Chapter Ninety-Eight: Poison
Everyone present had seen Wei Xueying's death.
Therefore, the fear of the red-backed tarantula in my heart cannot be removed for a while.
At this time, when I heard that so many red-backed tarantulas in front of me were alive, I felt creepy.
Li Qingyi explained: "That's right, the red-backed tarantula lives in an extremely cold place, and if the temperature is too high, it will automatically enter a dormant state, which is no different from death, even if you carry it with you, you don't have to worry about the red-backed tarantula waking up." ”
Xiaohuan couldn't believe that the people he came into contact with the most every day were hiding such a terrible thing.
She was puzzled: "However, Xiao Tao and I are always serving by the side of the four girls. I didn't see her give the four girls anything strange......"
"Huh...... Strange stuff that you will eat? ”
Li Qingyi hooked her lips and looked at Xiao Tao, and said, "Xiao Tao must have hidden the red-backed tarantula in ordinary food for Sister Xue Ying to eat." And it's a relatively cool food, so you must still have an impression. ”
"Yes...... Because the weather is too hot, the four girls are greedy for cold, and often let the small kitchen make ice porridge to eat......"
Xiaohuan carefully recalled yesterday's situation, turned his eyes to Xiao Tao, and said in shock: "Before the four girls went to the Xiangyuan yesterday, they just ate a bowl of ice-baked porridge......
Li Qingyi took a teacup, cut off a small piece of red wax and put it in it, and said, "Xiao Tao is indeed very smart when he uses these candles to hide the red-backed tarantula. Even if she is suddenly exposed to a cold environment, she does not have to worry about the red-backed tarantula waking up and causing harm to herself. ”
She looked up and commanded Xiaohuan, "Go get some ice." ”
Xiaohuan agreed, and hurriedly went to get ice.
Li Qingyi lit a fire in front of everyone, melted the wax block in the tea cup, and used the tip of a knife to pick out a red-backed tarantula and put it into another tea cup. Everyone else subconsciously took a few steps back, as if the spider would suddenly come back to life and jump up to attack people.
Lord Xue Yuanheng asked, "Qingyi, is this ...... There won't be any danger......
Li Qingyi shook his head: "Mother don't worry. ”
Xiaohuan quickly took the ice, and Li Qingyi scraped off some crushed ice with a bone knife and put it into the tea cup, saying: "The red-backed tarantula that was put into the ice cube will not wake up so quickly, it will take about a cup of tea." Red-backed tarantulas do not immediately re-dormant even in warm environments, and will rejuvenate for a period of time, which requires the owner to be familiar with the habits of the red-backed tarantula. ”
Everyone was silent, staring at the teacup closely, especially Aunt Jiang.
Time passed little by little, and the third lady was suddenly frightened, and whispered: "It's ...... moved."
I saw that the red-backed tarantula, which had escaped from the confinement of red wax, gradually spread its stiff hands and feet in the melting ice water, but it did not start to move immediately.
Li Qingyi said: "The crushed ice in the ice porridge is at least the size of a soybean grain, and it is more than enough to freeze such a small red-backed tarantula, and this thing is transparent, only a little red on the back, mixed with the colorful ice porridge, you can't see it at all." ”
Xiaohuan hesitated: "However, when eating, it is inevitable to crush the ice......
Li Qingyi turned his head to look at her and said, "So, how many red-backed tarantulas were frozen by broken ice in that bowl of ice porridge for Xiao Tao?" One or two? Or three or five, or ten, or even a dozen, and one of them was swallowed whole. ”
The people in the room couldn't help but cover their mouths when they heard this, and they all showed uncomfortable looks.
The county lord of Yuanheng snatched the door on the spot and threw up in the courtyard.
It was the first time everyone had seen her so gaffe.
Li Qingyi continued: "After the red-backed tarantula was swallowed into its stomach, it slowly woke up like it is now, until it regained its vitality, and then, put people to death. Everyone knows how long this process takes. As for why Xiao Tao did this...... Then it's up to her to ask herself. ”
Yesterday, Wei Xueying's time from eating the ice porridge to the time when she was poisoned in the Maoxiang Courtyard was naturally the time it took for the red-backed tarantula to fully wake up.
It is precisely because of this that the toxins will spread from the abdomen to the outside.
Aunt Jiang felt a chill all over her body, her eyes were fixed on the resuscitated red-backed tarantula, and she almost bit her lip to bleed!
The thought of such a terrible thing in her daughter's mouth made her feel creepy!
"Little Peach! Who instructed you? ”
A servant girl who has been serving by Wei Xueying's side for at least three or four years.
If you do this kind of thing suddenly, you will either be temporarily bribed, or someone will deliberately insert it into the Wei Mansion to lurk.
Everyone knows that the second is the most terrifying, a small peach was found here, are there other "small peaches" elsewhere?
Xiao Tao heard the questioning and hugged herself tightly, fear eroding her whole body little by little.
She thought that she was doing very clean, and there was no reason to be discovered, but she didn't expect that everything she did and everything she carefully arranged was easily seen through by Li Qingyi!
Old Madam Wei, who had been silent, got up from her chair and said, "Don't say it at this time, there will always be a time for her to say, someone will come!" Take her away! ”
took out Xiao Tao, and everyone understood that someone was indeed making trouble behind this matter.
So what is the purpose of the other party?
Is it to target Li Qingyi?
Or is it to provoke the relationship between Li Qingyi and the Wei family? And then drove her out of the Wei family, or even killed her directly?
Everyone is not stupid, and the more terrible they feel when they think about it.
Xiao Tao was taken down, and with the Wei family's methods, everyone understood what she was going to face.
Old Madam Wei said to Li Qingyi: "Qingyi, I wronged you this time. ”
"Where is Old Madam Wei, the Wei family is willing to give Qingyi a chance to prove her innocence, and she is already very gracious. How could Qingyi be wronged? ”
"Okay, good boy, I didn't misread you."
Old Madam Wei pulled Li Qingyi over, and her face became more and more pleasant.
Everyone echoed for a while, saying that Li Qingyi was smart and so on.
Aunt Jiang stood stiffly in place, her mind blank.
What if it weren't for Li Qingyi, others might not have used Wei Xueying as a target!
Her gaze passed through everyone and stared fiercely at Li Qingyi's back.
Li Qingyi felt something, but didn't look back.
Some resentments, although they are forced to be helpless, cannot be eliminated at all.
In this world, not everything makes sense.
Whether it's anger or not, since it has arisen, it is not so easy to change.
Everyone followed Mrs. Wei out and walked into the courtyard, and at some point there were thick black clouds in the sky, which was a little hot and a little more gloomy.
Wei Xueying was lying in the coffin, already changing into a new dress.
Huge blocks of ice were placed around the body to prevent the corpse from decomposing.
Her originally delicate face was bruised at this time, and her expression was distorted and hideous due to the pain of dying, making it almost impossible to see her original appearance.
The old lady sighed and said, "Although the initiator has not been found, the truth of the death of the four girls has been revealed, and they will be sent to the temple immediately to spend their souls and buried according to the system." ”
Aunt Jiang finally recognized the reality and didn't dare to dwell on it anymore, but the hatred and unwillingness in her eyes did not diminish at all.
Li Qingyi looked at Aunt Jiang and was secretly vigilant in her heart.
I'm afraid this woman won't give up easily.
But as long as the other party doesn't come to her for trouble, she doesn't bother to care what the other party has to do.
Back at the Maoxiang Courtyard, Li Qingyi had just entered the house with her front feet, and Thick Peony came over with a slippery little girl, holding a lot of things in her hands, and said, "The slave maid asked Miss Li to say goodbye, this is what the old lady asked the slave maid to send to you." ”
This is afraid that she will be wronged, and she will be compensated.
Li Qingyi thanked him with a smile, and Lu Wu stuffed a purse into Thick Peony's hand, but Thick Peony didn't refuse, and Xiao Yingying's subordinates said goodbye.
Three days have passed in a flash, and Wei Xueying's aftermath has come to an end.
But everyone didn't know if the old lady had interrogated Xiao Tao about anything, but they just felt that the atmosphere in the house was very depressing in the past few days.
Li Qingyi stayed quietly in his own fragrance courtyard and did not go out easily.
But everyone else took the initiative to talk to her, because Li Qingyi's second uncle Li Yong was appointed as the crown prince and young master, and he had already taken office.
Looking at the emperor's meaning, this young master of the prince is not just an empty title, but really wants Li Yong to teach the prince.
How can Li Yong teach the prince?
Haven't you heard of it yet?