Chapter 103: The Mystery of the Poppy
Ying Zheng listened to Wei Yu's words, was furious, and said: "This pot of flowers is left by the future queen of the widow, do you mean that the queen of the widow will harm the widow?"
Wei Yu listened to Yingzheng's words and asked rhetorically: "The king also said that the queen is the future queen, not the queen who has already married the queen in the palace, so if someone wants to assassinate the king with intention and uses this method, then the king has ever believed that he was assassinated?"
"No, it won't. Meng Tian said beside him, "If you say that the king knew Miss Mi Fang'er before, then someone wants to use her hand to use this flower to murder the king, then I believe it." But the king and Mi Fang'er didn't know each other before, and the king's visit to Yongcheng this time was also a temporary decision, and it was a coincidence that he met Mi Fang'er's girl, if someone really wanted to use this pot of flowers to harm the king, I wouldn't believe that anyone would be able to calculate all this. ”
Ying Zheng, Meng Yi and Zhang Han nodded, agreed with Meng Tian's words, and then looked at Wei Yi again. Wei Yi asked the crowd: "What if this person wants to harm the Mi Fang'er that you are talking about? The king just brought this flower with him by chance, maybe the target from the beginning was someone else and not the king?"
Ying Zheng was skeptical, and said: "I heard you say so much, the widow doesn't believe that this flower is really as terrible as you say, you said that this flower is poisonous, then please ask Mr. to verify it for the widow, if it is really poisonous, then the widow will believe what Mr. said, what does Mr. think?"
Seeing that Yingzheng still didn't believe in himself, Wei Yu said: "Okay, since the king doesn't believe in Zaixia, please let Zai Xia take off a petal of this flower, and then ask the king to send someone to catch a mouse or rabbit, mash the petals and squeeze out the juice and mix it with the water and let the mouse or rabbit drink it, and after an hour, the king will naturally know whether this flower is poisonous or not." ”
Yingzheng sent someone to find a mouse, and then Meng Yi took a petal and smashed it to squeeze out the juice, mixed it with water in a cup, and then pried open the mouse's mouth and poured it down, put the mouse in a cage, and put it in the room, and everyone waited quietly for an hour.
An hour was a long time, and everyone had nothing to do in the room, so they had to chat to pass the time. Meng Yi asked Wei Yi: "Mr. once said that he traveled the world in his early years, I wonder if you can tell us about this interesting story of traveling the world?"
"Yes, yes, the widow also wants to hear it, can you hear it from us," Ying Zheng also became interested and said to Wei Yi.
Seeing that everyone in the room was looking at him, Wei Yu said: "This matter is a long story, can the king allow him to sit down and then tell this interesting story of traveling the world to all of you?"
Ying Zheng found out that Wei Yi had not let him sit down for so long after coming in, although he was skeptical of his accusations, but after all, Wei Yi was a recognized celebrity in Yongcheng, so he didn't want to treat this person too coldly, so he let him sit next to Meng Yi.
An hour passed quickly, and everyone in the room listened to Wei Yu talk about the people and things he had encountered among the princes during his travels, and they were intoxicated by listening to it. If it weren't for the guards who watched the rats come in to give a report, perhaps no one would have felt that an hour had passed so quickly.
Ying Zheng ordered the guards to bring the rats that had drunk the juice into the house. After the guards brought the rats in, Ying Zheng and everyone in the room saw the appearance of the rats in the cage. Inside the cage, the rat lay motionless, and it could be clearly seen that the mouse's eyes, mouth, nose and ears had blood flowing outward, but the blood had dried up, and it was obvious that it had been dead for some time.
After seeing the death of the mouse, everyone turned their attention to the pot of flowers, but they didn't expect that this pot of flowers looked so beautiful, but it was so poisonous. Ying Zheng sat on the seat and thought about it, he was a little afraid, he remembered that he had smelled the fragrance of flowers fiercely after getting up in the morning, and then he lost his mind for a moment, thinking that it should be the reason why the fragrance of flowers is poisonous. Ying Zheng stood up from his seat, walked to Wei Yu, and bowed deeply, "Ying Zheng thanked Mr. for saving his life, if it weren't for Mr., if the widow really brought this flower into the palace, then maybe the widow will go to see the widow's father soon." ”
Seeing Ying Zheng give such a big gift to himself. Wei Yu hurriedly stood up and helped Ying Zheng up, and said: "Dawang Jiren has his own natural appearance, and I saw this flower in a hurry last night, and I just felt strange at that time. I came to visit the king this morning, first, I wanted to find out whether this pot of flowers was the poppy flower, and second, I wanted to take refuge in the king, make contributions to the king, and not learn in vain in the next body. ”
"Mr. is willing to follow the widow, the widow can't ask for it, but now he is not in Xianyang, the widow can not be sealed with Mr. official position for the time being, when the widow returns to the palace, Mr. can go to Xianyang with the widow, and when he arrives in the palace, the widow will reward Mr. again. ”
"Thank you, Your Majesty. ”
After solving the matter of Wei Yi, Ying Zheng was worried about how to solve the matter of the poppy, after all, this flower was left by Mi Fang'er, but she didn't say it to herself, all she knew was what Ying Hao Ying Lei's father and son said. But if the father and son want to be unfavorable to themselves, they have no reason to harm themselves. Even if they died, the throne of Qin would not be their turn to sit, but they would have to suffer the sin of offering flowers. If this flower was really left by Mi Fang'er, then how much did she know about this poppy, and did she know that this poppy was so poisonous?
Ying Zheng thought about it a lot, and he decided to put aside the marriage with Mi Fang'er for the time being, and then decide whether to marry Mi Fang'er as the king of Qin after the matter was investigated. After thinking everything through, Ying Zheng said to Meng Tian and Meng Yi's brothers sitting in front of him, Zhang Han and Wei Yi: "This matter will be kept secret for the time being, Wei Qing, you know the most about poppies, this matter will be handed over to you, you must find out, Meng Yi, you are responsible for assisting Wei Qing in investigating this matter." Zhang Han, Meng Tian, you two mobilize the army, the widow will return to Xianyang this afternoon, and after the widow returns to Xianyang, send someone to secretly bring Ying Hao's father and son to Xianyang City, and lock them in the forbidden military camp first, remember, don't leak the slightest rumor. ”
"Your Ministers obeyed. ”
Ying Zheng's identity was already made public at the dinner party of the Ying clan, so when he returned to Xianyang, the Ying clan specially took out a set of Qin King honor guards placed in the old palace in Yongcheng, which was useless in Yongcheng anyway, so he gave it to Ying Zheng.
After lunch, Ying Zheng was ready to leave for Xianyang. The guard of honor of King Qin outside the residence was fully prepared, and Meng Tian also specially asked Zhao Li, who was following in the shadows, to transfer hundreds of soldiers of the Meng family army to come to guard.
The residents of Yongcheng heard that His Royal Highness the current King Qin was in Yongcheng. And they were going back to the palace in the afternoon, so they ran to both sides of the streets out of the city to see the demeanor of King Qin.
As the chariot passed, Ying Zheng sat on the chariot, and there were curtains around his body, and the residents of Yongcheng couldn't see what Ying Zheng looked like sitting inside. Outside the chariot, Meng Tian and Zhang Han rode horses and walked in front of the honor guard, and in front of the chariot were Meng Yi and Wei Mi. The honor guard went out of the gate of Yongcheng and went straight to Xianyang City on the official road.