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Chapter 187 Uncle Zhou Was Arrested
When the first emperor first ascended the throne, the court was in turmoil, the Huns in the north came to the border, and the barbarians in the south also took advantage of the opportunity to launch a surprise attack.At that time, it was hard to find good generals of Qi, and the late emperor could not sleep all night worrying about state affairs. Li Ke, the imperial guard, couldn't bear it, so he volunteered to lead the army.

Li Ke once saved the life of the late emperor, and the late emperor had a very close relationship with him. Before Li Ke went to the expedition, in order to boost morale, the late emperor threatened that if Li Ke returned triumphantly, he would be crowned king with a different surname, hereditary, and stationed in the nine counties of Nanzhong.In the end, Li Ke lived up to the high expectations of the first emperor, and he really defeated the barbarians, and became famous for Da Qi in one fell swoop.The first emperor spoke his mind, and decreed to make him King of Huainan.

Li Ke was loyal, and his son was fairly loyal. When it was his grandson Li Fu's turn to succeed to the throne, his wolfish ambitions were gradually revealed.Chu Xing is a close minister of the Son of Heaven. Emperor Ming Hui once commented on the merits of the late emperor with him seemingly unintentionally. The only thing that was inappropriate was to make Li Ke king. Chu Xing knew that Emperor Ming Hui intended to withdraw the vassal, but the king of Huainan was conferred by the previous emperor. , Li Fuming can't find a big mistake in his actions, but Ming Huidi has been unable to find a convincing reason.

But Huainan King Li Fu's ambition is far greater than his patience. In his previous life, he boasted that he had enough soldiers and food, and he resolutely rebelled on the auspicious day of the auspicious day. It was the opposite, and he was in a hurry to rebel and become the emperor. Didn't the king of Huainan send someone to save the princess and the prince?

Chu Xing was thinking about the character of King Huainan, and Uncle Zhou waited for a while, and asked with a smile, "Is the plan I just made, is the Duke satisfied?"

Chu Xing said nothing.

Uncle Zhou's smile faded, and after he finished his good words, he turned his head and looked into the darkness in the distance, "Master Tai, Mrs. Tai and the others are poisoned, if they can't take the antidote within five days, the three of them will die from exhaustion. I will give Grandpa Guo another day to think about it, and look forward to the good news here and at this time tomorrow night."

After saying that, he got up, and Shi Shi ran out of the gazebo.

Chu Xing was still sitting in the pavilion, and the hidden guards surrounded him, asking if he wanted to follow him.Chu Xing nodded, and ordered the two secret guards: "Follow up, you must hide, but also let the other party notice." He knew that the other party would not be so stupid as to really swagger back to their party's stronghold, but Chu Xing had to do Show fear of the opponent, so that the opponent will be sure that he has no confidence in turning defeat into victory.

In the dead of night, Doctor Ge was respectfully invited to Dingfeng Hall by Wei Teng.

Chu Ying had already passed out, and Lu Mingyu felt distressed and anxious. Human life was at stake, and no one could guarantee that Miracle Doctor Ge would have a solution.But Miracle Doctor Ge is the only thing she can count on now, dinner is useless, she has been waiting in the main room in the front yard of Dingfeng Hall, seeing Miraculous Doctor Ge, Lu Mingyu immediately greeted Miraculous Doctor Ge, and explained to Miraculous Doctor Ge about her sister-in-law's condition in a low voice.

Doctor Ge heard that three people were sick in the Duke's mansion one after another, so he didn't want to worry about the overbearing and rudeness of Chu Xing's subordinates when they invited him over, and asked Lu Mingyu to take him to see the sick first.

Lu Mingyu hid his sister-in-law in the Dongkua courtyard, leaving only Caisang to take care of her.When Miracle Doctor Ge arrived, Cai Sang quickly lit up all the lamps in the house, and then she and Wei Teng retreated outside to guard.Miracle Doctor Ge walked to the bed, and saw a fourteen or fifteen year old girl lying on the bed, with a beautiful appearance, she seemed to be sleeping peacefully.

Miracle doctor Ge was not interested in beauties, he was only surprised when he first saw Lu Mingyu so beautiful.Sitting on the side of the bed, Doctor Ge stared at Chu Ying for a while, then asked Lu Mingyu in a low voice: "What did she use before she fell into a coma, where is it?"

Lu Mingyu heard Chu Xing's analysis of how the three sister-in-laws were poisoned, and said in a complicated mood: "The poison was taken by mistake on the first day of the new year, and the tea sets have been cleaned, so we can't find out."

Miracle doctor Ge turned to her in surprise, "That is to say, they have behaved the same as usual for the past two days, and they just had a sudden attack today?" Most poisons take effect immediately after taking them. With this clue, the scope of suspicion can be narrowed down.

Lu Mingyu nodded.

Doctor Ge then asked if there were traces of poisonous spots on Chu Ying's body. Seeing that Lu Mingyu denied it, Doctor Ge thought for a moment and began to diagnose Chu Ying. The genius doctor came closer to smell his breath, and then grabbed Chu Ying's wrist.

Lu Mingyu watched nervously, not daring to breathe.

About a quarter of an hour later, Miracle Doctor Ge ordered her to bring a clean and tasteless bowl, Lu Mingyu immediately ordered Cai Sang to find the bowl, and soon brought a never-used white porcelain bowl.Miracle doctor Ge also prepared a dagger, and the tip of the knife pierced Chu Ying's left little finger, and let the blood flow into the white porcelain bowl.

Lu Mingyu turned her head in distress.

Miracle Doctor Ge only put a shallow bottom of the bowl, and after stopping Chu Ying's bleeding, he took the bowl to the table and lowered his head to check.Afraid to disturb Miracle Doctor Ge, Lu Mingyu didn't dare to follow, and sat by the bed for a while, when he heard movement outside, Chu Xing seemed to be back, Lu Mingyu's heart beat faster, and he hurried out with light steps.

Sure enough, he bumped into Chu Xing in the main room.

Her husband was safe and sound, a stone in Lu Mingyu's heart finally fell to the ground, and before Chu Xing could speak, she whispered: "Mr. Ge is doing a blood test for Yingying."

She had a bad complexion, she must have been worried about their siblings, Chu Xing held his wife's shoulders, and said guiltily, "I've made you bother."

"What are you talking about?" Lu Mingyu shook her head and told him to go in together.

Doctor Ge just raised his head and saw Chu Xing. He stroked his beard and said sadly: "It can lurk in the human body for two or three days, and when it attacks, it can cause people to fall asleep. As far as I know, there are three kinds of poisons that fit your sister's condition, but each The preparation of the antidote is extremely complicated, and the old man needs to mix and cook it himself, and it takes at least two days for a pair of antidote, but I am afraid that my sister will not be able to persist in the real antidote."

Maybe he was boiling medicine over there, and Chu Ying and the others over there suddenly became poisoned.

Chu Xing's heart moved, and he said in a deep voice: "I just saw the person who poisoned, and he said that the poison will die after five days of exhaustion."

Miracle Doctor Ge's eyes lit up, and he stood up excitedly, "Then it will be saved!"

According to Miracle Doctor Ge, the poison among the three of Chu Ying is called "Huang Liang Meng". The poisoned person's symptoms are like a sound sleep. If they don't understand it for five days, they will die in their sleep. There is no sign of bleeding from the seven orifices. Most of them will be attributed to "Strange disease".This poison is one of the five secret poisons of the Southern Barbarians. The detoxification requires eighteen kinds of poisonous insects as medicine, but it may take a day to gather all kinds of poisonous insects and medicinal materials needed for the antidote.

One day to buy medicinal materials, two days to boil the medicine, and only four days left for Chu Sui, who fainted the first time, time is very tight.Chu Xing had seen the prescription prescribed by Miracle Doctor Ge, picked up a pen and divided the required medicinal materials into four parts, and then copied one part respectively, and then arranged eight secret guards to go to the pharmacy in a county town at least [-] miles away from the capital to buy medicine. , and must come back with medicinal materials before dark.

The guards set off overnight.

Chu Xing stood in front of the desk for a while, went to Dongkua courtyard to see his sister, and when he entered the room, he saw his wife sitting by the bed, holding her sister's hand, with a worried face.Chu Xing was also worried about his younger sister, his grandmother and cousin, but seeing his wife's exhausted appearance, Chu Xing suddenly felt afraid.

Fortunately, his wife and daughter are fine.

But why didn't the other party let Brother Run poison his wife?Did he learn from Brother Run that his wife was not close to Brother Run, and poisoning would be easy to be discovered, or did he guess that their husband and wife did not like Brother Run?Besides, only a few people know about the relationship between the cousin and Dong Yueer. Back then, even Dong Yueer knew the identity of the cousin. Could it be that the other party ran into Dong Yueer's mother and son on Dong Yueer's way to Beijing? Guess it?But would the people of King Huainan know his cousin that well?
Chu Xing couldn't figure it out, but the most important thing right now was to catch Huainan King's subordinates. Even if those people were stubborn, he still had Brother Run to interrogate.

Sitting next to his wife and looking at his sister, Chu Xing hugged his wife from behind.Smelling the familiar fragrance of roses on her body, Chu Xing sighed with emotion in a low voice: "Ah Nuan, thanks to you, otherwise I wouldn't feel at ease outside." Grandmother and cousin are taken care of by second uncle and aunt. Can be handed over to the maids to take care of them.

He put his arms around her waist, and Lu Mingyu put his small hand on his, but he didn't think about his words of gratitude, and asked with a frown, "You went to see the mastermind behind the scenes? What did they say?"

Chu Xing didn't want his wife to know about the important affairs of the court, but he was afraid that his wife would confuse King Huainan with the murderer who killed her in the previous life, so he picked up his wife, walked to the table and sat down, and explained in a low voice in her ear: "... With the help of Miracle Doctor Ge, I already have a way to deal with them."

Was the person who poisoned Huainan King?

Lu Mingyu was so shocked that she didn't hear her husband's words clearly.In the previous life, Chu Xing and his uncle Xiao Congjian led troops to suppress the Huainan King's rebellion. Chu Xing died and his uncle was injured, but they also successfully defeated the Huainan King's Party. On the "Emperor's Throne".

When she was killed, King Huainan had been dead for more than half a year. In other words, there were two groups of people who killed her in the previous life and poisoned Chu Sui in this life?What kind of enmity does the six-fingered murderer have with her?
Lu Mingyu felt cold all over.

Chu Xing felt her trembling and knew what she was thinking. Chu Xing hugged her tightly and looked down into her frightened eyes, "Don't be afraid, Ah Nuan. But I will never give others a chance to harm you and Tangtang, trust me."

Buried in his arms, Lu Mingyu could hear his strong and powerful heartbeat through the thin coat.

His embrace and heartbeat are more comforting than words.

"Then you have to be good. No matter how you deal with them, you have to be good. If you dare to get hurt, I won't believe you anymore." Tears rolled down, Lu Mingyu choked up.The king of Huainan wanted to take back his wife and son, and made it clear that he wanted to rebel. Emperor Ming Hui had been suffering from the fact that he had no reason to openly send troops. Now that he has it, will he send Chu Xing to suppress it?
Lu Mingyu was afraid, afraid that something would happen to Chu Xing on the battlefield.

Chu Xing kissed the top of her head, his voice was low but firm, "Ah Nuan, we will grow old forever."

Lu Mingyu nodded vigorously.

The next day, Master Chu Er stayed at home to guard his son, and Chu Xing went to the palace as usual to go up and down. Emperor Ming Hui asked him to go to Qianyuan Palace for questioning, "I heard from the imperial doctor that Shi Qian had a strange disease? How is it now? "

Chu Xing glanced at Guo Yong, the chief eunuch standing there with his head bowed, and then looked at Emperor Minghui.The monarch and his ministers have been together for many years, Emperor Minghui understood, and was about to send Guo Yong out first, but Chu Xing stopped him with his eyes, pointed his index finger at his cuff, and sighed: "Several imperial physicians still need to discuss the treatment method, and other famous doctors in the capital are helpless. Second Uncle Chen has only one cousin, and if something happens to the second brother, he is out of his mind, and I'm afraid he will have to take a few more days off."

"Shi Qian's illness is weird, and your second uncle can't help it. You go back and tell him to let him take care of Shi Qian at ease. There is no rush for the errand." Emperor Ming Hui walked around from behind the case, and patted Chu Xing on the shoulder comfortingly, "Shijin, don't worry, Shi Qian is young and usually in good health, he will survive."

Chu Xing saluted and thanked him.

Emperor Ming Hui helped him, and took advantage of the opportunity to take the secret package that Chu Xing secretly sent.

After Chu walked away, Emperor Minghui leaned back on the chair, picked up an unapproved memorial and held it up to look at it. In fact, he was looking at Chu Xing's secret document.Looking at it, the corners of Emperor Minghui's mouth curled up, his smile was like a child standing in front of a tree full of fruits, excited for the fruit that was about to be picked.

That night, Chu Xing went to the pavilion in the north of the city again to attend the appointment.

Uncle Zhou still went to the appointment alone, and when Chu Xing was seated, Uncle Zhou smiled meaningfully, "Is the Duke entering the palace today?"

Chu Xing asked lightly: "Are you afraid that I will inform the emperor?"

Uncle Zhou shook his head, stared at Chu Xing and said, "Master Guo is a man of affection, and he will not disregard the lives of his relatives."

Chu Xing was silent, and it took him a long time to get up and walk to the side of the gazebo. With his back to Uncle Zhou, he said coldly, "The guards outside the Huainan Prince's Mansion are on duty at midnight every night. I will arrange it. You have two quarters of an hour to change people tomorrow night. Don’t blame me for not helping you if it’s overdue.”

"Two quarters of an hour is enough. Mr. Zhou thanked the Duke first." Uncle Zhou walked to him with a cheerful voice, "On the evening of the sixth day, I will send someone to deliver the antidote to the Duke. Lord keep his promise, don't send people to chase us after we get the antidote. But I believe Lord Guo won't do that kind of foolish thing, if we are caught and confessed that Lord Guo helped replace people, the emperor will definitely be ashamed when he finds out. Will you be unhappy?"

Chu Xing acquiesced.

Uncle Zhou patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't worry. Your Majesty is loyal to the Emperor. It's just that your Majesty and Concubine are deeply affectionate. A loving couple is separated by two places. My Majesty also has a family." , should be able to understand the misery? That's why the prince sent me to pick up the princess and return to Nanzhong, and then secretly share the family relationship with the princess and the prince, and will never release any news."

Chu Xing didn't believe a word. If King Huainan's plan was successful, then King Huainan would definitely use this matter to threaten him to serve him after he rescued the concubine's son, or else he would expose the matter and separate him from Emperor Ming Hui.

"Remember what you said tonight, if you dare to say half a lie, I want your head to fall to the ground." Chu Xing left quickly after leaving a harsh word coldly.

Uncle Zhou turned around and watched the man's back disappear into the night, with irony in his eyes.He will give Chu Xing the antidote as promised. After all, Chu Xing is in charge of the guards of the imperial city. It is more useful to win him over than to offend him. When the prince is done in the future, he and Chu Xing may still be able to...

A slender figure in a white dress appeared in his mind, Uncle Zhou closed his eyes, and unconsciously stroked the scar on his face with his fingers.Soon, if everything goes well, he will be able to get his wish in a year or two. At that time, he will take revenge on that proud son of heaven for all the suffering he has suffered in these years.

On the evening of the second day after Chu Sui, Chu Ying, and Mrs. Tai fell into a coma, the secret guards sent by Chu Xing successfully brought back all the medicinal materials.Doctor Ge personally inspected every medicinal material, and then shut himself in the kitchen alone, not allowing anyone to disturb him.Lu Mingyu had seen her daughter, and continued to watch over her sister-in-law, while worrying about her missing husband.

Lu Mingyu couldn't stand it until the second watch, and was helped by Lanyue and Su'an to rest in Chu Xing's bedroom. This place is closer to where Chu Ying stayed, and Wei Teng would tell her directly if there was any news. Then go back to the backyard to answer.

Asleep, fell asleep, suddenly heard a noise, Lu Mingyu woke up immediately, got up and called Lanyue.

Before Lanyue came over, Wei Teng explained in a loud voice outside the window: "Madam, don't worry, it's the Huainan Palace that's gone."

Lu Mingyu clenched his chest tightly, the Huainan Palace was flooded, Chu Xing was there too, right?

Huainan Prince's Mansion, the backyard was full of flames, and in the open space in the front yard, the guards escorted twelve men in black one after another, together with Huainan Wangfei's son and a pair of dead mother and child corpses.Among the twelve black-clothed men, seven committed suicide by taking poison early because the incident was revealed, and the other five were stopped by Chu Xing's people in time and kept for interrogation.

The thugs were all caught, Chu Xing looked towards the direction where Uncle Zhou was hiding, the hidden guards should have succeeded, right?
As soon as the idea came to his mind, a secret guard hurried over, regardless of his dignity, he leaned into his ear and whispered a report: "Master Guo, we caught that man, and my subordinates have never seen him before, but Sun Duo said, saying that He looks a bit like Fourth Master Lu..."

Fourth Master Lu, which Fourth Master Lu?
Chu Xing frowned and looked at his subordinates. He suddenly remembered the complicated eyes of his subordinates.

The wife does have a fourth uncle who has not returned for many years after going out to study.

If the man who claimed to be surnamed Zhou was really Lu Xun, the fourth master of Lu, then he had colluded with King Huainan, and once word got out, the Lu family would not be able to tell.

With a flash of thought in his mind, Chu Xing ordered the dark guard in a deep voice: "Take it back to the mansion first, and don't spread a word of it, not even Madam."

(End of this chapter)