Chapter 146: Before the fire, people were poisoned to death
Deng Youning also knocked the doctor unconscious, so now all the irrelevant people in the room would be out of the way.
Everyone thought she was some notorious bandit who had captured everyone in the room in order to kill them and rob them of their money. Everyone looked at her in horror.
Even Miss Qi, who was blind, had a look of panic on her face.
"Who are you? I am a seventh-rank commander. How dare you kidnap an official appointed by the imperial court? Do you want to die?"
Captain Qi knew that there was a huge disparity in strength between himself and the little girl, so he could only use these methods to scare her.
Deng Youning sneered, "Captain Qi, you sold the army's stone fat water to the imperial merchant Jin family in order to make a profit to treat your sister's illness. What crime should you be punished for?"
When the private transaction was exposed, Captain Qi's face turned pale instantly.
"It's impossible for ordinary people to pay attention to the matter of Lithium Water. Who are you?"
Captain Qi is still obsessed with Deng Youning's identity.
Deng Youning sighed.
Satisfy her!
She showed the ruby ring on her thumb, and when Captain Qi saw it, his eyes almost popped out.
She laughed at herself. The name Han Ning was an obvious hint, but she was so stupid that she didn't think much about it.
When Manager Jin saw the ring on Deng Youning's hand, he also felt a chill in his heart.
He quickly bowed to Deng Youning and said, "Madam, please be clear! I picked up the stone fat water in the mountains by myself. It has nothing to do with Captain Qi."
Although Manager Jin did not know Deng Youning's identity, her skills were better than those of Captain Qi who had been on the battlefield, so she must be a high-ranking official in the capital.
Hearing him say this, Captain Qi seemed to have found a loophole, and followed his words to distance himself from him.
Deng Youning shook his head in disdain and asked, "Manager Jin, during the Lantern Festival 23 years ago, were the lanterns for the imperial palace also tributed by your family?"
Shopkeeper Jin seemed very proud. Without even thinking, he nodded in agreement.
"Then it is undoubtedly you who killed Concubine Han!"
Deng Youning directly stamped the conviction.
Hearing her suddenly mention Concubine Han again, Shopkeeper Jin and Captain Qi seemed to come back to their senses.
"I am the Princess of Youning County, personally appointed by His Majesty. Not long ago, His Majesty ordered me to work with Li Tianzhuo, the commander of the Silver Dragon Guard, to thoroughly investigate the truth behind Concubine Han's self-immolation."
"We found something similar to stone lacquer in Han Guifei's bedroom, Changchun Palace."
"This county lady just went to Taoxi Mountain yesterday. Commander Qi, every time your Changnan Camp sends lacquer, it is always short of weight. Do you still dare to say that it was not you who gave the lacquer water to Manager Jin?"
Deng Youning asked sternly.
Her eyes were wide open with anger, and she looked like a female demon, and she frightened Shopkeeper Jin so much that he started to tremble with fear.
This was the first time he saw a woman so terrifying.
"Manager Jin, I advise you to tell me everything about the burning of Changchun Palace. Don't let me capture you and bring you back to the capital and send you to the Silver Dragon Guard Prison."
"You should know that Li Tianzhuo's methods are hundreds and thousands of times more terrifying than mine!"
Shopkeeper Jin felt his knees go weak and he knelt down begging for mercy.
Deng Youning and Li Tianzhuo are a pair of powerful killers that are feared in Beijing!
Especially the county lady Deng Youning who just returned from the Zhenguo Mansion. She only sided with justice and not her relatives. She wiped out the entire family by herself, and the position of Zhenguo Duke was replaced by someone else.
"And you, your sister's eye disease should be caused by poisoning. I believe you have heard that I learned from the Ten Thousand Snake Valley."
"I can cure her poison!"
After hearing what Deng Youning said, Captain Qi's attitude towards her changed 180 degrees.
Even though her hands were tied, it did not stop her from kneeling down to Deng Youning.
"County Lady, as long as you can save my sister, I will plead guilty and I will accept any punishment!"
To Captain Qi, her sister is everything to her.
After learning Deng Youning's true identity, Miss Qi stumbled and knelt down in front of her.
"County Lady, my sister is not a bad person. She didn't know what Shopkeeper Jin did with the Lithospermum Water. She sold the Lithospermum Water to him in order to save money for my medical treatment."
"Please, Lady County, please show some mercy and spare my sister's life!"
There was no need for Captain Qi to confess her guilt, as her sister had already said everything for her.
Deng Youning was quite grateful to her sister. If she hadn't refused to take medicine and treated her illness, and hadn't said that Captain Qi had betrayed her body and even violated morality, Deng Youning wouldn't have been able to determine that the two of them were in collusion so quickly.
"This is medicine, try taking it first."
There is no need for Miss Qi to be punished along with Captain Qi for his mistakes.
Deng Youning also planned to help her detoxify.
"Thank you, County Lady. Then my sister..."
Miss Qi took the antidote, but was worried about Captain Qi's condition and was reluctant to take it for a long time.
"Don't worry, her crime is not punishable by death!"
After Deng Youning said this, Miss Qi finally breathed a sigh of relief and was willing to take the antidote.
"It's your turn. Why did you set the fire?"
Deng Youning turned his sharp eyes to Manager Jin again.
Shopkeeper Jin looked aggrieved, "County Lady, I really have no way to defend myself!"
"Before I set the fire, Concubine Han had already been poisoned to death!"
Deng Youning: ???
She felt that Manager Jin was not telling the truth.
In a rage, she quickly stepped forward, grabbed Manager Jin's neck, and angrily asked, "Is what you said true?"
"My life is in your hands. How dare I lie?"
He was so aggrieved that he almost cried. It felt really uncomfortable to have his neck strangled.
"Who asked you to set the fire?" Deng Youning continued to ask.
"Empress...Empress!"
He insisted, uttering the two words with difficulty.
Deng Youning sneered and threw a pill of poison into his mouth.
"Only the Ten Thousand Snake Valley in the world can cure this poison. I will keep your life for now. Just pretend you have never seen me today and continue to do what you should do."
Shopkeeper Jin was confused and didn't know what to do.
He was so scared that even though he didn't understand, he still nodded like a chick pecking at rice.
After taking the drug, Miss Qi could actually see some light with her eyes.
She dropped her cane and tentatively reached out to touch her sister.
Captain Qi was so shocked that he was stunned when he saw that his sister, who had been blind for nearly thirty years, had finally regained her sight.
"Han'er, can you really see it?"
The two sisters hugged each other and cried bitterly.
"Sister, we are so good, I can see it!"
Miss Qi tentatively touched Captain Qi's face and looked at her sister carefully, but perhaps because she had been blind for too long, her eyes were still not very clear, as if covered with a layer of fog.
"I just helped you get rid of the poison, but your eye disease hasn't been cured yet. But from now on, just drink the ordinary medicines you used to take."
"You don't need to ask for help from some wandering expert. Any doctor in town can continue to treat your illness."
Deng Youning only cared about detoxification and not curing the disease every time.
"Thank you, County Lord."
The two sisters kowtowed to Deng Youning to express their gratitude.
"You two will continue to stay in Changnan Camp and make up for your crimes."
"Help me keep an eye on him at all times. If the Queen, the Crown Prince, or someone from the Wu family contacts him, report to me at any time."
Shopkeeper Jin said that Concubine Han died of poisoning. Although it is not known whether this is reliable or not, Deng Youning also has a hunch that the cause of Concubine Han’s death is definitely not simple!
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