After rebirth, she became the favorite of the powerful minister.

The survivor brought back on the pleasure boat committed suicide halfway through the journey.

Bit the poison hidden in the mouth.

It can be said to be well-trained.

In the end, only Xiang Liangcai and Doctor Zhang were left. Xiang Liangcai had already been scared out of his wits. He was just a profit-seeking businessman and would sell to whoever offered the highest price. Who could have thought that such a thing would happen? In the end, Song Wenyuan was willing to spend money to buy the purple-leaf Polygonum multiflorum in his hands, and he was very grateful. It was said that he took the unsold medicinal materials and left the city overnight. I'm afraid he won't dare to come to Shengjing City again in the next few years.

There was also a doctor named Zhang, a native of Shengjing, who insisted that he had only heard about the purple-leafed Polygonum multiflorum and sincerely purchased it. As for the gangsters on the pleasure boat, they had nothing to do with him. As for why they wanted to assassinate the wife of the third young master of the Bo Mansion, he shook his head like a rattle, saying that he really didn't know the other party's identity. The other party came up aggressively to make trouble and steal the medicine. He just wanted to protect himself in a panic. After all, there were frequent injuries in the city now, so it was right for him to be cautious, right?

This is indeed the truth.

But after being beaten, Doctor Zhang immediately changed his tune. He admitted that he was ordered by Prime Minister Tong to purchase the purple-leaf Polygonum multiflorum. He explained that Prime Minister Tong felt that no matter what kind of poison Song Wenyuan was poisoned by and when he was poisoned, the poison was difficult to cure because the antidote was difficult to prepare. Either there was no prescription or the herbs were hard to find. So they prevented Song Wenyuan from finding rare herbs. As a result, as soon as the rich businessman entered the city, he was targeted by Prime Minister Tong's men.

Sure enough, not long after, I saw Wen Peiji asking about purple-leaf Polygonum multiflorum.

After that, he kowtowed and begged for mercy, saying that Tong Xiang was powerful and he dared not disobey. He also said that he was not the only doctor in the city who accepted Tong Xiang's money and obeyed his orders. Even if there was no him, there would be others. He just made a mistake that most people would make, and his crime was not punishable by death.

It is indeed not a crime punishable by death.

Song Wenyuan did not try him again, nor did he release him. He just charged him with attempted assassination of an imperial official and imprisoned him in the imperial prison.

Song Wenyuan believed most of what Doctor Zhang said. Tong Mingru was always cautious, so how could he personally bribe so many doctors in the city? Even if he really wanted to bribe them, he had plenty of ways to get away with it. The so-called Prime Minister Tong's instructions were nonsense. The real instigator was probably Qin Yongpei, and Doctor Zhang was not desperate for money. Doctor Zhang was originally Qin Yongpei's man.

This native doctor named Zhang had a clean family background, average ability and medical skills. He ran a small clinic in the alley with some "secret recipes for having children" handed down from his ancestors. Most of his customers were women from the backyards of wealthy families, and those who came and went were the maids around the women. After several visits, they became less wary and became talkative, and soon told Qin Yongpei everything they could and couldn't say - the news was then passed on to Qin Yongpei by Doctor Zhang.

As for this doctor named Zhang...I'm afraid he also has some status.

If Song Wenyuan remembered correctly, the Zhang family initially became famous for being the "living fertility-giving Guanyin" - the same Zhang family that the current head of the Zhang family, Zhang Yuanshu, is now eager to retire and return to his hometown to clear his name.

However, investigating these matters takes time, so Song Wenyuan naturally went with the flow and locked the man up. He also arranged for people to keep a good look after him and prohibited anyone from visiting him. Then he hurriedly left the imperial prison.

It was already dusk, so he hadn't had his lunch yet. Now it was past dinner time, but he had no appetite at all. Lin Mu wanted to bring it up but didn't dare to. He hesitated all the way until Song Wenyuan stepped into the Kejing Earl's Mansion, and couldn't help asking, "Master, when are you going to pick up the young lady?"

Song Wenyuan paused for a moment, and Lin Mu hurriedly explained, "Master, you know how particular the young lady is about food and daily necessities. She will be rude if she is not satisfied with anything. I am not trying to persuade you to pick her up, but I think that woman is very difficult to serve. If we offend the pleasure boat, what will we do if she asks for compensation?"

This explanation is really an attempt to cover up the truth.

Song Wenyuan did not stop and said calmly, "No, that's her sister-in-law. If you ask for too much, ask Wen Peiji to pay the bill... You are really losing your manners. Just because she is easy to talk to doesn't mean you can be disrespectful."

Tsk, you're still protecting her at this time! Lin Mu hurried up two steps to catch up, touched his nose, and sighed helplessly, "I, I actually admire her and respect her... because she treats you sincerely. I dare not say whether there are other women like her in the world, but in Shengjing City, I'm afraid that you will never meet a woman like her again in the past few decades or decades later... So I don't understand, you are obviously still protecting her, and she is obviously doing it for you, why are you still angry with her? Well, the young lady has a bad temper, what if her true energy runs away... At least Master Wen still has a son to coax his wife, what about you? What do you use to coax her?"

Song Wenyuan paused, and Lin Mu failed to hold back and bumped into him, causing pain in the tip of his nose.

Song Wenyuan seemed unaware and just watched the last bit of light disappear into the sky. There was no moon tonight, only twinkling stars.

The nights in winter are always as cold as ice chips. That person always forgets to close the window when he goes to sleep. The nights on the lake must be even colder. I don’t know if there are any extra thick beddings on the pleasure boat, and I don’t know if the careless Jianshu can take good care of her... Lin Mu is right, that girl is very difficult to serve, picky, delicate, unable to bear hardship or fatigue, but she keeps drinking bowl of medicine, secretly suffering the pain of practicing martial arts, and still talking about it with a smile... And I still believed her!

It's not so much that I'm angry with her, but rather that I'm angry with myself. Subconsciously, I'm afraid that I can't accept the truth, so I bury my head and just believe whatever she says.

Should I coax her? How should I coax her? After coaxing her this time, will I wait for her to hurt me again in such a sneaky way? If so, it would be better to make her angry and stay away from me. At least she is still alive in this world, healthy and long-lived. It is better than clipping her wings and tying her to my side in the name of "husband and wife", watching her feathers fade away little by little...

With his mind in a state of confusion, but his face showing no emotion, Song Wenyuan withdrew his gaze and headed towards Luofengxuan. As he walked, he whispered, "Put away the purple-leafed Polygonum multiflorum."

"Yes……"

Lin Mu also sighed. He had said everything he could say and persuaded everyone he could. They both clearly held the other party at the center of their concern, yet they insisted on remaining in a stalemate, leaving their subordinates watching them in fear and unable to breathe.