Chapter 289: Motive for Killing
"I know, now ......"
The incident happened suddenly, and Song Zhe didn't know what to do for a while, and it took a while to find his voice.
"Take the adults back to the yamen immediately!"
Saying that, Song Zhe helped Zhao Zhichen, Yun Ruiyi directly picked up Zhao Xuedie, and Yu Qiuyu kept the letter carefully, if the letter was picked up by someone else, it would be endless trouble.
There is also a compartment inside the yamen, which is a room for officials to rest, and there is no one in this room at this time.
"Song Zhe!"
Zhao Zhichen was tormented by the constant pain in his chest, but even so, he still grabbed Song Zhe's hand tightly.
"Remember, don't let anyone know about my poisoning!"
Hearing Zhao Zhichen's request, the corners of Yu Qiuyu's mouth twitched.
is about to lose his life, and he dares to make such an unreasonable request!
This Zhao Zhichen, is he disgusted that he has not lived long enough?
However, this seems to be the consistent style of decent characters in ancient TV series, and Yu Qiuyu is not incomprehensible.
"But we need to find a doctor, after all, this poison can be cured."
In addition to caring about whether the secret will be leaked, you also have to care about your own life.
"I know, I'll go back and find it."
As he spoke, Song Zhe let Shan Weihuan walk in and gave Shan Weihuan a few words.
Shan Weihuan glanced at Yu Qiuyu, obeyed Song Zhe's instructions, and walked out.
It is indeed inconvenient to let Zhao Zhichen recuperate in the prefect's yamen, after all, there will be many officials here, in case the officials find out and find that Zhao Zhichen has been poisoned, this will be very bad, so they have to transfer Zhao Zhichen and Zhao Xuedie.
From the perspective of confidentiality and security, Song Zhe directly helped Zhao Zhichen to the Song Mansion, his own house.
Zhao Zhichen and Zhao Xuedie's physical condition is quite not optimistic, Zhao Zhichen is okay, after all, he is a royal nobleman, he has experienced assassination since he was a child, and he has experienced poisoning a lot, but Zhao Xuedie is different, Zhao Xuedie has not experienced so many assassinations, and Zhao Xuedie is still a child who has been favored by the emperor until he grows up, and his body is more than a little weaker than Zhao Zhichen, so when Zhao Zhichen's consciousness was still awake, Zhao Xuedie fainted because he couldn't stand the pain.
Yu Qiuyu looked at Zhao Xuedie, who was unconscious in Yun Ruiyi's arms, a little helpless and a little anxious, she moved up her line of sight and saw Yun Ruiyi's face.
After a short period of time, Yun Ruiyi, a young man, became more and more handsome, and when he looked down at the unconscious Zhao Xuedie, there was a little more affection in his eyes?
Yu Qiuyu suddenly remembered Zhao Zhichen's worries again.
Could it be that it is really as Zhao Zhichen was worried about?
Yun Ruiyi had other thoughts about Zhao Xue?
However, Yun Ruiyi's appearance looks good, and her height looks appropriate, judging from the appearance conditions, she and Zhao Xuedian are a good match.
Oops, what else does she think?
Shouldn't the priority be to find a way to detoxify the two people first?
In order to ensure the safety of the envelope, while coming to the Song Mansion, Song Zhe also asked his subordinates to prepare a sandalwood box, and the letter was carefully placed in the sandalwood box by Yu Qiuyu, waiting for the doctor to come and diagnose the ingredients of the Chinese medicine powder in the letter.
Yu Qiuyu tilted her head, and her gaze involuntarily fell on the sandalwood box.
Was this letter used to poison Zhao Zhichen or Xun Jialu?
Will Xun Jialu know about the poison in this letter?
Yu Qiuyu suddenly had an urge to find Xun Jialu to ask if it was true or false.
It didn't take long for the sound of footsteps outside the door of the room to come, Yu Qiuyu looked there through the screen, and a doctor carrying a medicine box walked in around the screen.
It was a doctor who looked very raw, Yu Qiuyu looked at him for a long time, and he didn't expect that he had seen him there.
Isn't he the doctor at the Xinglin Medical Center?
But looking at Zhao Zhichen and Song Zhe's attitude towards this old doctor, they obviously trust this old doctor very much.
Yu Qiuyu took the initiative to get out of the way and asked the old doctor to take the pulse of Zhao Zhichen and Zhao Xuedie, and at the same time couldn't help but look at the old doctor suspiciously.
The old doctor checked the pulse, and his brow furrowed tightly.
"This is a kind of poisonous powder, if a person sucks it, there will be a burning sensation in the chest, the poison enters the chest cavity along the breath, and after a long time, it will corrode the stomach and intestines, and the lungs and intestines will bleed to death. Fortunately, the poison in the Fifth Highness and the Little County Lord is not deep, and it will not be poisoned to death immediately. ”
Song Zhe breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately the poisoning was not deep, he looked at Yu Qiuyu again, feeling lucky and grateful.
Fortunately, Yu Qiuyu snatched the letter back in time, although her actions were a little reckless, but she finally saved Zhao Zhichen's life.
Because none of the people present were healers, the old doctor's explanation was quite easy to understand.
"So can the doctor tell what kind of poisonous flower this is and what is its antidote?"
Yu Qiuyu is more worried about Zhao Xuedie's situation, Zhao Zhichen is an adult after all, and has a sound enough immune system, but Zhao Xuedie is still an underage child, she does not have such a sound immune system.
Zhao Zhichen can drag it, but Zhao Xuedi can't drag it.
"Don't worry, girl, although this poison is simple to make, it is not an easy thing to solve."
The guard brought the table, pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and the old doctor finally sat down, ready to start writing the prescription for the antidote.
"Cold water costs three coins, willow piercing fish one coin, eucalyptus leaves four coins, white back three hundred and seventy-four coins, white anise lotus three coins, and septic weed three coins...... Of course, there are the most important two herbs, but these two herbs are not easy to find, they are not easy to pick, and the number in pharmacies is very small. ”
When it came to the last two herbs, the old doctor began to be embarrassed.
"What kind of medicinal herbs, old gentleman, but it doesn't matter."
Now is not the time to care about medicinal materials, now is the most important time to save the lives of Zhao Zhichen and Zhao Xuedie.
"One medicinal herb is a hundred rejuvenating souls, and one medicinal herb is turtledove occupying leaves, these two medicinal materials are not easy to find."
Not to mention that Yu Qiuyu doesn't know much about medicinal materials, these two medicinal materials are not easy to find just by hearing the name.
The turtledove occupies the leaves, and a hundred souls are revived, what the hell?
Song Zhe pondered for a moment, asked Yu Qiuyu to cut a few pieces of paper, wrote the names of the prescriptions on the paper, and then handed them to different guards and maids, asking them to buy these medicinal materials back.
They had to try their luck at the pharmacy first, and if they couldn't find the herbs, they would try to find another way.
Yu Qiuyu was thinking, the old doctor said, it is difficult to find 100 souls and turtledoves to occupy leaves, there are very few in pharmacies, what if they can't buy turtledoves and 100 souls? If there were no these two flavors of medicinal herbs, would Zhao Zhichen and Zhao Xuedie be safe?
Song Zhe brought a towel, wiped the sweat on Zhao Zhichen's face, saw Yu Qiuyu with a tense expression, stepped forward, and gently patted Yu Qiuyu's shoulder.
"You don't have to be too nervous, in addition to the Xinglin Medical Center in Lingnan, there are many medical halls, there is always one that will have the medicinal materials we want to buy, if we can't buy it, we will use these medicinal materials to press it first, and then go up the mountain to collect medicinal materials, rest assured, His Royal Highness and Xiaoxue are both members of the royal family, and they are deeply blessed, how could they die so easily?"
Song Zhe took good words to comfort Yu Qiuyu, but Yu Qiuyu rolled his eyes.
He said these words well, but can Song Zhe himself believe it?
"I hope so, even if it's a deep blessing, it can't stand someone from assassinating, so there seems to be no other way for this kind of thing than to be careful."
Zhao Xuedian woke up from the pain and muttered.
Yun Ruiyi hugged Zhao Xuedian nervously, and did not forget to wipe the cold sweat oozing from her forehead with a towel for Zhao Xuedie, taking care of her more carefully than Yu Qiuyu.
Yu Qiuyu, who originally wanted to wipe the cold sweat on Zhao Xuedian's forehead, froze there a little embarrassedly, and finally took his hand back.
It seems that Yun Ruiyi takes care of Zhao Xuedian very thoughtfully, so she doesn't bother with it.
Now the guards who bought the medicine have not returned, and Yu Qiuyu sees hope and is not so worried.
She turned her head to stare at the sandalwood box again, and began to think about the cause and effect of the incident.
"You say, should I go to Xun Jialu and ask? Will Xun Jialu also know about this poison? ”
"There's no need."
Song Zhe said while sorting out the prescription for detoxification.
"First, we already know what poison is in His Highness and Xiaoxue now, and second, if we question Xun Jialu, wouldn't we have revealed the news of His Highness and Xiaoxue's poisoning to Xun Jialu? Now that the danger of Xiaoxue and His Highness has been resolved, then we might as well hide this matter, if Lord Xun takes action again, it will not be too late for us to take action. ”
Yu Qiuyu's idea is to follow the vine and touch the melon.
Song Zhe's advice is, don't startle the snake.
After listening to Song Zhe's reasoning, Yu Qiuyu sighed slightly.
"But don't you think we can get important information? You see, is there such a possibility, for example, Lord Xun wants to hurt not Xun Jialu, but His Royal Highness and Xiaoxue, he may have guessed that Xiaoxue is very likely to betray this matter to His Highness, and then according to His Highness's character, he will definitely open the letter and read it, so that His Highness will be poisoned......"
Yu Qiuyu's analysis also made sense, Song Zhe thought for a moment and nodded.
"You have a point."
"Besides, you see, why did Lord Xun kill Xun Jialu as soon as Xun Jialu was exposed? Could it be that Xun Jialu knows something? She may have mastered Lord Xun's secret, or the secret of the second prince, so that Lord Xun has a reason to kill Xun Jialu? After all, tiger poison does not eat children, and it is possible that Lord Xun himself is not such a ruthless person. ”
Anyway, Lord Xun's purpose is vague and unclear, and they haven't decided which possibility it is, is Lord Xun wanting to deal with Zhao Zhichen or Lord Xun is worried that Xun Jialu, who has mastered his secret, will tell his secret, so he wants to assassinate Xun Jialu?
"Xun Jialu has to ask, but it's definitely not this time."