Chapter 230 Kiss Her to Death
"Lu Yuan!" Jiang Zhi rushed in and supported his swaying body. "How could this happen?"
When Lu Yuan saw Jiang Zhi enter, a flash of surprise crossed his eyes.
His brows furrowed sharply, and his icy gaze swept over Ye Qi. "Didn't I tell you to escort her back to the manor?"
Ye Qi knelt on one knee, "This subordinate deserves to die! I couldn't stop Miss Ji."
Lu Yuan raised his hand to pinch his brow, took a deep breath to wipe the blood from the corner of his lips, and softened his tone to say to Jiang Zhi, "Don't worry, I just accidentally aggravated the wound. I'll be fine once I spit out the blood clots. Don't be afraid, A-Zhi."
How could Jiang Zhi possibly believe him?
"Are you still going to lie to me?! What is the actual extent of your injury?"
Jiang Zhi never expected that Lu Yuan's injury would be so serious.
The blood he just vomited was clearly mixed with black!
"I didn't tell you because I was afraid it would scare you," Lu Yuan stroked her face. "It's really nothing, look at me, I'm perfectly fine now, aren't I?"
"Lu Yuan, is that dagger poisoned?" Jiang Zhi stared intently at him. "Are you poisoned?"
Lu Yuan had just moved his lips when Jiang Zhi interrupted him, "Don't try to lie to me, Lu Yuan."
"If you dare say you're not poisoned, then kiss me."
"There's still blood on your lips. Do you think I'll be in trouble if I eat it?"
She stood on tiptoe, clutching his collar, her dark, bright eyes flashing with anger.
Lu Yuan had never seen Jiang Zhi like this before.
He stared at her blankly, his heart pounding and his breathing becoming erratic.
He then sighed heavily, gave a wry smile, and pinched her puffed-up cheek. "Azhi, being too smart isn't always a good thing."
Jiang Zhi's heart sank to the bottom.
Has Lu Yuan gone mad?
Even though he was injured and poisoned like that, he was still pestering her to do those things just now?
Does he not want to live anymore?
"Ye Qi, you tell me, what kind of poison has your commander been poisoned with?" she asked Ye Qi, who was kneeling down.
Ye Qi glanced at his eldest brother and finally braced himself to tell the whole story, "It's the same poison as the one used in the case of the Crown Princess's poisoning. However, when the eldest brother realized he was poisoned, he used his internal energy to force out most of it, and there is still some residual poison in his body."
Jiang Zhi's expression turned even more unpleasant.
It was Xiao Yunheng's poison!
She knew from the last time that this poison came from beyond the Great Wall and was extremely potent; even if only a little bit of the poison remained in the body, it would still cause great damage.
Now that Lu Yuan has started vomiting blood, does this mean the poison has already entered his internal organs?
"Is there an antidote?"
Ye Qi's forehead was covered in cold sweat, and he gritted his teeth and said, "No."
The Emperor ordered the investigation into the Crown Princess's poisoning to be halted, forbidding any further investigation, and naturally, no antidote was obtained from the Prince of Xiang's heir.
Jiang Zhi gritted her teeth and asked again, "What about the two assassins?"
"They spilled a lot of information, but we searched them and found no antidote on them," Ye Qi said frankly.
“Take me to them,” Jiang Zhi said coldly.
Lu Yuan grabbed her shoulders and turned her around. "A-Zhi, don't rush, you're like this..."
Before he could finish speaking, Jiang Zhi interrupted him, "You're not allowed to speak. Stay here and rest to recover."
Lu Yuan remained silent for a moment, then obediently stopped speaking.
Instead of feeling annoyed at being interrupted, a sweet feeling, unlike anything she had ever experienced before, rose in her heart, and even the pain from her injuries didn't seem so bad anymore.
She was worried about him.
If Ye Qi hadn't been there, and if he hadn't been poisoned, he would have held her tightly in his arms and kissed her to death.
“Alright, I won’t say anything more,” he said to Ye Qi. “Take Miss Ji there, and remember to protect her no matter what happens.”
Ye Qi immediately accepted the order.
Jiang Zhi was led to the dungeon of the general's mansion.
The cell was filled with the stench of blood mixed with an indescribable musty smell. When the cell door was opened, two assassins, covered in wounds, were bound to the wall, with a large pool of blood at their feet.
They were the assassins who had disguised themselves as an elderly couple to kill them.
Hearing someone enter, one of the men barely raised his head and said weakly, "We've already confessed everything we needed to. What else do you want?"
Jiang Zhi ignored him and, without saying a word, took the dagger from Ye Qi's hand and plunged it into the man's chest!
A scream immediately rang out.
"What exactly do you want?!" The man's breathing was rapid, his eyes bloodshot.
Jiang Zhi sneered, "Do you recognize this dagger?"
The man's gaze barely focused, and his pupils trembled slightly. "This, this is..."
The dagger that the little girl used to assassinate Jiang Zhi was ultimately inserted into Lu Yuan's back, and if he wasn't mistaken, it was also coated with poison.
"Hand over the antidote, or you'll die with us."
Jiang Zhi's voice was cold, devoid of any emotional fluctuation.
The man never expected that this seemingly delicate woman would be so ruthless without even asking a question as soon as she entered.
He was panting heavily. "I've told you so many times, neither of us has the antidote. Even if you kill me, it won't do you any good!"
He panicked; he could feel the poison beginning to flow through his blood and into his internal organs.
He's going to die soon!
"There's nothing I can do then, you can just wait to die." Jiang Zhi didn't even look at him, her gaze falling on the woman beside her.
"You don't have any either?" She held the dagger in her hand and looked at her calmly.
The woman, her face covered in blood and barely breathing, could only manage to say intermittently, "You...you said you'd let us go if we confessed? Why are you going back on your word?"
Jiang Zhi scoffed, "You, as an assassin, actually believe such things? How naive."
"If anything happens to Lu Yuan, none of you will survive; you will all be buried with him."
"Including Xiao Yunheng, I will definitely kill him."
His cool, calm tone made it seem as if he were simply discussing today's weather.
For some reason, the two assassins felt a chill run down their spines and a sense of dread.
"Your turn." Jiang Zhi raised the dagger in her hand and stabbed at the woman without hesitation.
"Wait, wait! I have it, I have it, I have it!" she suddenly shouted just before the dagger pierced the woman's chest.
Ye Qi, standing beside him, raised an eyebrow.
Jiang Zhi remained motionless, about to stab her, and asked, "You just said you didn't, were you lying to me?"
The man, also incredulous, turned to look at his companion. "When did our master give us the antidote? You're willing to risk my life just to save your own?"
The woman took a deep breath. "Although I didn't have it, I overheard the conversation between my master and the doctor. The antidote is actually quite simple."
Jiang Zhi asked her calmly, "Oh? What did Doctor Xue say?"
"He said that for every poison in the world, there is an antidote within five steps..." The woman said a few words before realizing something, she stopped talking abruptly, and stared at Jiang Zhi in astonishment.
How could she know about Doctor Xue, who was far away in the capital, who was by her master's side?
Who exactly is she?
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