I traveled through time with my best friend.

Lin Yiyi sat on the bedside and said softly, "What should we do? Is there any way to kill the poisonous insect in the body?"

Jiang Xue shook her head and said, "We have never come into contact with poisonous insects."

Lin Yiyi lowered her head and said dejectedly: "Alas, since I came to this world, I have not had a chance to breathe for a moment."

Jiang Xue looked at Lin Yiyi with her head down and consoled her, "It's okay. After we resolve these issues, we will leave the capital and continue to venture into the martial arts world, okay?"

Lin Yiyi looked up at Jiang Xue and nodded, "Okay."

Then he looked at Pu Sheng and asked, "Have you taken out the poisonous insect in his body?"

Jiang Xue lowered her eyes, "No, you can't kill it just by taking out the insect."

Lin Yiyi nodded, then grabbed Jiang Xue's hand and comforted her, "It's okay, you can do it."

"Yeah." Jiang Xue looked at Lin Yiyi and raised her lips.

When Wang Chen sent Huang Ya to the imperial prison, it was Wenchuan who brought him in. When Pei Zhijin came out of the palace and came to the imperial prison, Wenchuan told him about what happened in Wanhetang.

Pei Zhijin frowned a little tiredly and said only one sentence: "You continue the interrogation."

He then left the imperial prison and rushed to Wanhe Hall.

The capital city these days, especially the main streets, are sparsely populated and have lost their former prosperity. The people are hiding in their homes in panic and do not go out. Only those who have been poisoned by the Gu are gathered in front of the medical clinics on the street.

Pei Zhijin has been very busy these days. He has to continue collecting evidence of the empress dowager's crimes and find the source of the flower poison. Just after coming out of the palace, Li Lingchen is preparing to make the final move during the Mid-Autumn Festival. He wants the empress dowager to completely give up her power and do her duty as a empress dowager in peace.

Pei Zhijin naturally tried his best to help Li Lingchen fight this battle. He hadn't had a good rest for many days, and when he heard that there was trouble in Wanhetang, he rushed to Wanhetang without stopping, worried that Jiang Xue was injured.

When we arrived at the entrance of Wanhetang, there were several medicine sheds set up outside. Doctor Liu was boiling medicine under one of the sheds, and people were queuing outside waiting to be treated.

Pei Zhijin looked at the people with slightly hunched backs and haggard faces, and a feeling of loneliness and desolation arose spontaneously. He couldn't help but clench his hands slightly, with a slight anger in his eyes.

Doctor Liu looked up and saw Pei Zhijin standing upright at the door.

Doctor Liu put down the medical book in his hand and walked towards Pei Zhijin, "Master Pei, why are you here?"

"Where is Jiang Xue?" Pei Zhijin asked in a hoarse voice.

"The boss is in the backyard."

After hearing this, Pei Zhijin turned around and walked in. There was a commotion inside. He walked through a long corridor and came to the backyard.

Jiang Xue was sitting in the pavilion in the backyard, flipping through medical books, trying to find some ways to deal with poisonous insects.

The sunlight shines into the pavilion and hits Jiang Xue's body, as if warm flowers blooming on her body, gentle and warm. A breeze blows, and the loose hair on Jiang Xue's face is blown up.

Pei Zhijin looked at Jiang Xue's serious expression and couldn't help but stand there in a daze. It was as if just by standing there quietly, he could feel all his fatigue disappear.

"Master Pei?" Lin Yiyi's voice sounded softly behind him.

Pei Zhijin's expression changed slightly, and then he turned around and looked at Lin Yiyi standing there wearing a thick cloak and holding a cup of tea, and said, "Are you... ready?"

"Well, thanks to Xue'er." Lin Yiyi said with a smile.

Pei Zhijin turned around and looked at Jiang Xue again, afraid of disturbing her.

Lin Yiyi smiled and said, “Xue’er won’t hear us when she’s serious.”

"Yeah." Pei Zhijin nodded slightly.

Lin Yiyi looked at Pei Zhijin. Although her posture was still upright, her face looked very tired, and there were dark circles under her deep eyes.

"Master Pei, may I have a word with you?"

Pei Zhijin nodded slightly and followed Lin Yiyi to the corridor. Lin Yiyi gently put the tea in her hand aside, looked at Pei Zhijin and said, "Does Xue'er know about the poison in your body?"

Pei Zhijin frowned slightly and shook his head, "I don't know."

Lin Yiyi lowered her eyes and continued, "Perhaps Xue'er has a way to cure the poison in you."

"She's already very tired from all this, and I don't want to make her worry."

Lin Yiyi knew that Pei Zhijin was worried about Xueer's health, she was just kindly reminding him because she could see that they both had each other in their hearts, but no one had pierced the paper between them.

"Thank you for your kindness. Prince Yan probably doesn't know you're awake yet, right?"

"kindness."

"No wonder..." Pei Zhijin murmured.

Although it was quiet, Lin Yiyi heard it clearly, so she asked in confusion: "What's the wonder?"

"He has been looking for Hongying's whereabouts these days. He must have known Hongying's whereabouts yesterday and escaped from the Marquis' Mansion."

"What?" Lin Yiyi frowned and asked, "How is he now?"

"I don't know."

Lin Yiyi suddenly started to panic, fearing that Wang Ziyan would get hurt. He had passed on his inner strength to her and was still injured. Hongying was full of tricks, and Wang Ziyan might not be able to defeat her.

Thinking of this, Lin Yiyi anxiously picked up the tea and stuffed it into Pei Zhijin's hand, saying: "Help Xue'er take the tea over, I'll go find Wang Ziyan."

After saying that, he turned around and left in a hurry.

Pei Zhijin looked at the teapot on the plate, the green tea swaying slightly in the teacup. Pei Zhijin glanced at Jiang Xue, pursed his lips slightly, and walked towards the pavilion.

Jiang Xue felt someone approaching, so she stretched out her hand without even looking up and said, "Tea."

Pei Zhijin quickly handed the teacup to Jiang Xue.

Jiang Xue finished the drink in one gulp, put it on the stone table, and said while flipping through the medical book, "Pour some more."

Pei Zhijin obediently poured him a glass.

There was steam coming out of the teacup, and Jiang Xue was about to reach out to take it without even looking at it.

Pei Zhijin's voice sounded, "Be careful, it's hot."

Jiang Xue stopped her hand in mid-air and looked up suddenly. Pei Zhijin was looking at her with gentle eyes.

Jiang Xue was so shocked that she sat up straight. "Why are you here?"

"I heard that there was trouble at Wanhe Hall, so I came to take a look."

Jiang Xue turned the medical book over and looked aside, "Where's Yiyi?"

"She went to find Prince Yan."

"Looking for Wang Ziyan?" Jiang Xue thought she had heard it wrong and asked again.

Pei Zhijin said: "Wang Ziyan went to find Hongying, and she left after she found out."

Jiang Xue raised her eyebrows slightly, "Did you tell her?"

"kindness."

Jiang Xue looked at the dark circles under Pei Zhijin's eyes, which seemed to be gone a few days ago, so she asked, "Didn't you get enough rest these days?"

Pei Zhijin nodded slightly and said calmly, "I'm a little busy."

Jiang Xue felt a little distressed. Seeing that Pei Zhijin seemed to have lost weight, she took out a dark red sachet from her arms and handed it to Pei Zhijin, saying, "This is for you. No matter how busy you are, you still need to take a rest. It can help you calm your mind."

Pei Zhijin's eyebrows curved, and he reached out to take the sachet. His slender fingers gently stroked the sachet, and then he carefully put it in his arms and smiled, "Okay."

Jiang Xue originally wanted to pour some tea, but seeing that there was only one cup, she stood up and said, "I'll go pour you some tea."

"No need." Pei Zhijin stood up and grabbed Jiang Xue's arm.

The warm touch spread on Jiang Xue's arm. Jiang Xue paused, and her mind instantly recalled the kiss under the water. Then her face suddenly turned red. She quickly pulled back her arm, sat down and said, "Okay."

Pei Zhijin looked at Jiang Xue's suddenly shy face and felt a little embarrassed for a moment.

There was only the sound of the wind blowing gently in the yard. Time stood still for a second or two. Pei Zhijin was the first to speak: "The person you sent is very useful. Maybe we can learn something from him."

Jiang Xue looked up at Pei Zhijin and nodded, "That man deliberately incited the people. He might have been instructed by someone. If we find out who is behind him, I think the matter of the flower poison will definitely make great progress."

"Yeah." Pei Zhijin nodded and sat down, then stared at Jiang Xue and asked, "How are you doing?"

"As for me, well... I'm still reading medical books, trying to see if I can find a way to deal with the flower poison." Jiang Xue said softly.

"The flower poison is a poisonous insect. If we just look for an antidote, it will be very difficult."

Jiang Xue's eyes suddenly lit up, and she asked, "You mean, the poisonous insects can't be killed by drugs, but can only be lured out of the body?"

"I've seen this before in Pei Chong's Strange Stories. He said that all poisonous insects have a mother. If the mother is killed, the poisonous insects hidden in the human body will run out of the body and then disappear."

Jiang Xue had never heard of this statement before. She frowned and said, "Does it mean that as long as the mother Gu is found, all the people in the capital will be saved?"

"Yes." Pei Zhijin nodded.

Jiang Xue asked urgently after hearing this: "Then we have to find the mother Gu as soon as possible, otherwise more people will continue to suffer."

"Okay." Pei Zhijin stared at Jiang Xue and replied.

Jiang Xue pushed the medical book aside and said worriedly, "Let me help you look for it."

Pei Zhijin didn't want Jiang Xue to get hurt, and originally didn't want to agree. But looking at Jiang Xue's eager expression, an idea popped into his mind. If Jiang Xue went with him, wouldn't he have to spend more time with Jiang Xue?

The words of refusal turned into "OK" when they came to my lips.

Jiang Xue raised the corner of her mouth, stood up and said, "Then I'll go with you to interrogate that Huang Ya?"

"Yellow teeth?" Pei Zhijin stood up and asked in confusion.

Jiang Xue blinked and said, "Yes, the person I sent over had a mouth full of yellow teeth."

Pei Zhijin couldn't help but burst out laughing after hearing this.

The two of them left Wanhetang. Doctor Liu saw Jiang Xue was about to leave, so he walked over anxiously, "Boss, are you going back?"

Jiang Xue smiled and said, "Lord Pei and I will go to the imperial prison to interrogate Huang Ya today. He may come to Wanhetang less recently. You take good care of these people." Then he took out a white porcelain bottle from his arms and handed it to Doctor Liu.

Doctor Liu looked at the porcelain bottle in his hand and asked in confusion: "What is..."

Jiang Xue glanced at Pei Zhijin, leaned close to Doctor Liu and whispered, "This is blood. When you boil the medicine, drop a few drops in it. It can suppress the poisonous insects in the body."

Doctor Liu frowned and said in surprise: "This is yours..."

"Shh!" Jiang Xue covered Doctor Liu's mouth and whispered, "Don't say it, don't let others know that there is blood in it."

Doctor Liu had his mouth covered and nodded vigorously with his eyes wide open.

Jiang Xue then let go of Doctor Liu and said to Pei Zhijin, "Master Pei, let's go."

Even if Jiang Xue didn't say it, Pei Zhijin had already guessed what Jiang Xue had just given him. When he turned around and nodded, a hint of heartache flashed in his eyes.

After the two left, a pair of sharp eyes appeared in the alley not far from Wanhetang, staring at the backs of Jiang Xue and Pei Zhijin. After they could no longer be seen, they quickly retracted their gazes and walked into the alley.

The man walked along the alley. The alley was very wide at first, but it became narrower and narrower as he went further in. He stopped only when he reached a dark red door. His eyes swept sharply behind him.

After finding nothing unusual, he quickly opened the door and slipped in.

After entering, the interior suddenly opens up, with pavilions, towers, winding corridors, and carvings and hollows.

The man walked along the winding corridor until he reached the door of a room. He stopped, bowed, and said to the person in the room, "General."

A deep voice sounded from inside the room, "Come in."

The door was gently pushed open and the man walked in. Behind the desk sat a man in a navy blue robe. He had a strong and tall figure, his hair was tied up high, and something was covering his left eye, but his right eye exuded a sharp aura.

"General, the man who caused trouble in Wanhe Hall has been arrested and sent to the Imperial Prison."

Zhan Jing only raised his head slightly and glanced at the person who was reporting. He didn't say anything. After a moment, he put the book in his hand on the table and said, "I don't expect him to do anything."

"Prince Cheng has been staying in the palace recently and has not come out. The Mid-Autumn Festival banquet will be held in three days. Our people have heard that Prince Cheng will attend the banquet."

"Hmph." Zhan Jing's eyes moved slightly when he heard the word "king". Then he covered his left eye with his hand, and suddenly his right eye became fierce. "Li Lingxuan, I have said that I will avenge the destruction of your eyes."

Then he looked at his subordinates and said, "Inform those lurking in the palace that the poisonous insects can be placed in the palace. This general will hold a grand flower banquet at the Mid-Autumn Festival."

"Yes."

After his subordinates left, Zhan Jing laughed crazily. Qing Ye walked in from outside and said, "General, Jiang Xue's people have been keeping an eye on me recently. I have no way to sneak into the Jiang Mansion."

Zhan Jing stopped smiling and frowned, "Hiss... Jiang Xue... came back at a really bad time."

Qing Ye also frowned slightly and said, "It may be difficult to get the border defense map from Jiang Jian."

"What are you afraid of!" Zhan Jing looked at Qing Ye and said, "Difficulties are all imagined. The defense map in Jiang Jian's hand is very important to us. We must get it at all costs."

Qing Ye's expression changed slightly, and then he nodded and said, "I understand."

Zhan Jing then calmed down and waved his hand, saying, "In three days, the palace will be in chaos. That is the deadline. I must see the defense map."

"Yeah." Qing Ye nodded and walked out without looking back.

In the imperial prison.

Huang Ya looked at the person in front of him in panic, his lips trembling as he said, "Why... did you arrest me and bring me to the Imperial Prison?"

Wenchuan said coldly: "What do you think?"

"I don't know." Huang Ya shouted directly.

When Jiang Xue and Pei Zhijin came in from outside, Huang Ya saw Jiang Xue and immediately stood up from the ground, pointing at Jiang Xue and was about to step forward.

Pei Zhijin's sword was across the middle. Huang Ya was so frightened that he stopped and stood there speechless.

"Stand back." Pei Zhijin said coldly.