Abandoned by the best children? I just take out the space

Shangguan Chu suddenly looked up and looked at Wan Shufang in shock. She wanted to deny it, but seeing Wan Shufang's firm attitude, she panicked for a moment and apologized while crying.

"Madam, I'm sorry. It was me...I was confused for a moment." Feeling the coldness coming from Wan Shufang, she shuddered slightly and subconsciously defended herself, "Madam, I didn't poison you on purpose. It was Zhao Yue, the commander of the Imperial Guards, who threatened me."

"He threatened my father's life. I had no way to resist him. I had no choice but to tamper with Xiao Jingheng's medicine. Please, Madam, help Ah Chu."

Wan Shufang was shocked when she heard this. She had never thought that Zhao Yue was involved in this matter. She frowned and asked seriously, "How do you know Zhao Yue? Do you know the source of the poison and the specific dosage?"

These two questions confused Shangguan Chuwen for a moment, but she quickly calmed down and answered with her head down, "Madam, I don't know him. He came to me on his own and only gave me the powder. I don't know the details."

Hearing this, Wan Shufang narrowed her eyes slightly, obviously not believing it. Seeing her hesitant words, she took a deep breath.

Just as he was about to say something, the person on the bed suddenly started coughing violently.

"Cough cough cough..." Xiao Jingheng's whole body was convulsing, his breathing was rapid, and he looked like he couldn't breathe. His eyes were wide open in horror.

"Jing Heng!"

"Xiao Jingheng..."

The two people cried out at the same time. Shangguan Chu threw himself on the bed, crying and heartbroken. Seeing this, Wan Shufang could only put aside her questions for the time being and reached out to feel Xiao Jingheng's pulse.

Feeling the abnormality in his pulse, Wan Shufang had a complicated expression: "His pulse is weak, the situation is not good. Stop crying for now, and close the door for me. I need to give him acupuncture."

She gave the order, and Shangguan Chu reluctantly moved away from the bedside: "Yes, Madam, please save Jingheng. The child cannot be without a father."

"I'll do my best. I'll go close the door first and ask someone to prepare some hot water."

"I'll go right away." Shangguan Chu nodded, agreed hurriedly, and ran out of the house to prepare, while Wan Shufang also took out the silver needle bag and gave Xiao Jingheng acupuncture treatment.

She was busy for a while before she finally helped him calm down. Her forehead was covered with sweat. At this moment, Shangguan Chu came in carrying a basin of hot water.

Seeing Wan Shufang's tired look, a trace of heartache appeared in her eyes: "Madam, you have worked hard. If Jing Heng was not in a bad condition, I would not dare to trouble you."

As she spoke, she put down the water and wiped the sweat off Wan Shufang's face with a clean handkerchief.

"It's all the students' fault. They were coerced..."

After the words fell, Wan Shufang frowned. Seeing Shangguan Chu was about to cry again, she quickly interrupted: "It is more important to cure Xiao Jingheng right now. Go and call the court doctor over. I have something to tell him."

Upon hearing this, Shangguan Chu did not dare to delay and left in a hurry. After everyone left, Wan Shufang checked the room, walked to the table, spread out paper and pen, and wrote down a prescription.

When the court doctor arrived in the room, she stopped writing and handed the prescription to him: "This is the antidote. You take care of him and take it every day. When he feels better, come back to me."

"Yes, ma'am." The court doctor took the prescription respectfully. After reading it, his eyes lit up and he was deeply impressed by Wan Shufang's exquisite medical skills.

Wan Shufang rubbed her eyebrows, her eyes full of fatigue. She did not notice the expression of the court doctor. She left after leaving the antidote prescription.

On the way back, the more Wan Shufang thought about it, the more strange it seemed to her. She frowned, feeling that Shangguan Chu seemed to be hiding something.

"No, I still have to check this matter before I can feel at ease." As she said that, she hurried back and sent secret guards to the county town to check the latest situation of Shangguan Chu's family.

The county town is not far from the capital, and soon the secret guard brought back the news.

"Madam, I have already investigated and found that Shangguan Chu's family is still safe and sound in the county town, and there is no sign that they are under Zhao Yue's control."

Hearing this, Wan Shufang's face darkened, and a hint of disgust appeared between her eyebrows: "In that case, Shangguan Chu is lying again."

"I stayed in the county magistrate's mansion for a while. Judging from the county magistrate's condition, he didn't seem to be threatened." As he said this, the secret guard lowered his head, saluted Wan Shufang, and then left.

After the others left, Wan Shufang stared at the flowers and plants in the yard in a daze, her mind puzzled as to why Shangguan Chu wanted to harm people.

Is it really because of an affair?

"But at the beginning, it was clearly she who didn't want to marry Liu Mochen..."

"It seems that there are some serious problems in the Xiao Mansion. I have to go in and investigate again." Wan Shufang murmured, and walked away. She concluded that Shangguan Chu was lying, so she wanted to go to the Xiao Mansion again to investigate.

At this moment, Chen Changli rushed over with the fragments of the account book he had found in the secret room and called out to Wan Shufang as she was about to leave: "Shufang, come and look at this."

"what happened?"

Wan Shufang paused and followed Chen Changli's instructions, her eyes falling on the torn page.

"I just discovered that the border transaction time recorded on this fragment coincides with the time when the border was lost three years ago, so..." Chen Changli's tone was serious, and his expression became solemn.

When he said this, Wan Shufang immediately understood: "You suspect that Zhao Yue's reselling of grain is not just corruption, but more likely collusion with border generals."

"Collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country."

As soon as the words "treason" came out, the two men looked at each other and their faces turned pale instantly. This speculation made them feel very complicated.

If everything is true, then three years ago, too many innocent people were killed because of Zhao Yue's selfishness, from officers and generals to ordinary people. With so many lives lost, even if Zhao Yue died ten thousand times, he would never be able to repay the debt!

Chen Changli took a deep breath, clenched his hands into fists, and his fingertips turned slightly white.

"But this matter is ultimately just our speculation. We still have to interrogate Zhao Yue to find out the details." He spoke slowly, his eyes obscure. "I will go to the palace now and report to His Majesty that Zhao Yue will be tortured."

Under torture, there is no fear that he will not confess.

After figuring this out, Wan Shufang nodded and returned the torn page to him: "Okay, let's go now."

After the voice fell, the two of them did not delay any longer and left in a hurry, one in front and the other behind. However, before they left the house, they were stopped by officers and soldiers running towards them.

"My lord, my lady, something bad has happened!"

The officer shouted, bent over and gasping for breath: "Sir, Madam, Zhao Yue escaped from the cell."

"What? Why don't you chase after him?" Chen Changli was a little anxious. He was about to give an order to let the elite secret guards catch the man, but he was shocked by the next words of the officer.

"No, no, we went after him, but Zhao Yue was so anxious when he was escaping that he accidentally fell off the cliff from the carriage and died."

"The body is in the Dali Temple."

Hearing this, Chen Changli and Wan Shufang were stunned for a moment, then their eyes were filled with resentment, and they gritted their teeth and said, "Take us there."