Chapter 241 Poisoned? Danger is imminent
He Zhaojun pulled two burnt potatoes from the fire, held them to her nose and sniffed them. She signaled her subordinate to continue, "Go and take these two to Yin Xiamo, who was rescued from the dungeon. I hope he will speak up soon."
The men did not dare to be negligent, but they did not relax easily either. There was a large iron cage in the middle of the courtyard, where they temporarily placed the person by the fire to dry out the moisture on his body.
From the time the magnificent sunset spread until the moon reached its zenith, "Yin Xiamo" still stared at the corpses displayed under the altar, his eyes fixed on them without blinking, and without saying a word.
He Zhaojun sat across from him, staring at him. They had searched all of them, but couldn't find any clues. So she had a deep pit dug to bury all the headless bodies.
"What's your name? Are you from the ramming sand? What crime did you commit that you're being imprisoned in this water dungeon? Can you understand me? What are the burial customs here?"
But "Yin Xiamo" still didn't speak, her eyes were empty and sad.
"Alas, these people died tragically. There is not much I can do but bury them. Unfortunately, I can't find out the real culprit behind the scenes." He Zhaojun sighed, not knowing whether this young man who was as fragile as bubbles could understand what she said.
At this moment, Wen Ziduan had been sitting by the bed, flipping through those medical books and volumes. He Zhaojun also leaned over to take a look by candlelight, but many of the words were obscure and difficult to understand, and He Zhaojun was very confused.
"Did you find anything?" He Zhaojun yawned and leaned slightly on Wen Ziduan's shoulder.
"No." Wen Ziduan casually put down the bamboo strip in his hand so that He Zhaojun wouldn't see it.
He Zhaojun rolled her eyes. He must have discovered something, but just didn't want to tell her. A plan came to her mind. She put her arms around Wen Ziduan's neck, leaned close to his ear, and whispered, "I, I feel like I've been poisoned. My heart is beating so fast."
As she spoke, she bit her lip and looked at Wen Ziduan pitifully, while secretly reaching into Wen Ziduan's sleeve to find the bamboo slip he had just hidden. Perhaps it was because his gaze was too fiery, she really felt her heart beating like a drum and her face burning.
He Zhaojun had already touched Wen Ziduan's sleeve, but he grabbed her wrist and clasped their fingers. Their foreheads touched, their breaths blending. Wen Ziduan's lips touched her cheek, but for a long moment, there was no movement.
"...Is your nose bleeding again?" He Zhaojun took a peek and found that Wen Ziduan seemed to be asleep, with his head hanging down and lying on her shoulder, motionless, his lips as red as blood.
"Ziduan! What's wrong with you?!" He Zhaojun hurriedly helped him sit up, but she felt dizzy. The world in front of her began to distort and change color, and it was bizarre. She didn't know when it started, but the fog had filled every inch of the room.
He Zhaojun struggled to her feet. "Someone! Come quickly!" Just by raising her voice, she was already struggling to breathe. Outside, silence reigned. No one from the soldiers who had been left on night watch responded.
Alarm bells rang in her heart, and she didn't even bother to put on her shoes. She covered her mouth and nose with a trembling handkerchief and stumbled out. Something blocked the door, and in the dim moonlight, she almost stumbled.
When she saw clearly that it was her brother, He Zhaojun could not help but feel a shudder of fear. He, like everyone else, had fallen to the ground unconscious.
All of them had only eaten dry food they brought with them and boiled and disinfected mountain spring water. There was absolutely no reason for them to have food poisoning. Moreover, with the antidote pills prepared by Doctor Sun, they shouldn't have been infected so quietly!
Moreover, why was everyone, including the medical officer, already unconscious, while she was still able to move? She looked around in the starlight and moonlight. In the middle of the courtyard, the pale and thin young man was looking straight at her.
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