The route has been changed. Although the final destination is still Beiguan, the detour distance will be much longer than before.
Wei Yunlan took out a stack of banknotes that he had prepared long ago and handed them to Yu Qi.
Yu Qi raised his eyelids but did not extend his hand to receive it. "No need to give more silver. It will be easier for us to protect you if you don't go with this team."
This is the second time my banknote has been rejected!
Wei Yunlan felt suspicious and hesitated for a moment before asking, "Captain Yu, I wonder if your Pavilion Master and I have ever met before?"
She had no intention of deliberately inquiring about the identity of the head of Tianshu Pavilion, but she vaguely felt that the other party seemed to be too caring towards her.
"Miss Wei doesn't know the master." Yu Qi answered and added silently in his heart, if hearing the name does not count as knowing the master.
"Then why..." First he gave away the sheep, and then he didn't charge for the money?
Yu Qi replied seriously: "My master admires Lord Wei's upright loyalty and upright character, and cannot bear to see his loyal subjects suffer."
"I see."
Finally understanding the reason for this kindness, Wei Yunlan breathed a sigh of relief, and then he felt even more admiration for the mysterious Tianshu Pavilion Master.
"Your Pavilion Master is a man of true righteousness. I would like to thank him for his care on behalf of my father."
"I will convey Miss Wei's words to the master."
Yu Qi's serious expression made Wei Yunlan feel a little embarrassed. Just as he was about to say something, he saw Yu Qi's eyes suddenly become sharp.
He turned around and retreated to the window, gesturing with his hand to keep quiet.
Wei Yunlan held his breath and became nervous as well.
This room is located at the end of the second floor of the inn, and directly facing the window is the kitchen built on the east side of the backyard.
Yu Qi pushed the window open a little, and through the gap he saw someone tiptoeing into the backyard.
Before I could see clearly, I saw that the man had already circled behind the kitchen. Looking out from the room, the view was completely blocked by the kitchen.
Yu Qi reached out to hold the window frame and was about to turn over to go out when he saw Wei Yunlan also staring outside with curiosity. He couldn't help but think, "Miss Wei, do you want to take a look together?"
"Is it okay?" Wei Yunlan was eager to try.
Yu Qi nodded slightly, clasped Wei Yunlan's shoulder with one hand, held the other arm with the other hand, and flew out of the house with Wei Yunlan, jumping onto the roof in a few steps.
From this height, you can have a panoramic view of the entire backyard.
The figure who had just circled around the kitchen was now wandering around the stable, holding a wooden basin filled with a lot of dirty clothes.
Wei Yunlan narrowed her eyes and took a closer look, and couldn't help but be surprised, "It's her."
Mrs. Feng’s third daughter-in-law.
The third daughter-in-law whose two sons died yesterday and whose father was said to be a Taoist priest in the village.
There was no one around, so Mrs. Feng San quickly dug out some wild grass from under the wooden basin and scattered it into the feeding trough corresponding to the three horses and the ewe.
Then he did the same thing again, grabbing a small handful and throwing it into the grid where a mule and another ewe were tied.
After doing all this, Mrs. Feng San left in a hurry.
Just as she walked out of the stable, a dark shadow landed where she had just stayed. It first took out the wild grass that was scattered for the mule, and then took out a few grasses from the food next to it.
Then his figure flashed, jumped onto the roof, and approached the location where Wei Yunlan and Yu Qi were.
"Who is this?"
"One of our own." Yu Qi pointed at his companion who was also wearing night clothes and had come closer, "Pei Hu."
Pei Hu clasped his fist towards Wei Yunlan, then raised the two handfuls of grass in his hands.
Before he could say anything, Wei Yunlan had already recognized that this "wild grass" was the herb that Old Lady Feng had given to her family during the day.
"Sure enough, there's something wrong with this grass?" She said that the Feng family would never be so kind.
"No, it's not the grass that's the problem."
Pei Hu shook his head and handed a handful to Wei Yunlan, "Miss Wei, smell it carefully, does it have a sweet and sour smell?"
Wei Yunlan brought the grass close to her nose and sniffed it hard. Sure enough, a faint sweet and sour fragrance entered her nose. It was hard to smell it without getting close.
"This is the taste of the quail fruit. Miss Wei may not have heard of it. It is a wild fruit that is not uncommon in the northern mountains."
It was indeed the first time that Wei Yunlan heard of this, "Is this fruit poisonous?"
"No." Pei Hu explained, "The fruit of the quail is not poisonous if eaten alone. Many flying birds and herbivorous beasts in the mountains and forests often eat this fruit, but carnivorous beasts generally won't touch it."
"Why is this?" Wei Yunlan asked.
Yu Qi frowned and glared at Pei Hu: "Can't you just speak more directly?"
"Yes." Pei Hu stood up straight and told everything he knew at once, like pouring out beans from a bamboo tube: "The quail fruit itself is not poisonous. At most, eating too much will cause mild diarrhea. But once it is eaten with meat or cow or sheep milk, the whole body will be hot, breathing will be difficult, and there may be rashes all over the body."
Wei Yunlan's expression tightened when he heard this. He untied the sachet hanging around his waist, took out two herbs from it and handed them to Pei Hu, "Take a look at these two of mine. Are they the same as the ones you brought back?"
This was taken from the basket of herbs that Old Mrs. Feng brought in the afternoon.
As expected, Pei Hu took a look and sniffed it, then nodded and said, "It's the same, both are smeared with the juice of the quail fruit."
Wei Yunlan immediately understood what the Feng family was planning.
Three grandsons and two granddaughters died in the Feng family yesterday.
Among the three grandsons who died, two were the biological children of Madam Feng San!
Madam Feng San was probably very angry at the Liang family who indirectly killed her two sons. Since she couldn't take revenge openly, she secretly fed the ewes with wild grass smeared with pigeon juice. As long as she was not discovered, she could sneakily infect the youngest son of the Liang family, who would have to eat goat's milk cheese every day.
It would be fine if it was just revenge on the Liang family, but why would they involve the Wei family as well?
As everyone knows, the ewe of the Liang family was raised for the youngest son of Lord and Lady Liang.
As for the one in the Wei family, they raised it for Xiao Jiarong, who was just one month old.
Wei Yunlan didn’t know whether the Liang family’s five or six-year-old youngest son would die after drinking the contaminated goat’s milk, but her little Jiarong would definitely not escape.
The Feng family's move is intended to take people's lives!
Wei Yunlan's eyes were filled with anger.
She had no say in the feud between the Feng family and the Liang family, but the Wei family had never taken the initiative to provoke the Feng family, and Jiarong had never offended the Feng family in the slightest.
The Feng family's actions are too much!
"Miss Wei, do you need help?" Pei Hu asked politely.
"I'd like to trouble you to keep an eye on the livestock at home, to prevent them from accidentally eating poisonous grass and causing diarrhea, which would delay the rest of the journey. As for the Feng family..."
Wei Yunlan sneered.
It seems that just breaking their arm last time was not enough to teach them a lesson!
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