The prisoner was chained to the wall. Although the man looked miserable, he could be seen to be quite handsome, with sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes, and ape-like arms and waist. From his appearance, he didn't look like someone who would poison the moat at all.
"Who sent you to poison me?" Yao Pei asked.
"I did not poison." The prisoner refused to admit it and shook his head. "I had just arrived at the moat when a group of officers and soldiers suddenly surrounded me and tied me up."
"You didn't poison?" Yao Pei sneered and opened a bulging sack on the small table in the cell. "You didn't poison what is this? Such a large dose can probably kill half the city. people."
"That's not poison, that's a local product someone asked me to bring into the city!" said the prisoner.
Wei Lan stepped forward, took a little powder from the sack, put it to the tip of his nose and smelled it, then he sneezed and shook his head at Yao Pei.
Wei Lan used a secret voice to send a message to Yao Pei: "It's not poison, it's pepper."
Now it was embarrassing. Wei Lan walked out of the cell, grabbed the little detective's ear at the corner and said, "What's the matter with you? Didn't you say you caught the poisoner? Why is there pepper in the sack?" "
"Pepper? Impossible!" said the policeman, "I clearly saw him carrying that bag and sneaking by the river. What was he doing outside the city carrying a bag of pepper in the middle of the night? There must be something fishy! "
Wei Lan went out, but Ye Wuji stayed in the cell and continued to ask the prisoner.
"You stayed up most of the night. What were you doing outside the city? And you were carrying such a big bag of stuff."
"I'm here to find someone. I'm in a hurry to find someone, so I want to try to see if I can get into the city at this time." The prisoner said, "As for that, I was riding a horse, but I rode too fast. It was windy and sandy on the official road, so I accidentally bumped into someone. The person I bumped into asked me to bring the bag. He said he was out doing business and brought some local products to his old mother at home. Now his leg has been injured for a while. He couldn’t go back for a while, so he asked me to bring his things in first.”
Wei Lan took out his dagger and made a small hole in the middle of the sack. The powder inside leaked out, but it was a pale green color, completely different from the yellow powder at the top. Wei Lan examined it carefully and found that the medicinal powder was exactly the poison poisoned by the patients in the city. Except for the top and bottom layers of pepper noodles, the sack was entirely filled with such medicinal powder.
"Do you think his words are true or false?" Ye Wuji asked Wei Lan in a low voice.
Wei Lan said: "This person's eyes are clear, and he speaks openly and without any evasion. It doesn't look like he is lying."
"You just said you were looking for someone." Ye Wuji asked, "Who are you looking for?"
"The thirteenth disciple of Wuyou Villa, Ye Wuji." said the prisoner.
"Ah?" Ye Wuji looked at him carefully. This face... she really didn't recognize it.
"Do you know me?" Ye Wuji asked.
"Uh, sorry, it's the first time we met today, so I don't know her." The prisoner also looked at her carefully to confirm that she was not an old friend who had met her a few times before.
"Then why are you looking for me?"
"Are you Ye Wuji?" the prisoner asked in surprise, "Does the Moon Chasing Sword belong to you?"
"You mean Zhu Tan? My twelfth senior brother? What, you two know each other?"
The prisoner was overjoyed and said: "It seems that you are indeed Ye Wuji. It was you, Zhu Tan, who pointed me to you. I have a jade pendant around my waist, which is a token he gave me. He said you would know it at a glance."
Ye Wuji looked towards him and saw that there was indeed a fish-patterned white jade pendant. This was her sixteenth birthday gift to Zhu Tan.
Although it was confirmed that he was someone Zhu Tan knew, the suspicion of poisoning could not be completely ruled out. Ye Wuji did not let him go on his own initiative, but asked him: "Who are you? What do you want from me?"
"I'm going to Qu Jinfeng. Miss Ye, I want to ask you to do a favor. Help me save a person's life."
"I can only kill people, but I can't save them." Ye Wuji pointed at Wei Lan, "You have to find that person to save people. That's the magic doctor."
"Wei Lan, the wonderful doctor?" The successive surprises made Qu Jinfeng's eyes shine.
"That's right. He is my third senior brother, and he has superb medical skills."
"Is the miracle doctor also a disciple of Master Xie?"
"This is not nonsense. Of course my senior brother is my master's disciple."
Qu Jinfeng looked at Wei Lan and asked, "May I ask Divine Doctor Wei, do you know how to remove poison?"
Wei Lan was stunned for a moment and said: "Gu insects in southern Xinjiang are constantly changing and there are many varieties. Even though I am a doctor, I dare not say that I can cure them. I wonder if the one who got the poison is the golden partridge?"
Two partridges ring, and a tune leaves a fragrance. The Golden Partridge Hu Shuilian and the Pilgrim Guest Qu Jinfeng were known as thieves, who specialized in robbing the rich and giving to the poor. Wei Lan had also heard about it.
"Exactly. Zhuojing was bewitched by the Guhui Cult demon, and used it to coerce me into sneaking into Wuyou Villa to murder Master Xie."
"Are you harming my master?" Ye Wuji's expression changed instantly and he clenched the sword in his hand.
"How can a person like Villa Master Xie be hurt by my little skills?" Qu Jinfeng looked sad, "I was caught just after I entered the villa. I didn't even hurt Master Xie. I'm ashamed to say that. , I went to take the manor owner’s life, but the manor owner let me go, and I wanted to shamelessly ask the manor owner to remove the poison from the clumsy thorn.”
"Listening to what you said, you are quite thick-skinned." Ye Wuji did not save face for Qu Jinfeng at all. This man wanted to hurt her master, so why should she save face for him. Although he was not injured, that was because the master was powerful enough.
"Even if the girl says so, I still have to ask for it shamelessly." For the sake of his wife, Qu Jinfeng didn't take it to heart at all. He looked at Ye Wuji sincerely and said, "Can you ask the girl to thank the owner of the village? Take action and remove the poison from the clumsy thorn."