After wearing the book, the Buddhist imperial concubine has spoiled again

Chapter 253

That small group of dark things was densely packed and crawling extremely fast, with the tendency of continuing to climb.

Jiang Shishi immediately put her leg outside the bed and shook it vigorously.

At first, only a few were thrown to the ground.

She swung it vigorously several times in a row, but it could be regarded as throwing everything on her legs to the ground.

Reflexively throwing the small ball away, Jiang Shishi remembered that Chun Xing was laying the floor beside her.

So, she immediately woke up Chun Xing who was laying the floor beside her, "Chun Xing, don't sleep, get up!"

As a slave, whenever there is any movement from the master, Chun Xing will wake up.

As early as when Jiang Shishi sat up, Chun Xing opened her eyes in a daze.

Now hearing Jiang Shishi calling her so loudly, Chun Xing immediately lifted the quilt and lit the oil lamp, "My lord, what's the matter? But I'm thirsty?"

However, as soon as the words were spoken, she realized that there were a group of dense black spots crawling on her body, and she was so scared that she immediately wanted to slap her with her hands.

"Don't hit it with your hands!" Jiang Shishi reminded Chun Xing, "Just stand on the spot and jump a few times, and they will fall to the ground automatically."

After listening to Jiang Shishi's words, Chun Xing stamped her feet in place for a while, and jumped up and down in place for a while.

Sure enough, all those black things fell to the ground and quickly scattered a little.

At this moment, the master and servant were staring at the dense mass of things on the ground.

I saw that those things were black in body, thin and long, five inches long and one inch wide, with hard tails curled upwards, and limbs crawling on the ground like spiders, they were scorpions!

Seeing these densely packed scorpions, Chun Xing was so frightened that she immediately shivered and her scalp went numb.

"My God, where are there so many scorpions?" Chun Xing suppressed her fear and squatted beside the group of scorpions, "My lord, just rest on the bed, this servant will grab all these scorpions and throw them away! "

Seeing that Chun Xing was about to grab it with her hands, Jiang Shishi stopped her, "Wait."

Chun Xing withdrew her hand and looked at Jiang Shishi puzzled.

Jiang Shishi: "These scorpions look different from ordinary scorpions. They may be very poisonous. Don't grab them with your hands."

In the previous life, an elder in the family suffered from rheumatism, and would use scorpion to make wine, saying that it has the effect of dredging collaterals, relieving pain, and dispelling rheumatism.

At that time, she knew something about scorpions.

It is said that all scorpions are poisonous, the only difference is the degree of toxicity.

Those with small pincers and thick tails are generally highly poisonous.

And the bunch of scorpions in front of them have small pincers and thick tails!

Chun Xing nodded, "My lord is right, then I'll just trample them to death!"

While speaking, she stood up and raised her feet, ready to step on those scorpions to death.

"It's not necessary." Jiang Shishi calmly analyzed, "This scorpion does not seem to be common. It is strange to have one in our yard. It is even more strange that there are a bunch of them."

Chun Xing: "You mean these scorpions were put in our yard by others?"

"Yeah." Jiang Shishi nodded, "How about this, go to the kitchen to find some iron tongs, and then find a wooden barrel, catch these scorpions in the barrel first, maybe it will be useful to keep them."

"Okay!" Chun Xing agreed, and quickly found iron tongs and a wooden barrel from the kitchen.

Jiang Shishi couldn't fall asleep anymore, so she simply got out of bed and clamped the scorpion with Chun Xing.

After the master and servant put all the scorpions on the ground into the bucket, they also caught many scorpions in the corner of the room, under the bed, and on the bed.

Just as the master and servant were clamping the scorpion, Xiao Guizi came in from outside with a dead mouse in one hand, "Master, several mice suddenly died in our yard!"

Chun Xing was busy pinching the scorpion, and said indifferently: "Mouses are so annoying. A few days ago when I was sleeping, a mouse ran over my hand, and its claws scratched my hand. I wish they all died."

"Dead mice?" Jiang Shishi looked at the mouse in Xiao Guizi's hand, "Where did you find these dead mice?"

"It's in our yard, it must have been stung to death by a scorpion," Xiao Guizi said.

Chun Xing frowned, "Don't mice eat scorpions? How could they be stung to death by scorpions?"

Xiao Guizi: "During the night vigil, I went to the latrine, and when I got back to the yard, I saw a scorpion fighting with a mouse. I thought the mouse would eat the scorpion, but after a while, something was wrong with the mouse. , after running rampant in the yard for a while, he fell to a corner of the yard."

"Then I found a dead mouse in that corner, and then I searched the yard and found several dead mice, and these dead mice had traces of being stung by scorpions. The scorpion must be very poisonous." At that time, Xiao Guizi showed Jiang Shishi the place where the two mice were stung.

Jiang Shishi took a closer look, and found that there was a spot of blood red in the middle of the wounds on the two mice, and there was a small swelling around them.

It was the trace of being stung by a scorpion!

"Oh my God." Chun Xing was afraid after seeing it.

Just now, if the young master hadn't reminded her, she wouldn't have taken those scorpions seriously.

Because in their countryside, when they were doing farm work when they were young, they often saw scorpions.

They will also use bamboo sticks to string scorpions and roast them on the fire, which is crispy and crispy.

If the little master hadn't reminded her that these scorpions might be extremely poisonous, she would have treated them like ordinary scorpions in the countryside and was going to grab them with her hands.

If she was bitten by a scorpion, wouldn't she die like these mice?

At the same time, she thought that the young master said that these scorpions are not common, but now it is strange to suddenly appear in Shiyue Pavilion. Could it be that someone wanted to take the young master's life while His Royal Highness was not in the East Palace?
Jiang Shishi and Chun Xing thought of getting together.

It seemed that her guess was right, these scorpions were indeed poisonous, otherwise they wouldn't be able to sting so many mice to death.

The scorpion is the first of the five poisons. Once stung, the scorpion poison will be difficult to excrete from the body for a lifetime.

After being stung by its poisonous needle, in addition to pain, convulsions, paralysis, there may also be cardiac arrest or respiratory failure.

Moreover, scorpions are very aggressive, and they will bite each other with poisonous stings at the slightest sign of trouble.

If she hadn't discovered it in time, if she turned over while sleeping and offended the scorpion, she would be stung badly.

Fortunately, she knows that scorpions are very sensitive to strong vibrations, they will be scared away by the vibrations, and in severe cases, they will stop eating, breeding, and giving birth.

Therefore, when she flicked her feet vigorously, not only did she shake off some scorpions, but also some scorpions were scared away.

And this kind of scorpion rarely appears in daily life, the key is to appear in groups.

It seems that someone wants to use this scorpion to get rid of her!

That night, Shiyue Pavilion was using iron tongs to clamp the scorpion from top to bottom.

I kept clamping until the middle of the night, adding up to more than a hundred scorpions, which was almost enough.

Jiang Shishi found the tiles, and asked Chun Xing and others to dig some soil from the yard. She put the tiles and soil in a wooden bucket, and tied a mosquito net around the wooden bucket as a temporary container for raising scorpions. .

She also asked her servants to dig up some earthworms and mouseworts, and caught some crickets and cockroaches and threw them into wooden barrels as food for the poisonous scorpions.

Tired all night, Jiang Shishi simply washed up and was ready to go to bed, and Chun Xing was still laying the floor on the floor.

Chuntao held iron tongs and was in charge of vigil.

If she sees scorpions in the room, Chun Tao has to catch the scorpions to keep Jiang Shishi and Chun Xing safe.

The two eunuchs outside the courtyard were also one of the floor bunkers, and the other was in charge of night watch to catch scorpions.

In this way, the master and servants spent the night in peace.

In the early morning of the next day, when Jiang Shishi went to pay her respects to Concubine Ruan, she explained the poisonous scorpion to the two concubines in charge.

Jiang Shishi: "Concubine Ruan, Concubine Su, last night, many scorpions suddenly appeared in my yard. I would like to ask the two concubines to help investigate and see what's going on."

While she was talking, Chun Xing showed everyone the gauze with the scorpions inside. There were three or four poisonous scorpions inside.

For a moment, except for Yu Liangdi, the rest of the concubines present turned pale with fright.

"Since it's poisonous, why don't you catch it and show it to us! Take it away quickly!" Concubine Tang said with a look of fear and disgust.

"." Concubine Su's Liu Mei frowned, "Jiang Liangdi, the weather is getting hotter now, that's when scorpions like to go out, and it's normal to have scorpions in the yard."

Jiang Shishi: "But these scorpions are not ordinary scorpions, but unusual poisonous scorpions, which can easily sting mice to death."

"Scorpions and rats are natural enemies. Anyway, rats eat scorpions, or scorpions sting rats. What's so strange about that?" Concubine Su said nonchalantly, "It's just a few poisonous scorpions. If you kill a few rats, you can kill them." Don't overthink it."

Jiang Shishi: "Concubine Su, if there are only a few poisonous scorpions, I won't bother you and Concubine Ruan. The key point is that my Shiyue Pavilion is not just a few poisonous scorpions, but nearly a hundred poisonous scorpions."

"Nearly a hundred?" After hearing this, Concubine Su's face turned pale with fright, for fear of endangering her life, "Then I must hurry up and order someone to go to the Shiyue Pavilion to catch the poisonous scorpions. , is it still worth it?"

Seeing that the two side concubines didn't seem to want to manage this matter, Xue Liangdi helped Jiang Shishi and said while Su side concubine was afraid of poisonous scorpions, "Yes, it would be bad if those poisonous scorpions crawled into the sisters' yard, Please also ask the two concubines to find out the source of the poisonous scorpion."

Jiang Shishi: "Last night, the servants in my yard had caught almost all the poisonous scorpions, so I don't need to bother Concubine Su. The most important thing is to find out where the poisonous scorpions came from."

Concubine Su avoided the serious and took the light, "Have you wiped out all the scorpions you caught? You can't let them crawl around anymore!"

"They were all burned to death last night." Jiang Shishi didn't say that she kept those poisonous scorpions temporarily.

Concubine Su heaved a sigh of relief, said "that's good", and continued to hang on, nothing to do with her.

If the crown prince was in the East Palace, she might investigate this matter carefully.

After all, she has only recently been in charge of the Eastern Palace with Concubine Ruan, and Jiang Liangdi is the crown prince's favorite concubine, so she has to perform well.

But the prince has already entered the clan's mansion, no matter how well she behaves, the prince can't see her.

I heard that the Zongren Mansion was a place where people cannibalized, and many princes and nobles died inexplicably after entering.

If something happens to the crown prince in the clan's mansion one day, none of the concubines in the Eastern Palace will escape death, and they will be buried with the crown prince.

Thinking of this, how can she still care about things, let's just live one day at a time.

As for Jiang Liang Di, she had to be buried anyway, compared to being buried with the living dead, maybe being bitten to death by a scorpion would not be as tortured.

Concubine Ruan at the top said: "Sister Jiang, I think what Sister Su said is not unreasonable. It's summer now, and it's the season for insects to crawl. It's not uncommon to have scorpions in the yard."

"That's right." Concubine Tang also echoed, "Especially for Jiang Liangdi, scorpions like to come and go at night. I heard that you eat so much food at night, you've become so fat. Scorpion, you are especially attracted to scorpions."

"It's not like us, who only eat some fruits and vegetables at night. When the poisonous scorpions are dispatched at night, they won't stop in our bedroom at all. Otherwise... why is our yard fine, but your yard has become a scorpion nest?"

Others can say something that sounds bad, try to say it nicely.

Concubine Tang was different, no matter what she said, the taste changed in her mouth, and it was especially harsh and unpleasant when it came out of her mouth.

"Sister Tang, you are too. Sister Jiang was tortured enough by the poisonous scorpion, so please don't say a few words." Concubine Ruan first talked about Concubine Tang.

Then, she turned her head and said to Jiang Shishi: "Sister Jiang, although there are a large number of poisonous scorpions in your yard, it is fortunate that you were not injured. I heard that scorpions have a very sensitive sense of smell. If you smell a pungent smell, you will run away, or even die."

"After the morning is over, I will ask the servants to send some varnish, kerosene, and quicklime to your yard. You let the servants scatter them in the yard and in the room respectively. Presumably, within a few days, there will be no varnishes in your yard. There's a scorpion."

"." Jiang Shishi heard that Concubine Ruan and Concubine Su had almost the same meaning. Seeing that she was not injured, she decided to make the matter trivial and did not plan to investigate the matter thoroughly.

However, Concubine Ruan has always been slick, even if she doesn't plan to investigate the matter thoroughly, she will handle it very smoothly on the surface.

"Then I would like to thank Concubine Ruan." Since the two concubines in charge did not plan to help her investigate, Jiang Shishi didn't say much.

Because she knows that it's useless to say more, the power is in the hands of others, and they can control it if they want to control it, and don't control it if they don't want to control it.

Immediately afterwards, Concubine Ruan also instructed the concubines of the Eastern Palace, "Since there are scorpions in Jiang Liangdi's yard, all sisters, pay more attention to whether there are poisonous scorpions in the yard. Varnish, kerosene, quicklime, etc.”

Concubines: "Yes."

After a stick of incense, Chen Sheng dissipated.

Jiang Shishi held Chun Xing's hand and walked back to Shiyue Pavilion.

Chun Xing held Jiang Shishi's hand, with a sad face, "My lord, the two side concubines don't plan to investigate the poisonous scorpion, what should we do next?"

Jiang Shishi: "."

The poisonous scorpion in Shiyue Pavilion was obviously done deliberately by someone. If the person behind the scenes is not found out, she will feel uneasy and insecure.

Release poisonous scorpions in Shiyue Pavilion today, who knows if Gai will release poisonous snakes in Shiyue Pavilion tomorrow?

If this continues, the lives of her and the servants will be in danger.

Jiang Shishi pondered for a while, and then said: "Well, you spend some money to manage the maids and eunuchs in the East Palace. First, get in touch, and then tell me that there are a large number of poisonous scorpions in my yard. Whoever provides reliable information will be rewarded with 100 taels of silver. , and I will not reveal the name of the informer."

The monthly salary of the concubines is only a few taels of silver, and 100 taels of silver is almost the salary of the maids for two or three years.

Relying on others is worse than relying on oneself. The two side concubines clearly hold the power but don't care about things, so she will investigate by herself!
Although she has no power, she has money, and if she has money, she can turn ghosts around!

"Okay, I'll use the silver to make some connections in a while." With the young master's financial resources, it won't take long to find out who is trying to kill the young master!
Moreover, some people are afraid of being punished after reporting.

The young master will not reveal the identity of the high-secret person, and those who know are more willing to provide clues.

After that day, the other concubines of the Eastern Palace also found scorpions one after another in the yard, but fortunately, they were not many and were quickly wiped out in time.

Just as Chun Xing had guessed, under Jiang Shishi's reward of 100 taels of silver, court ladies and eunuchs contacted the servants of Shiyue Pavilion one after another in private and provided some clues.

Among them, some are irrelevant leads, and some are false leads.

Fortunately, three days later, Jiang Shishi got a rather true and reliable news.

"My lord, today a court lady told me that she saw someone carrying sacks and pouring things into our garden a few nights ago. Thinking about it, it is probably a bag of black scorpions."

Chun Xing came back from the imperial dining room with a food box and reported the matter to Jiang Shishi.

Jiang Shishi was waiting to be fed in the hall, when she heard Chun Xing's words, she raised her eyebrows and asked, "Then did she see who poured scorpions into our yard?"

(End of this chapter)