Chapter 97: The Attack of One's Own
Everyone in the Xia family also put down their chopsticks and stared at Xia Xing'er nervously.
Thinking that she said that after eating a bite of meat, a bad thought slowly emerged in my mind. Could it be...
He involuntarily turned his gaze towards the pot of meat, and the next moment he heard Xia Xing'er say, "It's poisonous!"
Her voice was not loud, but all the officials sitting around her heard it, and the chopsticks fell to the ground with a clang.
"What did Miss Xia just say, poisonous?"
"Did I hear wrongly?"
"You must have heard it right. I heard it too?"
Wang Xiaoer's face turned pale. "The poison seems to have taken effect. I feel dizzy, nauseous, and weak all over. I can't breathe. I want to fall to the ground."
"When you put it that way, I seem to have the same feeling, and I'm sweating all over."
"It's over, it's over. I've seen my ancestors."
Xia Xing'er's mouth twitched. "This food is highly poisonous, but the poison is relatively weak and won't take effect that quickly. Don't scare yourselves."
"What? It's still super-super-super-toxic!"
Everyone broke out in a cold sweat and couldn't help but collapse: "Which bastard poisoned our food?"
"The person who poisoned me must be in this team."
"Don't let me know who scared me into poisoning you, or I'll make sure he knows how to write the word death."
Xia Xing'er looked at them, each of them pale with fear, and comforted them: "Don't be afraid yet, maybe it's just us who are in the pot, and none of yours are in it."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but then their hearts started to tighten again. Someone pointed at them and said tremblingly, "It looks like you've all eaten. Did you eat too much? Do you want to induce vomiting?"
The person who spoke was quickly slapped on the back of the head: "Why are you so anxious? Miss Xia didn't say anything, why are you so anxious?"
"Yes, yes, if it was really serious, Miss Xia wouldn't be so calm."
Everyone watched as a delicious hot pot of meat and vegetables was ruined, feeling angry: "Damn it! How dare he put drugs in my food? He must be so tired of living! Don't let me find out, or I'll beat him to death."
Lin Wanqing in the crowd shrank her neck, her heart pounding.
"That's not right. When Old Madam Xia was cooking, the people helping her were all from our own family. It's impossible that one of our own family did it, right?"
"That's impossible. Every time, we brothers help out while Old Madam Xia cooks. Who would be so heartless as to do such a thing? If we find out, we brothers will spit on him and drown him."
While they were arguing, Xia Xing'er had already tasted each pot and said, "Stop arguing. All the pots are poisonous."
Zhang San frowned unhappily: "When we were cooking just now, we didn't let anyone else touch it except us."
He couldn't imagine it. If it was really done by his brothers in the team, he didn't know what to do.
"I know. It's possible that it wasn't cooked while I was cooking."
If the medicine was poured into the food, the toxin could not be so tiny. Besides, there was also toxin in the officials' food, which means it was an indiscriminate attack.
Thinking of this, Xia Xing'er stood up and said, "Let's go and take a look at the well next to us!"
The only well in the post station is located under the shadow of the thick roots of the old locust tree outside the yard. The stone fence around the well is covered with moss due to its age. The well water is clear but has a faint coolness.
Xia Xing'er led everyone, hurriedly crossed the yard, and headed straight for the well.
The people who were watching the fun all looked unhappy. They had just vaguely heard that there was poison in the Xia family's food.
I was secretly happy in my heart that the Xia family finally got their retribution.
Let them eat and drink well, be envied, and be poisoned.
As long as the Xia family dies, those things will belong to them, and everyone can have a share.
Why are you here at the well now? Has poison gone down into the well?
Thinking that they had just used the water in it, he did not hesitate and quickly followed behind.
Master Xia was so frightened that his legs were shaking. They had just drunk the water in it. If it was really poisoned, they would die too.
Although exile was a bit bitter, with poor food and sleep, and sometimes he was even whipped, he was unwilling to die. After all, a good death was worse than a miserable life.
At Xia Xing'er's signal, Zhang San scooped a spoonful of water and handed it directly to her.
Everyone looked at Xia Xing'er, holding their breath, their hearts in their throats.
Xia Xing'er took a sip of the well water, frowned slightly, and carefully felt the changes in her body.
Once the water enters the mouth, the toxins will quickly spread into the blood and settle. All you need to do is wait for the venom to slowly corrode various organs of the body, and then you will die instantly.
"The poison was indeed in the well water."
Xia Xing'er uttered a few words lightly, and everyone was frightened and panicked. The color on their feet disappeared and they collapsed to the ground.
"Who the hell is it that poisoned the water? What kind of heartless bastard is this? He wants to kill all of us!"
"I just used the water from the well. What should I do? What should I do? Someone tell me, am I going to die soon?"
"It's over, it's really over this time, I'm going to die!"
"Mom, why am I so miserable? I barely escaped being beheaded, but I couldn't escape being poisoned!"
Some people were so frightened that their voices trembled and they even started crying.
Is it easy for them? They have no money and all they eat are steamed buns given by officials, or even wild vegetables and tree roots dug along the way.
I didn’t have enough to eat every day. I finally arrived at the post station and drank more water to fill my stomach. I didn’t expect that drinking would cause trouble.
Who would have thought that even the well water in the post station would be poisoned!
Why can’t the road to exile be peaceful!
Seeing that the situation was about to get chaotic, Zhang Sanda shouted to stabilize the situation: "Everyone be quiet!"
At this time, everyone was trapped in the fear that they had drunk poisonous water and were about to die from the poison. Who would listen to the officials?
It was not until Zhang San and his men pulled out the whips from their waists and beat them hard that the pain made them quiet down.
"If you don't want to die, just keep quiet. If you keep making noise, I'll beat you to death before I poison you to death."
Zhang San threatened everyone with harsh words, then turned around and looked at Xia Xing'er with a changed expression.
"Miss Xia, what do you say we should do now?"
Xia Xing'er put down the spoon in her hand and looked at everyone with sharp eyes: "Tell me, who has been close to this well? Stand up voluntarily, otherwise you will die."
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