Chapter 250 I want to see who is looking for death!
Witnessing this scene, Changshun, who hadn't left yet, instinctively exclaimed, "There's an assassin!"
It happened so quickly that the moment the dagger stabbed, Yun Qingshi quickly snatched the wooden plate from the maid's hand, and kicked the person to the ground with lightning speed.
"Ah——" The maid fell to the ground, holding her stomach and wailing.
However, the wooden tray in Yun Qingshi's hand was held very steadily, and even the water in the teapot did not move at all.
The next moment, Xiao Jiwu, who had noticed something, hurriedly appeared beside Yun Qingshi and nervously examined the young man carefully: "Qingqing, are you hurt?"
Unlike Xiao Jiwu's nervous expression, Yun Qing was calm at the moment. He shook his head and replied, "No, no, he didn't even touch my sleeve. Don't worry, Ah Wu."
Although Yun Qingshi was usually lazy in practicing martial arts, his martial arts skills were quite good. It was easy for Yun Qingshi to dodge the dagger that a maid had no martial arts skills and just stabbed randomly.
Upon hearing the sound, Xiao Jiwu still stubbornly checked the boy's body carefully, and he was not relieved until he was sure that Yun Qingshi was not hurt at all.
Xiao Jiwu's gaze then fell on the maid in the courtyard, and he ordered in a cold voice: "Take her away and interrogate her strictly! Who dares to hurt Eleven? I want to see who is seeking death!"
As for the maid, she was pinned to the ground by Ying Twelve and could not move.
In order to prevent the maid from committing suicide, Ying Twelve simply and neatly cut off her jaw, so the maid couldn't even cry out for justice.
"Yes." Ying Twelve quickly accepted the order upon hearing it, and then summoned two other guards to take the maid to the torture room.
Yun Qingshi was thinking that this maid's target might not be him.
After all, the other party had no intention of assassinating with a dagger at the beginning, and only a fool would let a maid who had no martial arts skills to assassinate.
I'm afraid that the dagger attack was just an act of desperation on her part.
As an undercover maid, the more reasonable method would be to poison her.
Therefore, there was a big problem with the tea brought by the other party.
It was because of this that Yun Qingshi thought of taking the wooden tray from the maid's hand. Otherwise, the teapot would fall and the evidence would be lost.
But if the tea is poisonous, he won't be the only one poisoned.
Moreover, the other party chose to deliver tea when Xiao Jiwu was around, so his purpose was very obvious.
They had just had a snack and were thirsty. Thinking about it now, it was really thrilling.
If Changshun hadn't called him out, he might not have noticed the problem.
For a moment, Yun Qingshi became more and more afraid the more he thought about it...
At the same time, after hearing the noise, several people who were busy in the side hall came out anxiously to check. They were relieved when they saw the assassin being escorted away by the guards and the two masters at the door of the hall were safe and sound.
But Zhao Mingde was still worried and stepped forward to ask anxiously: "Changshun, what's going on?"
Changshun was genuinely frightened, his face still pale. He was stunned for a moment before speaking, "Xiaohui came to serve tea just now, but when she reached the door, Master Eleven told her to wait. Suddenly, Xiaohui pulled a dagger from her sleeve and tried to stab Master. Luckily, Master was very skilled and dodged it."
Zhao Mingde hadn't seen the maid's face just now, so he was shocked after hearing this: "Xiao Hui? She's been in the palace for two years, and she's actually a spy!"
Hearing this, Xiao Jiwu spoke again coldly: "It seems that this mansion is still not clean enough."
He then gave Zhao Mingde an order in a deep voice: "Zhao Mingde, every servant who entered the palace with you this time must be carefully examined. This kind of thing must never happen again. Otherwise, you will be held accountable."
Zhao Mingde immediately responded, "Yes, I will be very careful."
When Xiao Jiwu looked at Yun Qing, his eyes softened instantly. Seeing that the young man was still holding the teapot, he naturally reached out and took it. "Qingqing, what are you thinking about?"
Xiao Jiwu then handed the teapot and wooden tray to Zhao Mingde: "Go and get a new pot of water."
The maid was a spy, so the tea she brought was naturally unusable.
Yun Qingshi came back to his senses upon seeing this and hurriedly stopped him: "No, there must be something wrong with this pot of tea. Don't change it yet. I want my senior brother to check it and see what kind of poison it is."
"Awu, that maid may not be coming for me."
He was just thinking about this question, because he had a vague guess about something, but he was not sure yet.
In the later plot of the original book, Xiao Jiwu would become such a cruel, bloodthirsty tyrant, even like a madman. He couldn't understand it at the beginning, but today's pot of tea with possible problems made him vaguely have some guesses in his mind, and those intricate threads gradually became clear.
Xiao Jiwu never refused Yun Qingshi's request. Hearing this, he withdrew the teapot without hesitation and ordered Zhao Mingde, "Go and invite Ye Runan."
"Yes, I'll go and invite him right away." Zhao Mingde responded hurriedly and left the yard to invite the person.
Yun Qingshi and Xiao Jiwu then both returned to Yian Hall.
As soon as Xiao Jiwu put down the teapot, Yun Qingshi curiously leaned over to take a look.
He wanted to see if there was any special smell or color.
Seeing this, Xiao Jiwu quickly reached out to stop Yun Qingshi's actions and pushed him back onto the stool.
After being stopped, Yun Qingshi looked puzzled: "What's wrong?"
Xiao Jiwu frowned and replied, "You knew it was poisonous, yet you still dared to approach it? What if it's a poison you can't even smell?"
Hiss, that’s true. When Yun Qingshi thought about it, he obediently stopped thinking about looking at it.
Less than two quarters of an hour later, Ye Runan and Jueming arrived at Yian Hall.
"Where is the poison?" Ye Runan's voice came into the room before anyone entered.
Hearing this, Yun Qingshi immediately stood up and pointed at the teapot on the table and replied, "Here."
Xiao Jiwu also stood up.
Ye Runan then walked to the table and waved to Jueming again.
Jueming immediately took off the wooden box from his shoulder and placed it on the table, then took out and put away the tools inside one by one.
After the tools were prepared, Ye Runan began to check the tea.
Seeing this, Xiao Jiwu just silently took Yun Qingshi and retreated a little further.
Yun Qingshi found it a little funny, but he also understood why Xiao Jiwu was cautious.
As for Ye Runan, he was so engrossed in identifying the poison that he didn't notice the two people's little movements.
About half an hour later, Ye Runan ordered Jueming to clean up the mess on the table. He then wiped his hands and spoke to the two of them, "There are two special herbs in this: Senluo Flower and Liangyi Grass. To cover up the slight smell of poison, this person put a lot of tea leaves in it."
Yun Qingshi didn't understand pharmacology, so upon hearing this, he hurriedly asked, "So it really is poisonous? What kind of poison is it?"
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