fifth form

Zhang Xuezhou did not sleep.

From the time he was summoned into the Anle Palace in the early morning until the first update in the evening, this guy still had his eyes wide open.

There is one scene outside the Anle Palace, and another scene inside the Anle Palace.

The maids and eunuchs in Anle Palace have changed three times, and the Empress Dowager has slept with him twice. This guy is still very energetic.

It is not normal for a person to have no energy, and it is obviously not normal for a person to have too much energy.

Everyone in the first watch could still think that Zhang Xuezhou was excited for a while, but after the second day, even the eunuchs and Gong'e realized that something was wrong.

Under the supervision of everyone, this guy didn't sleep for two days and two nights.

Even if a person with advanced cultivation has not slept for two days and two nights, there will be at least a trace of tiredness on his face, and he will need a short period of sleep to recover.

But Zhang Xuezhou's cultivation lasted for two days and two nights, and his face has not changed even now.

"I'm so sorry, I pulled your beard two days ago!"

"I seem to remember pulling your skirt, Dongfang was abrupt!"

"I think I yelled at you, I'm sorry, I couldn't control myself at the time!"

……

Listening to Zhang Xuezhou's gentle apology, everyone realized that this guy's mind was much normal.

Of course, no matter how Zhang Xuezhou apologizes, this guy is still very courageous. After all, this is Anle Palace, not a market.

Zhang Xuezhou dared to apologize, but the officials and concubines who had been transferred to Anle Palace were squirming and dared not speak.

"Empress of Heaven, you are here too!"

"Don't call me Queen of Heaven, just call me Grand Master!"

"Okay, Queen of Heaven!"

After releasing the power of the Nine Dragon Cauldron to adjust and rest, Mrs. Dou also came to check.

It was hard for her to believe Zhang Xuezhou's condition. She even slept a little longer last night and decided to stay up late today to see how he was doing.

She hoped that Zhang Xuezhou's situation was not a comeback, and she also hoped that the other party could continue to be normal after his death with the Nine-turn Aiki Technique.

Only in this way can the Empress Dowager accept the medical skills of Medical Officer Chunyu.

But Zhang Xuezhou's current state was too good, which made Mrs. Dou a little worried.

She hoped that Zhang Xuezhou's state was fake, or that he had secretly taken a nap a few times, instead of staying so energetic all the time.

No one can stay like this forever.

Although Medical Officer Chunyu mentioned that Zhang Xuezhou's crazy behavior may have been stimulated, Medical Officer Chunyu also mentioned that Zhang Xuezhou's situation was probably a reflection of his past.

Zhang Xuezhou can reflect on his past, but the Empress Dowager cannot.

If she couldn't live long after receiving medical treatment from Dr. Chunyu, it would be better for the Empress Dowager to rely on ambergris and other methods to survive.

Although the price of using ambergris and other substances to extend your life is high, and the process is full of pain, it is better than losing your life.

It has to be said that waiting to see the patient's condition is a very unpleasant thing, but Mrs. Dou is glad that this patient is not too boring, at least he can keep talking.

"You are such a pitiful person!" Mrs. Dou was not familiar with Zhang Xuezhou. When she was not familiar with him, she could only ask about family members.

This made Zhang Xuezhou worry about a lot of things, from life in Zhangjiazhuang to various hunting, to all kinds of hardships to make a living, and then everyone had a meal of snake meat and chicken. In the end, almost everyone in the village disappeared. Zhang Xuezhou also mentioned that his parents have not been heard from for several years.

This made Mrs. Dou feel very sad.

It was difficult for her to sympathize with these things about Zhang Xuezhou, but when Zhang Xuezhou talked about these things, he was very organized, story-telling and logical, which made her never get tired of listening to them.

"When there are many hunters in the village, it is impossible for hundreds of people to disappear for no reason. It is very likely that they were deceived and moved as a whole!"

When Mrs. Dou was nostalgic for the story, the old voice of the Empress Dowager came from behind the screen behind the main hall of Anle Palace.

"The target of the other party's deception should be your village chief and elders," the Queen Mother said: "These methods may be achieved through eloquence, ecstasy, puppetry, etc., but there are few other reasons!"

"Are you saying that a liar has defrauded our entire village chief?" Zhang Xuezhou shouted.

"This situation cannot be ruled out." The Queen Mother behind the screen coughed twice, and then replied: "This is the lowest level of tactics. As long as you are eloquent, you can deceive the entire village. If there are people in your village who go out, If the developer is owed money, the other party may trick the whole village into selling it out of town, and the possibility of committing the crime by an acquaintance is relatively high.”

"There are only some villagers in our village who went to serve as soldiers in the Northern Military Region. Everyone either died in the battle or returned home and became hunters again. No one has ever developed outside," Zhang Xuezhou said.

"If there is something extraordinary in your village, or a geomantic treasure land, some crooked practitioners may use Ecstasy and other medicines to confuse people, thereby driving away the people in your village," the Queen Mother said.

"I have a friend who lives in the same village. He went back last year and saw that the village was deserted and the roads were difficult to pass. Our entire village has been abandoned," Zhang Xuezhou replied.

"Then there is only one last possibility left. Someone used puppetry and other control techniques to influence the village chief and elders of your village, and then left with the entire village." The Queen Mother said: "But the other party's motives are a problem. !”

"Puppetry!"

Zhang Xuezhou's eyes were a little solemn.

Of course he remembered what happened a few years ago, and he also knew that there were some great practitioners around Zhangjiazhuang at that time.

This involves Jinchang, who can use puppetry, and Cuo Bugui, who is good at using medicine.

These are two highly suspicious subjects.

However, there is no benefit for Hou Bugui to capture the villagers, and he is willing to live in Jiuchi Taoist Temple.

Zhang Xuezhou's eyes were on Jinchang.

Jinchang does have extremely good puppetry skills, and he can take away an entire village quietly. It would have been normal if the other party had appeared in the north back then.

Moreover, Jinchang has been tracing the whereabouts of Cui Bugui, and he may have been very close to Zhangjiazhuang at that time.

But as the Empress Dowager said, Zhang Xuezhou could doubt Jinchang, but it was also difficult for him to understand Jinchang's motives.

"We have to check the files of King Huainan from back then. We can't ask Jinchang to check this matter himself, but we can ask Lei Gao to do it. Moreover, Cigong is also in the Huainan King's Mansion, so he can help to some extent!"

When looking at Jinchang, Zhang Xuezhou also roughly locked in the possible exploration direction.

Excluding the years when Jinchang was separated from everyone else, Jinchang had mostly served the King of Huainan before.

Just like Jinchang came to Yangling for exploration, Jinchang's purpose depends more on the needs of the upper class.

It's just that Zhang Xuezhou can't figure out what value the villagers of Zhangjiazhuang have that are worthy of the attention of the princes and kings of the place.

It was difficult for him to figure out the connection, but with the reminder from the Empress Dowager, Zhang Xuezhou felt that he could check the suspect first.

The authorities were confused and it was obvious to onlookers that he was too familiar with Jinchang and others, and Jinchang and others had never mentioned these things, which made Zhang Xuezhou rarely focus his investigation on Jinchang.