The owner of the bookstore admired Yang Zhengde very much. When Yang Zhengde was young, he always delivered the goods to Yang Zhengde personally. It was not until Yang Zhengde got older that he handed over the delivery job to his own shopkeeper.
To show his importance, the shopkeeper almost always does it himself, but if he really can't leave, he will let the second shopkeeper go in his place.
This second manager was a spy that Lu Tong had planted in this bookstore long ago.
Having learned from his previous failure, this time Lu Tong directly asked his grandson to go to the bookstore under the pretense of buying pens, ink, paper and inkstone.
After receiving the order, the second manager took action immediately. He took the rare copy he had privately kept and went to Yang Zhengde in person.
Yang Zhengde had no intention of seeing him at this time. When the servant came to report, Yang Zhengde directly ordered the housekeeper, "Leave the book, give him more silver, and then send him back."
The housekeeper took the order and went to do it. Although the second manager felt regretful, there was no need to make any further fuss.
He handed the box containing the rare copy to the housekeeper, "Our master knows that Lord Yang likes these. As soon as the book arrived at our bookstore, our master immediately asked me to deliver it to Lord Yang."
The housekeeper said "thank you" and then paid him the money for the books.
The second manager took the silver and left promptly. The housekeeper took the book to Yang Zhengde's study for him to review.
Yang Zhengde was anxiously waiting for his grandson to return home from school in the palace. He could not do anything else, so he took out the rare copy that the second manager had just sent him and read it.
However, not long after, his hands suddenly began to become uncontrollable.
Yang Zhengde realized that something was wrong and called out to the servant who was serving him with great effort.
The servant looked up when he heard the sound, only to see Yang Zhengde holding his stomach, curled up like a shrimp, with a trace of yellow unknown liquid flowing from the corner of his lips.
The servant was terrified and yelled for help, "Help! Help! Master, the master has been poisoned!"
The guards and attendants who had been guarding outside the study rushed into the study upon hearing the noise, and the head guard immediately went to call a doctor.
With Yang Zhengde's official rank, he could have employed an imperial physician, but at this critical juncture, the head of the guards would not dare to ask for one for him.
He quickly summoned the two best doctors from the clinic closest to Yang's residence. He and another guard loaded the two men and their medicine boxes onto horses and galloped all the way. When they arrived at Yang's residence, they were still dizzy.
Fortunately, these two people are not in vain. Even though the second manager gave Yang Zhengde the most poisonous arsenic he could find, these two doctors still temporarily controlled the spread of the poison in Yang Zhengde's body.
After administering first aid, the younger doctor said to Yang Zhengde's chief guard, "This is arsenic, and no one has an antidote. Thankfully, you only came into contact with a tiny amount, otherwise you wouldn't have waited until we could control the spread of the poison."
He paused briefly, as if trying to organize his words, and said, "If His Excellency has anyone he wants to see or anything he wants to say, let him see them and say it now."
The head of the guards' face turned pale when he heard the word "arsenic". When he heard the doctor's words like "You can prepare for the master's funeral", he punched himself in the heart.
By now the chief guard had come to his senses and had identified the person who poisoned Yang Zhengde as the second shopkeeper who had suddenly come to his house.
While the doctor was taking Yang Zhengde's pulse, he had already sent people to chase the bastard who dared to poison their master.
However, the only effect of such a remedy would probably be to avenge their elder. It would be absolutely impossible to capture someone to detoxify Yang Zhengde.
Taking a deep breath, he solemnly instructed one of his deputies, "Take two teams and go to the palace to bring the young master back."
Now, Yang Shixian is the only one left in their family who can be the head of the family. The leader of the guards must let Yang Shixian come back to see Yang Zhengde for the last time before he dies.
What they didn't know was that when the servant shouted "Master has been poisoned", Yu Zizhen suddenly reached out without warning and supported Yang Shixian who was about to return to his seat.
Yang Shixian didn't react at first to what Yu Zizhen was doing, until Yu Zizhen stared at her with her dark round eyes and shouted, "Shixian? Shixian? What's wrong with you, Shixian?"
Although Yang Shixian didn't understand what was going on, it didn't stop him from cooperating with Yu Zizhen in the performance. He opened his mouth to speak, but Yu Zizhen struck him with lightning speed, using his hair as a cover to hit him on the back of the neck.
Yang Shixian felt a pain in the back of his neck and slid down to the ground. But before his body hit the ground, Yu Zizhen had already held his arms and placed him on the long table closest to him, which originally belonged to Yu Zizhen.
After settling Yang Shixian, Yu Zizhen immediately beckoned Yang Shixian's servant to come in, "Your young master has fainted for some reason. Quick, go get some people to carry him home."
Yang Shixian's servant's legs went weak and he almost rolled forward on the spot. He crawled to call two guards over.
The two guards, having been bribed by him, didn't mind helping to carry the body. What bothered them more was that Yu Zizhen had actually removed the door panel of the room next to the school...
This is the imperial palace, the imperial palace. Even removing palace door panels and the like, I have to say that the Prince of Zhenbei is as tough as ever...
Thinking about all these messes in their minds, the two guards lifted up one end of the door panel.
Yu Zizhen said to Xiao Yuanjin, "I will send the scholar home first. Your Highness, please ask for leave from the master for us."
Xiao Yuanjin has also been practicing martial arts for several years. Although his talent and time spent are far inferior to Yu Zizhen's, so he is not as skilled as her, but Yu Zizhen had no intention of attacking him behind his back just now. When she hit Yang Shixian, her arm shook slightly, and Xiao Yuanjin saw it all with both eyes.
Out of absolute trust in Yu Zizhen, Xiao Yuanjin did not make up some messy and bloody plot. Almost the first time Yu Zizhen did this, he thought that Yu Zizhen must have a reason to leave the palace immediately.
His expression didn't reveal the slightest flaw, but the look he gave Yu Zizhen was filled with worry. "Okay, then you guys better be careful and don't get into any trouble and hurt Shixian again."
Although he was talking about Yang Shixian, he believed that Yu Zizhen would be able to understand what he wanted to express.
Yu Zizhen looked back at him, a soothing smile slowly spreading across the corners of his lips, "Don't worry."
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