Chapter 9: The Charming Nasty Ghost

Latis's father was a tall, middle-aged man, and although he looked sickly, the thick calluses and strong muscles on his hands indicated what a muscular man he had been.

At the moment, he was in a state of limbo, breathing weakly, and he did look terminally ill.

After Zhang Peng checked his pulse, he turned his head lightly and asked Latisi: "Your father, in addition to cultivating the land, is he also proficient in martial arts?" ”

Latis nodded and generously admitted: "Yes, my father has been on the battlefield and was once a brave warrior, Junma, how is my father's condition?" ”

Zhang Peng's face was a little strange, and he didn't answer directly, but asked, "Latisi, do you father and daughter have enemies in Beiting City?" ”

The county lord stood aside and immediately expressed his attitude: "Latisi, if you have an enemy, you can talk to the county lord, and the county lord will help you take revenge!" ”

A look of doubt appeared on Latisi's pretty face: "My father and daughter have been in the North Court for three years, and they have not provoked any enemies, except for a few relatives and friends who know the roots, they have hardly had contact with other people, and the only contact is probably the porcelain merchant Liu Dayuan, and my father will go to trim and sort out the exotic flowers and plants for his backyard every month." ”

Zhang Peng's brows furrowed, and he nodded: "I think I know the reason, Latisi, you don't have to worry, your father is not sick, but poisoned!" ”

"Poisoned?" Latis was shocked, "How so?" ”

Zhang Peng nodded solemnly: "If my diagnosis is not bad, this is a sinister poison mixed with a small amount of arsenic, and your father's headache, insomnia, loss of appetite, indigestion, weight loss, motor nerve paralysis, optic nerve atrophy, palms, cornatosis and other symptoms are typical symptoms of arsenic slow poisoning." ”

"Arsenic, how is that good," Latis immediately cried when she heard the word arsenic, seeing that she was going to bring rain to pear blossoms, how could I feel pity, a man would not help but want to hold her in his arms and take good care.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, since Jun Ma said it so calmly, it proves that he has a way to treat your father," but this flower messenger was not Zhang Peng in the end, but Xu Wanyi.

She gently hugged Latisi, and her jade hand gently stroked Latisi's back, and Zhang Peng was envious.

"I'm sure I'll cure him, and I'll be able to get him back to normal within a month," Zhang Peng sighed, not knowing what he was sighing for, and while sighing, he took up the pen and prescribed medicine.

"Who is so vicious, this is clearly trying to kill people invisibly," Xu Wanyi's IQ is finally online at this moment.

Zhang Peng finished writing the recipe, turned his head and asked, "Latisi, did you find anything unusual when you were tidying up the flowers and plants in Liu Dayuan's backyard?" ”

Hearing Zhang Peng's inquiry, Latisi gradually stopped crying, thought for a while, and then said suspiciously: "Under the pear tree in Liu Dayuan's backyard, there is a secret door, which is difficult to find because it is covered by grass and trees on weekdays, and I only found it recently. ”

Zhang Pengmo rubbed his chin, and then asked Xu Wanyi again: "County Lord, has the army counted the details of the donations made by the merchants and people in the city when they urgently faced the Chaktuo army that day?" Is there Liu Dayuan among them? ”

Xu Wanyi has been well-informed since she was a child, how could she not remember this kind of important military affairs, she replied almost without thinking: "No, I remember very well that Liu Dayuan did not come forward when he was defending the city and preparing for war, but only came forward to donate property and labor after Chaktuo retired from the army, huh?" You mean? ”

Xu Wanyi didn't finish this sentence, but frowned and looked at Zhang Peng.

Zhang Peng nodded and said, "The secret door under the pear tree in his backyard is probably a secret entrance to the outside of Beiting City!" ”

"That's right!" Xu Wanyi also nodded yes, "This Liu Dayuan is afraid that the secret of his secret path will be discovered, so he began to give Latisi's father a chronic poison a long time ago, Latisi, has your father eaten or drunk the diet provided by Liu Dayuan?" ”

Latis nodded: "Yes, every time my father goes to prune the flowers and plants in the backyard for him, Liu Dayuan will provide my father with some pastries and tea!" Was he poisoned? ”

"Digging a secret road privately is a big crime to destroy the security of the city's defense, and the county lord will go and slash him alive with a sword!" Xu Wanyi's face became more and more ugly, and the anger in her heart became more and more difficult to contain, she couldn't tolerate someone creating such a terrifying security hazard in the Beiting City she had worked so hard to build.

She really didn't dare to imagine what would happen to the entire North Court if this secret passage was known by the enemy army!

"Save it, it is estimated that on our way to Latisi's house, Liu Dayuan has already escaped through the secret passage," Zhang Peng sighed, "If you want to catch him, I'm afraid it's not so easy." ”

"Hmph, then you have to confiscate all the wealth of his house, and the county lord will also report to the court, the whole country is fished, he must be arrested, and he will be punished!" Xu Wanyi was angry, and shouted, "Jianping, Gundam!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Jian Ping, the leader of the sword attendants, and the little scholar Gao Gao entered the house one after the other.

"County Lord, County Horse!"

Xu Wanyi did not say anything, but directly ordered Jianping to lead a team to raid Liu Dayuan's house, and at the same time quickly searched for Liu Dayuan and destroyed it after exploring the secret passage.

Gundam was ordered to take Latis's father and daughter back to the county lord's mansion in a carriage to take medicine to treat Latis's father.

In the humble Huren hut, only Xu Wanyi and Zhang Peng were soon left.

Outside the house, the wind and sand were very strong, and the whistling wind seemed to never stop, which made people more troubled.

Zhang Peng looked at Xu Wanyi, who was obviously still angry sitting on the chair, and felt a little helpless, it could be seen that Xu Wanyi's mood was really lost this time.

"You say, how many people like Liu Dayuan are there in Beiting City?" Xu Wanyi seemed to be asking Zhang Peng, but she was actually asking herself, "You say, am I really not suitable to be a commander?" ”

"County Lord, you can't use Liu Dayuan as an example to deny the efforts you have made," Zhang Peng knew what he had to say, his feelings for Xu Wanyi were very complicated, they were husband and wife, friends, and rivals.

But there is one thing, he admires Xu Wanyi, a general who defends the country and borders.

And this woman who put half of the Beiting military affairs on her shoulders, what she has paid for the people of Beiting, it seems that no one really cares.

You are the lord of Luanming, the daughter of the general of Shangzhu Kingdom, and you dedicate everything to Beiting, isn't it a matter of course.

But Zhang Peng doesn't think so, no one is born with what they should do, and what everyone bears is the result of their independent choice.

"You ask, how many people are like Liu Dayuan?" Zhang Peng took care of himself and served himself another bowl of pumpkin porridge, which Latisi's family had boiled a lot today.

Xu Wanyi looked at Zhang Peng, she rarely looked at Zhang Peng so calmly, even if she had been married for more than four years.

"Then why don't you ask, how many people like me are there?" Zhang Peng walked into Xu Wanyi and handed over the bowl and spoon containing pumpkin porridge, "People who were originally cowardly and timid, people who were originally selfish, and people who were originally confused, because they saw you in Beiting, they understood the righteousness of the family and country, knew how to take responsibility, and plucked up courage and blood!" ”

Xu Wanyi took the porridge and looked at Zhang Peng so closely, for the first time, she felt that Zhang Peng was not so annoying, but a little ...... Charming?

"Xu Wanyi, drink the porridge into your stomach, and put your heart back in your stomach, Beiting is still the Beiting you are looking forward to, and you Xu Wanyi is still the general Luan Ming who shocked the Western Regions!"

"Hmph, I can't even shoot sycophants, I'm still far from the rank of general," Xu Wanyi seemed to regain some self-confidence, and finally became normal.

"Haha, don't care about these details," Zhang Peng scratched his head and continued, "So you shouldn't be depressed now, how to ensure the grain harvest in the people's year, how to take care of the newly cultivated fields, and how to popularize the irrigation system, this is what you should care about!" ”

"You're right, I'll take Latisi tomorrow morning to inspect the acres and check for gaps!" Xu Wanyi completely regained her self-confidence, and a smile appeared on her face.

"Haha, that's it, I have to be full of vitality every day, and that's the county lord I know!" Zhang Peng got up with a smile, stood against the light, raised his head and groaned, and his voice was sonorous and powerful: "Hu Bottle's arms are purple and sweaty, and the autumn moon group in the west of Beiting City." Ming Xingchi sealed the sword, and Luan Ming took Loulan overnight! ”

Xu Wanyi looked at it in a daze and listened in a daze.

"If your husband doesn't understand military politics, let's give my wife a poem!"

Xu Wanyi was stunned to reminisce about the afterglow of this song "Luan Ming Out of the Stopper", and when she came back to her senses, the tall figure had long been lost in the room.

"Hmph, nasty!"

The county lord smiled slightly, feeling that the temperature of the pumpkin porridge in his hand was just right, and the taste was just right!