White clothes bind me [cat and mouse]

Bai Yutang was surprised for a moment: "Oh, where did that Demon Cultist come from?"

He obviously didn't see anyone else in that house yesterday.

Bai Fu replied: "I heard that the man sneaked back to the house and wanted to see if there was anything he missed, but he was caught right away."

Bai Yutang sneered a bit: "So it's just sitting on the sidelines."

Bai Fu fell silent, and didn't know whether Bai Yutang was referring to those gangsters or that stupid rabbit.

Bai Yutang said again: "And then, did they find out anything?"

Bai Fu shook his head: "Others, the younger ones can't find out, young master atones."

Bai Yutang waved his hand and said, "It has nothing to do with you, what's going on with Zhan Zhao?"

Bai Fu said honestly: "My little one ordered the clothes and the bed to be sent over, so the things must have been delivered by now."

Bai Yutang was almost choked by Bai Fu: "You just sent the bed in?"

Bai Fu nodded, remembering that Bai Yutang said that, although he felt a little strange, he did as he did, but seeing Bai Yutang's expression, something seemed wrong.

Bai Yutang: "..." I hope the people in Kaifeng Mansion don't think about it.

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Although a Demon Cultist was captured, Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao did not hear any other news, and the two of them remained silent for seven days.

During these seven days, Zhan Zhao searched all over the traces of Bianjing on the Qiansheng Gate, but unfortunately he didn't find anything strange, he really didn't know where the Qiansheng Gate was poisoned.If it is said that Qianshengmen came to Beijing generously, it is okay to have conflicts with people on the way, but Zhan Zhao heard that the disciples of Qianshengmen entered Bianjing in batches, some disciples had been in Bianjing a few days earlier, and some The person who came here just arrived on the same day, who on earth has such a big force to drug such an unremarkable little sect, and what is it for?

The relatives of the dead people will no longer be held accountable because of the death of the disciples of the Qiansheng Sect, and the head of the Qiansheng Sect also died of poisoning, which means that the sect is on the verge of collapse, and no one even came to the door Ask for the truth.

If this is the case, it is very likely that the Kaifeng government will deal with this case as an unsolved case.

Zhan Zhao couldn't bear to lose a few lives here, and wanted to track down the real murderer, but seven days had passed, and he didn't know how to continue without any clues.

He was just about to go out that day, and Mr. Gongsun, who had also prepared a medicine box, seemed to be waiting for something at the gate of Kaifeng Mansion.

"Sir, is this going out?" Zhan Zhao asked curiously. Mr. Gongsun stayed in Kaifeng Mansion all year round, and occasionally performed autopsies with him, and spent the rest of the time in the Shantang for free consultation and pulse for the people. It is rare to see him go out. .

It was rare for Mr. Gongsun not to bring his feather fan. He nodded and said, "It will be the Empress Dowager's birthday in a few days. The Holy Majesty specially called me into the palace to help the Empress Dowager take a look. By the way, I will help Concubine Pang to ask her pulse."

Zhan Zhao suddenly nodded, Mr. Gongsun's medical skills are well-known in front of the Holy One, and the Holy One is very filial, often calling Mr. Gongsun into the palace for consultation, this is a common practice, but Zhan Zhao has been too busy these days , almost forgot about it.

So Zhan Zhao first waited for Mr. Gongsun to get on the carriage in the palace, and was about to go out, but the two had a conversation, and they had been waiting for some hours, and the carriage hadn't arrived yet, and Mr. Gongsun even carried the medicine box. After a while, I couldn't help but let it go.Zhan Zhao then asked: "Mr. Gongsun, have you waited for a long time, the carriage in the palace is still coming?"

Mr. Gongsun looked up at Shi Chen and said, "It's been a while, it shouldn't be."

It stands to reason that the palace is the least likely to delay. After all, this is to check the pulse for the empress dowager and the imperial concubine. If it is delayed, the empress dowager in the palace will not forgive anyone.

Mr. Gongsun said: "Could it be that something happened? If the queen mother and the empress do not have time, they will also call a eunuch to come and tell me, but there has never been such a situation."

Zhan Zhao said, "How about I bring Mr. into the palace?"

Mr. Gongsun said: "Alright, there is only one road from Kaifeng mansion to the palace. If someone from the palace comes, they can see it and not miss it."

Zhan Zhao brought two horses from Kaifeng Mansion, one for Gongsun Ce to ride, and the other for him to help Gongsun Ce carry the medicine box, and the two rode towards the nearest palace gate to Feng Mansion.

It's just that the closer you get, the more Zhan Zhao feels that something is wrong. The usual merchants near the palace gate are also rare, and the defense is more stringent. Even the identities of Zhan Zhao and Gongsun Ce have been seen over and over again, which makes people Slowly approach the palace gate.

Zhan Zhao and Gongsun Ce looked at each other, and felt that something must have happened to make the imperial guards so alert.

Sure enough, when they reached the gate of the palace, the guards stopped Zhan Zhao and Gongsun Ce. The guards said, "My lords, the palace is on guard right now. No one can enter or leave the palace gate. Please forgive me, my lords."

Zhan Zhao nodded and didn't mind, and turned to Gongsun Ce and said, "Sir, it seems that something serious happened in the palace today, and you won't be able to enter the palace today."

Mr. Gongsun thought that something happened to the eunuchs, and it would be bad if he missed the time. From this point of view, it seems that something happened in the palace, and even the person who informed him could not come out, so he said: "That's it, let's go back."

When the two were holding the reins and were about to turn the horse around, they suddenly heard a person in the palace shouting, "But Mr. Gongsun Ce from Kaifeng Mansion?"

Zhan Zhao turned his head and saw that the person shouting on the other side of the palace wall was Cao Xu from the Forbidden Army, and asked in surprise, "Lord Cao?"

It was the first time Gongsun Ce met Cao Xu, and he didn't know each other, so Zhan Zhao introduced the two of them, "Sir, this is Cao Xu, the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Army, the elder brother of Concubine Cao."

Cao Xu rode on the horse, as if he came in a hurry, the horse was whimpering, he nodded to Gongsun Ce: "I have long admired your name, Mr. Gongsun."

Zhan Zhao saw that he seemed to have something to say, so he asked, "Is there something wrong, Mr. Cao?"

Cao Xu looked a little hasty, took the reins of the impatient horse, and nodded: "Mr. Gongsun came just in time, and the empress was assassinated in the palace. I am under the order of the Holy Majesty. I am afraid that you will come out quickly because of the ban in the palace." Mr. Xun enters the palace."

Mr. Gongsun was surprised: "What?"

Zhan Zhao was also a little shocked, so it turned out that there was an assassin on his guard?

Cao Xu said to the guards at the palace gate: "Let these two adults enter the palace."

Since it was the meaning of the commander-in-chief of the imperial army, the guard naturally said without saying a word, "Yes." Immediately, he moved the stabbing spear in his hand, making room for Zhan Zhao and Gongsun Ce.

Regardless of whether they were in the palace, the three hurriedly rode their horses and did not get off their horses until the gate of Concubine Pang Guifei's palace.

As soon as Mr. Gongsun entered the gate, he saw the maids in the palace making a fuss. The Holy Majesty sat anxiously in the main hall, and could only listen to the exclamation of the maids from a distance: "Your Majesty!"

Not surprisingly, all the imperial physicians in the palace had arrived, but many imperial physicians shook their heads and sighed, feeling that they were not capable enough, and they were already pleading guilty to the Holy Majesty.

Seeing Gongsun Ce's figure, the Holy Majesty rushed up to greet him: "Mr. is here!"

Mr. Gongsun stretched out his hand. Before Cao Xu knew what it was, he saw that Zhan Zhao had already handed over the medicine box.

Gongsun Ce nodded: "My lord, I'll go in and see the imperial concubine first."

Seeing Gongsun Ce, it seemed that the maids felt a little relieved, and it seemed that Gongsun Ce's medical skills were very reassuring in their eyes.

However, as soon as Gongsun Ce entered the palace, he smelled a strong smell of blood. He asked the maid next to him, "What's the situation, Madam?"

The palace lady replied: "My lady was cut by the assassin and fell to the ground. The wound on the arm has stopped bleeding, but the fetus..."

Not long after the news of Concubine Pang Gui's pregnancy came out, she thought that such a fall might cause the fetus to be unstable, and the hope that the Holy Majesty had been waiting for for so long might also come to nothing. No wonder the imperial doctor outside was already pleading guilty.

Gongsun Ce didn't say anything else, took out the silver needles in the medicine box, and said to the maid next to him, "Boil a glass of water each, put a spoonful of sugar and a spoonful of salt for the empress, and fry it alone. Secondary medicine, wait alone, other people should not gather around here, go out."

The palace lady took the medicine that Gongsun Ce gave her, wiped the tears from her cheeks, and rushed to decoct the medicine herself, while the other palace ladies only dared to stand quietly around the door, not daring to leave half a step.

Gongsun Ce came to the side of Concubine Pang Guifei's bed which was covered by the curtain. Although Concubine Pang Guifei's face was somewhat round, but pale, she asked with difficulty: "Sir, can I keep my baby?"

Gongsun Ce said: "Your Majesty, drink the water first, don't think about anything else."

Pang Guifei nodded with tears in her eyes.

Outside the hall, not long after Zhan Zhao and the others arrived, Pang Ji and Pang Yu crawled into the hall, shouting: "Which bastard touched my girl? Girl, are you okay?!"

As soon as he entered the door, he saw His Majesty in the hall, Zhan Zhao and Cao Xu looked at him with wide eyes, and Pang Ji immediately knelt down with his sleeves thrown up: "My Majesty, please redeem my minister's crime of disrespect, but I don't know Concubine Pang..."

The Holy Majesty looked at it, and finally said: "Grand Master Pang, please get up, Mr. Gongsun is currently treating the noble concubine in the hall."

Pang Ji hurriedly said: "Then..." He just wanted to talk about the fetus, but he thought that if something went wrong, the Holy One would definitely feel uncomfortable, so he could only hold back in the end.

We can only hope that Mr. Gongsun's medical skills are superb, and the prince will be saved.

So he turned the topic to Cao Xu again, and said with a stern look: "It's just that I didn't know that the defense in the palace is so poor. When the Queen Mother's birthday is approaching, General Cao even let an assassin assassinate the imperial concubine, so dereliction of duty!"

Before Pang Ji had time to express his face, the Holy Majesty in front waved his hand and said, "General Cao is not to blame for this matter."

This made Pang Ji choke on what he hadn't finished uttering.

Cao Xu said: "This matter is indeed a dereliction of duty by the general. The general was patrolling near the imperial garden at that time, and when he heard the noise from the imperial concubine's side, he confronted the man in black, but he didn't guard against the maid next to the imperial concubine. hurt."

Cao Xu continued: "Just now, my subordinates have inquired clearly. The palace maid went out of the palace seven days ago due to physical discomfort, and she just returned to the palace yesterday. I have already seen the corpse. Her skin has turned pale, and she seems to be dead. It's been a long time."