Latis's father is a tall middle-aged man. Although he looks sickly, the thick calluses and strong muscles on his hands show how strong a man he was before.
At this moment, he was in a state of lethargy and breathing weakly, and he looked indeed extremely ill.
After Zhang Peng checked his pulse, he turned to Latis and asked Latis calmly: "In addition to farming, is your father also proficient in martial arts?"
Latis nodded and admitted generously: "Yes, my father went to the battlefield. He was once a brave warrior and a county horse. How is my father's condition?"
Zhang Peng looked a little strange and did not answer directly, but asked: "Latis, do you and your daughter have enemies in Beiting City?"
The princess stood aside and immediately expressed her attitude: "Latis, if you have an enemy, you can tell me and I will help you take revenge!"
A look of confusion appeared on Latis's pretty face: "My father and daughter have been in Beiting for three years and have not provoked any enemies. Except for a few relatives and friends who know everything about them, they have almost no contact with anyone else. The only
I am afraid that the only person I came into contact with was the porcelain merchant Liu Dayuan. My father would go there every month to prune and arrange exotic flowers and plants in his backyard."
Zhang Peng frowned and nodded: "I think I know the reason. Latis, don't worry, your father is not sick, but poisoned!"
"Poisoned?" Latis was shocked, "How could it be?"
Zhang Peng nodded solemnly: "If my diagnosis is correct, this is an insidious poison mixed with a small amount of arsenic. Your father has headaches, insomnia, loss of appetite, indigestion, weight loss, motor nerve paralysis, and optic nerve atrophy.
Symptoms such as thickening of the keratinized layer on the palms and feet are typical symptoms of slow arsenic poisoning."
"Arsenic, what can we do?" Latis cried in fear as soon as she heard the word arsenic. She felt like pear blossoms and rain when she saw it. I felt sorry for her. Even a man couldn't help but want to hug her.
Take good care of yourself in your arms.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. Since Jun Ma said it so calmly, it proves that he has a way to cure your father." But in the end, the flower protector was not Zhang Peng, but Xu Wanyi.
She hugged Latisi gently, and gently stroked Latisi's back with her beautiful hands. Zhang Peng looked at her with envy.
"I am confident that I can cure him and he will be back to his original state within a month." Zhang Peng sighed, not knowing why he was sighing. While sighing, he picked up a pen to write a prescription.
"Who is so vicious? He clearly wants to kill people without being seen," Xu Wanyi's IQ was finally online at this moment.
Zhang Peng finished writing the recipe, turned around and asked: "Latis, when you were sorting the flowers and plants in Liu Dayuan's backyard, did you notice anything strange?"
When Latis heard Zhang Peng's inquiry, she gradually stopped crying, thought for a while, and then said suspiciously: "There is a secret door under the pear tree in Liu Dayuan's backyard. It is usually difficult to find because it is covered by vegetation.
, I only discovered it recently.”
Zhang Peng rubbed his chin, and then asked Xu Wanyi: "Princess, have the military statistics on the donations of money and silk from various merchants and people in the city that day when they were urgently fighting Chakhtuo's army? Is Liu Dayuan among them?"
Xu Wanyi has been knowledgeable and knowledgeable since she was a child. How could she not remember such important military matters? She replied almost without any thought: "No, I remember very clearly that Liu Dayuan did not show up when he was defending the city in preparation for the war.
Chakhtuo came forward to donate property and labor after he retired from the army, huh? You mean?"
Xu Wanyi did not finish her sentence, but frowned and looked at Zhang Peng.
Zhang Peng nodded and said: "The secret door under the pear tree in his backyard is probably the entrance to a secret passage leading to the outside of Beiting City!"
"That's right!" Xu Wanyi nodded in agreement, "Liu Dayuan was afraid that the secret of his secret channel would be discovered, so he began to poison Latis's father a long time ago. Latis, is your father?
Have you ever eaten or drank the food provided by Liu Dayuan?"
Latis nodded: "Yes, every time my father goes to trim the flowers and plants in the backyard, Liu Dayuan will provide my father with some cakes and tea! Was he the poison?"
"Digging a secret tunnel is a serious crime that undermines the security of the city. I, the princess, will chop him alive with a sword!" Xu Wanyi's face became more and more ugly, and the anger in her heart became more and more difficult to contain. She could not tolerate anyone in her.
The painstakingly built Beiting City created such a terrifying safety hazard.
She really couldn't imagine what would happen to the entire Beiting if this secret passage was known to the enemy!
"Excuse me, Liu Dayuan probably escaped through a secret passage on the way to Latis' house," Zhang Peng sighed, "I'm afraid it won't be that easy to catch him."
"Huh, then all his family, property and silk must be confiscated. I will also report to the imperial court and conduct a nationwide arrest. He must be brought to justice and punished!" Xu Wanyi was furious and shouted, "Jian Ping,
Gundam!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Jian Ping, the leader of the swordsmen, and Gundam, the little book boy, entered the house one after another.
"Princess Princess, Princess Horse!"
Xu Wanyi did not hesitate, but directly ordered Jianping to lead a team to search Liu Dayuan's house. At the same time, she quickly arrested Liu Dayuan and explored the secret passage before destroying it.
Gundam was ordered to drive Latis and his daughter back to the Princess's Mansion in a carriage, and get medicine according to the prescription to treat Latis' father.
Soon, Xu Wanyi and Zhang Peng were the only two people left in the simple Hu people's hut.
There was a lot of wind and sand outside, and the howling wind seemed to never stop, which only added to the worries.
Zhang Peng looked at Xu Wanyi, who was obviously still angry, sitting on the chair, feeling a little helpless. It could be seen that Xu Wanyi felt really disappointed this time.
"How many people like Liu Dayuan are there in Beiting City?" Xu Wanyi seemed to be asking Zhang Peng, but she was actually asking herself, "Do you think I am really not suitable to be a commander-in-chief?"
"Princess, you can't deny your efforts with an example like Liu Dayuan," Zhang Peng knew what he had to say. His feelings for Xu Wanyi were very complicated. They were husband and wife, friends, and rivals.
But one thing was that he admired generals like Xu Wanyi who defended the country and guarded the borders.
As for this woman who shouldered half of Beiting's military affairs, no one seemed to care about what she had done for the people of Beiting.
You are Princess Luanming and the daughter of the general of Shangzhu Kingdom. Isn't it natural that you dedicate everything to Beiting?
But Zhang Peng doesn't think so. No one is born with a right to do what they should do. What everyone bears is the result of their own choices.
"You ask, how many people like Liu Dayuan are there?" Zhang Peng took care of himself and served himself another bowl of pumpkin porridge. The Latis family cooked a lot of this stuff today.
Xu Wanyi looked at Zhang Peng. She rarely looked at Zhang Peng so calmly, even though she had been married for more than four years.
"Then why don't you ask, how many people like me are there?" Zhang Peng walked into Xu Wanyi and handed over the bowl and spoon with pumpkin porridge, "People who were originally cowardly and timid were originally selfish.
People who were originally confused, because they saw you in Beiting, they understood the justice of the family and the country, knew how to take responsibility, and mustered up the courage to fight!"
Xu Wanyi took the porridge and looked at Zhang Peng so close. For the first time, she felt that Zhang Peng was not so annoying, but rather... charming?
"Xu Wanyi, drink the porridge and put your heart back into your stomach. Beiting is still the Beiting you expected, and you, Xu Wanyi, are still the powerful General Luan Ming in the Western Regions!"
"Huh, I can't even flatter you. I'm still far from the level of a general." Xu Wanyi seemed to have regained some confidence and finally felt normal.
"Haha, don't worry about these details," Zhang Peng scratched his head and continued, "So you shouldn't be depressed now. How to ensure the grain harvest in the Min years, how to take care of the newly cultivated fields, how to popularize the irrigation system, etc.
That’s what you should care about!”
"You are right. I will take Latis with me to inspect the fields tomorrow morning and check for any deficiencies!" Xu Wanyi completely regained her confidence and a smile appeared on her face.
"Haha, that's it. The princess who has to be full of energy every day is the princess I know!" Zhang Peng stood up with a smile, stood up against the light, held his head high and chanted, his voice sonorous and powerful: "The purple bottle falls off the arm, and the purple thin film falls off the arm."
Khan, the Autumn Moon in the west of Beiting City. The bright imperial star flies and seals the sword, and the luan sings all night to take Loulan!"
Xu Wanyi stared blankly and listened blankly.
"If your husband doesn't understand military affairs, just give your wife a poem!"
Xu Wanyi stared blankly at the aftertaste of the song "The Luan Cries Out of the Fortress". When she came to her senses, the tall figure was no longer in the room.
"Huh, what a nuisance!"
The princess smiled slightly and felt that the pumpkin porridge in her hand had just the right temperature and taste!