"Your Majesty, these two people both died of the same poison. It can be confirmed that someone poisoned them intentionally." The coroner said carefully.
After inspection, report to Yao Mang.
"Do you know what the poison was and how it was poisoned?" Yao Mang asked.
"This is the first time I have seen this kind of toxicity. There are no obvious signs of poisoning in the esophagus and blood of the corpse. The cause of the poisoning is not yet known. Further investigation is needed."
When Yao Mang heard this, his face became even darker. At this time, he was absolutely sure that the poison was poisoned by Shaodianguo's spies, and this action was a demonstration to him.
He suppressed his anger and said: "Then investigate quickly. Song Yan, please close the city gate quickly, search the whole city, and send out warnings, so that all checkpoints will strictly check suspicious people coming and going, and the murderer must not be allowed to escape."
Song Yan followed Yao Mang closely as soon as he arrived in Daxing City. As soon as he was named, he immediately rushed back to the city lord's palace to make arrangements.
The coroner collected everything that Yao Yuan had come into contact with that day, then took out all the bottles and jars he had brought, asked Yao Mang for instructions, dispersed everyone, and started the experiment in the hall of Yao's house.
After being busy until midnight, the coroner breathed a sigh of relief and finally had the results.
"Your Majesty, I have fulfilled my humble duty and finally found out how the murderer poisoned me. I soaked this golden needle in water and mixed the water with the soup made from astragalus to form a highly toxic substance that can corrode people's intestines and stomach, causing
The poisoned person's internal organs will continue to bleed, and eventually he will die from excessive blood loss." The coroner picked up a gold needle from Dr. Gu's medicine box.
The coroner handed the golden needle to Yao Mang, then took out a pot of wine and a bowl of water just fetched from the well, and said, "The murderer's plan was very clever. He first sneaked in here and sprinkled powder made from Caoyin black beans into the well.
, Caoyin black bean water is boiled into astragalus soup, and then mixed with 'crushed thyme', which can cause abdominal cramps and gastrointestinal damage.
This golden needle coated with unknown juice was inserted into the body, and was slowly absorbed by the body. Finally, it entered the intestines and stomach, and was mixed with the astragalus soup, causing the deceased to be poisoned and unable to receive timely medical help.
The murderer first knew the deceased's hobbies, and was also familiar with Dr. Gu, the most famous person in the city. He also knew that the deceased would drink crushed leaves of Thousand Miles of Thousand Leaves, so he was able to make careful arrangements in advance. This should be a very organized method."
Yao Mang's face was livid, and he said after a long time: "I should have thought that this Shao Dian Mi should not be underestimated despite his young age. The only miscalculation was that he did not expect Shao Dian Dan to be willing to pay such a high price, and wanted to find out what was in it.
reason."
At dawn, Yao Mang and his people hurried back to the capital. After he returned to Shengchang City, everyone in the Supervision Department of Cao State started to move. All personnel in the country canceled their vacations and cooperated with the local public security department to comprehensively screen foreign infiltrators. The entire Cao State
The country was in a state of uproar.
What makes Cao Qi, King of Cao State, depressed is that bad news has been coming one after another in recent days.
On his birthday, there were more than a dozen assassinations. In the incident, an earl, three viscounts, and five barons were killed, and four children of nobles died. If half of Zhe Sheng's orders had not been robbed and destroyed,
Will cause more casualties.
The culprit who caused Cao's great chaos boarded a cargo ship heading to his own country and tasted the delicious river food on the Tongyuan River. Zhe Sheng also brought three Shaodian spies whose identities were exposed and took a detour back to the country.
Jiguo is located directly south of Shaodian Kingdom, and is the only country on the Shenyuan Continent that is related by marriage to Shaodian Kingdom. The current queen of Jiguo is Shaodianrong, the second sister of Shaodiandan.
After Zhe Sheng arrived in his country, he did not stay, but directly rode on his horse and rushed back to Shaodian Kingdom.
Shaodianmi entered the palace with the report and reported the results of this operation to Shaodiandan.
"Your Majesty, this time we killed an earl, four viscounts, five barons, the only son of a marquis, the heirs of two earls, the heir of a viscount, and the beloved daughter of a duke in the Cao Kingdom. The most important thing is that
, one of Yao Mang’s illegitimate sons was also eliminated by us.”
"Very good, you did a good job. How many people did we lose?" Shao Diandan looked calm.
"Three of our secret strongholds were destroyed, fifteen spies committed suicide, and no one was arrested. Half of the spies in Cao State fell into dormancy. I have ordered them not to be activated within ten years." When mentioning the losses, Shaodianmi's face showed
He also showed a heartbroken look.
"Those who die will be awarded a first-level Bronze Medal of Loyalty and Bravery, and the pensions for their families will be doubled. For those who have no family members, orphans will be adopted and adopted with their surnames changed, and the kingdom will be responsible for supporting them. Other personnel involved in the operation will be promoted to a higher level, and those with special merits will be promoted separately.
Reward, you haven't investigated clearly what happened last time, so you can make up for it this time." Shaodian Dan had thought about the reward early on, especially giving preferential treatment to the dead spy.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace. The Cao Kingdom has suffered heavy losses this time and may launch a crazy counterattack. Does Ding Duhu need to arrange manpower to guard it?" Shao Dianmi breathed a sigh of relief.
"No need, can your manpower be stronger than his current men? Don't underestimate the background of the Protector Marquis. What happened back then was so sudden that no one expected it, and people took advantage of it. The Teng family of Pingzhong County
This time I was reprimanded by Gu, and I won’t let anyone easily cause trouble on their territory again.”
The last time Ding Kui was plotted against him, Cai Ying, in addition to cheating Zhucheng, failed to check the people he employed, and did not know the people he knew, and almost lost his merits. After that, the officials in the government were killed and fined three years of taxes.
Fujishun of Pingzhong County was also fined a year's tax for ignoring local banditry and lax supervision of subordinate cities.
This time the Senate punished him so quickly, and the punishment was so severe, all because of the third elder Jiang Tong. The victim was his grandson, and the other elders of the Senate were happy to give Jiang Tong a favor.
The Senate's decision was sent to the king, and Shao Diandan immediately issued a reply, "Agree to the punishment and notify the whole country."
Now it has been spread among the nobles in Zhongwangzhou that no one should offend Ding Duhu of the Hu Guohou family. Not to mention Jiang Tong's anger is unbearable, even if the men of the Ding family come to their door, they can easily beat anyone.
No.
Teng Shun, the governor of Pingzhong County, did not dare to anger the Jiang family. He was extremely angry with the Cai family in Kengzhu City and immediately ordered an all-out effort to eradicate banditry throughout the territory.
On the pretext of strengthening surveillance in the Kengzhu City area, they dispatched the 15th Division of Zhongwangzhou and set up several more checkpoints on the official roads in Kengzhu City, which amounted to a few more tolls and made Cai Ying miserable.
Word.
Each state of the Shaodian Kingdom has two permanent legions. Zhongwang State is basically the territory of the nobles, and the legions formed are local legions. The difference from the central regular legion is that these legions are supported by the nobles.
Each state has twenty counties, and one army has ten divisions, so each county has a division stationed there. The one stationed in Pingzhong County is the 15th Division of the Second Army of the state.
Each division has ten brigades, with a total strength of 10,000 men.
Although the army was financed by local nobles, the command was in the hands of the governors of each county. Each division could march and practice within the jurisdiction of its own county. Only operations across counties required military orders from the military headquarters.
The focus of Ding Kui's knight apprenticeship training is to gather fighting spirit.
Knight apprenticeship training is generally divided into three stages. The first stage is the basic training stage, which trains strength, speed, endurance, physical strength and common sense; the second stage is martial arts training, which is the four arts; the third stage is to condense fighting spirit, which is the knight
Exercise training.
Ding Kui had already completed the first two stages, but was stuck in the third stage due to the magic power in his body.
Lu Ji didn't say anything, but became strict with Ding Kui in basic training. His idea was that Ding Kui's energy and blood were insufficient. Only strengthening physical training and constantly pushing the limit of physical strength should help Ding Kui condense the energy as soon as possible.
Fighting spirit.
Ding Kui has begun to practice the fifth posture in "Thousands of Practices", and has also practiced the first posture to the level of Xiaocheng. In terms of physical skills, he is far better than his fellow disciples. Although Lu Ji continues to increase the amount of training, Ding Kui has
Able to adapt in a short period of time, the limits of physical strength are constantly exceeded.
Lu Ji was surprised and confused. This apprentice's physical condition was comparable to that of a trainee warrior. How could he not be able to gather fighting energy? Could it be that his meridians were much wider than ordinary people's and he needed to practice fighting energy for a long time?
?
In the end, Lu Ji came up with a way, which was to let Ding Kui do basic training in the morning and go home to practice Dou Qi Kung Fu in the afternoon. This was a two-pronged approach. He thought this was the most suitable method for Ding Kui.
In this way, Ding Kui has more time to transform Taishu Gong's magic power. The sooner he can gather his fighting spirit, the sooner he can put his mind at ease.
Before Ding Kui's breakthrough, Zheng Yun took the lead in gathering his fighting spirit and rushed back to Xiushui City Knights Guild for the assessment at the end of September.
All knight apprentices must go to the knight guild in the city where they live for assessment. After being promoted to a trainee knight, the guild will award them with a knight badge.
The Knights Guild is not able to take assessments at any time. Assessments are only arranged at the end of March, June, September and December every year. If you miss it, you have to wait three months.
Zheng Yun was the first to break through, something no one expected. In terms of age, Ouyang Chong was the oldest, in terms of talent, Ding Kui was the best, and in terms of training, it was the taciturn Xu Bin. Zheng Yun was not the best in anything, but what?
The female disciple, who was doing well, walked in front of everyone.
Lu Ji finally felt relieved and decided to personally send Zheng Yun back to Xiushui City to participate in the promotion assessment of the Knights Guild.
Ding Kui deliberately rummaged through his gift pile and found a long sword made of fine steel, which he gave to Zheng Yun before leaving.
"Senior sister, come back and visit me more often when you have time. You will definitely become the most heroic female general in Shaodian Kingdom." Ding Kui's eyes were a little red. He had never had a sister in his previous life, and he really regarded Zheng Yun as his sister.
treat.
Zheng Yun shook Ding Kui's hand tightly and said: "I will come to see you, junior brother, you have to work hard, you are the most powerful in senior sister's eyes." After saying that, he glanced at Ouyang Chong and Cai Gang coldly.