"Hmph, what King Ling, you are for your own merits to disregard the life and death of our people!"

"We ate your porridge and there was a problem, you have to give us an explanation!"

"Yes!"

Nangong Ling's eyes narrowed slightly, revealing the meaning of scrutiny, this man had been deliberately inciting the emotions of the people from the beginning, and now he was pressing step by step, and there must be something strange in it.

"Folks, folks, listen to me," Chen Youqing shouted with a lot of effort in his throat, "Now is not the time to hold people accountable, the most important thing at the moment is how to treat the people." Let's go back first, take care of our relatives, we will definitely find out the truth and give you an explanation! ”

Chen Youqing: To put it mildly, these people left scoldingly.

"General Ling, maybe you can see if it's a problem with water or rice?"

Ruoxi carefully examined the remaining water and rice from the porridge shed. I don't see anything wrong with the rice, it's just that the water is a little weird. Not to mention the turbidity of the water, there is also a faint smell. If it weren't for Ruoxi's keen sense of smell, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to perceive it.

In addition, in order to prevent the riots of the victims, the rice donated by the merchants was strictly guarded by soldiers, and even if anyone wanted to do it, I am afraid that there would be no such opportunity.

"Then ask General Ling to lead someone to investigate the water source in Luzhou and find the source."

"Just in case, Chen Taishou led people to check all the stored grain, and he must be careful and cautious. When it comes to detoxification, Mo Ze cooperated with Miss Luwan and ordered all the doctors in Luzhou to help with all their might! ”

"Yes!" Nangong Ling's methodical appearance successfully stabilized the flustered hearts of the Luzhou officials and carried out their respective tasks in an orderly manner.

"My lord, this King Ling is really powerful, not only did he come up with a strange trick to solve Luzhou's predicament, but he also didn't panic in the face of emergencies. It's really a bit of a prince's style! The official who followed Chen Youqing to check the grain couldn't help but praise Chen Youqing for the future prince. Even if it has not yet been canonized, but the heart of the saint, the vassals have long been tacit.

"Don't talk nonsense, get to work!" Chen Youqing scolded his subordinates, but he couldn't stop agreeing in his heart. This King Ling has indeed lived up to the expectations of the saints.

Although Luzhou is far away from Kyoto, the news of King Ling's entry into the East Palace has already spread throughout the officialdom.

I hope that this King Ling can afford the great responsibility of Liguo.

Many of the officials of the government also drank the poisoned porridge, and there were not many people available, so the officials, regardless of their positions, participated in the inspection of the grain, and tried to complete it in the shortest possible time.

In the makeshift shed, all the poisoned people lay horizontally and vertically. All the doctors in Luzhou gathered here and did what they could to alleviate their symptoms.

And in a small room next to it, Lu Wan leaned on Mo Ze's arms, with a pile of empty bowls in front of her, and a row of medicine stoves next to her, gurgling and steaming.

"Lu Wan, how are you?" Mo Ze couldn't resist Lu Wan in the end, and under her insistence, he could only help her test the poison herself.

Under the urging of internal forces, the toxins were dispersed quickly, and the poisoning was only a day's worth of Luwan, and the state was not as good as those victims outside.

"I'm fine." Lu Wan's voice was very hoarse. This poisonous Luwan had never seen it before, and according to an old doctor's speculation, it should be the local poison used in Luzhou. But Luzhou is hot and humid, and there are a lot of poisons, and this old doctor can't deduce what it is, not to mention Lu Wan, who has just arrived in Luzhou.

In order to try out the antidote as soon as possible, Lu Wan could only dispense and test the medicine again and again. Although her medical skills are outstanding, Lu Wan didn't have the strength to support her body in half a day, and she couldn't remove the medicine from her body, so she could only take vomiting drugs again. Over and over again, my throat hurts.

Mo Ze felt distressed, but he couldn't do anything about it. can only help on the side, dispensing medicine according to Lu Wan's instructions.

"Rest for a while, wait for the general to come back! The general will definitely be able to find out the source of the poison. ”

Mo Ze was really distressed when he looked at it, and forcibly snatched the medicine bowl from Lu Wan's hand.

"You ....." Lu Wan was reluctant in her heart, but she was physically exhausted, and she had no way to take Mo Ze.

Alas, that's it. Even if you induce vomiting, you can't force the medicine out completely, and trying again will affect the results.

I hope there will be good news over there!

Luzhou is located in the south of the Yangtze River, there are many large and small rivers, and several porridge sheds where the accident occurred were all taken from different places, plus there was no equipment at that time, so it could only be identified by Ruoxi's understanding of poison, so the difficulty was not small.

Ruoxi questioned the soldiers in charge of fetching water, studied the map, identified several locations that might have been poisoned, sent people to take water samples, and after identifying several suspicious locations, he took people to the field to investigate.

This is the last object of suspicion.

Could it be here?

This is the largest river in Luzhou and the main river that runs through Luzhou. In one of the tributaries downstream, there are traces of toxins that would not have been found if the water had not been evaporated and concentrated by internal force.

Obviously, the toxins that flow here have been greatly diluted. Then the real source should be upstream of him.

I picked a local know-it-all from among the officials and took them all the way up.

Just after a torrential rain, the river is swollen, and this part of the road is not easy to walk.

"What's floating in this river?" Along the way, Ruoxi found that there was a strange kind of leaf floating in the river, and the further upstream, the more leaves.

The leaves are green and look pretty good.

"General Yu, this is the leaf of Qitong, a very common tree in Luzhou. There are many mosquitoes in Luzhou, and the people dry them to drive away mosquitoes. ”

Oh? This leaf still has this effect.

Sure enough, at the source, a perch tree that had collapsed in the center of the river was indeed found.

After taking a full glass of river water, Ruoxi tried it carefully, and it seemed to be the same as the water in the porridge shed.

It is related to the safety of the people of Luzhou, and if you think about it, you don't want to drink it all directly.

"General!" The group couldn't stop it, so they could only watch Ruoxi luck catalyze the toxin. After a while, Ruoxi's forehead was covered with sweat, and his face gradually turned pale.

Looks like this is it.

Ruoxi uses internal force to force the poison out.

The source has been found, but where did the poison come from?

There was a bare mountain all around, and there was nothing, and the only bit of green was the perched tree lying in the river.

"Have you been here before the flood?" Ruoxi asked the official who led the way.

"This is the most important water source in Luzhou, and the villain has followed Taishou to inspect it several times."

"Has it changed from what it is now?"

After listening to Ruoxi's words, this man carefully looked at it several times. It's all stones, the soil is thin, and there are hardly any plants growing except for the perched tree. If you want to talk about change, then there is only this one.

"The villain really can't see it. If you want to talk about change, it is also this perched tree, which used to stand by the river, but now it has fallen in the center of the river. ”

Could it be the matter of this perched tree? However, according to what the official said, the people of Luzhou usually use Qitong, and there has been no accident before, so why did it happen this time?

It's really weird.

"That's right!" The servant, who was also meditating, patted his head, he just remembered a detail, and he didn't know if it was useful.

"General, the saying handed down by the older generation says that Qitong can't be boiled in an iron pot, but only in a copper pot, and it's not clear what the reason is for his subordinates. Will it become poisonous when it encounters iron? And we use an iron pot to cook porridge. ”

Ruoxi just chewed a perched leaf, perched tung itself is non-toxic, is it really reacted with iron and produced some toxic substances?

Limited by the fact that Ruoxi is not clear about the characteristics of the perched tree, there may not be any results if he continues to toss. I went back to some perched leaves, and I will know it when I try it.

The fire was so strong that the firewood was crackling. The red-hot light reflected on the faces of the people around him.

It's almost over, and the water in the pot has changed color. Nangong Ling personally took a bowl and planned to test the poison herself. As soon as it was brought to his mouth, he was stopped by Ruoxi, "Your Highness can't." The properties of the medicine are unknown, so you must not risk yourself. As he spoke, he was about to snatch the bowl from Nangong Ling's hand.

Nangong Ling has been hiding her skills in front of Ruoxi, and the bowl has easily reached Ruoxi's hand.

"Wait!" A coquettish shout interrupted Ruoxi's movements, and with Mo Ze's support, Lu Wan staggered to everyone. "No one has to try. Use it. Lu Wan pointed to a furry thing that Mo Ze was carrying in his other hand, and everyone noticed that it was a rabbit.

Carefully breaking the rabbit's mouth, it took a lot of effort to pour a bowl of medicine down.

"Alright, let's wait a minute." It stands to reason that rabbits are small, and their resistance is far inferior to that of people, plus this is pure and pure Qitong juice without a little impurity, even if there is no internal force to catalyze, the onset time should be much faster than that of people, and the effect will be much more significant.

Sure enough, after a while, the lively rabbit's movements gradually slowed down, and then it didn't move at all, and finally it convulsed and died.

That's right, find the reason!

"Is there a way to detoxify?" Now that the cause has been found, the next step is to develop an antidote.

Lu Wan nodded at Nangong Ling, on this day's test of medicine, she probably figured out seven or eight points of medicinal properties, and now that it has been determined, it will be easier.

After a few days of busy work, Lu Wan and the doctors in Luzhou worked together to finally prepare an antidote.

"Chen Taishou, immediately put up a list to inform the people of the truth, and let the sick people take the antidote."

Looking at the people who were slowly recovering after taking the medicine, Nangong Ling showed a relieved smile.

"General Ling, do you think this incident is man-made or accidental?" Nangong Ling looked at Ling Ruoxi behind her, waiting to hear her answer.

"Man borrows the power of heaven."

At the water source that day, although the heavy rain and rising floodwaters washed away all the traces, Ruoxi still caught some clues. The perched tree, which seemed to have collapsed due to the loosening of the rocks and the exposure of the roots caused by the impact of the flood, Ruoxi found traces of artificial felling at the fracture.

Although the other party was very cleverly disguised, it still couldn't escape Ruoxi's eyes. Apparently someone did this on purpose, and then faked it as a natural disaster.

Ruoxi's crisp answer was unexpected by Nangong Ling. He didn't expect that the two had the same opinion.

The urgent need is solved, and it is time to solve this matter.