Chapter 366 There is something wrong with this medicine
Luo Qinghan wanted to reach out and take the booklet.
Xiao Xixi stretched out her hand first: "Let me do it! What if this booklet is coated with poison? I am immune to all poisons, let me try it!"
She picked up the book and opened it in front of the prince.
There are only a few words written on the first page, which roughly mean that although the Shen family has declined, the head of the Shen family still abides by the family precepts passed down by ancestors. Whenever they encounter people in trouble, the Shen family will be generous and help the poor.
This booklet records the names of people who have received favors from the Shen family, as well as their general deeds.
Xiao Xixi was very disappointed: "It's not a martial arts secret book."
Luo Qinghan was not disappointed at all, but rather very interested.
He took the booklet and flipped through it carefully.
Xiao Xixi turned and continued to study the black wooden box.
The results of the research surprised her greatly.
From the surface, this wooden box is just an ordinary wooden box with exquisite workmanship, but it contains an extremely sophisticated mechanism.
If someone tries to break open the wooden box by force, the mechanism hidden in the box will be activated. Not only will the person approaching the box be attacked by hidden arrows, but even the booklet placed in the box will be destroyed immediately.
Xiao Xixi carefully took down the small metal arrow and looked at it carefully.
Based on her experience, the arrow must have been coated with poison.
Wow, this method is quite powerful!
Fortunately, they used the key to open the wooden box, otherwise the poison arrow would have been directed at them.
There were not many pages in the booklet, and Luo Qinghan finished reading it quickly.
Xiao Xixi showed him the poison arrow and explained the mechanism inside the wooden box.
Luo Qinghan asked: "Can you put the poison arrow back?"
Xiao Xixi put the poison arrow back to its original place.
Luo Qinghan found a piece of white paper and drew on it.
Xiao Xixi came over to take a look and saw that he had drawn a map with just a few strokes.
"What is this painting, Your Highness?"
"Treasure map."
Luo Qinghan folded the map and put it back into the wooden box.
Xiao Xixi blinked: "Are you trying to lure people in with a fake treasure map?"
Luo Qinghan said calmly: "It's just for emergency use."
He closed the wooden box, fastened the copper lock, and then broke the key into two pieces.
He threw the broken key and the book into the brazier.
The flames quickly engulfed the booklet.
In just a few moments, the booklet was burned to ashes.
Xiao Xixi asked: "Why did you burn it?"
Luo Qinghan: "This kind of thing cannot be kept, it must be destroyed. Anyway, I have memorized all the contents of the book, so it doesn't matter to me whether I have it or not."
Xiao Xixi was stunned.
The prince must have only read it once, but he actually memorized the entire contents of the booklet.
He has a photographic memory!
He is indeed a top student, his memory is really amazing.
The poor student Xixi was full of admiration.
Luo Qinghan asked Eunuch Chang to hide the black wooden box and said nothing else.
Eunuch Chang immediately followed the prince's instructions, found a secret place, and hid the black wooden box properly.
There were several additional dishes for today's lunch, and they were all meat dishes that Xiao Xixi liked.
She ate with her mouth full of oil and was very satisfied.
Under Qiu Sheng's close supervision, the construction of the mausoleum went very smoothly.
One month later.
The mausoleum was successfully completed.
Luo Qinghan asked someone to invite a famous local monk to place Shen Zhaoyi's ashes and other burial objects in the mausoleum. The monks held a ceremony outside the mausoleum and chanted sutras for three consecutive days to comfort Shen Zhaoyi's spirit in heaven.
The prince came to Chenliu County specially this time to send Shen Zhaoyi's ashes back to her hometown. Now that the mission has been completed, he is ready to set off back to Beijing.
But at this moment, Prince Chenliu's condition suddenly worsened.
Qiu Yuan, Qiu Lei, and Qiu Sheng were urgently called back to the palace.
The three men gathered around the bed and saw Prince Chenliu lying on the bed, dying. There was a little blood at the corner of his mouth, which was the blood he had just coughed up.
The doctor examined Prince Chenliu and his expression was very serious.
He asked, "Have you eaten anything recently?"
The butler answered truthfully, "The prince has had a poor appetite recently. He only drinks a small bowl of rice porridge and soup medicine every day."
Doctor: "Are the medicine residues here?"
"Yes, today's medicine residue has not been poured out yet. I'll have someone bring it to you right away."
Soon a servant ran in with a bowl of medicine residue.
The doctor carefully examined the medicine residue and his face became uglier.
“There’s something wrong with this medicine.”
Everyone present was shocked.
Qiu Lei spoke first: "What's the problem with this medicine?"
The doctor said, "These herbs look like tonics, but the prince is weak now and cannot tolerate so many tonics. Moreover, there are two herbs in it that can suppress the prince's condition. If the prince takes this medicine, his condition will not get better, but will get worse. If the prince drinks two more bowls of this medicine, I'm afraid he will die."
Qiu Lei was immediately furious: "Who got this medicine? Who wants to harm my father?!"
Qiu Yuan said in a deep voice: "Calm down."
Qiu Lei couldn't calm down. He grabbed the butler by the collar and asked, "Who got the medicine?"
The chief steward quickly said, "The medicine was taken from the storehouse of our palace, but the prescription was written by the imperial physician. We don't understand these things, so we just followed the prescription to get the medicine."
Qiu Yuan said, "When the imperial physician prescribed the medicine, the prince personally checked the prescription and made sure that there was no problem with it before he sent someone to get the medicine. If there was something wrong with the prescription, why didn't the prince say it?"
Qiu Lei: "You mean, the prince wants to harm my father?"
Qiu Sheng said anxiously, "The prince has no grudge against my father, why would he want to harm my father? This matter must be a misunderstanding. Before we find out the truth, don't talk nonsense!"
Qiu Yuan looked at him as if he were a traitor: "You have been completely bought by the prince. You are now a dog raised by the prince. No matter what the prince does, you will side with him."
Qiu Sheng tried to defend himself: "I just think this matter is very strange, we should investigate it first before making any judgment!"
Qiu Lei interrupted their conversation and said angrily: "Why are you talking so much nonsense? Can't you just call the prince over and ask him face to face?!"
Qiu Yuan said, "The prince is not an ordinary person. Even if you invite him, he may not come."
Qiu Lei said fiercely: "This is Chenliu County, it's our territory, he has to come even if he doesn't want to!"
After shouting this, he rushed out in a hurry.
Qiu Sheng was afraid that he would do something impulsive and wanted to chase after him to dissuade him, but Qiu Yuan had someone stop him.
Qiu Yuan looked at him with a half-smile.
"Third brother, to avoid suspicion, please don't interfere in this matter."
Qiu Sheng glared at him: "What on earth do you want to do?!"
"You'll know when the time comes."
Qiu Yuan waved his hand, and the two guards forcibly dragged Qiu Sheng away.
Um...are there any monthly tickets left? I want one~
(End of this chapter)
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