The First National Preceptor of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 308

The school doctor placed the medicine box aside and said, "Many students in the academy are suffering from abdominal pain and diarrhea. If everyone were to eat the same food, it would probably have the same effect."

Based on my diagnosis, it appears to be poisoning. The amount ingested was not large, but if it had been mixed with food, it would have caused this situation.

A dark glint flashed in Xu Tian's eyes. Could it be that Bailu Academy was really so ruthless that it would risk the students' health to win this competition? He immediately went to the Jidi Building to check on them.

Lu Mingyi immediately struggled to sit up in bed and said, "Master Xu, I'm sorry."

Unexpectedly, Xu Tian waved his hand and said, "You haven't been feeling well for several days."

Lu Mingyi was taken aback at first, then nodded and said, "Ever since I entered Hongwen Academy from Bailu Academy, I have been experiencing abdominal pain that afternoon. I have been enduring it to go on stage these past few days, but I never expected that I would feel even more dizzy after going on stage."

Xu Tian immediately helped Lu Mingyi lie down on the bed and added another blanket for him. Then he turned to look at Xie Qing and Wang Chuanyu.

Xie Qing and Wang Chuanyu were both lying on the bed, somewhat disoriented. The school doctor immediately said, "Xie Qing and Wang Chuanyu must have eaten poisonous mushrooms and are experiencing hallucinations. These poisonous mushrooms only cause hallucinations and do not harm the body."

Xu Tian couldn't help but ask, "Mingyi, are their symptoms the same as yours?"

“The two of them have had this symptom ever since the day Hongwen Academy decided to compete against Bailu Academy.”

Lu Mingyi thought about it and realized that was true. He then nodded and said, "That's right, it's just that the symptoms weren't as severe as they are today in the past two days."

These past two days, Brother Xie and Brother Wang have been feeling rather tired and lacking energy; their spirits have also been greatly diminished.

At that moment, Zhu Jinming and Yuan Lishu walked in.

"Master, please don't make wild guesses. Bailu Academy was once the largest academy, how could it do such a despicable thing?"

At this moment, Xiao Xin walked in from outside and said, "Do you know why the Dean of Bailu Academy didn't come to this competition, but the Vice Dean did? That's because the Vice Dean has a dark history. He cheated in the imperial examination and was permanently disqualified from serving as an official in the court."

The headmaster of Bailu Academy saw that he had great talent but nowhere to use it, so he hired him to be a teacher at Bailu Academy.

Zhao Hua was indeed exceptionally talented. Since he started teaching at Baima Academy, the college entrance examination pass rate has indeed improved, and many students have become top scorers in the imperial examinations.

But Zhao Hua was not satisfied with just being a teacher; sure enough, within two years he became the vice-principal. After that, the principal of Bailu Academy had been in poor health and hadn't taught for a long time.

Xiao Xin said, "I have some inside information. Three years ago, there was a candidate named Zhang Daqiao."

Zhang Daqiao was quite talented, but she got a stomachache before the imperial examination and didn't expect Zhao Hua from Bailu Academy, who is now the vice president of Bailu Academy.

I don't know what method was used, but he was fine before the exam, but after the exam, he suddenly vomited blood and died.

The government posted a notice that Zhang Daqiao had become the top scholar in the imperial examination, but when the congratulatory message was sent to his hometown, it turned out that Zhang Daqiao had died a month earlier.