Commander Pu came to the mansion, what do you want to say to this king?

After Pu Mu sat down, he informed King Dingnan of what happened last night. King Dingnan said: "Concubine Rong is the imperial brother's favorite concubine, and now she has a miscarriage, and the imperial brother is so unhappy to think about it." The imperial brother Jean Er and others were a little anxious to investigate thoroughly, but the affairs of the harem, especially the concubines' miscarriages...... Commander Pu didn't know that in fact, many concubines had miscarriages, but the emperor had never attached so much importance to them. Commander Pu came from the palace, so he didn't just want to tell this king, right?"

Pu Mu said: "Weichen came today to inquire about the princess. I heard that yesterday the queen invited all the concubines and princesses to go to the garden on the outskirts of Beijing to enjoy the snow, and last night after Concubine Rong's miscarriage, the queen and the concubines returned to the palace......"

King Dingnan interrupted Pu Mu's words and said, "Hahaha...... Yesterday, the princess did go to the Fuyuan on the outskirts of Beijing with the queen and the concubines to enjoy the snow, but the king came out of the palace yesterday and was invited by General Wang to have a drink together. When the dinner was over, the king returned to the palace, and the princess had just returned. I think Commander Pu had seen Miss Yan yesterday, otherwise how could he know that the princess had gone to the outskirts of Beijing to enjoy the snow?"

"The prince smiled, yesterday Weichen and Miss Yan did have an appointment, but when they returned to the palace, they encountered this incident. After such a busy night, first the emperor sent us to block the Wanhua Palace, and then a few of us consulted the recipe of the imperial dining room. But nothing was found, so I came here to ask the princess about yesterday's snow appreciation. Pu Mu said.

After thinking for a while, King Dingnan said: "When the princess returned yesterday, she told the king that there was something in the palace, and the queen and the concubines urgently needed to return to the palace.

Pu Mu said: "This morning, I thoroughly inspected the imperial dining room, but we found nothing at all. The eunuchs who delivered the food yesterday were all temporarily put into custody for interrogation today. I think that if the doctor diagnoses and treats the miscarriage caused by the diet, I am afraid that it will be found out from the people who delivered the meal yesterday, but what Pu thought about was by no means so simple. The meal for Concubine Rong to raise the fetus has lasted for many days, and all the recipes have been reviewed by the emperor before cooking, and when they are sent to the Wanhua Palace, the personal palace maids will also be tested, why is there a miscarriage until today? I think that whether it is the palace maids, eunuchs, and cooks involved in this matter, there are so many people, and the food is sent to cause a miscarriage...... It won't be so weird. ”

King Dingnan was a little puzzled and asked, "What Commander Pu thinks is caused by the battle in the harem?"

Pu Mu nodded, and King Dingnan said: "Even so, it seems useless to ask the princess...... The princess only enjoyed the snow with the concubines yesterday, what clues can be found?"

"Yesterday, the concubines and concubines enjoyed the snow and chatted, and when they wanted to talk about the sky, they probably would also talk about the things in the palace these days. Weichen wanted to ask the princess what the queen and the concubines talked about yesterday. Pu Mu said.

King Dingnan nodded and said, "I want to come to the palace, there are already commanders in the palace who have started from the eunuchs and palace maids, and Commander Pu has found another way to check from the peak." Commander Pu is really smart, but the princess is still taking a nap at this time, so it is better for Pu Tong to take the lead and go to the small building in the back garden to play chess and drink tea. When the princess woke up, the king sent someone to summon the princess. ”

The warmest time of winter is half an hour after noon, and when the sky is clear, nappers are especially comfortable.

The gate of the palace was opened, and the sun was already setting in the west, and of course it was the winter day. It was already a little dark, and Pu Mu walked out of the door of the palace, thinking about walking down the street—what the princess said was useless to herself. Yesterday, the queen and the concubines did not mention Concubine Rong at all, except for talking about the two concubines in the palace who were pregnant, they did not say who they were.

Pu Mu fell into deep thought, the princess didn't seem to have too detailed memories of yesterday's snow chatting, and such clues were worthless. Could it be that the princess deliberately concealed it? Or there was no clue to yesterday's snow appreciation? But Pu Mu was sure in his heart that there must be something strange about this snow appreciation: the queen mother was suffering from the wind and cold, how could the queen invite a group of concubines to go to enjoy the snow alone? He wanted to ask the queen mother if the royal harem had such a preference for snow appreciation, but what the queen mother said to him that day made him understand that if he asked, the queen mother would know what he was going to do. According to the Empress Dowager's words that day, if the Empress Dowager had been informed, it would have been difficult for them to thoroughly investigate the case. Now he can only hope that the people in the palace can find out the clues.

The lights on the streets are gradually lit, and there are indeed fewer people in the downtown area that is about to turn into the night of winter. After Pu Mu passed through the downtown area, he walked along the main street towards the White Tiger Gate, and the closer he got to the palace, the fewer people on the street. The dim sky was now covered by thick clouds, and it was dark.

Pu Mu heard someone behind him, and his footsteps made him understand that this person behind him knew martial arts, and if he met someone with martial arts in the capital, and on this street leading to the White Tiger Gate, it would not be a good thing. Pu Mu stopped, didn't look back, and the footsteps behind him also stopped, Pu Mu said: "I didn't find you when I was in the city, and now I dare to follow you with my feet exposed?"

"Commander Pu is really smart, but he doesn't want to hide and follow Commander Pu, he just wants to find out when Commander Pu will find out. "That's human.

Pu Mu turned his head, there were only a few scattered houses on the street here, although they were all lit at night, but the lights that reflected the houses were shining on the street, and they couldn't see who the other party was. Pu Mu didn't know whether this person was friend or foe, and said: "Your Excellency has been with me for so long, just to find out my reaction? There are no gangs in the capital at all, how can you be a martial artist, and this road leads to the palace, and there are only a few households on the street." You know my name, and you don't have to guess that your Excellency is a subordinate of the prince of the palace. ”

The man said: "Commander Pu is really clever, but I didn't come here today to embarrass Commander Pu." ”

"Embarrassing me, although your martial arts are not low, you are not my opponent at all. Why are you embarrassed by yourself? I guess you're here to tell me something. Pu Mu said.

The man laughed, "Hahaha...... Commander Pu, I thought you were elegant and humble, but I didn't think you were also a little arrogant. There are thorns in the words—"

"Say courtesy to a gentleman, talk to a villain, I'm afraid you don't have to. Say something quickly—" Pu Mu said.

"My master asked me to tell the commanders of the Ouchi a few words: First, don't waste your efforts, you are very clever in checking the letters from the official post of Dongting Mansion, but you can't find any clues; second, the master will not embarrass you in the future, and you should not check again, otherwise it will not be good for you to wait for the fish to die and the net will be broken; "That's human.

Pu Mu said: "It turned out that your master asked you to demonstrate, go back and tell your master that you will enter Beijing to block it, and I will definitely investigate it thoroughly to the end." If you are an official with him, we will wait to check an official, and no matter how treacherous the fox is, it may not leak its tail, and then we will catch the evidence, and if you want to be the crown prince, you will not be able to do it. I would also like to advise Your Excellency not to act for the tiger and help the abuse. Otherwise, as you said, when 'the fish dies and the net is broken', you will probably be a fish. ”

"Hahaha......" The man laughed, and the laughter lasted for a while before he said: "Commander Pu, Commander Pu, it's a shame that you are so sensible, but you want to marry a Qinglou woman...... The dignified commander wants to marry such a woman? haha...... Take a good look at this—" With that, the man pulled out a small bag from his coat pocket and threw it directly in front of Pu Mu.

"The Shadow Demon is indeed charming, this waist is thin enough, if Commander Pu really marries him in the future, he must be happy and happy-" The man laughed as he spoke.

Pu Mu naturally didn't want to look at the unsightly thing in front of him, and the belly pocket could hear what the person in front of him was Yan Yu's. Pu Mu clenched his fists and scolded: "You are really despicable and shameless, Miss Yan has abandoned the darkness and turned to the light, but you are still here to insult her with such despicable means-I wanted to let you go today, but your obscene words make me unbearable-look and fight-"

After Pu Mu raised his fist, his body was frozen. The mind was full of pictures of Yan Yu's Yu Qinglou, and after a while, there seemed to be Yan Yu's cry in his ears, and the voice became more and more noisy, as if there was still the persuasion of the commanders, the orders of the prince and the queen mother. For a while, he felt that he was controlled by his internal force and could not operate, and it was difficult to even take a step. But the man in front of him couldn't get any closer to him. He only felt that the sound was getting louder and faster, the picture in his mind was gradually dimming, and his consciousness was a little blurred, but he thought of something again, and immediately closed his eyes.

The man suddenly felt a little weird, and Pu Mu didn't seem to hear the voice he had made with his internal strength. At this time, he was frozen, as if a sound was ringing in his ears. The sound of Buddhist scriptures rings in his ears non-stop, and the sound of this Buddhist scriptures is natural to the good, and to the wicked is the sound of King Kong subduing demons.

As soon as the voice stopped, before the man came back to his senses, Pu Mu had already rushed to his eyes and punched him, and his chest was hit by Pu Mu's punch, and he directly withdrew several steps. The man immediately made a light effort to escape, Pu Mu wanted to pursue, but he thought of the poor Kou Mo chasing, so he stopped.

"Shura sound...... This person is none other than the Qiu Pingdao mentioned by Miss Yan, who has been gone for so long, and has come again. Pu Mu said to himself, at this time his heartbeat has not calmed down, if he didn't think of the Vajra Demon Sutra, he would definitely be hurt by this Shura sound - only said that this Shura sound is one of the evil arts in the Western Regions, this sound is exclusively in the ears of people who are disturbed by external affairs, and through internal force to control people's minds, how many people in the world can be completely undisturbed by external things? Therefore, once this Shura sound enters the ears, very few people can get rid of it. If it weren't for Pu Mu's thought that the Vajra Demon Sutra could clear the evil sound into his ears, he would have been unpredictable at this moment.

When Pu Mu silently recited the Vajra Demon Sutra in his heart, he mobilized his internal force to force out the internal force in the body that Shura Yin was injected, so that the evil sound was cleared. Pu Mu grabbed the object on the ground and looked at this object in a daze-he would only be invaded by Shura Yin when he wanted to think about it, if it weren't for Qiu Pingdao's use to provoke him, he wouldn't be like this. Could it be that he already has some feelings for Yan Yu? But looking at this thing, his heart is full of unpleasant feelings-even though he knows that Yan Yu was a fireworks woman before, he can't avoid what should happen. But why is he a little melancholy when he thinks of these events?

If there is no affection for a person, none of these things are related. But he still doesn't know if he has pity for Yan Yu, or if he has feelings for Yan Yu.

He grabbed the belly pocket, took out the fire fold, and set it on fire. Seeing that the belly pocket burned to ashes, he left, and at the end of the street was the White Tiger Gate.

The guards knew who he was, and let him go without asking. He was a little lost, and for some reason, he asked himself again and again why he was like this?

In the Yuelong Pavilion, Chen Renhai and Bai Yang were looking at the recipe records sent by the Tai Hospital-the Tai Hospital and the Elixir Department had checked the ingredients purchased in the imperial dining room in the past few days, and there was nothing abnormal.

"Brother Duan went to the Tai Hospital and the Elixir Division, and summoned the competent Tai Doctor in the Tai Hospital and all the elixir officers of the Elixir Department to discuss the matter together. This...... Dr. Liu of Tai Hospital diagnosed and treated the fetal gas in the diet, which collided with qi and blood, and this was a miscarriage. Why did Brother Duan convene them to discuss the matter?" Bai Yang was puzzled.

Chen Renhai said: "Brother Duan is good at medicine Xingbu, I think I want to argue with the people in the Tai Hospital and the Elixir Department whether it is really for the diet. ”

Bai Yang said: "Brother Chen, I'm thinking that it's probably not about the diet, I think it's because someone has drugged it, so it will be like this." Although there are palace maids who have examined them, there are thousands of miraculous medicines in the world, how can they know? Moreover, the palace maids have already interrogated all of them, and only six of them have tested three meals and four have examined refreshments. I guess I can put the rest of you back, right?"

Chen Renhai put down the record book and said: "What Brother Bai said is reasonable, but the emperor is already angry, let me wait until I can't find out why, I can't release anyone, and now I want to ask the emperor for orders to release others." ”

Bai Yang said: "If so many people are imprisoned, it will only make people panic, how can it be conducive to investigating the case?"

Long Xiangtian went out of the barracks at this time, walked downstairs, saw that the two were talking, and did not speak to the two, but just took the sword, sorted out the official uniform and went out.

When he was young, Wang Yu returned to the Moon Dragon Pavilion, and when he saw that the two were discussing the case, he participated in it, and said, "I have been on duty for such a long time today, and there is something strange in front of this Ten Thousand Flowers Palace. ”

"Strange?" Chen Renhai asked.

Wang Yu said: "Brother Chen doesn't know, today I carefully investigated the surroundings of the Ten Thousand Flowers Palace. The Wanhua Hall is far away from the place where the harem concubines lived, and the wells that draw water from all over the palace are gathered in several places. There is only one well in the Wanhua Palace. ”

"This well is only used for daily laundry and bathing, how can it be said that it is abnormal? All the water for drinking, making tea, and cooking must be transported from the imperial dining room......" Chen Renhai said.

Wang Yu interrupted Chen Renhai's words and continued: "I asked the special chamberlain of the Wanhua Palace, and the eunuch said that the water from this well was not drawn from Xiang'e Lake, and the water from all the wells in the palace was drawn from Xiang'e Lake. The water in the well was drawn from the river outside the palace. Mu Xincheng, no, Zhao Zicheng told me that miscarriage is the qi in the womb of the pregnant woman that collides with the fetus, and the qi and blood in the pregnant woman's womb are not smooth, and the fetus cannot be raised, so it dies. Doctor Liu's diagnosis was obtained from Concubine Rong's pulse, and the qi in her stomach and intestines was different, so it was concluded that Concubine Rong's miscarriage was caused by diet. But since it is a miscarriage, the fetus moves and affects the whole body, and after the miscarriage, it is not a strange thing that there is some pneumatic in the stomach and intestines......"

Chen Renhai said: "Zhao Zi's achievements are really talented, and it is not easy for Brother Wang to remember it so clearly." ”

Wang Yu said: "I have asked Zicheng to go outside the palace to check the water source, Zhao Zicheng said that it is difficult to find out the diet, it is better to find another way to check from outside the palace." ”

Chen Renhai thought for a while and said: "This is not a bad way, in short, there are too many doubts at present, and there are more clues under multiple paths." ”

At this time, Pu Mu also returned to the Moon Dragon Pavilion, and after paying a visit to the three of them, he said, "Do you brothers have some eyebrows?" ”

Chen Renhai informed Pu Mu of what the three of them said, and Pu Mu said: "I also went to the prince's mansion and asked the princess about enjoying the snow yesterday, but the princess didn't see any jealousy in what the princess said, and it seems that she can't find anything suspicious." ”

If it was really the harem concubine's doing, she would not speak out at this moment, otherwise it would only attract suspicion. Poplar said.

Pu Mu said: "What Brother Bai said is reasonable, at that time, I also thought that there were doubts here, so I went to investigate, and it was not unexpected that there was no result." ”

Guo Yu and Duan Gan returned to the Moon Dragon Pavilion at the same time, and after everyone paid a visit to each other, Duan Gan said in a strange manner: "I still want to talk to the emperor about this matter, and ask the emperor to let me and Concubine Rong re-diagnose." Just now, I discussed with my brother in the Elixir Division and the doctor at the Tai Hospital, and if it is necessary to confirm that diet affects the stomach and intestines, I must be diagnosed for another three days. ”

Pu Mu asked, "How to diagnose and treat?"

Duan Gan was about to speak and stopped, Chen Renhai said: "The people here are all brothers in Ouchi, why don't you dare to say it?"

Duan Gan said treacherously: "This matter ...... This matter needs a home remedy to verify...... This recipe is provided by Yan Jing, Imperial Physician Liu and others have checked all the medical books and classics, although they know that there is this method, but they strongly oppose it, so I am a little hesitant - if you want to judge that it is really caused by the diet, you need to remove its clothes, and use acupuncture to acupuncture the acupoints involved in its gastrointestinal meridians, and you also need to seal its running qi veins with silver needles between your legs, and at the same time, you also need to tie silk threads on your hands, find the accurate Taiyi hanging silk to diagnose the pulse, record the beating of its qi pulses every other hour, and also need the palace maids to observe the rhythm of the needle......"

"I don't think about this matter, the emperor's anger has not subsided at this time, if we talk to the emperor about this method, the emperor will not agree, and if there are traitors who slander, I am afraid that there will be trouble. Wang Yu said.

Guo Yu said: "I just interrogated the palace maid involved in the inspection of the food and the eunuch who delivered the food, it seems that there is nothing abnormal——"

After that, Guo Yu put a pile of papers on the bookcase in front of the rotation chart, and said: "This is the details I asked them to write after I isolated them, and they are all eight or nine." There are also confessions of interrogation, and there is no abnormal ......"

"It is said that the palace maids and eunuchs of the Ten Thousand Flowers Hall are all specially sent by the emperor. They are all newly recruited by the officials of internal affairs, and the emperor will only send them to the Wanhua Palace after the trial, and these palace maids and eunuchs are only involved in the affairs of the Wanhua Palace, and the Wanhua Palace is so far away from the harem, they may not be used by the rest of the concubines to assassinate Concubine Rong. Wang Yu said.

"In this case, I'll check the water source first......" Pu Mu thought about it.

The clouds are particularly thick today, as is the snow on the ground. In the courtyard of the Ten Thousand Flowers Palace, Long Xiangtian was standing, and behind him was the Ten Thousand Flowers Palace, and he was going to spend the night here. He was only wearing an official robe, no leather jacket, and on such a cold day, the guards and team leaders around him were eager to wrap themselves in zongzi, but he was so relaxed that the guards on the side were a little surprised.

Just now he entered the palace, and Concubine Rong begged them not to embarrass those palace maids and eunuchs, and to let them all back. After hearing this, Long Xiangtian had no choice but to reply to the emperor's order, and they could only implement it without mistakes. He didn't see Concubine Rong's face, and he heard Concubine Rong's voice a little haggard through the screen in the back room, so he only said that Concubine Rong should recuperate well, and they would definitely investigate the matter thoroughly. Concubine Rong didn't say anything else, only asked him to retreat, and he went out of the palace to the courtyard.

There was no snow tonight, and the surroundings were very quiet, so there was some change in the well in the courtyard, and Long Xiangtian quickly noticed it.