[Three Kingdoms] Burning incense and sacrificial wine

Just when Diao Chan was extremely nervous, Xi Zhi calmly stretched his hands and sleeves into the water basin in front of him.

The guard put the silver needle into the water, and soon there was a result—the silver needle did not turn black.

Diao Chan seems to have experienced the feeling of riding a roller coaster—if she has ever ridden a roller coaster.

After letting out a sigh of relief, Diao Chan couldn't help being a little puzzled: How could this happen?She clearly spilled "that thing" on Xi Zhicai's sleeve.

Diao Chan glanced at Xi Zhicai's sleeve in puzzlement, and then turned her gaze to where the guards were, without noticing that when she looked away, Xi Zhicai glanced at her knowingly.

The inspection continued, and finally it was the last person's turn.

That person was Li Ru, he smiled indifferently, and leisurely asked the maid next to him to prepare a towel to wipe his hands for him.When he was ready, he reached into the washbasin in front of him, and the guard put the silver chopsticks in the washbasin for a few seconds and took them out.

It was originally the last routine, the guard glanced at it casually, and was about to put down the silver chopsticks. Suddenly, he blinked, took the coarse cloth aside, wiped the silver chopsticks, and looked at Li Ru suddenly.

Li Ru's face turned green instantly.

what happened?Why did he detect the result after putting his hand into the washbasin——

"The chopsticks have turned black!" Someone next to me shouted loudly.

"This is impossible!" Li Ru shouted in disbelief.

The unknown counselor who asked for the test was also surprised. He didn't expect this method to be really useful, and the person who poisoned it was caught—and he was a big shot.

The unknown counselor was a little flustered, and at the same time, an unexplainable joy rose in his heart.This is the chief counselor beside Dong Zhuo!If you can pull him off the horse...

Thinking of this, he sneered: "How is it impossible? The evidence is convincing. Could it be possible that someone else blamed you?"

Li Ru had a flash of inspiration.

Yes, set the blame on!

Anyone who knows Dong Zhuo knows that he has the habit of drug testing, so it is impossible to murder him by poisoning his diet.That being the case, the motive of the poisoner is worth exploring.If the other party still did this on the premise of knowing Dong Zhuo's habits, it must be intentional.

Its intention can be seen from his current inability to argue - the person who set up this situation is to frame him.

To successfully set up this game, you must first understand the layout of the Grand Master's Mansion, and you must also have a clear understanding of the operation of the mansion, so that you can inadvertently poison and avoid the test of the kitchen.At the same time, the other party needs to be a strategist, so that the layout can be smooth, and even successfully framed the blame without his knowing it, leaving Li Ru speechless.

There is only one person in this hall who can do these two things, and that person is also the only one who had a close conversation with him today——

Li Ru suddenly looked at Xi Zhicai.

"Why did Zhicai hurt me!"

Xi Zhicai remained silent.Facing Li Ru's accusation, his expression was extremely calm, but his brows were slightly frowned.

Dong Zhuo's eyes wandered between the two in surprise.

He said gloomyly: "Wenyou, I treat you well."

Li Ru quickly argued: "This is setting the blame! Ru relies on the protection of the grand master, and the grand master is loyal to the grand master. Does the grand master not know? What's more, I am that kind of stupid person. How could such a clumsy plan be done by Ru ?”

Dong Zhuo was dumbfounded.

When the evidence pointed to Li Ru, Dong Zhuo had a strong desire to kill him.But after Li Ru yelled, he also noticed something strange.What's more, Li Ru helped him a lot in the past. At the time when the situation was uncertain and there were strong enemies around, it was Li Ru who helped him eliminate political enemies and abolish the new emperor.It can be said that Li Ru can take at least half of the credit for his ability to win power and gain a firm foothold now.He and Li Ru are like grasshoppers on the same rope, he can only be better if he is good to Li Ru.Without Dong Zhuo, Li Ru would have been buried with the late emperor by those "loyal and patriotic" Confucians.How could he poison him unless Li Ru wanted to replace him.

Seeing that Dong Zhuo was wavering, the unknown counselor became anxious.

It would be fine if the result of the inspection did not point to Li Ru, but now because of his proposal, Li Ru became a suspect in the murder of the Grand Master, and he just satirized Li Ru again, and thus formed an alliance with Li Ru's Liang Zi.Now that he has offended someone, if Li Ru is allowed to escape without guilt, wouldn't he suffer Li Ru's revenge?

Everyone knows that Li Ru is cruel and merciless, and he is definitely not a broad-minded person... Instead of waiting for his revenge, it is better to take the opportunity to step people into the mud and let him be the number one counselor of the Grand Master's Mansion.

Thinking of this, the unknown person retorted: "Li Wenyou's words are really interesting. It is precisely because this plan is clumsy and unlike your actions, that you can use this as an excuse to prove your innocence. This is a blindfold. Isn't that what you Li Wenyou is best at?"

People close to him all know that Dong Zhuo has the habit of testing drugs. If he really wanted to harm him, why would he poison him in wine?It was precisely because this matter was contrary to common sense that Dong Zhuo began to believe Li Ru after he defended himself.But what if Li Ru did the opposite?

Dong Zhuo's expression was uncertain, thinking of the words that Li Ru suddenly shouted earlier, he looked at Xi Zhicai who had not spoken so far: "Zhicai, do you have something to say?"

Calling Zhicai instead of Mr. Xi does not mean that Dong Zhuo is getting closer to Xi Zhicai, but it is a dangerous signal.

Xi Zhicai let out a chuckle, the volume was not high, but because there was no sound in the hall, his peaceful laughter spread throughout the hall: "Teacher Mingjian, we are grateful for the kindness of the grand master, who works for the grand master? Dare to do such a disobedient thing?"

Normally, Dong Zhuo would be satisfied when he heard these words, but now, this seemingly perfunctory remarks made him very dissatisfied.

For Wen You (Li Ru)'s identification, Xi Zhicai actually avoided talking about it, without a positive explanation?

"However..." Xi Zhicai changed the subject, "There is a traitor watching now. If this is a plot of alienation by the traitor, the grand master hastily dealt with Wen You, isn't it right? There are many doubts about this matter, as I expected. It may prove Li Wenyou's innocence."

The distorted expression on Li Ru's face froze.

He bites Xihuan, but he wants to prove his innocence?

No, more importantly——

If Xi Huan wanted to justify his name, it must not be Xi Huan who plotted against Li Ru.

If it's not Xihuan, then who is it?

There shouldn't be such a person under Dong Zhuo's tent. How could he, Li Ru, be plotted against by someone who doesn't know his name?

Dong Zhuo didn't expect Xi Zhicai to say such a thing: "How to prove it?"

"If this is a plan against the vertical, its intention is to provoke the Grand Master and us. In order to make this poisonous plan foolproof, all the wine must be poisoned. The Grand Master only needs to open all the wine vessels in the hall and test them one by one. Everything will be revealed."

Dong Zhuo followed Xi Zhicai's suggestion and asked his soldiers to take the silver needles to each wine jar to check one by one. Sure enough, all the silver needles turned black.

Dong Zhuo seems to have believed Xi Zhicai's words and no longer pursue the matter, but no one knows what he thinks in his heart.

The unknown counselor broke out in a cold sweat and retreated to the back of the crowd, trying to minimize his sense of existence.He secretly looked at Xi Zhicai, not knowing where this person came from, but he dispelled Dong Zhuo's suspicion with a few words.

After this episode, how could Dong Zhuo still have the mood to continue the banquet, let the subordinates disband on their own, and left with a sullen face.

"Brother Zhicai..." Li Ru caught up and wanted to talk to Xi Zhicai, but Xi Zhicai stopped him.

"Wen You doesn't need to say much. What Huan said today is not for the king, but for the master's plan."

Li Ru said awkwardly: "Thank you."

Some words cannot be taken back.Li Ru understands that there is nothing to be done, and the rift between him and Xi Zhicai has already grown, no matter how he explains it, it will be futile, so he said goodbye succinctly.

Xi Zhicai left the banquet hall, followed the path to the inn, took a bag from there, left Dong Zhuo's mansion, and returned to his residence in the city.

The book boy went out to meet him, he gave some instructions, the book boy responded, and fetched a few things he needed.

Xi Zhicai opened the package brought back from the Grand Master's Mansion, and there was a gray robe inside, which was very similar to the one he was wearing.

He dipped the sleeve of the gray robe into the water, took about half a cup of tea, brought out the silverware, and put it in the same way.

After a while, a layer of black formed on the silverware.

The book boy stayed where he was: "Sir, this is..."

Xi Zhicai waved his hand, telling him not to ask any more questions, but to remove the things.

Sure enough, he was not wrong, the purpose of the person who poisoned him today was not to poison Dong Zhuo, but to drive a wedge between him and his staff.Among them, he and Li Ru were the first to bear the brunt.

He thought of the maid who bumped into him, and guessed that the "poison powder" was sprinkled on his cuff at that time.

At that time, he was in Dong Zhuo's mansion, and he was bumped into by a maid wearing a concubine-colored skirt. He suppressed his cough until he left the Begonia forest, and he couldn't suppress it anymore. He covered his mouth with his sleeve and coughed violently. several times.

When the cough was over, he put down his sleeves, and a few bright red blood stains bloomed on the pure white cuffs like plum blossoms in full bloom.

It would be too impolite to wear a filthy robe to the banquet, without even thinking about it, he asked a maid in the mansion to change his coat for him.

But it just happened to avoid this blame.

Although this time's plan of setting the blame on was not very clever, it was effective and hit Dong Zhuo's weakness.With Dong Zhuo's suspicion, after this incident, not only will he remain suspicious of him and Li Ru, but he may also no longer trust the other staff members.The worst result is that he is suspicious all day long, doesn't trust anyone, and is headstrong until he betrays his relatives.

It's just that he couldn't figure it out, even with the help of the maid, how could the person who set up the scheme calculate Li Wenyou (Li Ru), who was so cautious, and how he managed to hide the glass of poisoned wine from the kitchen inspection. Before Dong Zhuo's case.

What he couldn't figure out was how the other party expected Dong Zhuo to check everyone's sleeves for hidden drugs?That early counselor didn't seem to be bribed, and his whereabouts were under the surveillance of Dong Zhuo's cronies. Why was it so coincidental that he suggested checking his sleeves alone?

Apart from being unpredictable about the enemies in the dark, there was one more thing he didn't want to think about.

The identity of the person who set up this game.

I just hope it's not the one he thought.

He asked the bookboy to set up a desk for himself, and took out another thing from the dark package, which was the information on the life experience of the servants of Dong's mansion that he had asked the butler for in the name of a cloth painting.

With Dong Zhuo's pity on his life, the servants who serve him must be innocent, so it is inevitable to neglect this aspect.

He didn't know the maid's name, so he could only look through the roster from the beginning, looking at ten lines at a glance.Soon, his eyes settled on a line of small words.

Diaochan, formerly known as Ren Hongchang, her father Ren Wuji, a world-renowned doctor, lives in...

At this time, Diao Chan, who was far away in the Taishi Mansion, was very anxious.

She wanted to convey to Cui Song the news that Xi Zhicai worked hard for Dong Zhuo and the result of the alienation plan. However, Dong Zhuo was "nearly poisoned" and although he did not deal with the servants in the mansion, he strictly ordered the housekeeper to take precautions, and no one could easily enter and exit. .

Diao Chan, unable to leave Dong's mansion, had to go back to her bedroom.The maid who lived with her was still serving in the front yard. She was sitting on the couch alone, just about to rest for a while, when she suddenly saw a cloth bag under the pillow.