The wonderful life of modern women in ancient times

Chapter 238 This matter is very important, I must report it to the master

After Hongmei returned to a courtyard not far from the general's mansion, she saw the teammate who assassinated Leng Linglong was already sitting in the house waiting for her.

When the man saw her coming in, he quickly stood up and walked up to her and said, "Captain, look, this is the pill that Leng Linglong took. I stole one from the imperial physician!"

"Has it been discovered?"

Hongmei took the pill and examined it carefully in her hand.

"Don't worry, Captain. When the old man woke up, he thought his parrot had stolen a pill and even started arguing with the parrot. He didn't suspect anything."

Hongmei listened to his words and nodded with satisfaction.

She took out a porcelain bottle, carefully put the pills in her hand into it, sealed it, and handed it to the teammate, admonishing him: "You must set off now and deliver this medicine to the master as fast as possible. Be careful not to lose the medicine! Tell the master that this medicine can cure the poison he gave you!"

"Captain, the master has ordered us to protect Zhao Ting'er and not leave the capital!"

A hint of hesitation flashed across the man's face, and he looked at Hongmei and said.

"Don't worry, the master won't blame you. You can just say that I asked you to deliver it. You know how powerful the poison the master gave us is. No one in the world can cure this poison. Now a pill that can cure this poison has appeared. This matter is very important. You must report it to the master, otherwise it will affect many of the master's arrangements!"

Hongmei looked at her teammates and said patiently.

Not only did she have to deliver the pill to her master, she also had to secretly investigate the person who made the pill.

Zhao Junhuan didn't believe a word of what the imperial physician said. How could such a capable person be a barefoot doctor and wander around?

After hearing this, the man felt that what Hongmei said made a lot of sense, so he stopped hesitating and carefully put a human skin mask on his face, then quickly left with his horse.

When they arrived at the city gate, the soldiers guarding the city were still using portraits to search for the person who assassinated Leng Linglong. They could never have imagined that the person they were looking for would just swagger out of the city in front of them.

After leaving the city, he rode his horse at full speed, and soon he found that there was a strong man on horseback following him.

He turned his horse around and shouted to the strong man with a beard following him: "My friend, why are you following me?"

"Follow you? Why should I follow you? Is this road yours? Are you the only one allowed to walk on it?"

The sturdy man, holding a dogtail grass in his mouth, said in a nonchalant manner.

"It seems that I have misunderstood, but I still want to remind this friend that you'd better not walk on the same road with me. I don't like walking with others!"

Seeing that the burly man certainly didn't look like he was following him, the man sneered and said.

After saying that, he suddenly threw a hidden weapon at the strong man's horse. The horse immediately neighed and fell to the ground!

Then he pulled the reins and sped away.

If he hadn't seen that the sturdy man seemed to be an expert in martial arts and was afraid that fighting with him would interfere with his work, he would have dealt with him long ago.

The sturdy man stood there, watching the man's gradually disappearing back with an unsightly look on his face.

He stroked the horse's head with heartache, buried it, and then galloped towards the camp outside Beijing!

"General, Cao Qiu is outside asking for a meeting!"

In the camp outside the capital, General Cao was sitting at a desk studying a military book. One of his personal guards entered the tent and reported.

"Let him in, you go guard outside, don't let anyone get close to my tent!"

Upon hearing that Cao Qiu wanted to see him, General Cao immediately put down the military book in his hand and gave instructions to his personal guards.

"I greet the general!"

After the guard left, a sturdy man lifted the curtain and walked in. He knelt on one knee and saluted respectfully towards General Cao.

This person was none other than the burly fellow who had previously followed the man who assassinated Leng Linglong!

"Get up, come to me now, but what's the urgent matter?"

General Cao walked up to him, helped him up personally, and asked.

"General, I followed your orders to monitor Madam Zhao and discovered that she was in contact with a group of unidentified people. I found out the courtyard where they were staying. Today, when I was watching outside, I saw a man coming out of the courtyard and leading a horse out of the city. I followed him on horseback. The man found me and killed my horse with a hidden weapon. I picked up the hidden weapon and found that it was exactly the same as the hidden weapon used by the assassin who assassinated Madam Zhao a few days ago, so I hurried back to report to you!"

After Cao Qiu finished speaking, he handed the hidden weapon in his hand to General Cao to see.

"So, the person who sent someone to assassinate Leng Linglong a few days ago was most likely Zhao Ting'er! She is so cruel!"

General Cao stared at the hidden weapon and said with a frown.

After that, he murmured to himself, "Who are these people? How did Zhao Ting'er get in touch with them? What is their purpose in hiding in the capital? Why did that man leave the city today?"

"General, I have discovered that Madam always meets with a woman named Hongmei. This woman seems to be the leader of those people. Do you want to capture her and interrogate her?"

After hearing what Cao Qiu said, General Cao paced in the tent, stroking his beard and thinking.

After thinking for a while, he instructed Cao Qiu, "Don't act rashly, so as not to alert the enemy. Send more people to keep an eye on these people and see what they are doing in the capital. If you find anything, report it in time!"

"Yes! I obey your command! General, if these people want to attack Madam Zhao, should I stop them?"

Cao Qiu looked at General Cao and asked for instructions.

"It depends on the situation. If the Prime Minister's Mansion can handle it on its own, you should hide well and don't take any action. If the Prime Minister's Mansion is in danger, you must rescue them immediately!"

General Cao said in a decisive tone.

Cao Qiu took the order and retreated.

General Cao sat down at the desk, staring at the hidden weapon in a trance.

Suddenly, the guard came in and reported: "General, Cao Xia is outside asking to see you!"

General Cao came to his senses and asked Cao Xia to enter the tent. He looked at him and asked, "What did you find out?"

"General, the distant relative of Madam Zhao has been found. After interrogation, it was found that he happened to be the guard beside the seriously injured young general Cao. It was Madam who secretly ordered him to pass the message to the general's mansion, saying that Master Cao Zhu was seriously injured and died!"

Hearing Cao Xia's words, General Cao stood up suddenly and asked, "Where are the people? Have they been brought here?"

"General, when I was bringing him back, he was kidnapped by someone from the Prime Minister's Mansion!"

Cao Xia lowered his head with a look of shame and said.

Prime Minister's Mansion? This means that the Prime Minister's Mansion is also investigating Fang Ruo's fall from the cliff!

General Cao ordered Cao Xia to stand up, patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's okay. The person is in the hands of the old prime minister and in our hands. There is no difference! You did a good job. When you see people from the prime minister's mansion in the future, don't hurt them and be more lenient with them!"

Cao Xia heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this. His choice was right. The general had always been respectful to the old prime minister and he certainly didn't want them to have a dispute with the people in the prime minister's mansion.

Besides, the two governments had the same purpose in investigating the matter, so when he found out that those people were from the Prime Minister's Mansion, he pretended to be defeated and let them take them away.

"Let the Prime Minister's Office investigate the matter of Fang Ruo falling off the cliff. Try to find out whether the madam's hemorrhage was an accident!"

Hearing what General Cao said, Cao Xia looked up at him in surprise, then immediately lowered his head, took the order and left.

General Cao thought to himself that since Zhao Ting'er could be so cruel as to plot to kill Fang Ruo, and her sisterly love for Yan'er was just pretend, then she would most likely harm Yan'er as well, because Yan'er had always been in good health. Now thinking about it, Yan'er's sudden hemorrhage was too strange!

It was all his fault that he was immersed in grief at the time and didn’t notice anything was wrong. I don’t know if he could find out anything after all these years.

Zhao Ting'er, no matter if you harmed Yan'er or not, I will not let you go just because you harmed Fangruo!

After thinking about it, he called a trusted confidant in, whispered a few words to him, and the guard left in a hurry.

An hour later, he returned to General Cao's tent and handed a porcelain bottle to General Cao.

General Cao put the porcelain bottle into his arms, assigned the affairs of the camp to several deputy generals, and then rode back to the general's mansion.