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Chapter 118 Six Flowers Flying 14

Bo Ruoyou said this as soon as he entered the door, and immediately shocked Huo Weilou and Sun Zhao were excited.

Huo Weilou couldn't help but get up and welcome her, "Do you understand?" As he said that, he took a closer look at her face, "You didn't sleep last night?"

Bo Ruoyou nodded, "Marty, it's a beauty's smile! This golden ointment was made by the beauty's smile!"

Huo Weilou raised his eyebrows unexpectedly, but Sun Zhao was a little suspicious. He did not participate in Song Yu's case, so he did not know what the beauty laughed, but Bo Ruoyou identified why this poison still made him sleepless.

He also came forward, "Xiao Bo, what is the beauty's smile?"

Bo Ruoyou said quickly: "Beautiful smile is a kind of gorgeous medicinal flower that grows in the southwest. Both fruits and shells can be used as medicine. It has the effect of astringing lungs and astringing intestines, relieving cough and pain--"

She looked at Huo Weilou again, "The Marquis said that this golden ointment was first circulated among the nobles in the southwest area, and then somehow it flowed into the capital. The beauty laughed like that happened to be born in the southwest area."

Seeing Huo Weilou hesitating, Bo Ruoyou said again: "Don't worry, Marquis, I didn't conclude that this thing is a beauty laughing. After returning home last night, I and my adoptive father looked through many pharmacopoeias. Marquis should remember that I said that day that day that a doctor in the previous dynasty said that although a beauty laugh can be used as medicine, the medicine is effective, it has hidden dangers and needs to be used with caution. At that time, I was thinking about the hidden dangers. I read many medical books and found nothing, but last night, I found it with my adoptive father."

"The addictive Chinese medicine is also a phedra, which is not hindered by the small amount of ordinary use. When talking about this product, a doctor mentioned rice saccharine flowers, which are beautiful women's laughter. The Marquis should know that the southwest is mostly deep and steep mountains. The doctor visited the hinterland of the southwest and visited many villages. He mentioned the method of making beauty saccharines in a medical book."

When Huo Weilou heard this, he believed everything she said, pointed to the seat beside her and asked her to sit down and speak.

Bo Ruoyou stepped forward and sat down, and took a breath before continuing: "The medical book says that when the beauty smiles and turns green buds, use a large needle to stab the green skin on the outside in the afternoon, do not damage the hard skin on the inside, or three or five places. Then, the saliva comes out in the morning, scrape it with a bamboo knife and put it in the porcelain, and use it for drying the shade. This is the raw slurry used for drying the shade. After drying the shade, this thing becomes brown-black and has a bitter and pungent taste. If you want to make a golden ointment, it needs to be cooked and fermented. After forming, it can be golden-colored."

"Although I'm not very sure, the inferior gold paste in brothels should be cooked and fermented and not formed, so it retains the original pungent taste of raw pulp. If the fermentation is good, the smell will be sweet and more addictive. The medical book also says that in the villages in the southwest, some people died because they swallowed the raw pulp directly, and the method of cooking and cooking was later popular. They liked to burn and suck the bamboo tubes on the bed, and only felt that this thing was rich and fragrant, which could make people's souls go away, and they had no thoughts, and imitate the bliss."

"In these villages, every family planted this product, which lasted for nearly a hundred years. The golden ointment after cooking is as normal as eating every day, so he doesn't feel addicted. Only those who are poor and have no labor to grow their plants often suffer. It was precisely because he saw the pain of these people and saw that everyone in the village described the disease, and then realized that this product had a great hidden danger."

Bo Ruoyou finished speaking in one breath, and she felt a little sweat on her forehead. She said again: "Mr. Marquis, what happened to Lord Song is related to the beauty laughing. Beauty laughing is the original substance of this golden ointment. I don't know if it is related to this."

Last night, Huo Weilou saw that all the restaurants under Li Yuan’s name were selling gold creams. Now that he learned that the gold cream was made of the slurry of the Beauty Laughing fruit, he was naturally more certain. Seeing her tired face, he couldn’t help but feel moved, “I thought of this, and there are clues. But one night you found that the beauty Laughing was the raw material of the gold cream, which is really good.”

He had a feeling of admiration and cherishment in his eyes. Bo Ruoyou felt a little relieved when he heard his words, "It would be good if there was a clue. Although I am quite sure, I am not the one who made golden ointment. Only after the Marquis investigated it will he know the right or wrong."

After a pause, she said again: "But although I understand what the golden ointment is made, I have not found the method of detoxification. What I saw in the pharmacopoeia, although doctors have many doubts about this substance, they do not think that this substance is a mortal poison. In addition, this medicine is beneficial to many diseases, so I can only use the medicine with caution."

Huo Weilou knew that she was so a little bit like this because Huo Qinghong was also poisoned, and he felt even more grateful. "No problem, this poison has never been seen before. I have expected it to be solved in a short time. Now I know it is a beauty who laughs, and I will ask the Imperial Hospital to think about it together."

Bo Ruoyou breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good, I'll focus on my ideas and will definitely come up with a solution."

Bo Ruoyou said so much, not to mention Huo Weilou, even Sun Zhao was stunned and fell asleep for a moment. "There are many people who have been poisoned now. If there is really a way to understand the poison, it will be the welfare of the people."

"It's not time to go, I'll send you to the palace." Huo Weilou ordered her to enter the palace with her embroidered clothes. When she saw her face tired, she said, "You haven't been asleep all night, so it's better to go home and rest now."

Bo Ruoyouchen went to the Hou Mansion first. Seeing that Huo Weilou was not there, he came to the yamen again. He was indeed a little tired at this time, and he said everything he should say, but the other person could not help, so he had to respond.

Huo Weilou stood up and sent her out of the yamen. When he arrived at the carriage, he spoke softer, "I'll rest when I go back. Don't be tired. I'll check the golden ointment in the city these two days, so don't go out alone."

Bo Ruoyou saw his eyes full of care and his heart was slightly warm. He responded and then got on the carriage and left.

Huo Weilou saw her carriage walking far away and turned back to the yamen. Soon, Wu Xiang returned to the yamen first. After a while, Lu Ke arrived with an embroidered robes. Wu Xiang and the yamen civil servants recorded the income from last night. Huo Weilou took Lu Ke to the Jiucheng Patrol Camp himself.

The Nine-City Patrol Battalion is responsible for the defense of the capital and the patrol patrols in the city. After mobilizing troops and horses, they head straight towards the East and West Market.

Huo Weilou said that there was a lot of peace in the street market. Bo Ruoyou returned to his house and took a nap. When he got up at noon for dinner, he saw Zhou Liang coming back from outside with concern and said, "It's really amazing. There are soldiers and horses everywhere outside, and many shops have closed. The patrol battalion has also captured a lot of people. It seems that the poison is really powerful."

Bo Ruoyou was a little worried. It was not difficult to stop selling on the surface, but this thing can make huge profits, and many people can't do it once they get involved. Even if the court issued a ban, will there be people who will continue to trade privately? What's more important is that how to detoxify is still unknown.

After lunch, she spoke with Cheng Yunzhi. When talking about the poison, Cheng Yunzhi sighed, "I'm afraid I'll go to the southwest to see if there is any detoxification method there."

Bo Ruoyou hesitated and said, "The medical book says that everyone in the southwest regards this thing as an ordinary thing, but I'm afraid I never thought about detoxification."

Cheng Yunzhi pondered for a moment, "Did the Marquis say he wanted to ask the Imperial Hospital for help?"

Bo Ruoyou nodded, and Cheng Yunzhi said: "If the entire Imperial Hospital cannot think of a way to detoxify, it will be really difficult."

Cheng Yunzhi had not seen a person with poisonous hair yet, so he asked Bo Ruoyou: "You have asked the prince for the pulse, what is the pulse?"

"When I asked about my pulse, I felt that the spleen and kidney yin deficiency in the prince's body, the qi and blood deficiency, and some dampness and turbidity were generated in the internal organs, blocking the orifices. I couldn't see any fatalities, but I felt that my body seemed to be getting weaker and weaker."

Cheng Yunzhi frowned, "It should be such a pulse. Not only does the meridians are blocked, but they are afraid they will also hurt the heart and brain. Only in this way will it become abnormal and crazy and difficult to control yourself. If you want to detoxify, you should open a prescription to harmonize yin and yang and relieve the heart orifices. You also need to calm the mind and eliminate irritability, strengthen the body and eliminate evil, nourish the spleen and stomach, and replenish the spirit and qi and blood, so that people can be free from erosion by poisons."

Bo Ruoyou was a little worried, "What's so terrifying about this poison is that although it is not fatal, it secretly consumes the five internal organs of the human body. In addition to the qi, blood and spirit, the body becomes weaker and worse, and the spirit becomes worse, so it becomes more and more difficult to quit the addiction of disease. Although the adoptive father said this, the prescription is not easy to prescribe, and the daughter is quite unaware of it."

"That's true. There are only more than ten medicinal herbs in one prescription, and it is impossible to cover everything." After Cheng Yunzhi finished speaking, some turbulence arose between his eyebrows and eyes. He has stopped practicing medicine over the years, and saying too much always reminds him of what happened back then.

He stopped talking in time and his expression dimmed. Seeing this, Bo Ruoyou knew that he had recalled the old things, so he didn't say much.

When the night fell, the investigation in the city was not over. Bo Ruoyou had not left his house all day long, but he heard the footsteps of the soldiers of the patrol battalion passing through the streets and alleys several times. She was a little worried. Thinking of Huo Qinghong and the others, she was worried that it would be difficult for them to control the disease, but she only understood the medical principles, and this method of detoxification was too difficult for her.

She didn't want to have nothing to do, so she went to read Cheng Yunzhi's medical books. Cheng Yunzhi's study was for her for a while. Seeing her like this, Cheng Yunzhi sighed several times and ordered Aunt Liang to add more lamps for her to avoid hurting her eyes.

That night, Huo Weilou was still in the Jingzhao Yin Yamen until the hour of the Hai. The city was under investigation, and snowflakes were coming in return. The situation was even more serious than he had imagined. Ordinary wealthy families also began to rise, and noble families such as Zhongyi Bo Mansion began to enjoy this thing very early.

Just after the hour of Hai, Feng Qin, the uncle of Zhongyi, personally took Feng Ye to the yamen. Feng Qin already knew that Huo Qinghong was poisoned, and knew that the things in Huo Qinghong's hands were caused by Feng Ye, so he did not dare to be careless at all. He immediately took Feng Ye to the hou Mansion to apologize. Unexpectedly, when he arrived at the hou Mansion, he learned that Huo Weilou was in the yamen, so he came to the yamen again.

Huo Weilou was buried in the official documents, and when he heard that the father and son were coming, he let them enter with a calm face.

As soon as he entered the door, Feng Ye knelt down. Huo Weilou knew that these aristocratic families often had fun together, so Feng Ye did not do it on purpose, so he had to suppress his anger and ask him where this thing came from.

Feng Ye said with a bitter face: "I got this thing in Changle Building opened by Changning Hou. At that time, I only felt that it was very mysterious, so I spent some gold and silver to buy some. Later, Qinghong came to my house and I thought it was precious and gave it to him. I didn't know that this thing was poisonous."

Feng Ye looked panicked, and Huo Weilou frowned slightly, "Changning Hou's Changle Tower?"

Feng Ye nodded, "It is the Cao family's property, it is in the western market."

Huo Weilou didn't know that the Cao family had such an industry, so he immediately went to see the report sent today. After seeing this, it turned out that Changlelou was also on the list of gold paste. His phoenix eyes were narrow and he asked again: "Who other people have used this thing except you?"

Feng Ye reported a series of lives, all of which were the Lord's Mansions in the capital. Huo Weilou glanced at the embroidered clothes envoy beside him. The embroidered clothes envoy was remembered in his heart and immediately left the door.

Zhongyi Bo Fengqin was still wearing the Taoist robe and sighed, "I have been practicing Taoism outside the city these days. I don't know that the dog's son has done such a disaster and actually harmed the prince. How can the marquis punish him?"

Huo Weilou looked at Feng Ye, "Are you addicted to illness?"

Feng Ye thought for a while, nodded, and shook his head, "The fragrance is sweet and greasy. Although it can make people happy and excited, I don't like it very much. Therefore, I have only used it five or six times this month. I haven't used that thing in the past two days. I occasionally feel sleepy and tired, and I have some thoughts. But I happened to leave the city with my father in the past two days, and the golden ointment is not around, so I held it back."

They all got this thing, and Huo Qinghong had already indulged in it, but Feng Ye was not poisoned too deeply. Huo Weilou was annoyed by the playboys of these aristocratic families who only knew how to enjoy themselves, and was also angry that Huo Qinghong himself was not good at it, and his expression was even more cold and stern, "You didn't do it on purpose, and you didn't have to punish me. Just listen to Qinghong's words, are you the first of you to discover this thing?"

Feng Ye felt even more guilty for a moment. Now he only knew that Huo Qinghong was poisoned, and he still didn't know the others. If many people were poisoned by him, then he would be a sinner. He nodded and Huo Weilou said, "Since that's the case, you will come to the door now and take the people you know you have started using this thing, and ask the people in the yamen to ask, you can lead the way."

Feng Ye showed bitterness on his face. Huo Weilou said he would not punish him, but this trip was a killing person. However, seeing Huo Weilou's forced expression, he gritted his teeth and responded respectfully.

Huo Weilou nodded: "I have some other things to ask you about this thing. Write down your testimony first and then set off."

He raised his hand and immediately someone came in to ask Feng Ye. He asked how long did the golden ointment last and what other abnormalities were there. The question was very detailed, and it was to record the patient's symptoms and find a way to detoxify.

When Feng Ye and his son left, a new report was reported. Huo Weilou saw that the situation in the city had already been roughly in progress and was even more serious than he thought, so he immediately wrote the report to send it to the palace. Seeing that it was too late, he got up and returned home.

As soon as he arrived at the Marquis' Mansion, Huo Weilou found that the carriage and horses of the Huo Guogong were parked in front of the door. He knew that Huo Cheng and his wife were coming, and walked in with a frown. Before he could reach the atrium, a servant came to report: "Mr. Marquis, the prince's poison has been released, and he is making trouble in the living yard at this moment. Eunuch Fu and the Duke of Guogong are there."

Huo Weilou's eyes tightened and he quickly walked towards the living yard. When he arrived at the entrance of the living yard, he saw four or five guards guarding in front of the main room and blocking Huo Cheng and Yue. Yue was crying continuously, and Huo Qinghong's howling was coming from the room.

"The Marquis is back-"

Someone called out, and Huo Cheng and his wife immediately turned around. When Yue saw him, they immediately came forward, "Danger Building, please let us go in, let us go in and see Hong'er..."

This is the order issued by Huo Weilou before leaving. If Huo Qinghong is poisonous today, he will only tie the person and not hurt him. He will not be given golden ointment. If Huo Cheng and his wife come, they only need to tell them the truth and not let them meet Huo Qinghong.

Huo Weilou saw that Yue Shi was covered in tears and his voice became a little deeper, "Second Aunt, no matter what, you have to pass this level. If you see her, you will be even more unbearable. He has been spoiled by you since childhood. If you see you, you will have no will. It would be better if you don't see her for him and for yourself."

He said again: "It's too late, you can go back to your house first. I will send someone to send you messages in the past two days. You don't have to come here every day. You think you know that this is a big deal and you have not found any useful detoxification method. However, today I found out that the more times a person uses golden ointment, the more uncomfortable he will feel when he is sick. Therefore, he can only rely on himself to get over it."

"Father and mother...save me..."

Huo Qinghong's crying came from the room. The more Yue Shi heard it, the more she couldn't bear it. Huo Weilou looked at Huo Cheng, "Second uncle, you are so cruel that you really hurt him. He has not yet become a shady person. What he saw today is that people who have used this thing for more than three months are already thin and as ghosts, but I am afraid that the court will not be able to create a detoxification strategy."

Huo Cheng and Yue were shocked and dared not plead for mercy. Huo Weilou ordered his servants to send them out. After the two of them turned around and left, Huo Weilou entered the door of the main room.

The lights in the main room were dim. In the warm pavilion, Huo Qinghong's hands and feet were tied with cloth straps. He was half-carried in his arms by Eunuch Fu. Ming Guilan was sitting in a wheelchair and was writing prescriptions. Eunuch Fu's eyes were red and full of care. When Huo Weilou came back, his expression was even more sad. Huo Qinghong looked at Huo Weilou with tears in his eyes, but he was praying with all his eyes, "Brother, brother, please--"

Huo Weilou stood beside the couch, looking at Huo Qinghong with dark eyes. His face was full of coldness, as if he had no pity for him today. "I said yesterday that it was the last time."

"Brother, but I'm dying, I'm dying."

He didn't know how long the poison had been, and his throat was hoarse. Huo Weilou listened to this but had no expression on his face, "You won't die, just bear it. Today, I asked, someone could endure it because he couldn't afford this thing. When he was poisoned, he could endure it. After enduring the most uncomfortable time, he could slowly recover as usual. You only need to endure it for two hours."

"No, brother, I can't bear it. I'm really dying. I feel uncomfortable. Give it to me again. Please brother..."

His whole body was shaking like a sieve, his face was filled with tears and sweat, his face turned blue and black, and he no longer had the usual romance and wandering appearance. Huo Weilou still looked at him indifferently, "Yesterday is the last time. You are a man, you have to speak with confidence."

"Brother--" Huo Qinghong became more and more desperate, "Then, I might as well die!"

"Do you dare?" Huo Weilou asked coldly.

Huo Qinghong shrank for a moment, and the pain made him whimper, "Brother...I...I hate you..."

Huo Weilou smiled lightly when he heard this, turned his eyes to Ming Guilan, signaling him to follow him, and the two left one after another, behind Huo Qinghong's painful moans. As soon as he went out, Ming Guilan said: "There is no prescription for prescriptions for the right medicine. What is prescribed is just to replenish qi, blood and eliminate evil miasma. I know that there are many strange diseases and poisoning, but this time is unprecedented."

This was the first time Ming Guilan saw a poisonous person, and he was shocked. Huo Wei said, "I had already expected that you should take more care of his body now. Tomorrow your father will take people from the Imperial Hospital to see other poisoned people. If everything goes well, maybe there will be a way to detoxify within a few days, if it doesn't work..."

He looked back at Huo Qinghong's warm pavilion, "If it doesn't work, I can only let him endure it like this."

Ming Guilan sighed, "I really never thought that the golden ointment was such a strange poison."

It was already the second half of the night, and it was dawn in two more hours. Ming Guilan saw that Huo Weilou looked grim and tired, so he asked him to go and rest first. Huo Weilou took a look inside the house and walked away.

When he returned to the main courtyard, he still felt Huo Qinghong's screams echoing in his ears. Huo Weilou took a cold bath. When he lay down, he felt a headache and his mind was a little upset and could not fall asleep. But when he thought he would enter the palace early the next morning, he forced himself to lie down and remain motionless. It took him a moment of light sleep.

It seemed as if the sky was getting bright after only one stick of incense. Huo Weilou stood up and felt that his fatigue had not been relieved, but heavier. He stood up and changed his clothes in a little confused mind. When he walked out of the bedroom, he saw a beautiful figure in the main hall, which was actually Bo Ruoyou sitting in the hall!

Huo Weilou blinked, almost feeling dazzled.

At this time, Bo Ruoyou turned around and looked at him. She hurriedly stood up and said, "Mr. Marquis—"

Huo Weilou strided out, "Why did you come so early?"

Bo Ruoyou's lips curled slightly, "Because I was worried, I wanted to come and see. I just met my father-in-law and learned that the prince had indeed been poisoned last night. He struggled for the middle of the night, and then fell asleep after exhausting his strength."

Huo Weilou felt a little relieved and asked her to accompany her for breakfast. When she sat down, Bo Ruoyou couldn't help asking about the situation in the city. When Huo Weilou told the truth, her heart also tightened. Huo Weilou personally served her porridge, "If you hadn't seen Hu Changqing's poisoning that day, you should do a warning and investigate it again. This matter will be discovered for a while, and it will be even more serious at that time. This discovery was timely, and you also knew that the golden ointment was made by the beauty's laughter, and you should be the first to do the best."

How dare Bo Ruoyou take credit? He only asked: "Have you verified it?"

Huo Weilou nodded, "This thing was originally flowing out of the southwest. Although the person behind the scenes was not found yesterday, several people who sold the most were said to be made of an anther in the southwest. As you said, this thing was collected in the southwest villages. After several resales, the price was high, and then it flowed into the capital."

After a slight pause, he said: "Before Song Yu died, he invited two people to the mansion. One of them was the second prince's uncle Changning Hou, and the other was a wealthy gentry in the capital. Both of them had industries selling gold paste privately."

This was the first time Bo Ruoyou heard him talk about the identity of the person Song Yu saw before his death. She was shocked, "How could it be such a coincidence?"

"It is indeed coincidental that Song Yu's death is probably related to the rise of golden ointment in central Beijing and southwest areas. However, now the investigation of golden ointment is the most important thing. After this matter is investigated, the murderer who killed Song Yu may also reveal his true form."

This matter is very involved. Bo Ruoyou is not really involved in the corruption in the court and the gold ointment industry. However, Song Yu's death was a gloomy that was scattered in her heart. She thought about it. After spending breakfast with Huo Weilou, he would go to the palace.

He was about to enter the palace, and Bo Ruoyou should say goodbye. The two went out of the palace together. Bo Ruoyou watched him get on the carriage first. When the curtain fell, the coachman whipped it. She walked towards her carriage, but just after taking two steps, the falling curtain was lifted up again.

Bo Ruoyou turned around suspiciously and saw Huo Weilou leaning forward, his handsome face reflected in the dim light, but his vision was as scorching as it was. He said quietly: "Youyou, please send me to the palace gate."
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