A Thousand Gold Order: Inheritance

Chapter 392 Predicting the Enemy Like a God

While Qi Huan was in a state of confusion and tension, Imperial Physician He had already checked those things one by one.

He backed away from the table, and once again solemnly bowed to Queen Gu and the prince: "Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness, sure enough, there are also problems with the gift list and credentials presented by Dacheng this time. These papers are made of special herbs. , mixed in some other medicinal materials, but finally used a special method to cover up the smell of the medicinal materials. These two private collections from the previous and subsequent national documents, plus the materials mixed into the candles burning in Chengtian Temple today , the three things mixed together can produce a strong medicinal effect and severely injure the heart."

Empress Gu, the crown prince and the others hadn't taken over yet, and Imperial Physician He sighed in fear as he said it: "Fortunately, His Majesty is wise, predicts things like a god, has doubts and precautions in advance, recuperates early, and sends the first national The dark poison brought by the book must be eliminated first, otherwise... tonight will definitely lead to a catastrophe."

Yun Zhan's thoughts were fast, and he had already integrated a complete train of thought at this time, and he was the first to ask: "If it really succeeds in plotting against it, then after the fact, it is impossible to diagnose signs of man-made manipulation based on the symptoms, right?"

Imperial Physician He nodded humbly: "This prescription took a lot of effort. It's not that I am humble. If I ask this minister to adjust it, I can't come up with such a powerful prescription even if I want to break my head. It can not only hurt people Intangible, even these medicines are inhaled into the lungs through the nose, and after two or three hours, they will be excreted through various channels such as breathing and urination, which is difficult to find. And this The method of inducing the disease... I dare to say something that is forbidden, this is not pure medicine, but a little bit closer to the routine of alchemists using Gu. First use the secret that can be stored in the body for a long time hidden in the first letter of credence Drugs are used as a primer, and later, the new national book gift list and the private goods contained in the candlelight will be used to collide fiercely to stimulate the effect. This technique can be described as extremely subtle!"

Eunuch Li was silent for a while, and then suddenly spoke: "Dacheng is located in the south, where there are many smoky forests. It is said that there are a few tribes in the deep mountains and old forests who specialize in making a living from these heretics. Maybe... it is the one next to Yu Wencang. You have raised alchemists who are proficient in this technique."

He looked at Queen Gu with a serious expression.

Empress Gu looked at him, but then asked Imperial Physician He again: "You tell me the truth, Your Majesty's health is really fine?"

Imperial Physician He said: "Your Majesty is suffering from a chronic illness, and your physical illness has nothing to do with this calamity."

As the envoy of the imperial hospital, he has always taken care of the emperor's illness personally. Regarding the emperor's real illness and exact physical condition, he has always truthfully reported to Queen Gu and the crown prince, so he is conservative at this time. Attitude, don't say a word more.

Empress Gu knew it in her heart, and secretly breathed out a little breath: "Understood, you go to work first, so that you can take care of your majesty's body, and to the outside...don't reveal a word except what your majesty ordered you."

"Yes, I understand!" Imperial Physician He took the order, got up, packed the medicine box, and left first.

Eunuch Li also said: "The old slave also resigned first, and went to guard His Majesty's side."

"En!" Queen Gu nodded.

Soon, only Empress Gu, mother and son, and Qi Huan were left in the room.

Yun Zhan pondered for a moment with a serious face, and then discussed with Queen Gu again: "Mother, since you are going to plan, you have to do a full set of this play. Later, you have to instruct the Imperial Hospital to call out a few of them according to the other party's wishes. The right medicine is here. The fourth child is a cautious person, and before launching a big move, he will definitely confirm through various channels whether he has succeeded."

Between his mother and son, there are some things that need not be said in detail, but they all understand each other tacitly.

Therefore, the two did not talk much about the specific situation of the emperor.

Empress Gu nodded: "Your father and I will arrange these things on our own, but you...you are alone outside the palace, and you have to be extra careful recently to guard against villains."

Yun Zhan just grinned: "My son is already very defensive, and the daily entry and exit are doubled as the usual number of guards, but it is a pity for life."

Since Dacheng's envoys came to Beijing, he was in charge of receiving them, and then he didn't hide them. Wherever he went, he doubled the number of guards around him, and told Dacheng that he was very wary of them and was very afraid of death!

When he joked so heartlessly, the tense expression on Queen Gu's face relaxed a bit.

She gave her son a look of feigned anger, then looked at Qi Huan again with a serious expression, and said, "I know that you are a character who is not afraid of things and can be stable, so I asked you to be here today to let you know what's going on. The situation in the capital is now tense, and it is even more impossible for Gu Zhan to come back at this juncture, and you understand the pros and cons of this."

Qi Huan bowed his knees and gave a blessing: "Your servant understands."

The more tense the situation between the DPRK and China, the more turmoil is approaching. In this case, the borders of all parties need to be strictly guarded, in case someone wants to take advantage of the turmoil in the DPRK and China to take advantage of the loopholes, which disturbs the border situation and causes foreign troubles. .

As long as the border is firmly guarded, the DPRK and China will be able to subdue the hearts of the people, concentrate on closing the door and beating the dogs, and calm down the turmoil as quickly as possible.

"En!" Empress Gu nodded, and said again: "Do you have any questions or do you need me to do something for you? Recently, the crown prince has secretly dispatched a group of people near your Changning Marquis Mansion, just in case One."

Qi Huan herself was fine, she was mainly afraid of wolves and tigers, so she had to worry that if the situation really got out of control, it would implicate Yang Shi, Qi Yuanchen and the others.

Hearing this, she calmed down a little, and quickly thanked her: "Your Majesty and Your Highness are thoughtful, and I thank you. But when I mentioned this, I suddenly thought... Young Lord Qin is leading the army at Yanling Pass. Although he is not Commander, but because of the old prestige of the old Marquis Wu Cheng, his current position in the army is considered to be very important. Coupled with some personal and old affairs, his identity is very sensitive. He is more or less a courtier. I understand to a certain extent, it’s not a big deal because of a small loss, but it’s unavoidable... May I ask your mother to arrange to take care of his family’s women and children for a while?”

Ye Xunyi had made plans for the southern border before, as well as Qin Song's idea, and now Qin Song still went to the southern border...

Qi Huan always felt that they had to grab Qin Song to make a fuss.

Empress Gu and her son exchanged glances, and Yun Zhan patted his chest consciously: "I will handle this matter!"

It was already midnight, it was getting late, and the emperor's condition was not very good, so Yun Zhan led Qi Huan out of Fengming Palace after exchanging information.

In the middle of the night, when everyone was in a hurry to leave the palace, Qi Huan didn't care about avoiding suspicion and being hypocritical, and got into a chariot waiting outside with him.

On the chariot, she behaved well and took it calmly, but Yun Zhan, who was sitting across from her, complained, sighing and sighing: "If people see you riding in my palace's chariot in the middle of the night, I'm afraid you will be caught on the spot." Someone has to hold on to it again, so it's a useless excuse!"

"When the time comes, I'll use my tricks, and you go and sing Gu Shizi to meet the situation?" Qi Huan replied with a dull face.

This brat is a mouthful!

In such an urgent situation, it is thanks to his big heart that he is still in the mood to joke around.

"It's not impossible..." Yun Zhan was not angry when he was refuted on the spot, but saw the tricks and said with a smile: "It's just that singing this now, it seems that no one believes and no one pays the bill, singing a one-man show for self-entertainment Wow?"

Ye Xunyi tried this trick at the state banquet on New Year's Eve that year, but unfortunately it didn't work out.

If the same rumor is made twice on the same two people, I am afraid that even the rumor maker will feel embarrassed first, let alone expect to stir up any evil wind.

As the last winner in his previous life, Yun Heng would definitely not be as naive and impatient as Yun Zheng. Now that he has united with adults to attack the emperor directly, how can he see that using a woman to provoke Yun Zhan and A trick like Gu Zhan's relationship?

Yes!Qi Huan has now straightened out his train of thought, and can confirm that Yun Heng and Yu Wencang have teamed up!
There is still a long way to go out of the palace, and it is not interesting to sit with big eyes and small eyes, so she simply asked the question: "Emperor He said that there were problems with the credentials that Dacheng delivered to Beijing twice, and then burned in Cheng tonight. The candles in the Temple of Heaven were also tampered with. Of the two letters of credence, many people handled the previous one, but today's one was directly presented to His Majesty by the envoy of Dacheng. It was written by Dacheng Yuwencang. But the candles used at the state banquet... A grown man's hand obviously cannot be stretched so long. From this, it can be deduced that the reason why they plan to assassinate His Majesty in three steps in this game is that it is not easy except to disperse clues and evidence In addition to being found out, there should be their intention to test each other's sincerity and restrain each other, right?"

If the entire process of poisoning was completed by Dacheng, then once Yunheng backtracked, he might even sell Yu Wencang directly in order to claim credit for the emperor, and expose this conspiracy.

But now, a link was specially set aside for Yun Heng to operate. Afterwards, the two sides took each other's handle on this matter, and no one could get off the other's thief ship.

Only when His Majesty the Great Emperor dies and Yun Heng ascends to the throne, can this matter be smoothed over!
Otherwise, neither the emperor nor Yun Zhan would let them go.

Yun Zhan listened to her talking, bright light flashed in his eyes, and he smiled eloquently after listening to her: "People who connect with each other by interests can't be at ease with each other, and they can't make friends with each other. They calculated each other and used means to maintain the relationship. But Yu Wencang can think of this, and it can be seen that this person is rough and subtle, and apart from being violent and warlike, his brain is not bad."

The worst thing is that he has one or two useful advisers around him, who can help him check for omissions and make up for vacancies, with thoughtful ideas.

Qi Huan didn't have much curiosity about this person she had never met before. After thinking for a while, she couldn't help but ask again: "There is one more thing, please forgive me for taking the liberty. It is inconvenient for Your Highness to disclose... Dacheng is delivering it to Beijing. There seems to be no obvious traces of private goods in the book, how did His Majesty notice it?"

When the first letter of credence was delivered to the emperor, the emperor had no symptoms.

Moreover, Imperial Physician He also said that those hidden medicinal fragrances were covered up with a special method, so they couldn't be smelled at all.

Yun Zhan probably found out that she also had something she couldn't figure out, and this point could make him regain some ground. Hearing this, his expression became happier.

He blinked mischievously, and immediately taunted him face to face in high spirits: "There are still things you can't figure out?"

Qi Huan is too lazy to be as knowledgeable as a little kid who is too playful to grow up. Who calls him a prince, who calls him a high status, and who makes her curious and want to inquire about things?

She kept a reserved and polite smile on her face, submissively, but she couldn't help rolling her eyes in her heart.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had finished showing off, and after gaining enough sense of superiority, he said proudly: "This is all thanks to my brother-in-law-to-be, who is as careful as a hair and knows things like a god."

Qi Huan:? ? ?
Yun Zhan saw the suspicious look on her face, but her smile became more cheerful: "After Dacheng's first letter of credentials came to Beijing, Zhaoyang went to the palace to find his father and queen, and said that my prospective brother-in-law, oh, is Your third uncle, the two of them were chatting about this matter, Mr. Qi mentioned that Mrs. Ye once joined forces with the adults to inject a very tricky and strange poison on Mrs. Su's daughter. He was vigilant and asked the imperial sister to enter the palace to remind him Father, said that Emperor Dacheng may be surrounded by poisonous masters, and we must guard against things coming from them. Father dubiously announced to Imperial Physician He, but he found out that there was something tricky in the letter of credence."

This kind of object presented to the emperor through special channels must also be tested for drugs in advance, because if someone really has ulterior motives, the paper is coated with poison, and the person who reads it will stick it on his hand, and then take tea, snacks, etc. Will be recruited.

Generally, this kind of poison that can kill people is dissolved in water a little and tested with a silver needle.

The smear on the letter of credence was not poison in the true sense, and it was sent to the emperor after being tested to be non-poisonous.

At that time, the letter of credence had already passed through the hands of the emperor, prince, empress Gu, and several relatives and important officials, and all of them were recruited.

So Imperial Physician He found an imperial physician who was good at detoxification and compounding in the imperial hospital to study together. For a while, he didn't quite understand the use of these medicines in the national book, but he couldn't take risks anyway, so he first thought of a way to prepare the medicine. The medicinal effects of several flavors were dissolved.

After that, I continued to study tirelessly and found out that the common point of these medicines is that they can act on the heart vessels of people.

There will be no good things coming from Dacheng's side, and this is why the emperor's tricks were staged at today's state banquet.

But if Qi Wenyan didn't think of this in advance, and asked Yun Cheng to remind the palace, then——

The consequences today would be disastrous.

Although Imperial Physician He didn't say much in person, but considering the emperor's already unbearable physical condition, Qi Huan felt that he might be in danger on the spot.

It is really a fluke to escape the catastrophe now.

This is thanks to the hero's halo protection!
Qi Huan couldn't help feeling scared, and pondered: "This bureau is not ingenious. The second letter of credence and the list of gifts will be presented to His Majesty at the state banquet today. It will definitely not be circulated on such an occasion, Your Majesty." After reading it, I will definitely put it away for the time being. I have done my best. The only ones who may be present and may touch their hands are Mr. Li and the empress. As for the other relatives and noble ministers who have passed the first letter of credence, they will wait until they leave the table and go back to rest for a few days. Even if His Majesty summons to show them the second letter of credence, without the blessing of the mystery hidden in the candlelight at the banquet, they will not be poisoned. In this way, only His Majesty has a sudden heart attack, and everyone will only When he was furious because of Her Royal Highness, he became ill with anger."

Yun Heng wanted to kill the king, but he didn't dare to bear the infamy, so the medicine was used very calculatedly and cautiously.

Empress Gu belongs to the harem, the emperor trusts her, and will share the government affairs with her in private and show her the credential. This kind of thing violates the rules of the ancestors. Not only Dacheng did not expect that even Yunheng must not know, so in their default situation, Empress Gu She has never been exposed to the first letter of credence, so it is not surprising that she did not have symptoms along with it.

And as for Eunuch Li——

Individual constitutions are different, and the degree of exposure to the drugs painted on the national letter is different, so maybe they don't necessarily have to have the same obvious symptoms, right?

Anyway-

Today's state banquet openly brought down the emperor, Yu Wencang and Yun Heng's goal will be achieved!
only……

Although Qi Wenyan predicted the enemy like a god, didn't he predict that the most sensational news today was his own backyard on fire, and Dacheng envoys came all the way to poach his corner and snatch his wife?
Although, the other party has no sincerity to really marry!
Just as Qi Huan was thinking, the chariot had already left the palace gate.

The East Palace is next to the imperial city, and Yun Zhan planned to go back directly in a chariot, seeing that the chariot was already waiting outside the gate of the palace, he took the initiative to drive her down: "You can go by yourself, I won't send you off, and you can do it in the future." Don't complain to your little uncle that I don't take care of you enough, this palace is avoiding suspicion, you know?"

This His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, is good everywhere, but it is easy to swear!

Qi Huan couldn't answer his words, so he got out of the chariot as he was kind.

Watching the guard of honor of His Royal Highness leave, she just turned around to get into the carriage, but saw that the door of another carriage parked not far away was open, Gao Yunmiao opened the door and waved at her: "Cousin!"

There was a banquet in Chengtian Hall today, all the officials ordered their wives to leave the front gate of the palace, and Qi Huan just came out of the harem.

Qi Huan couldn't help being surprised to see that she had deliberately walked around here to wait for him in the middle of the night.

Take a closer look——

Accompanying her here, the one guarding her carriage was actually Qin Shuo!
(End of this chapter)