LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 18 She was poisoned
The moment she saw him, Ye Qingran breathed a sigh of relief, which at least meant that we were not really at a dead end now.
In order not to reveal his identity, she followed his words and said: "It's my second aunt. She was poisoned. Thank you to the jailer for the medicine!"
She spoke loudly so that others could hear her.
Then she approached Chu Qingyun and lowered her voice: "I need your help with something. Can you help me meet with the county magistrate? There are some things I need to confirm."
Chu Qingyun didn't ask any more questions, still maintaining the image of a jailer, and shouted impatiently: "Take some medicine and calm down quickly, don't make any noise if you have nothing to do!"
When he turned to leave, he nodded towards Ye Qingran, with teasing and confidence in his eyes.
Ye Qingran was a little curious about how he managed to come and go freely without disturbing anyone, and even seemed to really allow her to see the county magistrate.
From this point of view, this man's methods are immeasurable.
She opened the medicine given by Chu Qingyun and smelled it. There was a faint fragrance and a slight acidity. Not surprisingly, it was indeed the antidote to the poisoning of her second aunt.
But now that the poison has been eliminated, this medicine is of no use.
She put the medicine away, and her second aunt and her family didn't dare to ask any more questions. After all, she had just saved someone, and now she had long since lost the confidence to complain.
Not long after Ye Qingran returned to his seat and sat down, a jailer came and banged on the cell door. He frowned and asked, "Who is Ye Qingran? The county magistrate is looking for you. Come out with me."
"it's me."
Unexpectedly, Chu Qingyun was so efficient at work. Ye Qingran secretly shared some food with his family, and gave Ye Qinglian's share to Ye Zhuoyu, telling them, "You don't have much to eat. When you are hungry, just fill your stomach and don't eat anything else." Anything anyone gives me, I’ll be right back.”
"Be careful." Ye Zhuoyu whispered.
"nothing."
She gave a brief explanation, then got up and followed the jailer out of the cell door. As soon as she walked out, her hands were chained. Although it was not particularly tight, the metal material would inevitably hurt her hands.
After walking for less than a quarter of an hour, the jailer brought her to the door of the study.
"My lord, someone brought it here."
"come in."
The door was opened, the jailer roughly pushed Ye Qingran in, and then closed the door.
Fortunately, she reacted quickly and quickly adjusted her center of gravity, otherwise she would have fallen down and fallen into an awkward position.
"I heard that you have something important to tell me. Tell me quickly. I'm busy."
The county magistrate looked at the document in his hand without raising his head, and didn't pay attention to her at all.
Ye Qingran thought about it and guessed how Chu Qingyun got the county magistrate to agree to see her, so he followed the words and answered: "Someone poisoned the rotten food sent to the prison. I don't know if this is important." ?”
"Hey, it's important? Who knows if you people are trying to escape from prison by trying other tricks? Maybe you are just pretending. In other words, you are exiled prisoners. Isn't it normal to die on the way to exile?"
Ye Qingran's eyes darkened. Although she didn't expect this county magistrate to really solve any problems, his attitude was really annoying.
"It's okay for exiled prisoners to die on the road, but it's not so common to die in the county government office, right?"
The county magistrate seemed to have heard a big joke and burst out laughing: "You girl is so naive. Who will know if you die in prison? Okay, if you just want to say this, then It’s better to go back to the cell and wait for death.”
With that said, he was about to call someone to take her away.
At this time, there was a knock on the door, and it was a little maid: "Sir, the tea is ready."
"come in."
The maid was beautiful and spoke in a coquettish voice, which made the county magistrate feel much better for a while.
When she passed Ye Qingran with tea, she didn't notice Ye Qingran's stretched out arm.
"oops!"
The maid tripped over her and almost spilled the tea on the ground. She looked at Ye Qingran angrily. After seeing the shackles on her hands, she said angrily: "This distinguished guest, please be careful, this belongs to your lord." Healthy tea.”
"Hmph, who is she? Come here, take this prisoner back to the prison and give him a good 'entertainment'."
After speaking, he picked up the tea and took a sip.
Ye Qingran changed his angry expression and smiled: "Do you really think that poisoning is not an important matter?"
The county magistrate didn't understand why she suddenly changed her attitude, but he didn't want to hear more from her. He was a little impatient and said, "Where are the people? Why don't you take her away quickly? I'll be upset just looking at her."
The jailer waiting outside came in, grabbed Ye Qingran's arm and was about to take him out, but she suddenly twisted around and broke free.
"If I step out of this door right now, your lives will be in danger."
She stood there, still smiling, staring at the tea in the magistrate's hand.
"Presumptuous! What are you talking about? I think you are really impatient!"
Although the county magistrate didn't believe her, her eyes were terrifyingly calm, and she didn't look like she was lying at all.
Ye Qingran raised his eyebrows and asked him: "Does this tea taste good?"
"What's the meaning……"
Before he finished speaking, his hand suddenly shook, the tea cup fell to the ground, and the tea spilled all over the floor.
The maid saw this and exclaimed: "Ah, what's wrong with you, sir?"
The county magistrate was trembling all over and speechless. He started foaming at the mouth in just a moment, and his lips turned gray-purple. It was obvious that he was poisoned, and it was similar to the poison in the rotten rice.
At this time, his expression immediately became painful, and his eyes were horrified: "Poison... poisonous..."
Hearing this, the maid was frightened and knelt down in tears: "Sir, it wasn't me who did it. I don't know what happened..."
The jailer was also startled and quickly wanted to go out and call the doctor, but was stopped by Ye Qingran.
"There's no need to go. I was the one who administered the poison, and only I can undo it. If you want to save your lives, untie it for me as soon as possible. If it's too late, you won't be able to save it."
The jailer hesitated again and again, then gritted his teeth and unlocked the county magistrate's shackles when he saw that she was about to suffocate.
Ye Qingran rubbed his wrist and walked to the county magistrate unhurriedly: "Let me tell you first, I can temporarily seal the poison, but you must also promise me to thoroughly investigate the poisoning, otherwise I would rather go with You exchange one life for another. You are going to die on the road to exile anyway, so it’s not a loss if I exchange it with you.”
After saying that, she took out the needle to seal his acupuncture point. After a while, the county magistrate finally regained his breath and replied with a pale face: "Okay... I promise you..."
"The rest is up to you. I'll only give you one day. If you don't get the results I want, prepare to see the coffin."
Ye Qingran put away the needle and strode out. The jailer did not dare to stop her when he saw this, so he could only follow her and make sure she returned to the cell before closing the cell door and leaving.