Zhao Gao has been missing for three days.

The emperor was furious in the palace and arranged for people to search for it. He even scolded Lu Xiao in the court, asking him to arrange for the imperial guards to dig three feet into Xianyang to find Zhao Gao's whereabouts.

However, the Mid-Autumn Festival and the autumn market are in full swing, and the entire Xianyang personnel are busy. According to Lu Xiao’s own judgment, Zhao Gao was probably not able to find him. However, under the pressure of the emperor, he had to bite the bullet and continue to arrange for the lieutenant and imperial guards to dig three feet into the ground inside and outside Xianyang.

In the palace, the imperial guards and the eunuchs were also constantly searching for Zhao Gao's whereabouts. The news he learned was that Zhao Gao went to the backyard that day and then disappeared. An eunuchs witnessed that Zhao Gao had been to the mansion of Hu Hai, but the palace servants and servants in Hu Hai's mansion shook their heads and said that the young master had never met the Miao doctor. In the end, the imperial guards could only search the places where Zhao Gao lived and worked on their daily lives. Apart from finding two empty gourds in the dark lattice under the bed, they found no clues.

The Miao Doctor, who was loved by the emperor, suddenly disappeared without a trace just like the evaporation of the world. There was no record of leaving the palace, and there was no trace in the harem.

After this extremely strange thing spread in the palace, the entire harem was panicked. At night, there were even various palace maids and concubines who were unintentionally frightened, screaming in fear all night. The imperial guards arrested a large number of officials and eunuchs in charge of the safety of the harem, and others, and then searched for sewers, wells, ponds, ditches, etc., but in the end they found nothing.

After the disappearance of Miao Doctor was spread to the people, various speculations spread everywhere. Lu Xiao was anxious and had a haggard face and his lips were chapped. On this Mid-Autumn Festival and the autumn market, the whole of Xianyang was in chaos. There was no curfew at night and the city gates were closed. If you want to find an unknown guy, it was like looking for a needle in a haystack. However, on the fourth day, the soldiers guarding the prison came to report that the tall and thin beggar who was arrested suddenly spoke, saying that he killed a man in Miao clothes and mask in Zhao Gao's house. After receiving the news, Lu Xiao was so happy that he almost knelt down to kowtow to the beggar.

It doesn’t matter whether Miao Doctor dies or not. What’s important is that it will be completely calmed down if it is found.

Lu Xiao went to the prison to interrogate the beggar himself. According to the beggar's explanation, he salvaged a headless corpse in the pond near the stable. After being identified by the Imperial Medical Office and many eunuchs and palace servants in the palace, although this person was headless, he was indeed the Miao doctor Yin Buxin based on his body shape and age.

This strange case that disturbed the palace and the entire Xianyang City for several days was finally concluded.

After receiving this news, the emperor was furious again. Many eunuchs and imperial guards were implicated. Hundreds of people were expelled from the palace because of this. However, the matter came to an end. No one went to the end of the matter. Why did the Miao Wu, who was not popular, sneak out of the palace secretly, why did he go to Zhao Gao's abandoned house again, and how he had a conflict with a beggar and was killed.

None of these matters anymore. Neither the imperial guards nor the officials want to worry about such a dead person.

...

"Son-in-law, why did you suddenly invite me to have a banquet today?"

In the rising sunrise pavilion of Qinghe Hotel, the round table was filled with a wide range of delicious wines and delicacies. When Meng Yi came in and saw such a sumptuous banquet, he felt a little nervous when he was surprised.

As the saying goes, "With a short hand and a soft mouth," he has not had a good banquet since ancient times. He has many opportunities to treat his cheap son-in-law to dinner, but Meng Yi feels that he will not eat for nothing. This son-in-law looks harmless and gives gifts he should give during the holidays. He is well-behaved when meeting each other on weekdays, but treating such a sumptuous banquet must have another purpose.

Moreover, as Chen Xu's status and power are getting higher and stronger, the things he asks will inevitably become increasingly unresisting. You should know that Chen Xu is now almost a person above ten thousand people in the Qin Dynasty. It is not an exaggeration to say that one hand covers the sky. He has to treat guests in such a grand way, which shows that the things he wants must be extraordinary.

"Please sit down with my father-in-law!" Chen Xu smiled and personally helped Meng Yi move the dining chair, and ordered the maid to open the Qinghe wine to pour wine.

Meng Yi sat down without hesitation, and with one hand, he touched the thigh of the maid who helped him tie a napkin. While touching, he said, "It's okay to invite me to have a meal and drink, but if I can't help you, don't blame me!"

"Hehe, where can I do it? My son-in-law and father-in-law come to the hall to discuss government affairs every day, but in fact, I haven't drunk or talked together for a long time. How can the father-in-law and son-in-law be so distant? Today, my son-in-law has free time, so he specially invited my father-in-law to come and chat. He decided not to discuss government affairs!" Chen Xu sat down with a dry smile, picked up the napkin and tied it up.

"That's great!" Meng Yi reached out and put a golden roasted cumin lamb chop in front of him and ate it in big mouthfuls.

Chen Xu has been worried about being busy these days because of Zhao Gao and the library. He has not eaten well and has not had enough sleep. At this moment, he looked at the dazzling array of delicious food and moved his index fingers, and he also picked up a roasted lamb chop to eat.

Since the discovery of cumin, a spice that gives the barbecue soul, has now become a passionate pursuit of the people of Daqin, just like pepper.

cumin is not as good as pepper, which can be grown and cultivated in the Central Plains. It is now wild in the Western Regions and has not been cultivated by anyone. Therefore, it is very rare. However, with more and more caravans between Daqin and Liangguo’s Western Regions, cumin was collected and brought to Xianyang. The price is high, with a pound of 500 yuan. Although it is not as good as pepper, it is also considered the most valuable specialty spice in the Western Regions. However, because the output is not high, it is not possible to buy it just by wanting to buy it. However, thanks to Chen Xu’s identity and Xiyuehou, the Western Region Hu merchant who came to Xianyang to participate in the Qiushi Daji brought more than 30 kilograms for Chen Xu, which also allowed Qinghe Hotel to officially launch an authentic cumin barbecue to the public. Although the price is very expensive, it was still sought after by many diners who came to treat guests and have a banquet. Every day, the grilled lamb kebabs and grilled lamb chops are in short supply.

As the slap was chirping, a lamb chop was soon finished eating. Chen Xu wiggled his mouth and picked up the wine glass: "My father-in-law eats it slowly, and drink it first to moisten the throat!"

"Woooo~ Please, son-in-law~" Meng Yi, who had already started to eat crispy duck legs, nodded while raising his wine glass.

After three rounds of wine, I went through five flavors. After half an hour, I tasted a wide variety of delicious dishes on the table. The most popular cumin lamb chops were eaten clean, and the two of them were slowing down when they ate and drank.

"The cumin grilled lamb chops are indeed extremely fragrant. I can't eat enough every time!" Meng Yi reluctantly threw the last chewed lamb chops on the dining table, drank wine and wiped his mouth with a napkin, and slowly leaned on the back of the chair. "Today I suddenly invited me to have a banquet, and it was all good wine and good food. If you say there is no purpose, I won't believe it. Now I'm full of wine and food, so just say it!"

"Hehe, how can my father-in-law not believe the son-in-law? Today I only eat wine and don't talk about anything else. There is also a braised elbow here. Please..."

"Himmer, I can't eat it anymore!" Meng Yi waved his hands repeatedly, and looked at Chen Xu with an arrow while drinking, "You really have nothing to do to ask me for help?"

"It's really nothing, just to invite my father-in-law to drink!"

"Impossible!" Meng Yi shook his head.

"Why don't my father-in-law believe in the son-in-law's words?" Chen Xu put down his chopsticks seriously.

"You might as well say it quickly. If you don't say that I can't sleep well for a few days when I go back!" Meng Yi looked full of contempt, and he looked like he believed that he would be a ghost.

Chen Xu could only wipe his mouth clean and nodded and said, "Since my father-in-law begged hard, my son-in-law can only say it!"

Meng Yi's face turned black in an instant.

"You all go out first, no one is allowed within twenty feet!" Chen Xu waved his hand and ordered several maids and tea girls to exit the room. After the door was closed, he spoke slowly: "A few days ago, the imperial physician Yin Buxin disappeared in the palace. Yesterday, news came from the Lieutenant's Mansion that Yin Buxin entered Zhao Gao's house late at night and was killed by a beggar. What does his father-in-law think about this?"

Hearing that Chen Xu was indeed not asking for help, Meng Yi's face looked much better, holding the wine glass and silent for a long time, he said: "This matter is full of weirdness. Yin Buxin specially developed a magical elixir for the emperor. He heard that he had not left the palace for several years, so how could he run out inexplicably and sneak out? And how could he run into the abandoned house of Zhao Gao? By chance, he was killed by a beggar. There seemed to be an invisible hand behind this matter..."

"Did your father-in-law know the origin of this Miao doctor?" Chen Xu ignored Meng Yi's doubts and asked the second question.

"The origin of Miao Doctor has been spread in the past two years. When His Majesty was parading to Dongting, Li Si was seriously ill in the training ground. Then Yin Buxin volunteered to come for diagnosis and treatment and presented a mysterious potion. Not only did he cure Li Si's disease, but His Majesty was also moved by the magic of this potion and took him back to Xianyang. Then he kept in the palace to develop potion. The son-in-law also knew this clearly, so why bother asking him knowingly? I will definitely not know more than you!" Meng Yi curled his lips in anger.

"Your Majesty is already seriously ill. Have you ever known that my father-in-law?" Chen Xu asked the third question.

"What?" Meng Yi stood up with a huh, and his expression of disdain disappeared without a trace, his face turned extremely pale, "Is this matter... ever true?"

"The Imperial Medical Office and many Imperial Medical Doctors in the Imperial Hospital are aware of this, but they just didn't dare to say it out. The Imperial Doctor Xu Fu told me personally on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival that His Majesty has become sick and has become sick. If he cannot properly regulate and treat it, he will probably end up like Li Si soon!"

"Li Si? What does this mean by a virtuous son-in-law? Why does Your Majesty's illness have something to do with Li Si?" Meng Yi's anxious face showed inexplicable doubts.

"Li Si was poisoned to death, can my father-in-law know?"

"Dang ~ Crazy~" Meng Yi's wine glass fell onto the dining table, then rolled to the ground and broke into pieces, and the red wine splashed everywhere.
Chapter completed!