night.
In front of the door of Lingyin Pavilion, a carriage passed by, and a heavy object rolled down from the carriage.
Gu Huaian got the notice and hurried to his door. Looking at the sack in front of him, he didn't know what was inside.
"Go and open it." He directed a follower next to him.
The man obeyed the order and opened the sack, and a human head emerged from inside.
"ah."
The attendant cried out in fright.
Gu Huaian stepped forward with some doubts. After seeing the person inside the sack, he asked doubtfully: "Who threw it?"
The attendant shook his head.
Seeing this, Gu Huaian stepped forward to check on the man's life and death. Seeing that the man was still alive, he said, "Carry the man in."
At this time, several other people who got the news rushed over and were very confused when they saw the scene on the ground.
"What's going on?" Chu Tiankuo asked.
Gu Huaian shook his head, "I saw it here when I came here."
After the attendants carried the person in, an envelope suddenly appeared on the ground. Shen Qianshan looked at the envelope and walked over.
When I opened it, it read:
This is a witness.
These few people instantly knew who was inside the sack, and they looked at each other and turned around to enter the house.
Although this Rong Lian was unreliable, he still tried his best to save Gu Qiang.
The next day, Shen Qianshan took Zhang Qiang to the morning court together.
"Your Majesty, I would like to ask Jiang Hong, the Young Minister of Taichang Temple, to report something." A minister came out and saluted.
"My beloved, please play."
"Back to the Emperor, there is a new witness in the case of Gu Su Ran, the second young master of Gu Su."
As soon as these words came out, there was a lot of discussion in the court.
"Isn't Gusuran buying/murdering someone?"
"How come there are new witnesses? Is there another secret?"
“…”
Listening to the discussion below, and taking another look at the person who presented the report, Shen Zhongbai immediately understood that Shen Qianshan had already started to save Gu Qiang.
Since you want to save, then I will let you save.
He had already given Gu Qiang a chance to die in seven days. Even if he didn't come to save her, he would still have to find a reason to let her go. Otherwise, she would die in the clan mansion and Shen Qianshan would have a reason to trouble him. .
"Bring the witness."
Following the messages, Zhang Qiang was brought to the main hall.
Entering the main hall, Zhang Qiang was frightened by the grandeur of the hall.
"Zhang Qiang, a common man, comes to see the Emperor."
"Have you ever seen Gusu Ranmai/killing someone violently?"
Shen Zhongbai's majestic words echoed in the hall, making Zhang Qiang's heart tremble a little more. He looked at Shen Qianshan with some fear, and saw that Shen Qianshan was not looking at him at all, so he answered nervously.
"Back to the emperor, the common people can prove that the second young master of Gusu did not buy/murder the murderer, but there is someone else who bought/murdered the murderer."
"The grass-roots man was one of those thugs. He was asked to beat the beggar to death in front of the Lingyin Pavilion for the Second Young Master of Gusu to see."
As soon as his words came out, Shen Zhongbai couldn't help but look at him, murderous intent flashed in his eyes.
His subordinates said before that they had all been killed, so he believed them. He didn't want to think that there would still be another one. Fortunately, he planned to let Gu Qiang go, otherwise he would get nothing in the end.
"Then why are you the only one here?" Shen Zhongbai asked pretendingly.
"Back to the emperor, Cao Min's companions were killed, and Cao Min escaped by luck."
"Then what did the witness say that Gu Suran gave you money?"
"Second Master Gusu saw that the beggar was pitiful, so he gave us money to stop beating him."
Shen Zhongbai nodded, "I didn't expect that the Second Young Master of Gusu is also a kind-hearted person."
As soon as he finished speaking, an official came out.
"Your Majesty, I think this matter needs further investigation."
As soon as these words came out, the ministers reconsidered.
Then, Shen Zhongbai handed over the matter to Wu Dequan to handle, which they had discussed before.
During the interrogation, since the original witness could not be found and there was only this one witness, Gu Qiang was acquitted.
Gu Qiang, who had suffered so much, had lost weight.
Shen Qianshan looked at the appearance of his beloved, clenching his fists behind his back.
"Let's go home." Shen Qianshan hugged Gu Qiang, who was full of scars, heartily, for fear that he would accidentally touch his wound and hurt him.
Back at Lingyin Pavilion, Shen Qianshan carefully applied medicine to Gu Qiang and hired a doctor for her.
The doctor took his pulse and looked at Shen Qianshan hesitantly.
"What's wrong with her?" Shen Qianshan saw the meaning in the doctor's eyes and knew that something must have happened to Gu Qiang.
"Madam, she was shot for seven days, and now she only has six days left."
The doctor's words shocked the two of them. How could it be possible that she had not been fed poison and when did she get poisoned
Suddenly, she realized that they had drugged the water she drank without her noticing.
"Is there a way to cure it?" Shen Qianshan asked in a deep voice while looking at the person in his arms.
"There is no cure."
Gu Qiang's faint voice came.
She knew that there was no cure for this medicine, which was something everyone in the world knew.
But Shen Qianshan didn't believe it. He couldn't just watch Gu Qiang die.
"No, it can definitely be cured. I will find a way."
Shen Qianshan hugged her tightly, but did not dare to use force.
No wonder he always felt that Gu Qiang's coming out was too smooth this time. It turned out that Shen Zhongbai actually had some tricks up his sleeve.
The news that Gu Qiang had suffered a seven-day soul-breaking attack quickly spread throughout the Lingyin Pavilion. Gu Huaian was concerned about his sister and came to check on her condition.
Seeing her haggard appearance, Gu Huaian suddenly felt very distressed.
"Brother." Gu Qiang called softly.
Gu Huaian walked over and touched her hair.
"It's okay. Brother is here and nothing will happen to you."
Gu Qiang said nothing and just nodded.
"I never thought that Shen Zhongbai could be so vicious."
Listening to Chu Tiankuo's complaint, Gu Qiang just laughed lightly. She had already seen Shen Zhongbai's viciousness and shamelessness. If he really let her go like this, there would really be a problem.
Just seeing how everyone was worried about her, Gu Qiang felt very sad.
"It's okay. Maybe the antidote will be found in a few days." Gu Qiang felt that the atmosphere around her was very gloomy and couldn't help but comfort everyone.
"You have a good rest." Shen Qianshan looked at her and said this, then waved the others away.
Gu Qiang knew that they must have gone to find the antidote.
Shen Qianshan found many doctors, and also sent people to find miracle doctors and ghost doctors to search for the whereabouts of Duanhunsan. He also searched for various medical skills himself.
Gu Huaian was not idle either and issued a notice offering a reward of 200,000 taels of gold to find the person who could detoxify the poison.
Soon, the news of Gu Qiang's poisoning also reached Rong Lian's ears.
Shen Zhongbai naturally knew about such a big movement.
He was very satisfied with Shen Qianshan's reaction, but his purpose was more than that.
The second day.
A dead man appeared in front of the Lingyin Pavilion.
When Gu Huaian went out and took a look, he found that it was Zhang Qiang who had testified for Gu Qiang.
Due to the recurrence of the murder, the people from Jingzhao Prefecture had to come to investigate, and he was naturally very popular.
"For your humble position, please see the Ninth Prince." Liu Ruqing, Yin of Jingzhao Mansion, saluted Shen Qianshan.
Shen Qianshan nodded and signaled him to get up.
After standing up, he asked: "Please tell me, Your Highness, how this person was discovered?"
"My men opened the door and saw this man lying here. When they went to check, they found that he was dead." Shen Qianshan didn't speak, and it was Gu Huaian who answered.
"Did you see anyone suspicious?"
"Not yet."
The governor of Jingzhao was very embarrassed. After all, this was the Ninth Prince. This matter must be investigated carefully. If he is not careful, he will lose his head.
As for the corpse appearing again in Lingyin Pavilion, the crowd couldn't help but speculate that Gu Qiang was actually a murderer. In order not to expose herself, she also killed the person who gave her false testimony.
"It's good to have a backstage. You don't have to be afraid of killing people."
"No, it's just pitiful for us people, we have to be bullied."
“…”
As various rumors spread, it was very detrimental to Shen Qianshan and the others, which made him start to doubt.
"Do you think Shen Zhongbai did this?" Shen Qianshan looked at Chu Tiankuo in front of him and asked.
Chu Tiankuo thought about it and thought it was possible.
"I guess he just wants to frame us while we are treating Gu Qiang and make us lose the support of the people. This way he will be more stable in his success."
"His schemes are still so dirty." Thinking of Shen Zhongbai's previous conspiracies, Gu Qiang couldn't help complaining.
Her complaint was unanimously approved.
"We still have to deal with Shen Zhongbai now. As for finding the medicine, I'll leave it to you." Gu Huaian said to Shen Qianshan.
He was somewhat satisfied with this brother-in-law, at least much more satisfied than Rong Lian.
Because of Shen Zhongbai's attack, everyone had to become even busier. Gu Qiang had begun to show signs of vomiting blood due to being hit by Duanhun San, but she hid it well and Shen Qianshan did not notice it.
Soon, Shen Qianshan found the antidote to Duanhunsan in an ancient book, but no one had tried this antidote, so he didn't know if it was real.
Shen Qianshan found Gu Qiang with the antidote prescription. She understood his concerns very well.
"As long as there is a glimmer of hope, you have to give it a try, right?"
In the heart of a dying person, as long as there is a little hope of life, they cannot give up. Even if the prescription is fake, at least they have tried hard.
"Just wait, I will definitely verify the authenticity of this antidote." Shen Qianshan said with confidence, which made Gu Qiang feel a little worried.
The antidote ingredients are very precious. If it weren't for Gu Huai'an's money and Shen Qianshan's power, it would probably take a long time to find these medicines. By the time the medicines were found, Gu Qiang would already be dead.
Out of concern for Shen Qianshan, Gu Qiang asked Gu Suliang to see what he was going to do.
"It's not good, the Ninth Prince is going to take Duanhun Powder to test the medicine on himself."
As soon as these words came out, Gu Qiang stood up quickly and went to find Shen Qianshan regardless of her frail body.
As soon as he arrived at Shen Qianshan's door, he heard a voice coming from inside, "My lord, do you really want to test the medicine with yourself? Why don't you let me come down."