"So, if we find that person, will we be able to find out the truth?" Cang Yuan looked at Qu Qingxi earnestly.
"Pretty much, but you can first send someone to investigate the person you met at the tavern when you were first poisoned by the Gu. See where he appeared yesterday. Maybe you can find out something."
"So that means it's very likely that person has used the Gu worm on me again this time?" Cang Yuan asked incredulously. "No, just because of such a small thing, he's still holding a grudge?"
How can this person be so petty? He bumped into me by accident, and I even apologized, yet he still keeps hitting me and trying to kill me. Is he crazy?
"It's hard to say. Maybe this person is just like that." Without a thorough investigation, Qu Qingxi didn't know if it was Die Feng. If it was Die Feng, that would be fine. But if it wasn't him, it meant that there was another person in the capital who raised Gu poison. In that case, it would be even more troublesome.
Qu Qingxi wasn't too disappointed, as she hadn't gotten anything out of Cang Yuan.
Qu Qingxi was slightly relieved after arranging for someone to investigate the matter.
However, there is still one thing: Qu Qingxi cannot cure the Gu poison in Zhou Chenguang's body. Qu Qingxi knows what kind of Gu worm it is, but because Zhou Chenguang is too young, the antidote she knows cannot be used.
Zhou Chenguang is only four years old and his development is not yet complete. Qu Qingxi is only good at using silver needles, but this method of removing poison is too harmful to the human body. If it were an adult, it wouldn't matter if he suffered a little, since his resistance is relatively strong.
Zhou Chenguang is too young; this method would leave him with permanent damage and is simply not suitable. She has no choice but to look for another way.
Die Feng knows how to raise Gu worms, and the Gu worms on Zhou Chenguang's body should be the ones he planted. Originally, I should have asked him if he had any solutions, but I tricked him yesterday and arrested him.
If I ask him now, he definitely won't tell me, so I have to leave this matter to He Liufeng.
He Liufeng will surely find a way to get Die Feng to talk and find out the solution.
Inside the inn, Zhou Wenli angrily slammed the freshly brewed medicine onto the ground, clutching his chest wound, and roared, "What did you say? Die Feng was captured by He Liufeng's men?"
Zhou Wenli's bodyguard immediately knelt on the ground, "Master, please calm down."
"Calm down? Calm down my ass! I was just injured by He Liufeng and I couldn't complain. Now Die Feng has been suddenly captured. I brought him here specifically to restrain He Liufeng, and now you're telling me he's been captured by He Liufeng's men?"
Are you all dead? You couldn't even protect one person?
Zhou Wenli's chest heaved violently, his eyes filled with rage. He felt that the wound he had just bandaged was about to burst open. Zhou Wenli looked down and saw that blood was seeping from the bandage again.
“My lord, it’s not that I didn’t want to protect them. Die Feng said he had a way to help you capture the Prince of Nanqing and his wife alive. But who knew that he would suddenly freeze up just as he was about to make a move, and then fainted. The Prince of Nanqing was surrounded by many guards, and we didn’t have time to save him.”
A bodyguard knelt on the ground, head bowed, and explained tremblingly.
It was nighttime, and Zhou Wenli's guards were far away, so they didn't see Die Feng throw a black object at Qu Qingxi. They only saw Die Feng standing there when he suddenly fainted.
"What? Die Feng wants to capture He Liufeng alive? What an idiot! If He Liufeng were so easy to capture, all these years of my work would have been for nothing."
"A good-for-nothing who only causes trouble; he didn't even capture the person, and ended up being captured himself."
Zhou Wenli was so angry he almost laughed.
Previously, he had been urging Die Feng to find an opportunity to strike at He Liufeng, but he always made excuses and said he would wait. Originally, he wanted to see He Liufeng's suffering from the incurable Gu worm before he left. Who knew that before he could make a move, the only person who could cast the Gu worm was captured by the other party, who even delivered himself to his doorstep.
"Immediately send men to infiltrate the Prince of Nanqing's residence and carefully search for where Die Feng is being held. Once found, spare no effort to rescue Die Feng."
Zhou Wenli calmed his anger, stared at the person on the ground, and spoke with a sinister tone.
Die Feng was one of his trump cards, not only to restrain He Liufeng, but more importantly to restrain his third brother. He had gone to great lengths to get Die Feng to break the rules of their village and come out with him to work for him. He could not give up on Die Feng so easily.
"Yes, Master, I'll go right away." The guard nodded quickly, turned and left, afraid that if he stayed any longer, Zhou Wenli would take his anger out on them.
After the guards left, someone quickly came in and cleaned up the mess in the room, and the maidservant quickly brought over a bowl of medicine.
Zhou Wenli frowned as he drank the bowl of medicine. After being served mouthwash by a maid, he relaxed his brows slightly. The room was warm enough, and because of his wound, Zhou Wenli was not wearing an outer garment, but only his inner garment, and sat on the bed.
On the table in front of them were a pile of memorials and secret letters, almost all of which came from the Zhou Kingdom.
The content above is pretty much the same; it's just that his third brother took advantage of his presence to cause trouble behind his back, using the opportunity to eliminate his subordinates and those who stood by him.
The secret letter also said that the Third Prince had found an extremely intelligent advisor from somewhere, and that many of his men had already been killed by that man.
That's why Zhou Wenli was a little anxious and wanted to go back and resolve things quickly. Even if He Liufeng had a grudge against him, it was an external one and there was no need to rush. He had to deal with his family matters first before talking about He Liufeng.
Who knew that this time, instead of scheming against He Liufeng, she ended up getting injured herself.
However, Zhou Wenli did not regret his actions in the palace yesterday. He was only somewhat interested in Qu Qingxi, but when he saw that Qu Qingxi was actually a big bad wolf disguised as a little white rabbit, he had a different feeling about Qu Qingxi.
Before coming to Ling Kingdom, he had investigated Qu Qingxi, but he did not expect that his information would be inaccurate. Moreover, as far as he knew, people in the capital seemed to think that Qu Qingxi was a weak and pitiful person. If it weren't for marrying He Liufeng, he probably wouldn't know if Qu Qingxi would have such a status now.
Zhou Wenli, however, had a different opinion. Qu Qingxi was a very capable person. The most terrifying people are those who pretend to be weak and vulnerable. They may appear weak and easy to bully, but in reality, they will strike you hard when you think you have the upper hand, and then pretend to be innocent.
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