Marry my elder sister? Fine! I'll give you the letter of annulment and marry someone else.

Mu Yuanzhi originally wanted to ask if there was anything he could help with, but seeing Song Zhi's anxious face, he tactfully said goodbye and left.

But after entering the sedan chair, he calmly ordered: "Go and find out what happened to Minister Song."

"Yes."

A guard received the order and quickly disappeared into the street.

Seeing Mu Yuanzhi leave, Song Zhi turned his gaze to Xiao Tao again, "Tell me what happened to my father."

Xiao Tao adjusted her breathing and said solemnly, "It's Madam Sun."

"It turns out her quiet behavior during this time was all fake. She wasn't willing to see the Master take Mrs. Xie back, so she put a poisonous scent in her underwear. Because the scent was so slight and hidden in such a hidden place, the secret guards couldn't detect it without close contact."

"Upon arrival at the small town, just as the secret guards were preparing to separate Master and Madam Sun as planned, the toxins that had been accumulating in Master's body for a long time suddenly flared up. The secret guards quickly protected Master's heart meridians and sought medical attention. However, Madam Sun, still unsatisfied, went on a mad spree and found the post house run by Mrs. Xie and scalded her with boiling water, disfiguring her face."

Xiao Tao said angrily, "How could Madam Sun do this? The Song family has treated her well enough."

Song Zhi gritted his teeth, "I let her go time and time again because she is related to me by blood, but I didn't expect her to become even more aggressive."

This time, she doesn't plan to let Sun go.

The blood relationship between them had long been severed, and now she was the enemy who killed her father.

Xiao Tao continued, "The secret guards said the master is not in danger of death now, but he is too deeply poisoned to wake up. Even if Sun finds the antidote, it will be useless. There is only one way to wake the master now."

"any solution?"

"Find Divine Doctor Jiang within half a month. He is the only one in the world who can save the master."

Xiao Tao said with a sad face, "Although Miss has seen Divine Doctor Jiang before, he is a very elusive person. Where can we find him in such a short time?"

Song Zhi frowned and made a quick decision, "Prepare the horses, I want to go to the border myself."

"Okay, I'll go with you."

Xiao Tao was about to turn around and get ready when Song Zhi grabbed her and said, "If you don't go, there are more important things for me to do if you stay in the capital."

"You go and join forces with Ruoyu and Cangqiong to spread the news that I'm going to a small border town to find Dr. Jiang. It would be best if even the hunters in the deep mountains and old forests know about it."

Xiao Tao was puzzled, "Why is this?"

Song Zhi said, "I can't find Divine Doctor Jiang, so I can only ask him to come to me."

Doctor Jiang has extraordinary medical skills and can bring the dead back to life, so he has always been arrogant and doesn't even give face to royal relatives and nobles, let alone take the initiative to show up and look for others.

Although she felt that her mistress's method was a bit risky, she now blindly worshipped her mistress and said without thinking: "Okay, I will do it right away."

They split into two groups, Xiao Tao went to contact Liu Ruoyu and Cang Qiong, while Song Zhi rode his horse as fast as he could to the border.

She hardly stopped along the way, and for fear of tiring the horse, she even changed horses twice.

Finally, on the fifth day, she arrived at the inconspicuous border town.

The town is surrounded by endless hills, and not far away is a long green river.

The population here is not large and it is far less prosperous than the capital, but the advantage is that the environment is good and the people are simple.

The overnight journey made her look a little tired, and her face looked thinner.

The secret guard had been waiting at the city gate for a long time. When he saw her dismount, he knelt down and apologized, "I have failed in my duty. Please punish me, young lady."

Song Zhi waved his hand, "It's easy to dodge an open attack, but it's hard to guard against an arrow from the dark. You don't have to blame yourself."

The secret guard is also a human being, not an omnipotent god. He can't peek through the window every day to see what Sun is doing on her underwear.

"Take me to see Dad."

The secret guard didn't expect Song Zhi to be so reasonable. After all, no matter what the reason, failing to protect Song Yang would be a dereliction of duty.

He was one of the secret guards sent by Mu Nanqi to monitor Song Zhi's whereabouts. Later, monitoring turned into protection, and later protection directly turned into a change of ownership.

They were reluctant at first. Although they were secret guards, they were also tall and strong men. Naturally, they were willing to follow Mu Nanqi to do great things, rather than being buried around a girl in the boudoir.

However, as time went on, they discovered that Song Zhi was not like the average girl in the boudoir who was delicate and weak and only needed his protection.

This time he was asked to secretly escort Song Yang to the border, and he tried his best, but he didn't expect that he would still be deceived by Sun.

He thought Song Zhi would punish him severely after knowing this, but he didn't expect that Song Zhi not only did not punish him, but also comforted him instead.

At this moment, he sincerely said respectfully, "I obey your orders."

Song Zhi didn't know about the secret guard's mental activities. She only felt that the secret guard was silent for a while, and then his eyes suddenly became firm as if he was going to the battlefield, and he led the way for her very solemnly.

Soon, the two arrived at a small clinic.

The doctor who was seeing the patient was older, with white hair and beard, but he was full of energy.

Perhaps because he traveled all over the world when he was young, his horizons were not limited to this small border town. After realizing that Song Yang was not an ordinary person, he settled him very appropriately.

When Song Zhi entered, Song Yang was lying unconscious in the doctor's room in the backyard.

After the doctor's treatment, Song Yang seemed to be fine and did not look like he was poisoned.

But the doctor said solemnly, "Ten days at most. If Divine Doctor Jiang hadn't intervened, your father would have died."

Looking at Song Yang lying motionless on the bed, Song Zhi's tears instantly fell. She sat down beside the bed, took Song Yang's hand, and called him softly.

"Dad~"

However, Song Yang, who would have happily responded when she called him in the past, now just lay quietly on the bed without any response.

Song Zhi felt uncomfortable, let go of Song Yang's hand and walked out.

"Where's Sun?"

"Master, Sun was arrested by the local government for publicly assaulting someone."

"Come on, let's go meet her."

With a fierce look in his eyes, Song Zhi followed the secret guard to the local county government office.

The county magistrate here also saw that Sun's status was extraordinary and had been waiting for people to come, so they were led in almost as soon as they appeared.

After revealing his identity, the county magistrate became even more polite.

We arrived at the dirty prison, which was dark and damp, with rats running around from time to time.

After walking a few steps, Sun's voice could be heard cursing, "You dog official, my son is the legitimate son of the Minister of Rites in the capital. How dare you treat me like this? When my son comes to pick me up, I will definitely not forgive you."

The county magistrate was clueless as to the situation. He walked beside Song Zhi with cold sweat on his forehead. "Don't be angry, my lord. I didn't mean to lock her up in here. It's just that her actions were too cruel. Xie is still lying in bed. I think she will be disfigured. As a woman, I believe you can understand the importance of appearance."

Song Zhi's face was gloomy. "I am indeed very angry."

The county magistrate's expression changed, and he was about to take the blame when he heard Song Zhi continue, "As a criminal who harmed innocent people, she still had the energy to curse like this after being locked up for five or six days. This shows that your government's laws are not strict enough."