Gu Kuo then raised his head: "Later I heard that Miss Lei returned to Dingyuan and went directly to the Yamen. I didn't think much about it. I had finished my patrol and went to the Yamen to change my shift. Then I heard Miss Lei shouting and ran over to find out. She passed out in the backyard!”
"You don't know what's going on in the Yamen?" Wen Qingzhu felt this was strange. When Gu Kuo came back, something happened to Lei Shuo.
Gu Kuo shook his head, and Wen Qingzhu asked Xia Tian to invite Mr. Zuo from outside the yard.
He knelt down as soon as he came in: "Sir, Miss Lei came to the Yamen and said that she found a Huns who was trying to incite the people of Daqi. She said that she was originally arrested, but then she found a way to run back, and immediately painted the painter's portrait, saying This man is being counted throughout the process, he must be a very important person to the Huns!"
"Then how come Lei Shuo was attacked by the Yamen?" Wen Qingzhu knew the security situation in Dingyuan very well.
When asked about this, Master Zuo had a layer of beads of sweat on his head, but he still raised his head and said: "Sir! I'm telling you the truth! Wei Chen has already asked the painter that the person who attacked Miss Lei is the person in the portrait! "
"So, that person sneaked into your yamen without any notice?" Wen Qingzhu's tone became unkind.
Mr. Zuo could only answer bravely: "Yes!"
Wen Qingzhu nodded: "Then continue to search for this person, and send me the portrait drawn by Lei Shuo himself. I want to see who has such extraordinary abilities!"
"Sir! I request to be dismissed from my post!" Gu Kuo knelt and moved two steps and shouted at Wen Qingzhu's back.
She stopped and looked back at him: "No, this matter has nothing to do with you. The Yamen is solely responsible! Just continue to do your own thing!"
Wen Qingzhu turned around and checked Lei Shuo carefully.
The doubts in his heart became more and more intense. Lei Shuo's pulse was very stable and it didn't seem to be caused by serious injury.
The strange thing is that with this level of injury, he should have woken up long ago.
Lei Shuo still didn't wake up at this time.
Wen Qingzhu sat in front of her bed, holding Lei Shuo's hand: "It doesn't look like you are poisoned. You should wake up early."
The portrait was soon sent over, and Wen Qingzhu felt a strange feeling in his heart when he saw it.
A man with this kind of appearance would stand out wherever he is placed.
Why would those officers and soldiers go to the slums to look for people
Moreover, this man looks a bit like a Central Plains person and a bit like a Huns.
It felt strange to her.
Thinking that the painter was the last person to see the murderer, Wen Qingzhu summoned the painter over again.
"Common people see you, sir."
Wen Qingzhu raised his hand: "No need to be polite, tell me, what did Lei Shuo say when he came to you?"
Before the painter came, Master Zuo told him to tell the truth, the more detailed the better.
He spoke slowly.
Not long after breakfast, he was redrawing the map in the house.
A servant shouted from outside the door: "Painter, hurry up! A distinguished guest is here and wants to see you directly! I want you to come over quickly!"
The painter quickly put away his things and turned around to go out.
But she didn't want a girl to appear in front of her, so she explained herself directly: "My name is Lei Shuo, Lei Yan's sister, and I discovered a very important Huns! I'll paint the portrait, and you'll engrave it!"
Lei Shuo immediately took up the painting after entering. She painted slowly but carefully.
It took almost half an hour to finish the painting.
The painter followed her and re-engraved it, so when Lei Shuo finished painting, he also finished.
Lei Shuo looked at his replica and said with great satisfaction: "That's it! Make as many copies as possible! Then post it to look for this person!"
"Wanted? Has Mr. Zuo been notified of this?" The painter was startled.
Lei Shuo thought for a moment: "Not yet, then I'll report it right away!"
"No, no! I'll just send someone over there! I'm the only painter in the yamen for the time being. If Miss Lei is still fine, I can help draw a few more pictures."
As the painter said this, he sent someone to inform Mr. Zuo.
Lei Shuo immediately nodded and stayed, picked up the pen and continued painting, and at the same time said to him: "I feel like I'm being targeted by that person. I'll draw another one and take it away. You stay here and make a copy. When Mr. Zuo comes, tell me He asked him to try to find people in inconspicuous places, where there are many poor people. This is his true appearance. For people like us, he will definitely not use his true appearance! Moreover, he must be a Huns ! He is still an extraordinary Huns!"
The painter did not dare to say that for poor people, he would not be able to use the real face.
He did not dare to comment on Lei Shuo's determination of this person's identity.
I just feel that they are completely different from ordinary Huns. Generally speaking, they are actually more like Central Plains people!
But he didn't say anything, just painted silently.
There was sudden movement outside. Lei Shuo suddenly stopped writing and said to the painter: "I feel very uneasy. Let's go out and take a look first."
As soon as she left, the painter heard Lei Shuo's shout.
He quickly ran out to take a look and saw that the man in the painting had knocked Lei Shuo unconscious and was about to leave while carrying her.
The painter was so frightened that his legs weakened and he immediately shouted: "Assassin! Someone is coming! There is an assassin!"
Lei Shuo's shout had attracted the yamen servant before. It happened that the man's back was facing the courtyard door, but the painter saw his appearance.
Without any hesitation, the man dropped Lei Shuo again, jumped up, and disappeared from everyone's eyes.
After listening to the painter's narration, Wen Qingzhu fell into silence.
Being able to enter and exit the Yamen like this means that he is in a deserted place, which shows that the person is very familiar with the Yamen!
The most important thing is, how did Lei Shuo determine that this person was a Huns
After sending the painter away, Wen Qingzhu got up and went to find Lu Chengen.
What I didn't expect was that he was not at the Lu family, saying that he had gone to Yonghe Pass.
Wen Qingzhu asked Jasmine again: "Where is Fu Lie?"
"Your Majesty went... to the Border Inn." Jasmine felt that she shouldn't say this, but the master had already asked her, so it was not good for her not to say anything.
Fortunately, Yang Liu and Lu Tao came over and brought another news.
"Sir! I found the little girl who stabbed Lu Tao, and found this on her body!" Yang Liu took out a jade pendant.
Wen Qingzhu took a closer look and saw that it was made by imperial decree!
"Things from the palace?" Wen Qingzhu was very confused. There were only three families in Dingyuan who could have things from the palace!
One is the Lu family, one is the Zhao family, and the other is the Zuo family.
Lu Tao then replied: "I know about this jade pendant. I told Bai Di previously that this batch of items was a reward from the emperor after he ascended the throne. Currently, only officials in the capital have it!"
Wen Qingzhu asked her: "You mean, you are from the capital?"
"Yes, you should remember that Pei Dongli and Pei Zhixuan have both left Beijing. They may have this batch of things."
Wen Qingzhu returned the jade pendant to Lu Tao and asked, "Did you catch that little girl?"
Yang Liu held up his hands and apologized: "I'm sorry! Someone helped me, but I was rescued!"
Wen Qingzhu was surprised: "Can I rescue this person from you?"
"Yes." Yang Liu didn't want to admit it, but that was the fact.
Seeing him like this, Wen Qingzhu thought that no matter who this person was, he would definitely be difficult to deal with.
The most important thing is that they must know that they have arrived in Dingyuan.
Wen Qingzhu stopped talking about this matter. After all, it was just a small matter, and asked them instead: "Have you discussed the matter of going to Yunzhou?"
"No!" Lu Tao and Yang Liu replied simultaneously.
Wen Qingzhu helplessly raised his forehead: "What's going on?"
Lu Tao said: "I still want to go alone. If you are worried, sir, just send two people to protect me!"
"What about you?" Wen Qingzhu looked at Yang Liu.
He looked at Lu Tao and whispered: "I want to accompany her, and the prince also agrees, but she does not agree."
Wen Qingzhu got up and went to the kitchen, asking Lu Tao to follow him, and asked Yang Liu to go back and wait for the news.
In the kitchen, Wen Qingzhu began to test the composition of the dried leaves, and Lu Tao helped her.
As she started, she said to Lu Tao: "I really don't have any selfish motives this time. I have calculated it carefully. This tobacco leaf matter may involve many parties. Others in the capital give me face, but apart from the capital, Fu Lie My face is more useful, so I asked Yang Liu to go with me!"
"I will try to be careful." Lu Tao still disagreed.
Wen Qingzhu stopped what he was doing and turned to look at her: "Try to be careful, but there is still no guarantee that everything will go wrong. You said you found that pharmacy by accident. You also know the situation here in Dingyuan. It was banned once before. , Zuotang is a good prefect and knows the seriousness of this thing, but for the prefects of Yunzhou and Dezhou, that is not necessarily the case!"
Lu Tao didn't say anything. She actually understood in her heart, but she just couldn't get over this hurdle.
Wen Qingzhu continued to work, testing bit by bit.
At the same time, he continued to say to Lu Tao: "My original plan was that if you insist on not letting Yang Liu go, then I will only let you go to Yunzhou. The situation in Dezhou is complicated, so I won't go for the time being. But now that something happened to Sister Shuo, I I feel that the matter is more serious than I thought, if Yang Liu doesn't go, then I will send you back to the capital to take care of Xi'er and the emperor."
"Princess!" Lu Tao stopped immediately and looked at her steadily, "I really will be fine!"
By chance, Xia Tian appeared at the door.
Wen Qingzhu was stunned when he heard Lu Tao's words, and frowned slightly.
Lu Tao knew that he had said the wrong thing, so he quickly put down his things and went out, taking Xia Tian to the yard.
Then he said to her: "Xia Tian, try not to reveal the identity of the adults now, so you have to keep it secret, do you understand?"
"Yes, yes!" Xia Tian nodded repeatedly.
Lu Tao thought for a while and then said: "You won't come here if you have nothing to do in the future, just go and help Mrs. Lu Shu."
"I understand!" Xia Tian quickly retreated.
Watching her leave, Lu Tao finally felt unsafe in his heart.
The master is right, this is not the capital.
Even Miss Lei Shuo, a smart and powerful person like Miss Lei Shuo, had something happen to her. If she really went to investigate, she would probably be in trouble.
Lu Tao went back to the kitchen, agreed to Wen Qingzhu's request, and told her the reason at the same time.
"I want to help you, but at least I can't help you. If something happens to me and I need someone to come and save me, it's better to just go back to Beijing."
Wen Qingzhu smiled and continued to concentrate on his work.
About an hour later, Wen Qingzhu finally knew what was added to these dried leaves.
Looking at the green-purple color inside the bowl, Wen Qingzhu frowned and said, "It turns out to be a green fruit from the Western Regions!"
"What is green fruit?" Lu Tao seemed to have never heard of this thing.
Wen Qingzhu explained: "This is similar to opium cigarettes. It is less effective than opium and poppy, but the concentration is sufficient and it can also be addictive, but the speed is much slower."
"Western Region...it's Jiang Yuancheng!" Lu Tao immediately understood who the man behind this was.
After understanding this, Lu Tao finally became worried.
She has been with Wen Qingzhu for so long, so she naturally knows what Jiang Yuancheng is capable of.
Wen Qingzhu looked up at the kitchen door. The dusk was getting darker and he said quietly: "It seems that after Shen Jiao died, Jing Yinuo noticed something and must have started to fight back against him. Otherwise, we might not have discovered it yet." It’s addictive tobacco.”
"Then should I leave now?" Lu Tao knew the seriousness of the matter and began to feel anxious.
Wen Qingzhu nodded: "You go find Yang Liu and leave immediately. You are just investigating the situation. Don't do anything. Send the news back first."