Chapter 144: Poisoning
The only suspicious place is that every time the embezzled money is recorded, there is a signature with a red seal in the lower right corner, but because of the suddenness of the incident, in the chaos, Mrs. Zhang actually swallowed a corner of the ledger.
"The person who fell into the name may have a direct relationship with the person behind the scenes." Mingyuexi guessed, Gu Yanbai nodded.
What she said was reasonable, but at this moment, the clue was interrupted again, and things went round and round back to square one. Maybe now you can only start with Mrs. Zhang.
"Since Taifu Zhang is the prince's master, does he know the sacrificial wine?" Mingyuexi guessed cautiously.
She had an inexplicable intuition that Du Ziqiao might also have something to do with it.
"Du Ziqiao?" Gu Yanbai tilted his head, glanced at Mingyuexi, and suddenly thought of something, he had gone to find Du Ziqiao before, and he had also tested his attitude, it seemed that he was very friendly with the prince, not to mention, his personality, Gu Yanbai also knew best.
In just a moment, he denied Mingyuexi's conjecture.
"You have to be careful." Mingyuexi's idea is not groundless, but in the ancient officialdom, there are too many things that need to be weighed against the pros and cons, and the sacrificial wine has a high status and a close relationship with the royal family, so it is inevitable that it will not be shaken.
As an emerging human in the 21st century, Mingyuexi felt it was necessary to remind Gu Yanbai.
Gu Yanbai knew her good intentions, so he sent someone to invite Du Ziqiao to come to taste the painting and play chess, so as to test his reality and reality.
In the afternoon, Du Ziqiao came to visit with a long sword, Gu Yanbai was waiting outside, and Du Ziqiao stepped forward and pulled the sword out of its scabbard. Seeing this, Gu Yanbai frowned, and the guards around him all entered a state of readiness.
"The museum sincerely invites the sacrificial wine to come to the house as a guest, appreciate the calligraphy and painting newly obtained recently, but the sacrificial wine can't help but say, holding a long sword." He walked up to Du Ziqiao and looked straight at him with his eyes: "What does this mean?" ”
Du Ziqiao's face was full of anger, and he put the sword on Gu Yanbai's neck: "Now that the prince is in trouble, why did you ask me to come here to taste calligraphy and painting, I'm afraid you came to test me!" ”
Du Ziqiao hit the nail on the head, and Gu Yanbai's eyebrows and eyes suddenly stretched.
"You don't believe me?"
"Faith."
Mingyuexi, who was passing by, saw the tense momentum of the two of them, and was so frightened that the green plum in her hand fell to the ground, and she didn't bother to pick it up, so she flew in front of Gu Yanbai, and with two fingers, she carefully moved the tip of the sword to the side.
"Everyone is angry and rich, haha... Sit down and say it well, why use knives and guns! She took Gu Yanbai's hand and stepped back, and Du Ziqiao and Gu Yanbai looked at each other and smiled. He slowly lowered the sword in his hand, then flew into the air, falling heavily, pointing at the pebbles on the ground.
"My heart is like a rock, and I can't sweep it."
"So do I."
Ming Yuexi didn't know what the two of them were talking about, and watched them walk into the hall side by side with a blindfolded face.
"Diecui, do you think there's something wrong with them?" Mingyuexi leaned on the side of Diecui, who also had a questioning face, and said softly, the two of them turned around when they heard the voice, and looked at Mingyuexi together.
She stood there a little embarrassed, then smiled stiffly and beckoned to them: "Ha... Haha......"
Gu Yanbai beckoned to her, and Mingyuexi obediently followed him.
The three of them sat together and exchanged a few words, and someone from Du Ziqiao's house said that his father had called him back.
"Now that the little marquis has understood my intentions, there won't be much left for Ziqiao." Du Ziqiao made a salute and said goodbye to Gu Yanbai.
"Lord Samurai is really sincere." Mingyuexi sighed as she looked at his departing back.
Gu Yanbai nodded, ashamed that he had doubts about him.
"Come with me to the palace." He said lightly to Mingyuexi beside him, Mingyuexi's eyes widened and she nodded again and again.
So they each changed into their clothes and rode to the palace.
When they arrived outside the prince's palace, the two of them came down from the arrogance and heard the sound of the cups in the palace breaking.
Mingyuexi was shocked, Gu Yanbai's hand was already leading her and running inside.
When I walked to the door, I heard the majestic voice of the crown princess: "Go and ask the imperial doctor!" ”
The scolded slave didn't dare to delay for a moment, and ran out with a roll, never thinking of bumping into Gu Yanbai who came in.
"Let's go!" Mingyuexi vaguely heard a few words, so she picked up the maid and comforted her softly.
The maid glanced at Mingyuexi gratefully, and lifted a group of people and ran out.
When the crown princess saw Gu Yanbai and the others coming in, the anger between her eyebrows and eyes dissipated a little.
She immediately returned to the Prince's side and held her hand tightly.
"What's wrong with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" Gu Yanbai looked at the blackened prince lying at the dining table, and frowned.
It looks like a sign of poisoning.
"Someone harmed His Highness." The crown princess looked at the unconscious prince worriedly.
After a while, the hospital came over.
Then he hurriedly ran to his side, didn't even bother to put the pillow on it, and went directly to check the pulse.
"The pulse is disordered and weak, like.... It's like a sign of poisoning. As soon as the doctor checked the pulse, the sweat droplets on his forehead fell like beans.
The huge palace is heavily defended, and someone actually poisoned His Royal Highness the Prince, if it is spread to the enemy country, it can give them an opportunity.
"Someone, gather all the palace servants in the prince's palace together, and wait for me to ask." The crown princess knew that something was wrong, so she waved her robe and asked the aunt in charge of the prince's palace to bring everyone up.
Mingyuexi stood aside and quietly watched the momentum of the crown princess, and couldn't help but admire deeply.
If it is really a person who will be a queen in the future, his courage is extraordinary.
Then he turned around and glanced at the somewhat weak prince, and said softly: "But what kind of poison is the diagnosis?" ”
Taiyi didn't speak, took out a silver needle from the box he was carrying and put it in the meal, and Mingyuexi was a little speechless when he saw it.
Although the silver needle can test for poison, the types that can be tested are extremely single, and there are many poisons that cannot be identified at all.
"Has it turned black?" The crown princess asked anxiously, and the imperial doctor shook his head, looked at the dishes on the table and frowned.
The crown princess pointed to the dishes on the table: "But what's wrong?" ”
The doctor took a few mouthfuls of food and put it in his mouth, trying to test the poison, but there was no reaction.
"How so?" The crown princess was a little anxious when she saw that the imperial doctor had not yet made a decision.
He turned to look at his aunt and said, "Don't let this matter out, for if I hear the root of my tongue taught by others, I will be severely punished." ”
As soon as these words came out, the palace people covered their mouths one after another.
It happened to be related to the emperor's rectification of corruption and bribery, and it happened to be related to the crown prince.
But at this moment, the prince was actually poisoned, and it is difficult to say that this series of things is not man-made.
The more Gu Yanbai thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, and his brows furrowed into a line.
This matter is getting more and more complicated, and the people involved seem to be about to surface again, Gu Yanbai is a little irritable.