Forced to be a third person: I turned around and left the palace to marry a villain

"Stop! Li Yi, that's enough!" Qu Shang pushed the man away and shouted.

At the same time, in Tingfeng Tower, Jiang Xue was sitting there holding Xiao Zhan's jade pendant.

When the shopkeeper learned that the master had arrived, he immediately rushed to greet him. He bowed respectfully and said, "Master."

Jiang Xue gently placed a jade pendant on the table and looked at the shopkeeper seriously: "Do you know about the Lu family?"

The shopkeeper frowned and asked, "Master, are you referring to the Lu family of the Zhenbei Marquis's Mansion?"

Jiang Xue nodded.

"I haven't received any news." The shopkeeper seemed a little surprised.

How is this possible? Linglong Pavilion's intelligence network covers the world, and even the slightest change cannot escape their attention.

What's more, the Lu family is located in the capital. If something really happened, there is no way they would not know about it.

"The entire Lu family was massacred." Jiang Xue frowned and said heavily.

The shopkeeper's face changed drastically when he heard this, and he immediately called a few of his men to go and investigate the situation.

"No need to go," Jiang Xue stopped them, "I just came from there. Go check who entered and left the Lu family last night."

"Yes, sir!" The spies responded and left quickly.

In the palace, Nan Jingxing hurried to Xiao Zhan after hearing the bad news.

"Your Majesty." He saluted hastily, then looked into the inner room, and through the gauze he vaguely saw a figure lying on the bed... It was Lu Linyi. When he was about to go forward to check, he was stopped by Xiao Shen.

"This is a women's private room and you are not allowed to enter at will. General Nan, the emperor has something else to ask you." Xiao Shen said sternly.

"Don't worry, Xiaochun brought her back. Doctor Li has checked her out. She was just frightened and nothing serious is wrong. The key now is to find out what happened to the Lu family and where the Marquis of Zhenbei is now?"

Xiao Zhan's words made the two of them fall into deep thought, and then he pointed to the chairs in front of them and asked them to sit down and talk.

At this moment, a report came from outside the door: "Your Highness, the princess has returned safely."

Qing Feng led Jiang Xue into the house.

"You're back." Xiao Zhan saw her and stretched out his hand to greet her.

He pulled her to sit beside him and asked softly, "How's the situation?"

When he saw Xiaochun returning alone with Lu Linyi, he guessed that Xiaoxue must have gone to Tingfeng Tower to seek help.

He knew her character very well. Zhenbei Marquis Mansion was her home, and she would never stand idly by in the face of such a tragedy.

"The people in Tingfeng Tower don't have any clues either."

This answer made Xiao Zhan frown.

Linglong Pavilion gathers intelligence from all over the world, but there is no news even from here, which shows that the murderer is no ordinary person.

"I have asked the shopkeeper to send someone to investigate. I hope there will be some results."

Jiang Xue was unsure. After all, the murderer was able to attack the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion without leaving any traces, which obviously showed that he was very skilled.

"Let's wait for now. Tieyi has taken people to look for the Marquis of Zhenbei. I hope he is still alive."

As long as the body has not been found, there is always a glimmer of hope.

"Jingxing, you were on patrol last night. Did you hear anything?"

Seeing that Jiang Xue remained silent, Xiao Zhan patted her on the back gently and turned to Nan Jingxing to ask.

"I didn't hear any unusual sounds." Nan Jingxing shook his head and recalled that he had made a detour to visit Linyi last night, but found that the door of the Marquis' Mansion was closed. He stayed for a while and then left.

However, at this moment, a thought flashed through his mind.

"What do you remember?" Xiao Zhan asked hurriedly after noticing his change.

Jiang Xue also looked up at him, waiting for an answer.

"Last night I seemed to see a black shadow flash by at a very fast speed. I thought it was just an illusion and didn't pay much attention to it. Now that I think about it, the black shadow was heading towards the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion."

"Why didn't you investigate at that time?" Xiao Zhan reproached.

If he had acted in time, perhaps this tragedy could have been avoided.

There was an emergency at the city gate. Dozens of brothers were attacked by an unknown poisonous gas. Nan Jingxing immediately led people to rescue them.

"Gas attack? What kind of gas? What are the symptoms?" Jiang Xue became suspicious after hearing this.

In Yujing City, there are only a handful of people who use poison gas, besides herself and Qu Xin.

But Qu Xin had been with her last night, and she was pregnant now, so there was no reason for her to do such a thing, so Jiang Xue ruled out this possibility.

"I'm not well versed in pharmacology, so I can't identify the specific composition of the poison gas." Nan Jingxing explained, "But the brothers who were poisoned have numb limbs and can't move."

Just at this moment, Qu Xin walked out from the inner room and handed an embroidered handkerchief to Jiang Xue.

"This was found in your cousin's mouth. Fortunately, she just held it in her mouth and didn't swallow it, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous." Qu Xin said.

There was a red pill on the embroidered handkerchief, which gave off a familiar yet strange smell. Jiang Xue sniffed it and frowned.

"This pill..." She recognized the ingredients, but felt that they were different.

"If it was made by Qu Shang, it must not be a good thing." Qu Xin turned the pill and saw a tiny mark on the back... That was Qu Shang's mark.

"This is very similar to the drugs that the alchemists took before." Jiang Xue speculated: "Could it be the alchemists who did it?"

"It's very likely." Qu Xin nodded in agreement. "The Red Moon Sect has been madly researching the technology of refining elixirs in the past few years. In order to create high-level elixirs, Qu Shang killed many lives. He also committed evil under the guise of the Five Poison Sect, bringing shame to us."

Xiao Zhan recalled the alchemists he had met. Their physical fitness was far beyond that of ordinary people. If they took action against the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion, they could indeed do it without leaving any trace.

"High-level Danshi not only have greater speed and strength, but also possess sharp insight and vitality. Their lifespan is almost twice that of ordinary people.

Qu Shang has always been obsessed with the art of immortality. When he was in the Five Poison Sect, he was expelled for killing innocent people. After he left, he became even worse. "When Qu Shang was mentioned, Qu Xin's face was full of disgust.

"My uncle has nothing to do with Qu Shang, so why would he attack the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion?" This question made everyone fall into deep thought.

Jiang Xue's heart was burning with rage. Her nails dug deep into her palms and blood dripped slowly from her fingertips.

Seeing this, Xiao Zhan felt distressed and hurriedly pulled her hand to stop her from hurting herself any further.

"Qu Shang has always been extreme in his actions. He is willing to sacrifice others to achieve his goals. This is not the first time." Qu Xin smiled helplessly, "Maybe he is targeting you this time, or he may be targeting me, or even your master."

Hearing this, Jiang Xue felt even more depressed: "Is there something else I haven't heard of?"

For example, why did Qu Shang harbor such a deep hatred for his master that he wanted to kill him; where are the other members of the Five Poison Sect now; what did Qu Xin do to make Qu Shang hate her so much that he even wanted to take her life.

And she herself had nothing to do with Qu Shang, so why was he so hostile towards her?

It seems that there is no point in hiding it.

Qu Xin put away his smile, thought for a moment and then sighed: "Okay, I will tell you everything."