Chapter 467: Tune the tiger away from the mountain
Chapter 467 Tune the tiger away from the mountain
Chu Nanzhi knew that turning Li Ce and Lin Jinxiao against each other was indeed a very hurtful thing for the two of them.
But if you don't do this, it will be difficult to relax Tang Ru's guard against the Pingning Palace in the future.
After thinking about it, she comforted Li Ce again: "Sanlang, you can do it at ease, I will comfort your brother, and he will understand your painstaking efforts when it is done."
Li Ce nodded sadly.
Although he was extremely unwilling to do anything to hurt Lin Jinxiao, it was just that his sister-in-law had already spoken very thoroughly.
Although my elder brother is now in charge of Pingning Prefecture, the military power is not completely in his hands. If he can't take all the power of the governor's mansion into his pocket, and wait for the new emperor to ascend the throne in the future, his elder brother will have no room to resist and can only be slaughtered .
So he also made up his mind, he must help his sister-in-law to complete this matter, and empty the Dudu Mansion.
The two fell silent to each other, only the crisp sound of wheels rolling over the road surface could be heard from time to time in the silent carriage.
Arriving in front of the prison gate of the Wei Mansion in Dexian County, Chu Nanzhi just got out of the carriage when she saw a maroon horse riding in front of the carriage.
The man got off the horse in a hurry, and while waving the sweat on his forehead, he said to Chu Nanzhi: "Miss Chu, my old grandpa is critically ill, and I ordered you to come over immediately."
"Why is he critically ill again? Didn't he be fine two days ago?"
Chu Nanzhi felt helpless.
Zheng Haichuan finally let go of his mouth and wanted to see him. If he regretted it again, it would be hard to say what he wanted to learn from him.
The boy shook his head blankly: "I don't know too much. Grandpa felt unwell this afternoon, and he was a little delirious at night. Old doctor Qian used medicine in the past. He just woke up and sent housekeeper Zhao to wake him up. The little one came to invite Mrs. Chu."
Chu Nanzhi looked at this person carefully, but it was the face of the assistant.
Having been troubled by dreams for the past few days, she suddenly became alert.
But after all, Zhao Guangyuan's safety was at stake, and she had to go, so she had to tell Li Ce who was beside her: "Sanlang, follow me to the Zhao Mansion, and send someone to the prison to let Guan Siyu stabilize Zheng Haichuan."
"it is good."
Li Ce gave instructions to the servant next to him, got on his horse and accompanied Chu Nanzhi to the Zhao Mansion in the east of the city.
The whole journey was uneventful, and no suspicious signs were encountered.
It wasn't until in front of the gate of De Zhao's Mansion that Chu Nanzhi got out of the carriage that her hanging heart finally fell to the ground.
Seeing that it was Chu Nanzhi who came, the servants of the Zhao residence were very enthusiastic, and immediately welcomed her into the living room. Zhao Taizheng led Qian Hongwen and Zhao Butler out of the inner room on crutches.
Seeing Chu Nanzhi's figure, several people were delighted and surprised. Zhao Guangyuan asked with a smile: "Why did Lady Chu come here suddenly?"
Chu Nanzhi was taken aback when he heard it: "Didn't the old grandpa call for someone to let the servants come?"
Several people looked at each other in dismay, and shook their heads in confusion.
Steward Zhao said solemnly: "The old slave and the grandpa knew that Mrs. Chu was busy with the Qi family's case, so they didn't dare to disturb Mrs. Chu. When they heard that old doctor Qian had returned to the city, they sent the old doctor to treat the grandpa."
Chu Nanzhi was very surprised, and looked at Li Ce and Sang Qi beside him: "Where is the boy who went to report?"
Li Ce shook his head in confusion: "It seems that he didn't follow in."
It was only then that Chu Nanzhi realized that she might have fallen into someone else's trick to divert the tiger away from the mountain.
It seems that some people don't want to see Zheng Haichuan.
The news of Luyan Port spread really quickly. Wu Enrong was detained in the post house only yesterday, and Zheng Haichuan was just released from prison, and someone came out to stop him with ulterior motives.
She would like to see what kind of ability the person behind this has, and can stir up the situation secretly.
In this way, she can predict that Lin Jinmu will not be able to find any useful evidence when he enters the county mansion.
Zhao Guangyuan enthusiastically ordered everyone to sit down, and was extremely moved by Chu Nanzhi's uninvited arrival.
It seems that she still pretends to be herself in her heart after all.
"To get such a year-old friend as Mrs. Chu, I will have no regrets in this life."
Zhao Guangyuan leaned on his cane tightly and coughed softly a few times.
Chu Nanzhi looked at him with a haggard look, and asked patiently with the eagerness in his heart: "Why did the grandfather get sick, but did he eat something that shouldn't be eaten?"
"It's nothing serious, it's just the physical and mental discomfort caused by drinking a few more glasses of wine with Concubine Yue and Taishou Wu at the mansion yesterday."
Zhao Taigong said calmly.
Chu Nanzhi was a little worried, and looked at Qian Hongwen suspiciously.
Qian Hongwen shook his head cautiously: "The old man looked at the grandpa's symptoms quite similar to last time, but the old man also asked the grandpa, and he didn't eat carambola anymore."
Chu Nanzhi was startled, and quickly asked, "I don't know what kind of wine the grandfather drank yesterday?"
Zhao Guangyuan sent housekeeper Zhao to fetch some jugs of wine: "It's all jade wine from the palace, it is said that it is made from grapes, and this old man wants to send some to Mrs. Chu to try something new. Is there something wrong with this wine?"
"wine?"
Chu Nanzhi uncorked the wine, moved to the mouth of the bottle and took a sniff, a strong grape scent immediately infiltrated her nose and mouth.
But apart from the umami smell of grapes, she seemed to smell a different smell mixed in it, a feeling of déjà vu.
"The taste of carambola."
Chu Nanzhi immediately realized, looked at the crowd and smiled wryly: "This wine is not pure."
"Carambola?"
Zhao Guangyuan took a jug of wine in astonishment, uncorked the bottle and sniffed it carefully, only then did he realize that there was something tricky in it.
He immediately flew into a rage, and ordered to the servants: "Go and arrest Wu Ming who is serving the wine."
Soon after, Wu Ming was brought in.
Zhao Guangyuan pointed at him angrily, knocked the crutch on the ground heavily, and said loudly: "You bastard, the old man treats you well, why do you want to hurt the old man?"
This Wu Ming was a servant who came here as a dowry with the Wu family back then. Since the death of the Wu family, he has stayed in the mansion to help and manage the house's internal affairs. He never thought that he was Wu Enrong's spy planted in the mansion.
No wonder Wu Enrong knew so clearly about the affairs of the family.
Wu Ming tremblingly lowered his head and dared not answer.
Zhao Guangyuan slammed his cane on the ground again: "If you don't tell the truth, I will send someone to kill you immediately."
With fear on his face, Wu Ming hesitated and replied: "Yes, it's the prefect, he specially brought some carambola over, and told the younger one to squeeze a little carambola juice into the wine sent by the imperial concubine, so that the grandpa can drink it every day. "
Zhao Guangyuan gritted his teeth angrily, and shouted angrily: "Come here, drag this unfaithful dog out and immediately stick him to death."
"Grandfather, the little one has already told the truth."
Wu Ming was very annoyed.
It doesn’t mean that you need to be killed with a stick, but you have to be killed with a stick, and the result is no different.
Chu Nanzhi looked at Zhao Guangyuan's resentful expression, and hurriedly persuaded: "The Grand Duke calm down, let Wu Ming be handed over to the servant."
As he spoke, he looked at the frightened Wu Ming again, and immediately asked, "Your words today are in the courtroom, and you can still say the same thing when you see Taishou Wu. I can ask the grandpa to spare your life."
"Ms. Chu's words count?"
Wu Mingcheng hurriedly asked in fear.
"nature."
Chu Nanzhi smiled and looked at Zhao Taigong.
Zhao Guangyuan squeezed his fist bitterly: "Then hand this boy over to Mrs. Chu."
(end of this chapter)