“Here, this is a wild ginseng that I accidentally dug up in the deep mountains when I came down from the mountain. It’s a hundred years old. You can take a slice and put it in your mouth later.” Song Zhuiyan took out a human-shaped ginseng from her space. It looked to be at least a hundred years old.
"Hmph!" Song Tantan was not impressed. There were plenty of ginseng in the supermarket. Why would she be moved by this one ginseng?
When Zhong Qingyi heard that Song Tantan and the two dogs were to be left behind, she also felt it was inappropriate. No matter how skilled Song Tantan was, she was still a child, and a girl at that. It was really wrong to leave her behind.
“But there are only four of us. Why don’t you and A-Xun go, taking all the dogs with you, and Tan-Tan and I will stay here?” Song Zhuiyan said this with certainty, as if she had already planned to stay.
"That's fine then." Zhong Qingyi nodded.
So, after dark, Ye Moxun and Zhong Qingyi took the five dogs to Fengcheng. The city gates of Fengcheng were closed, but it wasn't a big problem. Fengcheng was already in chaos. Although Li Niang was good at using poison and could control people with Gu poison, she wasn't good at anything else.
Moreover, she did not truly control all the military power at this time. Apart from controlling a few leading generals, she was not good at anything else and left everything to her subordinates. How could those she controlled be truly willing? Even if they outwardly submitted, they were secretly scheming against each other.
Therefore, the current situation in Fengcheng makes it easy for people to take advantage of loopholes. Bai Pingfeng's men quickly infiltrated the guards at the city gate. At this moment, Ye Moxun blew a whistle as a signal, and the city gate of Fengcheng was quickly opened. Ye Moxun and Zhong Qingyi led five dogs into the city.
An hour later, at the Du residence, Li Niang was brought to the main hall of the General's Mansion bound with ropes. Ye Moxun and Zhong Qingyi sat in the main seats. Apart from the four young men who had captured Li Niang, there was only the huge dog.
"Who are you people? How dare you not be afraid of my poison and enter my room so easily?" After capturing her, Li Niang gritted her teeth, her eyes filled with resentment and venom.
"A mere trick, I wouldn't even consider it a threat," Ye Moxun said, his eyes cold and clear.
Li Niang was stunned for a moment, then her face changed drastically. She stammered for a long time before finally speaking, "You, you are the one who used poison smoke to bring down thousands of troops. I never expected you to be so young." She had studied poisons for twenty years and had not even reached half the level of a young man. They were incomparable.
"I heard you poisoned several of Duke's confidants and their families with Gu poison. Hand over the mother Gu to me, and I might spare your life," Ye Moxun said calmly.
Li Niang remained silent for a long time. Ye Moxun thought she was considering it, but unexpectedly she suddenly burst into laughter, "Hahahaha, even Duke can't threaten me, who else in this world am I afraid of?"
"What do you mean?" Ye Moxun's eyes darkened, and he had a bad feeling.
"Why do you think I'm so crazy, poisoning so many people, even children? It's all because of what Duke and his gang owe me." Li Niang cried and laughed, her face contorted with madness.
It turns out that when she was ten years old, Duke ordered someone to poison her with a Gu poison in order to control her and make her loyal to do his bidding. Over the years, whenever she failed to do her job well, she would suffer the pain of the Gu poison taking effect, which was worse than death. Despite her pride in being good at using poison, she couldn't cure herself.
Later, she poisoned Prince Duan for Duke and helped Duke seize Xifeng. She thought she could at least get rid of the Gu poison in her body, but the person who poisoned her had died long ago. However, Duke kept it from her, telling her that the person who poisoned her was in seclusion and developing a new medicine. He said that once the new medicine was developed, he would come to help her get rid of the poison.
Two months ago, Li Niang overheard a conversation between Duke and several of his confidants and learned that she had been deceived. Her poison could not be cured, and her time was running out. Whether she could live to see the end of the year was still a question.
So from that time on, she began to plot. She worked so hard, trying so hard to live, but it all turned into a joke. She hated it.
Fine, since she's going to die anyway, those who harmed her won't get away with it either. So what if her time is up? She'll make Duke and his gang die before her. It'll be worth it if so many people die with her.
"I suffered for so many years, a full twelve years, from the age of ten to twenty-two. I never had a moment's peace. I often had nightmares at night, fearing that I would suddenly die one day."
"My life is so hard, and these people only suffered for a few months. What kind of suffering is that? If I had more time, how could I have let them die so easily?" Li Niang became more and more insane as she spoke, and it was clear that she was no longer in her right mind.
"This woman is insane. All she wants is to die with those who wronged her, no, she wants them to repay her for the pain inflicted upon her tenfold." Ye Moxun sighed, unable to get a word in edgewise. The woman was completely absorbed in her own world.
"Tsk, why didn't you think of asking me to cure you? If you cooperate and hand Fengcheng over to me, I might be able to help you get rid of the Gu poison."
Li Niang's frenzied expression froze, and she looked blankly at Ye Moxun. After a while, she burst into tears and laughter again, "It's too late. I know my own body. It's too late, everything is too late. If I die, we'll all die together. I only want revenge. I don't care about anything else."
Well, this woman has completely gone mad.
"Go and bring the others over." Ye Moxun raised his chin, signaling the four young men to go and find Duke's family.
"Don't waste your energy, it's too late, I said it's too late, and it's too late. Pfft... Die, I die, we all die together, we all die together." Li Niang spat out a mouthful of black blood, barely able to speak.
“You can’t save them. Besides the Gu poison, there are other poisons. If I die, we’ll all die together. I’m pretty powerful, aren’t I? No one can escape.” What she meant was that she had not only poisoned all her family members with Gu poison, but also another deadly poison. This poison relied on her for survival. If she died, none of the other poisoned people would survive.
Sure enough, not long after, the four young men who had gone out to look for the person returned with horrified expressions. "Young Master Ye, something terrible has happened! All of Duke's family members have died from poisoning at the same time, without a single survivor."
Hundreds of lives were lost, all for Liniang's sake.
“Go and see the others.” These others referred to Duke’s confidants and their families.
Zhong Qingyi, with a somber expression, left the Du residence with Ye Moxun. Instead of going to her confidant's house, they waited for news in an abandoned house.
Li Niang has caused such a huge uproar, killing so many people overnight, sparing neither the old nor the young. Her ruthless methods are chilling. In the end, I'm afraid the blame will be placed on Ye Moxun, leaving him with no way to defend himself.
He could only try to avoid suspicion, fearing that it would arouse public anger. If it caused public resentment, what would happen if the people rebelled?
“There are hardly any people left in Xifeng, so a rebellion is not a big deal. But we need to keep a close eye on the soldiers. Some of them might want revenge. Ah Xun, you must be careful. I will stay by your side every step of the way from now on.” Zhong Qingyi said solemnly.
Ye Moxun nodded, indicating that he understood. In fact, he was not afraid of anyone trying to assassinate him. It wouldn't be so easy to kill him. The person who came should be worried about being killed by him instead. However, in order to put his uncle at ease, he cooperated and didn't say much.
The people who went out to investigate returned quickly, and without exception, all the confidants and their families had died from poisoning at the same time.
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