I was just solving crimes, how could I become an immortal?

Chapter 82 Where are the water flag colleagues?
  The thief has escaped and the open fire has been extinguished, but the aftermath of this festival cannot be easily overcome.

Late last night, the doctors at the Imperial Medical Office were awakened urgently, saying that something big had happened in the city.

After asking in detail, I found out that there was a fierce battle at a martial arts banquet hosted by King An. The enemy shamelessly released poisonous smoke, poisoning hundreds of people, and the situation was critical.

The imperial doctors arrived quickly and joined the rescue team before dawn.

The good news is that with Ying Changfeng's intervention, the raid ended early.

The poisonous smoke takes effect quickly, but is not very toxic. In addition, most poisoners have good kung fu skills, so it is not difficult to resist the toxin and slowly dissolve it.

But the bad news is that King An's son is also involved.

A mere six-year-old child has no idea what breath-holding is, and has no physical strength to resist the poisonous gas.

Under the continuous siege of the thieves, he inhaled a large amount of poisonous smoke. At this moment, he was unconscious and in critical condition with a livid face.

Princess An shed tears, and Prince An stood aside, anxiously circling around.

"Fellow doctors, please save my son no matter what!"

"Prince An, we have tried our best to rescue you, but it is really difficult to resolve all the toxins in this short period of time..."

All the doctors from the Imperial Medical Office were sweating profusely around the prince. They had taken the life-saving elixir, but it seemed that they could not last more than two hours.

"The poisonous smoke is not very toxic and can be easily resolved. The difficulty lies in the fact that each long piece of silk is mixed with different poisonous smoke."

"It is necessary to determine how many poisons have been inhaled before we can prescribe the right medicine."

"If you think about it carefully, how many long pieces of silk are there in total? What are their colors?"

"It seems to be three? Or four?"

The master guards were also very anxious, and they were thinking very hard.

But at that time, the melee was going on, and they were all trying to fend off the swords, so they couldn't think of counting the long silks.

Now I can only squat on the ground, checking bit by bit, trying to find the fragments and analyze the toxins in them.

"The golden elixir can only last for two hours. It's absolutely too late. We can only ask Cao Shuixiu to help." Doctor Zhong stood aside and put forward his own point of view.

Two hours is not even enough time for investigation, let alone cooking and boiling the medicine. If the poison is wrongly solved, the prince will be in danger.

"But didn't you say last time that Cao An's acupuncture technique can only detect the poison of the deceased?"

"That's right, but we can only ask him to think of a solution. Do you have any other countermeasures?"

Give these imperial doctors time, they can slowly test the needles on the prince's body and detect the poison he has been exposed to.

But they only had two hours left, and any conventional methods would no longer work.

"Then, it can only be broken with unconventional hands."

Behind him, Cao An's weak voice came. He could save someone's life, so he came anyway.

It's just that the way he came was a bit disappointing, but he was carried here on a bamboo chair and stretcher by several people from the Imperial City Department.

It was necessary to rely on a seriously ill patient to save another terminally ill patient, and the imperial doctors were a little worried.

But after all, it was for the sake of the prince, and he couldn't care about face now.

Dr. Zhong quickly walked up to Cao An, checked his pulse, and poured two more detoxification pills. He asked the patient to do something, but he couldn't send him away first!
  Cao An leaned on the bamboo chair and glanced at the unconscious prince.

Every time there is a conflict, there are always innocent children on the injured list.

Cao An prides himself on not being a saint, but if he can save someone, he doesn't mind taking action.

"Will the toxins from this poisonous smoke be integrated into the blood?"

"Yes! Do you have any way to know what the poison is?"

"There is a way, it's a bug."

"What's stuck?"

"What I mean is that you go to the prison and find a death row prisoner who is about to die. Remember, he must be healthy."

After hearing Cao An's arrangement, Pang Shi took over the task without saying a word.

He rushed to Tianlao at full speed and soon brought a man who was beaten half to death.

"What did he commit?" Cao An asked.

"Rape, murder, dismemberment, more than one life has been carried." Pang Shi knew what Cao An meant and handed him the file.

Cao An glanced at him and said, "Then he really deserves to die. Take some of the prince's poisoned blood, feed it to him, and then find a way to activate the poison to kill him. Then I will know what kind of poison the prince was poisoned with."

This is Cao An's method: save one life, kill another.

Since we don’t know what kind of poison the prince was poisoned, doesn’t it mean that as long as others are poisoned by the same thing and die, it will be equal?
  Is the method cruel?
  It's not cruel at all, because the bastard in front of him was going to be cut in half, and he died of poisoning in the end, which was an advantage for him.

Of course, although this method is very overbearing, it is not without limitations.

After all, there are many strange toxins in the world, such as brain worms, poisonous poisons, etc. Those cannot be completely dissolved in the blood, so this method will be ineffective.

Fortunately, the poison of poisonous smoke is not complicated. Feed some blood essence to the prisoner to drink, and then use internal energy to stimulate blood circulation, and the prisoner will die in a matter of seconds.

Cao An immediately smashed a silver needle down: "There are five poisons. Bring a pen and paper, and I will write them down one by one."

One shot, five kinds of poisons were detected? What an amazing skill!

All the imperial doctors were shocked when they saw it with their own eyes, and they all went up to check the place where the needle was inserted.

Doctor Zhong quickly stopped him: "Stop looking and come and prepare the medicine. You can't understand the position."

"Doctor Zhong, are you not curious at all?"

"It's not that I'm not curious, it's that I don't understand at all. I saw him examine more than ten corpses with my own eyes, and each needle was inserted in a different position. Why are you curious?"

"..."

Compressing half a day's work into half an hour, Cao An's magic bought precious time to save the prince.

A group of imperial doctors worked together and actually pulled the prince back from the gate of hell.

Princess An cried with joy, and King An even came to Cao An and expressed his deep gratitude: "Cao An, thank you very much this time. If I have the opportunity in the future, I will definitely repay you."

Cao An didn't even say anything, he just said it was a small matter within his ability.

But there was a strange look in King An's eyes when he looked at him. Cao An couldn't understand it, so he didn't look into it further.

After finishing the business here, he also got on the carriage and set off back to the office to recuperate, preparing to not leave the mountain without clearing the poison.

Of course, the experts from the Tsing Yi Department would be responsible for the journey back. Everyone mercilessly despised the bodyguard Pang Shi when he came.

Even the Imperial City Secretary knew this, so he patted his chest to ensure safety. In less than half a day, everyone was almost gone.

Pangshi was also embarrassed, but still shamelessly got into the carriage.

Ying Huorong looked at Pang Shi with a suspicious look on his face: "Why are you here again? Do you want to join our Tsing Yi Department?"

The poor little carriage had eight people crammed into it at once. It was obviously a bit crowded. Ying Huorong had the idea to kick this person out of the car.

Why eight?

Because Xiaojiu was also there, the child had been waiting for someone to die, but unfortunately he didn't wait. He was reluctantly carried into the car by Ying Huorong.

Pang Shi quickly explained: "Don't worry, don't worry, I'm here to ask for a confession. I'll leave immediately after asking."

As an Imperial City Secretary, when encountering a case, it is normal to ask for a confession from the person involved, right?
  "That's normal!" Cao An rolled his eyes back: "You're not here to ask for a confession, you're here to ask me about the goals of my group of thieves, right?"

"Hehe, Brother Cao still understands me." "Sorry, I don't know either. Oh, by the way, help me read that idiot Mo Xiaoming's book. If he hadn't hastily closed the case, I wouldn't be so miserable."

Is Cao An miserable?

In fact, it’s not that bad, just a few days of paid leave will be fine.

However, I am sure that the kid will at least make Mo Xiaoming spit out all the rewards.

The conversation between the two made Ying Huorong on the side feel a little strange: "Isn't the target of that group of thieves Prince An? They all came to the banquet."

"Of course not King An."

"Who is that?"

"I feel like it's this Pang Duzhi, but it doesn't look like him for being so generous."

The enemy's target is definitely not King An. Why do you say that?

Because everything you do must be done from a profit perspective.

……

Take a look at the other party’s layout:

Earthen glazes were transported from Southern Chu to build a spy room to identify replacement merchants, and then used trade routes to transport kerosene, explosives, masters, and poisons.

If Cao An guessed correctly, what was destroyed at the Hanoi dock that day was one of the ingredients of the poisonous smoke.

Because I was worried about being discovered, the poisonous smoke formula would be seen in those herbs, so I had to destroy them.

The materials exchanged from Qiwen Tower were used to disguise themselves as theater troupes, sneak into the palace, and wait for opportunities.

They used the interlayer method to put kerosene and poisonous smoke into the long silk. Once ignited, it would cause a violent explosion and release a large amount of poisonous smoke, thus completing today's killing.

……

Is it carefully planned and costly?

But in the end, just to kill an idle prince, it seems that there is no benefit at all, right?
  Just for revenge?

Then we should choose the more important center of the imperial court to attack.

Moreover, judging from the scale of the on-site attack, it was impossible to kill all the masters around King An. Tonight's action was more like containing King An and massacring the rest of the officials present.

But this is [Martial Arts Banquet]! The participants are all young talents. To put it bluntly, they are a group of rookies who have just entered the officialdom.

The one with the highest official position was Pang Shi.

After plotting for so long and paying so much price, just for one Ponzi? It would be better to just spend money to buy the evil.

Given Pang Shi's dissolute character, a female killer would kill him in a matter of minutes.

"Hey, you're looking down on people... at least two."

"..."

Cao An moved his body, excused himself to be weak, leaned against Ying Huorong's soft body, and said leisurely:
  "Tonight's attack is against common sense, which is why I neglected to take precautions. I have always suspected that King An was behind it and was preparing to find excuses to punish me, so I dragged Pangshi to the banquet. It was really a mistake. "

He is now very suspicious of Mu Bai's intelligence source. King An is also a victim! My son almost died.

Unable to understand the situation, the situation reached a deadlock again.

"If you want me to give you some advice, I suggest you ask Mr. Gong. He should know something inside."

"he died."

"What! He's dead! When did he die?"

"Just last night, he asked the prison guard to give him a bowl of noodles. After eating it, he hit the wall and died. I learned the news this morning when I went to report the death penalty."

Looking back now, Gong Shilang is undoubtedly a dead man.

Knowing that his companion will take action tonight, he will also undergo a new round of torture, eat a bowl of noodles, and hit the road early.

So, who is behind this?
  For what purpose did that group of people pay such a high price?

……

In the next few days, Cao An basically spent time in his room.

The first is to remove toxins from the body.

Secondly, in order to thank him for his help, the Imperial Medical Office sent a lot of precious medicinal materials, which Cao's Security Department used for physical training.

Although I haven't squandered much [Tian Yuan Yi Qi] in the past few days, my physical fitness has improved a lot, and my understanding of the "Five Zang Vajra Technique" has also improved a lot.

But now, he encountered another thorny problem.

"Where are my water flag colleagues?"

Cao An recovered from his illness and walked out of the room. He walked around the office three times without seeing any strangers.

Ying Huorong, who was passing by, asked strangely: "Didn't I tell you that day? They went to chase those thieves."

"Have you caught up?"

"No!"

"…Then what then?"

"Then they followed your advice and went to investigate the files of the Criminal Department."

"Did you find out the news?"

"No!"

"..."

Ying Huorong blinked his big eyes with an expression that said I'm serious, I didn't lie to you.

"Then even if nothing is done, where are they now?"

"I haven't completed the two missions, so naturally I have to complete the third mission. I left the city yesterday."

"Why don't you come and meet me?"

"You are in seclusion to heal your wounds, so I don't want to disturb you."

Gone, all gone.

I am as big as a water flag, and no one is there.

"I just want to meet them. Is it so difficult?" Cao An sat blankly on his chair, deeply shocked, and the people around him looked confused.

Zhu Xian patted him on the shoulder: "They are all working in the Tsing Yi Department. There will be plenty of opportunities in the future. Why bother so much? Since you are out of quarantine, we can just go and embroider clothes for you."

"Water embroidered clothes? Isn't it like this?" Cao An shook his cyan cloak, with a water ripple painted on it, simple and simple.

"Of course that's not the case. Water embroidery is a treasure. I promised to order it for you before."

"Is it strong?"

"This is not necessarily the case. It depends on yourself."

"...Your answer makes my liver hurt."

(End of this chapter)