When Situ Mingyue came to Qining's tent, her face was rather ugly, but she still reluctantly held her hand to Qining and said, "I heard that the Marquis wants to see me? What are your orders?"
Qi Ning raised his hand and pointed at the tray on the table. Situ Mingyue looked over and saw a pot of tea and two plates of snacks. She didn't understand for a moment and asked, "Master Hou, what does this mean?"
"Someone sent these just now, saying that His Highness the Crown Prince ordered them to be delivered." Qi Ning stared at Situ Mingyue and said slowly: "Situ Changshi is with the Crown Prince, does he know about this?"
Situ Mingyue was stunned and wondered: "His Highness sent someone to deliver it? How... how is this possible?" She suddenly realized something, took a piece of broken silver from her body and put it on the table, picked up the teapot, and poured tea on the broken piece of silver. The white silver on the silver will turn black in the blink of an eye.
Situ Mingyue's expression changed drastically and she looked at Qi Ning. Qi Ning seemed quite calm and said calmly: "As expected."
"Master Hou knows it's poisonous?"
Qi Ning said: "I'm waiting here because I want Situ Changshi to come over and verify it for himself. Whether Situ Changshi believes it or not, I have never touched the teapot from beginning to end."
Situ Mingyue didn't say much. She left the tent and quickly returned to the tent. With a solemn expression, she said: "Master Marquis, the guards outside the tent proved that it was indeed His Highness who sent someone here, but... After His Highness returned to the tent, he only hugged The young prince's body went in and never came out. We stayed outside and never saw him send anything."
Qi Ning sighed: "It seems that someone is using His Highness's orders to kill me."
Situ Mingyue frowned and said, "Does the Marquis still recognize the person who sent the things?"
"He is dressed in Tsing Yi and looks like an ordinary follower." Qining said: "He looks like he is in his thirties. The skin on his hands is rough, but very strong. There is thick old skin between the joints. He has practiced on his hands for at least ten years. Kung Fu is definitely not an ordinary attendant." After thinking about it, he said: "He keeps his head down, but there is a very obvious mark."
Situ Mingyue hurriedly asked: "What mark?"
"There is a black mole under the lobe of his left ear." Qining said, "The mole is not big, but if you look carefully, you can identify it at once."
Situ Mingyue pondered for a moment and said in a low voice: "Master Hou, this person must be related to the person who poisoned me. It seems that there is indeed a traitor among His Highness's entourage." He asked softly: "Why did Master Hou tell this matter? I?"
Qi Ning smiled and said: "Situ Changshi is a close confidant of His Highness. The ups and downs of the prince's honor and disgrace are closely related to Situ Changshi. If there is anyone trustworthy around His Highness, I am afraid it is only Situ Changshi."
"Thank you, Lord Marquis." Situ Mingyue showed a touch of emotion.
Qi Ning shook his head and said: "No need to thank me, I want to thank you. I only hope that Situ Changshi can help wash away our grievances and restore our innocence."
Situ Mingyue said: "Don't worry, Lord Marquis, since there are clues, I will never let them go." He frowned slightly, thought for a while, and then said: "Master Marquis, the young prince was poisoned just now. It is a sensitive time. How about poisoning?" Why would someone poison the Marquis at such a time? What good would it do him to poison the Marquis?"
Qi Ning said: "I am also thinking about this issue."
Situ Mingyue thought thoughtfully and said: "To poison the young prince, put the blame on your country's envoy, and make you and I our enemies. If the prince is unprepared and is poisoned again, then...!" His expression was stern and horrified. He said: "When the time comes, the people in your mission will definitely think that His Highness poisoned the Marquis, and they cannot explain it clearly. In this way, the hatred between the two countries will not be resolved."
"The mission poisoned the young prince, and you poisoned me. These two things will indeed cause the breakdown of the relationship between you and us." Qining looked solemn: "Could it be that... someone deliberately wants to destroy the relationship between you and us? relation?"
Situ Mingyue said: "There is only this explanation at the moment. What is the specific explanation? We can only find the murderer." He whispered: "After the young prince was killed, the surrounding area of the camp has been completely sealed off. No one can enter, let alone no one." If that person poisoned Mr. Marquis, he must still be in the camp. I will immediately send people to investigate and search, and we must find this person no matter what."
Qi Ning cupped his hands and said, "Everything has a long history."
Situ Mingyue left with the poisoned tea, and Qining simply lay in the tent, thinking to himself, thinking that it would not be impossible if someone destroyed the relationship between the two countries.
This time the Chu State envoy went to Dong Qi, it was not considered a secret, and it was almost impossible to keep this kind of thing a secret.
Qining believes that although many people hope that the two countries can successfully form an alliance, there are also many people who are worried that the two countries will actually sign an alliance and will try their best to destroy it.
Among them, the Northern Han people are naturally the most likely.
But how could there be people from the Northern Han Dynasty around the Crown Prince of Eastern Qi
This is the prince's hunting camp, which is heavily guarded. Under heavy defenses, trying to sneak into the camp is almost a dream. Qining concluded that the real culprit must be someone close to the prince.
For most of the next day, no one came to disturb him, not even anyone delivering food. Qining thought that King Linzi had been killed, and everyone was in panic. It was not a strange thing that no one cared about him. It was only at dusk that he heard someone He shouted: "Jin Yi Hou, His Highness the Prince will send you over."
Qi Ning stood up and went over to open the tent, only to see Su Lun standing outside the tent. When he saw Qi Ning, Su Lun bowed his hands and bowed. He was quite polite and said nothing. He turned around and left. Qi Ning followed Su Lun. Arriving outside the prince's large cowhide tent, Qi Ning entered the tent after the report. The aura and scale inside were as before, but Qin Ning's state of mind was completely different.
The prince was seen sitting on the ground, looking a little embarrassed. Several civil and military officials were standing on the left and right, including Situ Mingyue and Fang Xingzhai. However, the body of King Linzi was no longer in the tent. It must have been placed elsewhere.
Qi Ning came forward to pay his respects, and then the prince said: "Jin Yihou, I have asked you to come here to let you meet someone. Please help me identify him clearly." Turning to look at Situ Mingyue, nodded slightly, Situ Mingyue said in a deep voice : "Bring it in."
Soon he heard the sound of iron swords, and several prince's guards in fine clothes pushed a man in. The man was dressed in green clothes, covered in blood, and walked with a limp. Qining saw that there were several wounds on his legs. There were bloodstains everywhere, obviously injured. The man was disheveled, and a big knife was driven into the tent by the neck. The prince picked up a wine glass, took a sip, and then said: "Jin Yihou, take a closer look to see if this man gave you Did you send poisoned tea?"
Qi Ningqi recognized the man at a glance. Although his face was covered with blood, his figure was clearly that of the green-clothed servant who had brought him the poisonous tea before. To make sure he was not mistaken, he walked to the side and took a look at his earlobes. Sure enough, there was a black mole on his lower body. He was sure of it. He nodded and said: "Your Highness, it is indeed this person."
The prince sneered and said: "After this person was found, he tried his best to resist and injured one of my guards. His martial arts is not bad." He stared at the green-clothed servant who was kneeling on the ground and was crushed by the prince's guards, and said coldly: "What the hell are you doing?" Who is he? I have sent people to check, and there is no one like you under my command."
Qi Ning thought that there were thousands of soldiers in the camp plus the accompanying maids and servants. It was quite efficient to be able to find this person so quickly.
The green-clothed servant was tough. His arms were bent back and he had a knife on his neck, but he still raised his head and said: "I am from the Northern Han Dynasty. I am hiding here just to destroy your alliance. I will kill you if you want, no need to talk nonsense."
"People from the Northern Han Dynasty?" The prince sneered: "You said you are from the Northern Han Dynasty, so I believe that you are from the Northern Han Dynasty? This is the palace's garrison. Anyone who comes in will be strictly inspected. How can the Northern Han people sneak in? Come in? Your accent is authentic from Xuzhou. Do you believe it? I want to check your origin. In less than a day, even eight generations of your ancestors can be found out."
The servant in green twitched at the corner of his eye, lowered his head, and simply said: "The people from the Northern Han Dynasty gave me money and silk. I use that money to do things for others...!"
"Don't argue here." Situ Mingyue took a step forward and said sternly: "What's your name?"
The green-clothed servant hesitated for a moment and finally said: "Ye Wen!"
"Ye Wen, you poisoned the young prince and also intended to poison Jin Yihou. Do you know what the crime is?" Situ Mingyue said coldly: "If you say you did it alone, then you are the principal culprit. According to the national regulations, , Exterminate the Nine Clans."
Ye Wen was shocked, lowered his head, and remained silent.
The prince said calmly: "I know that you are only being instigated by others. You are just a grasshopper. How dare you attack me? I promise you that as long as you admit who instigated you, I will not implicate you." My family, otherwise...!" His eyes turned cold and he said: "If you want your nine clans to be buried for you, I will grant your wish."
Fang Xingzhai also said sternly: "Why don't you tell the truth, otherwise you will be dragged out and chopped immediately."
Ye Wen suddenly looked at Fang Xingzhai and sneered: "Master Fang, you are so anxious to kill me, are you trying to silence me?"
"Kill people and silence them?" Fang Xingzhai was startled, suddenly realized something, and said in horror: "You... what did you say? When will I... kill people and silence them? You... don't talk nonsense here and spit blood on others."
Ye Wen showed an angry look and said: "Am I spitting blood?" He looked at the prince and said: "Your Highness, I have brought everything to you as it is. I just ask... I just ask that your Highness can forgive my family. This matter has nothing to do with them...!" "
Qi Ning already understood a little bit at this time. He frowned and looked at Fang Xingzhai, wondering if it looked like this. Could it be that Fang Xingzhai was the mastermind behind this? In fact, he had had such suspicion before, but killing requires a motive. If Fang Xingzhai was behind it, what was his motive
This man was the governor of Xuzhou. Why did he poison the wine with the intention of killing the prince? After the King of Linzi became a scapegoat and he was wronged, why did he send someone to bring him poisonous tea, hoping to poison himself too
Qining couldn't understand his motives, so he couldn't be sure.
The prince has already said: "If you confess truthfully, I will keep my word."
Ye Wen's eyes were cold and he looked at Fang Xingzhai and said: "Your Highness, the poison that the young prince was poisoned was curare, and there is still residual poison in the young prince's arms."
Someone immediately reached out and searched his arms, and soon found a small porcelain bottle. Ye Wen said: "There is still a little half left in it. Those two jars of wine were both poisoned by the little ones, so they were sent to Jinyi." The tea he served at this time was also made by adding curare wood to the tea. Curare wood is a poison extracted from a poisonous tree. It is extremely poisonous and can cause blood sealing in the throat. It is rare and impossible for ordinary people to do so. get."
"Then how did you get it?" the prince asked coldly.
Ye Wen said: "It's him...!" He looked at Fang Xingzhai: "It was Mr. Fang who gave it to me!"