Broken intestine grass, scientific name Tripterygium wilfordii, is very poisonous. After poisoning, he will have nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain and diarrhea, so he has the prestige of the broken intestine grass.

Taohua stood up and shouted at the shopkeeper of Chunhuaxuan: "Go get some raw egg whites!" Prepare gray water, prepare soap horn water! Turning his head and hurriedly saying to Mint, "Go buy mung beans, honeysuckle and licorice, right away!" ”

Yu's mother listened to it in a daze for a long time, and then slowly understood that what Taohua said was Yu Ling, and suddenly snorted and pounced again: "What's wrong with my son!" You, are you going to poison him! ”

Taohua pushed her to the side and said to the two guards, "Carry it back!" "This has to be immediately vomited and gastric lavage.

Yu Mu cried loudly, and crawled behind the stretcher. Father Yu was still stunned, and it took a long time to turn his gaze to the steward, with an expression of disbelief.

Shen Shu said in a deep voice to the guard who was holding down the steward: "Look at it first!" Obviously, this is because the Yu family is afraid that Yu Ling will say something that should not be said, and he will kill him.

The steward suddenly shouted: "What is the prince going to do, the little one is not suitable for carrying a bag of mandala powder on his body, how can he deduct the matter of the broken intestine grass on the small one's head?" At this time, he also knew that things were not going to be easy, and he couldn't help but regret a little that he shouldn't have been in such a hurry.

This steward can also be regarded as Yu Ge Lao's confidant, and he often does something for him outside, but there is a big steward who has been waiting for Yu Ge Lao since he was a child, and he is so far from coming out. This person has a competitive spirit, and although he is diligent in doing things, he is also easily dazzled by the goal in front of him and does something that is too much.

This is the case now. In fact, Yu Ling was already sick and groggy, even if he was taken away for a while and a half, he might not be able to say anything, not to mention that he might not dare to open his mouth to expose his family's affairs, so he could go back first and clarify the elder before dealing with it. It's just that he was eager to make meritorious contributions, for fear that he would be blamed if he didn't do this errand well, and then Yu Ge Lao handed him this bag of medicine again, obviously because he didn't care much about his life, so he used the medicine on impulse, but he didn't expect to be seen through by Shen Shu and knew that this time it was tricky.

He knew very well in his heart that if he was investigated, Yu Ge Lao would not admit that he had instructed him, even if he thought about his wife and children at home, he also knew that he could only bear the charge himself. In this case, it is better to muddy the water, if there is a glimmer of hope, Yu Ge Lao will also fish him out for the sake of still having some secrets in his stomach.

Thinking about this, the steward pulled his throat and shouted: "Just now, my young master was brought out of this shop, who knows what he ate before?" Didn't someone secretly feed poison to my young master? His eyes rolled and he exclaimed, "The little one knows that the princess of the county has excellent medical skills, and she will definitely be able to cure this person who has taken poison, but don't try my young master!" ”

This is really vicious, clearly referring to Taohua to make a name for himself, deliberately feeding Yu Ling poison, and then coming to treat him.

Shen Shu was extremely angry, although he knew that if he started to beat someone at this time, he would definitely fall into the truth, and he couldn't care about it, so he raised his hand and whipped it down, and a whip mark suddenly slanted over the steward's face, and even his lips were broken, and he couldn't speak for a while.

However, because of the troubles made by the steward, the people who had already gathered around the street, although they did not dare to get too close, also pointed and whispered.

Shen Shu coldly asked the guards to drag the steward to the door of Chunhuaxuan, gagged and knelt, and went straight into the store. He understands very well what this steward is not afraid of dying, although the matter is big, and it will not end well with Yu Ge Lao, but now they really have no evidence to prove that this steward is poisoned, I am afraid that in the end, Yu Ge Lao will still be able to take himself out.

However, now I can't care about this, first of all, Yu Ling can't die, otherwise Taohua won't be able to say clearly.

As soon as Shen Shu entered the back hall, he heard the sound of vomiting. Taohua half-knelt on the ground, leaned Yu Ling's body on her knees, and slapped him the back. Yu Ling vomited heavily, but as soon as he finished vomiting, he was poured a bowl of gray water, and then turned over and vomited again.

He was still a little unconscious, and he only vomited twice before refusing to drink any more water. Taohua unceremoniously called a guard to hold him, pinched his nose and poured a bowl of soaphorn water down, and then turned him over and vomited.

Yu Ling vomited four times in a row, and the whole person withered, and all he spit out was clear water.

Taohua couldn't care about the stains on his skirt, so he turned his face to examine it carefully, and only breathed a sigh of relief after a while: "Just pour him another bowl of raw egg whites." "So far, Yu Ling has no signs of blood pressure drop and difficulty breathing, and there is no blood in the things he spit out.

Yu Ling vomited softly, and had no power to resist, and the guys from Chunhuaxuan fed him raw egg whites and carried him in to change and wash. Shen Shu walked over and helped Taohua up: "Is he okay?" ”

"Luckily, it's fine." Momoka bent down again, rummaging through the pile of things that Yu Ling had spit out for the first time, and pulled out a small piece of something, "He was fed pills." ”

The first time Yu Ling spit it out was still semi-liquid, there were the wine and food he ate, and the decoction he fed, and now they all poured out of his stomach, not to mention how good the smell was, even the guards next to him who had seen flesh and blood on the battlefield and seen their intestines dragged out of their stomachs couldn't help frowning.

Taohua didn't care, and motioned for a container to hold the small thing: "I guess this pill may have been prepared for people to commit suicide." "The pill is more convenient to swallow than the powder, but because it is made into a pill, the melting speed is slower than that of the powder, and the onset of the medicine is naturally slow. Of course, it was fortunate that Shen Shu discovered the small action of the steward on the spot, otherwise it would probably be too late when Yu Ling felt abdominal pain.

"Just in case, I still have to boil some licorice mung bean water for him to drink." Taohua hadn't induced vomiting since she crossed over, and it was just when she was busy just now, but now seeing that Yu Ling was fine, her heart was relieved, and she suddenly felt that the smell on her body was unbearable, and she almost wanted to vomit, but Shen Shu could still stand next to her, "I'll go change my clothes." ”

This time I came out to go to the Lu family for a follow-up visit, but I didn't expect these things at all, and Mint naturally didn't think about bringing a piece of clothing. And her clothes were also dirty, so the master and servant asked for hot water and washed them out, and looked at each other in the room. Mint saw that her clothes were still a little dirty, and said, "Otherwise, the girl will wear the slave maid first, and the slave maid will find a young man to borrow clothes to wear, and immediately go back to bring the girl's clothes." ”

Taohua sighed: "Anyway, it's a carriage, so if you and I borrow a set of guys' clothes and wear them, no one will see it." ”

Mint looked at her own set of clothes, and had to nod and say, "The slave went to find the shopkeeper—"

As soon as he said this, he heard a few knocks on the door, and Mint went over to open the door, and saw a woman in green walking in with a burden, and bowed to Taohua: "The prince asked the slave to come over and send a few clothes to the girl." ”

"Cicada clothes?" Tao Huawei was a little surprised, in such a short period of time, Shen Shu actually called her over?

"Yes." Cicada Yi lowered her head slightly, "Although these clothes belong to slaves, they have never been put on the body, don't dislike it, girl." ”

Shen Shu was concerned, Taohua naturally would not dislike it, and asked while dressing, "What about the prince?" When she had finished washing, she heard that the courtyard was quiet, and that there seemed to be more movement outside.

Cicada Yi came over and waited for her to dress with Mint, and said, "Jingzhao Yin Yamen is here, and the Yu family is still making trouble outside." The prince said, please don't go out, change your clothes and go home, those things are handled by the prince. ”

Things have come to such a point, and it is indeed not Taohua who can interfere. Putting on his clothes, Sanqi's carriage was already waiting at the back door of Chunhuaxuan, and when Taohua got on the car, he heard that there was still chaos at the front door, and Sanqi had a tense face, as if he was angry with someone.

Mint couldn't help but ask him, "Who is this putting on a face with?" ”

Sanqi blushed and pointed ahead, feeling that it was not appropriate: "Anyway, it's all nonsense, and the girl doesn't have to listen to them." ”

"Oh?" As soon as he said this, Taohua had to ask, "What did you say?" ”

Sanqi didn't want to say anything, but Cicada Yi replied: "Some people say that this poison was originally given by the girl, but it is just for fame." Some people also said that Yu Ling was not poisoned at all, and the girl was just pretending, if she was really poisoned, she couldn't be saved at all. "All in all, it means that Taohua is selling her reputation and reputation, and the thief shouts to catch the thief.

Sanqi glanced at the cicada clothes a little complainingly, why did these words be said so clearly, didn't it make the girl unhappy when she heard it? He was so angry when he heard a few words in front of him just now, not to mention that the girl took so much trouble to save the person surnamed Yu, wouldn't it be even more troublesome to know?

Taohua sneered: "If you don't say that, how can the Yu family get out?" Obviously, Yu Rui's killing of Liang is undoubted, but if it is just this one thing, it seems that it is not enough to kill people. Could it be that Yu Rui is so important in the eyes of the elder of the pavilion, and he will not hesitate to kill the children of the side branches to ensure that he is not affected? Or is there something else going on in the Yu family?

The carriage returned to Jiang's house, Jiang Xi happened to come out of Mrs. Jiang's place, and when he saw his daughter coming back with a change of clothes, even her hair was combed again, and there was a strange maid beside her, she couldn't help but be startled: "But what happened to the Lu family?" ”

Taohua hurriedly said: "Dad, don't worry, it's actually nothing." Turning his head to Sanqi, "You send the girl in cicada clothes back to the county king's mansion." ”

When Jiang Xi heard the county king's mansion, he couldn't help but look at the cicada clothes a few times before following Taohua into the house and asked, "What happened?" Whose garment does it belong to? "The clothes are all good, and they are similar to what Taohua wears on weekdays, but looking at the style of narrow sleeves and short placket, it should be worn by the next person, and the skirt is a little shorter, which does not fit.

Taohua walked behind the screen and changed her clothes, while telling her about today's Yu Ling. Jiang Xi was taken aback when he heard this: "Kill good and risk merit? This, this is simply too evil! In this way, the child of the Yu family is still a good one, with him testifying, the emperor is now asking Yu Rui to ask for the crime, maybe it's still too late? ”

Taohua couldn't help but shake her head, her father was indeed too naïve: "If Yu Ling could kill his relatives in such a righteous way, he probably wouldn't be drunk on the street." ”

"But the Yu family is going to abandon the pawn to protect the car, if it weren't for you today, he would definitely be poisoned!"

Taohua still shook her head: "I don't think it's that easy, not to mention that there is no evidence to prove to Yu Ling now that the Yu family wants to poison him to kill him." Although Yu Ling may be vaguely able to guess in his heart, it is still unknown whether he will open his mouth because of this, after all, he is not alone, and his parents are in the hands of the elder Ge.

The result of this incident was only known after four or five days. But to be precise, this is not really a result, it can only be regarded as a "development situation".

“…… The prince said, please don't care about the girl, this matter is handled by the prince. If there is one or two gossip outside, the girl should not be angry with those little people......"

It was fifteen who came to deliver the message. Since he had already made it clear at the door of Chunhua Xuan that day that he would stand up for his princess, Shen Shu was not too taboo, knowing that Taohua must be worried about this matter, he simply sent fifteen over.

Yu Ling was taken away that day, because the matter was too big, and the emperor heard about it in the palace, so he simply sent someone to him, and Yu Ling was directly taken to the forbidden middle school for questioning.

However, although the people were taken away, the situation did not subside, and it is said that Yu Ling was still very sick when he was brought to the emperor, and he couldn't ask anything at all. However, he couldn't prove that he came back to deliver the letter for Yu Rui, so he was locked up by the emperor.

Since Yu Ling couldn't reply, he naturally couldn't prove who poisoned him, but most of the pills that vomited out of his stomach were tested by the Tai Hospital, and they were determined to be honey pills made of broken intestine grass, which looked quite similar to pills for coughing or hangover on the surface, and it was very likely that inexperienced people would misunderstand.

But this honey pill only complicates the situation. Yu's father and mother shouted everywhere outside, and what they said was that Sang scolded Huai, although they didn't dare to say that it was Taohua who fed Yu Ling poison, but they clearly said that they would never believe that it was the steward who did this.

However, although the words of Yu's father and mother as their father and mother sound very powerful, they can't suppress another voice - that is, Yu Rui killed the people outside, and the Yu family had to abandon Yu Ling in order to cover up. Otherwise, why did Yu Ling drink heavily after returning to Beijing, and according to his usual behavior, he was not a greedy person at all. Not to mention that if he was ordered to return to Beijing to deliver a letter, he should not be so drunk and misguided.

And before Yu Ling entered the palace to face the saint, he had already been examined by the imperial doctor, and there were no fractures and other injuries, which shows that the Jiang family's carriage did not hurt him, so there was no reason to feed him poison. The Jiang family had the words of the first emperor and could not practice medicine, and Taohua's medical skills had been confirmed by the queen mother and the emperor. Especially now that she is the future princess of the county, can she still go out to see people again if she marries into the palace in the future?

So there are suspicions on both sides now, but on one side is the future princess of the county, and on the other side is the old man of the court, no matter who is involved in poisoning, it is enough to lose the face of the court, but it is evenly matched. It is precisely because of the relationship with the face of the court that the emperor means that he does not want to make trouble to everyone, and he will deal with everything privately.

"Then, how does the emperor plan to deal with this matter?" It's mainly Yu Rui's side, do you still let him continue to slaughter the people?

Fifteen was a little embarrassed: "This--the subordinates don't know." I heard that the emperor has sent a messenger to Shandong, probably to let Yu Wei defend himself. ”

Mint's eyes widened when he heard this: "Still let him defend himself?" He killed innocent people and deceived the emperor, didn't he arrest him immediately? ”

"There is no evidence." Taohua sighed, "Yu Ling didn't even open his mouth, and the emperor could only send someone to Shandong to investigate." "But can Shandong find evidence?

Fifteen nodded: "However, the emperor has already asked Qin to send a will, and the matter of the Red Lotus Sect must be carefully verified, and it must not be killed in vain." There are also bandits who have not been suppressed, and they should be mainly appeased. ”

Mint looked angry. Taohua smiled bitterly: "Yu Ling's illness, what does the imperial doctor say, and when can it be cured?" ”

Fifteen shook his head again: "When people enter the forbidden middle, there is no news outside." I heard that the emperor sent two imperial doctors to treat them together, and it seems that he is quite sick. ”

Whether he is seriously ill or unwilling to speak, only God knows the emperor. Taohua couldn't intervene in this kind of thing, so she asked Fifteen to reply to Shen Shu, just saying that she wouldn't go out at will these days, so he didn't have to worry.

Shen Shu was not in the county king's mansion at the moment, but quietly entered the palace.

said that he entered the palace, but he went not to the emperor's Mingguang Palace, nor the Queen Mother's Shouxian Palace, but a somewhat desolate palace room in the west of the palace. It is said that the feng shui here is not good, and the concubines who have lived for several times have ended up falling out of favor and dying, and gradually no one lives, and even the grass in the courtyard has grown tall, if you don't see it with your own eyes, it is hard to believe that there is such a dilapidated place in the palace.

"Look at this." As soon as the emperor saw Shen Shu, he pointed to something on the table.

At first glance, it looks like a brand new ink ingot, but on closer inspection, it seems to have something mixed in. Shen Shu picked it up and looked at it and put it down: "Brother is blunt, I don't recognize this thing." ”

The emperor sneered: "There is diamond powder here. If you let people eat it, it will be rotten in the intestines, which is no worse than broken intestine grass! ”

At this time, even Shen Shu was taken aback: "Are they going to have to take Yu Ling's life?" ”

The emperor glanced at the ink ingot in disgust: "This was found in Gu Tai's medicine box, and I asked the little chamberlain to steal it out." But he didn't have time to do it yet. "These days, when the two imperial doctors came in to diagnose the pulse, the palace people were inseparable, and the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone were all prepared, so although the imperial doctor Gu carried this ink ingot, he didn't have a chance to use it yet.

"Their hands are fast enough." Shen Shu frowned, "In this way, the news from Shandong is accurate, what the Red Lotus Sect is, I'm afraid it's all a lie from the Yu family." ”

The emperor's expression was cold: "Even I don't know about such ink ingots." The palace people who were still waiting for had seen something similar, and they became suspicious and found out that something was wrong. ”

The palace people are already in their fifties, and there was a clan aunt in the family who also worked as a palace person in the previous dynasty and had seen the power of diamond powder. Later, when the palace was elected, the aunt saw that this niece was also among the candidates, and was afraid that she would suffer a loss after entering the palace, so she told her a lot of palace methods, so she could see something strange.

The emperor will settle here in the collar, choose reliable people, and let the eunuch Du come and know the benefits and disadvantages. The people of this palace were naturally very cautious, and they only reported it if they were suspicious. The emperor ordered the little chamberlain to find an opportunity to exchange the ink ingots, and this was the case.

After this diamond powder enters the abdomen, it does not attack immediately like the broken intestine grass, nor can it be diagnosed from the veins, but it is attached to the wall of the human intestine and stomach, and gradually wears it through and wears away. Since it is not a poison, it cannot be cured with other medicines.

Rao is Shen Shu has seen the scene of flesh and blood flying on the battlefield, and he also feels a chill in his back when he thinks of the poison of this thing: "What is the emperor going to do?" "Since the emperor has quietly replaced this ink ingot, he probably doesn't want to expose this matter immediately.

Sure enough, the emperor said coldly: "Since they will want to kill Yu Yu and then quickly, I will do what they want." ”

Shen Shu thought for a while: "Does the emperor want them to think that Yu Ling is dead?" ”

The emperor nodded, his expression was cold and a little self-deprecating: "Even if this matter is exposed now, it is not enough to pull it up at home, but it will startle the snake." ”

Shen Shu was silent, and he also felt a little helpless. In fact, in many cases, the emperor is not able to do whatever he wants.

The emperor stared at the ink ingot for a moment, and said coldly, "I have patience, I can wait." Yu Ge Lao can't live for many years, when he is alive, this matter may not be able to do anything to him, but when he dies, with Yu Ling's words, he can uproot his family! ”

People go to tea and cool, and the wall falls down and everyone pushes it, this kind of thing is very common in the sea of eunuchs.

"And now-" Shen Shu asked tentatively, "...... over there in Shandong"

"After Qin sent to check, he will let Yu Rui collect his troops." The emperor closed his eyes, "I can't do anything without evidence." Keep this sin for the time being, and let them be justified in the future. ”

"Did Yu Lingken speak?" Yu Ling actually sobered up the day after he was sent to the palace. Although he was fed the Broken Intestine Grass Pill, because Taohua dealt with it in time, there was nothing wrong. The rest is a cold and depression, Taohua gave him a dose of medicine before, and then there was a doctor to diagnose and treat, so he was naturally cured immediately. However, after he sobered up, he didn't say a word, only saying that he couldn't help the hard work in the army and returned to Beijing without permission.

"Him?" The emperor sneered, "If you don't see the coffin, you won't cry." I thought that if he hadn't seen the diamond powder in the medicine with his own eyes, he wouldn't have spoken. I have my own arrangements for this matter, and I called you here today to ask Jiang Shi if there is any medicine, and after drinking it, people will think that they have taken diamond powder. ”

Shen Shu immediately understood what the emperor meant: "When the younger brother leaves the palace, he will immediately send someone to ask." "Only by letting Yu Ling fake his death and deceiving the Imperial Doctor Gu can he reassure Yu Ge Lao.

The emperor finally smiled a little: "You go." In addition, these days, I am afraid that I will wronged your princess, I will be suppressed here, you will still make trouble there, and there will be someone outside to talk about a few words. ”

He wanted to make Yu Ge Lao think that Shen Shu was making trouble, so he had to investigate the matter. However, it is not a pleasant thing for a future princess to be chewed by people on the streets.

Shen Shu bowed his head and bowed: "This matter will be arranged by the minister." He had to think carefully about how to meet the emperor's requirements and make Taohua's name appear a few times less in the mouths of those people in the market.