He recognized this direction. Qin Meng knew that she was walking towards Mr. Wang's main room.
Sure enough, we saw that there was a flight of stairs under the main house, leading to the tunnel entrance, and another flight of stairs going down.
The ground got deeper and deeper, and after a few more steps, Qin Meng saw the familiar passages along the palace walls.
Every ten steps, there are copper lanterns in the shape of palace lanterns on the wall.
He grabbed her and took two steps back. She calmly hid beside him. Although her hearing was good, was it still not as good as his?
The sound of footsteps gradually came.
There was a golden-gray swaying light in the dark tunnel. A group of figures in green clothes walked past, and more than twenty palace lanterns swayed in the crowd.
The eunuchs entered the passage between the palace walls.
They didn't come too late.
She saw clothes that were different from those of the Tsing Yi eunuchs. They should be several imperial doctors from the imperial hospital.
Among them was Liu Ruhai, who was wearing a green robe and a silver crown. He was a doctor registered in the Good Doctors Office of the Prince of Zhou's Palace, and he was also a guest of the Prince's Palace.
Qin Meng frowned and glanced at the rows of little eunuchs holding lanterns walking out of the alley. In this formation, the high-ranking eunuchs in the palace who came were either the internal eunuchs or the ceremonial eunuchs. The people in power in the palace had always been the middle-class eunuchs who were born in these second eunuchs. He was in her
Whispered in the ear: "Wulaodang?"
"Yeah." She nodded.
In the light of the tunnel, Liu Ruhai also saw a rumored high-end, middle-class man.
——The old black man with a fat belly.
I heard that he is the one responsible for monitoring the Jin Yiwei.
Several high-ranking officials were surrounded by young eunuchs and entered the ice room.
Following the order, the group carefully examined the body of Eunuch Niu several times.
If he commits suicide, Your Majesty will want to see the evidence.
The chairs were set down and the stallholders sat down. This time, Liu Ruhai expected that the dead eunuch Niu had poison pills prepared by Dr. Feng, so he carefully checked the hems of his clothes. When he found nothing, he suddenly dialed Eunuch Niu's hair.
hairpin.
All the eunuchs were shocked when they saw him twisting off the hairpin head and pouring it inside. Sure enough, there were three balls.
There was a roar everywhere.
Wu Laodang had his eyes closed all the time, then he narrowed his eyes and looked at Liu Ruhai: "Who is this?"
"Mr. Liu, a descendant of a famous medical family in the north. He compiled a book on hundreds of medicines for worship in the palace of King Zhou of Kaifeng."
"Oh——" Wu Laodang narrowed his eyes slightly.
Liu Ruhai handed the two meatballs to the young eunuch and looked at the remaining one carefully. Doctor Gu couldn't help but feel that he had finally made a difference this time and hurriedly came over to take a look.
As soon as Mr. Huang sat down, he couldn't help but stand up and look at the pills in the little eunuch's hand.
A few nights ago, Your Majesty and the Marquis of Nankang visited Xuanwu Lake. I heard that the monarch and his ministers had a deep talk. When the Marquis of Nankang retired, his face was reluctant, but His Majesty immediately went to the crown prince's womb and rewarded Liangdi with something. This is also the Marquis' Mansion.
It still had the meaning of holy favor. And because the Marquis of Nankang complained of illness, he was given royal medicine.
Huang Laodang was thinking, His Majesty is not easy to fool, he must have evidence to completely close this case.
Didn't expect to find evidence?
"Committed suicide by taking poison?" Doctor Gu, a young man, sniffed a pill and was surprised, "It contains poison."
Liu Ruhai asked: "This Mr. Niu...was he practicing Nether Art during his lifetime?"
Doctor Gu was stunned and couldn't answer.
He knew about the Nine Transformations of the Netherworld, but he was a weak healer. He didn't even know if Eunuch Niu had practiced it.
A middle-aged eunuch next to him replied: "I have indeed practiced it. I heard that it will not work until the third level."
"How did you know?" Huang Laodang looked sharply.
"... Going back to my husband, Brother Niu and Su Baihu from the City Patrol Department met in this lane half a year ago. They argued about the road, and Su Baihu laughed at him... He also said that Father Niu and Mrs. Qing are the same.
After practicing, the result was not as good as the little girl. Mr. Niu was so angry that his face turned blue at that time."
Huang Laodang knew about this, but he didn't expect that during the quarrel, Mr. Niu would leak the news.
"He originally met his master in the army and learned the sword skills of battlefield fighting." Mr. Wu said slowly, and he actually had a friendship with Eunuch Niu.
"That year, when the Marquis of Song Dynasty was still a thousand households, he wanted to gather people to practice Nether Art and asked our family to recommend a few people. So our family recommended him. He also had bad luck, so he practiced with the Qingluo female ghost for a while.
Nian couldn't tell the difference between a little girl and him. He told me that he was not suitable for this and stopped going."
"..." All the eunuchs showed signs of sympathy. In fact, regardless of his level with Qing Niangzi, he is already known as the best in the capital. No wonder even Wu Laodan recommended Niu Eunuch.
Wu Laodang sighed: "I was so angry that I was still angry. At that time, I had a knot in my heart."
The tunnel was empty and quiet, and Qin Meng heard it from a distance. He looked at Qing Niangzi, and Cao Xiwan shook his head seriously.
It's none of her business!
She and Eunuch Niu had always been on equal terms, but she was not discouraged, she kept persevering, and in the end she was better than everyone else.
Never give up in anything you do. Be strong!
Qin Meng saw what she meant and sighed secretly. There is no distinction between famous military heroes and Qing Niangzi. For Eunuch Niu, he felt that he was incorruptible and old, but for Qing Niangzi, he felt that he had achieved success in cultivation and would keep up his efforts.
But on the other hand, how hard does she have to work to compete with a master whose experience and ability are all superior to hers?
"I am completely loyal, for Lord Marquis." She sighed quietly.
It’s a bit fake, Qin Meng thought. He would still believe it without an explanation.
"No, the Marquis was young and handsome at that time. Isn't it right for me to have admiration for him?"
"..." You were still a little girl at that time. He reminded you tactfully with his expression.
Cao Xiwan shook her finger, saying that age has never been a problem. Su Jintian also likes a sponsor sister like her.
"..." This was a lie. Qin Meng looked at her helplessly. Before she went down to the tunnel, she carried rations and a sword on her back, with a look on her face that said, "It's very dangerous down there. We have to be prepared for the worst."
After getting off the tunnel, she started chatting casually and gossiping? Is this the Qingluo female ghost?
In the tunnel.
After hearing the grudges between Niu Laojian and Xiao Qingluo, Liu Ruhai felt that it was quite possible that after Niu Laojian got the elixir of longevity, he was so eager to practice and take the elixir that he became possessed and committed suicide.
He may not be dissatisfied with the Qingluo female ghost, but he must want to give himself a second chance.
Liu Ruhai held up a meatball in his hand and said, "Please light up. This meatball is frozen."
Several young eunuchs quickly brought the lanterns over.
The ice room was filled with white fog, and the meatballs were indeed steaming under the light, and the ice was melting.
He looked at the meatballs carefully in the light. There were three in total?
Who made these three immortality pills? They were made at least half a year ago.
Dr. Feng? Anyway, he knows that it is definitely not the Zhao Palace or the Zhou Palace, but the Lou Palace?
But it seems impossible...
If Lou Mansion had such a method, it would have spread throughout the capital.
Or is it just someone from Lou Shuluan? Dr. Feng?
Or maybe Lou Shuluan is Doctor Feng’s person.
Inner house.
Lou Shuluan stepped back from the old lady and went back to her room alone. She dismissed the girls and women and opened the double-layered makeup box with lacquer and silver alone.
The brass makeup mirror was shiny, and she had quietly erased the rouge and blood words on it, but she still sat in front of the makeup table for a long time, lost in thought.
She recalled the first time she saw Zhan Baidao.
It was in Yanjing City at that time, and she was fostered in her father's old home. Although she was not treated badly, she still felt deeply lonely. What would she do if her father couldn't come back from the battlefield, or didn't come to pick her up? That's where she was.
At that time, she met Song Chengming, who also left the family and worked alone as a guard for hundreds of households in Yanjing City.
She was under the Zizhu Bridge, day after day, looking through the autumn water, waiting for her sweetheart.
It's not possible to wait every day.
Because he recently picked up a little girl on the street and taught her to read and practice martial arts every day.
There was snow in the sky. She held up her brocade fur cloak and stood stupidly under the bamboo snow, thinking that he would not come today.
But someone behind him sighed: "Why bother?"
She turned around and saw a young man who was only three or four years older than her. He had beautiful eyebrows and an outstanding appearance.
Purple bamboo is covered with snow, and the boy is dressed in white.
Maybe if Song Chengming had come as promised that day, she would never have been entangled with Zhan Baidao for so many years...