On the twenty-seventh day of the first month of the seventy-first year of the Great Qiankang Dynasty, at the time of Chen, Tsing Yi Wei was imprisoned.

Xiao Jiannan, the leader of Xiao Zuo, who was guarding the cell of the first number, had to agree to send a bowl of white porridge to Sun Xun under the coercion and temptation of the king of Chu. The subordinates of the King of Chu didn't say much, but handed over a bowl of white rice porridge that had already been prepared to Xiao Jiannan. Xiao Jiannan rushed to the edict early in the morning, thinking that Yang Wenyuan would definitely not come over for interrogation at this hour, where would he have thought that it happened to meet Qiu Mingli who came early and pulled Yang Wenyuan to interrogate Sun Xun.

Xiao Jiannan was cautious, and after entering the door of the cell A, when he saw Yang Wenyuan here, he couldn't help but feel a little panicked. At that time, Yang Wenyuan was wandering left and right outside Sun Xun's cell, thinking about what excuse to let Qiu Shangshu come out earlier. After all, no matter how high the official rank is, Qiu Mingli bypasses him, the chief judge, and privately interrogates the important prisoners of the Qin order, if Shen Huan knows about this matter, he Yang Wenyuan will not be able to eat and walk around.

As soon as Yang Wenyuan saw Xiao Jiannan coming in with a food plate, he had an idea in his heart, and he wanted to take the opportunity to deliver food to the prisoner and go in with Xiao Jiannan. As long as he, the presiding judge, was in the cell, Qiu Mingli would be a "jury" at most, no matter how much he asked. At this time, he was already desperately blamed by Lord Shangshu, and he didn't dare to break the rules in Tsing Yiwei.

Xiao Jiannan had difficulty riding a tiger at this time, so he had to follow Yang Wenyuan into the cell. But his expression and demeanor were too flustered, which immediately aroused Yang Wenyuan's suspicion. Yang Wenyuan stepped forward and saw that this bowl of white porridge was strange. It turned out that the bowl of white porridge was made by the chefs in the palace ordered by the king of Chu in the early morning, and the dishes used were all high-grade fine white rice from Jiangnan Gong. What kind of skill the chef of the Chu Wangfu was, boiling a bowl of white rice porridge to a uniform thickness and just the right heat, and the whole bowl of rice porridge looked crystal clear and moist, like a white jade pearl. The prisoner in this Tsing Yi Guard, since the opening of the Ya for 300 years, no one has been able to eat such high-quality white porridge. So, when Yang Wenyuan saw it, how could he not know the hidden meaning in his heart?

At the beginning, Xiao Jiannan only helped the King of Chu send a bowl of white porridge to "comfort" Sun Xun. It wasn't until Yang Wenyuan ordered him to take a sip first that he vaguely guessed that there must be poison hidden in the white porridge. However, it was too late to regret it at this time, he looked at Sun Xun's miserable appearance, and said in his heart If I am forced to accept the crime of Lord Sun, it is better to die quickly. After he took a sip of porridge, he reached out and wanted to take a second spoonful, but he didn't expect Kangmen's "Sleeping Flower Pill" to be extremely fast, and if he took a sip of porridge, he wouldn't give you a chance to drink a second sip at all. Xiao Jiannan just took a mouthful of white porridge, his right arm was weak, the spoon fell to the ground, and he died when he fell to the ground. He looked peaceful when he died, but Sun Xun was envious and hated......

Qiu Mingli saw that someone dared to poison Tsing Yiwei's edict, and knew that he must have been instructed by the king of Chu. He immediately looked displeased and said in a deep voice:

"Yang Baihu, since you know that this white porridge is poisonous, why do you still want him to take it?!

Yang Wenyuan sneered and said: "Lord Shangshu is training that the officials in this matter are really doing Meng Lang......" He secretly laughed in his heart, who doesn't know that the real master behind this scene is that Chu King Li Zhi? It's just that if this matter is not said from Sun Xun's mouth, what is the use? Moreover, the person who is close to Xiao Jiannan is at most just a small official under the King of Chu, even if he catches Xiao Jiannan and tortures him, what useful confession can he produce? However, despite this, Yang Wenyuan did not dare to confront Qiu Shangshu in front of him under any circumstances.

At this time, Qiu Mingli saw that Sun Xun had been silent, and knew that it would be useless to consume it like this, so it was better to rush back to the Xu Mansion as soon as possible and think of other ways. He sighed, turned and exited the cell.

Yang Wenyuan ordered his subordinates to move Xiao Jiannan's body to the morgue first. When several of the guards entered the cell, they saw their leader lying on the ground, already exhausted, but his expression was as safe as ever. They couldn't help but be surprised in their hearts, seeing that the adults of the hundred households didn't say anything, they didn't dare to ask more, and they all thought that Xiao Zuo was overworked and died in the line of duty......

Seeing that Qiu Mingli was on crutches and it was quite inconvenient to walk, Yang Wenyuan supported him tightly all the way until he reached the gate of Tsing Yiwei, and he couldn't bear to let go. Along the way, Yang Wenyuan also asked about Xu Ke, and only said: "Xu Baihu has not been on duty at the guard station for two days, is it an urgent matter in the house?" Qiu Mingli was reluctant to explain Xu Ke's injury to him in detail, so he replied lightly: "Xu Baihu is slightly ill and is recuperating at home"......

Qiu Mingli rushed back to Xufu in a hurry again. At this time, the sun is already high, and it is getting closer and closer when Xu Ke is poisoned. Qiu Mingli hurriedly walked into the center of Hazelly, and when he saw Hu Yiyi's eager eyes, he had to sigh and say:

"I'm ashamed! Miss Hu, the old man asked that Sun Xun for a long time, but he still found nothing!"

Hu Yiyi also asked anxiously: "Sun Xun also has no antidote in his hands?"

Qiu Mingli said: "Sun Xun's poison was given by someone else, and that person only gave him poison, but never gave him an antidote. ”

Shu hated the heavens and said angrily: "How can this be reasonable, how can someone only give poison and not an antidote? What if the person who makes the poison is accidentally poisoned?"

Qiu Mingli said: "Old brother, looking at the way Sun Xun spoke, it doesn't look like a fake, maybe he ...... There really is no antidote. ”

Shu hated heaven and said: "Which one gave him the poison? Let's go to him!"

Qiu Mingli shook his head and said, "He won't say ......"

If you tell the person who gave him the poison, and then let you follow the vine and touch the melon, won't you just tell the master behind it? How can he, Sun Xun, not understand the truth of this? In the past few days, Sun Xun has already survived the countless tortures that Yang Wenyuan inflicted on him, in order to keep the last secret in his heart, how can he make an exception for your Qiu Ming ceremony?

Seeing that the inquiry of the Qiuming Rite Prison was fruitless, everyone was speechless. Qiu Mingli saw that Xu Ke was not in the room, so he asked, "What about no disease?"

"Still sleeping...... Ahem, it's also a shame for him, it's all this time, and he can still sleep!" Shu Hatian sighed.

"The old man is going to see him......" said Qiu Mingli, and after saying that he turned and left......

"Mr. Qiu!" Hu Yiyi stopped Qiu Mingli, and she said sadly: "Just let Xiao Wu be sick and sleep for a while...... He was poisoned in the time seven days ago, and now there are less than five hours left. When the time comes, the poison will pass from the liver to the brain, and he will not only suffer misery, but also ...... And they will die of confusion and madness......"

Qiu Mingli couldn't help but sigh and said, "Ahem...... How so! No disease...... He is only twenty-one years old without illness! The old man will try to find a way again!" he then walked out of the courtyard gate with a cane, although he was still limping and limping.

Qiu Mingli stepped out of the door of Xu's mansion, looking at the way, but he couldn't help but be at a loss......

Even Hu Yiyi, the world's miracle doctor, is helpless, what can he do if he is a worldly old Confucian?

"Let's go find King Wei again, maybe he still has a way to ......" Qiu Mingli muttered to himself, at this time, he really couldn't think of any other way except to find King Wei.

Although, he knew that even if it was Li Jin, the king of Wei, what could Li Zhen do in the face of this kind of strange poison in the world?

Xu Mansion Zhenling was inside, and Shu Haotian asked with a sad face: "Old sister, are we just watching the disease-free old brother die of poison?"

Hu Yiyi sighed and said: "The poison in Xiao Wu's body has been dispersed into the ointment, and now, except for him Shuzhong Kangmen, there are probably only two people in the whole world who can save him......"

Shu hated Tian hurriedly said: "Who?"

Hu Yiyi said: "One is your third sister, Bingbing." ”

Shu hattian said disapprerovingly: "My third sister is not as good as your old sister, who doesn't know that she has a perverse temperament and vicious methods?!" Even if she is here at this time, she may not be able to listen to us...... What about the other one?"

Hu Yiyi said: "The other one is the rumored 'Shushan Medical Immortal' Shui Ruofeng, if the predecessor of the water is here, her old man's medical skills are superb, and she is expected to be able to get rid of the disease with her hands on this little poison!"

Shu hattian sighed: "Cough! Old sister, aren't you talking about it in vain! The four immortals of Shushan, people in the world only hear their names, where can they find the 'Shushan Medical Immortals' at this moment?"

Hu Yiyi lamented: "Then you can only resign yourself to fate!"

......

Qiu Mingli rushed to the palace of King Wei by car, but the chief manager Ma Huacheng told him that the king of Wei was not in the palace at this time, and had already entered the palace to face the saint.

At this time, Li Zhen really bowed down and stood solemnly in the Zichen Palace. At first, although Gao Liangshi still stopped him from the palace, he couldn't help but beg for a long time, so Gao Liangshi had to go inside again to tell Emperor Li Chongsheng.

Li Chongsheng knows his son's temperament, if he is stubborn, he will also have a cow in his heart. Moreover, he also felt that the time was almost time to meet his sons. So, the emperor asked Gao Liangshi to call Li Zhen into the palace.

"Jin'er, how is your recovery from illness? If you don't take care of yourself in the mansion, what are you going to do in this Daming Palace?" Li Chongsheng walked up to the imperial couch, and as soon as he sat down, he asked with concern.

"Qi Qi Father, the son is not sick, the son is very healthy, thank you for your concern! The son heard that the father and the emperor are not in good health, and they have been worried in their hearts, and they will definitely come to see their father today...... Erchen was in a hurry for a while, and he collided with Gonggong Gao, hoping that his father would forgive him!" Li Zhen bowed and saluted.

Li Chongsheng smiled and said: "You are not guilty! The son remembers his father and wants to come to see his father's condition, this is ...... As for my sickness...... Look, look at you, I ...... Like a sick person?" After saying that, Li Chongsheng stood up again and walked a few steps around the imperial couch.

Li Zhen looked at the emperor's high-spirited steps, as well as the momentum that exuded from his body. At this moment, Li Chongsheng's smiling eyes were full of light, burning like electricity...... Li Zhen immediately said happily: "My father has recovered from his illness! Great! My sons congratulate my father on his healthy health and good fortune for ten thousand years!"

"Hahaha! I'm not sick in the first place, it's just a mess outside the palace...... It's you, look at you, your hair is so white, and your complexion is not good, you look like a man who is only forty-three years old?...... Sit down, Gao Liangshi, get a leather stool for Jin'er......" Li Chongsheng said with a smile and instructed Gao Liangshi to bring a leather-faced pestle and let Li Jin'er sit down.

"My father is so worried about his sons, and his sons and daughters...... Erchen is really ashamed in his heart! Father rest assured! Erchen ...... Ahem, cough, cough, Erchen's body is very strong! It's just ...... It's just that a few days ago, I accidentally fell into the water in Taihu Lake in Suzhou Mansion and suffered a little cold......" Li Zhen replied, and couldn't help coughing as he spoke. He drowned in Taihu Lake and suffered from the cold, because he was in a hurry to return to Beijing, and the carriage was bumpy on the road, so he never had a good life and recuperation, so he fell into the disease of cold. Now, when he was a little out of breath, he couldn't help coughing and wheezing......

Li Chongsheng said: "I also heard a little about you capsizing and falling into the water in Taihu Lake, what is going on?"

On the eighth day of the first month of the first month, Li Zhen took a boat tour on Taihu Lake with Xue Tao and Xu Ke, and was overturned by a giant turtle.

"There is actually a giant turtle popping up in Taihu Lake for no reason! In this peaceful year, how can there be demons and evil spirits? In a few days, I will ask Yuan Qing of Si Tianjian to take a good look at it! How can I allow such monsters to be troubled in the world!" Li Chongsheng couldn't help but be slightly surprised when he heard Li Jin's reply. He paced slowly, thought to himself for a while, and then returned to his seat in front of the couch, and then said:

"You have worked hard to raise food for this trip south...... The people below have all reported the situation to me, you have raised more than 800,000 taels of silver in Yangzhou Mansion this time, more than 400,000 taels in Suzhou Mansion, plus Wu Wenlong in Hangzhou Prefecture, you have raised a total of nearly 2 million taels of silver this time, which is very good! I am very relieved...... With these two million taels, the current drought can finally be dealt with...... Jin'er, you have done a great job for me!"

Li Jinwen heard that the emperor actually praised him like this, which is extremely rare in ordinary times. He stood up suddenly, hurriedly bowed down to the emperor and saluted: "Father, the emperor! The sons of the emperor have been ordered to travel south this time, and they have relied on the great grace of their father, and the ministers have worked hard to raise money smoothly, and fortunately they have not failed in their mission! How can the sons and daughters dare to be so praised by their fathers for this little effort! My father has worked hard for me all over the world, dreaming of sleeping at night, eating and closing, and working hard for 70 years, so that there is this unprecedented Kangyuan prosperous era. Compared with the work of the father and the emperor, the work of the sons and daughters is just the light of the fireflies......"

Li Chongsheng waved his hand for Li Zhen to sit down, and said with a smile: "Sit down......, sit down! I and you are both a monarch and a minister, but also a father and son, today, we will not talk about the affairs of the monarch and the minister, but only the relationship between father and son! I haven't seen you for two months on your trip to the south...... It's noon now, Gao Liangshi, tell the Shang Shan Bureau to prepare a luncheon, and I want to have a few drinks with the fourth child......"

"Father, the emperor, there is one more thing to ...... when the son enters the palace this time," Li Zhen said again.

"Oh...... What else?" asked Li Chongsheng.

Li Zhen said: "Father, when the son returned to Beijing this time, he was attacked by a group of black-clothed people at the mouth of the West Gorge, and now, the leader of the black-clothed people, Sun Xun, has been captured......"

"What's going on...... I have ordered Shen Huan to strictly interrogate Sun Xun, and we must find out who is behind the scenes! Don't worry, Jin'er, I will definitely give you an explanation!" Li Chongsheng saw Li Jin's mention of Sun Xun's assassination, thinking that he was worried about it, and immediately said with relief.

"Father, what the son means is that since Sun Xun has confessed that he is the mastermind, this assassination case can be closed. As for the perpetrators, only the mastermind Sun Xun can be investigated, and the rest will not be asked...... Li Zhen bowed down again and said earnestly.

As soon as Li Jin's words came out, Li Chongsheng was stunned when he heard this, and then he suddenly realized, and immediately smiled and said: "Jin'er, yes, I didn't misunderstand you! You have this heart, and I am really comforted! However, I have the law, and the prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people! Assassinating the Qincha is a great crime of rebellion! Even if you can tolerate it, I can tolerate it, but the law cannot tolerate it...... I have left this matter to Tsing Yi Wei to adjudicate, so you don't care......"

Li Zhen wanted to plead again, but was stopped by the emperor waving his hand, and seeing Li Chongsheng's face showing a clear face, Li Jin didn't dare to mention it again. The father and son changed the topic and chatted a few words, and before long, Gao Liangshi led the chamberlain of the Shangshan Bureau to present a morning banquet. At that moment, the emperor and the king of Wei were in this Zichen Palace, drinking and drinking low, and chatting casually......

During the banquet, Li Chongsheng saw that Li Jin's behavior was rigid, silent, and not good at drinking, and the emperor knew that his son had always been deep and introverted, and he was quite incompatible with himself, and he suddenly felt bored in his heart. As soon as he changed his words, he suddenly mentioned the body of Qin Cha's bodyguard this time, Xu Ke, a hundred households in Tsing Yi.

"This time, you were in distress at the mouth of the West Gorge, and it was thanks to the guards around you who rushed to the rescue that they bought you time. I heard Cheng Wanli say that Xue Tao's injury was not serious, but unfortunately, Xu Ke was poisonous. Speaking of which, Xu Qing's word 'Ke' was given to him by me. I originally hoped that in the future, there would be more young talents like Xu Ke in my court, cough, it's a pity......" The emperor took a sip of unknown wine and sighed leisurely.

"Father, don't worry! The poison in Xu Baihu's body has been resolved, and now he is healthy and healthy, and there is nothing to do!" Li Zhen replied.

"Oh, I heard that Xu Ke is the world's strange poison 'Seven Days Soul Devouring Scattering'...... How did Xu Qing detoxify it? Have you found someone from Shuzhong Kangmen?" Li Chongsheng said curiously.

"Erchen listened to Mr. Qiu and said that the one who detoxified Xu Baihu was Li Daochang in the Xuandu Temple outside Chang'an City. Li Zhen said.

Li Chunfeng ?...... He was able to cure this strange poison! It seems that there are many strange people among the people, and they should not be underestimated!" Li Chongsheng twisted his long beard and sighed. In the emperor's heart, he is conceited and has already stood alone in the world, but he still has nothing to do about the strange poison of the world of "Seven Days of Soul Devouring". At this time, when he heard in vain that a Xuandu Guan Master could do what he Li Chongsheng could not do, he couldn't help but feel an inexplicable loss in his heart.

The emperor couldn't help but secretly planned: "It seems that I won't let Yuan Tiangang go to this Taihu Lake monster." A few days later, I issued an order, and asked him Li Chunfeng to go and catch the water monster. If the matter is done, I will promote him to the young eunuch Si Tian, and he will be used by me in the future! If the matter is not done well, don't blame me for punishing him severely!"

......

On this side, in the Zichen Palace, the father and son, the monarchs and ministers, drank very happily. On the other side, in the "Honghu Residence" of the Xu Mansion, Xu Ke, who was already "healthy and healthy" in Li Jin's mouth, had just woken up.

At this time, it was already noon, the sun was shining in the sky, the sun was warm everywhere, and there were only four hours left before Xu Ke was poisoned......