Snowy Chang'an Road

Since Ban Zhuo had questions, Wei Shao followed his questions and started making nonsense.

"So, you are also trapped by love. Although I am your elder, I have always regarded you as a brother. Dear brother, you don't have to be upset. Let's get drunk and solve all our worries."

Wei Shao accompanied Ban Zhuo and drank a lot more until Ban Zhuo was completely drunk.

He returned to the room just now to look for Pei Ying, but there was no trace of her. Now according to Pei Ying's plan, he should send Ban Zhuo back home.

Wei Shao helped Ban Zhuo downstairs. Bai Zheng had been waiting outside for a long time.

"Where is the princess?"

"The princess went back to her mansion to change clothes. She told us to walk slower. She will meet us outside Guangxinhou Mansion."

"it is good."

Outside the Marquis of Guangxin's mansion, Bai Zheng helped the drunk and unconscious Ban Zhuo out of the carriage. The servants in the mansion saw that the Marquis was drunk and hurriedly stepped forward to help him.

Wei Shao and Pei Ying walked in front, and under the guidance of their servants, they sent Ban Zhuo back to his room. Pei Ying had been observing, not so much observing, but rather searching for that familiar smell.

Mrs. Guangxin Hou was not in the palace, but went to the temple to burn incense, leaving only a bunch of warblers and swallows, making it difficult to enter the elegant hall.

Wei Shao and Pei Ying were not in a hurry to leave. Since no one was at home, they could do what they wanted. During the meal, Wei Shao arranged for the chef to cook a lot of food. After eating, the couple took a walk in the garden of Guangxin Hou Mansion.

Although they were at the residence of the Marquis of Guangxin, Wei Shao and Pei Ying were not restrained at all. The servants knew the identity of Wei Shao, King of Peking, and did not dare to say more. They could only follow and serve the couple from a distance.

Ban Zhuo had a very comfortable sleep this time. His mind was relaxed and the alcohol was numbing him. When he woke up, he felt dizzy and his body was also very relaxed.

"Master Hou, you're awake."

"Bring me a glass of water."

"promise."

As soon as Ban Zhuo put the warm water into his mouth, he heard the servant say: "You are drunk. The King and Princess of Peiping sent you back."

"What? Where are they now?"

"Enjoying the scenery in the garden."

Hearing this, Ban Zhuo didn't even bother to drink water, so he quickly put on his shoes and ran into the garden.

He saw the door of the study room facing the water in the garden being opened, and his heart skipped a beat.

At this time, not only Ban Zhuo was worried, Wei Shao was on the lookout, and Pei Ying was also searching everywhere.

She clearly smelled the familiar smell here, but she couldn't find it.

"Pei Ying, stop looking, Ban Zhuo is here."

Pei Ying hurriedly walked to the table, picked up the brush and started drawing gracefully.

"King of Peking."

"Marquis Guangxin."

"I'm really rude today. I'm drunk. Thank you King Beiping for sending me back to the mansion."

"Your Majesty, you are so polite. We are destined to meet each other."

"Why is the princess here? It's a shame to welcome her from afar."

"Hello, Hou An, Guangxin."

"It's so hot, why are you still wandering in the garden? These unscrupulous servants are usually indulged by my wife and make the prince laugh."

"Anywhere, after we had a meal, we saw the beautiful scenery in the garden, so we went out for a walk. Didn't we see a patch of lotus flowers here? Madam wanted to paint on a whim, so she took the liberty of borrowing the study room of the Marquis Mansion."

"As long as the princess likes it, there is nothing presumptuous or inappropriate. How about we move to the main hall?"

"Okay, guests are welcome to do as you please."

Ban Zhuo thought to himself, "What a guest. I'm drunk. You and your wife are really rude and treat our Marquis' Mansion as your own."

After the three of them exchanged pleasantries, Wei Shao and Pei Ying left. After seeing off the two of them, Ban Zhuoqing withdrew his men and hurried toward the study alone.

"Wei Shao, there must be something wrong with Ban Zhuo. I really smelled that smell in the study, but I couldn't find it anywhere."

"Since you are so sure, let's go to the Hou Mansion again tonight."

"it is good."

In the middle of the night, a figure sneaked into the Guangxinhou Mansion. He looked around cautiously and saw Pei Ying crawling in from the dog hole with difficulty.

After Pei Ying stood up and Wei Shao helped her dust off her body, the two came to the study room in the garden.

When Pei Ying walked into the study again, she found that the smell had disappeared.

"Strange, why is there no such smell?"

"Now what?"

"How about we go look for it in Ban Zhuo's room?"

"it is good."

In fact, this matter is very difficult to do, but no matter how difficult it is, Wei Shao will help Pei Ying solve these problems.

After a burst of smoke, the couple covered their mouths and noses and entered the room, where they saw Ban Zhuo and a woman lying disheveled on the bed.

After making sure that the two of them had fallen asleep, Pei Ying started to smell around. She had an intuition that there was a smell that she was familiar with in this room.

Sure enough, when Pei Ying approached the bed, the familiar smell appeared again, but Ban Zhuo was now naked. Wei Shao saw this and pulled the thin quilt to cover him tightly.

Finally, Pei Ying's nose stopped on the clothes hanger beside the bed. She took off the purse from the clothes, brought it to her nose and smelled it. It was this smell, very light, so light that it was not easy to detect.

Pei Ying opened her purse and found dozens of small pills inside. She took out one and put it away carefully.

"withdraw."

In the room of the Prince of Peiping, Pei Ying held this small pill in her hand. The pill looked more and more familiar.

"Wei Shao, go get the pills I gave to His Majesty."

After some comparison, Pei Ying discovered that the two pills could not be said to be completely unrelated, but they could only be said to be exactly the same.

These two identical pills made Pei Ying think deeply.

In the early morning of the next day, she took this pill with her and appeared in various medical clinics and medicine stores in Chang'an City, trying to find answers.

Finally, after a day of struggling, she found the answer.

"This pill is made from a tonic, but someone added some cinnabar to it. The amount is small and not easy to detect, but if you consume a large amount, you will be poisoned."

Wei Shao speculated: "Who does Ban Zhuo want to harm?"

"I don't know, but I always feel uneasy. Wei Shao, is it almost time to deliver medicine to His Majesty?"

"Yes, there are still three days."

"Do you always give the medicine to Wu Xun?"

"Yes, this medicine has always been kept by Wu Naiguan personally."

"Somehow, I always feel that this matter has something to do with His Majesty. Please pay more attention to this delivery of medicine."

"it is good."

Pei Ying put the two pills in his hand at the same time. After changing their positions several times, the two of them could no longer tell which pill was refined by Pei Ying and which one was brought back from Ban Zhuo's house.

"The two pills are exactly the same. The only difference is the smell."

It's not that Pei Ying is suspicious. It's always better to believe that things in this world exist than to believe that they don't exist. It's better to have a vast sky net than to be sparse.

When encountering something uncertain, remaining skeptical is an attitude, and repeated verification is a method. Only when you are sure that there is nothing wrong can you relax your vigilance appropriately.