"The Medicinal Kitchen's medicine preparation is of great importance, and there is no room for carelessness. Such a mistake, even if it was negligence, would never be forgiven. So the three of them were expelled from the Medicinal Kitchen, "Jin Qi said.
"It's reasonable," Bai Li said.
"Because it's reasonable, no one would want to investigate further," Jin Qi said.
"So what's the secret?" Bai Li had already heard the deeper meaning in Jin Qi's words. There was a hidden intention hidden in the common sense.
"It's what I mentioned before, that there's a hidden force plotting something. I wanted to investigate in secret, but I didn't expect them to make such a drastic move. I'm responsible for the deaths of my three juniors, "Jin Qi said sadly.
"Why are you so sure of the existence of such people?" Bai Li asked.
"The medicine book. The medicine book was tampered with, "Jin Qi said. Jin Qi had never mentioned this to anyone. He didn't want to alert the enemy so soon, otherwise the enemy would be in the dark while he was out in the open. He wanted to hide in the dark to find the enemy. But he didn't expect the enemy to act so violently and kill his three juniors. In this way, there was no point in hiding anymore.
"Three days ago, the Medicinal Kitchen didn't replenish Little Thistle and Green Thorn, but when we checked the medicine book, there was such a record. I can't be sure if it was an impromptu trick or a preparation. But it's obviously to disguise the conspiracy of the two medicines as a mistake of the Medicinal Kitchen. So I'm sure there's a conspiracy behind the exchange of Little Thistle and Green Thorn. Unfortunately, Yan Ge needed Little Thistle for Huo Ying that day and accidentally broke their plan. " Jin Qi continued, but at this moment, Bai Li suddenly raised his hand and stopped Jin Qi from continuing.
Everyone's expression suddenly became solemn, including Chen Jiu, who had been fooling around to protect Jin Qi. The way he looked at Jin Qi had also changed, and he suddenly had doubts.
"You mentioned the medicine book," Bai Li said.
"Yes." Jin Qi nodded.
"What you said is the medicine book of the Medicinal Kitchen. The medicine book that records all the herbs in and out of the Medicinal Kitchen, "Bai Li continued.
"Correct."
"Is it this one?" Bai Li suddenly extended his hand, and an item suddenly flew over from the big table in the Medicinal Kitchen and landed in Bai Li's hand. Jin Qi took a look. It was the medicine book of the Fourth Branch of Medicinal Cuisine, so he nodded.
"Academician Chen, please take a look and confirm it." Bai Li handed the medicine book to Chen Jiu.
"Don't talk nonsense." Chen Jiu impatiently waved his hand and opened the medicine book that Bai Li had brought to him. He looked at Jin Qi and said in an impatient tone, "Jin Qi, the medicine book doesn't have the records you mentioned."
"No records?" Jin Qi was stunned.
He didn't want to alert the enemy. After the medicine book was confirmed by him, he naturally put it back in its original place, pretending that he did not notice it at all.
But now, the tampered record on the medicine book had been erased once again.
"Apart from you, who else saw it?" Chen Jiu asked.
Jin Qi looked at the three people in the pharmacy.
Lu Ping, Zi Mu, Yan Ge …
The three of them were present that day, but Jin Qi did not invite them to look at the medicine book with him.
Lu Ping shook his head, Zi Mu shook his head, and in the end, Yan Ge also shook her head and said apologetically, "I'm sorry."
Jin Qi's heart sank. When he looked at the three corpses on the ground again, he could only look at them. Among them, at least one of them must have seen the tampered medicine book. But now, no one could stand out to prove it.
The enemy's net …
Jin Qi could not understand the enemy's actions, but now it became clear in his mind.
Did they kill the three disciples to frame him?
No!
No, from the moment the medicine book was tampered, the enemy's plan had already begun.
When he thought that he had quietly detected the enemy hiding in the dark, he did not expect that he had already stepped into the enemy's net. From that moment on, he had already become the prey. He had even mistaken the medicine. He did not want to poison anyone. He was just the bait that triggered this incident and put himself in the net.
But where was this net going to take him?
Killing. It needed a motive.
Lying also needed a motive.
The enemy had created him to kill people, created him to lie, but what about the motive?
Jin Qi still could not see the motive. Without the motive, the net was still weak. But at this point. Jin Qi could no longer be as calm as before. The enemy's plan was so thorough and far-reaching, he really did not believe that there would be such a big loophole. The enemy would definitely arrange a motive for him.
"What are you thinking about?" Bai Li suddenly asked.
"I'm thinking about what will happen next. Although it will be terrible for me, I really want to know, "Jin Qi said.
"Actually, we don't want to." Bai Li, who had been aggressive all this time, suddenly said this.
"Jin Qi." Chen Jiu suddenly spoke, his tone abnormally serious, "Did you do anything?"
"Teacher, I didn't," Jin Qi replied.
"Very good." Chen Jiu nodded.
Another person walked out from the passageway buried in the belly of the mountain. His footsteps were light and quick. Not long after, a person quickly walked into the medicine shop. He was dressed in black and had his face covered. He was a Mizar Peak's secret emissary. After entering the Apothecary Hall, he walked straight toward Bai Li.
"Don't just say it to me." Bai Li waved his hand, stopping the other's steps. "Say it there, for everyone to hear."
"Yes." The secret envoy bowed and answered, without looking at anyone, he immediately reported, "Preliminary investigation, in the entire academy, there are a total of seventeen people who may use Little Thistle or Green Thorn within three days. The specific use is being confirmed in more detail. Ten minutes."
"Very good." Bai Li nodded. That secret envoy bowed slightly, then immediately retreated from the tunnel.
Jin Qi smiled bitterly.
He originally wanted to carry out this kind of investigation in secret, in order to find out the enemy's goal. In the end, the investigation with the entire academy's power had already produced a preliminary result in a short period of time. Only, this result was pushing him into the abyss.
Who could it be?
Jin Qi was a little curious. Because he really did not know what target the enemy would arrange for him to have a reasonable motive. As for himself, he completely could not think of anyone in the North Style Academy who would not be surprised by his evil schemes.
In the end, at this moment, the seven side doors of the medicine shop opened one after another. Seven familiar faces to Jin Qi walked into the hall. These were all students of Megrez Peak, the guards of the medicine shop. They were responsible for the daily records of new drugs entering the warehouse. Those seven side doors led to the seven storehouses of the medicine shop.
The seven people that walked out one after another all had very heavy expressions. They quickly saw Jin Qi who was not present when they were ordered to leave. Bewilderment replaced the heavy expressions on their faces.
"Speak." Seeing the unusual expressions of these students, Chen Jiu already knew that he was about to hear bad news.
The seven people looked at each other, and after seeing the similar conclusion from the faces of the others, someone finally took the lead to speak.
"The first storehouse is damaged."
"The second storehouse is damaged."
"The third storehouse is damaged."
"The fourth storehouse is damaged." “
… …
Even the guards of the seven storehouses all spoke as they presented the list in their hands that had just finished taking stock.
In the heart of Megrez Peak, in the important storehouse of the medicine shop, a large number of medicinal ingredients had unknowingly disappeared to who knows where. Chen Jiu looked at the list of the seven storehouses in his hands, unable to remain calm any longer.
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