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Chapter 99 Examining the Drug Dregs
After observing for three consecutive days, Jiang Youzhi found that Zhuang Yinghong's daily life was very monotonous, and did not find any abnormalities.

This morning, when she went out of the room, she saw Xiao Jing, Zhuang Yinghong's personal maid, carrying breakfast to the door, she looked at the tray in Xiao Jing's hand, and said warmly, "Xiao Jing, it seems that your master I have a good appetite today."

Before Xiaojing could speak, she took a step forward as if unintentionally, glanced at the black jar on the tray, and asked, "What kind of soup is this, it smells delicious?"

Xiaojing said quickly: "Go back to aunt, this is the tonic soup that the master specially entrusted others to bring."

Jiang Youzhi nodded clearly, and then said: "So, then you should go into the house quickly, before the soup gets cold."

When Xiaojing went in, Jiang Youzhi couldn't help muttering in his heart, Butang?What kind of tonic soup has such a strong taste of Chinese medicine?
Back in the room, listening to the movement next door, waited for Xiaojing to enter the room again, packed up the dishes, and left the room, Jiang Youzhi also hurried out of the room.

At the back window of the small kitchen, Jiang Youzhi made a small hole in the window paper, saw Xiaojing pour the dregs from the Chinese medicine pot into the wooden barrel beside him, and then went out to do other things.

Seeing that there was no one around, Jiang Youzhi sneaked into the kitchen and quickly wrapped a little medicine residue with a handkerchief.

When she got back to her room, she carefully checked the medicine residues. They should not be tonics, but rather like traditional Chinese medicine to heal some kind of wound. Although she is quite knowledgeable in medicine, she is not proficient in it. She was not sure for a while, so she brought With these medicine dregs ready to go out.

She disguised herself as a young master and came to a pharmacy. She put a piece of silver in front of the shopkeeper, and the shopkeeper said eagerly, "Guest officer, are you going to see a doctor or buy medicine?"

Jiang Youzhi handed the handkerchief wrapped with medicine dregs to the shopkeeper, and said, "Let me see, what does this medicine cure?"

The shopkeeper took the handkerchief, opened it, first looked at it, then sniffed it carefully, then pinched a little, and then said: "This medicine is for trauma, and it is a very serious old disease."

Jiang Youzhi frowned slightly, and asked a little puzzled, "Old disease?"

The shopkeeper continued: "It's similar to the kind of trauma that has been left over for many years."

Jiang Youzhi suddenly recalled that when Zhuang Yinghong was just rescued, Jiang Youzhi kindly asked her if she had any hand injuries?Do you need to find a doctor to help her look, but she refused at that time, Zhuang Yinghong's original words at that time were——

They just kept me in captivity, so there was no trauma on my body.

The suspicion in Jiang Youzhi's heart intensified for a while. She obviously had injuries on her body, but she deliberately concealed them, so there must be something wrong with it. It seems that she had to go to Dali Temple on the way.

Half an hour later, Jiang Youzhi arrived at Dali Temple. After seeing Song Zheng, she said, "Master Song, I came here today to know about Li Lan, a felon who escaped from prison a few days ago."

Song Zheng didn't expect that he would come here because of this matter, and said, "Miss Jiang, why did you notice this person?"

Jiang Youzhi said quickly: "Zhuang Yinghong said that her real name is Li Yin, and Li Lan is her younger sister, but I always feel that this is wrong. She seems to be deceiving something on purpose."

Song Zheng nodded and asked her to sit down: "In that case, I will tell the girl the whole story."

Song Zheng also sat down as he spoke, and then opened his mouth: "Four years ago, King Zhao rebelled in Liuzhou. He spread his wings, formed cliques, and entangled a lot of rebels who wanted to rebel. I thought it was because Zhao Wang was suppressed because of his wolf ambition eight years ago. Everyone only thought he was a battle of trapped beasts this time, but what is surprising is that Zhao Wang clearly has very limited military power, but this time he is invincible. All the way into the suburbs of Kyoto."

Jiang Youzhi subconsciously said: "Is there someone to help him?"

Song Zheng nodded and continued: "Indeed, at that time there was a group of mysterious forces who were behind the scenes to help King Zhao, otherwise he would not have such a great ability and almost invaded the strong and powerful Kyoto. It is impossible for Rouran's elite soldiers to break through the city gate overnight, so the emperor urgently dispatched the Habayashi guards to resist King Zhao's troops."

Hearing this, Jiang Youzhi was a little surprised and said, "It's really unimaginable, but has the mysterious power behind King Zhao been found out?"

Song Zheng shook his head: "Later, King Zhao was defeated, and the emperor killed a large number of officials in the court who participated in the conspiracy. Because of this incident, the emperor was very angry, but anyone who has a little connection with King Zhao, don't ask I didn't go into the details of the reason, and directly executed the death sentence. The emperor naturally sent secret guards to investigate the mysterious forces, but they didn't find out the reason for a whole year."

Jiang Youzhi then asked: "What about King Zhao? King Zhao's fate should be the worst, right?"

Song Zheng said quickly: "Speaking of King Zhao, that incident back then was even more unimaginable. After King Zhao was arrested, he refused to give up the list of rebels, and even uttered wild words. The emperor was so angry that he wanted to divide him into five horses. The day before he was executed In the evening, Zhao Wang disappeared in the prison for no reason."

Jiang Youzhi was surprised and said: "Disappeared? My lord only said that he disappeared in the prison in the imperial palace?"

Song Zheng nodded and said: "Yes, Dali Temple has investigated this matter until now, but has not found any clues. King Zhao disappeared completely out of thin air as if the world had evaporated. This matter is still an unsolved mystery. .”

Jiang Youzhi frowned slightly. The prison in the imperial palace can be described as an impregnable wall. No one can escape alive. How could King Zhao get out of his body? It is indeed unimaginable!
Then she asked again: "Then Li Lan, what does this case have to do with Li Lan?"

"Dali Temple was in charge of investigating the case back then. It pried something out of the mouth of a dying rebel. Knowing that the rebels everywhere are not dead, they still refused to give up for a year. They will stay in the country on the third day of the month. Zhou Yuliu Lane, we met in an earthen house, and I personally sent people to arrest the rebels, but this group of people was very cautious, we took over a dozen masters, and only then did we catch Li Lan, and the rest of the rebels fled .”

Jiang Youzhi couldn't help thinking in his heart, it seems that this group of people's martial arts are really strong, Ren is an elite soldier around the emperor, and they can at most be tied with them.

No wonder King Zhao's power suddenly increased, but what is the real purpose of this mysterious organization?Why did they choose to help King Zhao?Countless mysteries filled Jiang Youzhi's mind like this.

"After the emperor found out about this, he imprisoned Li Lan in the prison in the inner court. In order to prevent the recurrence of King Zhao's disappearance, he even ordered the masters to take turns guarding him all night. Indeed, this made it impossible for those people to take action secretly, but it caused A bigger crisis is coming." Song Zheng continued.

(End of this chapter)