Xu Erya was also startled. She hadn't expected Li Youran to suddenly faint, so she hurriedly picked her up and placed her on the bed, then turned around and went out to find a doctor.
"Why would someone faint for no reason?"
Xiao Hong looked at Li Youran lying on the bed with a nervous expression. As she spoke, she tightly gripped the bracelet and sachet that had fallen to the ground.
"This sachet smells really good."
Before Xiaohong could finish speaking, she felt her body go limp and she collapsed onto the table.
"Young Master Tang, there are only mountains and waterfalls here, there are no roads!"
Chief Huang rode his horse at the forefront, but seeing no road ahead, he hurriedly pulled on the reins.
"Chief Huang, the path is behind the waterfall."
Tang Lei rode his horse forward, stood at the very front of the road, and pointed to the waterfall in the distance.
Chief Huang frowned slightly. If Tang Lei hadn't looked so serious, he would have thought it was a joke.
"The water is rushing and there's nowhere to put your feet, so how could there be a path behind it?"
Chief Huang looked at Tang Lei with a puzzled expression. Tang Lei did not reply, but waved to Chief Huang, then spurred his horse, circled the lake, and galloped towards the waterfall.
"Boss, Miss Li fell unconscious because she inhaled a large amount of poison gas."
As he spoke, the lame man opened a tattered box and took out a set of silver needles for acupuncture.
"The maidservant beside Miss Li also had the same symptoms."
After hearing what the cripple said, Xu Hu looked at Tao Hua and asked.
"Miss Li, have you been anywhere or touched anything you shouldn't have?"
Peach Blossom recalled carefully, her brows furrowed, and she shook her head.
"Miss Li hasn't been feeling well these past few days. She just took a short walk around the village and then went back to her room. There's nothing in the room..."
As she spoke, Peach Blossom looked at the basket on the table and the sachet that had fallen to the ground.
Peach Blossom suspected these things, but she dared not say so, because they were sent by Xu Erya.
Where did these things come from?
Xu Hu followed Tao Hua's gaze and frowned, pointing to something on the table.
“Brother, these things are my wedding gifts for Miss Li.”
As Xu Erya spoke, she picked up the sachet that had fallen to the ground and looked at the fragrant sachet with a puzzled expression.
"Strange, how did this sachet end up here?"
Xu Hu got up, took three steps at a time, walked from the bedside to the table, and snatched the sachet from Xu Er Ya's hand.
"Er Ya, don't you know that people outside the mountains feel unwell when they smell the fragrance of this sachet?"
Xu Hu frowned and said, turning to look at the cripple, "This sachet may make people outside the stronghold feel very uncomfortable, but it shouldn't cause them to fall into a coma. Do you know why Miss Li fell into a coma?"
The lame man had already given Li Youran acupuncture and was now giving Xiao Hong, who was lying on the soft couch to the side, acupuncture.
"The poison that Miss Li was poisoned with was extremely complex."
As he spoke, the cripple took the capsule from Xu Hu's hand, smelled it, and continued.
"Peach Blossom, has Miss Li eaten any snow lotus flowers these past few days?"
"Reporting to you, sir, Miss Li has not been feeling well these past few days and has been drinking nourishing soups, some of which contain snow lotus."
After hearing what Peach Blossom said, Crippled Guai nodded. He waved his hand and began writing a prescription on the paper, saying as he wrote.
"The snow lotus and the medicine in the sachet are incompatible, and they have a strong effect in the body, causing people to fall into a coma. If they are not rescued in time, they will be crushed to death."
As soon as the cripple finished speaking, he wrote out the prescription and handed it to Xu Hudao.
"It's hard to say whether it's a coincidence or something more sinister. Boss, you'd better hurry up and get the medicine. We can't afford to delay."
Xu Hu dared not delay in the slightest, and hurriedly sent his fastest subordinate to fetch the medicine.
At the same time, an order was given that no one was allowed to approach Li Youran's room.
"hidden!"
Just as Tang Lei and Chief Huang were discussing how to find the path behind the waterfall, Tang Lei, who had been keeping a close eye on the waterfall, keenly noticed something unusual about the water flow. He hurriedly waved his hand, signaling everyone to hide.
Suddenly, a figure appeared out of thin air above the waterfall. He skillfully grabbed a vine beside the waterfall, stepped on the stones, and climbed upwards like a rock-climbing monkey.
After the man disappeared, the vines hid again, as if they had never been there.
"Chief Huang, we will go down from up here tonight."
Tang Lei naturally knew that nighttime operations were much more dangerous than daytime operations, but judging from the situation, there were people behind Pupu, and they were guards. Only by operating at night could they avoid being discovered.
"Everything behind the waterfall is unknown. I will inform His Highness the Second Prince and request that more people with excellent lightness skills be dispatched."
Tang Lei nodded upon hearing this, but did not say anything.
If it weren't for Li Youran, Tang Lei would have gone there alone long ago. But he wasn't alone; he had to ensure everything went smoothly and bring Li Youran back safely.
"Your Highness, we have stayed here for far too long. If we cannot return to the capital in time, I fear the Emperor may misunderstand."
"Let's stay one last night."
Seeing that the Second Prince had spoken in this way, the accompanying officials did not dare to say anything more, and thus they all withdrew.
The Second Prince stood with his hands behind his back, pursed his lips, and frowned slightly.
Despite sending out so many people to search for several days in a row, they still couldn't find Li Youran's whereabouts, and His Highness the Second Prince lost confidence.
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