"I'm about to go to you! And voila, guess who he is? Xu Miaojin pointed to Qingnong behind him.

"Qingnong, let me introduce you, this is that friend of mine, his name is Redstone. Redstone, who is the prince's bodyguard. ”

"The great kindness of the general and the county lord, Qingnong will never forget!" Qingnong hugged his fists.

"I'm ashamed that I couldn't save the prince." Redstone's voice was low, like a wall in front of him.

"Redstone, we've been speculating for a long time if someone is trying to stop us from saving the prince, and Qingnong is also guessing whether the prince is really poisoned, why don't we get to the bottom of it." Xu Miaojin said.

"Well, let's find a secluded place to talk." Redstone walks towards a fork in the road.

The three of them came to an abandoned courtyard.

"Qingnong, tell me in detail about the prince's condition for most of the past six months." Redstone Road.

"Yes. When he first came back from Xi'an, His Royal Highness often had chills on his body, and sometimes he shivered, and the imperial doctor did not find out the symptoms, so he did not dare to use medicine indiscriminately, so he could only use some mild medicine to ward off the cold and clear the channel. After more than a month, the imperial doctors still could not find out what His Highness was suffering from, but His Highness's condition became more and more serious, and he began to cough up blood, his pulse was fast and slow, the whites of his eyes were yellow, and his whole body was swollen. ”

"The imperial doctor said that it was a sign of weakness of all internal organs, but he didn't know what the cause was. They gave His Highness the medicine to strengthen the yang, but His Highness's body is getting worse day by day......"

Gyeongnon's throat rustled, struggling to suppress the trembling and choking.

"Until two days before His Highness left, His Highness's skin began to turn purple, and the imperial doctor said that His Highness might be poisoned. So they gave His Highness the antidote, but it was too late, His Highness was poisoned too deeply, and his internal organs were exhausted, and he had no power to return to heaven. ”

Qingnong clenched his fists tightly, as if he wanted to smash something.

What is it? He didn't know either. Maybe it's the one who harmed the prince, maybe it's the useless imperial doctor, or maybe it's the God who doesn't have long eyes.

"How has the prince's complexion changed?" Redstone asked.

"At first, it was like an ordinary person, but after two or three months, it was like ashes, and his lips were dark, and it was not until two days before His Highness left that his whole body began to turn purple." Qingnong Road.

Redstone's left hand rests on his right elbow, his right hand on his chin, and his fingers keep tapping on his chin as if it contains the answer he wants.

"Did you encounter anything strange in Xi'an?"

"Strange things?" Qingnong thought for a while, "The strangest thing is to watch the cockfighting competition, and what happened at the Tessen banquet." ”

Redstone was also present at the time, so Qingnong didn't need to go into details.

"Other than that, have you been in contact with anyone? Have you eaten anything special? ”

"Except for the people who have been in contact with King Qin, we have no contact with anyone else. We all ate in the palace of King Qin. ”

"Qingnong, calm down and think about it. Did anything happen that you didn't expect? Maybe it's just a small thing. ”

"The unexpected? Before the death of the crown prince, the king of Jin came. King Jin quietly asked the villain about the prince's illness behind his back. ”

"How did you answer?"

"The villain told King Jin what he thought, and he was very angry."

"Well, what about before that? Are there any surprises? ”

Qingnong frowned, he couldn't think of anything anymore, his mind was full of the figure of the prince.

He smacked his head hard, feeling like it was as useless as a wooden fish.

"Qingnong, don't worry," Xu Miaojin patiently inspired, "You start thinking all the way from Xi'an, you two always talk to strangers, horses also have to eat grass and drink water, who have you dealt with?" ”

"Horses? Right! Qingnong's eyes lit up, "We changed a horse at the post station on the way, and the post said that the king of Qin had prepared a thousand-mile horse for us, and a golden saddle!" ”

"Maxima? Golden Saddle? Prepared by King Qin? How does the King of Qin know which post station you are going to change horses in? Redstone asked alertly.

At that time, the villain also had this question, but His Royal Highness said that it was a post station in the middle of the capital to Xi'an, and it was natural for the King of Qin to know that we would change horses there. Also, the villain remembered one more thing. Qingnong's mind was opened.

"We bought a fan opposite the Qin Palace, and the fan is painted with Queen Ma and the emperor!"

"Where's the fan? I'll take a look! ”

"The saddle and fan are in the East Palace, and Your Highness has asked me to keep them safe."

"Check it out!"

The East Palace seems to be shrouded in a gray mist, the trees are gray, the flowers are gray, the palace is gray, and the people are gray.

It has lost its color and vibrancy, and it has lost its hope.

"General, county lord, the villain is going to show you." Qingnong ran to the side hall, and soon, he walked out with two things carefully wrapped in silk.

"The small one is a fan, General, open it and take a look."

The redstone peeled off the satin layer by layer, and a very ordinary fan came into view.

Its ordinary appearance is grossly disproportionate to the treatment it receives.

Xu Miaojin's eyes widened, her mouth opened wide, and the words that belittled the fan did not come out after all.

Hongshi opened the fan, looked left and right, nodded frequently, and muttered, "No wonder His Royal Highness the Crown Prince likes this fan so much." ”

Xu Miaojin leaned her head over, she couldn't understand the purpose of the painting on the fan, and asked puzzledly: "This is the queen and the emperor?" Can the queen carry the emperor? ”

"Exactly. The emperor was wounded that year, and the pursuers were behind him. The queen was so anxious that she ran away with the emperor on her back, and the emperor escaped with his life. ”

"Oh, the queen is amazing!"

"Yes, she's a great, very good queen."

"Strange, how do the people know so much about the emperor and the queen? I don't even know! Xu Miaojin said.

"You used to be closed, and of course you didn't know anything. But it's really strange, why just when the prince passed by, there was such a person selling this kind of fan opposite the Qin Palace? His Royal Highness King Yan and I have never seen anyone selling fans opposite the Qin Palace. ”

Redstone put the fan in front of his nose and sniffed it, and his nose had fulfilled its mission to gather crucial information - he smelled something terrible.

Redstone remembered his days in Shennong Palace many years ago.

Although the memory was so long, it was so far away that it had not been a moment in his mind for so many years; Although the smell emanating from the fan was very light, as faint as a passing cloud of smoke, and nothing would be left, he still caught the smell, which was the taste of Shennongding.

Nong Qingyun must have done it by Nong Qingyun!

Redstone is sure of what he thinks. Nong Qingyun is despicable and filthy in his mind, besides him, who else will use the Shennong of Shennong Palace to harm people?

But why did Nong Qingyun harm the prince, could it be that he was also involved in the turmoil of the struggle for the reserve?

Who does he play for? King of Qin, King of Jin, or someone else?

"Redstone, how's it going? Is there a problem with this fan? Xu Miaojin saw Hongshi stunned and pushed his shoulder.

"Oh," Redstone said from his contemplation, "yes, there's something wrong with this fan!" Qingnong, does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince often use this fan? ”

"No," Qingnon shook his head, "Your Highness has never used it. When he bought the fan, His Royal Highness was slightly ill, and he was suffering from heat stroke, so he couldn't use the fan, so he asked the villain to hide it carefully. Later, His Highness has been sick and has not had the opportunity to use it. ”

"The prince hasn't used a fan?" Redstone had a hint of surprise on his face.

Nong Qingyun's treacherous plan failed to succeed, and his heart was somewhat relaxed.

"That's good, that's good, I'll take a look at this saddle again."

Three layers inside and three layers outside, the golden saddle finally took off its long-bound coat, and made no secret of its nobility in the sun.

Gold and jewellery compete to emit the brightest light and catch the eye of the viewer.

Redstone, Xu Miaojin, and Qingnong all squinted their eyes because of the glare in the eyes, but none of them turned their heads away.

"Wow, this saddle is so beautiful!" Xu Miaojin couldn't help but admire.

"It's a good saddle!" Redstone's hand gently swept from the front bridge over the saddle, to the tail, and back to the saddle.

The white deerskin on the saddle was soft and delicate, but they had lost their former vitality, and the criss-crossing textures enveloped the dead wood instead of the living body.

Suddenly, Redstone drew his sword and stabbed it at the saddle, quickly and urgently.

Qingnong was startled and jumped backwards holding the saddle.

But it was too late, and a large, deep cut split the deerskin in two.

"General, you ......," Qingnon exclaimed, his terrified eyes not knowing whether to see the decisive general or the broken saddle.

"Don't worry." Redstone stepped forward with a blank face and pressed his nose closer to the ripp.

The fragrance of golden silk nanmu mixed with a familiar smell penetrated into his nostrils.

The memory of this taste is much closer and clearer than that of Shennongding.

This is wolf sand from the Western Regions, made from wolf poison grass and poison sand extracts.

When Redstone was at Qingshou Temple, he discussed wolf sand with a wandering monk from the Western Regions.

It's toxic, but it's hard to detect. Poisoned patients are often misdiagnosed as other diseases for treatment, and only show symptoms of poisoning when they are terminally ill, when the internal organs are exhausted, and there is no cure.

"How's it going, redstone? Also have questions? Xu Miaojin asked.

"There's a problem!" Redstone frowned.

Who poisoned this? There are two terrifying forces behind them, spreading their claws in the darkness and pounce on their prey.

This time it's the prince, will it be King Yan next time? What exactly do they want to do? Will they affect his plans?

"General, this, what's going on? Your Highness was killed by this saddle? Qingnong's facial features shifted.

He, as the prince's bodyguard, the only guard who accompanied the prince to Xi'an, was unaware of the danger lurking beside the prince.

How could he put the crown prince in a poisonous saddle? How could he be like a piece of wood to get those with ill intentions close to the crown prince?

He was the one who killed the prince!