Chapter 180: dregs
When Gu Yuqi and her party returned to the palace, they received news that Zhao Wu had returned.
Gu Yuqi felt anxious in her heart, and hurriedly gave Yun Ke a blessing. After receiving Yun Ke's answer, she turned and left.
Looking at the back of Gu Yuqi leaving in a hurry. Yun Ke's heart moved slightly, and he summoned Wang Yan, "Go and follow the lady, and secretly find out what Zhao Wu and the lady said."
"Yes." Wang Yan took the order.
"Wait a minute." Yun Ke stopped Wang Yan, and said in a cold voice, "If you are discovered by your mother, you don't have to come back!"
"This subordinate understands!" Wang Yan's heart trembled, and he hurriedly left.
When Zhao Wu came back this time, he really brought the person he said over, and he was waiting at the back door of the palace.
Gu Yuqi thought for a while and felt that it was inconvenient to speak in the palace, so she changed her clothes and quietly left the palace.
Gu Yuqi took people to Shadow Hutong.
The man's real name was Hu Tanshan. He is a person from a small town on the outskirts of Beijing. He is an orphan. He joined the army when he was a teenager and followed General Liang to the frontier. He has been there for more than ten years. He is an old man of the Liang family army. After leaving, he came back, wandered for a while, moved into a business, changed his name, and lived an incognito life ever since.
However, he has always been grateful for General Liang Da's illuminating Buddha in the army, and he has the most respect for General Liang Da, and there is a tablet of General Liang Da in his home.
I met Gu Yuqi. Knowing that she was the granddaughter of General Liang Da, the tears could not stop falling.
He dragged his feet and knelt in front of Gu Yuqi. "Little miss. The death of the general has always been strange to his subordinates!"
Gu Yuqi helped the person up, comforted him for a while, and then let him serve tea, "Speak slowly, and tell all the doubts you know."
Hu Tanshan took a sip of tea and thought about it. said slowly.
Everything was as he and Zhao Wu had said at the beginning, General Liang was indeed shot by a poisoned arrow, but that kind of poison is commonly used by Rouran people, and a way to remove it has long been prepared here, so it shouldn't cause any serious damage. hinder.
Originally, after taking out the broken arrow and taking the medicine, it has obviously improved. After a few days, he began to deal with military affairs.
How do you know that good times are not permanent, General Liang Da, who has obviously improved, had a fever one night, and then his body fell every day, declining day by day.
The medical officer has changed several times, but there is no improvement in General Liang. Later, it became more and more powerful, until after a period of delay, it weakened and died.
"Are you sure the medicine is ok?" Gu Yuqi asked.
"The medicine was taken by Gu Huaizhong, the Marquis of Dingyuan, and he boiled it himself." Hu Tanshan said, "Gu Huaizhong is the son-in-law of the general. We naturally think he is credible."
"Then why do you suspect him?" Gu Yuqi continued to ask.
"One time, Gu Huaizhong did not return from the battle, so I personally went to get the medicine and boiled the medicine for the general. In those days, the general improved." Hu Tanshan said, "The complexion is also better, and the speech has a little strength. Now, everyone guessed that the general should be getting better. How do you know that after Gu Huaizhong returns with a big victory and continues to boil the medicine, the general's health is not good again. "
After he finished speaking, he couldn't help but give Gu Yuqi a deep look, "Marquis Dingyuan is the father of the young lady, and his subordinates are working hard today. If the young lady wants to punish the subordinates, the subordinates will have nothing to say. But this matter has been in the hearts of the subordinates for so many years, and the subordinates are really afraid that the general will be wronged by Jiuquan."
"Don't be impatient." Gu Yuqi nodded and said, "I believe Zhao Wu has explained it to you on the way. In fact, we also suspect that Gu Huaizhong did some shameful things in the past. My mother was sacked because of him. It's a waste of time. Unfortunately, I didn't catch the evidence that he framed my mother. But if I can find the evidence that he framed my grandfather, I definitely won't let such scumbags live in the world again." Hong Ya said.
"Do you have any evidence?" Gu Yuqi asked.
Hu Tanshan raised his eyes and glanced at Zhao Wu, who nodded.
Hu Tanshan thought for a while, as if he had made up his mind, "There are three medicine residues here." Hu Tanshan said, "Now it's up to the young lady."
After he finished speaking, he got up, took out two paper bags from the bag he put aside, and handed it to Gu Yuqi's hand.
"This is something that I kept an eye on back then." Hu Tanshan said to Gu Yuqi, "Since that time, I have been watching Gu Huaizhong grab the medicine, and I have also sent someone to spy on him, but what did I find out? None of them, so I thought about it and quietly brought out the dregs he buried. I have also asked someone to check these dregs, and they are the same as those on the prescription. In fact, I don't know if this is evidence. But I hope it will be useful in the hands of the young lady." Hu Tanshan said. "The one package wrapped in white paper is the leftover medicinal residues I used in the past, and the other two packages are from Gu Huaizhong. I brought them all together, little miss for comparison."
"Thank you very much." Gu Yuqi's heart suddenly tightened, and she took the things handed over with both hands.
Gu Yuqi didn't dare to delay, and arranged for Hu Tanshan to temporarily live in Shadow Hutong, and then got up and rushed to her pharmacy.
The old doctor from Kuizhou is now in the pharmacy.
Gu Yuqi invited the old doctor over and asked him to distinguish between the three packs of medicines.
The old doctor compared it, but shook his head, "There's really nothing different." The dregs have long dried, and now they have returned to the form of herbal medicine.
Gu Yuqi was a little disappointed, but when she thought that Hu Tanshan had also said it, he had also found someone to look at the dregs, and found nothing wrong. It's a bit relieved, but still not reconciled! The clues that I finally found, are they just broken?
"Otherwise, let's cook it again?" Gu Yuqi had a flash of inspiration and asked the old doctor, "Will it make a difference?"
"You can give it a try." The old doctor nodded.
Gu Yuqi immediately went to the front to find three medicine stoves, put the medicinal residues into the three casseroles, filled a little water, and boiled them.
After a long time, Gu Yuqi was afraid that the efficacy of the medicine would be lost, so the cooking time was relatively longer.
After boiling for several hours, Gu Yuqi poured the concoction into three different porcelain bowls, and wrote a sticky note for easy identification.
Gu Yuqi took a little of the concoction and handed it to the old doctor.
The old doctor tasted it with the tip of his tongue, shook his head, and then tasted another bowl, still shaking his head, Gu Yuqi sighed, it seems that this medicine is really okay?
But when the old doctor tasted the third bowl, he suddenly frowned.
Gu Yuqi's heart suddenly raised, "What?"
"The taste of this bowl is different from the previous one." The old doctor said, he took another sip, then rinsed his mouth with water, and went back to taste the two bowls in front of him, and then moved towards Gu Yuqi. He clasped his fists, "Miss, I can be sure that this bowl contains ingredients!"
"What kind of medicine is it?" Gu Yuqi asked, "The grass honey of the cold heart grass from Rouran Witch Doctor?"
"Yes." said the old doctor, "although the taste has faded for a long time, I can still taste it!"
Gu Yuqi's eyes flashed with coldness, and she gave the old doctor a deep bow, "Thank you for the great kindness of the old doctor. If Gu Yuqi can avenge her revenge in the future, she will never forget the kindness of the old doctor. During this time, I will also invite the old doctor. continue to live here."
"Where, the old man came from the border. I am very happy to live in this capital. The lady is kind to the old man. Don't worry, miss, if you can use the old man, the old man will definitely do his best." The old doctor smiled.
After he stepped back, Gu Yuqi found three jars, poured out the rest of the concoction, wrote a mark, and buried it under an old locust tree in the backyard.
Then filter the medicinal dregs again, and then put the medicinal dregs in boxes and hide them.
She was worried about the old doctor's safety here. If the news leaked and Gu Huaizhong knew about it, the old doctor would probably have his life worrying. So she simply asked Zhao Wu to stay at the drugstore and take care of the old man while protecting his safety.
After Gu Yuqi got everything ready, she calmed down a little, her eyes were already cold.
This time, she really won't let Gu Huaizhong and Liu Yue feel better.
After looking at it, it was already late, and Gu Yuqi left the door of the drugstore and walked towards the palace.
It's very late, I don't know what Yun Ke will say. She ran out without saying a word to him, and it is estimated that she will not have a good face when she goes back.
Gu Yuqi took a short cut, turned around a small alley, and suddenly felt that someone was following her behind her.
She took two quick steps, and those people also accelerated their pace. She deliberately slowed down, and those people also slowed down.
Gu Yuqi glanced at a gap, dodged and entered a small alley.
The people behind chased after her, but as soon as she entered the alley, Gu Yuqi was nowhere to be seen.
Several people looked at each other, just when they were a little dazed, Gu Yuqi suddenly fell from the sky, raised her hand and knocked down a person.
"Follow me?" Gu Yuqi smiled coldly and scolded softly, "Who asked you to come here!"
Seeing that the situation was not good, those people grabbed the person who was knocked down by Gu Yuqi and ran away. Gu Yuqi chased after him.
Those people seemed to be a little flustered, jumped over the wall and jumped into a yard, Gu Yuqi jumped in behind him, how could she know that once she jumped in, Gu Yuqi knew it was bad, a huge net hit the sky and covered the earth, and suddenly Cover Gu Yuqi.
The net seemed to be specially made, and Gu Yuqi couldn't break free.
Wang Yan followed Gu Yuqi all the way. Seeing the situation, he felt anxious in his heart, regardless of whether he would expose himself or not, he immediately took out the saber from his waist and rushed out.
"Let go of our mother-in-law!" he yelled, "Bold, do you know who you are arresting?"