Meridian Unlocking Realm expert, after nurturing the internal organs through Qi and Blood Power, should be robust, but Zhuge Rui is not.

Spiritual Sense enters into the meridians again from the internal organs.

Qi and Blood Power wanders in the meridians, moving slowly, and each time it passes through a vein, the acupoint at the junction seems to darken somewhat.

Continue investigating, and the meridians and acupoints throughout Zhuge Rui’s body have the direct sense of having impurities adhered to them.

Signs of poisoning are very apparent.

In that case, it can be dealt with.

Exiting [Sword Gourd Spirit], Chu Ming has an idea on how to handle this ’personal guard’.

The method of controlling people’s hearts with poison is indeed practical, but it is not a reliable approach.

Different from his life-saving favor to The Medicine Maniac and Lix Yan, poison is just a fallback method, using poison by the Martial Immortal Alliance on the Meridian Unlocking Realm will surely cause resentment among those experts, which is a point that can be exploited.

Walking along the Imperial City Avenue, until leaving the Imperial City.

"Where are we going?"

After a moment of walking, Zhuge Rui is somewhat impatient.

"Getting something to eat."

Chu Ming doesn’t turn back, just walks along the street.

Zhuge Rui looks at the young man in front of him, the impatience in his eyes growing stronger.

He just wants to solve the case early, get rid of the Martial Immortal Alliance early, and leave this troublesome place with his brother Zhuge Chen.

If he had another chance, he would never again trust the Martial Immortal Alliance or the First-Grade Cold Family.

The more he thinks, the more self-blame Zhuge Rui feels.

The Martial Immortal Alliance uses poison, and the First-Grade Cold Family likely uses poison too.

His brother’s health had just shown some improvement, and because of his one wrong decision, they’ve fallen into a place of endless disaster...

"Lord Chu, we only have ten days!" Zhuge Rui says in a low voice.

"Mm, I know."

Subtle emotional changes certainly don’t escape Chu Ming’s perception, but he still walks leisurely along the street.

About an hour later, one person with a calm face, another with an ugly face stops in front of a tavern.

"Let’s go here."

Chu Ming steps into the tavern first, Zhuge Rui pauses, holds back his anger and follows inside.

Ten days have already wasted one day, it’s hard for him not to be angry.

"This way, gentlemen." A waiter bows, welcoming them.

"Do you have private rooms?" Chu Ming asks.

"Yes, yes, upstairs, please."

The waiter welcomes the two to a private room on the second floor.

"Plenty of food and wine."

Chu Ming casually sits down, then turns and looks out the window indifferently.

Seeing the youth like this, Zhuge Rui becomes even more furious.

"Lord Chu, Cui Ye from the Camp Repair Department, Senior Fourth Grade, is responsible for the construction of the Empress Dowager Duaan’s Celestial Longevity Platform."

"The construction of the Celestial Longevity Platform requires a large amount of stone and wood. About thirty miles east of Qin Capital, there’s a mountain called Mei’an Mountain, with a large stone factory at its base, I think Lord Chu should start from there..."

Knowing the case details yesterday, Zhuge Rui had done some early investigation.

"Oh?"

Chu Ming turns his head, his eyes brightening upon hearing this.

Because yesterday, someone who claimed to be Ji Wujiang said that the people in the slums were mostly due to the Celestial Longevity Platform’s construction falling into poverty, he was originally planning to start investigating from the slums outside the eastern city.

But Zhuge Rui seems to have done some investigation.

"Lord Chu, nightfall is the best time to investigate, we should now..."

Zhuge Rui sees Chu Ming’s bright eyes and assumes he finally convinced him.

But.

"Let’s eat first."

Chu Ming turns his head again to look out the window.

"Lord Chu!"

Zhuge Rui is anxious, but Chu Ming seems oblivious.

The ten-day deadline is indeed not long, but it is not as important as thoroughly investigating the circumstances of the master and Housekeeper Fang.

This tavern is about ten streets away from Xiang Mansion, [Sword Gourd Spirit] spreading out is enough to cover Xiang Mansion.

The original investigation range of [Sword Gourd Spirit] is seven miles, this range can already cover Xiang Mansion.

After Tier Breakthrough, the investigation range dramatically increased by ten miles, reaching a terrifying distance of seventeen miles, even being twenty streets away, he can investigate it.

Yesterday, he was worried about hidden experts in Qin Capital, didn’t dare to use Spirit recklessly, but today is different.

A journey to the Imperial City, [Sword Gourd Spirit] advances, evolving new abilities ’Spiritual Soul’, greatly enhancing Investigation Power.

The original [Sword Gourd Spirit] lets even Lower Meridian Unlocking Realm Perfection be undetected, after Tier Breakthrough...

"Lord Ximen, it’s been a long time since you visited me, I recently learned a new skill, I’ll definitely serve you well."

"Lord Wang, come, please, Miss Cuilian has been waiting."

"..."

"Drink this cup, from now on we are in the same boat."

"Dry!"

"..."

"Doctor, doctor, check what illness I’ve got..."

"..."

[Sword Gourd Spirit] crosses more than ten streets, the happenings in the brothels, taverns, pharmacies, dark alleys, and gangs are all vividly seen.

Qin Capital truly lives up to its name, Blood Circulation Realm, Strong Bone Realm, Refining Organ Realm are easily seen, even Meridian Unlocking Realm experts were found with more than a dozen.

[Sword Gourd Spirit] almost instantly arrives at the surroundings of Xiang Mansion, spanning twelve streets away.

In the tea house at the end of Xiang Mansion’s street, Jiang Zhan and Meng Zhen are still anxiously waiting.

"Old Meng, why hasn’t Senior Brother Chu returned yet?"

"Wait another hour, if Chu Royal Attendant doesn’t return, we’ll leave the city first."

"..."

After a brief pause, Chu Ming focuses his Heart Spirit, controlling [Sword Gourd Spirit] to probe into Xiang Mansion.

Silently, Spiritual Sense is like a net cast over Xiang Mansion, slowly descending.

"How long are we going to be confined? What exactly did Commander Xiang do?"

"Shh, keep it down, the outside is full of Inspectors from the Regent’s Mansion, if you want to lose your head, don’t drag Commander Xiang down."