Chapter 68: Eat melons and eat them at your own home
A big living person was burst by himself in an instant.
Anyone who sees such a tragic scene will feel numb.
Zhou Yuanliang retched and backed away, and Luo Xiaoyu ran directly to the corner to vomit. The candy he had just eaten was not wasted at all, and he vomited it out.
Lan Yu stood at the door with a gloomy face, saying nothing.
It could be seen that the Duke of Yu was extremely angry, like a volcano about to erupt.
Yun Que frowned slightly.
He expected that Zhou Yuanliang would bring Duke Yu, just in time for Lan Yu to learn the truth, but he didn't expect that the guy pretending to be Lan Yusheng would blow himself up.
Now all the clues are gone.
Apart from confirming that the person pretending to be Lan Yusheng is a barbarian, there is no clue at all.
As for the culprit behind it, there is no trace.
"He was fed worms."
Yun Que recalled seeing the thin legs protruding from the mouth of the impostor before, and guessed that there was a strange insect in the other person's stomach.
"That's a Gu insect. I know who is going to attack me." Lan Yu said in a deep voice.
Yun Que was very surprised.
The clue that was originally broken was discovered by the old man as the real culprit.
"Grandpa Lan, who is the real murderer behind the scenes?" Yun Que asked.
Lan Yu sighed deeply, with a hint of fear in his tone, and said:
"Uda, Hesa, the prophet of the barbarians, has a very high status among the barbarians. He is good at divination and proficient in voodoo. He is an old enemy of your father and I."
Yun Que had never heard his father mention Uda, but he knew that there was a prophet Hesa among the barbarians, who was equivalent to the spiritual leader of the barbarians.
In the Battle of Hanshui five years ago, it was the Duke of Yu and the Marquis of Yanmen who led the army. They were the supreme commanders of the Yan army and the thorn in the side of the barbarians.
When Yanmenhou died in the battle at Hanshui City, Lanyu was unable to defeat the powerful enemy and had to retreat to the south of Hanshui River, watching helplessly as the barbarians' iron hooves trampled across the north bank.
The Duke of Yu did not sit still and wait for death in these years.
He often sent border troops to sneak attacks on the barbarians on the north bank. Small-scale battles occurred from time to time, killing many enemies.
Because of this, the barbarians hated the Duke of Yu deeply and wanted to get rid of him quickly.
After learning what had happened, Yun Que believed the old Duke's judgment. Even if the barbarian disguised as Lan Yusheng was not personally sent by Hesa, the prophet of the barbarians, he still had a certain connection with that Uda.
"It's too bad that the old thief Udana is far away in the north and can't easily go to the battlefield. I can't wait to crush him to ashes!"
Lan Yu cursed loudly, then thought of something, and said sadly: "With the methods of the barbarians, there will be no survivors. It is a pity that my grandson died in death! This account must be settled with the barbarians!"
Since there is a barbarian pretending to be Lan Yusheng, in Lan Yu's opinion, his own grandson must have been killed and there is no chance of being alive.
The old man, who had been fighting for his whole life, now had tears in his eyes and was lonely and desolate.
"Grandpa Lan, Brother Yu Sheng is not dead, he is still alive."
Yun Que's voice sounded like the sound of nature to Duke Yu. Lan Yu opened her eyes and said in disbelief:
"Really! Boy Yun, you didn't lie to me?"
"I can deceive anyone, except Grandpa Lan."
Yun Que briefly explained the process of discovering Lan Yusheng.
But instead of mentioning the golden python, it was replaced by an unknown strange python, which he accidentally killed and then discovered the poisoned Lan Yusheng.
"Okay! Boy Yun is really my lucky general, haha!"
Lan Yu was overjoyed and finally relaxed, asking: "Is Yu Sheng's snake venom serious? Is his life in danger?"
"He is out of danger and has not yet awakened. As long as he is taken good care of, he will be fine. Grandpa Lan doesn't have to worry."
Yun Que didn't talk about the detoxification pill because it wasn't necessary.
With the friendship between the Yun family and the Lan family, they would be willing to part with anything no matter how precious it was. If it were him, Yun Que, who was poisoned, the Duke of Yu would definitely treat him no matter the cost.
Luo Xiaoyu finished vomiting at this time and said weakly: "The middle-grade detoxification pill that Senior Brother Yun replaced can detoxify any poison."
Lan Yu's face changed as soon as she heard the middle-grade detoxification pill.
He is very aware of the value of the middle-grade detoxification pill, which can only be purchased with at least several hundred spirit stones.
"Boy Yun, don't hide it from me. How many spiritual stones have been used? Grandpa Lan will give you double the amount later!" Lan Yu said boldly with a big wave of his hand.
"It doesn't cost much, really." Yun Que felt a little embarrassed.
It really didn’t cost any money, just a handful of soil.
Seeing that Lan Yu refused and insisted on giving the spirit stone, Yun Que said:
"If Grandpa Lan insists on giving me money, then just give me these bugs."
As he spoke, Yun Que pointed at the corpse-eating insect in the corner of the room.
This thing looks a little disgusting, but it is a good thing. It is very convenient to destroy corpses and eliminate traces.
Lan Yu saw that she couldn't resist Yun Que, so she gave up. There was no need for the two of them to be too polite. If Yun Que needed spiritual stones or gold and silver, he could just come and ask for them.
A lively wedding banquet ended hastily.
The Duke of Yu State sent people to the Sword Palace to bring Lan Yusheng back to the Duke's Mansion and spent a lot of money on his treatment.
At the same time, many of the military generals of the Yan Kingdom began to mobilize their troops after returning. They sent many more people inside and outside the imperial city, divided into two lines, light and dark, to investigate the barbarians sneaking into the imperial city.
The seemingly peaceful imperial city of Yan State has now become turbulent.
There was an episode during the wedding banquet.
Most of the guests didn't know what happened in the Duke's Mansion, but Zhou Shibo knew it all.
Because Lan Yu went to the hall in person and brought the chief minister of the dynasty to the wooden house where the murder took place.
Looking at the broken corpses on the ground, Zhou Shibo didn't say a word.
It's just that his face turned ugly.
As the leader of the generals, if something happens to the Duke of Yu, Zhou Shibo knows exactly what it means.
By then, Yan's military will be leaderless, and the barbarians will become even more unscrupulous.
The barbarians have long coveted the land of Yan south of the Hanshui River. If they really attack the Hanshui River, they will face a vast plain.
The imperial city of Yan State, which is undefendable, bears the brunt of the attack!
After Zhou Shibo left the Duke's Mansion, he met with the emperor immediately and proposed to station more troops at the border, repair the border towns along the Hanshui River, and allocate silver to improve the food and treatment of the border troops.
However, when the chief minister of the dynasty proposed the proposal, the emperor just ignored it casually.
Now all the emperor's thoughts are on the Emperor's Sword, and he has no time to care about the border troops.
Moreover, the national treasury has long been depleted and there is no money at all!
On the way back to Sword Palace,
Luo Xiaoyu touched the candies filled in her pockets and kept giggling.
"This big play performed by Marquis Yun is really wonderful! It's so good, haha, so good! Next time there is such excitement, Marquis Yun, please don't forget me." Zhou Yuanliang exclaimed as he boasted about what he saw and heard today.
Enjoyable.
Yun Que was always thoughtful.
According to what Lan Yu said, Lan Yusheng did go hunting outside the city yesterday, but none of the accompanying guards noticed that the little Duke had been tricked.
Such a meticulous plan, coupled with the subtle and sophisticated means, makes it hard to believe that it was done by rough and savage barbarians.
The murderer has been killed, and the culprit behind it has also surfaced. The whole thing seems to be over, but Yun Que always feels that there is another evil hand.
This black hand is deeply hidden. Its main function is to connect the imperial city with the barbarians. It is equivalent to a springboard and a shelter.
Otherwise, the guy who simply pretended to be Lan Yusheng would never be able to do it so well. Even the Duke of Yu was deceived perfectly.
And there is another important reason, that is the existence of the golden python.
Before, Yun Que thought that the golden dragon python was a wild monster, but now it seems that it is most likely being raised by humans. It is a pity that now that it has entered the belly of the blind snake, there is no longer any clue.
Yun Que couldn't guess the truth behind the scenes for a while.
But he can predict that the black hand is in the imperial city!
Luo Xiaoyu, who was in a good mood, chewed some candy and said vaguely: "I discovered a secret. Someone was poisoned at the wedding banquet."
Luo Xiaoyu's voice pulled Yun Que out of his thoughts.
"Someone poisoned me?" Yun Que asked.
"No, the food and wine are not poisonous. The person was poisoned when he came." Luo Xiaoyu explained.
"Bringing poison to the wedding banquet, haha, who is so unlucky? Let me tell you." Zhou Yuanliang listened with interest.
"He was an old man, very thin, with high cheekbones and bright eyes. He was sitting at the same table as the Duke of Yu." Luo Xiaoyu recalled.
As soon as she finished speaking, Zhou Yuanliang froze on the spot, his eyes dull.
"The old man you are talking about...is my father!"
Zhou Yuanliang never expected that eating melon would reach his own home.