As soon as Yan Ruyu arrived in front of the tent, footsteps came from behind.

"Yu'er!"

Huo Changhe walked quickly, accompanied by Li Mingcheng's deputy general.

"Your Majesty, Zhao Yan said he found the poisoned person."

Huo Changhe glanced at Zhao Yan, who felt a chill in his heart and straightened his back.

"My lord, I put the needle that the princess gave me in the pillow. He was poisoned and was trying to find medicinal materials in the medicine cart, but I found him."

Huo Changhe remembered this and nodded: "Go in and have a look."

Zhao Yan quickly raised the curtain, and Huo Changhe walked in front of Yan Ruyu.

There was a person lying in the tent. His face was black and his lips were slightly purple. Especially his right hand, the palm of his hand was purple-black, and his blood vessels and veins were all black. He looked very scary.

He was not tied up. In fact, he had to force himself to find medicine. He was grabbed and dragged by Zhao Yan, and his strength was basically exhausted, and he couldn't run away even if he wanted to.

The deputy general stepped forward, lowered his head and took a closer look: "Your Majesty, I recognize this person."

"Who is he?"

"He delivers meat to the camp. Although there were soldiers in the camp who were responsible for raising meat, this job... is not very honorable. Many people are not willing to do it. When Shen Cheng was there, he would not care about these things. , it will disappear over time.”

"So, during the New Year's Day, people from outside will bring meat and vegetables. This man's name is Lu Si, he is a butcher. Years ago, he notified the Shen City envoy to deliver meat to the camp."

"He is usually very knowledgeable, polite and considerate. He often brings some wine, home-made pork head meat, sesame and other things to some familiar soldiers. It doesn't cost anything. Many people like him quite a lot."

Yan Ruyu listened quietly and slowly gained an outline of the matter.

She originally wanted to find out where the epidemic started. She originally thought it was the poison in Zhao Yan's body, but after treatment, she felt that although the symptoms were similar, they should not be the same.

The virus is not transmissible, and it is still so powerful, so there must be another way.

Now seeing Lu Si, she suddenly figured it out.

Pork, wine, with these things in the mouth, it is too easy to do anything.

Even if there is nothing wrong with the food, what about the tableware? What about the drinking utensils?

There are no fixed tableware in the military camp. They are all mixed. After eating, you stop using them and clean them together. You may not know which set you will use next time.

Cold sweat broke out on the lieutenant's forehead. If the incident was caused by the soldiers in the camp, they could still blame it. There were many people in the camp and they were all brothers. Who would doubt it? Nor will they check everything at once for no reason.

This is finally a rhetoric.

But things are different when it happens to Lu Si. Lu Si is an outsider.

An outsider can easily come in from the outside and bring something with him to easily cause an epidemic. What are these soldiers for?

You can't even take care of your own safety, but you still protect the people?

The deputy general did not dare to look at Huo Changhe, so he lowered his head and kicked Lu Si: "Lu Si, don't pretend to be dead!"

Lu Si opened his eyes, saw the person in front of him clearly, and his expression changed slightly.

He hummed twice and wanted to close his eyes again.

Yan Ruyu said: "Zhao Yan, bring a basin of cold water, the coldest kind. If he doesn't wake up, let him wake up."

"Yes!"

Zhao Yan agreed, turned around and was about to walk out, but Lu Si didn't close his eyes again.

Suddenly I feel more awake.

"No need..."

Zhao Yan stopped and said, "It's better to bring it here so that you won't faint for a while. Bring it here and prepare it."

Lu Si glared at Zhao Yan. He was already freezing on the ground. He couldn't stand it if he poured a basin of ice water on his face or plunged his face directly into his head.

Yan Ruyu snorted coldly: "I was the one who poisoned you. I know the situation best, so you don't have to pretend."

Lu Si: "..."

Huo Changhe took one look at Yan Ruyu's tired face and felt heartbroken, and when he looked at Lu Si, he became even more angry.

"Just say whatever I ask you, don't talk nonsense, and don't try to escape. Once you tell a lie, you will die immediately."

"Understand?"

Lu Si cheered up and struggled to sit up, leaning on the table leg.

"What do you want to ask, Your Majesty?"

"Who ordered you? What kind of poison was in Zhao Yan and the others? Who gave it to you?"

Just as Lu Si's lips moved, Yan Ruyu said: "Don't say you don't know. If you don't touch Zhao Yan's pillow, you won't be poisoned."

Huo Changhe pulled out his sword, and Lu Si's throat rolled, and he said truthfully: "The poison is called intestinal penetration. Although it is not fatal, it is enough to make people miserable. You must take the antidote once every fifteen to twenty days, otherwise it will be poisonous." The pain will not stop, and erythema will appear.”

"After taking the medicine for more than half a year, the antidote is taken once every ten to fifteen days. The time is getting shorter and shorter, and the effectiveness is getting lower and lower, until...it is completely ineffective."

Zhao Yan was already angry, and he suffered twice in pain. One was when he was poisoned for the first time and asked him to be obedient, and the other was when he exceeded the time and did not wait for the antidote.

Now I heard Lu Si say that at the end, the antidote will eventually fail, so won't he have to die of pain?

Zhao Yan couldn't hold himself any longer and rushed over to fight: "Why are you doing this? What grudge do I have against you? I don't even know you, why did you kill me?"

Yan Ruyu and Huo Changhe didn't stop them either. Zhao Yan was right, there was no grudge or enmity. Who could be willing to suddenly have to endure this kind of pain and eventually die of pain without treatment?

Zhao Yan was tired from the beating and collapsed on the ground, staring at Lu Si fiercely.

Blood oozed from the corners of Lu Si's mouth, and his face was bruised and bruised. He didn't fight back or curse.

"As for why I chose you," Lu Si shook his head, "I don't know. I just follow the list."

Huo Changhe said: "Continue."

"The prince asked me who asked me to do this. In fact, I don't know. I was poisoned just like them."

Lu Si smiled bitterly: "I was living a good life, my family was living smoothly, I wasn't very rich, and I didn't have to worry about food and drink. But one day, everything was disrupted."

"I suddenly had severe abdominal pain, my hands were trembling, and I couldn't hold the knife. The knife fell and almost cut my own foot. My wife asked a doctor, but the doctor couldn't figure out the reason. She took several doses of medicine, but she didn't feel better. ”

"That night, someone came to see me. He was wearing black clothes and a black cloth covering his face. I couldn't see his face. He asked me if I wanted to be cured. I was very frightened, but I didn't dare to lie or I made a statement and said I wanted to, and he gave me a pack of medicine.”

"I naturally felt much better after taking it, but not completely. The man said that it was half of the antidote. If he asked me to do one thing, he would give me the other half."

The deputy general couldn't help but ask: "What did he ask you to do?"

Lu Si replied: "He asked me to find a way to deliver meat to the military camp."

Yan Ruyu was confused: "You don't know Shen Huaixin, and you have no contact with the military camp or Shen's house. How did you do it?"

Lu Si smiled bitterly: "When people are in desperate situations, they will have abilities and methods that they can't even imagine."

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