Chapter 4 Fraud XVII. Poisonous envoys gathered
Xuzhou, Xiaopei.
Ling Yuan had completely given up communicating with Hao Meng, because after several times of her lure and sneak attack, Hao Meng would no longer react to her words.
Just as Ling Yuan was looking out the window with his feet kicking his feet in boredom, the door was gently pushed open.
"Sister Ying......" Ling Yuan was first surprised when she saw someone coming, and then immediately became very depressed.
Because Diao Chan's expression is very serious, it doesn't seem that he is here to let himself go.
"Little Mandarin, tell me the truth, were you sent to harm Fengxian?"
"No~~~ Yes!" Ling Yuan pouted, pretending to be angry.
"Then prove it to my sister!"
As he spoke, Diao Chan motioned to Hao Meng to let him loosen his ties, and then walked out without saying a word.
Ling Yuan rubbed his strangled wrist slightly unexpectedly, and followed Hao Meng aggrievedly.
"Cao Leopard in Xiapi is poisoned. If you can save him, I believe in you. Diao Chan said without looking back.
"Cao Bao? He's not Liu Bei's person? Why do you want to ...... sister?"
Ling Yuan was swallowed back halfway through her words, because Diao Chan turned her head and glared at her sharply.
"You just save people, don't ask anything else."
"Oh." Ling Yuan was about to cry.
Diao Chan was not in the mood to care about Ling Yuan's feelings at this time, but walked anxiously towards the main hall.
Ling Yuan followed Diao Chan and Hao Meng to the main hall with red eyes, and as soon as he entered, he saw that it was full of people, and on a bamboo bed in the middle of the room, a middle-aged man with a dark face was lying. To her surprise, there were not only Lu Bu and his subordinates here, but even Mi Zhu was there.
"Fengxian, she's here." Diao Chan nodded at Lu Bu.
Lu Bu walked quickly to Ling Yuan and startled Ling Yuan. Facing this man who was much taller than himself up close, Ling Yuan really felt the invisible sense of oppression.
"Will you detoxify?"
"I understand a little bit." Ling Yuan replied timidly.
Lu Bu hesitated for a moment, then dodged out of the way. If it weren't for Diao Chan himself, Lu Bu would never have believed that such a little girl was a master of pharmacology.
Mi Zhu looked at Ling Yuan suspiciously, but did not speak.
Ling Yuan walked to the poisoned man's side, leaned over slightly, and looked closer to his face.
"Hmm...... That general, I'm sorry for you to get his mouth open. Ling Yuan looked at Zhang Liao and commanded.
Zhang Liao looked at Lu Bu and saw that he nodded at him, so he stepped forward and pried open Cao Bao's teeth with a dagger.
Ling Yuan slowly put it on and sniffed it.
"Which of you is going to boil some hot water." Ling Yuan blinked and looked around.
"I'll go." Hou Cheng agreed and went out.
Taking advantage of the boiling water, Ling Yuan took out a small cloth bag from his waist, slowly opened it and put it on the table.
Mi Zhu's eyes immediately widened, because he was too familiar with the medicinal powder in those small paper bags in the cloth bag.
The person who can use so many poisons and antidotes at the same time, in his memory, is only the night handsome under the old seat of the five sages of the Northern General Hall-Xi Yan.
Holding back his huge curiosity, Mi Zhu also leaned forward slightly.
After a while, Hou Cheng boiled the water. Ling Yuan took a cup, mixed the two medicinal powders and poured them into it, and then filled it with hot water. A foul smell immediately permeated the room, and many people covered their noses.
"Uh...... The ...... The general, you come and help pick him up and get his mouth open. β
"My name is Zhang Liao." Zhang Liao smiled bitterly and helped Cao Bao up, and slowly pried his teeth open again.
Ling Yuan picked up the cup with his little hand and blew it, and immediately pinched Cao Bao's mouth and poured it into him. Although Zhang Liao held his breath, as soon as he recalled the smell just now, and then watched the unconscious Cao Bao being poured a whole cup, he suddenly felt something up to his throat and almost spit it out.
"Alright, let's lay him flat. If nothing else, he would have woken up a day later. Ling Yuan wiped the sweat from his head and said with satisfaction.
"Thank you, girl." Lu Bu arched his hand at Ling Yuan.
Ling Yuan hurriedly waved his hand. I always feel so awkward to be thanked by the person I want to kill.
Mi Zhu stepped forward and also arched his hand at Ling Yuan and asked, "I also thanked the girl below." I wonder where did the girl learn to be so proficient in pharmacology? β
"One...... A quack doctor in the mountains. Ling Yuan lowered his head weakly.
"Hehe, this person must be a hermit." Since the other party is concealing it, it is not good for him to ask deeply in front of so many people, and if he doesn't get it right, his identity will be exposed.
"General Lu, since General Cao will wake up tomorrow, then wait at the post house below."
"Brother Zizhong rarely comes once, why don't you let me do a little bit of the friendship of the landlord?"
"General Lu is entangled in official business, so he won't bother when he is down, and the general will come to Xiapi another day, and Mi Zhu will definitely get drunk with the general."
"In that case, then I won't force it to stay. Wen Yuan, you escort Brother Zizhong to the post house to rest. β
"Then there is General Lao Zhang." With that, Mi Zhu followed Zhang Liao and walked outside.
Just the moment he was about to go out, Mi Zhu glanced back at Ling Yuan again.
Cao Xuan walked up to Lu Bu, squinted at Mi Zhu's departing back and said, "It seems that he already knows everything." β
Lu Bu didn't answer, just stood quietly in place.
Yes, since Mi Zhu can see through Ling Yuan's proficiency in pharmacology, how could he not know what poison Cao Bao has. But Mi Zhu took the initiative to ask if he had a way to detoxify and sent Cao Bao here, which must have been Zhang Fei's idea.
They did this just to remind themselves that they knew everything about Cao Bao's dealings with them.
Diao Chan also probably understood Lu Bu's worries, but at this moment, there was still a poor worm standing uneasily in the room.
"Little Mandarin, maybe my sister really blames you."
"I didn't ...... It's okay, Xiao Yuan knows that her sister is worried about General Lu's safety, this is just human nature. β
"Would you like to live with your sister?" Diao Chan touched Ling Yuan's head and asked.
"Hmm!" Ling Yuan nodded happily in response.
Diao Chan took Ling Yuan's hand and said goodbye to Lu Bu and everyone.
Of course, Lu Bu understood her thoughts: if Ling Yuan was kept in lockdown, how could she figure out what she was going to do and how many of her comrades were. In that case, it is better to release her and keep a firm watch.
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The next day, Cao Bao woke up, but he had no memory of how he had been poisoned.
Either way, it's good that people are okay. After Xiaopei finished lunch, Mi Zhu found a carriage to escort Cao Bao to Pengcheng first.
No one noticed, in the woods beside the road, two pairs of eyes were watching everything.
"You are not so brave that you dare to see Zhang Fei." Guo Lan's voice came calmly.
"Take what you need, he also wants to know what the relationship between Cao Bao and Lu Bu is, after all, among Tao Qian's old subordinates, he has the highest prestige." Long Yu responded with a smile.
"Did you also meet Zhong Shuai by the way?"
"Yes."
"Are you crazy?" With Xi Yan's experience, Guo Lan is very cautious about this hidden front and night.
"It's also a gamble, the bet is his dedication to the righteousness of Yefeng."
"Are you poisoners so nonsense?"
"Hehe, compared to your Young Master Duan, we are nothing."
When Guo Lan heard this, he suddenly stopped talking, and just looked at the ground in front of him a little gloomily.
"Although he escaped that day, he must have had to hide in the mountains at this moment."
"Hehe, you are the closest to him in the Northern Headquarters, how can you not understand his character? How could he be such a man who was willing to be mediocre? β
Guo Lan raised his head and looked at Long Yu suspiciously.
"At this time, he is in a much better situation than you and me."
"Do you know where he is?"
"His name is not Duan Xuan now."
"And what's his name?" Guo Lan asked a little eagerly.
"Cao Cao's military advisor, Xi Xuan, Xi Zhicai."
"What?!" Guo Lan couldn't believe his ears.
His Duan Dashao did not disappear, but became Cao Cao's military advisor?
"But I'm afraid, he won't be able to do it for long." There was some regret in Long Wei's tone.
"What do you mean by that?"
"Do you know how I got the news?"
Seeing Guo Lan shaking his head, a trace of unbearability flashed in Long Yu's eyes, "Cao Cao's subordinate Xun Yu has already told the four sages where Duan Xuan is. β
Guo Lan was shocked, and unconsciously used force in his hand to break the short branch he was holding.
"Even if you rush over at this time, it is estimated that it will be too late." Of course, Long Yi understood Guo Lan's feelings.
"Why?"
"Because I not only saw Xun Yu's handwriting, but also saw the five sages order his night commander to go to Yanzhou."
"Is it Baili?" Guo Lan asked with some uneasiness.
But the result was even worse than he had imagined - Long Yu shook his head in denial.
Then there is only one result - the one who was sent was "Yi Shuai" who was known for his patience and toughness: Qin Shao, Qin Bonan.
"Why him!" Guo Lan suddenly felt that his eyes were dark, if this person was really ordered to carry out the "Night Attack Order", then he was afraid that Duan Xuan would have only a dead end.
"It's not just him," Long Yi told Guo Lan even worse news with a wry smile, "and his own protΓ©gΓ©, his son, Qin Zhen." β
Guo Lan almost didn't fall to the ground.
The most stubborn father and son in the Northern Hall all went to kill Duan Xuan.
If you leave at this time, you may still be able to do so. Thinking of this, Guo Lan was ready to turn around and leave.
Long Yi grabbed his arm and said faintly: "First, you can't leave the little mandarin duck alone; Second, I don't want to see another 'betrayer' in the ruined Northern Church. β
Guo Lan trembled, tried to control his emotions and said: "The matter of Xuzhou, there will be Lao Yuqing in the future." β
With that, he violently broke free of Long Yu's hand, and disappeared into the woods with an arrow.
"Although the old man is going to be angry again, I still think that today's Yefeng ...... It's better to have a little more human touch. The dragon laughed tremblingly.
Then, he wrapped his arms around his body and fell trembling.
He tried to hold his left hand, trying to find some medicine from his waist to calm his nerves, but only then did he realize that he had run out of medicines.
As the pain continued to creep in, he gradually lost consciousness......