The door of the inn was pushed open violently, and the captain of the Qianniu Guards ran in with excitement on his face and spoke to Cheng Yaojin.
Cheng Yaojin felt happy, and the cup in his hand banged on the table.
Without saying a word, he turned around and rushed out.
The captain of the Qianniu Guards behind him quickly followed, with a look of disbelief on his face.
Everyone knows that Na Lunqin is extremely cautious and would test the poison with a silver needle before eating.
How come the poison they put in the food just now was not detected by the silver needle?
Just now, other Qianniu Guards under my command came to report that all the Tibetan people in the inn were lying on the ground.
What exactly happened, no one can figure out.
Cheng Yaojin ran towards the inn diagonally opposite with a rather excited expression.
The inn has been surrounded by Qianniu Guards. The people don't know what happened and are watching the scene in front of them from a distance.
"General, I found it in their room." A Qianniu Guard held a small cloth bag in his hand and handed it to Cheng Yaojin.
Cheng Yaojin opened it and saw that it was full of rice seeds.
"Where are the people?" Cheng Yaojin put away the small bag and asked.
"The room upstairs." Qian Niuwei responded.
"Go up and have a look." Cheng Yaojin said, then walked upstairs.
Upstairs, Lun Qin and others were all lying on the ground, their faces a little pale, but you could still see that these people were still alive.
He just passed out.
A silver needle was placed in one of the vegetable bowls.
Obviously, they had tested the poison with silver needles before.
"General, we just tried it with silver needles. The needles didn't turn black, but they were clearly poisoned and unconscious."
"What's going on?" Qianniu Guards team leader asked with curiosity on his face.
"Why do you have so many problems? Do your job well."
"Take everyone back and put them in prison!" Cheng Yaojin shouted.
At this time, his heart was also full of doubts.
Cheng Yaojin couldn't figure out what kind of method Zhao Chen used. Even a silver needle couldn't detect the poison.
…
"Aunt, why don't you go back to the palace first? Look at this..."
After having lunch at Duke Yi's Mansion, Zhao Chen and others left one after another.
Cheng Chumo and Li Ruoshuang both went home.
Queen Changsun and Li Lizhi insisted on following Zhao Chen to the tavern.
He also threatened again that he would stay in the pub tonight.
Zhao Chen didn't know the identity of Queen Changsun before, so it didn't matter to Zhao Chen.
But now, the majestic queen does not return to the palace at night. It is somewhat bad to spread this news.
"If you don't reply, I will supervise you today to write more scripts and follow-up plots." Empress Changsun shook her head with a smile on her face.
She was not supposed to supervise what Zhao Chen wrote.
I just want to spend more time with Zhao Chen and make up for my debt to Zhao Chen over the years.
Zhao Chen grimaced, turned around and walked ahead.
"You child, no one else can ask me to live in his house, but you would be better off..." Empress Changsun said quietly.
She couldn't even figure out what was going on in Zhao Chen's head.
If other people knew that they were going to stay in their house for a day, they would definitely welcome them with lanterns and colorful decorations.
It is estimated that only Zhao Chen showed such an unwilling expression.
However, this did not affect Queen Changsun's decision.
…
"Everyone, do you all know about the so-called chili peppers that have appeared in Chang'an City in recent days?"
"I know, those people give some away for free in the East and West markets every day. I guess everyone in Chang'an City knows about it now."
"The taste of the pepper is very good, even better than the pepper we have. Moreover, I heard that the output of this product is huge."
"If we can get the method of growing this pepper..."
In a house in Yongchangfang, several shopkeepers were talking.
Each of these people was covered in silk and satin, and their faces were shiny. They looked like very wealthy people.
"Our boss said that this chili pepper comes from a village in Wannian County, which is where Xiangrui appeared before, and the person behind it is Zhao Chen, the Marquis of Wannian County." An old shopkeeper said.
The owner he was talking about was the Bolingcui family.
Among the five surnames and seven hopes, excluding the two major Li families in Longxi and Zhaojun, the Boling Cui family is the strongest.
The Zheng family in Xingyang has been afraid to show their faces recently because of Zheng He's involvement, and the Li family in Zhaojun has stopped communicating with them for unknown reasons.
There are only four shopkeepers here today.
Among these shopkeepers, the boss of the Bolingcui family is also the leader.
"That Zhao Chen again?" A person next to him frowned.
The other two didn't speak, but they all looked ugly.
Last time, several of them purchased grain from Zhao Chen at a price of fifteen cents per bucket.
I thought I could make a fortune, but unexpectedly the contract disappeared.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars were lost in vain, and those shopkeepers were later thrown into the river to feed the fish.
Before they could prepare to take revenge on Zhao Chen, they received news that the emperor valued Zhao Chen very highly.
Even yesterday, Zhao Chen was named Wannian County Marquis.
At this moment, they didn't dare to do anything casually.
But the emergence of this chili pepper will definitely be a big deal in the future.
There were so many people in the Tang Dynasty, and some of them could use pepper, but pepper was different.
Even if they make small profits but quick turnover, they can still make a lot of money.
"Let's not mention the previous matters for now. Today, let's think about how to take over this business from Zhao Chen." The shopkeeper of the Boling Cui family said.
"You're right. This is a big deal. If we can't get it, we won't be able to deliver it when we get back." The shopkeeper of Fan Yanglu's family also nodded.
"But Zhao Chen is extremely shrewd. Last time he abruptly raised the price to fifteen cents per dou, and we..." The shopkeeper of the Wang family in Taiyuan hesitated.
"Then let's go test it out tonight. It's better than sitting here and guessing." Qinghe Cui's shopkeeper said.
…
Li Shimin was reviewing the memorial in Ganquan Hall.
But he still felt a little worried in his heart.
Lun Qin was extremely cautious, otherwise he wouldn't have been in such a difficult situation and would have to ask Zhao Chen in the end.
It's just that the method Zhao Chen gave him made Li Shimin feel that it was a bit unreliable.
It’s okay to pretend that the prisoner on death row was Gao Yuanjing’s wife to force Lun Qin to believe that Gao Yuanjing was helping him.
But in this last step, Zhao Chen actually wanted to drug Lun Qin.
Although Lun Qin was young, he was naturally cautious when Lu Dongzan arranged him to be the permanent envoy in Chang'an City.
Even Li Shimin himself often received news that Lun Qin must test the poison with a silver needle before eating.
If Zhao Chen wants to poison him, isn't that playing into someone else's plan?
Li Shimin found it a little difficult to find the lost auspicious seeds today.
"Snapped!"
Li Shimin threw the brush in his hand on the table angrily, looking worried.
"Has Duke Lu come back?" Li Shimin looked at the eunuch beside him.
"Replying to your Majesty, no news has come yet." The eunuch said quickly, not even daring to raise his head.
"I shouldn't have listened to that boy Zhao Chen and drugged Lun Qin in the first place. I might as well have rushed in and captured him." Li Shimin muttered, with a look of regret on his face.?