Chapter 327 The real culprit of poisoning

Author: Bei Wei

Chapter 327 The real culprit of poisoning

There is a lake fifteen miles north of Anzhou Fucheng, called Green Willow Lake. The entire lake is two to three miles in diameter. The lake water is as clear as a mirror, the lake embankment is shaded by green willows, and the scenery is beautiful. It is a famous scenic spot in Anzhou.

Whenever the summer heat is scorching, the wealthy gentry in Anzhou Prefecture will come here to escape the heat and go boating on the lake. Every night, the boats on the lake are brightly lit, and the lake embankment is crowded with people, making it very lively.

For convenience, Prince An's Mansion also built a farmhouse next to Luliu Lake.

It is now late October, and the weather has turned cold. Except for a few fishing boats on the lake, the lakeshore is deserted, and there is no longer the lively scene on summer nights.

Shen Yuexi stood on the lake embankment, looking at the farmyard on the other side.

The three of them came here based on the intelligence. Xia Lan stayed in the woods to guard the horses. She and Yang Cong came to the lake embankment to look for the target.

At first I thought it would take some time to find it, but I didn't expect that the target was so conspicuous and I saw it at a glance.

Different from the buildings scattered around the lake, this village has a post three steps away and a sentry five steps outside. The sergeant holds a torch and surrounds the entire village courtyard. Such a formation can only be achieved by Prince An's Mansion. Doctor Hua and his son should be there. here.

Although the target was found, Shen Yuexi felt worried in her heart. There were so many soldiers guarding the courtyard, how could they get in?

"Master, look, the prison van is coming." Yang Cong pointed to the official road not far away.

A team was approaching from the south. They were all soldiers armed with swords and guns. In the center of the team was a prison car. The night was too dark and the two of them were a little far away. Even though the soldiers in front of the prison car held torches, Shen Yuexi still couldn't see the prison car clearly. Who is in there.

She said to Yang Cong: "If the information is correct, this should be the poisoner. Why did he come to this manor? Let's take a closer look."

Although it was already night, she was afraid of being discovered by the other party, so she still approached cautiously, and she and Yang Cong went to the dirt slope beside the road and squatted down.

When the prison car came closer, Shen Yuexi stuck her head out to take a look, and immediately retracted after taking one look. Yang Cong saw her nervous expression and was about to ask, but Shen Yuexi shook his hand to signal her not to speak.

It wasn't until the prison car entered the gate of the manor and the road became quiet again that Shen Yuexi stood up and said, "It is indeed him."

Yang Cong asked curiously: "Is it the person who poisoned you?"

"Lin Kui," Shen Yuexi pulled Yang Cong up and said, "I should have guessed that it was this bastard who poisoned her."

When she and Xiao Zhuo attended Xiao Beiheng's banquet before, Lin Kui had poisoned Xiao Zhuo to death. She rushed in and made a fuss, resolving the crisis. This time, Lin Kui took advantage of being an official in the court to use anti-fetal medicine. Poisoning is reasonable.

Yang Cong asked in confusion: "Master, even if he poisoned me, why did he come to this place?"

"I don't know either, there's something fishy about this..."

Shen Yuexi was deep in thought when Yang Cong next to him suddenly jumped up and drew his knife in a panic: "Who patted me on the shoulder?"

"Don't be nervous, it's me." Ji Yunyan's voice sounded behind the two of them with a smile.

Yang Cong turned around and saw Ji Yunyan. He breathed a sigh of relief, put the knife back into its sheath, and said, "Why did you touch it without making any sound? You almost scared me to death."

Shen Yuexi also turned around and said in surprise: "Sister Ji is here too."

Ji Yunyan was wearing black clothes and a veil. If she hadn't been standing in front of them, they wouldn't have noticed her at all.

"They say I'm scary... but you scared me to death," Ji Yunyan looked at Shen Yuexi, "There are rumors in the capital that you were poisoned and died in Shengjing, why did you show up here?"

"That's false news," Shen Yuexi said. "The other party did poison me, but I didn't let them succeed."

Ji Yunyan said: "You, I have told you that Xiao Beiheng will definitely attack you, but you just don't take it seriously. Fortunately, you escaped this time, otherwise it would have killed two people."

Shen Yuexi touched her belly in embarrassment: "I know I was wrong, right...how did Sister Ji get here?"

Ji Yunyan said: "Didn't you let someone inform me to rescue Doctor Hua and his son? We just arrived in the capital last night and heard rumors from people on the street that you had been poisoned. Mrs. Li didn't believe it and said that my nephew-in-law is smart and clever, how could he be poisoned? Well, it must be a rumor."

Shen Yuexi gets a little carried away when she is praised, and says with a smile: "My aunt still understands me very well."

Ji Yunyan smiled and said, "That's right."

After settling down Mrs. Li and her daughter, she came to Anzhou overnight. She arrived at Anzhou City at dinner time the next day and went to Prince An's Mansion non-stop to investigate. She found that Prince An's Mansion was heavily guarded. After exploring, she learned that Xiao Beiheng had sent Su Mo was under house arrest. However, she didn't care about the matter and only went to find Doctor Hua's whereabouts.

After searching and searching, she couldn't find Doctor Hua and his son, so she had to leave, and went to the city to inquire about it. She learned that there was a manor house owned by Prince An on the bank of Luliu Lake. She hurried over and met a man watching horses in the woods. Xia Lan, after handing the horses over to Xia Lan, she came over to find Shen Yuexi.

"The man in the prison car just now is named Lin Kui," Shen Yuexi said to Ji Yunyan, "he is the one who poisoned me."

Ji Yunyan said: "Lin Kui? I once heard my grandfather mention this person. He seems to have been Xiao Beiheng's staff..."

"That's him. It's just a little strange why he came to this place," Shen Yuexi said, "Sister Ji, you have superb martial arts skills. Please go into the manor to see if you can find anything."

If there is anyone who can enter such a heavily guarded place, it is Ji Yunyan. She can even come and go from the Qi King's army camp with ease, so this matter is naturally a piece of cake.

Ji Yunyan said: "Okay, I'll sneak in and take a look first. You just go to Xia Lan's place and wait for me to come back."

After the discussion was completed, Ji Yunyan separated from the two of them and came alone outside the village courtyard.

Although the guarding sergeants surrounded the village courtyard tightly, it was not difficult for Ji Yunyan. She took advantage of a sergeant to doze off while holding his halberd, sneaked past him silently, ran two steps quickly, and took advantage of the situation. Climb the courtyard wall with force.

Lin Kui had been released from the prison car and was escorted by several sergeants into a house in the side yard. He stumbled while walking and seemed to have suffered a lot of torture.

Ji Yunyan walked along the ridge of the roof to the top of the room where Lin Kui was sitting, and gently opened a gap in the roof tiles. The voices and lights in the room were revealed from the gap at the same time.

"Prince Ping, I was wronged," Lin Kui was crying and speaking, "I really wasn't the one who poisoned me. Song Zhen definitely wanted to avenge his personal revenge, and now my official position has also been reduced. I'm really miserable..."

Hearing Prince Ping's words, Ji Yunyan thought to herself: "Xiao Beiheng is actually here?"

She held the hilt of the sword behind her shoulder with her backhand, hesitated for a moment, and finally let go, lifting the tiles a little more to look into the house.

The room below was brightly lit. Xiao Beiheng was wearing a purple robe and sitting in a chair, with the Yanque Sword on his lap. Below him was Lin Kui, who was kneeling on the ground, wearing a prison uniform with disheveled hair, and was accusing Song Zhen with tears in his eyes.

How to abuse him.

"He was indiscriminate and insisted that I was the one who poisoned him. He even ordered me to be executed. I really couldn't bear it... so I gave in."

"That's enough," Xiao Beiheng raised his hand to stop Lin Kui from continuing, "Of course I know you were wronged, otherwise I would have done nothing to save you."

Lin Kui kowtowed excitedly: "If you hadn't stopped the prison car on the way, when I was taken to Shengjing, Prince An would have cut me into pieces. I would never see you, Prince Ping, again."

Xiao Beiheng snorted and said: "You have been following me for so many years. Giving you to Xiao Zhuo and letting him kill you is equivalent to cutting off my own arm. How could I do such a stupid thing."

"Then your Majesty's side..."

"Father, I will naturally find a way to deal with it, so you don't have to worry about it."

"Master, that guy Song Zhen was originally from Xiao Zhuo's side," Lin Kui stood up and stood next to Xiao Beiheng, "He is definitely a spy who has sneaked into our interior and wants to remove the right-hand men around the master one by one... Master, you must make a decision immediately.

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"You don't understand this." Xiao Beiheng waved his hand, "Song Zhen is not a spy."

Lin Kui shouted: "Master, you can't be deceived by him. No matter how stupid I am, I can still see that he is deliberately pushing me out to be killed by Xiao Zhuo..."

Xiao Beiheng shook his head impatiently, and after thinking for a moment, he said to Lin Kui: "You are my confidant, so it's okay to tell you clearly. The real person who poisoned me is Song Zhen."

Lin Kui seemed to be startled and said: "Master, are you kidding me?"

Xiao Beiheng said: "The plan that the queen mother and Song Zhen made together was to poison Xiao Zhuo and Shen Yuexi on the Mid-Autumn Festival, but they didn't come... The poison was prepared by Song Zhen."

Lin Kui suddenly collapsed on the ground and stammered: "It turns out...it turns out to be the Queen."

Not only Lin Kui was shocked, but Ji Yunyan who was on the roof was also shocked. She never expected that the person who poisoned was Queen Wen.

"The Queen Mother originally wanted to push you out as a scapegoat, but she didn't discuss it with me," Xiao Beiheng said, "I'm about to go to war with Xiao Zhuo. It's the right time to hire people, so how can I give you to Xiao Zhuo."

Lin Kui was stunned for a long time, then turned over and knelt down: "Master, you have great kindness to this villain... I will be shattered to pieces, and I will go through fire and water to repay my master for the kindness of rebirth."

"No need to say anything," Xiao Beiheng stood up and said, "You can hide here for now. I have to discuss with my mother how to deal with my father and Xiao Zhuo. There must be an explanation for the poisoning."

"Congratulations, master." Lin Kui sent Xiao Beiheng out with tears of gratitude.

Ji Yunyan was horrified when she learned the inside story of the matter. She did not bother to find Dr. Hua and his son for a moment, and hurriedly left the courtyard to find Shen Yuexi and tell her what she had heard.

Shen Yuexi almost jumped up after hearing this: "The Queen and Song Zhen conspired, did you hear that right?"

Ji Yunyan said: "What Xiao Beiheng said personally is absolutely not false."

Shen Yuexi froze on the spot, looking up and speechless.

She had doubted Queen Wen, but she always felt that Queen Wen didn't look like her. Now it seems that Queen Wen personally ended up in order to let her son Xiao Beiheng seize the crown prince's position. This means that Queen Wen has become an enemy, and Song Zhen has also become an enemy.

She stood by Queen Wen. What worried her even more was that Emperor Qi Ming was still kept in the dark.

Ji Yunyan said: "Now that Queen Wen has stood on the side of our enemy, what should we do?"

Shen Yuexi was stunned for a long time, then suddenly grabbed her wrist and said: "Sister Ji, go back to the capital quickly. Aren't my aunt and cousin going to see her? We have to stop them quickly, maybe they will be in danger."

Ji Yunyan said: "No way, they have five hundred sergeants there. Can Queen Wen still take action directly? Besides, there is nothing important between them..."

"No," Shen Yuexi explained hurriedly, "I'm afraid Queen Wen will detain them."

Since Queen Wen wanted to take action on a reunion festival like the Mid-Autumn Festival, she also poisoned her while she was pregnant. What could such a vicious woman not do? Mrs. Li is Xiao Zhuo's aunt, and she was afraid of Queen Wen They seized Mrs. Li and her daughter and used them as hostages to threaten them.

Ji Yunyan saw Shen Yuexi's eager face and said, "What should we do about Doctor Hua? I haven't found them yet."

Shen Yuexi hesitated for a moment.

Although Doctor Hua and his son are imprisoned here, it is a disaster. But in the end, it is Mrs. Li and her daughter who are more urgent. Let Ji Yunyan save Mrs. Li and her daughter first, and then she can think of a solution for Doctor Hua. .

"Sister Ji should go to the capital first, see Mrs. Li, and immediately ask them to return to Shengjing. As for Doctor Hua and his son... I will find a solution."

Ji Yunyan agreed: "Okay, then you should be more careful."

Shen Yuexi nodded in agreement. Xia Lan led the horse over and Ji Yunyan got on the horse and galloped away.

Yang Cong watched Ji Yunyan disappear into the night, turned back to Shen Yuexi and said, "Master, this is a big deal. Now even the Queen has become our enemy, what are we going to do?"

"Don't panic," Shen Yuexi turned to look at the manor, "Let's find a way to rescue Doctor Hua first."

Xia Lan said: "How to save him? There are so many soldiers guarding him. None of the three of us have martial arts like Miss Ji... It would be great if Miss Ji rescues Doctor Hua first and then returns to the capital."

Shen Yuexi was also worried, wondering whether to let Big Bear dig a tunnel to get in. But he didn't know where Doctor Hua was, so he couldn't dig holes everywhere, right?

The three of them were at a loss when another team came from a distance, all of them were sergeants. From time to time, women's cries of pain could be heard from the only carriage in the middle of the team.

"Oh, I can't stand it anymore...it hurts me to death."

The voice sounded familiar to Shen Yuexi, and she quickly came closer to take a look. When she heard the voice of the woman in the carriage clearly, the corners of her mouth suddenly turned up.

Isn't this Su Mo?
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