The old man didn't answer, he just pushed the filled wine in front of Xin Yi.

"Let's have a drink."

Xin Yi chuckled, "I drank at Honglu yesterday and my head still hurts."

"Afraid I'll poison you?"

The old man still picked up the glass of wine in front of Xin Yi and drank it down happily.

"Aren't you looking for someone to ask for "A Brief Guide to Helping All Prescriptions"? What's so good about that book? It's just a piece of stuff to coax the emperor. When you have a good drink, I will not only tell you the truth, but also give you something better.

book..."

Xin Yi's heart skipped a beat, "You mean?"

The old doctor narrowed his eyes, ""The Fragments of the King of Medicine" and "Chen's Materia Medica" which I have devoted my whole life to writing. Hehe, those medical officers of the Hanlin Academy only included the medical prescriptions compiled by me back then...

"

He is very conceited.

Xin Yi respects such medical masters.

Without hesitation, she took the wine glass in front of her.

"Respect the elderly sir."

The aroma of wine hit his nostrils, and Xin Yi wrinkled his nose.

"My daughter is red." Cui Langzhong sighed faintly, "I buried it under the osmanthus tree in the courtyard many years ago. I originally wanted to wait for my Feng'er to get married before bringing it out to entertain guests... It's an advantage for you."

Xin Yi's heart was heavy, "This junior is in a good mood."

The legendary daughter's red is not that delicious, it is a bit spicy in the throat, and it will hit your head after one sip.

Xin Yi choked and coughed.

The old man came once again for her.

Xin Yi waved his hand, "Junior's wine is not good, so I can't drink it anymore."

The old doctor smiled and did not force her. He opened the medicine box under the wooden table and took out two thin medical books.

"The fragments of King of Medicine and Chen's Materia Medica are both incomplete." He said: "The incomplete parts may have been left in the fire. I have no intention of adding to them over the years, so I just let them go."

Xin Yi took it and turned it over.

"Why give it to me?"

The old man's eyes narrowed slightly and his voice was full of exhaustion.

"Just think of me as someone who is still unwilling to give in."

After saying that, without looking at Xin Yi, he sighed and answered her previous question.

"I didn't choose the day specifically. If you want to blame me, you can only blame the unfair fate. On the day of the wedding, Zhangjiacun gave birth to the first strange baby - hum! It took me ten years and all the tricks to figure it out.

How can such an insidious method count the days for you?"

"happen?"

"Yes. It just so happened. Your greatest misfortune was that you married Zhang Xun, worked so hard for a man who didn't like you, and ended up drowning yourself in a river."

Xin Yi asked naturally: "Do you think I committed suicide by drowning in the river?"

The old man sneered, "Otherwise, who will kill you?"

Think about it, what Chen Chusheng did was a long-term plan, and what he wanted was to eliminate the descendants of Zhangjiacun. How could he expose himself in a short period of time? He had no grudges against Mrs. Zhang, so he really didn't need to take risks just to kill her.

Xin Yi nodded and stopped dwelling on this matter.

"So, I accidentally discovered Nux vomica and disrupted your revenge plan. How are you going to deal with me?"

"When you marry into Zhangjiacun, you become a member of the Zhang family. Logically speaking, you should die."

The eyes of the old man in the candlelight were as dark as a layer of thick ink, and the demons and monsters living in the middle were roaring and clamoring in his memories, as if they were trying to break free from the prison of reason and jump out——

"But you are so good at medicine, I don't want you to die..."

Xin Yi raised his lips slightly, "You don't want me to die, but you arrange for Butcher Wang and the porters to kill me?"

The old man rolled up his sleeves and snorted coldly, "When I met you, you were not on guard against me. It would be easy for me to kill you. I wouldn't have to waste so much effort or find someone to blame..."

Xin Yi's heart moved.

"I told you the secret of Nux Vomica, and Butcher Wang sneaked into my room. I asked you to sell the palace medicine Ice Tiger, and then you were in danger on Yunqi Bridge... Isn't this too much of a coincidence?

"

"At this point, I can't lie." The old man raised his eyebrows, stared at her and said, "I don't know why you suddenly changed your mind, but given your previous behavior, you can't say you have offended anyone else, nor have you ever offended anyone else.

You know..."

Xin Yi chuckled, "Maybe."

"However, you hinted that my hand can play the erhu, and then you dug up the strychnosus tree, and you designed to lure me into the bait... It really made me want to kill you."

The person who can play the erhu is Chen Chusheng, not Cui You. If Xinyi digs up the strychnine tree, his plan will no longer be possible...

"Little lady, it was you who drove me to a dead end."

A gust of wind blew by, causing the half-broken wooden door of Yaowang Pagoda to bang loudly. The flames in the candlesticks swayed crazily, and the light in the old man's cloudy eyes gradually faded away.

"As people get older, their hearts become kinder. Just like that, I still haven't killed you..."

Xin Yi frowned slightly, still having many doubts in her heart, but before she could ask, a sharp cry suddenly came from outside the tower. Immediately afterwards, clear horse hooves roared in accompanied by the shrill snow wind, as if there were thousands of troops.

Galloping.

"Quick, surround them, don't let them escape."

Xin Yi and Chen Chusheng looked at each other.

"The person you called?"

Chen Chusheng laughed.

"Hahahaha, I didn't expect that when I die, I will still see the wrong person. I wanted to spare your life, but if that's the case, then you can be buried with me."

Xin Yi didn't know who was coming outside. He stood up and was about to explain when he felt his body sway and the old doctor in front of him suddenly changed into two, three... double figures.

She looked at the wine on the table, her expression frozen on her face.

"If you don't want to kill me, why did you drug me?"

"Being on guard against others is essential." Chen Chusheng smiled darkly, his voice hoarse like a night owl, grabbed Xin Yi's arm, pulled out the sharp knife from her waist, and pressed it against her neck.

"Follow me!"

Xin Yi had two heads each, his head was dizzy and his eyes were blurred, as if his martial arts had been abolished. He couldn't exert any strength, so he could only let Chen Chusheng hold him hostage along the wooden ladder to Yaowang Pagoda.

Go to the second floor...

~

Outside the Medicine King Tower.

The cold wind carried the flying snow and scattered it down one after another.

Cao Yi was dressed in majestic iron armor, with a tasseled helmet on his head, a fish bag hanging on his waist, and a long sword in his hand with one hand. He looked at Zhang Yaozhuo, who was riding a horse not far away, and his handsome eyebrows were slightly frowned.

"Commander Cao Du, what a coincidence?"

Before Zhang Yaozhuo arrived, loud laughter could already be heard.

This powerful official in the Kaifeng Mansion was only over forty years old. He was favored by Concubine Zhang and was favored by the emperor. The two empresses in the palace had always been at odds with each other, and the Zhang and Cao families, who were relatives, were also incompatible with each other.

Cao Yi cupped his hand and said, "Mr. Zhang, I'm glad to meet you."

"Why did the Commander-in-Chief of Caodu come?"

Zhang Yaozhuo smiled half-heartedly, "Could it be that he has an appointment with a beautiful lady?"

"Why Master Zhang is here, that is why I am here."

Cao Yi's voice was cold and he said slowly: "I heard that the water ghosts in the Bianhe River were doing evil, so I came here to find out... If this is true, then the case of the water ghosts in Kaifeng Mansion is an unjust, false and wrong case, and so is the notice of peace for the people.

It’s a bunch of nonsense, it’s pure fraud, deceiving the superiors and hiding the truth from the inferiors!”

His words were quite serious, but Zhang Yaozhuo didn't take it seriously.

"Oh? Why did I hear that the criminal was in collusion with the important officials of the imperial court and wanted to cause a murder in Zhangjiacun to disrupt our Song Dynasty? Haha, I wonder who this imperial official is?"

Zhang Yaozhuo didn't leave any trace of emotion in his words, pointing out that Cao Yi was colluding with evil people.

Cao Yi smiled warmly, ignored Zhang Yaozhuo's provocation, waved his hand, and commanded the imperial army.

"Go down with the order and surround the Medicine King Tower. No one is allowed to slip through the net."

Zhang Yaozhuo looked at him coldly and lowered his voice.

"Come here! Surround the Yaowang Tower. No birds are allowed to fly out until the culprit is caught."

The two had sex outside the tower.
To be continued...