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Chapter 515
Not long after Lan Ruohua entered, someone from the palace came out to summon Lan Ling'er to have an audience with Long Nimojiu.

Lan Ling'er quietly moved her somewhat numb feet, then bowed and followed the man into the hall.

There was no sound in the hall. In the huge hall, it seemed that only the main seat was sitting, resting his forehead with his hands, closing his eyes, and he didn't know if he was feigning sleep, or Long Nimojiu, who didn't want to talk to them, and Lan Ruohua, who was standing with his hands tied. .

The dim light coming in from the window cast their shadows on the bright ground, making them even more indescribably cold.

Lan Ling'er stopped behind Lan Ruohua, the palace man who led the way saluted her, bowed and retreated without Long Nimojiu's instructions.

Lan Ling'er glanced at Lan Ruohua, and the latter gave her a wink. She hurriedly collected her thoughts, and bowed to say hello, "My subordinates greet Your Highness."

However, Long Nimojiu seemed not to hear, his eyes were still closed and he did not move.

Lan Ruohua and Lan Ling'er didn't dare to move or make a sound, so they kept their movements and waited quietly.

It was okay for Lan Ruohua to stand with her hands tied, but Lan Ling'er was always bowing and saluting, and the surroundings were quiet, but after a while, the chill she felt outside the hall evaporated completely, and she broke out in sweat. It's the kind that sweats through the back of your clothes.

I really feel that every moment is suffering.

Lan Ling'er vaguely guessed that today's incident was really aimed at her. If it was because of something, her eyes dimmed slightly, it could only be because of that.

Thinking of this, she just felt that after a few days of lucky escape, she had to bear the possible storm. This was what she should bear, so let's bear it.

Thinking about it this way, she felt at ease.

As for Long Nimo, he felt that he had had enough of drying them out, and finally made a move. He slowly opened his eyes and looked at the master and apprentice, but he no longer had the warm and whitewashed smile he usually had. , his falcon-like eyes were no longer covered, and he scanned them sharply and coldly, and his tone was so cold that it made people tremble, "Do you know why I called you into the palace today?" Asked directly across Lan Ruohua I picked up Lan Ling'er.

Lan Ling'er understood it in her heart, and she was not ambiguous at the moment. She bent her knees and knelt down and said, "Your Majesty is not doing well, please punish me."

"Kneeling down?" Long Nimojiu raised his eyebrows, his expression was inexplicable, and he couldn't distinguish between emotions and anger. Not to mention the whereabouts, the plan of inviting you into the urn that the leader of Lan made before attracted the fish to the bait, but the net that you thought was well-laid still failed to catch the fish, and instead let them escape. This escape, then It's the fish that entered the sea and disappeared without a trace."

"This subordinate is dereliction of duty." Lan Ling'er said dryly.

"You are dereliction of duty." Long Nimojiu said lightly, picked up one hand, and gently turned the white jade finger on the thumb under the faint skylight, as if he felt that the lines on the jade were particularly beautiful, and took it out directly. He got down, held it with two fingers, and looked at it carefully under the dim light, with a very focused look.

But Lan Ling'er couldn't help but tense her back, even Lan Ruohua held back her voice and kept silent like a cicada.

After a while, Long Nimo turned his head to look at them again, "Why don't you explain why you neglected your duty first? Is it because your ability is limited and you are too overestimated by you, or you are using public affairs for personal gain and deliberately releasing water, that's natural. Can't catch anyone?"

Long Nimojiu's volume didn't increase, it was even a few degrees lower than usual. However, just a few words that couldn't even distinguish between obvious emotions and anger made Lan Ling'er turn pale with shock, and Lan Ruohua's expression also changed. , the forced composure was no longer there, and he bent his knees, knelt down, and said in a trembling voice, "Your Highness, forgive me."

Lan Ling'er didn't dare to make a sound, and hurriedly lowered her body, touching her forehead to the ground.

Long Nimo moved his body for a long time, stretched his body forward, and squinted his eyes slightly, as if he wanted to see the master and apprentice more clearly.

He nodded and said, "Lan Hierarch's behavior seems to be true? Gu really believed in Lan Hierarch, therefore, what Lan Hierarch said was what he said, which made Lan Hierarch play Gu as a fool. Deceived. Master Lan might as well guess, from whom did Gu hear about this?"

In the blink of an eye, Lan Ruohua's back was soaked with sweat, his mind was in chaos, and he couldn't guess what happened.

Obviously, Long Nimojiu didn't really want her to guess. After asking that question, he paused for a while, and then continued, "It's Long Niming, Gu's good brother. Just now he asked Gu suddenly, and Gu told Gu about the medicine shop and All the medicinal materials in the medicinal material store are collected in one place, but what is the use for me? If it is not enough, just tell him, he is now in charge of the mine veins at the other end, and he also knows a few medicinal material dealers. Tell him, don't be shy."

"The tone of the yin and yang is weird, no matter how I hear it, I think it's not right, so I came down to ask for a detailed investigation."

"I don't know if I don't check it. I was shocked when I checked it. I don't want to talk about some of the medicinal materials that were stolen. Why do you pour out the medicinal materials inside and see that there are many other ingredients in the middle?" Stuff? The weight is not much, and if you add it up, it’s just a few dollars, more or less? Or the things that can be picked up nearby in the warehouse, such as old grain, scrap iron, coal, etc., all kinds, At first glance, it was put in hastily, probably because it passed the inspection at that time!"

"By the way, there is also the most important blind medicine, because that medicine is very hard to find, and the quantity is even rarer. At that time, you personally escorted Lan Ling'er all the way into the palace under the eyes of everyone, and then handed it to the leader Lan personally." Bar?"

"On that day, Gu was also there, and watched the medicinal material tested by Lan Jiaozhu with his own eyes. Because the number was not big, Gu also listened to it and remembered it by accident. Since Lan Jiaozhu is here, why don't you put the medicinal material in it? Take the box from me, let Gu take a good look at it, don't be tampered with like those medicinal materials in the warehouse."

"After all, it still takes a lot of action to make the hands and feet in those medicinal materials. The few people who came back to steal the medicine have no chance and no need to do this. Then... it can only be that there are thieves among our own people. .I don’t know who it is, but Master Lan should go and get the box, and then I’ll make sure, if it’s correct, I’ll feel at ease, right?”

Long Nimojiu's words were flat and gentle, as if they were the same as usual, but Lan Ruohua and Lan Ling'er, master and apprentice, were covered in cold sweat...

"Go! Master Lan!" There was another gentle urging, but it was like a final warning...

Lan Ling'er couldn't care about anything else, she knocked her head heavily with a "bang" and said, "Your Highness, please don't blame my master. I did all these things alone, and my master didn't know about it at all. The mistake has been made Cheng, I dare not quibble, I just ask His Highness to allow one of my subordinates to do things, and only punish me, and don't implicate irrelevant people."

(End of this chapter)