There is a kind of scholar

Chapter 1091 Being teased again
Su Xian calmly analyzed:
"Then, there is only one case of poisoning—the water wheel for water! To be precise, it is the people who transport the water wheel. Only they have the opportunity to approach each well."

“有道理。”周威点头。

杨芷兰则是一幅了然的表情。

Su Xian continued:
"What we need to do now is not to squat at the mouth of the well. It is not very useful to wait for a rabbit. What we really need to do is to secretly investigate those who fetch water!"

Zhou Wei immediately thought of a question:
"But senior brother, there are so many halls, palaces, buildings and pavilions in the imperial city, as well as the imperial kitchen, the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households, etc. Water is used in every place, how can we check it?"

"Moreover, there are as many as 18 wells in the imperial city, which makes it even more complicated. It's a complete mess. I'm afraid we don't have enough time."

Su Xian looked at him and smiled: "Junior brother, you don't have to worry about this."

Zhou Wei looked puzzled: "Why?"

"I have found out clearly that the water used by the palaces and rooms in the imperial city was not obtained by them without permission, but was transported by a special bureau called the 'Water Wheel Bureau'." Su Xian replied.

"I see, we only need to investigate the 'waterwheel bureau'. This is a great convenience for us." Zhou Wei understood.

Su Xian turned sideways and looked at Yang Zhilan: "Without further delay, Zhilan, prepare yourself and set off at night to try to lock down the cunning mastermind as soon as possible."

"Yes!"

Yang Zhilan turned around and opened the door.

After sending Yang Zhilan away, Su Xian returned to the table, flipped through the medical books given by Li Qingniu, and continued to tinker with the antidote.

Zhou Wei also stopped talking and concentrated on helping Su Xian. Although he was not good at medicine, he grew up in Butterfly Valley and was deeply influenced by Li Qingniu. At least he could still recognize medicinal materials.

until late at night.

Yang Zhilan returns.

She gained a lot tonight. Not only did she confirm that there was indeed a problem with the "Waterwheel Bureau", she further identified the chief officer of the Waterwheel Bureau, and even brought back a small bag of poison samples!
"here you go!"

Su Xian was overjoyed and slowly unfolded the small bag of poison, placed it on the table, and looked closely at it.

The work of developing the antidote, under the guidance of Li Qingniu's medical book, is already progressing at a rapid pace, and I am afraid it will take less than three to five days to succeed.

Now that we have obtained a sample of the poison, the progress of the research will be greatly improved.

Su Xian rubbed his hands and stared closely at the small packet of white powder wrapped in oil paper, his eyes gleaming.

Upon closer inspection, you can see that this powder is very fine, as if it is ground gypsum. It is snow-white in color, with only a handful. When you get closer and smell it, you will find that it does not have any smell.

"Great, we can develop an antidote soon!"

Zhou Wei also looked excited.

All three of them were poisoned. Although the poison was relatively mild, if it was not triggered, they would be no different from ordinary people.

As the emperor of Liao, Nalanjie was poisoned, but the doctors of Liao didn't notice it at all, which is enough to explain the problem.

But poison is always poison.

Now that he knows that he has been poisoned, even a very mild poison that is not fatal in a short period of time, but any normal person wants to detoxify.

……

The next day.

After Su Xian got up early in the morning, he rushed to the imperial dining room.

Since you have done a play, you must do a complete set.

As expected, he started cooking seriously...

Of course, he didn't need to do anything himself, he only had to use his mouth to direct others. Adhering to the "perfectionist" personality, he really tormented the palace maids, eunuchs and the staff in the imperial kitchen.

Something surprising happened during this period——

Regarding Nalan Yan... all Su Xian asked of her was to let her lead the way to all the wells in the imperial city, and nothing else.

Nalanyan's mission has been completed, so Su Xian did not go to find her.

Su Xian also believed that Nalanyan must have hated him to death after being teased by him yesterday, and there was no way she would come uninvited.

However, what is surprising is that when Su Xian was busy in the kitchen, Nalan Yan came here with a straight face, as if she owed her several hundred thousand taels.

"Your Highness Princess? What are you doing here?"

苏贤一脸愕然，上下扫描着纳兰嫣，显得十分意外。

"You and I……"

Nalan Yan's expression suddenly changed.

It suddenly occurred to me that Su Xian looked for her yesterday just to find a high-quality water source. The high-quality water source has been found and the task has been completed.

So, why are you here?
Embarrassed, angry, ashamed, speechless, ashamed...

Various emotions were intertwined in Nalanyan's heart. Her face turned red and she turned her head stiffly, not daring to look at Su Xian's joking eyes. She pretended to be calm and said:
"This is the imperial city, and this is my home. Why can't I come here? Who would have thought you were here? It's really bad luck!"

After saying these words, Nalan Yan turned around and left.

His steps were fast, almost as if he was running away.

It disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"Hahahahaha..."

Su Xian's eyes were so sharp that he could see through Nalan Yan's reality at a glance.

He was so proud that he laughed unscrupulously when he saw Nalanyan's escaping back, even bending down.

Listening to Su Xian's harsh laughter, Nalan Yan's face turned red and she couldn't help but quicken her pace and escape quickly...

Su Xian teases her again!

She secretly made a decision in her heart that she would never see Su Xian again!

In the blink of an eye, Su Xian had been in the imperial dining room for an hour.

After successfully making dishes with Chinese taste, he immediately rushed back to the inn, returned to his room, closed the door and continued to develop the antidote.

By the time it gets dark in the evening, we’re finally done!

"This is the antidote!"

Su Xian pointed to the table, on which were placed three small bowls of medicinal herbs. They were dark and steaming, and the whole room was filled with the smell of medicinal herbs.

"Through Master's medical book, the antidote this time... Well, why are you so anxious? You drank all of it before I finished speaking?"

Su Xian twitched the corner of his mouth and glanced at the empty bowls in front of Yang Zhilan and Zhou Wei, feeling speechless: "Actually, what I want to say is that the effect of this antidote needs to be verified..."

"Senior brother, we all believe in you." Zhou Wei waved his sleeves and wiped the corners of his mouth.

Yang Zhilan nodded, saying that she also believed in Su Xian's medical skills.

"Okay, since you've all drank it, I'll drink it too."

Su Xian pinched his nose and poured a small bowl of decoction into his stomach.

Good medicine tastes bitter... Su Xian wiped his mouth. After a quarter of an hour passed, he looked at Yang Zhilan and ordered: "Zhilan, take out the silver needle and let's all test the poison."

The special silver needles Li Qingniu gave to Su Xian were not many. Since Yang Zhilan was responsible for investigating and collecting evidence, Su Xian gave her the remaining silver needles.

Yang Zhilan had no expression on her face, nodded slightly, took out the pack of special silver needles, took one out, and inserted it into her arm without saying a word.

Without frowning.

After a while, she pinched the end of the needle and slowly took it out.

Su Xian and Zhou Wei's spirits were shaken, success or failure depended on this!
The three of them held their breath and looked intently, only to see that the tip of the needle... was silvery white, reflecting the light of the candle, as bright as a star, even a little dazzling.

"It didn't turn black, it didn't turn black! Senior brother, we succeeded, we finally prepared the antidote, hahahaha..." Zhou Wei was ecstatic.

"Shh!" Su Xian made a silent gesture, put his index finger in front of his lips, and lowered his voice: "Calm down, calm down! This is the imperial city of Liao after all!"

"Senior brother is right..."

Zhou Wei calmed down as expected, took the silver needle from Yang Zhilan's hand, took a look at it, and prepared to insert it into his arm.

Su Xian quickly reached out to stop it and moved the candlestick in front of Zhou Wei: "Don't test the poison directly, put it on the fire to roast it first."

"Oh." Zhou Wei did as he was told.

After roasting for a while, the silver needle was inserted into his arm after it cooled down. After a while, he took it out and saw that the tip of the needle was still silver-white, indicating that the poison on Zhou Wei's body was also released.

Finally, Su Xian also gave it a try.

Not surprisingly, the poison on his body was gone.

"The poison in the well placed by the mastermind behind the scenes has been cracked by us!"

Su Xian heaved a heavy sigh of relief, and looked around Yang Zhilan and Zhou Wei: "At the same time, we followed the clues of Shuijing to find out the method of their poisoning, and locked the Waterwheel Bureau."

"Next, we just need to follow the steps and we will be able to figure it out and finally find out the mastermind hiding in the dark!"

"Calculating the time, we should be able to complete this matter before the enthronement ceremony. Haha, this can be regarded as a congratulatory gift from me to Brother Nalan!"

Zhou Wei hurriedly said: "We have eradicated a lot of harm to the Liao Kingdom. I don't know if the Liao Emperor will reward us afterwards. I really hope he will give me a lot of money!"

Su Xian smiled and said, "Why do you want so much money?"

Zhou Wei turned his head and glanced at Yang Zhilan, who looked calm, smiled awkwardly, and stopped chewing.

……

Su Xian's good mood lasted until the next morning.

He even ate two more bowls for breakfast.

Secretly investigating the "Waterwheel Bureau" is now Yang Zhilan's task, and it can only be done after dark at night, not during the day.

Su Xian felt at ease.

他现在的唯一任务，便是利用辽国的食材多做几道中原口味的菜肴，还是那句话，做戏就要做足。

however.

When Su Xian, Yang Zhilan and Zhou Wei were walking briskly and were about to leave for the imperial dining room, bad news came from outside——

Earlier!
For some unknown reason, Nalan Festival actually moved forward the time of the enthronement celebration!

Arrived early for tomorrow!

"not good!"

Su Xian stopped immediately and frowned. After confirming that the news was true, he turned and returned to the room in the post house, where he sat around the table with Yang Zhilan and Zhou Wei.

"Didn't we agree to hold the coronation celebration ten days later? Why did it suddenly come forward?" Zhou Wei looked puzzled.

Su Xian's eyebrows were furrowed, his face was solemn, he looked like he was deep in thought, and he didn't say anything.

Yang Zhilan looked calm and said nothing.

"Emperor Liao's move has completely disrupted our rhythm! We have locked the waterwheel station. In a few days, we will be able to find out the damn mastermind."

Zhou Wei was very dissatisfied and gestured with his hands while talking, but it was more like he was talking to himself:

"But Emperor Liao did this and advanced the coronation ceremony to tomorrow. How can we have time to slowly find out the damn mastermind?"

"That's right, brother."

Zhou Wei seemed to have remembered something and looked at Su Xian:

"Is it possible that our search for high-quality water sources made the mastermind suspicious, so he pushed Emperor Liao to advance the celebration?"

Su Xian glanced at Zhou Wei, frowned and said, "It's very possible! But... in order to create a confusing illusion, we have made so many preparations in advance. Logically speaking, we shouldn't!"

Zhou Wei patted the table: "I thought of a possibility. The problem may not be that we did not do enough in our illusion, but in other aspects."

"What do you mean?"

"The answer may be you, senior brother."

"I?"

"That's right! Perhaps you don't know, Senior Brother, that Senior Brother's reputation outside is really too great. All of Senior Brother's deeds are no different from miracles to ordinary people!"

Zhou Wei was serious:
"I think that the goddamn mastermind behind the scenes, although he can't single out our problem of finding a high-quality water source, but he dare not bet. In order to avoid long nights and dreams, he simply moved the enthronement ceremony ahead of schedule!"

"If we really have a problem, then the goddamn mastermind behind the scenes can catch us off guard. If we don't have a problem, there is no loss in moving the coronation ceremony ahead of time."

After hearing these words, Su Xian nodded secretly: "What junior brother said makes sense. They can indeed adopt a more conservative approach."

Then he added: "However, it is useless to analyze these now, let's think about how to deal with it!"

Zhou Wei immediately made a suggestion: "The situation is critical now. Why don't we tell Emperor Liao everything about the matter and let him find a way to solve it?"

Su Xian frowned again, thought for a long time, and finally said:
"My purpose has always been to completely eradicate the hidden dangers in the Liao Kingdom that are detrimental to Daliang. If I tell Brother Nalan directly, it will be equivalent to giving up halfway."

"Unless there is no better way, I will never tell Brother Nalan about this!"

Yang Zhilan suddenly opened her mouth and made a suggestion: "We can find a way to let Emperor Liao maintain the original date."

Su Xian was slightly surprised, but still shook his head:

"No, if we find a way to maintain the original date, it will be equivalent to telling the mastermind behind the scenes that we have indeed discovered something! This is also to alert the snake."

"This won't work, that won't work either, so what should we do?" Zhou Wei clasped his head.

Su Xian made a "chuan" shape between his eyebrows, stood up from his seat, turned his back to Zhou Wei and Yang Zhilan, and put his hands behind his back, giving people a sense of inscrutability.

Yang Zhilan and Zhou Wei both looked up at him, motionless and silent.

The room suddenly fell silent.

After a long time, Su Xian's voice sounded in the room: "What we need to do now is... do nothing!"

"Do nothing? Are you just watching the bad guys do evil?" Zhou Wei looked puzzled.

A slight suspicion appeared on Yang Zhilan's face that had not changed for thousands of years, but it disappeared in the blink of an eye and no one noticed it.

"Doing nothing does not mean doing nothing!" Su Xian said every word.

"This..." Zhou Wei couldn't understand, scratching his head with a puzzled look on his face.

"We don't do anything, we just go with the flow and take advantage of the situation!"

"Didn't they advance the enthronement ceremony? Then we will use their plan to make the masterminds behind the scenes take the initiative to show up through the enthronement ceremony!" Su Xian explained.

Zhou Wei was stunned for a moment, then looked astonished, clapped his hands and praised: "That's right, anyway, we already have the antidote, we can pretend to be poisoned... and then kill all the bad guys!"

Yang Zhilan also had a look of understanding, but she was more restrained and didn't say anything. She just cast two admiring glances at Su Xian.

(End of this chapter)