fifth form

Chapter 1919: Detailed
"Will there be any problem for this Taoist priest Li to go to Anle Palace?"

Yishuo took a day off and returned to Laoshu Hutong for a rare visit.

After being transferred to the Empress Dowager's side, Yi Shuo worked diligently for the past six months and finally gained the trust of the Empress Dowager.

The atmosphere in the palace was rather serious. She hadn't had such a relaxing time for a long time, especially the quarrels and fights with Rong Tianding made her feel refreshed.

But after feeling comfortable, Yishuo's condition returned to its previous state.

"You seem to care about this Cui Yan?"

Yishuo entered Zhang's house.

If she wanted to have fun, she could ask Rong Tianding, but if it came to serious matters, she could only ask Zhang Xuezhou.

In the absence of Zheng Wukong, Zhang Xuezhou, who was only a few years older than her, seemed like an elder, and Yishuo felt very comfortable communicating with him.

"I found a clue. My parents' life and death involved an official named Cui, but there are not many officials with the surname Cui in the palace." Yi Shuo said, "I am now re-investigating Cui Yan!"

"Have you found out anything?" Zhang Xuezhou asked.

"no!"

Yi Shuo seemed somewhat dejected when he answered.

She is good at practicing medicine and treating illnesses, but not good at investigation and tracking. Yishuo found clues by flipping through the bamboo slips that recorded the secrets of the imperial palace.

And when she tested Cui Yan, Cui Yan's narration was more like that from a third party's perspective.

The matter cannot be investigated further at this point.

"Tell me exactly what Cui Yan said about the red gourd!"

Yi Shuo narrated the difficulties he encountered in a low voice and told Zhang Xuezhou in detail, obviously hoping to get Zhang Xuezhou's help.

This made Zhang Xuezhou think again and again, and then asked Yishuo to repeat Cui Yan's words.

"In the past, there was a doctor in the Imperial Medical Clinic named Yi Li. He used a red gourd to make pills," Yi Shuo repeated.

"Not this one, you're talking about the second one," Zhang Xuezhou shook his head.

"Later, Yi Li reported the gourd stolen, which angered the Empress Dowager and she re-investigated the case. After that, it disappeared, and no one has ever seen the gourd that could make the elixir again."

Yi Shuo thought about it and repeated exactly what he had asked Cui Yan.

"Is there anything wrong with this sentence?" Yi Shuo asked curiously.

"Why was the Empress Dowager so angry when your father reported that the gourd was stolen?" Zhang Xuezhou asked.

"What do you mean?" Yi Shuo said with a grim expression.

"Even Cui Yan knows about this matter, which proves that Anle Palace knows about the gourd. It is also possible that your father was refining the medicine, and the loss of the gourd must have affected Anle Palace," said Zhang Xuezhou.

"Could it be that the Empress Dowager killed my father?" Yi Shuo asked anxiously.

"There is only a partial connection," Zhang Xuezhou shook his head and said, "Your father worked in the court, and the gourd must have been given to the royal family to make medicine. Anle Palace will not target your father, but the person who wants to replace your father may not be the same. This gourd must have been stolen by someone else when your father was making medicine, and your father just took it back again."

"That's probably the case!"

"Perhaps your father wanted to use the power of Anle Palace to target the thief, so he sent the gourd to the countryside so that he could report the theft with peace of mind," said Zhang Xuezhou.

Just a few simple sentences, but the inference Zhang Xuezhou drew was far from what Yi Shuo had thought.

Yi Shuo just felt that the truth was most likely as Zhang Xuezhou said.

"Then what?" Yi Shuo asked. "Since your father chose to use the power of Anle Palace to re-investigate and target him, the thief will also choose to do it." Zhang Xuezhou said: "But in this gourd theft case, the thief is not just the person your father targeted. Your father took the gourd back and sent it to the countryside, which is also related to the theft. This may have caused problems during the interrogation!"

"so?"

"Perhaps your father and the other party died together, or perhaps your father lost the fight and thus lost his life!"

Zhang Xuezhou deduced the clues bit by bit, and Yi Shuo's eyes widened. She had been conducting a thorough investigation in the palace for more than half a year, but she was still no match for Zhang Xuezhou's analysis in just a few words.

"Then what? What should I do now?" Yi Shuo asked.

"As long as we find the records of the Hulu case, see who was the presiding official, and see who was tried, or even released without charge, and see who among them was surnamed Cui, the accurate answer will come out!"

Yishuo's revenge for his parents seems complicated, but as long as the relevant clues are found, it is not too difficult to verify it accurately.

However, looking through past case files is not something that can be done simply by talking. One may need to look for secret records related to the Imperial Medical Institute, or look through trial records in the Jingzhao Yin Mansion, or find the officials who conducted the trial that year to inquire.

Of course, there is also a very direct clue.

The Empress Dowager was furious about this matter and would certainly pay attention to the relevant interrogations. The other party would also most likely be aware of the people involved.

Zhang Xuezhou whispered a few words, and Yi Shuo felt his thoughts quickly become clearer, without any trace of the confusion he had felt before.

"If you find out the answer, what will you do?" Zhang Xuezhou asked with interest: "Suppose the real murderer is Cui Yan, what will you do?"

"I will wait for the palace during my holidays, and wait until I get close to him again, then I will stab him to death with a needle," Yi Shuo replied hatefully.

"Then he fled to a faraway place, or was arrested and punished without even leaving Chang'an City?" Zhang Xuezhou asked.

"Bad...I think that's about it!"

Yi Shuo thought about it and nodded again.

For the Avengers, their basic route of revenge is this: find the enemy and then kill the enemy. As for the consequences after killing the enemy, this is not taken into consideration.

"Next time you encounter something like this, tell me earlier." Zhang Xuezhou knocked on Yi Shuo's head and said, "Just beg more people. Revenge sometimes doesn't need to be so troublesome!"

"Please help? Who?"

"Li Shaojun!"

Zhang Xuezhou looked towards the direction of Anle Palace.

It has been two hours since Li Shaojun traveled alone in a carriage to the palace. As long as Li Shaojun can calm the Empress Dowager, the communication between the two will become equal in the future.

Not to mention Li Shaojun's indirect hints, even if Li Shaojun asked directly about the matter, the Empress Dowager would most likely tell him about it.

If Li Shaojun could be more flexible, this might arouse the Empress Dowager's new and old grudges and directly retry the people involved in the case.

Yi Li was already dead, so the only one left was Yi Shuo's target for revenge.

"Then I'll wait for Taoist Priest Li to come back and beg him," Yi Shuo nodded repeatedly.

"He currently lacks the secret recipe and methods for refining the inner elixir. You can exchange them with him in this regard, or even help him refine the elixir in the future," Zhang Xuezhou suggested.

Even if Li Shaojun has dealt with the Empress Dowager, if he wants to continue to stay in Chang'an City, Li Shaojun will have to make pills in the future. Even if it is not the Shengsheng Zaohua Pill, he still needs to show his ability in making pills.

Based on the other party's expectations for the Eight-Step Immortality Pill, Zhang Xuezhou felt that Li Shaojun's possibility of entering the realm of supernatural powers was almost entirely dependent on Chang'an City, which involved the Eight-Step Immortality Pill that Li Shaojun needed to refine.

If he still cannot get what he wants even with the support of the imperial court in Chang'an, the possibility of Li Shaojun entering a higher realm of cultivation in this lifetime is slim, let alone getting rid of "Bai".

"It seems this guy must have received some kind of mission from Bai. He didn't just come to Chang'an City to seek opportunities to improve his cultivation!"

Thinking of the "Bai" suppressed in the Yellow Spring under Fengxize, Zhang Xuezhou suddenly felt that Li Shaojun's tireless pursuit of the management of Chang'an City might have ulterior motives.