306 [Medicine and Demon](1/2)
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Everyone gained a lot in Yaoxiang Pavilion, and they also felt a headache. Do you have to find a way to cancel the itinerary of Haotian Tower tomorrow, or just stop eating pork trotters? But what they eat is provided by others, and they can't even try silver needles with herbs added. Maybe it's not just the pig trotters that are poisonous, so everyone had to count on Zhao Pu, whom the Eighth Prince discussed. Please remember the website address of this site:.
Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang also returned to Kaifeng Prefecture and discussed it with Lord Bao.
As soon as I entered Mr. Bao’s yard, I saw Mr. Bao and Mrs. Bao drinking tea, as if discussing something.
Seeing Zhan Zhao, Bai Yutang brought Gongsun and Xiao Sizi in, and waved to them, letting them sit down and drink tea together.
After everyone finished telling the clues of the investigation in Yaoxiang Pavilion, Lord Bao read the letters written by Si Tong, and was also confused.
"It's strange." Lord Bao frowned and puzzled, "Wang Feng actually joined hands with the people from Yaoxiang Pavilion to give medicine to the guests of Haotian Tower so many times..."
Mrs. Bao also read the account book, "Strangely, it was not the nobles of the palace who were poisoned. Some of the more knowledgeable and rich guests. The poisoning made people lose their minds temporarily or make people lose their memories. What are they trying to do?"
As the discussion was under discussion, Master Pang also came and walked in and said, "Old Bao, I found something."
Lord Bao asked him to sit down and prevent him from speaking for the first time, and showed him Si Tong's letter.
After reading it, the Grand Master raised his eyebrows, "Oh, it's similar to what I found. I asked acquaintances of the six ministries. Some people knew that the Ministry of Justice had a little strange recently. More and more people in the prison died inexplicably, and most of them were serious prisoners with no family members, which made people in the prison panic and said that there was a ghost who could eat people. In addition, some prisoners at the border suddenly lost their news. After pursuing them, they only said that they died of illness on the way."
After the Grand Master finished speaking, Bao Zheng looked at him and said for a long time, "I said..."
Master Pang raised his hand and said, "Don't urge me, do you know that you dare to come to see you so much? I really found out something else."
Everyone looked at the Grand Master curiously and thought to themselves that they had found some important clues?
"Tsk." The Grand Master smacked his lips before speaking, "This matter... involves some private affairs of others. If it weren't for solving the case, it would be better to say it behind the scenes."
Everyone made him say he was happy.
Bao Zheng laughed, "Just say it."
"That's right." The Grand Master held a cup of tea and whispered, "In fact, although Wang Feng and the princess are married, they have a political marriage."
Lord Bao looked at the mysterious Pang Ji with some amusement, "Wang Feng is just the adopted son of the Prime Minister, he is younger than the princess. Prime Minister Wang, let alone leave early. Even if he is in the court, is he half the power as yours? It is better to directly recruit you as your son-in-law than to find Wang Feng's political marriage."
"Bah!" Pang Ji asked Lord Bao to pause and stomp his feet, "Oh! Political marriage is nice, but to be naughty, the princess fell in love with Wang Feng back then and took away her love!"
Everyone was slightly stunned.
"What does it mean to snatch love from a sword?" Zhan Zhao was curious, "Did Wang Feng have a lover?"
"Some, a common woman makes umbrellas at home and looks pretty, but unfortunately she is a mute." said Taishi, "It is said that when Wang Fengshi was still studying in Taixue, he was soaked in the road after raining. He happened to run to the eaves of a girl's shop to hide from the rain. It probably saved money. He would rather hide than buy an umbrella, so the girl saw it and came over to borrow an umbrella for him."
Everyone raised their eyebrows - the Taishi is OK, you can really find out anything.
"Wang Feng always went from now on. The girl didn't know how to speak, but she wrote very well. The two of them got better and better. It is said that they had made their lives privately." The Grand Master continued, "Wang Feng was good at painting, and he was good at painting flowers and birds. The princess at that time was not as good as Zhao Lan and the others now. The princess loved painting and wanted to hire a painter to teach her, so the emperor asked her to pick out the painting from the many scrolls, pick out the ones she liked, and let the painter go to the palace to teach her. Coincidentally, the princess fell in love with Wang Feng's painting at a glance. It was a great honor and a beauty, so Wang Feng went into the palace. After a while, Wang Feng didn't pay attention to him, but the princess fell in love with him.
, let me tell the emperor. The emperor, the late emperor, was actually the princess' brother. The two had a good relationship. When they heard that the emperor had someone they liked, he specially invited Prime Minister Wang to bring Wang Feng to a banquet. After seeing it, he felt that his character, appearance, and talent were good. He was also the adopted son of the prime minister, so he was ready to issue an order to marry him. But Wang Feng had a good relationship with the mute girl at that time, and the two elders of the girl's family had long regarded Wang Feng as their prospective son-in-law. Think about it, this is the son of the prime minister's family. Although he was not a relative, his common people were still a mute girl. He was considered a high-ranking person. The two elders also felt that the girl was blessed. He was happy, but who knew that the emperor would indeed marry him soon."
Everyone frowned. This is a broken up couple. Did the old emperor ask before he issued the order?
"Wang Feng is a slander." The Grand Master said slowly, "When the imperial edict was released, the Prime Minister was so happy. Wang Feng's recruitment of the prince consort would be a success in the future, and his future was unlimited! But when Gao Gaoxing told Wang Feng, he refused."
Everyone raised their eyebrows and couldn't help but feel a little fond of Wang Feng, who was about to poison them.
"Wang Feng refused to marry a mute girl." The Grand Master sighed, "This kid was also a love group when he was young. The Prime Minister told him that he refused and was ready to elope with the mute girl. You think, the imperial edict was issued, if you don't get married, it would be a resistance, and he would be beheaded. Besides, don't be a mute guy. This is not going to be a mute guy. This is not going to want to get into the officialdom of the Song Dynasty, which means that the future is ruined. Later, I heard that the mute girl hanged herself in order not to implicate her beloved man."
"Dead?!" Everyone was shocked.
"What can I do?" The Grand Master had no choice but to spread his hands, "That girl could not watch Wang Feng resist the order in order to marry her, right? Being a princess can't even accept a concubine, which means there is no hope of staying with her. She probably has a strong temperament. She won't do this life, and she will wait for the next life."
Everyone was speechless.
Bai Yutang looked at the Grand Master and asked, "Did that girl really commit suicide?"
Zhan Zhao frowned, "You doubt..."
Bai Yutang said, "Wang Feng dares to resist the order for her, he means he is not afraid of death. It is more reasonable if his lover commits suicide and commits suicide."
Everyone touched their chins and looked at the Grand Master.
The Grand Tutor chuckled and said, "There were many different opinions about this at that time. The umbrella shop closed the door the day after the girl died. No one knew where the girl's parents went. Many people said that the princess knew about this and sent someone to give the family a lot of money, asking them to go as far as they could with their daughter. Some people said that the emperor sent the shadow guard to drive away the family overnight or simply killed the family. In short, all kinds of rumors... But later Wang Feng got married with the princess obediently and had not seen him with other women for so many years. He lived a low-key life. The only strange thing is that from then on, Wang Feng no longer had a relationship with his adoptive father, Prime Minister Wang... So many people say that Prime Minister Wang killed the girl."
When the Grand Master said this, he saw Lord Bao shook his head repeatedly, "Impossible, Prime Minister Wang's personality cannot make it difficult for a mute girl."
"I believe this too." The Grand Master nodded, "And Wang Feng is his adopted son after all, and he can't do this for his own son. The old man has never even stepped on an ant to death... He always feels that he has taken the blame."
"Wang Qi also said it." Zhan Zhao said, "his grandfather doesn't like mentioning Wang Feng, and he will lose his temper when he hears Haotian Tower."
Mr. Bao nodded, "It seems that the mute girl back then may be a clue."
As he said that, Lord Bao said to Zhan Zhao, "Guard Zhan, you go check the umbrella shop tomorrow to see if there are any clues."
Zhan Zhao nodded and blinked at Bai Yutang. That's what he meant - let's skip classes when business is busy tomorrow!
Bai Yutang nodded immediately—that necessary.
Everyone continued to talk about the case, and Lord Bao noticed that Mrs. Bao had been looking at the sheepskin drawing taken out of Yaoxiang Pavilion and used people to refine alchemy.
Seeing that she was stunning, Lord Bao patted her gently, "Madam?"
"Huh?" Mrs. Bao looked up and finally came to her senses.
"What's the problem with this drawing?" asked Mr. Bao.
"Oh..." Mrs. Bao smiled and asked Master Bao, "Do you still remember the Chen Erlang in the dilapidated temple before?"
Lord Bao was slightly stunned and nodded, "Oh... it's the crazy beg of Chen Erlang?"
Mrs. Bao nodded.
"What Chen Erlang?" Zhan Zhao was curious.
Mrs. Bao said, "There is a dilapidated temple near our house. There is a beggar inside. She is crazy and her name is Chen Erlang. He always likes to follow his husband and say that he is safe."
Everyone was stunned, and then they were a little amused. It was indeed safe to follow Lord Bao.
"This person is crazy and helpless." Bao Daren said, "But often follow me, I can chat a few times. When I eat, I prepare a copy for him. After I go to the Imperial Academy, I ask my wife to ask the housekeeper to take care of him. She is a pity when she is a teenager."
Mrs. Bao nodded, "I often ask the housekeeper to deliver food to Chen Erlang. Once, he suddenly asked the housekeeper to bring a letter and told me that I would not go out this day, something would happen. That day I wanted to go to burn incense, but I didn't go after hearing his words. Unexpectedly, it suddenly rained heavily that afternoon, and the mountain torrent washed away many people who went to burn incense. I escaped because I heard his words."
"So magical?" Gongsun was surprised. "Does he be able to look at the weather or tell fortunes?"
Mrs. Bao shook her head and said, "I don't know very well. Later, there was one time when I took Yun'er out for a trip. He suddenly followed me and said he would follow me along the way to help me block the evil spirit. I didn't understand what was going on, but I didn't chase him... Later, when Yun'er and I came out of the shop, he suddenly pulled us. Who knew that the roof fell so big? It turned out that the roof was repairing."
Mr. Bao looked at his wife in surprise, "Madam, why have you never mentioned it?"
"Chen Erlang said he wouldn't let him tell you." Yun'er, the little maid, interrupted, "I'm afraid you will knock you over the jealousy."
Everyone was laughing silently. Lord Bao touched his chin awkwardly, wondering, "Then isn't he crazy?"
"Crazy." The maid nodded, "I often talk to myself crazy, probably for a while, but he saved his wife four or five times, right?"
Mrs. Bao nodded, "It should be said to be five times."
"That's a noble man." Lord Bao was curious, "Chen Er is still in his hometown and is now dilapidated temple?"
Mrs. Bao shook her head, "The last time she told me to be careful of fire prevention, the person left. That night, the thunder broke out and the woodshed was in the middle of the night. Because the water dragon cart had been prepared, the house was fine. Before he left, he told me that you had invited him to have a five-year-old dinner and he saved me five times, so he paid it off."
Everyone looked at Bao Zheng in surprise, what did you mean - have you invited a beggar to have a five-year-old dinner?
Mr. Bao touched his chin, "I had known that I would have invited him to eat for a few more years."
Everyone is funny, is the legendary kindness reward?
"What does Chen Erlang have to do with this case?" Bai Yutang was curious.
"Oh, this medicine cauldron." Mrs. Bao pointed to the incense burner on the sheepskin drawing paper used to burn people's hearts and refine elixirs, "I remember that day Yun'er came to me and said that Chen Erlang was crazy and asked me for five hundred taels of silver."
The girl named Yun'er nodded, "Yes, Chen Erlang called me outside the mansion and told me to send me a message saying that he wanted 500 taels of silver."
Everyone asked Mrs. Bao, "Did you give it?"
Mrs. Bao nodded, "I asked Yun'er to give him five hundred taels of silver."
Everyone's mouth twitched - the couple was compatible, one invited someone to have a New Year's Eve dinner for no reason, and the other was just 500 taels.
Mrs. Bao asked Yun'er to tell what happened later.
Yun'er said, "I thought it was strange when I gave him money. I thought to myself that Chen Erlang wasn't going to gamble, right? I followed him with Xia'er."
As he said that, the maid named Xia'er also helped, "We found out that he did not go to the gambling workshop or the kiln hall, but went to the iron shop! He took out a drawing for the blacksmith and said that it was very difficult to do after looking at the drawings. Chen Erlang gave him five hundred taels of silver and asked him to do it as soon as possible. The blacksmith could not earn five hundred taels a year, and he would push all other work and concentrate on helping him."
As he said that, the two girls reached out to the drawing, "It's the same as this!"
Everyone was shocked.
"It's not the same." Mrs. Bao was more careful and waved her hand gently. "When he left and came to say goodbye with me, he held this medicine cauldron. It looked really like an incense burner, much smaller than this one, about two feet tall, and he was just in his arms. I asked him curiously what this was for. He said that he had used medicine for refining medicine, and he had collected all the medicinal materials and was leaving. I would come to see me and me again when I had time..." As he said that, he looked at Bao Zheng, "and the kid with the pillow."
Lord Bao was happy and thought to himself that Chen Erlang was only a few years older than him, so he called himself a child, and he looked only sixteen or seventeen.
"Smaller than this..." Zhan Zhao took the drawing to look at it.
"Yun'er said something too much at that time." As he said that, Mrs. Bao looked at Yun'er again.
Yun'er flattened her mouth, "I told Chen Erlang that a hundred taels of stove is enough for such a small stove. If you give the blacksmith so much money, you can make a person as tall as one person."
Everyone subconsciously looked at the picture. It was the same as the one on the picture.
"He replied to me in a sensible way." Yun'er was imitating and waved her sleeves, "Oh, Tong Yanwuji, this thing is the small one that is refining medicine, and the big one that is refining medicine. If you unfortunately see the big one in the future, hurry up and tell your son-in-law that someone is doing something to kill people."
"Small refining medicines, big refining medicines..." Everyone was confused - what's the difference?
To be continued...