with words in mind

Chapter 97 The tarantula poisoning case 11
Qi Zheng: "For so many years, you have been lurking beside that bastard, is he suspicious?"

Bai Xue, who was lying on the ground, replied respectfully, "No."

"The day before yesterday, you guys did a great job." Qi Zheng's tone was cold, not angry and arrogant, "However, you don't need to help him suppress me in the future."

"Master?" Bai Xue looked up at Qi Zheng.

"I've been forbearing for ten years!" Qi Zheng suppressed his dissatisfaction, "What did this idiot do?! Besides being sympathetic and sentimental, what else did he do?!!" He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, calmly saying. , "Why did Lan Xue get poisoned? It's not because of his wife's kindness, that the dissidents who should have been eliminated are still alive and well?! Separate the inner and outer courtyards, and keep some eyeliner! It's time to kill them!!" Qi Zheng There was a cold killing intent in his eyes!
Bai Xue: "Master! His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness, he has difficulties. If His Majesty discovers the existence of the master, the villain is afraid that they will lock the master up"

Qi Zheng restrained his killing intent, squatted down and lifted up Bai Xue's upper body, and said, "I only have you and Lan Xue, you two can't have an accident! I will torture the little father-in-law in a while, if he is willing to accuse Concubine Ji to frame the prince, then Cilanxue's poisoning is a great achievement!"

Bai Xue: "The villain understands!"

Qi Zheng: "It's rare for me to come out once. I'll go out for a walk and get acquainted with the environment and personnel. You can tell me everything that happened recently. One day, I will replace that coward! Ah no! It's Ben Gong, It will replace that useless bastard!"

"Master. Can I accompany my master to inspect after my sister wakes up?" Bai Xue Zuozuo asked respectfully.

Qi Zheng glanced at Lan Xue and pondered, "I'll blast all the idle people out later, tell me what happened recently with this palace."

Snow White: "Yes."

Qi Zheng's ears twitched slightly. He noticed that someone had come out from deep inside the hall, so he stopped talking, stood up, and motioned Bai Xue with his hand to get up.

Ji Shenwen hurried over and said respectfully, "His Royal Highness, please heal that little father-in-law, his tongue injury is not optimistic."

"Bai Xue, you go." Qi Zheng said lazily.

Bai Xue bypassed the screen in front of the bed, found the wound medicine in the cabinet and went to the secret room.

Ji Shenwen was about to keep up, when his father-in-law's loud voice came from outside the hall.

"King Yi'an, Princess Yi'an's audience—"

Qi Zheng wanted to refuse to see him, but when he realized that Ji Shenwen had stopped, he added a little curiosity, and he said to the outside of the hall with great vigour: "Xuan!"

Qi Ming led Yan Mo into the inner hall, stepping on the tree shadow spot.

Qi Zheng's eyes widened, and he fixed his eyes. Across the tulle screen, he saw a slightly familiar figure. In the sea of ​​Qi Jin's consciousness, the red-clothed woman who often appeared, blended with the people who came, and walked like a rain. , Can flowers overlap, old things follow the cold wave.The chest is blocked, the mourning is urged, and the dream is cut off from the mountain rain.

thump!thump! !With an interrupted gasp, Qi Zheng covered his chest, and suddenly fell to the ground in a staggering way!

"His Royal Highness!" Ji Shenwen hurriedly supported the prince!

When Qi Ming and Yan Mo heard Ji Gongzi's shout, they quickly stepped up!I saw the prince behind the screen lying beside the bed, with a slight frown in his brows.
"His Royal Highness!"

"Brother Emperor!"

The prince frowned twice, opened his gentle eyes, and sat up suddenly alert: "Lan Xue!" He looked around and saw Lan Xue who was moxibustion on the bed. Brows eased.
Ji Shenwen looked at the prince tentatively and said, "Don't worry, Your Highness! Lan Xue is fine."

"Lan Xue." The prince let out a sigh of relief, sat on the edge of the bed, and said to Qi Ming and Yan Mo, "There is nothing in this palace. It's just too tired."

Yan Mo looked at Lan Xue and asked, "What happened?"

"It's up to you to explain." Ji Shenwen said respectfully to Yan Mo, "I played chess with His Royal Highness the Prince this morning, Lan Xue brought breakfast, and before she had eaten, she suddenly vomited blood! Then Bai Xue directly testified against one of the people in the outer courtyard. The little father-in-law said that he had an antidote on his body, and His Royal Highness caught him and treated him." He paused for a while before continuing, "Slightly tortured him, forced to ask for the antidote."

The prince listened carefully, and when he heard the word "punishment", he opened his eyes slightly, then lowered his eyelids and looked at Lan Xue quietly.
Ji Shenwen saw that the prince had little reaction, and then said: "The little father-in-law said the name of the poison, it is the poison of seven flowers and seven herbs, but there is no antidote on him, and then he wanted to bite his tongue to commit suicide, but he was stopped by the subordinate, but he still fainted. In the past, it was fortunate that His Highness's dark guard sent an antidote, and later Bai Xue invited the imperial physician to diagnose Lan Xue and prescribed a prescription, leaving the moxibustion and now Lan Xue is no longer in serious trouble."

"You didn't touch the food, did you?" Yan Mo asked with concern.

"Prince and I don't even dare to touch the water." Ji Shenwen suddenly remembered something, "Ah! That's the medicine that Bai Xue personally tormented, I don't know the source of the water."

At this time, Bai Xue came out from the depths of the hall: "I have seen the prince and princess."

The prince learned from Ji Shenwen's words what happened when he lost consciousness. He kept calm and ordered Bai Xue: "Since Princess Yi'an is here, you can help her investigate the source of the poison. Also, this bowl Have you checked the water source of the soup medicine?"

Bai Xue respectfully said: "His Royal Highness, the villain uses ice cubes hidden in the cellar for decoction. The key has always been kept by the villain and his elder sister, and there is no sign of intrusion into the cellar. The villain has also tasted this medicine. It should be No problem."

Prince: "You go with the princess to the dining room to investigate."

"Yes."

"Brother Huang." Qi Ming was a little worried about the prince.

The prince avoided Qi Ming's eyes and said: "Second emperor brother also go with Bai Xue to help the princess."

"." Qi Ming bowed and went out with Bai Xue and Yan Mo.

The prince stood up and walked to the window, turned his back to Ji Shenwen, who was the only one left, and asked, "How is Eunuch Du?"

Ji Shenwen: "Dong Gonggong is seriously injured. Bai Xue has just delivered medicine, and I don't know if he has improved."

Prince: "Young Master Ji is surprised to see Ben Gong use lynching?"

Ji Shenwen bowed: "Your Highness is eager to save people, and I understand it."

"The deep palace is not as good as the public." The prince said proudly, "Whether it's the matter of the punishment or the matter of Duke Du, Prince Ji should forget it."

Ji Shenwen hesitated for a moment, and said, "Do you still need to take care of Eunuch Du?"

The prince looked back at Ji Shenwen, thought for a moment, and then smiled: "You have someone in your own palace to take care of, so why bother, Mr. Ji, once the case of the palace maid is over, you will return to the prime minister's residence."

".Your Highness is very stupid." Ji Shenwen laughed, "Oh! I remembered it!" He turned around and took a porcelain bottle from the cabinet outside the screen and offered it with both hands, "His Royal Highness."

The prince took the porcelain bottle and asked, "This is."

"This is the antidote." Ji Shenwen respectfully said, "His Royal Highness, I really can't find a suitable bottle, so I have to use it to put the antidote first."

After putting down the antidote, the prince's thoughts revolved in his heart. He glanced at Ji Shenwen with his head down, looked back at the bottle and said to himself tentatively, "The antidote to the poison of seven flowers and seven herbs."

Ji Shenwen: "Exactly."

Prince: "Thank you, Prince Ji."

Ji Shenwen was slightly surprised when he heard the other party's thanks, and then he calmed down and said, "Your Highness is polite, I'm just doing what I was told."

As instructed, the Crown Prince reacted: "Today's situation is full of circumstances, and Young Master Ji has also been frightened a lot. You were originally a guest, but asked you to help me together. It is not an exaggeration for me to say thank you."

Facing the Prince's watertight remarks, Ji Shenwen had both admiration and doubts in his heart. He concealed his thoughts and said, "Your Highness is serious."

In the dining room of the East Palace, as soon as Yan Mo entered the door, he heard a crisp bird chirping.

Bai Xue stepped through the door and bounced the large bamboo-woven birdcage fixed by the window, driving away a few sparrows who were used to begging here.

"What is this?" Yan Mo bent over and looked at the bird cage. One side of the hexahedron was empty, and the birds could directly land on the bamboo strips. Fly into the dining room.

Bai Xue: "There is no one to take care of the unowned birds in the palace. Your Highness is kind-hearted, so I asked my sister and me to feed some kitchen waste."

Yan Mo: "It's a way to test for poison."

Bai Xue puffed out her cheeks and said, "Your Highness is not for such a purpose!"

Yan Mo: "His Royal Highness is kind-hearted, I knew it earlier than you! Since there are no bird corpses here, it means that there is no problem with the ingredients."

"That's only limited to fruits and vegetables." Bai Xue sorted out today's breakfast and placed it on the table in the same order, "All the food is here."

Yan Mo walked to the table and asked, "Only Lan Xue was poisoned, didn't you try it?"

Bai Xue: "For the convenience of identification, my sister and I tried different foods separately. This row is for me to try, and the other row is for my sister to try."

Qi Ming followed Yan Mo to the desk and asked, "How are you going to test for drugs? There are no chickens or ducks in the East Palace."

"Is there a pond?" Yan Mo asked Bai Xue.

Bai Xue: "There is a pond behind the dining room."

Yan Mo raised one eyebrow, handed a wooden basin to Qi Ming, and jokingly said, "My lord, can you do me a favor?"

Qi Ming's usual smile softened a bit: "There are so many people in the palace, I don't need this king."

"In the inner courtyard, ordinary palace servants are not allowed to enter without His Highness's permission." Bai Xue stood beside Yan Mo, looking at Qi Ming and said.

Qi Ming had to pick up the wooden basin and go to the pond to fish for fish.Because the fish tail was swaying, Qi Ming straightened his arms in disgust and carried three or four lively fish into the dining room with a wooden basin.

Yan Mo took the fish bowl and grabbed it with one hand, put the fish in different wooden basins, and asked Bai Xue, "How long did it take Lan Xue to try the food from the pantry to the inner hall?"

Bai Xue: "About half a stick of incense."

"To be on the safe side, you can also test the row you're trying to eat." Yan Mo looked at the type of breakfast and turned to Qi Ming, "I'm sorry, Lord, to catch a few more fish!"

Although he was reluctant, Qi Ming took the tub and went out again obediently.

After he came back from catching the fish, Yan Mo quickly separated the ten pond fishes and started drug testing.

Yan Mo: "Transcendental Ice."

Snow White put ice cubes in.

Yan Mo: "Let's come to the dregs again."

Under the guidance of Yan Mo, Bai Xue delivered different "food" to the pond fish.

"The only thing to do next is to wait." Yan Mo and Bai Xue were each in charge of five pots of fish. The two of them were leaning on the table with their arms around their chests, waiting quietly.

Yan Mo: "Bai Xue, tell me what happened at that time, how do you know Duke Du is suspected?"

Bai Xue: "Eunuch Du is the father-in-law who guards the gate of the courtyard. His Highness knows that he is the eyeliner of the concubine Concubine. When I caught a glimpse of him peeking in front of the courtyard gate, my sister closed the doors and windows and continued to make breakfast."

Yan Mo followed Bai Xue's gaze. Through the door of the dining room, he could see the courtyard gate in the distance, and he visually estimated that there was a distance of about thirty steps between the two.

Bai Xue: "It must be Concubine Xin who wants to poison His Highness! She has been afraid of His Highness for a long time! Fortunately, Lu Qi responded quickly and found the antidote in time!"

Yan Mo: "Where did Lu Qi find the antidote?"

Bai Xue: "Concubine Concubine's Happy Palace, we all know who Eunuch Du's eyeliner is."

Yan Mo: "Why is the Xile Palace also a concubine's palace, how does Lu Qi know where to put the antidote?"

Bai Xue put on an expression that was useless and said: "Is it only someone else who puts eyeliner in the East Palace?"

"Ah~ my brain was short-circuited for a while." Yan Mo sneered at the corner of his mouth.

"Why short circuit?" Bai Xue asked, frowning one eyebrow.

Yan Mo: "Hehe, I just didn't turn the corner. Since you and Lan Xue are the only ones making breakfast here, how did Eunuch Du poison? Have you ever left the dining room during this period?"

Bai Xue recalled: "There is a field at the back of the dining room. My elder sister planted a lot of herbs in order to increase His Highness's appetite. My elder sister and I left for a while while picking up the herbs, but I noticed that there was no one near the dining room. Approaching, and to be on the safe side, we locked the doors and windows when we came out."

Yan Mo looked at the doors and windows and asked, "Are they all locked?"

Bai Xue: "The doors and windows facing the courtyard gate here are locked, and the windows over there facing the backyard are where my sister and I are, so they are not locked."

Yan Mo saw through the edge of the window that the backyard of the dining room was not large and was surrounded by walls.She sighed and said, "If Eunuch Du wasn't in a coma, just ask him directly, why bother."

Bai Xue: "He hurt his tongue. Even if he wakes up, he might not speak so fast."

Yan Mo: "You can always point to something, nod and shake your head, right?"

Bai Xuewang looked at Yan Mo and said, "Anyway, when Banzhuxiang passes by, the answer will be revealed."

Qi Ming stood still from a distance. He didn't like the fishy smell. He stood at the window and listened to their conversation. He watched the backyard, which was full of greenery and brightened by the summer sun.

The three of them just waited like this!A stick of incense has passed, but ten pots of fish are still alive!
"Impossible," Bai Xue wondered, "The food that my sister has touched is here."

Qi Ming heard the sound and looked back, his hand on the edge of the window was rubbing as he turned around. He raised his hand and found a colorful feather in the gap between the edge of the window. He pulled out the feather and came to the door. In front of Yan Mo with a puzzled face.

Qi Ming: "Yan'er, this king found it on the edge of the window."

Yan Mo: "Feathers?"

Qi Ming: "It's a feather like a climbing bird."

"Pet birds?" Yan Mo looked at the sparrows in the cage and asked Bai Xue, "Apart from the sparrows, what other birds would come to beg for food?"

Bai Xue: "All the precious and beautiful birds have owners. Those who come here to beg for food are all sparrows, swallows, and occasionally a few magpies and bald eagles."

Yan Mo: "Their feathers are not so colorful. Is there anyone in the palace who keeps parrots?"

Bai Xue: "I have to ask Your Highness."

Yan Mo looked around the dining room with the colored feathers. She looked up and down, not letting go of any corner. Finally, at the bottom corner of the stove, she found another colored feather stuck to the stove wall.She looked up along the feathers. The spatula and spatula were all used and touched with food, but the food was not poisonous, which meant that they were also innocent.The steamer was tightly covered, Yan Mo opened it and looked at it. There were flour residues on it, which should be traces from making Longjing cakes. The Longjing cakes were not poisonous, and the steamer was clean. There were a few pieces on the stove outside the steamer. Nut crumbs, that is the raw material of Longjing Crisp.
Then Yan Mo found a pair of small glazed plates. She pointed to the plates and asked, "What are these?"

Bai Xue leaned closer and said, "It's a trial plate, my sister and I each have one."

Yan Mo picked up the column clip on the side, and put the two tasting plates into the adjacent fish bowls.
Within a quarter of an hour, Yan Mo and Bai Xue, who were squatting around the fish basin, found that a pond fish had turned up its white belly.
Yan Mo: "Yeah! The source of poison is on the tasting plate!"

Bai Xue frowned: "Sister's tasting plate is an old thing and has been living in peace, how did it get poisoned?"

"Use a parrot!" Yan Mo said, holding up his feathers, "Parrots are very intelligent birds, they can do a lot of things after training!"

"Parrot. The kind of parrot that can talk?" Bai Xue asked.

Yan Mo: "The next step is just my conjecture. You said that you and Lan Xue went to the backyard to pick herbs, and only left for a while, and the doors and windows facing the courtyard gate were locked, and no one approached. In fact, people can't approach, which does not mean Other things can't get close. At this time, a parrot should fly, it passed the bamboo bird cage, opened the door with its beak, and after flying out, kicked the small door and closed it! Then it flew up to the stove and saw It stops here. After pecking at the peanuts, it uses its own body to stain the venom on the tasting plate. For example, use its claws to stain the venom, and then click on the tasting plate to complete the task! For example, use their thick feathers to smear venom, park next to the tasting plate, tilt your pp and tilt your head! Rub the venom into the plate! You can also complete the task!"

Bai Xue recalled: "Listen to what you said, when my sister and I were in the backyard, we did hear some bird calls, and they were very melodic, probably. There were three different tones!"

Yan Mo pondered: "Sparrows often visit here, you and Lan Xue are both numb to bird calls. The trained parrots can not only speak human words, but also learn the calls of other birds."

Qi Ming: "There is also a possibility that the bird's call is made by a human to direct the parrot."

Yan Mo glanced at Qi Ming approvingly: "It's very possible! Eunuch Du was wandering outside the courtyard before, maybe he was spying on the timing, and then used this method to direct the parrot to poison!"

Bai Xue: "But we were in the backyard and we didn't see any birds flying out of the window"

Yan Mo: "Well, the front door is locked. It will take time for you to unlock it. If it is smart, it will fly out of the window at this time! That's why it leaves feathers on that window! Of course, this is all just guesswork. When Eunuch Du wakes up, confirm with him."

Bai Xue finally showed a hint of joy: "Since the source of the poison has been found, that bowl of soup can be eaten with confidence."

"Go!" Yan Mo led the way to the main hall.

In the Palace of Joy, Concubine Xun is feeding a blue and yellow macaw, because today it has accomplished a big thing, and the perch stand full of nuts in the food bowl is its reward!

Madam Leng hurried over, knelt down on her knees and said, "Qiyi Niangniang, there is news from the East Palace that it was the servant girl Lan Xue who was poisoned!"

"What?!" Concubine Xun threw the nut box in her hand and said, "It was Lan Xue who was poisoned?!! It's not so poisonous that the Crown Prince counts his life! Is Young Master Ji safe and sound?!"

Madam Leng: "My lord, calm down! The most important thing now is to transfer Eunuch Du from the East Palace to prevent the East Window incident from affecting the Joy Palace."

"Go and explore! What's going on in the East Palace!" Concubine Jin said in a rage, "You know what to do when necessary!"

"Yes." Madam Leng led the order out.

"Humph!" Concubine Xun said, looking at the macaw happily eating nuts, "If they can't find you, you are still useful, if they know, this is your last meal!!"

"I'm not stupid! I'm not stupid!" replied the macaw!
　Humans and animals do not necessarily have the same reaction to the same poison, not to mention the issue of dosage. This is purely for plot needs~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)