Chapter 284 Food Poisoning

Yu Zhuo embraced Zhou Yanshu with one hand. He finally showed the spirit of an Alpha and shouted to the people around him: "Don't come over here! What do you want to do by gathering here now?!"

Lin Shuang stopped less than a meter away from Yu Zhuo. He frowned and said, "Yu Zhuo, the Earl needs treatment. Get out of the way!"

"If he needs treatment, it should be done by a doctor. How can you, a general who has been away from home all year round, do you know what to do?" Yu Zhuo sneered. His eyes flashed across the broken porcelain pieces that fell to the ground, and he said, "I forgot that he became like this because he ate the food you sent him."

Lin Shuang's face changed when he heard this. He shouted angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about? How could I do such a thing? These Thousand Treasure Fruits are all the same. Don't splash dirty water!"

Yu Zhuo sneered: "You know whether I have spilled dirty water or not!"

Lin Shuang: "You are so outrageous..."

"That's enough." A voice suddenly rang out from above. When everyone heard Tamo's voice, they stopped talking and knelt down in front of them.

"What are you yelling about? Are you treating me as if I don't exist?!" Tamo suddenly threw down the wine glass in his hand. With a "bang", the wine glass broke into pieces.

"Let the royal doctor come and see! I also want to know... who dared to attack the count in front of me."

Tamo narrowed his eyes and looked at Zhou Yanshu who was still unconscious below. Zhou Yanshu's mouth and nose were still bleeding uncontrollably. He half leaned on Yuzhuo's shoulder, his face as pale as death.

Tamo frowned. He just wanted to embarrass Zhou Yanshu and humiliate him at the celebration banquet this time, but he didn't want to kill Zhou Yanshu.

He was not stupid. Zhou Yanshu still had many supporters in the mermaid tribe, so he didn't need to make things difficult for himself. However, he held such a big celebration party for Lin Shuang and specially invited Zhou Yanshu to come. Others had already thought that he had ulterior motives.

If Zhou Yanshu really died here this time...

Tamo's brows furrowed even more tightly, he looked at Lin Shuang, and a dark look flashed across his eyes.

If Zhou Yanshu really died here, some people with evil intentions might take the opportunity to make trouble.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Doctor Pan Rui is here!"

The attendant in charge of reporting came hurriedly from outside, followed by an elderly man with white hair and beard. The old man wore silver-framed glasses and was holding a medical box, about to kneel down to salute Tamo.

"Alright, alright! Stop saluting me and wasting time! Go see him!" Tamo waved his hands impatiently.

Pan Rui paused when he heard this, and immediately turned around and went to the side. Zhou Yanshu had already been carried into the inner hall, and Pan Rui followed him in, isolating the rest of the irrelevant people outside.

"Your Majesty, the earl's condition is rare. I'm afraid it's because the earl just woke up after a hundred years of sleep and his old illness has not yet healed." Qi Mohan stood in the hall and spoke slowly, "Your Majesty, don't worry."

Tamo was originally still upset. He was shaking the wine glass around in annoyance. When he heard Qi Mohan's words, he suddenly paused.

"Yes... The Earl has been sleeping for a hundred years, and he has countless illnesses, big and small. Didn't he go to the hospital frequently during this period? How pitiful..."

Yu Zhuo listened to their conversation in silence.

Qi Mohan was indeed quite capable. With just two simple sentences, he pushed all the responsibility onto Zhou Yanshu himself.

He vomited blood because of his own physical weakness and illness, and it had nothing to do with Tamo and the others.

No one dared to speak in the hall. A silent undercurrent surged among them. Their eyes flickered and they were all secretly making plans in their hearts.

Yu Zhuo was not in a hurry. He glanced at Lin Shuang, whose face was ashen, and stood aside, knowing what was going on, without saying anything else.

The waiting time was not long. The people who treated Zhou Yanshu were all top royal doctors in the mermaid tribe. They came out with the test results within ten minutes.

Seeing this, Tamo asked, "What's the situation?"

"Your Majesty, the Earl's condition has stabilized. His brain nerve poisoning caused most of his senses to be paralyzed and he has temporarily fallen into a coma." Pan Rui handed the result list to the attendant and spoke.

Tamo casually opened the result list: "...Poisoned? How could he be poisoned? These foods were distributed according to the unified standard."

Pan Rui pondered for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, I just checked all the food the Earl ate. The pulp of the Thousand Treasures Fruit in his bowl was injected with neurotoxin."

Everyone in the hall was stunned when they heard the answer. Lin Shuang's face turned pale instantly, and he turned to look at Pan Rui after a moment.

"...I gave that bowl of Thousand Treasures Fruit to the Earl. I admit that I did not eat it, but I just wanted to give it to the Earl at that time. I definitely did not inject poison into it!"

Yu Zhuo laughed sarcastically at this: "You didn't eat it yourself, but picked it out for the Earl. He was poisoned after taking two bites, and you still dare to say it has nothing to do with you?"

"Yuzhuo——"

Lin Shuang gritted his teeth and said, "If you hadn't snatched the things in the earl's bowl, why would I give away the Thousand Treasures Fruit? It was originally for me..."

Lin Shuang's words suddenly stopped.

That was supposed to be for him.

The poison in the Thousand Treasures Fruit was originally meant for him.

Zhou Yanshu was the one who brought disaster upon himself.

"I'm Zhou Yanshu's Alpha, so what if I eat some of his food? But you..." Yu Zhuo pressed on, "You clearly have ulterior motives!"

The words that Lin Shuang was about to say were almost stuck in his throat. He looked around and saw that the fellow soldiers who had come with him to attend the celebration banquet were standing outside. They had stunned expressions and were obviously caught off guard by this sudden incident.

"Okay...you can say that..." Lin Shuanggu turned around and knelt on one knee, then spoke to Tamo.

"Your Majesty, this incident was caused by me, but I have no intention of harming the Earl. This plate of Thousand Treasure Fruits was brought to me by the servants, and the murderer's original target was me."

Lin Shuang raised his eyes and said, "Your Majesty, please allow me to investigate this case thoroughly. If I cannot find the real culprit, I am willing to accept punishment."

Tamo leaned back on his throne. This matter had nothing to do with him now. He propped his chin up and said, "Of course you can, but General Lin Shuang, you have to think about it. The crime of harming the earl is not light."

Lin Shuang said solemnly: "Yes, Your Majesty. I am willing to bear all the consequences."

Tamo nodded and said, "Then go ahead."

Lin Shuang stood up and walked past Yu Zhuo at a fast pace with a cold breath, which blew a chilly breeze in the air.

Yuzhuo took a step back and looked towards the door of the hall. He saw that the soldiers followed Lin Shuang out.

"Go! Arrest everyone who has touched the food in the temple today!"