"The leader told us that all of us had been poisoned. Except for him, no one else in the world had an antidote, and no one else could see anything. Only then did we know that we had been poisoned, except for him.
Hongzhu and I, and no one else in Kaoshan Village know these things until now." Father Ge said with a little sigh.
"Then, the leader of the Qinglian Sect told us that he would use us to threaten His Majesty and ask for the jade seal and the edict of passing the throne. If he succeeds, he will naturally give us the antidote. If not, Hongzhu and I will think about it.
There is a way to poison His Majesty. After the poisoning is successful, he will give us the antidote. Otherwise, he will let all the villagers in the mountain village die of poison. The time limit he gave me is ten days. After ten days, every day that passes, he
Just let one villager from Kaoshan Village be poisoned and die." Father Ge's painful voice became a little excited.
"At that time, Hongzhu wanted to refuse, but I stopped him. I agreed. I thought at the time, I would agree to him for the time being, and I would think of a way later. Otherwise, if I refused him on the spot, I don't know what means that person would use to force us to submit.
After I agreed, the man gave me a bottle of poison and said that I just need to put a little on my nails and flick it into the wine, tea or food. People who are poisoned by this kind of poison will not be poisoned immediately, but will take a while.
Only time will cause trouble, and no suspicion will be raised on us. Later, His Majesty rescued us, and I quietly asked all the doctors to check my pulse. They couldn't tell that I was poisoned, but I intuitively thought that the man was not.
Lie to us. It would be fine if it was our father and daughter, but I can't bet all the villagers in the mountain village, so I can only..."
Having said this, Father Ge lowered his head deeply and stopped talking.
Dao's face was gloomy, as if covered with a dark cloud.
At today's banquet, in addition to his relatives Xiahou's family, his family-like friends Yun Jingchu and others, as well as the villagers of the mountain village for whom he is grateful, they are all people he trusts and is familiar with, so he was unprepared.
…
Unexpectedly, Father Ge would poison his drink.
Although he felt disappointed in his heart, he did not resent Father Ge.
From Father Ge's point of view, the more than 50 old and young people in the backing village who have lived together since childhood, compared to him, an outsider who has only been with him for just a month, naturally chose to save the lives of the villagers in the backing village.
Besides, it was also because of him that they encountered such an unreasonable disaster.
He should have thought that he, the fourth uncle, had been plotting and enduring for so long, and would not fail so easily. Unexpectedly, he used this trick.
Seeing that Dao had been sullen and silent, Father Ge's heart suddenly lifted, he raised his head anxiously, and said with a hint of pleading: "Your Majesty, I am responsible for all my work. This matter has nothing to do with Hongzhu, and has nothing to do with Guoshan Village.
It doesn’t matter to other people. If you want to blame, just blame me. Please don’t blame others.”
Dao's eyes flashed, and then he said: "Don't worry, I am not a foolish king."
This was the first time that Dao used the title "I" in front of Father Ge, which seemed solemn but also cold.
Although he doesn't resent Father Ge, he can no longer regard him as someone he is close to and trusts.
A person worthy of his closeness and trust will choose to trust him and discuss solutions with him instead of putting poisonous wine in his mouth.
Thinking of this, Dao couldn't help but look at the red plant on the bed.