Just as her uncle had expected, her cousin found the secret room after she returned.
She's been locked in the room for two days, completely afraid to go out, and unable to find a way out. If her cousin doesn't come back, she might die here.
"They've just been taken away, right?"
Lu Lianlian nodded: "They came very quickly, without even giving us time to react. I heard they killed several disciples, but my aunt, uncle, and the others are alright."
How did they get caught?
Hearing her question, Lu Lianlian couldn't help but shed tears again: "They were poisoned. I don't know how that traitor got the medicine. My aunt and uncle were both poisoned. It's because I'm not skilled enough to give them an antidote."
Lu Lianlian was born into a family of doctors and had been learning medicine from her grandfather, but she still couldn't cure the poison; she hadn't learned enough.
"Has everyone been poisoned?"
Lu Lianlian nodded again: "No, I'm not poisoned."
Wan Ge realized that since everyone had been poisoned, it was highly likely that the water had been poisoned.
Wan Ge went straight to the well, scooped up a spoonful of water, sniffed it, and then took out her unique silver needles. Sure enough, she detected the medicinal effects in the water.
"It should be a drug that disperses internal energy, and the person who made this drug must have a very high level of medical skill, whether in medicine or poison making. You haven't learned martial arts, so it won't be useful to you. All the disciples in the sect have learned martial arts, and once they take it, they will have a reaction soon. They will experience severe pain in their meridians throughout their body, and the stronger their martial arts skills, the greater the reaction."
The traitor was the emperor's man. Wan Ge had seen this kind of energy-dissipating drug in a book before; someone in a small country had studied it extensively. He must have obtained it from that small country.
It is colorless and odorless, and when dissolved in water, it is completely invisible and undetectable.
Moreover, this medicine cannot be considered a complete poison; ordinary people would not experience any reaction after drinking it. Therefore, every disciple in the sect who drank it was affected.
The Wansheng Sect excels at concocting poisons, and some members, in their madness, will experiment on themselves. This gradually forges within them a degree of immunity to poisons.
However, it cannot completely make one immune to all poisons, and it is especially helpless against drugs that are not poisons but have the effect of dispersing internal energy.
"So what should we do now? He has a list in his hand; he probably already knows you're not inside. I wonder if he'll..."
"When I came back, I was sure that I was alone, and there was no one watching me near the sect. Not many disciples in the sect have seen me, so it won't be easy for them to find me, and they might not even come looking for me."
Just as Wan Ge finished speaking, she heard another commotion. She could tell that quite a few people had come, which shouldn't be the case, since she was certain that there was no one around at the time.
Wan Ge hid Lu Lianlian again and prepared some food and water for her. She also told her how to leave the secret room and that if she couldn't return, she should leave.
Lu Lianlian looked at Wan Ge with great concern: "Cousin, what are you planning to do?"
"Don't worry, I'll be fine." She wanted to see what they were up to.
…
Wan Ge didn't expect that Bai wasn't the emperor's man; the person who came was the Prince of Zhennan, who came in person with a troop of men.
A guard spoke up: "Your Highness, we've searched but there's no one here. Could Miss Fang not be here? What should we do now?"
The Prince of Zhennan frowned. He already knew about the Wansheng Sect, which was why he had come looking for him.
He had already sent someone to Divine Healer Valley before he came, only to learn that she had recently left. If she had just left Divine Healer Valley, then she must have gone home.
But now I can't find her?
A trusted aide spoke up with some concern: "His Majesty is clearly targeting us this time. Is the next one...? We need to prepare ourselves as soon as possible, Your Highness!"
"I know." The Prince of Zhennan was also a bit of a headache, not expecting that the emperor had also planted spies in the martial arts world.
Just as he was having a headache, a voice that was both strange and familiar rang out: "So it's the Prince who has arrived."
He had only heard that voice once, yet it left an extremely deep impression on him. After all, in all those years, only this one person had dared to poison him.
"So you really are here." King Masao didn't know whether to be speechless or relieved.
Wan Ge simply said, "Your Highness, you didn't let anyone discover your whereabouts when you came looking for us, did you?"
"How could I possibly let anyone discover my whereabouts at a time like this?" At this moment, the reason they gave Wanshengmen was that they intended to rebel.
If people find out that he has connections with the Wansheng Sect, wouldn't it be a certainty that he colluded with ministers to plot a rebellion?
So no matter what he did, it was impossible for anyone to discover his whereabouts; he had already been very careful when he came.
"Okay, let's not talk about that now. What are your plans?"
"Find a reason to bring me into the palace," Wan Ge said calmly. She had initially thought this matter wouldn't be so simple, but now it seemed much simpler.
"What are you doing in the palace?" The Prince of Zhennan felt a throbbing sensation between his brows, a thought that he couldn't quite grasp.
"Isn't Your Highness already familiar with my methods?"
"But he has many capable people around him, can you handle it?" The Prince of Zhennan was somewhat worried. He had many tricks up his sleeve and was willing to do anything to protect himself.
Wan Ge glanced at him indifferently again: "Your Highness has probably sought out quite a few talented and extraordinary people, hasn't he?"
With his abilities, he could find people almost as capable as the emperor. How could he not go looking for help after learning that he had been poisoned?
The Prince of Zhennan turned around somewhat awkwardly. He had indeed searched for many people, including all sorts of powerful individuals, but he had not yet gone to the Valley of Divine Physicians.
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