Compete for the Song Dynasty

Wang Pang's decision was just a subconscious conditioned reflex. At the beginning, when Su Xiaomei turned pale and covered her stomach with her hands, Wang Pang joked about whether she had used too much force in the afternoon. After he knew it, more than a dozen people fell down, and he realized that things were not that simple.The first instinct told Wang Pang that it was food poisoning.

Those with symptoms of abdominal pain were all pushed aside, and those without symptoms were all staring at the food on the table, dazed and afraid to move their chopsticks.

Seeing that Wang Pang came back, everyone rushed over together. The prefect Feng Shen and the judge Tao Ren at the front of the crowd also seemed to be poisoned. Apart from not complaining of abdominal pain, their faces turned pale with fright, and beads of sweat kept dripping on their faces. .They were too nervous, the prince had just come to Yongzhou on the first day, and such a big incident happened, if it really killed someone, then he would not be able to escape the responsibility no matter what.

Feng Shen asked tremblingly, "My lord, how is the princess?"

Wang Pang pointed to the poisoned people gathered together: "Same as these people, you first look at who has milder symptoms, and ask them what they ate?" [

Everyone couldn't help but wonder, everyone was sitting together for a banquet, eating the same food, how could there be a difference in poisoning.

"My lord, I think someone has tampered with it. Why don't we gather everyone together and conduct a thorough investigation, and send people to search the palace for suspicious persons?" Nan Jifeng leaned forward and said.

Sitting beside the king, watching the chaotic scene in the banquet hall, he shook his head.This palace is not small, and it was considered as the residence of Nong Zhigao on its own back then. It is very easy to hide someone.

Dozens of people in the banquet hall looked at Wang, waiting for him to speak.The ouch of the poisoned person on the side reached Wang Pang's ears, and he was also thinking for a long time: If it is food poisoning, why is he fine?He looked towards the crowd who made the sound, how many old and young women and children were there.

After a short while, the doctor from the mansion rushed in in a panic. He diagnosed that the poisoning of these people was not serious, so they prescribed some decoctions one by one, and ordered them to suffer immediately.Wang Bang ordered people to arrange a place for these people to rest, let everyone rest for a while, and reassured everyone that the truth would be found out soon.

The people in the hall gradually dispersed, and the Huiying Building, which was very noisy just now, was quiet now. Wang Pang ordered people to send Su Xiaomei back to the inner mansion, and let Hou Shuxian and He Xingyuan, who were slightly symptomatic, also go back to rest.The banquet hall of Huiying Building was brightly lit, only Zhe Kejun, Zhang Ping, Cai Jing, Li Jie, and that foreigner Tule who attracted attention were left in the entire banquet hall.

It is interesting to talk about Thule. Although Wang Pang said that he is his slave, he still treats Thule with courtesy.After this journey, Thule and Wang Pang had no barriers to communication, so naturally they talked a lot.Slowly, the king realized that Thule was like an untamed savage.It's not that he doesn't know the etiquette culture of the Han people, but he just doesn't want to abide by it.Sometimes Wang Pang didn't force him, so instead he obeyed Wang Pang's words.Even if Thule is sent back now, he may not be willing to leave.

In the banquet at Huiying Building, the local officials and wealthy gentry of Yongzhou were invited to the banquet. Those people sat in the middle of the lobby, and in the side halls on the east and west sides, all sat the cronies of Wang's mansion.Now Thule is getting acquainted with everyone, so naturally he also attends the banquet.

At this moment, Thule was sitting in front of a table. He seemed to have forgotten the fact that someone had a stomachache after eating something just now, and was holding up a chicken leg and gnawing on it.

Li Jie walked in front of him, the two of them followed Wang Pang to the south at the same time, Thule glanced at Wang Pang: "This is delicious!"

"Someone just had a bad stomach. I suspect there is something wrong with this food. Don't eat it." Li Jie said.

Thule ignored it: "I just ate this, it's okay, stomach!" He patted his stomach and replied in blunt Chinese.

Their conversation interrupted Wang Pang's contemplation. He pointed to Thule and said: "The banquets at this house are mostly prepared by Mr. He according to our habits in the capital. Although fried and fried high-temperature things are a bit greasy, but after You see, besides these dishes, there are some fresh fruits and vegetables on the table, I suspect that there is a problem with these fruits and vegetables. I just thought about it, and it seems that I don’t eat much of these things.”

Cai Jing was still counting just now, and after listening to Wang Pang, he put down the pen and paper in his hand and said, "My lord, you are right, I just summed it up roughly.

Those with abdominal pain are those who drink less alcohol and eat more fruits and vegetables.This is strange, it is easy to poison in wine or water, how to poison in fruit? "

Just as he was talking, Zhang Ping came in from the outside: "My lord, those who come to the banquet have already arranged their accommodation."

Wang Pang nodded: "Let the people in the kitchen be more careful, and test with silver needles before serving food and drink."

"Already ordered to go down!" Zhang Ping replied.

"My lord, I have searched everywhere in the mansion, and there are no suspicious people." Wu Ling also came in from the outside to report at this moment. [

Those who arranged to do things came back one after another, and Han Derong also came back to report: "My lord, the people in the kitchen yard have also been counted, and they are all waiting for your interrogation in the yard now."

"En." Wang Pang hummed, and Zhe Kejun stepped in, followed by a guard at the gate: "My lord, I asked, and a suspicious person really came to the mansion today. Didn't attend the banquet, but did leave before the banquet. Tell me!" He glanced at the guard at the door.

The guard hurriedly bowed his head and said: "There is indeed such a person. Today you arranged for the Prime Minister of Dali to stay in the palace. In the afternoon, a man came to see that the Prime Minister of Dali hadn't returned to Guan Yi, so he came to ask when he would go back. It just so happened that the maid next to the Prime Minister was going to pick up things from the post office. The humble official saw that they were here to look for the Prime Minister, so he let them in to talk. This person left after the banquet started. When General Zhe asked us just now, I I remembered this."

Zhe Kejun stared at him angrily: "Let anyone enter the palace casually. If something happens, don't you want to keep this meaty ball on your shoulder?"

The guard lowered his head and did not dare to make a sound. This guard was originally from the capital mansion. When he was in the capital, the mansion next to the king was usually full of people coming and going. Sometimes the guards did not stop people coming in and out. At that time, even the king Pang himself also said that all the people who come to our house with a low threshold are guests, so there is no need to interrogate them.Unexpectedly, something happened on the first day when he first came to Yongzhou. He secretly scolded the Prime Minister of Dali in his heart, but he blamed himself to some extent.

"Forget it, I can't blame him for this, just be careful in the future! You go down first." Wang Pang said lightly.

Zhe Kejun patted the guard: "Thank you, my lord!"

The guard hurriedly thanked Wang Pang, turned around and retreated, Wang Pang was thinking about what the guard said, the intention of the Minister of Dali's visit this time, Wang Pang still hasn't figured it out yet.Wang Bang is not sure whether the poisoning of the family has anything to do with him.

Cai Jing snorted: "Your Majesty, I think there is something wrong with the Prime Minister of Dali. You see, he sent you a congratulatory gift today to provoke the relationship between you and the Holy One. Even I can see this trick, let alone Yong The prefect of the state informed them. He did not come to the dinner, presumably because he already knew there was something wrong with the food. Let General Zhe arrest him and beat him dozens of times to see if he is telling the truth."

"Yes! Yes!" Cai Jingyi said, Zhe Kejun and Zhang Ping also echoed.

But Wang Pang ignored them. At this moment, he saw two people walking into the hall. The one walking in front was Nan Jifeng, and behind him was a doctor in his 40s. , with a tea-brown luan belt around his waist, silk shoes and clean socks underneath, with a handsome face, and a medicine box on his back.Wang Pang stood up and greeted him: "Brother Nan, you are back! Who is this?"

Nan Jifeng looked Wang Pang up and down, "Well, it's okay, it's okay, brother, you're fine. I was afraid that more people would be poisoned, and the doctor in your house was too busy, so I sent someone to pick up Mr. Qian. But the No.1 doctor here."

When the banquet hall was in chaos just now, Nan Jifeng sent someone to invite this Mr. Qian. No one was allowed to enter and leave the palace at will, so Nan Jifeng personally went to the gate of the mansion to welcome Mr. Qian in.Seeing Nan Jifeng being so respectful to this person, Wang Pang also bowed his hands and saluted. "Mr. Laoqian, I didn't expect this to happen on the first day I came to Yongzhou. Haven't you asked Mr. Gao's name?"

This Mr. Qian hurriedly replied: "My name is Zhongyang. Where are all the patients?" He looked around while talking.

"Oh! Fortunately, it was discovered in time, and there are not many patients; Cai Jing, take Mr. Qian to see it again." Following Wang Pang's instructions, Cai Jing took Qian Yi with him.

Wang Pang turned to Han Derong: "You lead the way, let's go to the kitchen yard!" He said and walked out.

Compared to the quietness of the mansion in the palace at the moment, the kitchen of the palace is in a courtyard to the east of the palace, but now it is the noisiest place in the palace.Some of the cooks in the palace kitchen were squatting, some were sitting on stone benches, some were staring at the closed courtyard door in a daze, and some were talking in low voices: "Why did this happen? Do you think the prince has something to do?" Enemy?"

An older cook said: "Keep your voice down, the prince probably doesn't know who to get angry with at the moment, so be careful and chop you off."

There are also people who sigh and complain: "Hey, you said this was a mess, and who do you think we are provoking?!"

He was even more unconvinced and said: "What are you afraid of? We didn't do this. Could it be that he, a prince who just came to Yongzhou, started killing after a day?"

The door was opened with a creak, and Wang Pang stood in the courtyard of the kitchen. The people in the courtyard immediately fell silent. Wang Pang stood in white clothes under the moonlight. His face was sinking like water. He looked at the people in the courtyard with a black face like an iron king.Even if these people didn't do anything bad, their hearts were trembling somewhat when they saw this scene.

Suddenly, a cook knelt down with a plop. He was afraid that he had heard people talking about it. He kowtowed and said, "My lord, please forgive me. I have nothing to do with you. I have seniors and juniors. ..." Before he finished speaking, the one who was not convinced just now also knelt down, and then there was a lot of begging for mercy in the yard. ^-^[