Now that the Gu worm has been solved, Ah Lu is curious about another thing.

Who exactly ordered the Gu?

She and the old man looked at each other and smiled: "Let's go, let's go upstream and have a look." ”

Ah Lu lost his courage and was not stable in all aspects. Although the soul can grow back over time, it also grows back to the Yuan Spirit.

Ah Lu originally agreed to give up this courage with the idea of making the Yuan Ling who didn't know where she was stronger, but from outside the tea garden to the tea garden, she had already begun to feel wasted in this short journey.

Old man: "That's the way it was at first, think about how many times you've been weak to sleep since you woke up?"

Alu recalled, indeed. But with this body, this almost didn't happen. Except for a long sleep more than fifty years ago, there has never really been a dormant. At most, sometimes the soul is shaken and sleeps for a few days.

Old man: "Don't worry, that kid has put something in your weapon, which can help you grow your spiritual power and recover quickly." As long as you grasp your leftovers every day, it probably won't be long before you feel more energetic than before. ”

"What do you two say?" Nangong Lu saw them from afar, one old and one young. It didn't seem to be a secret in terms of looks, and he wanted to participate from his curiosity.

But Nangong Lu's enthusiasm was hit by Dong Junqin and the old man at the same time.

Ah Lu was originally stopped by Dong Junqin, but she retorted to Dong Junqin: "Those people only know me and your Dong family now, and they have obviously been framed, wouldn't it be weird if none of us went to the upstream water source to check?"

Dong Junqin was dumbfounded.

Alu is right. For such a big matter, the parties did not come forward, but it was suspicious. Not only that, but Ah Lu even said: "And you don't want to go as well as me." I go, and the people who monitor it behind may also underestimate the enemy and show their feet. But if you go, you are such a serious and serious person, the other party is probably strictly guarded, and nothing can be detected. ”

So before the end of the day, Ah Lu and the old man followed Uncle Zhang's instructions to find the water source in the suburbs of Beijing upstream.

At this time, the suburbs of Beijing are still brightly lit, unlike most people in Yanjiao, who have already rested. However, it may also be that after Chongcaotang "washed away the grievances", the people who had been cold-spoken or fell into the well went home early to think of countermeasures.

The old man saw the river from afar and hid in the woods. He sent two imps to follow Arith towards the riverbank.

Alu went back and forth near the river, pretending to check. It's just that she has nothing but the stars and the light.

These stars are certainly not reflected by the stars and moon, nor are they glowing bugs and fish.

The imp crouched at the water's edge, reaching out his tentacles to stir the river towards the bright light. Suddenly, another imp grabbed Aru's ankle and seemed to want her to go backwards.

Ah Lu calmed down, and slowly could feel a trace of unfamiliar aura in the breeze.

A long heart is good, not only can you feel the ghost energy, but also feel the aura of a living person.

After Ah Lu determined the direction, according to the countermeasures discussed before, he suddenly turned his head sharply, looked at one place, and shouted at the same time: "Who!"

She was fast, just past a few people hiding in the shadows.

Under the gaze of the back eye, Ah Lu fell to a flat bottom, looked around, and kept scolding. It's a pity that she didn't find any clues, so she had to go back to Chongcaotang.

How is it possible?

Ah Lu leaned on the scraps to hide his breath, and after receiving the old man's instructions, the little ghost took Ah Lu back to the old man.

The two of them hid in the darker places. After a while, three men in black came out of the woods. They came to the bank of the river that Ah Lu had just inspected, and after wandering for a while, Ah Lu heard one of them say, "When I gave the corpse eater Gu, I specially told you to avoid the fire. It's good that you hid in Yangzhou in order to protect your innocence, but first burned the treasury, and later burned the west courtyard in the presence of the little emperor. If it weren't for the master secretly sending someone to help, I think you would have burned down the entire Imperial Doctor's Office. ”

The voice was a little hoarse, but it wasn't because of age, as if it was a throat injury that prevented it from making a sound.

The voice of the response, Ah Lu didn't know, but the old man heard it. I heard him say with a little frustration: "Sir, the treasury is on fire because I didn't think about it and found such a clumsy student. But Xiyuan, it's really not my negligence. It must be that the Dong family found someone to sneak into the Imperial Doctor's Office to retaliate. ”

The man in black: "I don't know if someone else did it? Do you think that the people under your command are thoughtful if they don't get angry? Even if Dong Xinhan is an honest man, what about his son?"

Dong Junqin has been walking the rivers and lakes for many years, and now he has found a lot of things. When he returned to Yanjiao at this time, he must have come prepared.

And can't he see that you are responsible for the fire in the warehouse? According to his temperament, if he didn't fight back on the spot, he was thinking of countermeasures.

That night, in order to save a useless student, he didn't throw all the remaining corpse eaters into the fire and destroy them, so that Dong Junqin had a chance to fight back, isn't this negligent?"

The old man whispered to Ah Lu: "That voice is the order of the former imperial doctor, Master Chang. ”

Chang Adult: "My lord, what now?"

The man in black: "The master said, although we are still in the shadows, and Dong Junqin has not found decisive evidence, but the plan has failed again and again, and if it continues like this, the initiative will be taken away by him." Therefore, the heavy grass hall can no longer be moved for the time being.

Fortunately, this year's goods have also been delivered, no matter who they invited, the dozens of acres of tea plantations will not grow for a year and a half, and they will be annoyed by the time.

You just let them go. The others will be reported regularly by spies, so you won't have to worry about it. ”

The Chang man bowed to the man in black and hurried away.

There were two men in black left, and one of them spoke in a younger voice, "What should I do next?"

The man in black: "Since the little emperor wants to find out who is a Gu, we will give him a person who is a Gu." ”

The young man in black said: "This time, the Dong family was able to get away with it, presumably they also found a Gu master." If we ......"

The man in black waved his hand: "Don't worry about this. Gu masters have always done as much as they wanted. The price of this kind of incident involving officials in the DPRK is not low. Chongcaotang has now lost half of its family business, and it can't hold much spare money to pursue it to the end.

However, this time the Gu matter was indeed our carelessness, and we failed to destroy their seven-petal leaves in April, and dragged it to the present day. And also involved so many people. It seems that the original plan will have to be redeployed. ”

When the young man in black heard this, he said, "The master is thoughtful. Then do you want to send someone to spy on Dong Junqin and that female ghost?"

The man in black shook his head: "It's too tiring to stare at them, just stare at the heavy grass hall." As long as something happens to Chongcaotang, they will inevitably come back. ”

The two muttered a few more words on the riverbank, and then parted ways.

Ah Lu and the old man returned to Chongcaotang and informed Dong Junqin of what they had heard.

Knowing that Master Chang, who had been in Yangzhou, had actually known about this, and even arranged everything by him, the teacup in Dong Junqin's hand was almost crushed.

Fortunately, Ah Lu forcibly took the teacup and poured water for him, soothed his anger, and said: "Then Master Chang was only not in the capital a few weeks ago, and he hasn't been in the capital all the time, did you consciously pick him out of this matter?"

Besides, I think that generally this kind of conspiracy is ruthless. This Chang Da did not do well and ruined their plans. And now that he's been demoted, he should be a useless person! Maybe you don't need to do it at all, and those two men in black will kill people. ”

Nangong Lu helped on the side: "Yes, and now is not the time to discuss which adult is playing tricks with you, the enemies in this dark place have begun to redeploy, shouldn't we also think about it in the long run?"

Dong Junqin was dizzy, and now Ah Lu and Nangong Lu sang and harmonized to make him gradually calm down.

Two days later, the Gu worms in the soil of the Chongcaotang Tea Garden were almost collected by the old man. After Dong's father checked it, he handed over a report until the imperial front.

The next day, Gao Ting was ordered to send Song Jiyue back to Chongcaotang.

When she got out of the sedan chair, she saw that the heavy grass hall that was originally full of people was now deserted, and even some guys left with their burdens and dejected.

What's going on?

Song Jiyue was puzzled, Ah Xiang, who picked her up, shook her head and said, "The master is going to dismiss some of the men and workers." ”

Dismiss?

Song Jiyue looked back at Gao Ting. During the time she lived in Gao Mansion, Gao Ting had always kept her promise, and any progress would only be her.

But he never said that something had happened to Chongcaotang, and he had to go to the step of dismissing the workers. Isn't this tantamount to announcing to the world that their heavy grass hall is about to end?