By the time they left Megrez Peak and returned to the Northern Mountain New Courtyard, the sky was completely dark. Compared to the other four courtyards which were brightly lit, the fifth courtyard was completely dark. The only two lighted windows in the circle of houses made the whole courtyard even more gloomy and terrifying.
Huo Ying actually hadn't returned to his room, and just sat quietly in the dark courtyard, with no one beside him. Lu Ping and Zi Mu entered the courtyard, and he still sat in the dark without making a sound. Only when the two of them walked in front of him did he raise his head.
"Your medicine." Lu Ping held the medicine bag in front of him.
"I almost made a mistake." Zi Mu said casually, and then saw Lu Ping looking at him with an extremely strange expression.
"What?" Zi Mu didn't understand.
"Don't make a sound …" Lu Ping reminded him.
"Ouch!" Zi Mu gave himself a slap. Because this matter was full of drama, Zi Mu's mind was filled with the desire to talk. In the pharmacy, Jin Qi's request was extremely simple, and he casually agreed, but didn't take it to heart. Now, he very easily spilled it out.
"What happened?" Huo Ying naturally asked, and Zi Mu was so vexed that he wanted to kill himself. If he didn't say it now, would Huo Ying let them go?
"I promised them not to make a sound." In the end, Lu Ping very honestly told him their promise.
"The pharmacy made a mistake?" Huo Ying directly guessed. After all, he was once the first disciple of Yuheng Peak, and he was very clear about the management and things that each peak cared about. Medicine, mistake, not making a sound. This information was enough for him to deduce what had happened.
"Yes …" Zi Mu replied casually, and once again received Lu Ping's silent gaze.
"I'll leave first." Zi Mu cried, his mouth really moved faster than his mind. Was this the reason why Ming Po could first reach the Sixth Heaven? He recklessly rushed back to his room, leaving only Lu Ping and Huo Ying in the courtyard.
"No wonder." Huo Ying said to himself, "Making a mistake is a very serious mistake."
Lu Ping was silent.
"But, was it intentional or not?" Huo Ying looked at the medicine bag in Lu Ping's hand.
If Zi Mu was still here, he would definitely tell Huo Ying even if it was a mistake. He did not turn the prescription into a poison to dispel Huo Ying's suspicions. However, Lu Ping remained silent and did not say a word.
"Put the medicine here," Huo Ying said. Lu Ping placed the medicine bag on the ground beside Huo Ying.
"Is there anything else?" Lu Ping asked.
Huo Ying shook her head.
"Go rest," he said to Lu Ping, while he looked up at the starry sky.
Megrez Peak.
Every day, the first disciple would personally oversee the inventory of the pharmacy had already ended. All the students had already left. After closing the door of the last pharmacy, Jin Qi was the last to leave. Everything was the same as usual. Apart from the few students who had been expelled from the pharmacy, no one else knew what had happened in the evening.
Along the mountain path, Jin Qi walked unhurriedly to his residence, smiling as he greeted every Megrez Peak student he met on the way. There were 461 students on Megrez Peak, and he knew any of them. There were not many people who knew this.
Returning to his residence, he closed the door and lit the lamp. The smile on Jin Qi's face had already disappeared. He quietly sat in front of the desk, took out an object and put it on the table. It was the medicine book of the fourth room that had been consulted today.
The medicine book was flipped open, and turned to the page that they had consulted today: supplementary records of the medicinal ingredients from two days ago. Among them were Little Thistle and Green Thorn.
All the signs pointed to a mistake in the pharmacy, and he had handled it as such. But what he really saw in his heart was not so.
Yan Ge … …
Jin Qi had always been pondering over this name, pondering over this person.
As the second prince of the Qingfeng Imperial Family, Yan Ge had been exceptionally intelligent since childhood. As he grew older, he became more and more popular in the Qingfeng Empire. Over 20 years old. From the imperial court to the common people, there were gradually discussions. They all felt that compared to the first prince Yan Ming, Yan Ge had the ability to inherit the Qingfeng Empire.
Two years later. The 22 year old Yan Ge came to the North Style Academy.
At this time in the Qingfeng Empire, the call to abolish the elders and establish the younger ones was even louder. Yan Ge being sent to the North Style Academy was like gilding his name, to lay down an even more solid excuse to abolish the elders and establish the younger ones.
But this time. It was fourteen years. The second prince Yan Ge who had been away from the imperial court for a long time, training in the faraway mountains, was almost forgotten by the people.
Gilding his name? Abolishing the elders and establishing the younger ones?
At this point, those who still couldn't see the meaning behind it could only be ignorant and ignorant children.
Yan Ge could be considered to have been exiled. The North Style Academy could be considered as an extremely safe and reliable place to be exiled.
Yan Ge who was treated like this, was he willing?
What Jin Qi was pondering was this question. Yan Ge came to Megrez Peak frequently, and naturally had many dealings with him. Jin Qi recalled the various expressions of Yan Ge that he had come into contact with during this process. But in the end, he couldn't see any unwillingness in Yan Ge. Because he had never felt any desire or ambition from Yan Ge. Even when he came to the North Style Academy, and the whole world thought that this was the prelude to abolish the elders and establish the younger ones in the Qingfeng Empire.
But not being able to see anything wrong with Yan Ge didn't dispel Jin Qi's suspicion towards Yan Ge. Because there was a clear fact that had always been placed in front of him.
Two days ago, the fourth branch replenished Little Thistle and Green Thorn.
The instant this record was found in the medicine book, Jin Qi was very shocked.
Because he was very clear that this was tampered with. Because he clearly remembered the daily records of every branch's medicine book in his mind. Because he had an incomparably lazy teacher who never remembered anything. Whatever he needed to know, he would just ask casually. Jin Qi remembered everything was to make it convenient for Chen Jiu to ask at any time. At the same time, in order to protect Chen Jiu's face, he would never show this in front of others. Nobody knew that he had such a precise grasp of the medicinal kitchen.
So Jin Qi clearly knew. Two days ago, there was absolutely no replenishment of Little Thistle and Green Thorn. This record in the medicine book was inserted at the last minute. As for why it was at this time … If one flipped the medicine book back one day, there was a record of Green Thorn being used. The replenishment that was reversed naturally had to happen after this, otherwise it would be very easy to reveal a flaw.
Without batting an eyelid, Jin Qi chased everyone who was on duty for the past two days out of the Medicinal Kitchen based on the altered record. This was what he would do under normal circumstances. He didn't want to show any abnormalities, so as to avoid alerting the enemy. Since the opponent wanted to conceal the truth, then he would cooperate with the opponent and pretend to be cheated.
Actually, it wasn't really for the sake of protecting Megrez Peak's face that he hinted everyone to keep quiet. Compared to this, what he discovered was an even more terrifying fact: Megrez Peak, and even the medicinal kitchen, had already been infiltrated. At this moment, Jin Qi completely didn't know who was trustworthy.
The student on duty today was the biggest suspect. At that time, only he had the conditions to temporarily set up a situation where Little Thistle and Green Thorn were mixed up in the medicine box, and tampered with the medicine book. With that guy's ability and methods, these things were all possible.
But perhaps, there was another arrangement. Or perhaps, the change of medicinal ingredients had another meaning. Or perhaps, Yan Ge also entered by mistake, and in the end, bumped into this arrangement that could possibly have another plot?
How big a net was this? For a moment, Jin Qi really couldn't figure it out. In short, there was someone plotting something in the dark. He didn't know how many people this would involve.
Presently, the only people he could completely trust were the two kids that were kicked out of the five academies when they just entered the North Style Academy …
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