The grass in the factory should be plucked

Along with the news of King Wei's death, there was another piece of bad news: the tenth Mongolian prince Bater was missing!

The prefect of Datong speculated that the King of Wei died at the hands of the Mongols!

The Mongols were angry that the Great Chu had detained the tenth prince Bater. When they heard that the King of Wei of the Great Chu had come to Datong, they set fire to Datong in the middle of the night in an attempt to create chaos so that they could rescue the tenth prince and capture the King of Wei.

Unexpectedly, the fire was so fierce that the King of Wei and his entourage were all burned to death!

Nangong Qinghe was furious, and immediately ordered people to deliver a letter to the Mongolian Khan, demanding that Mongolia hand over the murderer who murdered the King of Wei and the head of the tenth prince Bater!

Since the King of Wei died because of Bater, the Great Chu demands that he pay with blood!

The Mongolian Khan would naturally not admit it.

He flatly denied that he had sent anyone to infiltrate Da Chu, let alone murder the King of Wei!

Bater did not return to Mongolia either. This was not done by the Mongolians!

There was a moment of tension between the two countries.

Mongolian royal tent.

At this time, the Mongolian Khan was hosting a banquet to entertain a distinguished guest.

The dancers were dancing gracefully, people were drinking and chatting at the table, and the maids were all stealing glances at the distinguished guest.

Although this man was pale, he had picturesque features and an extraordinary demeanor. He was none other than the King of Wei, Nangong Yonghe, who was supposed to die in the fire!

Although the Mongolian nobles eat both meat and vegetables, and both men and women, they dare not set their sights on such a beauty. This seemingly sickly Prince of Chu has very high martial arts skills!

Just now, a Mongolian prince who didn't believe in evil tried to touch his face while drunk, but he was strangled by the throat and broke his cervical vertebrae without blinking an eye!

Everyone was shocked, and the maids screamed in surprise.

The Mongolian Khan was shocked and praised: "Your Highness, your kung fu is great! We Mongolian men are used to being rough and rude, please don't blame me, Your Highness!"

Nangong Yonghe pushed the body away and slowly wiped his hands with a handkerchief: "You don't have to call me Prince, the Khan. Prince Wei, Nangong Yonghe, has died in the fire."

"The one in front of the Khan now is only the leader of the Dark Gate, Nan Yonghe."

"Good! I haven't thanked the Sect Master for saving my son yet."

The Mongolian Khan laughed loudly, turned around and shouted, "Bater, come and toast to the Sect Master!"

Bater respectfully toasted Nan Yonghe: "Bater thanks the Sect Master for saving me!"

"No problem. It's just a piece of cake."

Nan Yonghe raised his glass lightly and touched his lips slightly.

Saving him was indeed a matter of convenience, just to disgust his good brother.

Nan Yonghe also didn't expect that Nangong Qinghe and Empress Dowager Zhang would attack him in Datong!

Then he would just go with the flow, escape by pretending to be dead, and then take advantage of the chaos to rescue the tenth prince Bater.

Although he had a rude attitude, Bater did not dare to offend him because he was a big money sponsor for Mongolia!

If it weren't for the secret doors that continuously transported grain, salt, cotton, cloth and other supplies from the Western Regions, the Mongols would have relied solely on robbing the Chu and the Jurchens, and countless people would have frozen to death or starved to death in the winter.

The Mongolian Khan said worriedly: "Bateer is missing. The Great Chu will definitely not give up. I heard that Longmen Military Industry has launched a new weapon..."

The last time they encountered the "maze" on the Hetao border, they lost tens of thousands of cavalry, and Bater was captured again!

"Don't worry, Khan. The Chu State is going to use its troops in southern Xinjiang and cannot spare any manpower to attack Mongolia for the time being."

Nan Yonghe's lips curled slightly, "Besides, Datong will soon be in chaos, and the Khan can take the opportunity to retake Hetao."

"Are you serious?" The Mongolian Khan was overjoyed.

"The Khan can wait and see what happens."

"Okay, okay! I'll toast to the Sect Master again!"

While Xie Changan and Jiang Li were intensifying their military training, Shen Muchun was recalled to the capital.

Empress Dowager Zhang and the Duke of Zhenguo both fell ill.

Empress Dowager Zhang initially caught a cold, but it never got better and she has been bedridden recently.

The Duke of Zhenguo had a relapse of his old illness. He was old and the illness was like a mountain falling on him. He was about to die.

Although the imperial doctors treated the patient carefully, there was no improvement.

Nangong Qinghe thought of the poison of the "dancing grass" that day, and urgently summoned Shen Muchun back to Beijing.

After Shen Muchun examined the pulses of Empress Dowager Zhang and Duke Zhenguo, he remained silent and pondered.

"Have you found anything?" Nangong Qinghe was worried.

He had just ascended the throne and was not yet fully fledged. Without the suppression of the Duke of Zhenguo, he would not be able to command the military generals who guarded a region!

As the saying goes, when a general is away from the court, he may not obey some of the orders from the king.

The Pingxi Army, Zhenbei Army, Annan Army, Fujian Navy, etc., have all been powerful for many years and have complex ties with local forces. How could they obey the orders of this young emperor?

Although he is the eldest son of the Duke of Zhenguo, he has not made much contribution and has little experience.

Military generals are selected based on their military achievements. The prince of Zhenguo has not experienced many major battles, so his military achievements are naturally limited. He cannot replace his father's position and command the support of hundreds of people in the army.

Therefore, he agreed to Jiang Li's proposal to promote and support Xie Changan.

He is A'li's husband, which means he belongs to her.

If Xie Changan could conquer southern Xinjiang, with his great contribution in expanding territory, he would be able to emerge as a rising star, suppress other forces, and replace the Duke of Zhenguo's position among the military generals.

Therefore, he cannot lose the Duke of Zhenguo at this moment!

"No symptoms of poisoning were found, but..." Shen Muchun frowned, "The vitality in the body seems to be constantly draining away."

"But things like dancing grass?" Nangong Qinghe frowned.

"It's not Wucao. Please forgive me for my lack of knowledge and I really can't tell."

Shen Muchun was at a loss, so Jiang Li was also called back.

She attached her spiritual consciousness to her hand, probed into Empress Dowager Zhang from between her eyebrows, and circulated it around her body. She did not find anything unusual, but she also clearly felt that the vitality of Empress Dowager Zhang's internal organs had indeed weakened a lot, and even the blood flow rate had obviously stagnated a lot.

The situation inside the Duke of Zhenguo's body is even more serious, and it seems that his life is about to be cut off!

Jiang Li quietly asked Empress Dowager Zhang: "Empress Dowager, is there anything wrong with that substitute doll?"

Empress Dowager Zhang then ordered her trusted palace maid to take the doll out of the secret room.

Jiang Li used his spiritual sense to examine his hand carefully, but found no trace of evil magic.

In this case, it should not be a sorcery or witchcraft.

She told Shen Muchun about her discovery.

"It's neither witchcraft nor sorcery?"

Jiang Li shook his head: "I am not proficient in magic, how can I know the methods of evil practitioners? So far, no traces of evil magic or witchcraft have been found."

Shen Muchun's eyebrows were twisted into a knot. If it wasn't sorcery or witchcraft, and the two were in the same situation, then they must have been poisoned!

What kind of poison can continuously steal the vitality of the human body?

He and Jiang Li spent several days looking through the books in Ghost Doctor Valley, but found nothing.

How could they know that this was the "soul poison" extracted from Nan Yonghe's soul by the "mirror monster" in his body!

The so-called "soul poison" is naturally like the soul, colorless, tasteless, invisible and traceless.

The person who poisons the target only needs to use a small jade bottle. After getting close to the target, he just needs to open the bottle cap and the soul poison will penetrate into the target's body like air, reaching deep into the soul.

The soul poison takes root in a person's three souls and six spirits, and can continuously seize the body's vitality and provide it to the mirror monster.

In short, the soul is poisoned.

Nan Yonghe was afraid that the Mirror Monster would fall into Jiang Li's trap again, so he asked him for a few strands of soul poison and planted them in his greatest enemies, Empress Dowager Zhang and Duke Zhenguo. He took a two-pronged approach and made preparations for both situations in case the Mirror Monster failed again.

If the soul poison was not so rare that the Mirror Demon was reluctant to give it to him, Nan Yonghe would even want to poison the entire family of the Duke of Zhenguo with this poison, letting them watch their vitality slip away bit by bit while being unable to do anything.

How could Shen Muchun have seen this kind of soul poison from the upper world? I'm afraid he has never even heard of it, so how can he cure it?

Jiang Li is just a young disciple in the Qi Refining Stage in the world of cultivation. She is only fifteen years old and still young. Master Mingxuan only taught her the art of taming beasts and refining the body. How could he teach her such unconventional methods?

Even if she knew the poison, she had no ability to detoxify it.

The soul poison that is rooted in the three souls and six spirits can only be detoxified by a Nascent Soul power like Mingxuan Zhenjun who can use his powerful spiritual sense to peel it away. The process will inevitably be extremely painful and not something an ordinary mortal can endure.

Shen Muchun and Pei Yuanzheng discussed for a long time, but there was really no other way but to use the Dahuan Pill every day to keep the two of them alive.

When Empress Dowager Zhang learned that she and the Duke of Zhenguo had been poisoned, she gnashed her teeth in hatred and said, "It must have been that little bastard who did it! If I had known this, I should have wiped out the root of the problem when he first returned to the capital!"

Although Nangong Qinghe was full of anxiety, he had no choice.

Prince Nangong Yonghe of Wei had died in the fire. Although it was not known whether he was really dead or had faked his death and escaped, it was impossible to capture him for interrogation.