That small black mass of stuff climbed very fast in dense packs, and there was a tendency to continue to climb up.

Jiang Shishi immediately put her leg outside the bed and shook it hard.

At first, only a few were thrown off on the ground.

She threw it several times in a row, but she threw everything on her leg to the ground.

Reflexively threw away the small ball of things, and Jiang Shishi remembered that Chunxing was laying on the floor.

So, she immediately woke up Chunxing, who was laying on the floor on the side, "Chunxing, don't sleep, get up quickly!" ”

As a minion, as soon as the master moves, Chunxing will wake up.

As early as when Jiang Shishi sat up, Chun Xing opened her eyes in a daze.

Now hearing Jiang Shishi shouting at her so loudly, Chun Xing lifted the quilt and lit the oil lamp, "Little master, what's wrong?" But thirsty? ”

However, as soon as she asked the words, she found that there was a group of dense black dots crawling on her body, and she was so frightened that she immediately wanted to slap it with her hands.

"Don't hit with your hands!" Jiang Shishi reminded Chunxing, "You just stand in place and jump a few times, and they will automatically fall to the ground." ”

Chun Xing listened to Jiang Shishi's words, stomped her feet on the spot for a while, and jumped on the spot for a while.

Sure enough, all the black stuff fell to the ground and quickly scattered a bit.

At this moment, the master and servant stared at the dense mass on the ground.

I saw that those things were black, slender and long, five inches long and one inch wide, with hard tails curled upwards and limbs crawling on the ground like spiders, and they were scorpions!

Seeing these dense scorpions, Chun Xing was so frightened that she shivered and her scalp was numb.

"Oh my God, where did so many scorpions come from?" Chun Xingqiang held back her fear and squatted beside the group of scorpions, "Little master, you rest on the bed, the slave will catch all these scorpions and throw them away!" ”

Seeing that Chun Xing was about to grab it with her hands, Jiang Shishi stopped her voice, "Wait......"

Chun Xing withdrew her hand and looked at Jiang Shishi in puzzlement.

Jiang Shishi: "These scorpions look different from ordinary scorpions, maybe they are highly poisonous, don't catch them with your hands." ”

In the previous life, there were elders in the family who suffered from rheumatism, and they would use scorpions to soak in wine, saying that it had the effect of channeling and relieving pain and dispelling rheumatism.

At that time, she knew something about scorpions.

Scorpions are said to be venomous, just the difference in the magnitude of the poison.

Like the kind with a small chela and a thick tail, it is generally highly poisonous.

And the pile of scorpions in front of you is a small chela with a thick tail!

Chun Xing nodded, "What the little master said makes sense, then I'll just trample them to death!" ”

As she spoke, she got up and raised her feet, ready to trample the scorpions.

"Not necessarily." Jiang Shishi calmly analyzed, "This scorpion doesn't look common, it's strange that one appears in our courtyard, and it is even more strange that there are a bunch of them." ”

Chunxing: "What do you mean... Did someone else put these scorpions in our yard? ”

"Hmm." Jiang Shishi nodded, "In this way, you go to the kitchen to find a few iron tongs, and then find a wooden barrel, catch these scorpions into the barrel first, and it may be useful to keep them." ”

"Good!" After Chunxing responded, she quickly found iron tongs and a wooden barrel from the kitchen.

Jiang Shishi couldn't sleep now, so she simply got out of bed and sandwiched scorpions with Chunxing.

After the master and servant put all the scorpions on the ground into the bucket, they also caught many scorpions in the corners of the room, under the bed, and on the bed.

Just when the master and servant were sandwiching the scorpions, Xiao Guizi came in from outside with a dead mouse in one hand, "Little master, several mice suddenly died in our yard!" ”

Chunxing was busy holding the scorpion, and said indifferently: "The rat is so annoying, a few days ago when I was sleeping, there was a mouse running over my hand, and the claw scratched a way out of my hand, I wish they were all dead." ”

"Dead rats?" Jiang Shishi looked at the rat in Xiao Guizi's hand, "Where did you find these dead mice?" ”

"It's in our yard, I guess I was stung to death by a scorpion." Xiao Guizi said.

Chunxing frowned, "Don't rats eat scorpions?" How can you be stung to death by a scorpion? ”

Xiao Guizi: "During the night vigil, I went to the thatched house, and when I came back to the yard, I saw a scorpion and a mouse fighting, and I thought that the mouse would eat the scorpion, but it didn't take long for the mouse to be a little wrong, and after rampage in the yard for a while, it fell in a corner of the yard. ”

"Then I found a dead rat in the corner, and then I searched the yard for several dead rats, and these dead rats all had traces of being stung by scorpions, and the scorpions must be highly poisonous." As he spoke, Xiao Guizi showed Jiang Shishi the place where the two mice had been stung.

Jiang Shishi took a closer look, and the wounds on the two mice were blood-red in the middle, and a small bag was swollen and swollen around them.

It's the marks of being stung by a scorpion!

"Oh my God......" After Chunxing saw it, she was afraid for a while.

Just now, if it hadn't been for the little lord reminding her, she wouldn't have taken those scorpions seriously at all.

Because in the countryside, when they were working on the farm when they were young, they often saw scorpions.

The scorpions will also be skewered with bamboo skewers and roasted on the fire, which is crispy and crispy.

If it weren't for the little lord reminding her that these scorpions might be highly poisonous, she would still be an ordinary scorpion in the countryside, ready to catch it with her hands.

If she had been bitten by a scorpion, wouldn't she have died like these mice?

At the same time, she thought that the little lord said that these scorpions were uncommon, but now it was strange that they suddenly appeared in Shiyue Pavilion, could it be that someone wanted to take advantage of the absence of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the East Palace and wanted the little master's life?

Jiang Shishi and Chun Xing thought of it together.

It seems that she guessed correctly, these scorpions are indeed highly venomous scorpions, otherwise they would not have stung so many rats to death.

As the first of the five poisons, once stung, scorpion venom is difficult to excrete for the rest of its life.

After being stung by its poisonous needle, in addition to pain, convulsions, paralysis, cardiac arrest or respiratory failure.

And the scorpion is very aggressive, and if it is a little windy, it will use its stinger to bite each other constantly.

If she hadn't discovered it in time, if she turned over and offended the scorpion while sleeping, she would have been stung and bitten.

Fortunately, she knows that scorpions are very sensitive to strong vibrations, and will be scared away by vibrations, and in severe cases, they will stop eating, reproducing, and giving birth.

Therefore, when she shook her feet vigorously, not only did she shake off some of the scorpions, but some of the scorpions were scared away.

And this kind of scorpion rarely appears in daily life, and the key is to appear in groups.

Seemingly... Someone wants to use this scorpion to get rid of her!

That night, the top and bottom of Shiyue Pavilion were clamping scorpions with iron tongs.

It was clamped until the second half of the night, adding up to nearly 100 scorpions, and it was almost clipped.

Jiang Shishi found the tiles, and asked Chunxing and others to dig some soil from the yard, she put the tiles and soil in a wooden barrel, and then tied a circle of mosquito nets on the wooden barrel as a container for temporarily raising scorpions.

She also asked her minions to dig up some earthworms and rat worms, and caught some crickets and cockroaches and threw them into wooden barrels as food for poisonous scorpions.

After being tired all night, Jiang Shishi simply washed up and prepared to sleep, and Chun Xing was laying on the ground as usual.

Chun Tao holds iron tongs and is responsible for keeping vigil.

If she sees a scorpion in the room, Chun Tao has to catch the scorpion to keep Jiang Shishi and Chun Xing safe.

The two eunuchs outside the courtyard were also bunks on the floor, and the other was responsible for keeping vigil to catch scorpions.

In this way, the master and servant spent the night peacefully.

In the early morning of the next day, when Jiang Shishi went to Concubine Ruan's to ask for peace, she explained the poisonous scorpion in the night to the two concubines in charge.

Jiang Shishi: "Concubine Ruan, Concubine Su, last night, many scorpions suddenly appeared in my yard, and I want to ask the two concubines to help check it out and see what is going on." ”

As she spoke, Chun Xing showed everyone the mesh containing the scorpions, which contained three or four poisonous scorpions.

For a while, except for Yu Liangdi, the rest of the concubines present were frightened.

"Since it's poisonous, you still catch it for us! Hurry up and take it! Concubine Tang looked scared and disgusted.

"......" Concubine Su frowned, "Jiang Liangdi, now that the weather is getting hotter, it is when scorpions like to go out, and it is normal to have scorpions in the yard." ”

Jiang Shishi: "But these scorpions are not ordinary scorpions, but uncommon poisonous scorpions, which can easily sting rats to death." ”

"Scorpions and rats are natural enemies, anyway, either mice eat scorpions, or scorpions sting mice, what's so strange about this." Concubine Su said indifferently: "It's just a few poisonous scorpions and a few dead mice, so don't think about it." ”

Jiang Shishi: "Concubine Su, if there are only a few poisonous scorpions, I won't bother you and Concubine Ruan, the key is that my Shiyue Pavilion is not just a few poisonous scorpions, but nearly a hundred poisonous scorpions." ”

"Nearly a hundred?" After hearing this, Concubine Su's face turned pale with fright, for fear of endangering her own life, "Then you have to quickly order someone to go to Shiyue Pavilion to catch the poisonous scorpion, if you climb all over the East Palace, then you have to do it?" ”

Jiang Shishi: "Last night, the minions in my courtyard had almost caught all those poisonous scorpions, so I won't bother with Concubine Su." ”

Concubine Su: "Have you killed all the scorpions you caught?" You can't let them crawl around anymore! ”

"They were all burned to death last night." Jiang Shishi didn't say that she had raised those poisonous scorpions temporarily.

Concubine Su breathed a sigh of relief, said "That's good", and continued to hang up on her business, and there was no follow-up.

If the crown prince was in the East Palace, she might have investigated this matter carefully.

After all, she has only been in charge of the East Palace with Concubine Ruan for a short time, and Jiang Liangdi is the prince's favorite concubine, so she has to behave well.

But the prince has entered the Zongren Mansion, no matter how well she behaves, the prince can't see it.

I heard that the Zongren Mansion was a place to eat people, and many princes and nobles died inexplicably after entering.

If something happens to the prince in the Zongren Mansion one day, none of them, the concubines of the East Palace, can escape death, and they have to accompany the prince to be martyred.

Thinking of this, where does she still have the heart to take care of things, let's live one day at a time.

As for Jiang Liangdi, he also had to be martyred, compared to the burial of the living dead, maybe being bitten to death by a scorpion is not so torturous.

Concubine Ruan, who was at the top, said: "Sister Jiang, I think what Sister Su said is not unreasonable, now it is summer, it is the season of crawling insects, and it is common to have scorpions in the yard." ”

"Yes." Concubine Tang also echoed, "Especially Jiang Liangdi, scorpions like to haunt at night, I heard that you still eat so many meals at night, and you are fat like this, not only the smell of vegetables in the yard attracts scorpions, but you yourself are especially attracted to scorpions." ”

"Unlike us, who only eat some fruits and vegetables at night, and when the poisonous scorpions come out at night, they won't stop at our dormitory at all, otherwise... Why is our yard so good, but your yard has become a scorpion nest? ”

Others can say things that are not good, but try to say them as nicely as possible.

Concubine Tang is different, no matter what she says, it will change the taste in her mouth, and it will be extremely harsh and ugly when she comes out of her mouth.

"Sister Tang, you too, Sister Jiang was already tortured enough by poisonous scorpions, so you can say a few words." Concubine Ruan first said Concubine Tang.

Then, she turned to Jiang Shishi and said, "Sister Jiang, although there are a large number of poisonous scorpions in your yard, fortunately, you are not injured, which is a great blessing." I've heard that scorpions have a very sensitive sense of smell, they are afraid of things that smell pungent, and once they smell a pungent smell, they will run away and even die. ”

"After the morning province is dispersed, I will ask the minions to send some varnish, kerosene, and quicklime to your yard, and you let the minions scatter them in the courtyard and the house respectively, presumably in a few days, there will be no scorpions in your yard."

"......" Jiang Shishi heard it, Concubine Ruan and Concubine Su had the same meaning, seeing that she was not injured, she decided to trivialize it and did not plan to investigate the matter thoroughly.

However, Concubine Ruan has always been exquisite, even if she doesn't plan to investigate the matter thoroughly, she will handle it very smoothly on the surface.

"Then thank you Concubine Ruan." Since the two stewards and concubines didn't plan to help her check, Jiang Shishi didn't say much.

Because she knows that no matter how much she says, the power is in the hands of others, and people can manage it if they want to, and don't care if they don't want to take care of it.

Immediately afterwards, Concubine Ruan also instructed the concubines of the East Palace, "Since there are scorpions in Jiang Liangdi's yard, your sisters should also pay more attention to whether there are poisonous scorpions in the yard, if there are poisonous scorpions, let people destroy the scorpions, and then sprinkle some varnish, kerosene, quicklime and other ...... in the yard."

Concubines: "Yes." ”

After a stick of incense, the morning province dispersed.

Jiang Shishi held Chunxing's hand and walked on the way back to Shiyue Pavilion.

Chun Xing held Jiang Shishi's hand with a sad expression, "Little master, the two side concubines don't plan to investigate the matter of the poisonous scorpion, what should we do next?" ”

Jiang Shishi: "......"

The poisonous scorpion in Shiyue Pavilion was obviously deliberately done by someone, if she didn't find out who was behind the scenes, she would be unsteady and insecure.

Put poisonous scorpions in Shiyue Pavilion today, who knows if Gai Ming'er will release poisonous snakes to Shiyue Pavilion?

If this continues, the lives of her and her minions will be in danger.

Jiang Shishi pondered for a while before saying, "In this way... You spend some money to deal with the palace maids and eunuchs in the East Palace, first get through the relationship, and then say that there are a large number of poisonous scorpions in my courtyard, and whoever provides reliable information will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver, and I will not give the name of the informant. ”

The concubines' monthly salary is only a few taels of silver, and a hundred taels of silver is almost two or three years of money for the palace maids.

It's better to rely on others than on yourself, the two side concubines obviously have the power in their hands, but they don't care about anything, so she will check it herself!

Although she has no power, she has money, and if she has money, she can make ghosts grind!

"Okay, the slave will take the silver to settle the relationship in a while." With the financial resources of the little master, it won't be long before you can find out who wants to kill the little master!

Moreover, some people are afraid of being punished if they whistleblow.

The little master will not confess the identity of the high-profile person, and those who know are more willing to provide clues.

After this day, the rest of the concubines in the East Palace also found scorpions in the courtyard one after another, but fortunately, there were not many of them, and they were quickly eliminated in time.

As Chun Xing guessed, under Jiang Shishi's reward of one hundred taels of silver, there were palace maids and eunuchs who privately contacted the servants of Shiyue Pavilion and provided some clues.

Of these, some are inconsequential clues and some are fake clues.

Fortunately, three days later, Jiang Shishi got a fairly true and reliable news.

"Little master, a palace maid told me today that she saw someone carrying a sack to pour something into our garden a few days ago, and she didn't see it too clearly at that time, she only knew that it was a bunch of black things, and now that she thinks about it, it is estimated that it is a bag of black scorpions."

Chun Xing came back from the imperial dining room with a food box and reported the matter to Jiang Shishi.

Jiang Shishi was waiting in the hall to be fed, and when she heard Chunxing's words, she raised her eyebrows and asked, "Then did she see who poured scorpions into our yard?" ”

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