mtlumby2d Chapter 237: Drugged at the same time, something strange happened
Chapter 237: Drugged at the same time, something strange happened
Inside the Prince Xian’s Palace.
"Prince, the Crown Prince has already reported this matter to the palace. I'm sure the Queen has also received the news." Tianshu replied with a bow.
"Very good. Always pay attention to any movement in the palace and report any news immediately." Shi Qiuwu leaned lazily on the back of the chair, with a gentle smile on his face.
Tianshu felt creepy. The prince had been like this since he came back from the general's mansion this morning. He was smiling, which was completely different from his usual indifferent appearance. This was really too abnormal.
"Yes, I understand."
Before Tianshu left, Tianji walked in.
"Sir, we have already arranged for the things you gave us yesterday, but isn't the effect of that medicine a little too strong?
The prince's people were fine, their reactions were the same as what the prince said, but the reactions of the people of Prince Yong and Prince Cheng were very different from what the prince said. "
"How is that possible? The dosage I prepared is very small, so this won't happen." Upon hearing this, Shi Qiuwu's smile faded a little.
"I saw it with my own eyes." Tianji also felt a little strange.
Yesterday, Shi Qiuwu gave him a medicine bag and asked him to give the medicine to the prince's people, Prince Yong's people, and Prince Cheng's people respectively.
Originally, Shi Qiuwu said that after being poisoned, he would use silver needles to pierce several acupuncture points, and most of the poison would be eliminated.
Then, he would give them a pill and they would forget what had just happened.
However, their situation was really different from what the prince said.
"Tell me in detail." Shi Qiuwu frowned and looked at Tianji.
This matter must not go wrong, otherwise, it will bring endless trouble to An Qingqian.
“Sir, except for the prince’s men, the other two immediately turned blue in the face, their internal energy began to stagnate, and their five fingers turned black.
As soon as my subordinates saw that something was wrong, they immediately gave them acupuncture. Later, although the two men were saved, their martial arts skills were completely lost, and their right hands were directly disabled. "
After hearing Tianji's description, Shi Qiuwu sat up straight, frowning, "There must be some hidden story behind this."
“Do you want me to investigate it in detail again?” Tianji looked at Shi Qiuwu carefully. He thought he had messed up the matter.
"You go...forget it, maybe I know what's going on." Shi Qiuwu was puzzled at first, but then he didn't know what he thought of, and a look of understanding quickly flashed in his eyes.
"Don't worry about this anymore. By the way, did anyone find out anything?"
"Don't worry, my lord. I didn't leave any traces."
"Well, that's good, go down."
Just last night, An Qingqian told him about the poisoning incident that day. The little thief who was being hunted by King Dingyuan was An Qingqian.
The poison that An Qingqian was poisoned with was the deadly poison that King Dingyuan had smeared on the book.
He happened to have a portion of that poison in his hand, which he had obtained by accident when the Divine Doctor Wutong was traveling outside.
So, after knowing this, he immediately sent a message to Tianji, asking Tianji to take the poison and poison the guards around the crown prince, Prince Yong and Prince Cheng respectively.
Tianji had learned some medical skills from him before and knew the acupuncture points on the body.
He asked Tianji to poison these people and then use acupuncture to detoxify them, so as to draw King Dingyuan's attention to them.
Shi Qiuwu had already guessed in his heart that he and An Qingqian might have the same idea about this matter.
Apart from King Dingyuan, the only ones who knew about that kind of poison were him and An Qingqian.
King Dingyuan knew that the only clue about the thief was this poison, so he would never use this poison to poison others again during this period of time.
Well, apart from him, the only one who would do this would be An Qingqian.
In order to verify his guess, Shi Qiuwu tidied his clothes and prepared to go to the General's Mansion again.
"Prince, what are you doing?" Tianshu looked at Shi Qiuwu suspiciously as he looked like he was about to go out.
"Do your job well." After saying this, Shi Qiuwu left.
Tianshu and Tianji looked at each other and saw confusion in each other's eyes.
As the two were about to leave, they saw the virtuous king walk into the yard.
"Where's the prince?"
"Your Highness, the prince just went out." The two men lowered their heads.
"Didn't he just come back this morning? Where did he go?" Upon hearing this, the wise king frowned.
What's going on with Shi Qiuwu? Not coming home at night is fine, but why is he not home during the day?
"I don't know either." Tianshu knew that the wise king was unhappy, but they didn't know where Shi Qiuwu had gone, and he didn't tell them.
"When he comes back, let him come to see the king immediately."
"Yes." Tianshu answered reluctantly.
After An Qingqian finished dealing with some matters and was looking at the account book sent by Nanny Song, she heard Yingyi say that Shi Qiuwu was here.
"Why are you here?" An Qingqian was a little surprised to see Shi Qiuwu. Didn't he just leave in the morning?
"I have something to talk to you about." Having been here several times, Shi Qiuwu was already very familiar with this place. Without An Qingqian telling him, he sat down on the chair and poured himself a cup of hot tea.
An Qingqian and Yingyi were stunned, but they quickly reacted and Yingyi stepped back on her own initiative.
"What's wrong?" An Qingqian sat next to Shi Qiuwu.
"Yesterday, did you ask someone to poison Prince Yong and Prince Cheng's men?" Shi Qiuwu did not beat around the bush and directly expressed his suspicion.
"How do you know?" An Qingqian raised her eyebrows but did not deny it.
Of course she had to find someone to take the blame for her, and the best candidates were Prince Yong and Prince Cheng.
"We are a couple that really have a tacit understanding of each other." Shi Qiuwu smiled softly and poured a cup of tea for An Qingqian.
"Last night, I asked Tianji to do this. Tianji came back and told me about the anomaly, so I guessed that you also did it."
Shi Qiuwu gave a brief explanation.
"You also asked people to poison Prince Yong and Prince Cheng's men?" An Qingqian was a little unbelievable.
She had this idea a long time ago, but it was not until yesterday morning that Zeng Ren handed her the poison he had developed.
Moreover, Zeng Ren said that what he developed was actually different from the real poison, but unless one was an extremely skilled doctor, one would not be able to find the difference between the two poisons.
The efficacy of these two poisons is also very similar, and the detoxification methods and antidotes are the same, so they are almost indistinguishable from the real ones.
However, An Qingqian did not expect that Shi Qiuwu had also thought of this, and happened to take action on the same day as her.
"Well, after listening to Tianji's words, I knew that it must be you who did it, so I came here to verify what I was thinking."