Little lucky girl with supernatural powers in the farm, becomes rich in business and raises cubs

Chapter 141 The Mystery
Red peony root, citrus aurantium fruit, galangal, golden cherry seed...all the medicinal materials passed quickly from Xiaoruo's hands.

After a while, Xiaoxun handed Xiaoruo a plate containing a gray and white stone: "Ruoruo, see if this is it."

Looking at it by candlelight, it really is a five-flower keel!
"That's it!" Xiaoruo took the keel with a bamboo clip and looked closely at the light source.

I saw a silver light flashing in the tiny depression of the keel.

Mercury is fluid and volatile, Xiaoruo dare not touch it directly with his hands, and only fiddles with it with bamboo clips.

The amount of mercury on this keel is very small, and it is ingeniously all in the depressions or cracks, which is difficult to find without careful observation.

After some observation, Xiao Ruo had a guess in her heart.

The purpose of tonight has been achieved, the two put the keel back to its original place, quietly left the imperial hospital and returned to the sleeping hall, Xiao Dezi was still dozing off, and did not notice anyone coming during the whole process.

After returning to the residence that only belonged to the two of them, Xiaoruo told Xiaoxun what she had just discovered and her guess.

"Mercury is a very volatile substance, and it will disappear after being exposed to the air for at most two or three days, so I suspect that the person who poisoned it randomly selected one of the medicinal materials of the day to poison according to the time of his entry into the palace."

"You mean the person who poisoned was someone outside the palace?" Xiaoxun re-lit the charcoal fire, and continued to heat the milk jelly on the silver thread charcoal.

Xiaoruo nodded, walked to the side of the charcoal brazier, stretched out her hand to warm the fire.

"I think the person who poisoned it may be Steward Zhao. He will send medicinal materials to the imperial hospital every once in a while. Today, when he entered the palace, we found medicinal materials with mercury added."

Of course, this is just her guess. When catching a thief and taking stolen goods, everything must be based on evidence. Xiao Ruo now suspects that Butler Zhao is [-]% based on intuition and [-]% based on speculation.

Xiaoxun used tongs to poke out the gaps in the silver charcoal, allowing more air to enter the carbon basin, so that Xiaoruo could warm up faster.

As for Xiaoruo's inference that the person who poisoned Xiaoruo was Steward Zhao, he had no doubts, and only added: "So we checked the records of His Majesty's medication before, and checked every pair of imperial physicians and eunuchs, but we didn't find anyone who was poisoned like His Majesty. Symptoms are due to the fact that the poison is too random, and each imperial doctor may have drunk it several times, but it did not show up because of the small amount."

"It's possible that there are many imperial doctors on duty. Even if there is mercury in the soup to try, it's only once a month, and the amount is small each time. Indeed, the symptoms are not obvious...Only drink every bowl of medicine Only the Holy One will accumulate poison in the body."

"Steward Zhao is so bold that he dared to poison the current saint... This is a capital offense..." Thinking about the conversation between Steward Zhao and Hanzhu tonight, Xiaoxun didn't think it was strange.

The uncle of the country wants to have a child with his own sister and seize the throne, so what's so strange about his housekeeper poisoning the saint?
I'm afraid that in time, the Holy Majesty really died of mercury poisoning, and the Sui family's son was born, the uncle and the empress would really cover the sky with one hand, plot against the superior and become the ruler of this country...

Even though he criticized the current emperor because of his father, Xiaoxun had to admit that Emperor Suwu Zang Lu was a qualified king. At least under his rule, the people could still live and work in peace and contentment.

Compared with the tyranny and disasters of the previous dynasty recorded in the history books, it can barely be called a peaceful and prosperous age.

Lowering his eyebrows and thinking for a moment, Xiaoxun said: "Then we will reduce the number of visits to the imperial pharmacy, and only check the medicinal materials in private. When Butler Zhao enters the palace again, we will focus on checking whether the medicinal materials of that day contain mercury."

Xiaoruo was thinking about something with him, and agreed: "I think so too. If there is no mercury in the usual medicinal materials, and only the day he came to check for mercury, then it is likely that he did it."

The aroma of frozen milk overflowed, stimulating her stomach tortured by the Lantern Festival dinner.Xiaoxun brought the heated frozen milk to the table, took out a small silver spoon and handed it to her, "Eat it, be careful not to burn it."

At the same time, the Palace of Eternal Life.

Zang Tinghua stood at the window and looked up at the starry sky. The lanterns in the palace are bright today, but the stars are very dim against it.

Xiao Jinzi reported in a low voice: "His Royal Highness, they have already come out of the Imperial Hospital."

After getting the desired answer, Zang Tinghua finally showed a smile on his expressionless face.

"Did they see what they wanted to see?" Looking back from the night sky, the dim stars were not the scenery he wanted.

Xiao Jinzi lowered his head and replied in a lower voice: "I have seen everything that needs to be seen."

"Well done, reward." Zang Tinghua tore off the Donghai Pearl from his belt and threw it to Xiao Jinzi.

After Xiao Jinzi kowtowed to thank him, he retreated as silently as when he came.

For the next fifteen days, Xiao Ruo and Xiao Xun acted as if nothing had happened, and went to the Tai Hospital every now and then as before, wandering around a few times each time, asking some questions and then leaving. Stay soon.

On the first day of February, Yanggui is in the north, and Yin is in the southwest. According to the news from the eunuchs, today is the day for Steward Zhao to deliver the medicine.

In order not to miss the time when Butler Zhao delivered the medicine, Xiao Ruo and Xiao Xun came to Tai Hospital early in the morning.

Today, the left court sentenced Lu Sicheng to be on duty again, and he had to eat dog food from the morning.

This young couple shared room No. [-] in the South Hall with him. For a while, the man covered the woman's hands to warm her body, and for a while the woman helped the man straighten his crumpled cuffs. I didn't read the words, I just heard that the two of them are here, you and me.

"Judging by the Lu Court, Housekeeper Zhao has brought the medicinal materials."

The little eunuch's report was no less than saving him from fire and water, Lu Sicheng immediately dropped the medical book, got up and hurried out of the house.

Xiao Ruo and Xiao Xun looked at each other, tacitly kept a distance from Lu Sicheng, and walked out of the South Hall slowly.

Housekeeper Zhao sent civet incense and Tang Lingzhi today. They were packed in a brocade box and covered with red silk. Others could not see their true identities. Xiao Ruo and Xiao Xun only knew about it from the conversation between Housekeeper Zhao and Lu Yuanping. What is the medicinal material sent this time.

"Oh, it's so precious...the civet scent secreted by the big spotted civet, the last time I saw it was when I first entered the imperial hospital..." Lu Sicheng smiled like a flower with his old face, and bowed to Butler Zhao.

Steward Zhao said, "Everything, this is all the master's heart for the Holy One", but he only stroked his beard with his hand, and did not return the gift.

What an arrogant running dog!

Housekeeper Zhao was invited by Lu Sicheng to the main hall to drink tea and rest. The little eunuch carefully took the medicinal materials and sent them to the herbal medicine storehouse for registration. After the little eunuch finished and left, Xiao Ruo and Xiao Xun immediately went into the herbal medicine storehouse to check.

The newly imported Civet Fragrance and Tang Lingzhi have no problems in terms of their properties or smell. Xiaoruo took the medicinal materials to a bright place for inspection, and found no trace of mercury.

"It seems that the problem is not with the medicinal materials delivered." Xiaoruo put the civet cat incense and Tang Lingzhi back to their original places, "Let's go to the imperial pharmacy after Steward Zhao returns."

If the two of them followed Butler Zhao all the time, it would be too alarming, and they could only choose to verify their previous guesses after the fact.

The two returned to the south hall, always paying attention to the movement outside the house.

After drinking tea in the main hall, Housekeeper Zhao, accompanied by Lu Sicheng, took a stroll around the Tai Hospital. With his ears pricked up, he could vaguely hear his comment that the landscaping of the Tai Hospital needs to be improved.

About an hour later, the voice of Lu Sicheng seeing off the guests finally came from outside the door.

"Steward Zhao, go slowly, Uncle Guo's loyalty to the Holy Majesty, I will definitely convey it!"

After a while of courtesy, the courtyard returned to silence.

Lu Sicheng returned to Room No. [-] in the South Hall with a smile on his face. The moment he saw Xiao Ruo and Xiao Xun, the smile on his face disappeared at the speed of light, and he returned to a state of expressionlessness.

Xiaoruo got up and said a blessing, and said: "The Lu court judges, we two will not disturb you to improve your medical skills, let's take our leave first."

He raised his eyelids and glanced at the two of them, Lu Sicheng hummed lightly and responded.

After leaving Room No. [-] in the South Hall, Xiao Ruo and Xiao Xun immediately went around the South Hall and came to the imperial pharmacy in the backyard.

It was Xiao Dezi who was on duty. When he saw the two people he was familiar with, he immediately smiled and said, "Miss, you are here, what are you looking for this time?"

"Go ahead, let's just take a look." Xiaoruo said calmly with a smile on her face, not wanting the little eunuch to follow her.

The two of them often walked around on weekdays, and Xiao Dezi was used to it, so he said hello and went about his own affairs.

When he walked away, Xiao Ruo and Xiao Xun immediately came to the area where Choshi was placed, and checked the medicinal materials needed for today's nourishing decoction.

Longan meat, sealwort, dendrobium, medlar, gastrodia elata...

Until the bezoar was checked, Xiao Ruo finally saw a familiar silver color.

Sure enough, mercury appeared again!

(End of this chapter)