Chapter 104

  "Master Gongsun, how is Yunxian?" Liu Zhengshu could only address her by the identity of Xu Yuniang at present, fearing that revealing Yu Niang's true identity would lead to the exposure of the Xu family's great crime.

  Gongsun Ce put down his hand that was taking the pulse and sighed, "The toxicity is temporarily under control, but if we can't detoxify in time, I'm afraid..."

  "Mr. Gong Sun, no matter what, please save Yunxian, she's suffered too much."

  Gongsun Zan hastily reached out to support him, "General Liu, please don't be like this. I will definitely do my best to help. If we can find out what kind of poison the Cloud Fairy Maiden was poisoned with, perhaps there will be a way."

  Bao Zheng also said: "Does the general know?"

  She is really gutsy.

  "Peacock gall?" Bao Zheng, Gong Sun Ce and Zhan Zhao exchanged a glance.

  "It is said that the Peacock Gallbladder is an ancient, secretly passed-down poison from within the palace, specifically used for internal spies who fail in their missions to prevent their identities from being revealed."

  Zhan Zhao said: "Rumors in Jianghu say that the poison of Kongque Dan is incurable under heaven."

  Bao Zheng said: "Rumors from the rivers and lakes cannot be entirely believed."

  Gongsun Ce turned and asked Liu Zhengyun, "Why did Yun Xiangongniang take poison and kill herself?"

  Liu Zhengshun said: "Yunxian did not die from poisoning himself, but was harmed by someone."

  Liu Zhengshun looked at Yu Niang, who was poisoned and unconscious, and gritted his teeth: "I just saw Hu Tianlun come out of the Cloud Immortal Pavilion with my own eyes, it must be him..."

  Zhan Zhao said beside him, "The general only saw Hu Tianlun come out of the house, but did not personally see him poison someone. This is probably not enough to serve as evidence." At least it's not ironclad evidence.

  Bao Zheng nodded, "General, the evidence is insufficient. Even if this court can summon Hu Tianlun for questioning, there's no way to determine his guilt."

  "Can't we just let him off like this?"

  "Of course not."

  Zhan Zhao turned his head back and said with a hint of surprise: "Xiao Feng." His wife was pregnant in the Taishi Mansion, he wanted to see her, it was like a reunion on the Double Seventh Festival.

  Xiaohe carefully supported the young lady, and didn't forget to ask Master Gū (her father-in-law) how he was doing, "Master Gū."

  "Bao Daren, Mr. Gong Sun." Lu Xiaofeng greeted those present, "And this is...?"

  Bao Zheng made the introduction, "This is the Imperially Sealed Protector General Liu Zhengshun, General Liu."

  "General Liu is well."

  Liu Zhengshun also bowed his fist in return, "Mrs. Zhan has manners."

  "Zhao Qiujie, come here and let me take a look at you. You're supposed to be taking care of Yun Xiangnu, is this how you're doing it?"

  Zhao Qiujie leaned against the door frame and refused to step inside, only explaining: "But the housekeeper said she was asking to go back because she heard some news about her parents, how was I supposed to know..."

  Lu Xiaofeng put his hand on his waist, stared at him and said, "You say you can still do something? You can't even see that a special prenatal education teacher for your nephew is such a big deal, will he be ashamed of you when he's born?"

  Zhao Qiujie looked gloomy and thought to himself: Do I have to lift it so high? And how do you know it's definitely a nephew, maybe it's a niece instead?

  Everyone in Kaifeng secretly laughed.

  Liu Zhengshun only then understood why, at the time, when they knew that it was the young master of Jing Shan Wang Fu and a young woman who had taken away Yun Xiang Niang, Bao Daren and others said not to worry. It turned out that the woman who was with the young master of Jing Shan was the wife of Zhan Huwei, no wonder.

  "Gongsun Zhi asked: 'Miss, is there a way to detoxify the poison of the peacock gall?'"

  Liu Zhengshun's hopeful gaze immediately turned to Lu Xiaofeng.

  Lu Xiaofeng waved his hand, "Alright, Mr. Gong Sun, just tell me what's needed to cure the poison. I don't believe you don't know the antidote. Even if you don't know the formula, you should be able to think of where to find it."

  Gongsun Ce couldn't help but smile, "The young lady is still so straightforward."

  Liu Zhengshun looked at Gongsun Ce in confusion.

  Gongsun Zan said: "General, don't worry. I really don't know the antidote for this poison. But since this poison comes from the inner palace, there must be an antidote within the palace as well."

  Bao Zheng looked at Liu Zhenshun, whose worried expression was written all over his face, and said: "I'll go to the palace to ask someone about this."

  "Thank you, sir." Liu Zhengshun sincerely thanked him.

  "General Liu doesn't need to be polite."

  Bao Zheng entered the palace and found the eunuch in charge of internal affairs, after which he obtained the prescription for the Peacock Gallstone.

  "General Liu, the Peacock Gallbladder has an antidote, but to cure this poison, we need the Heavenly Snow Lotus from the palace's treasure and the Seven-Treasures Cup in the hands of Eight Virtues Wang. Neither can be missing." Gong Sun Ce told him the antidote he had obtained with Bao Zheng when they entered the palace.

  Liu Zhengshun's face showed a joyful expression, "I will go and request an audience with the Emperor and the Eighth Wise King immediately."

  Gongsun Ce looked at Lu Xiaofeng and said, "Miss——"

  Lu Xiaofeng smiled slightly, "Hey, Mr. Gong Sun, you don't have to take shortcuts for everything, General Liu going to ask for this is his true heart for Yun Xiangjun."

  Gongsun Ce couldn't help but burst out laughing.

  Liu Zhengshun didn't think about anything else and hastily left to find the things needed for detoxification.

  Zhan Zhao said at this time: "Really can't solve it?" On that day, he was poisoned by the Minghe Old Woman's demon poison, and she could still get rid of it.

  Lu Xiaofeng glared at him, "If you don't speak, no one will think you're mute."

  Zhan Zhao had no choice but to take Xiao He's hand and help her sit down on one side.

  The other six of the seven sons of Kaifeng could not help but laugh.

  "Come, Xiao Mao, you tell me the story of Yun Xiang and Hu Guo's general from start to finish. I'm listening with great interest. If there's any trouble afterwards, I'll take care of it. If I'm not happy, you can figure it out yourself. Don't frown, pregnant women are entitled to be willful." Little Phoenix was acting like she was attending an imperial court session, putting on airs in front of Zhan Zhao and Xiao Zhanzi.

  Even Zhao Qiujie, who was still holding onto the door frame, couldn't help but laugh this time.

  Gongsun Ce nodded towards Judge Bao, and Judge Bao put his mind at ease.

  Lu's attitude shows that she will definitely not stand idly by, and considering this, Yun Xiangnu's life is no longer in danger.

  Zhan Zhao could only follow the storytelling master and recount Xu Yuniang and Liu Zhengyuan's past affairs one by one.

  Things are not complicated. Xu Yuniang and Liu Zhengshun were originally a loving couple, and their marriage was already in sight.

  Unexpectedly, Xu Yuniang's beauty and reputation spread to the neighboring villages, and Hu Tianlun, the eldest son of Hu Zhiyuan, learned about it. He tried several times to meet Xu Yuniang but was unable to do so, and in a fit of anger, he asked his father to obtain an imperial decree for marriage from the emperor, thus forcibly separating the loving couple.

  On the day of the wedding, Liu Zhengshun, who was drunk and burning with anger, went to make trouble and injured Du Sheng, a guard who had gone to welcome the bride. He was caught by Xianzhao and brought back to Kaifeng Prefecture, where he was sentenced to military exile for three years by Judge Bao.

  Just as they were about to be escorted to the border, they encountered Liao army scouts. Liu Zhengyun, who was disheartened and desperate to die, fought desperately with a remaining officer and some Liao army scouts to allow the officers escorting him to report military information in time.

  In the end, however, they killed those who were wounded and unconscious.

  Later, he was pardoned by General Chen of the border town and remained in the army.

  Due to his emotional despair, Liu Zhengshu only had the heart to seek death and not the thought of seeking life. Therefore, he fought bravely in battle, leading his troops from the front, and ultimately gained even greater merit by dismounting to blow the horn at Yanmen Pass, and was subsequently enfeoffed as Protector General and entered the capital to thank the Emperor.

  Then he came to Kaifeng Prefecture to thank Bao Da for his kindness in saving his life back then.

  Later, they set up a banquet and invited each other. At the banquet, the one who played the piano to help the atmosphere was Yunxiang, the daughter of Fengyifang. As soon as Liu Zhengshun saw Yunxiang, he thought of Yuniang, so he lost his composure at the banquet, which led to a series of events that followed.

  Zhan Zhao has told everything he knows.

  He didn't know that Lu Xiaofeng had already figured it out in his heart, and he had a general idea. The one who married into the Hu family back then was probably not the real Xuyu Nang, because Hu Tianlun had never seen Miss Xu before, so it would be easy to deceive him.

  Recollecting the expression of Mrs. Hu when she saw Yun Xiangniang that day, Lu Xiaofeng understood in his heart that this was a case of Li Kui meeting Li Gui, and an accident would inevitably occur.

  The plot of this unit "Peacock Gallbladder" is remembered by Lu Xiao Feng to be very vague, he's just familiar with the name and knows that the ending result is not bad, as for the rest it's really hazy.

  Now that this pair is together, it's clear and there's a plan in mind.

  In the evening, Liu Zhengshun obtained the Tianshan Snow Lotus from the palace, but when he went to the South Qing Palace to ask for the Seven Treasures Cup, he received a bolt from the blue - the Seven Treasures Cup had been given by the Eighth Prince to Hu Zhiyuan.

  Liu Zhengshun thought of his entanglement with Hu Tianlun, and the Hu family would certainly not lend him the Seven Treasures Cup, so he returned to Kaifeng Prefecture in a daze.

  Lu Xiaofeng immediately said, "Lord Bao, although General Liu only saw Hu Tianlun come out of the Yunxian room and did not see him commit the crime, he is still a suspect and can be arrested and brought to the hall for questioning."

  "But there is insufficient evidence, and I'm afraid we'll have to release him in the end." This was also where Bao Gong hesitated.

  "If he is a suspect, then the Kaifeng Prefecture will summon him to the hall for questioning. It's only natural that they would investigate and release him if necessary. Even Hu Zhi Tai wouldn't be able to say anything about it. If you want to clear his son's suspicion, let Yun Xiang wake up! Once she wakes up, the truth will naturally be revealed to the world."

  Bao Zheng nodded his head, he had already understood the meaning behind her words.

  Gongsun Ce also understood and couldn't help but laugh: "Miss, this plan is excellent."

  "Of course."

  Zhao Qiujie asked on one side: "Sister, are you going to stay in Kaifeng Prefecture?"

  "Do you have an opinion?"

  Zhao Qiujie hastily shook his head, "I don't have it, I just wanted to ask if I can go back first?"

  "Stay put, you've gone back, I'm not going back. Soon that little brat Pang Yu will come to pick me up, are you looking for trouble?"

  Zhao Qiujie rubbed his nose uninterestingly, he finally understood that he was actually just a living shield and an excuse.

  Zhan Zhao couldn't help but laugh, "You're not like before, you have to be more careful now." Although the Grand Master didn't welcome him to the Grand Master's mansion, he was still at ease with his wife staying in the Grand Master's mansion for her confinement.

  Bao Da ordered someone to go and summon Hu Tianlun to the hall for questioning, which indeed shocked the Hu family.

  That Huzhitai knew that the eldest son was in trouble and was also afraid that something would happen, so he thought it better to take out the seven clever cups to do a favor, and also let his son get out of this matter.

  The idea was good, but Mrs. Hu Shaofu, who knew about this matter, refused to agree and argued with her father-in-law, Hu Zhitai. In the heat of the argument, she accidentally pushed him over, and unfortunately, Mr. Hu hit his forehead on the corner of the table and died instantly.

  It is a blessing from heaven if one can survive after committing an offense against heaven; but it is impossible to survive after committing an offense against oneself.

  If he hadn't gone in his son's place to ask for the imperial edict of marriage, he wouldn't have ended up with such a fake daughter-in-law, and naturally, things wouldn't have turned out this way.

  However, things happened to be just in time. Liu Zhengshun, who was worried about Yu Niang's safety, came to the Hu Mansion with a hard head, but unexpectedly saw Hu Zhiyuan dead as soon as he entered the study room. This time, even if he had a mouth, he couldn't explain it clearly.

  Cuicui takes the opportunity to loudly call for help, wanting to trap Liu Zhengshun in prison.

  People from Kaifeng Prefecture arrived quickly.

  Bao Zheng had no choice but to arrest Liu Zhongshun.

  Lu Xiaofeng couldn't help but sigh, "Haste makes waste, General Liu is being overly concerned, however, taking a break in prison isn't bad either."

  Zhan Zhao suddenly turned his head, "Xiao Feng——" Could it be that you have a way to clear him of the crime?

  Lu Xiaofeng gave him a cold glance, "Zhan Xiaomao, if you keep looking at me like that, do you believe I'll immediately return to the Taishi Mansion?"

  Zhan Zhao had no choice but to surrender.

  Bao Zheng said to Gong Sun Ce: "This government has always felt that there must be some connection between Hu Shao's wife, Liu Jiangjun and Yun Xiangong."

  Lu Xiaofeng secretly gave his idol a thumbs up, with a completely correct line of thinking.

  Bao Zheng summoned a group of people from Fengyi Lane to the hall for questioning after discussing with Gong Sun Ce.

  Then, the maid of Fengyi Alley testified that she was forced by Du Sheng, the guardian of Hu's mansion, to reveal the whereabouts of Yunxian's parents. Later, the two old men from Xu's family were taken away by Du Sheng, and on the way, they met Ah Fu, who was drunk in the teaching alley. After that, Ah Fu was killed, and she was also brought into Hu's mansion by Du Sheng to deliver a message to Yunxian, who had entered the Jing Shan Wang Fu.

  Next, Yunxian returned to the teaching building, and then something happened.

  Mrs. Hu Shaoyuan, who was summoned to testify, said that she had only brought her parents back home and did not take any hostages.

  The two old men of the Xu family, fearing the crime of deceiving their lord and implicating nine clans, could only acknowledge that Cui was indeed their daughter, Xu Yuniang.

  Bao Zheng suddenly thought of a bold conjecture and immediately retreated to the prison to see Liu Zhongshun.

  Liu Zhengshun finally explained the truth to Bao Daren, that Yun Xiangu was actually Xu Yuniang, and Hu Shao's wife was actually Cui Cui, the personal maid of Miss Xu back then.

  It wasn't until then that Bao Gong truly understood the entanglement and became even more certain that Madame Hu had a crucial role in this case.

  At this time, however, Bao Gui, who was taking care of Yun Xiang, rushed over in a panic and asked for help, saying that the unconscious Yun Xiang had started spitting up blood.

  However, Tianshan Snow Lotus and Qiǎo Cup are available, but this rootless water has become a big problem.