White clothes bind me [cat and mouse]

Although Zhan Zhao didn't change his face, he thought about it again. This situation is more similar to that of Zhou Shilang's family. It is also the number seven, and the maid can even perform an assassination act. deficit.

But is there really a medicine that allows people to continue to act according to other people's wishes after death?

After listening to Cao Xu explaining the basic situation, everyone fell silent and waited for the Holy Majesty to make a verdict.

But the Holy Majesty remained silent and did not say anything. Instead, he turned his eyes to Concubine Pang's palace, as if he wanted to wait for Concubine Pang's situation before making a decision.

So everyone present stood in the same place, only Pang Yu couldn't bear his temper, walked outside the door of the inner hall, and looked inside from time to time to see if there was any movement.But Grand Master Pang was wandering around with a gloomy expression, not knowing what he was thinking.

After waiting for about half an hour, Zhan Zhao and Cao Xu immediately looked away when they heard it, only to see Gongsun Ce wiped his sweat and came out of the hall.

Everyone was silent, the Holy Majesty finally moved, walked up and asked: "Sir, how is it?"

His Majesty's tone trembled, presumably very worried.

Gongsun Ce finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The noble concubine is fine, and the fetus she is carrying is also fine."

His Majesty smiled happily, and Pang Ji finally let go of the big stone in his heart. He rushed up and patted Gongsun Ce and said, "Mr. Gongsun is good at medicine! Pang is so polite now! Thank you, Mr. Gongsun, for taking the initiative regardless of the past. Save each other."

The happy look seemed to be a pity for the situation without spending a few dollars. Gongsun Ce avoided Pang Ji's hand without showing any signs, and Pang Ji was happy for a while, but he didn't notice it.

The Holy Majesty hurried into the inner hall to visit Concubine Pang, followed by Pang Ji and Pang Yu, father and son.

Now that the majesty is gone, Zhan Zhao came up and asked Gongsun Ce in a low voice, "Sir, what can be seen from the wound on Concubine Pang Gui?"

Gongsun Ce took advantage of this moment to wipe his hands, nodded and said, "I did find something strange."

Cao Xu also leaned over to listen, and asked, "What did Mr. Gongsun find?"

Gongsun Ce was stunned, he was not used to seeing this burly figure approaching him, and he said after a while, "It took me so long just now, not only to help the imperial concubine's miscarriage, but also because There is poison in the wound."

Zhan Zhao was stunned: "Didn't even the imperial doctor discover this?"

Gongsun Ce shook his head and said, "The imperial doctor didn't find out because the symptoms of the poison were not obvious. The concubine's wound was bleeding profusely. Most people thought that the wound was too deep to stop the bleeding, but I found out that it was because of the wound, Or it could be caused by rubbing poison on the dagger."

Zhan Zhao said, "What's the point of this medicine?"

Gongsun Ce said: "I think the assassin did not want the imperial concubine to die by his hands."

Cao Xu followed suit and nodded: "Sir, you are right. At that time, there were only a few maids around the empress, and the guards were guarding all around. If it was a maid who was close to her, it is very likely that she would directly pierce the empress through the heart with a dagger, but the maid did not." If you do that, instead, the empress will take the initiative to find out that something is wrong with the maid and push the maid away, and the maid will scratch the empress during this process."

Gongsun Ce deduced: "My guess is that the poison is not strong, but it is very secretive. If the empress did not have a miscarriage during the assassination process, but only scratched her arm and got poisoned, it is very likely that the poison will slowly seep into the body. If I didn’t come here today, and the imperial doctor didn’t observe carefully, I’m afraid they wouldn’t be able to find out the poison, and it would still cause the empress to have a miscarriage in the end.”

Zhan Zhao stroked his chin and said, "Mr. Gongsun, you mean that this assassin just wanted the concubine to have a miscarriage?"

Gongsun Ce said, "That's right."

Cao Xu sighed: "It seems that I have calculated everything, but I didn't expect it to be another dispute in the harem."

Zhan Zhao couldn't help but glanced at him. As the commander-in-chief of the Forbidden Army, Cao Xu must be responsible for this accident, no wonder he would express his feelings so much.

But Gongsun Ce changed the topic: "General Cao need not sigh, I don't think this matter should involve the harem."

Cao Xu's eyes lit up: "Really?"

Gongsun Ce was taken aback by Cao Xu's inexplicable enthusiasm: "It is true, because this kind of poisonous palace cannot be done."

Zhan Zhao suddenly felt a little familiar with this poison, could it be?

Gongsun Ce said: "That's right, this poison is said to have come out from the Demon Cult 30 years ago, a poison called Manshanbianye."

"This poison is very hidden. It looks like a common disease. Few people can find out that they are poisoned from the initial symptoms. After this kind of poison occurs, the blood rushes to the heart veins, causing the heart veins to be damaged and the seven orifices to bleed to death. .”

Cao Xu also heard a lot of rumors about the Demon Cult, especially the various actions of the Jianghu people against the Demon Cult today. He couldn't help but say, "Then this action, is it the Demon Cult declaring war on the court?"

Gongsun Ce turned his gaze to Zhan Zhao who was still in deep thought, "I'll ask Mr. Zhan about that."

Cao Xu also looked at Zhan Zhao. Zhan Zhao saw the eyes of the two of them, and said helplessly, "People in the Jianghu talk about the Devil's Cult everywhere, but there is no trace of it. If you want me to see it, it's just a rumor."

Cao Xu asked: "How do you say?"

Zhan Zhao said: "The Demon Cult has disappeared for 30 years, and it is ridiculous to say that 30 years ago, although the people in the Demon Cult killed people and set fire to them, they never pursued fame and wealth. There was a competition for the method, so I couldn't believe it, because if anyone is interested in this treasure, wouldn't it be those people in the world?" Zhan Zhao smiled.

Cao Xu nodded, but what made him agree was not Zhan Zhao's sophistry, but the fact that the Demon Cult had never disappeared, which made him feel a little strange.

People in the Jianghu always say that there are people in the Devil's Cult, but no matter whether the Cheng family in Qingcheng Mountain was destroyed or some small sects were captured and killed, no one really saw traces of the Devil's Cult, more like Like framing, it is not convincing.

In the end, after reporting some conclusions to the Holy Majesty, Mr. Gongsun still stayed in the palace to help Concubine Pang recuperate, and left the investigation to Zhan Zhao. In this way, Zhan Zhao added another heavy burden.

Back in Kaifeng Mansion, Lord Bao was waiting for him in the study, as if he had learned about what happened in the palace from nowhere.

Mr. Bao said, "Does the guard Zhan have any clues?"

Zhan Zhao shook his head: "I'm ashamed to say that there have been no breakthroughs in this murder case until now."

Master Bao pondered for a moment and said, "It's better for Zhanwei to connect the events of the past few days, maybe there will be unexpected discoveries."

Coming out of Lord Bao's study, Zhan Zhao walked down Kaifeng Mansion Road with his sword in his arms, bowing his head in deep thought.

Connect recent events?

The recent incident probably started from the time when he met Bai Yutang.The two of them got acquainted because of the death of Zhou Shilang from the household department, and Zhou Shilang was murdered by the same poison. The culprit was Mrs. Zhou, but there was no trace of the perpetrator, and the most important white jade cup was also snatched by Qin Niang. Take it away, it is very likely that the two are in the same group.

Then there is the case of the murder of the Daqing Escort Bureau, where a particularly important dead bodyguard was lost. What exactly did the deceased Li Huai send?Later, the evidence proved that this thing was taken by people suspected of being a demon cult.

Then the Qianshengmen faction was killed by the same poison, and the murderer also disappeared without a trace.Disciples from other sects who also came to participate in the martial arts conference were killed one after another by members of the Demon Cult, but no one knew for what purpose.

Finally, there is the case of today's imperial concubine being assassinated.If you count the case of Zhou Shilang's death that has already been solved, although these cases seem to be unrelated, they are implicated by some subtle clues, wandering back and forth between the rivers and lakes and the court.

Zhan Zhao raised his head and said suddenly, "Could it be that there are court officials involved?"

But what he didn't expect was that when he looked up, he saw Bai Yutang with confused eyes.

Zhan Zhao opened his mouth and said, "Brother Bai, why are you here?"

Bai Yutang looked at him and asked back: "I should ask you this question, why did you come near the Mei Mansion."

Looking at his appearance and the white horse riding behind him, Zhan Zhao found that he seemed to be in the process of contemplation, and unknowingly walked to the suburbs, and came to the Mei Mansion not far away.

And Bai Yutang's attire seemed to be about to go out.

Zhan Zhao asked, "Brother Bai is going out?"

Bai Yutang got on his horse and said condescendingly, "You came just in time, I was going to find you."

Zhan Zhao: "?"

Bai Yutang was about to go forward on his horse and said: "Master Zhang gave me a message, saying that they asked the latest developments of their Demon Cult from a captured Demon Cult member, and they have already set off."

Zhan Zhao looked at Zhao Yeyu's lion's butt, and finally asked out of the blue: "Then how do I get there?"

Bai Yutang turned his head, saw that he only had the giant gate in his hand, nothing else, his whole body was empty, and sighed, "Okay, come up."

So, he stretched out his hand towards Zhan Zhao, and Zhan Zhao naturally got on the horse without hesitation.

But the Zhaoye Jade Lion didn’t do it anymore. As a temperate and clean horse, it had never let anyone else ride it. When it felt that Zhan Zhao was on the horse, it immediately flopped a few times in displeasure.

Just as Bai Yutang wanted to comfort Zhaoyeyu Lion, he felt that Zhan Zhao directly grabbed the reins, clamped the horse's belly and used his internal force, and dragged Zhaoyeyu Lion, who raised the horse's hooves, panting, and immediately shocked Dezhao Yeyu lion behaved.

Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows in surprise and said, "It seems Mr. Zhan's skills are pretty good."

Zhan Zhao took the rein, walked the Zhaoye Jade Lion for a few steps, and said directly, "Where are we going?"

Bai Yutang was a little dissatisfied, he was sitting in front of the saddle, and Zhan Zhao was holding the rein with his hands, as if those hands were embracing him, and his chest was pressed against his back.

This was a feeling that Bai Yutang had never felt before, this feeling was extremely strange.

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