Bai Yueguang, the stand-in for Prince Sick Jiao

Chapter 107 Undercurrent
The banquet outside was lively, everyone drank and ate meat, heartily, and was not affected by the accident during the day at all.

Fu Mingjue had no intention of drinking and left the table early.

Fu Xiuyun, who was at the top, saw him, and calmly winked at Mr. Li beside him. The latter understood, and then bent down.

The night was dark, and the moonlight shone through the gray clouds on the gravel path. Fu Mingjue was wearing a black cloak and walked to the stable alone.

The horse suddenly went berserk today. Although no casualties were caused, Fu Xiuyun still ordered a thorough investigation into the matter.

After all, the autumn hunting is not over yet. Right now, only one horse has an accident, but there are hundreds of horses in the racecourse. If the cause is not found out, who knows what accident will happen tomorrow?
When Fu Mingjue came, Sun Fuzhi and several other imperial doctors were checking the horse's daily forage.

Sun Fuzhi saw him coming from afar, and hurriedly put down his work and found an excuse to come out.

"My lord, you are here."

"Well," Fu Mingjue looked past him and landed on the pile of hay behind him, "Did you find anything?"

"I found something." Sun Fuzhi's expression became serious, and he said, "Your official found butterfly licorice in the forage. This kind of grass is similar to big-leaved grass. Herdsmen often mistake it for fodder and feed it to horses." .”

"Although butterfly licorice is not highly poisonous, people or animals will experience short-term dizziness and weakness after taking it. If the dosage is too much, hallucinations, convulsions, restlessness and other symptoms will occur."

All he said was consistent with the symptoms of the horse that went crazy during the day.

But there is a puzzling place in it——

There are at least five hundred horses in the racecourse. If Su Lingxi is the one who prescribes the medicine, she just wants to deal with Ling Youyao, so why bother to mess with the fodder?This is not only troublesome, but also easy to attract attention.

After pondering for a while, Fu Mingjue asked, "Where does the butterfly licorice usually grow?"

"Dielicorice likes the sun and fears dampness, and it is mostly found in the grasslands of the northern border. Because people often confuse it with big-leaf grass, they thought of a way to eradicate it completely. Now there are basically no butterfly licorice in the pass. , probably only from outsiders.”

Speaking of this, Sun Fuzhi woke up suddenly, and looked at Fu Mingjue in astonishment, while the other side's expression was still as calm as water.

"My lord, have you already guessed it?"

Fu Mingjue said calmly, "A little earlier than you."

When fighting with the army to pacify the Tartars, war horses also fell ill due to eating licorice by mistake. Fortunately, they did not eat much and did not affect the overall situation.

He originally suspected Su Lingxi, but now it seems that Su Lingxi was just a mistake.

The real culprit behind this is someone else.

Sun Fuzhi understood the seriousness of the matter, and said seriously: "My lord, if this is true, then you should be more careful."

Although it is not certain, it is very likely that the butterfly licorice was brought in from outside the pass. If you travel five hundred miles north from the Futai paddock, you will be in Beidi after you leave the Shanmen pass.Since the Tatars withdrew from the struggle for grassland supremacy, the north has almost become Beidi's world.

In these years, although Dayan and Beidi lived in peace, secretly, the leaders of Beidi acquiesced to the people harassing the border villages of Dayan, seeming to have the intention of going south.

King Jing'an has been stationed in Liangzhou with his troops all year round. On the one hand, it is to guard the peace of the border, and on the other hand, it is to make Beidi feel timid and dare not act rashly.

However, looking at it now, since the other party was able to attack in the forage, it must have a difficult background, maybe that person is hiding in the paddock now.

Among them, Fu Mingjue knew the stakes, "This king knows, you should go back first."

Sun Fuzhi took a deep look at him, but he still didn't say the words that were in his heart.

Fu Mingjue saw his thoughts, turned around with his sleeves folded, and said: "There is no whereabouts of her yet, if there is any news, I will let you know."

Hearing these words, Sun Fuzhi didn't react too much, he just thanked him and sent Fu Mingjue away respectfully.

After Fu Mingjue left, the little eunuch who had been hiding in the dark also went back to the tent with a bow.

In the big tent, the lights were bright, Fu Xiuyun changed into clean casual clothes, sat behind the desk to read the booklet, and listened to the reports of the people below.

"Your Majesty, King Jing went to the stables, only said a few words to Doctor Sun, and then left."

Fu Xiuyun didn't look up, and asked casually, "What did they say?"

The little eunuch leaned on the ground and shook his head, "The servants dare not get too close, I didn't hear them clearly, but it seems that King Jing is going to ask about Crazy Horse's wounding."

"He really cares about this matter." Fu Xiuyun said disapprovingly.

What happened today was in the final analysis nothing more than an intrigue between women. He has seen these methods since he was a child, and he has long been used to them.

Manager Li answered with a smile: "After all, it was Princess Jing who was frightened, and it is only right for King Jing to be concerned about this matter."

"Isn't there another Ling Ling?"

"Although Miss Ling also fell into the water, she is just an outsider, so how can she deserve the prince's personal care?"

When Fu Xiuyun heard this, his gaze paused, and a meaningful smile suddenly appeared: "What if she's not an outsider?"

Manager Li was slightly taken aback, then smiled and said, "What's your majesty's opinion on this?"

"Do you still remember who brought Lingling to the capital?"

"If the servant remembers correctly, it should be Dingguohou Shizi, Shen Chao."

"That's right," Fu Xiuyun smiled, "How can it be easy for Shen Xuhuai to personally pick him up to Beijing? I sent someone to check Lingling's background, and found an interesting thing."

Manager Li looked at him suspiciously: "I don't know what His Majesty has found?"

"A phoenix living among the people."

There was a hint of sarcasm in Fu Xiuyun's tone. Who would believe such absurd and bizarre words except ignorant women like Chang's?

But it was also this absurd fate that made him think of a brilliant plan, the most suitable reason to regain Xuanyuwei.
The wind at night entered the tent through the cracks, and the candles flickered for a while, Fu Xiuyun put away the booklet, and ordered: "Tomorrow I will go off in person, let Wei Xiu get ready."

Manager Li bowed his head and agreed.

He paused, and then asked, "When will King Jing'an arrive?"

"King Jing'an set off from Liangzhou at noon yesterday, and he will arrive at Futai Mountain at Shenshi tomorrow."

Fu Xiuyun gave a faint "hmm" and didn't continue to ask.

Manager Li suppressed his smile, and quietly exited the tent.

The night outside the tent was dark, and mist appeared around, and the cold moon in the sky gradually disappeared behind the clouds, and Futai Mountain was completely immersed in darkness.

The shadows of the trees in the forest blown by the wind whirled, and in an instant, black shadows flashed silently, leaving no traces, like ghosts walking in the dark night, coming and going without a trace.

It is not until the other side of the mountain that the burning fire can be seen.

(End of this chapter)