Chapter 1742 I am a sharp knife
Bai Shan opened the other jar and fished out ten needles. Each jar contained five needles, exactly the same as the five that Man Bao had replaced.
Maybe because Xu Yu was arrested, the medicine in the jar had not been replaced for a long time, and the taste was a bit strong at this time.
Everyone squatted on the ground and moved back slightly.
Bai Shan said, "Was this sent in through procurement?"
Lord Tang nodded, "It must be."
He took out the stack of papers from his sleeve and quickly found a note: there was a person in the East Palace Purchasing Department.
"It just so happens to be winter," Lord Tang said, "which makes it even more convenient for them."
There are few vegetables in winter. Except for some masters in the palace who have fresh vegetables to eat, most palace maids and eunuchs eat pickled and dried vegetables, which also need to be purchased from the imperial farm or other places every day and sent to the palace.
In winter, the most bottles and jars are transported to the palace. If the guards guarding the palace gate are not careful, these small jars can easily sneak in.
Seal the mouth tightly and put the pickles in the big jar. Will the guards take out all the pickles in the jar to check?
They could have boiled the medicine outside, sealed it and sent it to the palace, and then have another person deliver it to Xu Yu's hand. Xu Yu would then put the poison needle in the blister and let it soak for three days.
She now has three sets of poison needles, which means that she always has one set of finished poison needles and two sets of poison needles that are being soaked. No matter when the Crown Princess gives birth, as long as she can make sure she has access to Manbao's needle bag, she can replace the needles.
Mr. Tang couldn't help but praise: "What a clever idea."
Lord Tang sealed the two bottles of poison and the poison needles, and asked Bai Shan and Bai Erlang to carry them back to Manbao's room together.
All the things were placed on the table. Lord Tang pushed them towards Manbao and said, "You can use them to save people."
Manbao was stunned for a moment, then looked at Master Tang, "Brother Tang, Xu Yu doesn't believe you, but I do. You're the one investigating the case, so it's better for you to report it, right?"
Lord Tang shook his head and said, "I can't ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for someone, and I can't get it either."
He said, "Xu Yu should have guessed it as well."
He lowered his eyes to look at the things on the table and said, "I handled the case. Solving the case is my duty. It's not a big achievement. Besides, the case is only halfway through. Even Xu Yu doesn't know who is behind her, so others may not know either."
"Your Highness won't give me the honor of handing her over to me," Lord Tang said, "Besides, your sister-in-law is from the Wang family, and I might not be so clean either."
The four teenagers' eyes widened.
Lord Tang smiled and said, "Why, you still can't guess? This matter has so many implications that even I don't know if I can figure it out. You take it, you're the most suitable."
Even Lord Tang couldn't help but admire Xu Yu in his heart for being able to plan so carefully at that time.
Zhou Man is indeed the most suitable one.
She has a special relationship and feelings with the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess. Not only is she young, she is also an imperial physician, which seems to be related to this matter, but the roots are not deep and her family background is clean. She wants the person with merit, and the Crown Prince will most likely give him to her.
If it were him, it would be different. The prince might get angry and punish him as well.
Xu Yu obviously calculated this correctly.
He sighed and continued, "Everything else is fine, there are only two things. First, where do you want to place the people you want?"
"Take him home," Manbao said, "Let him work for my family. As long as he's not a bad person, I'll take care of him until the end of his life."
County Magistrate Tang: "...I remember you two are about the same age, right?"
Manbao whispered sheepishly, "But I live a long life."
She still has this little confidence.
Lord Tang: "...That's not certain. If you bring the person back, you two might not even know how you died."
Four people: ...
Lord Tang sighed and said, "Xu An's identity is a secret to others, but it's definitely not to the people behind it. Xu Yu's suicide can only paralyze them for a while. Once we have captured the people on the list, you can take Xu An away. They will definitely guess that it was Xu Yu who betrayed them."
"By then, even if it's just to make an example of someone and warn their men, they won't allow Xu An to live." Lord Tang said, "That's one reason. Secondly, if they allow An to live, it must be because of his value."
Lord Tang looked at the four people who were still confused and asked, "Have you ever thought that if they can use Xu An to threaten Xu Yu, can't they use Xu Yu to threaten Xu An?"
Manbao: "Xu An doesn't remember Xu Yu."
Lord Tang said, "It's not that he doesn't remember, he just didn't recognize Xu Yu as his sister. But he must know that he has a sister."
The child, who was over five years old, already had memories, and before he was four years old, Xu Yu would visit him every once in a while, so he definitely knew that he had a sister.
"If someone gives him some hints, like they did with Xu Yu, telling him that as long as he's obedient and serves the Lord well, his sister will be able to live well somewhere else, and then occasionally have someone else send him something, claiming it's from his sister, do you think he'll serve them?"
The four of them opened their mouths in surprise. It was obvious that they were young and did not have enough understanding of the shamelessness and viciousness of human beings.
Lord Tang sighed and said, "So, it's very dangerous to keep him around without knowing anything."
He obviously still remembered what Manbao said, "Don't tell him."
Then Manbao hesitated between keeping his promise and his family's safety and said, "Then tell him, tell him that his sister is dead."
Bai Erlang shouted, "He was killed by those people."
Bai Shan nagged him, "Xu An isn't a fool. If we tell him his sister is Xu Yu, how could he not know? But we have to say less, at least we can't let him know that it was because of his appearance that Xu Yu chose to commit suicide."
Lord Tang didn't expect that she hesitated for only a short while, and couldn't help asking, "Wouldn't you hesitate a little longer?"
Manbao said seriously, "This is for the good of both of us. We can't let him do something that will only make his loved ones sad and his enemies happy, right?"
Bai Shan and Bai Erlang nodded in agreement. They would never do such stupid things as those in the storybooks.
Lord Tang and Yin Or: ...Shouldn't we stick to our promise and never change it?
Or it’s good to worry about it a little more.
Manbao didn't dwell on this. What she was worried about was, "Who will tell him?"
No one spoke.
Lord Tang thought for a moment and said, "I'll go, but first you have to get the person from the Crown Prince."
Seeing Xu Yu's behavior, he didn't dare to underestimate Xu An. Moreover, he also wanted to see what kind of person Xu An was.
(End of this chapter)
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