Chapter 365: Thorough Analysis

Kang Zhen stared at Zuo Feng unwaveringly. Before he answered Zuo Feng's question, he already knew what the problem with the casting pill was.

As the first heir to a family of alchemists, he is certainly very aware of the tricks of high-level alchemists. Every family of alchemists and even the royal pharmacists of the Xuanwu Empire will use this method to earn certain additional benefits for themselves. The empire's top officials were not unaware of these matters, but as long as they didn't go too far, they would just turn a blind eye and not care about them.

Kang Zhen was also aware of the private activities of some elders in the family, but he did not expect that the third elder would actually use this kind of deception with him, making it clear that he was not taken seriously. Although Kang Zhen knew that the third elder had always opposed the family's appointment of him as the heir, according to the Kang family's ancestral teachings, as long as he did not make too many mistakes, he did not have the right to abolish himself and establish someone else.

"This Kang Laosan actually treats me like a monkey. He dares to take my pills for himself. I will definitely not let you go."

Kang Zhen said angrily and clenched his fists uncontrollably. However, Zuo Feng seemed very calm at this time. He looked at Kang Zhen and said with a smile: "Uncle Kang, do you think the third elder Kang Xiaoshan knows that you can guess through his tricks?"

Zuo Feng suddenly asked this question. Kang Zhen was stunned at first, then looked at Zuo Feng meaningfully, and then started to think with furrowed brows.

Just at this moment, there was a slight knock on the door, and Kang Zhen said in a cold voice with some displeasure: "Who is it?"

The people outside were obviously stunned for a moment. It seemed that they did not expect Kang Zhen to be in such a bad mood. But the people outside quickly replied: "Young Master, I am wearing no makeup. Your and Mr. Shen's meals have been prepared."

Kang Zhen smiled awkwardly at Zuo Feng, and then ordered them to bring the food in in a gentle tone. Zuo Feng knew that Kang Zhen was really angry at the three elders. Kang Zhen should have heard at least two of the three footsteps outside. Suyan's footsteps were certainly not among them, but Kang Zhen didn't notice the door at all. foreigner.

Suyan walked into the room first carrying the food, and there were indeed two young women behind her, also holding food plates in their hands. Kang Zhen was in a very bad mood and ignored the three people who came in. Instead, he once again concentrated on thinking about what Zuo Feng said just now.

Kang Zhen's room was much larger than Zuo Feng's room. There was a round table over half a foot wide in the middle of the room. This table could accommodate seven or eight people sitting around it without being too crowded. At this time, eight side dishes were placed on the table, but not even half of the round table was used. Kang Zhen didn't care about this at all. He waved Suyan and others away and told them not to disturb them again.

The other two women were servants, so they dared not hesitate at all about Kang Zhen's orders. But without makeup, it was different. Her beautiful eyes glanced between Kang Zhen and Zuo Feng for a long time, until Kang Zhen rolled his eyes at her, and then he stuck out his tongue playfully and turned around to leave.

Kang Zhen didn't care about this at all. After Su Yan closed the door, he slowly said: "The question you asked just now seems simple, but I understand what you want to ask. When I handed over the casting pill, The three options I told you when I gave them to you were too slow and too urgent. Under normal circumstances, anyone would choose the second suggestion. "

Zuo Feng knew that Kang Zhen had already understood his question, so he smiled and waited for Kang Zhen to continue. Conversations between smart people are so comfortable. You can simply ask some complex questions, and the other party can understand what you want to ask. Some trivial details were passed over by the two of them, without even mentioning them half a word.

For example, Zuo Feng did not ask the third elder why he mixed three pills into one, but directly asked Kang Zhen if he could guess the third elder's trick. This also shows that Zuo Feng has already seen through the tricks of the third elder. Kang Zhen does not need to explain it more, he can just think about it in a deeper level.

Kang Zhen paused for a moment before continuing: "The next step is too hasty and carries great risks, so almost no one would choose it. The best option is too slow, and when he returns to the family, I'm afraid it will still be handed over to him." Come and take charge of handling this pill, and we won’t let him pretend to be a ghost at that time.”

Zuo Feng nodded lightly. Logically speaking, neither he nor Kang Zhen could refine the body casting pill independently, so in the end the family would probably let the third elder continue to handle the matter. It will still be Zuo Feng who suffers at that time. After all, the prescriptions and medicinal materials are all produced by Zuo Feng.

Kang Zhen slammed the table, and the food in front of him almost jumped up, and then he said bitterly: "Under normal circumstances, no one is willing to wait too long. It is better to let him try to see if he can wait on the ship during this time. The pills break apart.

Then with Kang Laosan's "remitting efforts", the body casting pill finally succeeded in separating it, but only one could be saved. In fact, he was able to secretly withhold two pills and then throw a broken cast pill to me. I was very grateful to him without knowing it. This old guy was really good at calculating. I guess he had all the tricks up his sleeve and never thought that I could guess this. "

Zuo Feng nodded slightly, still looking at Kang Zhen with a faint smile on his face. Kang Zhen noticed that Zuo Feng's expression did not change at all. After being stunned for a moment, he said in surprise: "Brother Zuo, could it be that you have already thought of all my previous guesses!"

Zuo Feng didn't need to hide his clumsiness when facing Kang Zhen, because there would be many areas for the two of them to cooperate in the future, and there would be many opportunities for discussion together. Zuo Feng couldn't always hold back a few points.

With a calm smile, Zuo Feng said: "When I took the body casting pills, I knew they were three complete pills. Naturally, I guessed that someone had tampered with the pills. Since it wasn't Uncle Kang. You, then the most questionable person is left.

Of course, this is just my guess, but when you told me that you returned for the second time because you saw Kang Qi sneaking into the third elder's room, I became more certain of my previous guess. This Kang Qi is in the bone refining stage. Although the effect of taking this cast body pill is very small, it will still bring him some benefits. Therefore, this also proves that the third elder did this deliberately in order to deprive him of the next part of the cast body. pill.

And when Uncle Kang returned to my room for the second time, he suddenly said that there was a way to help preserve half of the potency of the pills when I failed to refine them. I guess this is also a method that the Third Elder taught you temporarily when he noticed that things had changed.

So I completely agree with your analysis. Although I don’t understand it as clearly as you, Uncle Kang, I at least understand the general outline of the matter. "

Kang Zhen snorted angrily, and then said: "Since these third elders don't take Kang Zhen seriously, why should I be polite to him? I will not give up on this matter. I must Let him give me an explanation."

Zuo Feng stared at Kang Zhen for a while, and then suddenly said: "Uncle Kang, you are going to Luan City to trade this time. Why are these three elders in charge of the reception in Guanmen Town? Aren't you already safe when you arrive in Guanmen Town? ?”

Kang Zhen looked at Zuo Feng in astonishment, as if he had never really known the young man in front of him until today. A few seemingly random questions are like thunder in the dark night, which can instantly break through the dark night and make people see many things that have not been discovered before.

His mouth opened wide in shock. It took a long time for Kang Zhen to close his mouth slightly. He hesitated and said, "You are saying that the three elders had known about the ambush organized by the three major gangs around Luancheng before, but they deliberately pretended not to know. Want us to die here?"

Seeing Kang Zhen's expression, Zuo Feng knew that the other party had believed at least 50% of his guess, but for a person like Kang Zhen, who had been trained to be the heir of the family since he was a child, he always put the family first in everything. , so Zuo Feng couldn't believe it when he speculated that the three elders and the forces in the Chaos Land were connected with each other.

Although Zuo Feng didn't say anything, he couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart. This Kang Zhen can be regarded as an excellent person in all aspects among the people he has met, but when it comes to dealing with family issues, he still has some shortcomings of the children of aristocratic families, so maybe he has seen the facts, but still refuses to believe it. .

After sorting out his thoughts, Zuo Feng said slowly: "If you want to prove whether the third elder knew about it, it is actually very simple. It was decided by the Kang family at the beginning whether you would go to Luan City to participate in the auction together. Later, due to some unexpected circumstances , the third elder stayed in Guanmen Town or other places due to delays."

These words obviously spoke to Kang Zhen's heart again. Zuo Feng could clearly see sweat seeping out of Kang Zhen's temples, and he calmly continued: "It seems that the third elder did have an excuse not to go to Luancheng with you, and then agreed Okay, let’s meet up at Guanmen Town, right?”

Kang Zhen shook his head dejectedly. Just when Zuo Feng was a little surprised, he slowly said: "It's not that he stayed in Guanmen Town for an excuse, but that he had a big fight with me on the road, and then took people with him We disembarked from the Xinjun Pier in front, and I took the people straight to Luan City to attend the auction. However, I didn't expect that after leaving the chaotic place, I saw the third elder waiting there in advance in Guanmen Town, saying that he was waiting for us. "

Zuo Feng was a little confused at first, but after listening to Kang Zhen's story, he smiled coldly and said: "This is obvious. Since he left after quarreling with you, why did he appear in Guanmen Town again? .Have your Kang family ever experienced such a bad situation at auctions before? If not, why do you need him to take care of it?

These are enough to prove that the third elder has known about the catastrophe in the Chaotic Land in advance. If you still don't believe it, let me ask you whether the forces in the chaotic land have recently asked your Kang family to refine some medicine, and whether the third elder is one of those people who refine the medicine. "

Zuo Feng's words hit Kang Zhen's heart like a barrage of firepower. The more Kang Zhen listened, the paler his face became. After Zuo Feng finished speaking, he stood there in a daze. After a moment, he leaned against the back of the chair as if he couldn't support his body, and said in a hoarse voice: "It's not just one of the people in charge of refining the medicine, Puppet He was responsible for refining the batch of medicine in Lingmen."