So if there is something wrong with the water, it is most likely the drug.
They brought a lot of medicine.
Tang Yuan immediately understood what Su Rong meant and nodded at him.
Su Rong opened the door and went out while cursing, and asked loudly: "Where are the people? It's already this late, and I asked you to light a fire and cook, what's wrong with you? Why haven't you finished it in such a long time?"
Xiao Heng quietly opened the window and looked at the situation below.
Su Rong went downstairs cursing, and the postmaster came out in a hurry to explain: "Oh, sir, I'm so sorry, this stove is really too small, so there is no way, it's delayed for a while, don't worry, it will be right away, right away!"
Tang Yuan had already had people distribute the antidote pills to everyone present, and he took one to Xiao Heng.
Xiao Heng waved his hand.
He had followed Zhang Qingyuan since he was a child. Zhang Qingyuan had many strange things on him. He had given him some prescriptions and forced him to take a medicinal bath every day. He was different from ordinary people. Ordinary poisons and drugs had no effect on him. Over the years, it was not that no one had tried to use these methods to deal with him. Not to mention the distant past, Madam Song had also thought of poisoning him to death. Facts have proved that Zhang Qingyuan's method was indeed effective and he escaped.
After watching for a while, Xiao Heng suddenly said, "This postmaster is fake."
Miss Mu San had already tightly grasped Mu Qinglu's hand and was extremely nervous. When she heard Xiao Heng say this, she knew that Su Rong's guess was correct and that something really had gone wrong with the posthouse. She couldn't help but ask Xiao Heng, "How did your highness know?"
"There are many calluses on his hands, especially around the base of his palms. This is caused by holding a knife too many times. How can a postmaster hold a knife all year round?" Xiao Heng's face was indifferent, and his eyes fell on the man again: "And you can see that his standing posture is tense and defensive. He can attack or avoid the opponent's attack at any time. He is a martial artist."
Miss Mu San’s face turned pale.
The officials of the Siyi Hall had never expected to encounter such a terrible thing right after entering Yunnan. Their legs trembled for a moment, and they finally mustered up the courage to ask: "Then... where is the original postmaster?"
No one paid any attention to him.
After a while, Su Rong pushed open the door and came in, shaking his head solemnly, "He is not the postmaster, he is obviously an old hand with martial arts skills, and I think he even wears his official uniform wrong."
He is not the postmaster but pretends to be one. How can that be a good thing
Everyone couldn't help but fall silent.
Xiao Heng spoke first: "When you came in just now, you led people to patrol. How many people are here?"
In order to bring them in, at least the number of people must not be too large, which means that the post station cannot hide people.
Su Rong was always serious and careful in his work. He said with certainty, "Thirteen, including the kitchen helpers and the servants, a total of thirteen people."
Thirteen people. Tang Yuan remembered something and asked, "What about the other guests?"
The inn is a place for welcoming and seeing off guests. Anyone with official letters can stay here. Even if they informed in advance, there should be other people here.
"Not many, only seven or eight in total. I looked at their official letters and identity passes, and they are all going to take up their posts or return home." Su Rong quickly explained the situation: "There are a total of 27 of us in this room, including the Jinyiwei. The others have dispersed to rest... and basically drank water."
In other words, they were basically drugged.
One of the Jinyiwei couldn't help but speak out: "Even so, we have more than twenty people, but they only have thirteen."
Xiao Heng said in a deep voice: "No, they are waiting."
"They must have accomplices." Tang Yuan also nodded as he took over Xiao Heng's words: "If my guess is correct, they probably want to set fire to burn us all to death. Those who cannot be burned to death will also be killed. There will definitely be people coming to clean up the situation later. After all, there are more than 500 people, and they can't be sure that everyone has been drugged. They certainly can't be so perfunctory and careless."
From outside came the rebuke from the guards at the gate: "What are you doing sneaking around like that?!"
Everyone in the room fell silent, and Mu Qinglu's heart was beating like a drum. He was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a moment.
Miss Mu San pulled him in and stood in front of him, looking as if she was ready to die.
Xiao Heng waved his hand, signaling everyone to sit down and not look strange, and nodded to Su Rong.
Su Rong opened the door and went out. Seeing the postmaster coming up with two people, he frowned and asked impatiently, "What are you doing?! Can't you see we are discussing matters here? Is the meal ready?!"
The postmaster immediately smiled and said, "The meal is almost ready. I came up to tell you because I was afraid you would be worried."
Su Rong was furious: "Fuck you, you are not ready yet and you come here to say these useless things! Hurry up, so many people are waiting to eat!"
The postmaster nodded in agreement and took his men downstairs.
Su Rong then turned around and walked in: "We have to come up with a response first. We can't wait until their people arrive. After all, the situation is unclear. If someone in the area is colluding with them, I'm afraid we won't be able to wait for reinforcements."
In this situation, we have to consider the worst case scenario in everything.
Tang Yuan was silent for a moment, then nodded: "Aren't they going to set a fire? Let's help them first. You guys split up and go to a place farther downstairs to light the fire. Then, while there's chaos, we can deliver the antidote to the brothers and run separately."
If they dare to wait, they must have something to rely on. If there are too many people, they can't run away at all, and it's not easy to hide. If they run together, the conspicuousness will be too big, so they can only disperse to divert the attention of those people.
The people in Zhaotong cannot be trusted. Since they dared to take action here, no matter whether the local government knew about it or not, at least one thing is certain: they are incompetent. How can we trust incompetent government
Tang Yuan lowered his voice and looked at Xiao Heng and Su Rong. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Your Highness, let the Jinyiwei and Yongding Bo escort you away."
The Jinyiwei are very skilled and are very good at evading pursuit and hiding their whereabouts. Su Rong is calm and composed, and has martial arts skills. They are the best choice to escort Xiao Heng away.
Xiao Heng also knew that Tang Yuan's arrangement was the most reasonable, so he nodded and agreed without hesitation, then looked at Tang Yuan and said, "Then I'll leave Miss Mu San and Mu Qinglu in the care of you, son-in-law."
Tang Yuan smiled and assured Xiao Heng: "I will make proper arrangements, Your Highness, don't worry. Their purpose must be to come for one of Your Highness and Miss Mu San's aunt and nephew. I will pretend to escort Miss Mu San's aunt and nephew, and take another team with me. Let your guards take them to Qujing Guard Station by a detour."
It was completely dark outside, and the room was dim and gloomy.