I became the tyrant's only belief.

Chapter 170 A Grain of Gold

You can hear a pin drop in the Wenhua Hall.

The chicken soup on the desk had turned cold, and the floating oil had solidified into pale yellow cakes, covering everything in the soup.

Mi Yue knelt in front of the desk and reported softly, "After inspection, it was found that the chicken soup was put with a mind-destroying pill. The poisoned person will forget everything after twelve hours, lose his mind and become a madman."

Xiao Jingfan's face was as gloomy as steel: "Can you find out who poisoned me?"

"It was a young eunuch in the imperial kitchen, named Xiao Yuzi." Mitsuki said, "The Losing Heart Pill has a unique fragrance. Once it is touched, the fragrance will not dissipate until eight hours later. Although Xiao Yuzi deliberately used a sachet to cover it up, I went around the imperial kitchen and only smelled the scent of the Losing Heart Pill on him."

Hearing this, Xiao Jingfan frowned slightly and asked, "Is this poison easy to obtain?"

Mi Yue shook her head: "Your Majesty, you don't know that the Losing Heart Pill is very poisonous. The first person who developed this poison was a wizard from Western Xia. The wizard tested the poison on the entire village, causing more than 200 villagers to go crazy or stupid. Later, the wizard was killed by a general from Western Xia, and the Losing Heart Pill disappeared."

"Rumor has it that the formula of the Lost Heart Pill was presented to the Xixia Emperor by this general. Forty years ago, those Xixia princes who suddenly went crazy were suspected to have been poisoned by the Lost Heart Pill. Nowadays, a small amount of the Lost Heart Pill is circulating on the black market, and the Lost Heart Pills in the Dark Guard Camp are also bought from the black market."

"Western Xia." Xiao Jingfan chewed on these two words, tapping his slender fingers on the table, "Is Xiao Yuzi a spy from Western Xia?"

Mitsuki said: "I have not verified it yet."

Xiao Jingfan glanced at her and called out to the empty space, "Eleven."

A shadow flashed, and Xiao Shiyi knelt respectfully in front of the desk: "My Lord, please give me your orders."

"Go check it out." Xiao Jingfan stared at him and emphasized, "Make sure to find out who is behind this."

"Yes!" Xiao Shiyi took the order and left.

Xiao Jingfan looked at Miyue and said, "Stand up. You did a good job this time. What reward do you want?"

Mi Yue was stunned. He could get a reward just like that? Wasn't it too easy?
She seemed to understand a little bit why Chen Xing always stuck to Chu Liuzheng.

The opportunity was not to be missed, so she hurriedly cupped her hands and said, "I want a pill of Chi Meng Xiang."

Xiao Jingfan was puzzled: "What is that?"

"It's a highly toxic poison, similar to the Mind-Losing Pill. The poisoned person will fall into a dream from which they cannot wake up. If there is no antidote, the poisoned person will die painfully in the dream after seven days." Mitsuki said truthfully, "I want to try to develop an antidote for this poison, but the instructor won't allow it."

Xiao Jingfan leaned back in his chair and asked, "Why not?"

Mi Yue said: "One pill of Chi Meng Xiang is worth ten thousand gold coins, but the Dark Guard Camp only has two pills."

Xiao Jingfan, who easily promised to give out tens of thousands of gold: "..."

Mitsuki looked up at him and said, "Can I have this?"

Xiao Jingfan was silent for a moment, then asked her, "Can you guarantee that you can make an antidote?"

That's a ton of gold, and he would be really heartbroken if it went to waste.

Mitsuki shook his head honestly.

Xiao Jingfan: "..."

Siyue was not as aggressive as Chenxing, and seeing that his master was silent, he quickly gave way: "I can ask for something else."

The emperor’s words are golden, how can he go back on his word?
Xiao Jingfan waved his hand: "Go and get it yourself."

Mitsuki's eyes sparkled, and he kowtowed excitedly: "Thank you, Lord, for your grace."

*
Posthouse.

In the courtyard of the Xixia envoy, Wei Mingliang was playing chess with Zhao Shiqi when a maid came to announce, "Your Highness, Princess Meizhen is here."

Without even raising his head, Wei Mingliang said, "Just say I'm resting."

The maid took the order and left.

Zhao Shiqi dropped a piece and looked across: "Since Your Highness is cooperating with Goryeo, why don't you spend some time to appease Princess Meizhen?"

"Sir, you are joking." Wei Mingliang picked up the teacup and took a sip. The corners of his lips raised, but there was no smile in his eyes. "Fish eyes are not pearls. It's just a show."

Zhao Shiqi smiled, "Your Highness is always like this."

Wei Mingliang did not comment and changed the subject: "Xiao Dunyi was arrested, and there is no news at all. He also disappeared without a trace. I plan to go to the palace with Yin Taiyu tomorrow to see what Emperor Shunguang has to say." Zhao Shiqi nodded, stared at the chessboard for a moment, and said: "Does Your Highness suspect that Emperor Shunguang has..."

He raised his hand and made a gesture that only the two of them could understand.

Wei Mingliang smiled: "Sir, you know me."

Zhao Shiqi's face was slightly tense, and he reminded: "Your Highness, please do not take it lightly, and you should put the overall situation first."

Wei Mingliang nodded: "Thank you for your reminder, Mr. Xie. I know what's going on."

Seeing this, Zhao Shiqi said nothing and concentrated on playing chess.

After one round, Wei Mingliang won by two pieces.

He personally added tea to Zhao Shiqi: "Sir, I am willing to give it to you."

"No." Zhao Shiqi picked up the teacup, "It's just that your chess skills have improved, and I am no longer as good as yours."

He changed the subject: "I heard that Your Highness used a Heart-Losing Pill?"

Wei Mingliang paused while picking up the chess piece and looked across.

Zhao Shiqi held the teacup and looked at him, saying meaningfully: "The Losing Heart Pill is hard to come by, Your Highness, please use it with caution."

Wei Mingliang nodded, loosened his hand, and watched as the chess pieces in his palm all fell into the chess pot with crisp collision sounds.

At the same time, Lu Fei led his men into the inn.

The waiter came up to him and asked, nodding and bowing, "What would you like to eat, sir?"

Lu Fei ignored him and took his men to the second floor.

Halfway up the stairs, a girl dressed as a maid came running down, her dress covered in blood, crying in panic, "Someone's dead!"

Lu Fei reached out and grabbed her: "Who died?"

The maid trembled and said, "The prince is dead."

Lu Fei was startled, let go of her arm and ran upstairs.

The guards brought by Prince Li were surrounding the door of the guest room in panic.

Lu Fei pushed the people aside and went in.

In the room, blood splattered on the bed curtains. The head of Prince Li on the bed was separated from his body and rolled under the bed. His eyes were wide open in horror and he died with his eyes open.

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[Fuck! Prince Li’s head was chopped off by someone, and he died with his eyes open! ]

Chu Liuzheng, who was browsing gossip before bed, instantly lost all his sleepiness and clicked in to take a closer look.

[Ah, this is retribution in this life. I asked you to send your followers to put strychnine in the porridge, which killed so many people. Now you are getting retribution, right? ]

[Let me see, the murderer who killed Prince Li is... Waqu! It turned out to be him! ]

After receiving the news from the Jinwu Guards, Xiao Jingfan, who had walked around the Moon Pool seven or eight times under the pretext of digesting his food, finally heard some useful information and was immediately cheered up.

It was worth the wait!
Chu Liuzheng, unaware that he was being held captive, was trying hard to find out the cause and effect.

[Why him? This doesn't make sense.]

[Didn’t you agree to help? Why did you suddenly send someone to assassinate me? I just don’t understand this. ]

She jumped up and down in the melon field, extremely anxious.

[Wait! This is...]

Her eyes slowly widened, and the eavesdropping Xiao Jingfan also silently clenched his bodhi beads, preparing for the deafening sound.

[Fuck! ! Is it really that outrageous! ]

Xiao Jingfan's head buzzed, and the next voice in his heart came immediately.

[I would like to call Prince Li the most unlucky person in the world! ]