Chapter 285 What is Fish Soup

The soldiers walked away quickly, leaving only the princes and nobles in the hall whispering to each other.

Because it was unclear who poisoned the hall, everyone in the hall was restricted from leaving.

Yuzhuo returned to his seat and turned to look at Qi Mohan. Qi Mohan looked calm and also glanced at Yuzhuo calmly.

"Countess, who do you think poisoned me?" Qi Mohan lowered his voice and asked casually.

Yu Zhuo certainly didn't fall for his trick. He said, "How would I know about this? Lin Shuang and I are not familiar with each other. As for Zhou Yanshu... there are so many people who dislike him that I can't even count them all."

Qi Mohan raised his eyebrows: "There are indeed many people who are unhappy with the Earl, but there is only one person who wants him dead."

Yu Zhuo paused, he raised his eyelids and saw Qi Mohan's gaze flash across the throne above.

"...Are you crazy?" Yu Zhuo lowered his voice and asked in shock, "Your Majesty, you dare to doubt?"

"I'm just guessing." Qi Mohan laughed and said indifferently, "Let's just talk about the facts."

He spoke in a normal tone, without any intention of offending Tamo. Yu Zhuo had heard earlier that Tamo was extremely partial to Qi Mohan, who had always been Tamo's backbone since he helped Tamo ascend to the throne.

On the other hand, Qi Mohan’s attitude towards Tamo... is a bit confusing.

Yu Zhuo turned his gaze back to the entrance of the hall, where two or three soldiers were stationed, and Lin Shuang's figure was no longer visible.

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Lin Shuang arrested all the people who were in charge of the food for the celebration banquet today. The soldiers in charge of the interrogation acted quickly and presented the results in a short while.

"General, these people insist that there is nothing wrong with the food at the celebration banquet. As for the thousand-treasure fruit, they are indeed the fruit we brought back from the border."

With his eyebrows furrowed, he asked in a cold voice: "Who has come into contact with the Thousand Treasures Fruit?"

"The Thousand Treasures Fruit is precious. Only the chef who cooked the food and the waiter who served the food had ever touched it. But now both of them are shirking their responsibilities and saying that they have nothing to do with this matter."

Lin Shuang sneered, threw down the documents in his hand, and said, "You guys continue to review them, and the cameras, look at them carefully again!"

He pointed to the adjutant behind him and said, "You know medicine. Come with me to the kitchen for a checkup."

The adjutant nodded and said, "Yes."

Things in the kitchen were scattered all over the floor. Perhaps because the incident happened suddenly, these people left in a hurry and piled up the vegetables and meat on the table without having time to sort them out.

Lin Shuang strode in, scanned the environment inside the kitchen, and walked in to check each one.

There was nothing wrong with these vegetables and meats. The other party had targeted the poison, and since there were many people in the kitchen and many informants, the probability of the murderer directly poisoning in the kitchen was still low.

However, none of the people who were captured and interrogated were willing to confess. Lin Shuang even interrogated almost all the servants at the celebration banquet, but still found no suspicious clues.

He could only start from the most basic place, the kitchen.

Lin Shuang looked grim. He looked at the ingredients in the kitchen one by one, and finally stopped at an iron pot that was still cooking.

The chef had not turned off the fire when he left, so the food in the iron pot was still simmering, and a rich aroma was wafting out of it.

Tamo has paid special attention to the maintenance of his health in recent years. He is already 100 years old and has begun to persistently pursue tonics that can prolong his life.

The thousand-treasure fruit that Lin Shuang brought back from the border area is a good example.

He has been stationed at the border for many years. If it weren't for this Thousand Treasures Fruit, Tamo would probably never have thought of them because of Qi Mohan's deception.

This return was an opportunity that Lin Shuang had been waiting for for many years. He didn't expect that he would encounter such a thing just after returning.

With his brows furrowed, he hadn't figured out a clue yet, so he took two steps forward and lifted the lid of the iron pot.

The white mist inside rose up instantly and covered Lin Shuang's face. Lin Shuang smelled the sudden fishy smell from the pot, he covered his mouth and nose and looked away.

There was actually a skull cooking inside.

Lin Shuang's body suddenly froze, a chill ran down his spine, and he stared at the skull motionlessly.

Bones...

Skull...

Carp bone pattern...

The adjutant standing behind saw Lin Shuang standing there motionless, so he immediately stepped forward and asked, "General, what did you find..."

Before he could finish his words, his body suddenly froze, and the crack in the middle of the skull was facing him, revealing the bones of a carp. The lines outlined on the edge of the bone were exactly the same as the carp patterns of their tribe.

"General! This is, this is, this..." The adjutant was almost speechless as he looked into the pot. His eyes were bloodshot and bulging with anger. He just stared straight at the skull in the pot, his muscles shaking uncontrollably.

Lin Shuang raised his head, his Adam's apple rolled twice, and he turned his body sideways: "...You come and check to see if there is anything abnormal inside."

"General!"

"You come check it out! Quickly!"

Lin Shuang's voice was sudden and sharp. He stood there without moving, his expression tense as if nothing had happened: "Hurry up."

Seeing this, the adjutant could only walk forward with his head down. He tested the thick soup in the pot that had already turned white, and scanned the inside of the carp skull with an instrument.

"General, there's nothing unusual in there. The soup has normal seasonings added to it. It's just a pot of... carp soup."

Lin clenched his fists, his fingers trembling with force, and his nails almost embedded in the flesh of his palms.

He knew that Tamo was absurd and weird, and he also knew that he was not a wise ruler of the mermaids. But Lin Shuang never expected that after he had been fighting outside for many years, Tamo would give him this pot of soup as a reward after he came back.

He wanted to prolong his life, so Lin Shuang went to great lengths to obtain the Thousand Precious Fruits for him.

Tamo can eat fruits, elixirs, and many delicacies from the mountains and the sea, but how can he eat the skulls of his own people? !

"General...are you okay?"

The adjutant's voice rang in Lin Shuang's ears. Lin Shuang's face had turned pale in an instant. He blinked when he heard the voice and said in the same tone: "...I'm fine."

The adjutant stood there, his eyes wandering between Tieguo and Lin Shuang: "General, what should we do now?"

"Since there's nothing wrong with the soup in the pot, just pour it out." Lin Shuang said, "And the bones too."

"But if Your Majesty asks..."

"If he asks, just say I knocked it over!" Lin Shuang's voice suddenly dropped, and he said, "If he asks, just answer like this and put all the blame on me."

The adjutant's face suddenly changed: "General, you can't do this! It was not easy for us to come back this time. If we anger His Majesty again, I'm afraid we will never have a chance to come back again! Not to mention that Qi Mohan and Qi Zuo Shi have always been at odds with you, and they will take the opportunity to seize power. We..."

Before he could finish his words, Lin Shuang turned around and walked away.