fifth form

Chapter 1990 Cai Ma Gets Involved
Li Shaojun had indeed entered the state of a Taoist master.

Without Zhang Xuezhou's reminder, he didn't dare to act recklessly. Instead, he always maintained his identity as a Taoist successor and didn't dare to slack off in his aging techniques for even a moment.

He had done so many fake things that Li Shaojun himself took them seriously.

He stayed temporarily at Zhang's house, looking like a Taoist master. Even though Rong felt sorry for Li Shaojun and brought him a bowl of food, Li Shaojun only took two bites of the meat flavor of the dish.

"Too much meat is fishy and smelly, which is a big taboo in self-cultivation. Eating too much meat can easily make you have a fierce face. You should eat less meat in the future," Li Shaojun instructed slowly.

"If you don't want to eat it, I'll give it to Zhouzi," You Rong said.

"Go ahead. By the way, I'm not feeling well. Please ask Dongfang Shuo to come to my place!"

Li Shaojun waved his hand, signaling You Rong to go out.

He took a deep breath, and then breathed in and out, looking calm and indifferent.

Li Shaojun stood up quickly when he heard footsteps approaching the door.

"My friend, it seems you are awake!"

Seeing Zhang Xuezhou pushing the door open, Li Shaojun couldn't help but pinch his moustache, and asked Zhang Xuezhou who entered the room with a kind face.

"There are rumors out there that you and the old lady are having an affair. It seems like you're doing well in Anle Palace," Zhang Xuezhou said with a smile as he pushed the door open.

"Oh my god, this is really suffocating me!"

Zhang Xuezhou dared to say such treasonous words. Li Shaojun felt that the Empress Dowager should stay away from him.

The first time the Empress Dowager followed him, he indeed did not discover anything. But when she followed him the second time, Li Shaojun could vaguely feel that he was being watched. However, if Li Shaojun was asked to point out where the Empress Dowager was, he could not find her. Even though the Empress Dowager had already left, Li Shaojun was still suspicious and did not dare to take any action that would overstep the mark.

It was not until Zhang Xuezhou spoke that Li Shaojun breathed a sigh of relief.

"Is that bowl of pork rice still there? I've been eating bland soup for more than ten days in the palace. I'm almost going to get sick from eating this."

Knowing that the surroundings were very safe, Li Shaojun ran out and asked for the meal that Yourong had brought earlier.

He chewed repeatedly, wishing to make up for the oil and water he had eaten over the past ten days.

"My life is not like a human being. When will it end?" asked Li Shaojun.

"Don't you have any idea when this will end?" Zhang Xuezhou said.

"I really have no idea!"

Li Shaojun felt a little nervous as he kept coming into contact with the Empress Dowager.

No one wants to face an aging person. The Empress Dowager really can't bear it anymore, but she places her hopes on him. Li Shaojun feels that he cannot bear such a heavy responsibility.

He couldn't defeat the Empress Dowager, his power was not comparable to hers, and he couldn't come up with any medicine to cure her.

If the Empress Dowager found out anything, Li Shaojun felt that he would be chopped into pieces.

Then Li Shaojun could do nothing, but he still wanted to take advantage of others.

"By the way, how did the gourd case that you were involved in in the palace go?"

Zhang Xuezhou originally planned to leave Li Shaojun alone, but Zhang Xuezhou was still concerned about Yishuo.

Of course, the medicine gourd is still with him. Asking for clear answers will help Zhang Xuezhou make arrangements, so that he won't get involved accidentally.

"Anle Palace has conducted a thorough investigation and re-investigation of the criminals involved in the case back then, as well as their families. Even the officials who tried the case back then were implicated. Nearly a hundred people have been imprisoned now. We have also conducted a thorough investigation of these people's residences, but have not found any effective clues yet," said Li Shaojun dejectedly.

"Is there anyone with the surname Cui here?" Zhang Xuezhou asked.

"Your last name is Cui? Do you know something?" Li Shaojun asked with his eyes lighting up.

"If I want to get the gourd, I have to do something, including finding out the situation!"

"There are nine people with the surname Cui involved in the case. The leader is Cui Zhifu, the chief physician of the Imperial Medical Clinic. His entire family was imprisoned. He was tortured several times during the interrogation and was sent to Anle Palace, but he kept denying that he had no knowledge of the case!" "Cui Zhifu?"

Zhang Xuezhou nodded, indicating that he understood.

If the matter is not too outrageous, there is a 70% to 80% chance that this is the medical officer who fought with Yi Li for the medicine gourd.

Of course, even if Cui Zhifu was not the one who did it, at least eight people with the surname Cui were involved, and they would eventually run into Yishuo's enemies.

If Zhang Xuezhou guessed correctly, Yi Shuo was most likely also imprisoned.

Anle Palace conducted a thorough investigation into the matter, and Yishuo, as Yili's descendant, was unlikely to be spared. However, as the female medical officer serving the Empress Dowager, Yishuo should not have lost her head so easily at the very beginning.

This was also a game of chance. Zhang Xuezhou was betting that the Empress Dowager would not go insane and execute everyone involved in the case.

If we don't want to make the Empress Dowager crazy due to gains and losses, we need to give her a glimmer of hope.

Zhang Xuezhou looked at Li Shaojun and felt that Li Shaojun was the one who kept the Empress Dowager stable.

"What's wrong with you? Why don't you ask again after asking?" Li Shaojun asked after finishing the food in his bowl.

"I remember you said before that eating too much pork is not good for you," Zhang Xuezhou said.

"That was just nonsense," said Li Shaojun.

"Then you should talk nonsense more in the future," Zhang Xuezhou said, "If you want to have a perfect ending in Anle Palace, you must talk nonsense to stabilize the Empress Dowager. It would be best if you can ask Cai Ma to check it for you!"

"Cai Ma is in charge?"

Li Shaojun's heart moved, and he already knew what Zhang Xuezhou meant.

This required Cai Ma to calculate the life span of the Empress Dowager.

If the Empress Dowager can still live for a long time, Li Shaojun will have to find a reason to avoid her for a while. If her life span is very short, Li Shaojun will just let it go.

No one can keep talking nonsense for long without getting into trouble. If Li Shaojun is caught by the Empress Dowager once, he will be finished.

He felt that this month was like a year, and Li Shaojun could not bear the long-term torment.

The Empress Dowager was indeed a very formidable opponent. Whether it was her seemingly friendly yet distant hospitality towards Li Shaojun, or her repeated pursuit of Li Shaojun, or her swift investigation into the gourd case and other incidents of the year, this proved that she still had the power to call the shots in Chang'an City.

At this time, he followed Zhang Xuezhou's advice and quickly went out to ask Cai Ma for help.

"Li Shaojun wants Cai Ma to help him, so Cai Ma will definitely take the opportunity to gain benefits. I gave Cai Ma this opportunity to get the elixir for cultivation, so it should be no problem for her to draw a map to West Kunlun for me!"

Zhang Xuezhou followed behind slowly.

It didn't take long before Zhang Xuezhou heard the bargaining between Cai Ma and Li Shaojun.

"Dongfang Shuo, please judge for yourself. She usually calculates people's life spans in a set way, but she is not happy to help me calculate the old lady's life span in the palace, and she even asked me for a lot of medicine!"

When Zhang Xuezhou stepped into Cai Ma's room, Li Shaojun couldn't help but cry and ask for help.

"Please discuss this more," Zhang Xuezhou said with a smile towards Cai Ma.

"How can the life span of an ordinary person be compared with that of such a great cultivator? The Empress Dowager is a cultivator of the True Self Realm. If I don't handle it properly, it will backfire and shorten her life span. Taking these great medicines from you is the most basic reward!"

Cai Ma nodded slightly towards Zhang Xuezhou.

Li Shaojun obviously asked the wrong person for help. As fellow apprentices and classmates, Cai Ma felt that his relationship with Zhang Xuezhou was more reliable, and Zhang Xuezhou would most likely turn to her side.

Her idea was not entirely wrong.

After Cai Ma and Li Shaojun talked for a while, Zhang Xuezhou really advised Li Shaojun to solve the problem as soon as possible to make it convenient for you and me.

(End of this chapter)