Nalan Jinxiu was puzzled. She checked the food and water sources, and there was no problem. Could it be that she was negligent somewhere? She asked Mu Li to interrogate the head of Fuhe Village carefully, asking him to think about what they had eaten before the plague, and whether there was anything they hadn't eaten before.

The village chief thought hard for a long time, but in the end he didn't come up with it. Their village has also been affected a lot by the war. Because of the inconvenience of material transportation, some people's rice at home is gone, and filling their stomachs has become a problem, so there are still people to eat something fresh?

Nalan Jinxiu grasped the point of his words: "Since you can't eat enough, then someone will definitely find a way to fill your stomach, think about it again, is there really nothing special?"

The village chief bowed his head, coughed violently for a while, and then said, "Because we left all the food at home for the children, everyone gathered together to chat." When a group of people are together, when they are hungry, they will dig well water to drink, and after drinking a full amount of water, they will continue to talk, and they will not seem so hungry. ”

After the village chief finished speaking, he suddenly realized that they had all drunk water from the well at the entrance of the village that afternoon. Nalan Jinxiu and Mu Li found the well, Mu Li brought a bucket of water up, the water was very clear, and I couldn't see anything special. Nalan Jinxiu came closer to smell it, she was naturally sensitive to drugs, and she actually smelled a faint fishy smell.

"Mu Li, there seems to be something wrong with this water. ”

Mu Li frowned, looked carefully, and really couldn't see any difference from ordinary water. But he trusted the judgment of the county lord, and only asked, "Then what next?"

Nalan Jinxiu was tested with a silver needle, showing that it was non-toxic. She boiled the water again, and it was still transparent and did not change color. She pounded many bottles of potion with herbs and came out, and the drops were the same, no change. She was silent for a while, and finally made up her mind: "I'm going to take a sip of water and see if I don't catch the plague." ”

"No!" Mu Li refused sharply, his face gloomy and ugly.

"I suspect that someone has poisoned the well, and I am not good at this, so I can only try the poison to record its subtle changes, and then I can come up with a way to deal with it. ”

Mu Li stared at the water: "There are so many sick people, the county lord can ask them." ”

"It's useless, I came too late, I didn't get in touch with them for the first time, and it's all one-sided to say it now. ”

"Then the subordinates will test the poison for the county lord, and the county lord will watch from the sidelines, and record it from time to time. ”

Nalan Jinxiu shook her head: "Mu Li, you are not a doctor, you can't experience the subtle feeling of poison walking in your body at all." All you can know is the superficial things, like where it hurts......"

"Your subordinates are ordered by the prince to protect the county lord, if you insist on testing the poison yourself, please go back with your subordinates first to ask for the consent of the prince. ”

Nalan Jinxiu knew that he wanted his brother to stop her. With Xu Jince's attribute of protecting his sister, if she hadn't begged her father, he probably wouldn't have agreed to her coming to Pingcheng, let alone testing the poison herself? Mu Li could still listen to her orders, Xu Jince would definitely not.

"I am the county lord of Zhenbei Wangfu, and my father and brother are both responsible for protecting the northern frontier. I'm a doctor, and Heiseong needs me now, and I can't do nothing. ”

"But you're the lord of the county. ”

"What's wrong with the county lord? Mu Li, are you trying to tell me that as the county lord, I have to be heavier than others?

"County Lord......" Mu Li's tone weakened significantly.

"All beings are equal, everyone is responsible for life, now is the time when I am needed, how can I retreat, are you right?" Nalan Jinxiu smiled Yan Yan, as if he was gossiping with him, where is there a danger of testing the poison by himself.

Mu Li knew that she was a little willful in her bones, she was the kind of character who said nothing, and because of her identity, he always had to listen to her and let her. Therefore, Mu Li took a sip of water neatly. Before Nalan Jinxiu could react, he had already drunk the water.

"County Lord, your subordinates will never leave, just ask whatever you want. ”

"You...... How can you do this, in case I ......" Nalan Jinxiu was anxious and didn't know what to say, she only pulled Mu Li's sleeve, looking anxious.

Mu Li smiled and said very seriously: "What's the matter? The county lord is afraid that he won't be able to solve this poison? I don't know who it was just now, and I swore that I must have a way." ”

"I'm talking about my own poisoning, who made you drink this water?"

"How can subordinates watch the county lord suffer?"

Nalan Jinxiu was speechless, although she wanted to lose her temper now, and wanted to question Mu Li who was the master, whether she or him, why didn't he listen to her at all, and was good at making claims everywhere, but she also knew that it was useless to talk more, Mu Li had already drunk the water. If it was really because of the water, she could only concentrate on thinking of countermeasures.

Mu Li was not as nervous as her, looking at her quietly, his heart was surprisingly peaceful. He sat down against the well, one leg bent, one arm casually on his knee, and his posture looked a little more casual than the usual plana, but he was so comfortable that he couldn't do it.

"How do you feel now?" asked Nalan Jinxiu nervously.

Mu Li couldn't help laughing: "How can it be so fast, if it is really so fast, it will not be infected by most of the people in the village." ”

There was silence between the two again, Mu Li was usually like a piece of wood, and it was difficult for him to say a word, let alone two people to chat. About half a cup of tea later, Mu Li turned his head to look at her. Nalan Jinxiu thought he had reacted, and said nervously: "Where are you uncomfortable?"

"No, my subordinates just feel a little sleepy sitting like this, and I'm afraid that I'll fall asleep. ”

"What then? Why don't you get up and look around?"

Mu Li disagreed, because they only suspected that there was something wrong with the well water, and they were not sure. There was no one in this place, and it wouldn't be nice if they were wandering around in case they ran into someone with the plague.

"County Lord, do you know how to sing?"

Nalan Jinxiu nodded: "What do you want to hear?"

"Anything. ”

She thought about it for a moment and casually hummed a sunny and snowy tune. Her voice is smooth and soft, humming so much that it only makes people feel that the years are quiet. When Mu Li went out on a mission before, he had some music in Goolan Washe, imitating women singing and playing the piano. At that time, he didn't care too much, and he didn't think it sounded good, but now he felt that the original woman was humming a tune at will, and it was so good.

Nalan Jinxiu hummed tired, stopped, and her mood relaxed a lot, she turned her head sideways and said to Mu Li: "Actually, I don't know if I can sing, I just hum the tune I usually play on the piano." If you want to sing it as a song, you must fill in the lyrics. ”

Mu Li's life for so many years is actually very simple, in addition to training various battlefield skills, that is, how to obtain intelligence and how to be an excellent spy. He never seemed to have enjoyed life, let alone the anecdotes of these nobles to kill time.

"Fill in the words?"

"Yes, if you fill in the lyrics for this tune, then you can sing it. ”

"Then why didn't the county lord fill it in?"

Nalan Jinxiu smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "It's not that I don't want to fill it in, but my humanistic talent is really bad, and I don't rhyme much when I make a poem." It is said that the third brother will definitely be able to do an excellent job of filling in the words. ”

She unconsciously remembered Ji Hongye again, and then she didn't have any thoughts, she lowered her head, and her head was in a mess. It's not the first time Mu Li has heard her talk about the third brother, the last time she was asleep unconsciously, she also called this name. The person who can be remembered by her like this must be someone who is very important to her?

"Third brother, who is it?"

"No one. ”

She didn't want to continue the topic anymore, and Mu Li didn't continue to ask. He remembered that she had called Ji Hongxuan's sixth brother, so could this third brother also be a member of the Ji family? The county lord was raised in his grandfather's house, and it was not a secret in the palace, almost everyone knew it. Could it be that the third brother she never forgets is Ji Hongxuan's brother?

The Ji family and Zhenbei Wangfu are cousins, and she has been raised in the Ji family for so many years. Young boys and girls get along day and night, and maybe they have secret feelings. A particularly strange feeling suddenly rose in Mu Li's heart, a little sour, a little painful. Was he jealous, jealous that she was so concerned about a man? But what was the use of him being jealous, didn't he already know that he would never be worthy of the county lord in his life?

Sooner or later, the leader of the group wants to marry someone, and if he can marry someone he likes, wouldn't that be a very good thing? Why should he have such resistance, she has someone she likes, and that person is worthy of her. If she can marry the person she likes, her life will inevitably be happy, is it his wish?

Mu Li kept asking himself in his heart, asked many times, and convinced himself many times. The sourness of his heart was suppressed by him, he thought, no matter who she likes, no matter who she will marry in the future, as long as he follows her, as long as he tries his best to protect her, it is enough, enough!

I don't know if it's because of feeling uncomfortable, Mu Li actually felt that his chest was very stuffy, and he was about to explode. He suppressed it for a long time, but he couldn't hold it anymore, so he began to cough violently. When he coughed, a bloody breath rose in his throat, and he was afraid of scaring the county lord, so he forced it down.

As soon as Nalan Jinxiu saw that he began to cough, she went over to cut his pulse. The pulse was quite peaceful, just a little weak, she looked at Mu Li, frowned, and said, "How do you feel now?"

"Tightness in the chest. ”

"Do you want to cough uncontrollably?"

"Yes. ”

"Do you feel a stomachache?"

Mu Li felt that his stomach did hurt a little, but it was not serious, so he told the truth.