Chapter 181 Mantis and Yellow Bird
The petals were normal and clean, without any poisonous residue. But if it wasn't because of these petals, how did these people die?
Wei Xiaoran picked up Lin Qian from behind and tried to comfort her, but his tone was stiff and bitter. He said, "Don't cry. Let's go back first, okay?"
Lin Qian gasped violently twice, and the sob that had been suppressed in her throat for a long time finally overflowed, and her whole body began to tremble.
She cried, "Why did this happen? They were clearly already healed. How could they still die? Today, they saw me and smiled at me, and even thanked me for saving them. Why did this happen?"
More than two hundred lives had been cured of the poison, but they died in front of Lin Qian. No one could bear this.
Meng Ziling and the others also looked pale, and several of the weak ones had already fainted.
"Qianqian, don't be like this. You have already saved them. It was the murderer who refused to let them go. I promise you that I will catch the murderer and avenge them." Wei Xiaoran said with tears in his eyes.
But Lin Qian seemed to be deaf to it. She grabbed the petals and looked at them again and again, but no matter how she looked, they were clean.
In the end, Lin Qian even wanted to taste the petals.
Wei Xiaoran was frightened and hurriedly waved Lin Qian's hand away. In the end, it was Lin Shuo who took action and knocked Lin Qian unconscious, allowing Wei Xiaoran to take her away from the city gate tower.
As soon as Wei Xiaoran left, Lin Shuo went up to the city wall. He wanted to take a look. There was originally a team of guards on the wall, but there was a riot below, and it was quiet here. Something was wrong.
It was good to have guards, but like the people in the carriage below, they had turned into white skeletons. Apart from their armor, there were only large pools of blood.
When Lin Shuo saw this, he said nothing. He went down the city gate tower with a sullen face, then ordered the soldiers to drive all the carriages out of the city and burn them.
There is no way. The situation is unclear now. For the safety of people in the capital, Lin Shuo must do this.
The flames that shot up into the sky burned for most of the day before going out. By this time, it was already late at night. When Lin Qian opened her eyes, she saw the familiar top of the bed tent.
"Qianqian, are you awake?" Lin Qian had just moved twice when Zhao Xiu's voice came over, and then two faces appeared in Lin Qian's sight. They were Zhao Xiu and Zhang Yufang.
Lin Qian looked at Zhao Xiu, blinked twice, and tears came down: "Mom!"
Whenever a child is wronged or in pain, the first person he or she looks for comfort is his or her mother.
Zhao Xiu got on the bed, hugged Lin Qian, stroked her hair, and said, "Be good! Stop crying, Mom is here."
Lin Qian nodded, and looked around the room. Not finding Wei Xiaoran, she asked Zhang Yufang, "Mom, where is Xiaoran?"
Zhang Yufang's eyes were filled with worry and fatigue. She sighed and said, "After Xiaoran sent you back, he went to the palace with Shuoshuo and hasn't come back yet."
"Has something happened again?" Lin Qian felt something was wrong as he had been gone for so long and had not returned.
Zhao Xiu released Lin Qian and said, "The eldest prince has escaped from prison."
Lin Qian was stunned. The eldest prince was the emperor's elder brother. He should have been granted the title of prince, but the emperor did not give him any title. Until now, people still only called him the eldest prince.
Previously, the eldest prince sent someone to assassinate the emperor. Although the emperor did not kill him, he did not let him stay in the imperial mausoleum. Instead, he took him to the clan house and kept him under strict supervision.
But just as Lin Qian and the others returned to the capital, and the news that more than 200 people who had been detoxified had turned into bloody water reached the emperor, the news that the eldest prince had escaped from prison also came.
At this critical moment, the eldest prince escaped from prison and disappeared. Could this incident be related to him? Lin Qian wondered.
"Qianqian, Xiaoran asked me to tell you that things are becoming more and more complicated. You must have a good rest and take good care of yourself. There will probably be a tough battle to fight next." Zhang Yufang said.
If this matter is really related to the eldest prince, then perhaps the death of these more than 200 people is his signal to declare war on the emperor.
As long as the throne does not change hands, more people may die.
Lin Qian reached out and rubbed her face twice. Now was not the time to be sad. She couldn't think too much now.
Lin Qian said, "I understand. I will cheer up."
The two mothers stayed with Lin Qian for a while, and after Lin Qian's persuasion, they went back to rest.
As soon as the two left, Lin Qian got dressed and got out of bed. She planned to go to Xuancao Pavilion to see if Mu Chao was still there.
Lin Qian didn't hold much hope. After taking a walk around Xuancao Pavilion and not seeing Mu Chao, Lin Qian went back.
As a result, as soon as Lin Qian came back, she met Mu Chao who was sitting on the wall of her house and drinking alone under the moon.
"Why are you here? I just went to Xuancao Pavilion and looked for you." Lin Qian said, feeling very unhappy when she saw Mu Chao pretending to be so pretentious.
Mu Chao didn't care. He drank the last bit of wine in his hand, then looked at Lin Qian with a smile, raised an eyebrow, and asked, "How was it? Did you see the power of the Poison King Jiang Xu this time?"
Lin Qian didn't answer but asked, "Who are you? Also, do you have anything to do with this incident? Did you instigate this?"
"It wasn't me who ordered it, but it does have a little bit to do with me." Mu Chao said lightly.
When Lin Qian heard Mu Chao's words, she couldn't help but clench her fists. Sure enough, this matter was related to him. Thinking of the more than 200 people who died tragically, Lin Qian wanted to go up and scratch Hua Mu Chao's face.
Sensing the murderous intent in Lin Qian's eyes, Mu Chao smiled and said, "I once broke into the tomb of the Poison King Jiang Xu. I was originally looking for the 'Hundred Poisons Reinforcement Formula'.
But I didn't expect that I would be used as a mantis. The group followed me and asked me to clear the way for them to poison the poison. At the last moment, they became the oriole and took away all the Poison King's notes.
The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind it. I didn't expect that a master like Mu Chao would encounter such a thing. It seems that that group of people are quite capable.
"You must have investigated Huang Que's origins, right? Otherwise, he wouldn't have appeared in the capital. You and your sister don't look like people from the Central Plains at all." Lin Qian said.
Mu Chao still had that smile on his face that made people want to spit. He nodded and said, "Yes, those people are from Xixia. The royal family of Xixia is guarded by two seniors with great martial arts skills. I am no match for them."
"The Prescription for Restoring Tendons from Hundreds of Poisons" is very important to Mu Chao's sister. For her, Mu Chao even dared to break into the Poison King's Tomb, let alone the Imperial Palace.
But in the end, Mu Chao gave up and had to find another way, hoping that Lin Qian would challenge the magic doctors in the Magic Valley to obtain the prescription. It seemed that Mu Chao must have suffered a lot from the other party.
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