Chapter 378: Night Exploration
Speaking of this, Yu Lingye was quite helpless: "Duke Ning has never liked my mother."
"When the late emperor was alive, he listened to my mother's every word and did many things that only a foolish emperor would do. Duke Ningguo believed that my mother was a demon concubine who brought disaster to the country, and as a result, he didn't like me very much."
"Duke Ningguo and I have never had any contact."
"Although Duke Ningguo has been marginalized in recent years, the emperor is wary of him because of his extensive disciples and influence. Someone has been secretly watching the Duke Ningguo's mansion."
"The Emperor's men are also targeting Prince Ling's Mansion."
"If we meet privately, the emperor will know immediately."
"For security reasons, Duke Ning may not accept our invitation."
Xie Yingmian sighed.
It’s so tiring to be so scheming.
Zang Song came back soon.
"Prince, Princess." Zang Song's usually expressionless face became solemn. "Something happened."
"Duke Ningguo has passed away."
Xie Yingmian and Yu Lingye were both shocked.
Xie Yingmian asked, "When did it happen?"
Zang Song: "When I went to the Ningguo Mansion to deliver the visiting card, the gates were closed during the day. The guard at the door accepted the visiting card but did not report it. Something was very wrong."
"After I sneaked in through the corner door, I heard crying sounds one after another."
"After much discussion, I finally learned that Duke Ning had died suddenly. The news was temporarily suppressed by the Ningguo Mansion, and even the imperial physician who diagnosed him was detained there."
Xie Yingmian frowned: "Is it such a coincidence?"
They were about to meet Duke Ningguo, and then Duke Ningguo died?
"Have you ever seen the body of Duke Ning?"
Zang Song shook his head: "There is chaos in the Ningguo Mansion. Almost all the masters are gathered around the Ningguo corpse. I can't get close."
Xie Yingmian had a hunch that something was not right.
Duke Ningguo was already quite old, so his death was not surprising.
But, sudden death is very strange.
She suspected that there was something else behind Duke Ningguo's death.
Xie Yingmian asked Yu Lingye: "Do you want to sneak in and take a look at night?"
Yu Lingye: "Aren't you afraid it's a trap?"
Xie Yingmian seemed to be lost in thought: "Are you saying that Duke Ningguo faked his death?"
Zang Song said, "I believe the possibility of fake death is extremely small. Everyone in the Ning family is extremely sad, especially the wife of Duke Ning. She has fainted several times. Everyone else is also panicked and helpless, as if the sky has fallen."
Xie Yingmian felt that the Ningguo Mansion was worth a visit.
late at night.
Xie Yingmian changed into her nightgown.
Zang Yue and Wen Juexia, who had also changed into night clothes, were already waiting there.
Yu Lingye was worried and wanted to go with him.
Xie Yingmian was very disgusted: "Your legs and feet are not very good yet, and you might hinder us if you go. We are just investigating whether Duke Ningguo is really dead or just pretending to be dead. We will come back immediately after the investigation. You stay at home honestly."
The despised Yu Lingye: ...
Yu Lingye also knew his physical condition.
He asked Tianjia and Zangsong to follow them.
With Zang Song as their guide, Xie Yingmian and his party entered the Ningguo Mansion with ease.
The Ningguo Mansion was in a bleak state.
All the big red lanterns and couplets were taken down and replaced with white couplets and white lanterns.
The white lanterns sway in the wind,
It is especially creepy in the middle of the night when the faint sound of crying can be heard.
There were many people guarding the place where the body of Duke Ningguo was placed.
Those people looked haggard, with tear marks on their faces, and their sadness didn't look fake.
Xie Yingmian gave Zang Yue a small porcelain bottle.
Zang Yue held the small porcelain bottle and flew across the mourning hall at an extremely fast speed.
A gust of wind blew, and the medicine powder in the small porcelain bottle scattered in the wind.
The people guarding the body of Duke Ningguo were yawning, but they all fell asleep within a cup of tea.
After confirming that there were no mechanisms or traps, Zang Yue nodded to Xie Yingmian.
Xie Yingmian came to the side of Duke Ningguo.
When she felt Duke Ningguo's pulse, her brows furrowed.
Duke Ningguo is indeed dead.
There was no pulse and the heartbeat was almost stopped.
However, Duke Ningguo did not die of illness, nor did he die suddenly.
But, he was poisoned.
Duke Ningguo has been poisoned for quite some time.
When the poisonous insect was in its dormant state, Duke Ningguo was no different from an ordinary person, and the doctors could not detect anything.
When the poisonous insects broke out, they struck directly at the heart, paralyzing it and causing Duke Ningguo to die suddenly.
Wen Juexia said, "Sister Mianmian, this old man's death was quite strange. I've seen many dead people, and their faces were very, very ugly. But he was different. His face was so peaceful, as if he was asleep, and he even looked better."
Xie Yingmian said, "Duke Ningguo knew he would face this disaster, so he made preparations in advance."
Wen Juexia: "He really is faking his death."
Xie Yingmian shook her head: "No, it's true."
"but……"
"I have to say, this old man is really lucky. If we had come an hour later, he would have been completely dead."
Xie Yingmian dripped some medicine into Duke Ningguo's mouth.
She took out the silver needle,
The energy of the Longevity Stone was injected into the heart of Duke Ningguo through a silver needle.
The heart paralyzed by the insect is recovering rapidly.
After it was almost repaired, she sealed several of Ningguo Duke's acupoints and locked up the poisonous insect.
Time passes by little by little.
A quarter of an hour later.
Zang Yue approached like the wind: "Someone is coming."
As expected.
There were chaotic footsteps approaching in the distance.
"Let's go." Xie Yingmian said silently to Wen Juexia.
Cang Yue and Wen Juexia quickly evacuated with Xie Yingmian.
After Xie Yingmian and others left, those who had fallen asleep slowly woke up.
They had no idea they were drugged and just thought they were too sleepy and took a nap.
No one dared to admit that they had fallen asleep while keeping vigil, so no one mentioned the matter.
The other side.
Xie Yingmian returned to Prince Ling's mansion and found Yu Lingye reading a book under the lamp.
Xie Yingmian sat across from Yu Lingye and asked, "Do you want to know what we discovered on this trip?"
Yu Lingye: “Yes.”
Xie Yingmian didn't keep it a secret: "Duke Ningguo didn't die suddenly, he was poisoned."
"Duke Ningguo should have known for a long time that he was poisoned. He took some measures before the poison broke out."
"It's a pity that those measures couldn't stop the Gu worms."
"In the opinion of other doctors, Duke Ningguo's pulse and heart have stopped beating, and he is indeed dead."
"But the standard of death here is different from theirs."
"Duke Ningguo still has a trace of his heart pulse, and that tiny trace of heart pulse is the key."
"Luckily, I went to check it out tonight. If I hadn't gone tonight or had gone an hour later, Duke Ningguo would have been completely dead."
Yu Lingye understood what Xie Yingmian meant: "Can he still be saved?"
Xie Yingmian: "I don't know."
"I fed Duke Ningguo medicine, which revived his heart meridians and temporarily sealed the poisonous insect. If Duke Ningguo is lucky enough, he will wake up in about three days."
"But whether he can survive or not depends on the luck of Duke Ningguo."
Yu Lingye asked, "What kind of poison has Duke Ningguo been possessed by?"
Xie Yingmian: "Searching for the fragrance Gu."
Yu Lingye had never heard of this.
Xie Yingmian was also unfamiliar with the Xunxiang Gu.
Before, she didn't even know that she knew about the Xunxiang Gu.
Interestingly,
When examining Duke Ningguo's body, the three words "Xunxiang Gu" inexplicably popped into her mind.
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