On the wedding night, the prince asked me to see an andrologist

Chapter 517: Birds of a feather

Ning Muqing raised her foot to step on him, put a knife in front of his neck, and said in a cold voice, "You ask me to kill you again!"

The man froze instantly.

At the same time, another voice calling for help disappeared, and a muffled sound came from behind the screen.

The battle was over in less than a minute.

Chu Lixuan walked in carrying the unconscious man and looked towards Ning Muqing.

The unusual noises in the house should have alerted the guards at the door, but there was no movement at the moment. There was dead silence both inside and outside the house.

The man with his head covered in blood knew something was wrong. He stiffened and asked, "Who are you two? Do you have anything to discuss?"

"Who discussed it with you?" Ning Muqing sneered and asked directly, "Are you the real owner of Chen Guo's caravan? The antidote to the dead man's poisonous sting is in your body?"

The man's expression changed, and he looked at her with vigilant eyes, "A lackey of the Zhou Dynasty's court?!"

Ning Muqing stretched out her hand and touched his acupuncture point, grabbed the man and threw him on the soft couch, "A running dog is better than a rat in the gutter. Why don't you curse him again? I promise not to pull out your tongue!"

The man was stiff and unable to move. He slumped on the soft couch like a dead fish, gritting his teeth and saying nothing.

Chu Lixuan threw the unconscious person next to him, tapped the acupuncture points as well, and asked Ning Muqing, "Do you know him?"

Ning Muqing looked carefully at the faces of the two men, then reached out and touched their ears to make sure they were not disguised or wearing masks.

She shook her head, "I don't know,"

"Could it be Chen Rong's new recruit?" Chu Lixuan frowned.

Ning Muqing was shocked.

This time, Chu Lixuan thought of going together with him again.

The court structures of Chen and Zhou were different.

On the Zhou side, because Chu Lixuan and the prince grew up together as brothers who have experienced crises together, they have deep trust in each other and can cooperate with each other.

The emperor focused on governing the court, and Chu Lixuan was in charge of all military power. The two brothers assisted each other and complemented each other.

This was the path set by the late emperor for the two brothers.

But Chen Guo is different.

The royal family of the Chen Kingdom had no legitimate prince, and internal fighting was fierce.

Including Chen Rong, all the princes were concubines, no one was nobler than the others, and no one obeyed anyone.

Therefore, whether it is the political power of the court or the power of the army, the princes of Chen State have to fight for both in order to win the heir.

Chen Rong was the final winner of the throne and is now the crown prince of the East Palace.

His power in the Chen Dynasty was greater than that of the prince of Zhou, because he not only had political power, but also military power.

The prince of Zhou had no direct military power, and he didn't need it.

Because when he needs to use his military power, he can go directly to Chu Lixuan and use his command talisman to mobilize the army, and Chu Lixuan will not fail to give it.

There is no need for Chen Rong, the military talisman is already in his hand.

In fact, he is a person who cannot truly trust others. All trust is measured and measured.

Even the brothers who grew up with him and even the brothers he trained cannot be completely trusted by him.

"Now is not the time to talk about this. I'll leave these two to you. I'll look for the antidote." Ning Muqing motioned to the man covered in cold sweat to hand it over to Chu Lixuan for interrogation, while she was in the room. Search everywhere.

This wing room is very large, with two rooms, inside and outside, and a small connected study room.

Ning Muqing was the first to focus on the inner room.

According to the habits of most people, important things tend to be hidden in the places closest to them.

Ning Muqing quickly searched the inner room, from the bedside to the cabinets to the wooden boxes on the ancient shelves.

But neither.

She was not discouraged and then walked into the study again.

There is a large rosewood table in the study room, and a whole side of rosewood bookshelves are filled with various books and decorations. At first glance, it does not look like a wing on a ship, but more like an ordinary study room of a wealthy family.

There are pens, inks, paper and inkstones on the desk.

After checking everything, Ning Muqing found nothing unusual, and quickly looked at the bookshelf.

To be honest, having such a large bookshelf filled with books on a ship is quite unusual in itself.

It is common for a ship to encounter wind and waves when sailing on the water, which is not as stable as on land.

Anyone with experience knows that reading on a boat is not a comfortable thing, and it is easy to get dizzy. The shelves are full of decorations. If there is a big storm, aren't you afraid of getting smashed all over your head?
unless
These decorations are not just for looks, but have a practical use.

Ning Muqing's eyes flashed slightly, and she quickly walked to the bookshelf, carefully observed it from top to bottom, and suddenly reached out to a wooden Pixiu ornament.

Everything else on the shelf was more or less stained with dust.

There is not a trace of dust on this ornament, as if it has been touched and touched frequently, and it has been polished to a shiny finish.

That's it!

Ning Muqing tried to move the ornament with her hands, but found that it was fixed on the shelf and could not be moved.

She tried it left and right again, found the position of the mechanism, and turned it gently.

"Click!" A crisp voice sounded. Ning Muqing looked around and saw that a small section of one of the partitions on the bookshelf popped open, revealing a palm-sized mezzanine space underneath.

"It's quite well hidden! If you don't find the right mechanism, you may not be able to dig it out even if you dismantle the entire bookshelf, right?"

Ning Muqing raised her eyebrows, reached out from the mezzanine and took out two small medicine bottles and a token of unknown use.

The medicine bottle is only two fingers thick, has a long and slender body, and is sealed with wax.

There is no writing on the bottle, so I don’t know what is inside.

Ning Muqing opened a bottle directly, and inside were small black pills, exuding a pungent and fishy smell.

She picked up one and smelled it, then licked it on the tip of her tongue. The very bitter and strange taste made her facial features wrinkle up, but her eyes suddenly lit up.

"What are you doing?" The man's deep and cold voice suddenly came.

Before Ning Muqing had time to speak, Chu Lixuan strode over, reached for the medicine bottle in her hand, and frowned, "What is this?"

Ning Muqing frowned, but her expression was filled with joy. She didn't pay attention to Chu Lixuan's slightly cold words and said happily, "This should be the antidote to the poisonous sting of a dead soldier!"

Chu Lixuan paused and looked sideways at her, "Are you sure?"

Ning Muqing nodded, "It can't be wrong! My judgment on these things is very accurate."

As she said that, she urged, "Finally found it, take one quickly and detoxify the poison in your body first!"

When Chu Lixuan heard her excited voice, his face became a little darker.

He held the medicine bottle and said coldly, "You know this thing is poisonous, but you still dare to put it in your mouth?"

Ning Muqing was stunned, "How will I know if it is the antidote if I don't try it?"

"Who asked you to try it yourself!"

"If I don't try it myself, should I let you try it? Can you tell which one is the antidote?" Ning Muqing retorted.

Chu Lixuan, "..."

He couldn't refute for a moment and could only stare at her with a dark face.

Ning Muqing blinked and suddenly realized, "Are you worried that I will be poisoned?"

Chu Lixuan continued to stare at her.

Ning Muqing was finally sure and said helplessly, "I'm not an ignorant child. How could I put something in my mouth when I see it? I've seen this kind of pill too many times. It's poisonous or not, and how toxic it is. I can tell it by smelling it, so if you only taste a small amount, it will be fine.”

Chu Lixuan said coldly, "You mean, I am worried for nothing?"

Ning Muqing, "..."

She cursed in her heart, but wasn't she worried in vain?

Chu Lixuan didn't understand medical science, so he was separated by mountains and rivers. In Ning Muqing's opinion, what he was worried about was really unnecessary.

However, looking at the man's gloomy and displeased expression, she did not dare to tell the truth. Otherwise, this man would be very annoyed with his childish spirit of holding grudges.

Ning Muqing said politely, "That's not what I meant. In short, you have to try this medicine before you can judge accurately. I am also responsible for your body! What if you haven't cured the old poison and used the wrong medicine? Is it troublesome?”

She racked her brains to find an explanation.

Chu Lixuan said in a strange tone, "How much more do I need to thank you for your trouble?"

Ning Muqing, "Haha..."

She sneered and said a few perfunctory words, quickly skipped the topic, and urged, "Anyway, you take the antidote first, and I'll go outside and watch."

With that said, she walked out quickly.

The smell of blood wafted through the room.

Both men's faces were covered in blood, and they were lying on the ground with unknown life and death. There was a pool of blood on the floor, with a few tooth fragments mixed in the blood.

Ning Muqing's mouth twitched.

She had just been concentrating on finding the antidote and didn't pay attention to the movement outside.

What did Chu Lixuan do to these two people? Why are the teeth broken?

The man came out closely behind.

Ning Muqing turned around and asked, "What did you do?"

Chu Lixuan said coldly, "They hide poison in their mouths, I just take it out."

Is it the way to break a person's mouth full of teeth?
Well, they are all punishable by death anyway, and they should suffer some punishment if they are captured alive.

Ning Muqing didn't say much about this, and said thoughtfully, "The tooth sockets contain poison. Are they both dead soldiers? Are there any marks on them?"

"No." Chu Lixuan shook his head.

"That's right. If they were really dead soldiers, they would have taken poison and committed suicide as soon as they were captured alive. They wouldn't talk to me with a sense of luck. I don't think they look like dead soldiers."

Ning Muqing frowned slightly and said, "Now that we have captured two, which one is the real owner of the caravan?"

Chu Lixuan asked, "Is there any difference?"

He smiled coldly, his narrow eyes as sharp as knives, "They're all the same!"

(End of this chapter)