Chapter 597 - Tsukisho-sama Chitose 22
It was also because of the behavior of the princes who asked the emperor to grant marriage that Chu Zhi understood his intentions.
When he received the letter from the capital, when he saw the word “gift marriage” on the letter, a string in his mind was broken, and he felt a little bit of anger uncontrollably.
To marry her is to forcibly tie her to another man.
And the emperor’s order cannot be violated. Once the decree is issued, there is no room for manoeuvre.
How can it be?
Obviously…they already have a marriage contract.
Although it was never put on the surface, or even a joke, maybe she never knew the meaning and never took it seriously.
In fact, it doesn’t matter whether she is given a marriage or has a sweetheart, it has nothing to do with him.
But he likes her.
Everything related to her is related to him.
He didn’t want her to be involved with other people, didn’t want her to belong to someone else, and didn’t want her wife’s former surname to be his own.
This joke in the mouth of his parents – when she grows up and becomes husband and wife, he takes it seriously.
He wants to be the fiancé she recognizes, justifiably, not jokingly made by his parents.
Therefore, he allowed himself to take advantage of the power of the villa to take the opportunity to suppress those princes.
If it wasn’t for the only remaining reason to control himself, maybe the means he took would not just pick out the unclean things under their hands, and make it so simple for the emperor to punish them for their mistakes.
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An ordinary-looking carriage was driving a little slower. It was summer, and it was noon again. Even though it was not as hot as the capital, it was still a little sunburnt.
The two horses in front of the car had started sticking out their tongues, their running speed had slowed down, and they looked tired.
These two horses have been trained to be more resistant to high temperatures than ordinary horses. They just came all the way from the capital. They have been traveling for two days, and now they are almost at their limit.
The voice of the dark guard came from outside the car curtain, “Miss, the horses are not in good condition. There is a small village in front of you. Why don’t you take a break for a while to restore the horses’ energy?”
Luo Ci responded lightly, “Yes.”
The carriage stopped at the gate of the village, Luo Ci slowly got out of the carriage, she changed her clothes in advance, and chose a dress made of inferior fabrics. Beijing.
The two dark guards walked behind her with their horses.
The rest of the dark guards didn’t follow closely, and were some way behind them.
There happened to be a pond nearby, and some grass grew on the edge of the pond, which could provide water for the horses.
A woman in her 40s near the pond was doing laundry. Hearing the movement, she looked over and saw Luo Ci and the carriage behind her.
This village is not well-known, but it is also the only way to go in many places, and many passers-by once came to ask for water.
She took the initiative to point to the other side of the pond, “There are aquatic plants that can be eaten by horses, go there.”
Luo Ci thanked her, and the dark guard took off the horse rope and led the horse to the other side.
The pond was shaded by trees and it was much cooler. She stood silently by the pond. There were echoes of the sound of hammers hitting clothes nearby.
Suddenly, a hurried shout came from a distance, “Aunt Xu, hurry, hurry home! Your son, your son fainted from poisoning!”
The voice was getting closer, a teenage boy shouted as he ran.
The woman’s hand trembled, and the club fell into the water. She didn’t even bother to pick it up, and rushed to the child, “What poisoning? How is my son now?”
His tone was so serious and nervous that he was about to ask the kid by the collar.
The young man gasped for breath and replied before he could recover, “The village, many people in the village have passed out, you should go back and have a look!”
Aunt Xu hurriedly ran towards the house, not even taking the clothes from the pond.
Luo Ci was stunned when she heard the word poisoning. She walked up to the boy and asked, “Do you know why they were poisoned?”
The young man was a little embarrassed when he saw Luo Ci. He stammered, “No, I don’t know, they suddenly vomited black blood and then passed out.”
She asked patiently, “Are they poisoned at the same time? Did the poisoned people live close to each other?”
Two questions in a row made the young man unable to react. He thought for a while before saying, “It’s not that they were poisoned together. They, they all seem to live close to Aunt Xu’s house.”
Luo Ci had a guess in her heart, “Is there a water source near Aunt Xu’s house?”
“…There is a well!” The boy suddenly replied loudly, and he seemed to understand something.
The source of the toxin should be this well.
“Please take me with you.”
“Good, good.”
One of the shadow guards followed her, and the other shadow guard stayed where he was and guarded the carriage.
Following the path, we arrived near the well in a short time. The cries of several households not far away were heard, with a strong sadness.
The dark guard took the initiative to drank the water and tested the poison with the silver needle. Soon, the silver needle turned blue and barking, which was a sign of high poison.
The young man did not understand anything, but when he saw this discolored needle, he stepped back several steps in fright. He couldn’t imagine that if the whole village relied on this well to eat, wouldn’t the whole village be poisoned?
He began to look panicked, and wanted to tell the village chief and Lizheng about it as soon as possible.
He was at a loss, “We usually get along very well with our neighbors, so why would someone poison it?”
Totally unbelievable.
Luo Ci asked in a low voice, “Are there any other outsiders in your village in the last few days?”
There is no injustice or enmity, and no one will poison the village.
The boy shook his head subconsciously and nodded again, “A girl passed by yesterday, but she left this morning.”
“I’m going to report this to the village chief.” The boy said and left.
Some plots haven’t changed.
Luo Ci asked the dark guard, “Can you cure this poison?”
The dark guard lowered his head slightly, “If the poisoning time is not long, this poison can be solved by subordinates.”
She was a little relieved, and followed the source of the sound.
The direction the boy left was also the direction of Aunt Xu’s house.
Arriving outside Aunt Xu’s house, the doctor shook his head in embarrassment and walked out of the hut. Aunt Xu and Uncle Xu’s eyes were slightly red, and their faces were full of grief.
The boy stood beside a middle-aged man, talking eagerly, and when he happened to see Luo Ci, he pointed to her, the middle-aged man should be the village chief.
After hearing what the young man said, the village chief looked at Luo Ci, and he got closer, his tone was more polite, “The girl said that the well was poisoned?”
Luo Ci shook her head, “I can only be sure that the well water is poisonous. As for whether this poison was deliberately done or not, I’m not sure.”
She didn’t know about the poisoning at first, but she was reminded of something in the first play on the plane. Jiang Yaoer once poisoned a village, causing all the villagers to be poisoned to death.
The origin of the play on that plane is unknown, and it was actually linked to this plane. She didn’t pay much attention to the details before, and she only vaguely remembered a few events in the village.