Legend of the Fighter (2)
Chapters... 18: When Milk Is Replied with Vinegar Water
In the Depth of the Andalas Forest, a middle-aged man was sitting with a bad face. In front of him were two corpses that had been stiffened.
"Fuck! I didn't think Sian Lou had such great smell. Not only can it overcome the poison of paralysis, but it also defeated my two men."
It was Xi Loan. Previously he wanted to find out why the two people he had told did not also return. But how surprised he was when he saw the two people he told had become corpses and lying parallel on the surface of the forest.
He regretted that he had underestimated Sian Lou's student, if he had known this would have been the case, he would have told someone stronger.
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Two days after returning from Xue City, Shao Mingrui headed to Bei Xian City. No matter how Bei Xian City needed a leader, he could not leave for too long.
The trip was not only with Zhou Fan and Eunuch Di, but also Cheng Liyu who had come to Bei Xian City. Previously, Cheng Liyu was at the Cheng family residence, he so he came to the imperial palace along with his family entourage.
Zhou Fan glanced back, looking at Cheng Liyu who was riding a horse right beside Shao Mingrui. The young man felt that if this Cheng Liyu did not like Shao Mingrui, it could be clearly seen in the look in his eyes.
Zhou Fan shook his head, it was none of his business, there was no need to interfere in matters that were too deep.
They walk slower than when the trip departs, which makes them have to spend the night in one of the villages.
After that they continued their journey, and arrived at Bei Xian city in the evening. Zhou Fan did not return in vain, to the north of Bei Xian City, there was a city called 'Lanqiao Town'.
According to the explanation of the fat man back then, the people who were following the first prince of the Xi Empire were briefly seen there. It was possible that Elder Louxi was also there.
"Rest, you can go in the morning." Shao Mingrui patted Zhou Fan on the shoulder, he certainly knew the young man's intentions because he was told straight away.
Zhou Fan thought for a moment, he nodded and went to his room.
Shao Mingrui also returned to his room, he along with his wife-Cheng Liyu left together.
The morning came so fast, the sun was shining in place of the moon.
Shao Mingrui woke up from her sleep, she saw Cheng Liyu was still beside her.
Huk...
Shao Mingrui covered her mouth, she felt her chest ache a little, and on her palm were patches of blood coming out of her mouth.
"What's wrong with me?" Shao Mingrui asked without making a sound, he got up from the bed and exited the room.
When he saw that Zhou Fan was already preparing to leave, he approached.
Huk... Huk...
Zhou Fan who saw Shao Mingrui immediately frowned. The third prince's face was worse than that of a person drained of profound strength, extremely pale.
"You why?" Zhou Fan examined Shao Mingrui's wrist, but found no strange symptoms from him.
Shao Mingrui shook her head. "Not bad, just a little tight. Maybe it was because of the first prince's attack back then."
Hearing this Zhou Fan was a bit doubtful, if this was due to a tread attack, it would be detected, but this was unable to figure it out.
Zhou Fan's eyes suddenly widened, without saying a word he scooped Shao Mingrui's face. Everything he checked, from his eyes to his forehead, was not at all left unturned.
When he saw Shao Mingrui's somewhat red eyes, he grew more and more convinced of his prejudice. This was clearly not due to a tread attack, but rather poison, and this could lead to death.
"Take me into your room." Zhou Fan walked in front, unconcerned about the confused-looking Shao Mingrui.
Zhou Fan directly checked every corner of the room, he looked for the root cause. But I also didn't find anything.
"Is there anything strange in your room?" Zhou Fan's question made Shao Mingrui's forehead shrivel, he shook his head.
No way, this is impossible. Though it was obvious that Shao Mingrui had been poisoned, but why not find something strange in his room.
When he looked at the bed area, he saw a candle that had burned out. Zhou Fan quickly approached the table on which were twelve candles.
No. yep...
From the bathroom, the sound of footsteps about to come out made Zhou Fan pull Shao Mingrui's hand away.
When he got outside, Zhou Fan again asked the same question. But no answer was given.
"I don't remember where this candle came from, even when I slept I don't think I lit the candle." Shao Mingrui said as she stroked her chin.
Zhou Fan's eyes twitched, inside the room there was only Shao Mingrui along with Cheng Liyu, was it possible that the one doing was Cheng Liyu-Swives of Shao Mingrui himself?
"Wait a minute, what's with this candle?" Shao Mingrui was not proficient in alchemist-smelling matters, he could not sense what Zhou Fan was feeling.
"It contains a lung-eating poison, it is said to be such because this poison will result in prolonged tightness, not only that, if passed on it will result in death."
Shao Mingrui rounded her eyes, she was a little hard to believe, but indeed she felt her chest was extremely tight.
Was it true, there was someone poisoning him but who, inside the room was only him and also Cheng Liyu, it was obviously impossible if he were to injure himself, was Cheng Liyu?
"Thank you for reminding me, this matter you don't have to worry about, you better focus on finding your teacher." Shao Mingrui said as he tried to display a smile.
"You're right." Zhou Fan had almost forgotten what he was going to do, but to ignore Shao Mingrui's situation was impossible.
"If you can't finish, don't hesitate to say it."
After saying Zhou Fan added that if Shao Mingrui had to be careful of Cheng Liyu, she somehow felt that the woman had some ill intentions towards her foster brother.
Zhou Fan left Shao Mingrui, while the man returned to his room.
Cheng Liyu was already there, she was wearing the full outfit as before.
Seeing the arrival of Shao Mingrui, Cheng Liyu left. But it quickly prevented his departure.
"I want to talk to you. Huk... Huk..."
Shao Mingrui held onto his chest, making Cheng Liyu smile meaningfully.
"Yu'er, have I ever treated you badly?"
This question made Cheng Liyu frown, but she remained silent without taking a word.
"You've always treated me well."
Shao Mingrui laughed helplessly, she felt herself to be extremely ridiculous. He hoped to live well with his wife even though they were married by force.
Not that he thought that this would endanger his life, obviously this was not comparable.
Cheng Liyu did not know the meaning of Shao Mingrui's laughter, but he could feel a sense of regret as well as sadness implied in his expression.
"I treated you well?" Shao Mingrui looked at Cheng Liyu's face, and the woman nodded.
"But you retaliated with the intention of taking my life?"
Cheng Liyu was surprised, he did not even have a moment to breathe.
Heh...
"It was you, you who put the candle with the lung-eating poison." Shao Mingrui looked at Cheng Liyu's reaction which was like it was so shocked that he found out about the poison given.
Shao Mingrui approached Cheng Liyu, making the woman slowly retreat even close her eyes. However what happened was not as expected, Shao Mingrui took the plaque by the bedside and immediately left Cheng Liyu who was standing with a slightly astonished face.
"Why, why did he just leave. Wasn't he known for being a cruel prince, were all those rumors mere rumors?"
Cheng Liyu scooped her face, she sat on the edge of the bed. I don't know why the woman felt she had done something wrong, but was reluctant to admit it.