There were many people standing in front of a hall located on the west side of Gaofu.
Although the door of the house was open, no one dared to enter.
"There was no movement at all, he just died like that."
The high-ranking official did not dare to come forward. He covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief and said in a muffled voice, pointing to the room.
There were three or four people lying on the floor in the house. Those facing downwards had pools of blood flowing out, while those facing upwards could see their eyes glaring, their faces black and purple, and their orifices bleeding.
Gao Lingbo looked sideways slightly and was about to put down the handkerchief in his hand.
"No sir," the person on the side said hurriedly, with a bit of panic.
"It's been half a day. If something happened, you wouldn't be standing here peacefully." Gao Lingbo said, but the handkerchief in his hand did not hang down anymore.
"I crushed one, but it was too crushed and I could only identify one medicine. Then Mr. Gu suggested lighting it and smelling the incense, so that I could identify it more accurately. It was fine at first, but after a cup of tea, people couldn't do it...
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"Is it poison?" Gao Xiaoguanren asked, covering his mouth and nose.
At this time, they had left the pharmacy and were sitting in Gao Lingbo's study, but Gao Xiaoguan never put down his handkerchief. Whenever he thought of these people checking incense, he was also there to watch the excitement. If it weren't for Xiao Guanren,
The man said that his tea was ready, and it was a new and high-quality formula. He was afraid that the tea would be washed away, so he would drink it here. If he did, he would...
The sight of those people dying violently appeared before my eyes, and I suddenly shuddered.
It's not that he has never seen death. There are many villains at home who are casually beaten to death, and there are many people who secretly do evil things when they make him look displeased. But those are the deaths of others, not him.
He never thought that death would be so close to him, and so silently.
Whenever he thinks of this, Gao Xiaoguan feels chilled all over, and the faint fragrance lingers in his nose.
At that time, he also stepped forward to take a look at the ground incense. Could it be that the poisonous gas was already there...
The high-ranking official covered his mouth and nose with his hands and coughed violently.
"Good-for-nothing!" Gao Lingbo cursed, throwing a tea bowl and telling him to get out.
The high-ranking official didn't want to stay here and was in a hurry to go see the imperial doctor and leave immediately.
"Stop, if you dare to go to the imperial doctor, I will break your legs." Gao Lingbo's voice shouted from behind.
The young official Gao suddenly froze, turned around with a sad face and called his father.
"Little officials, now they don't know who got this incense. Wouldn't it be wrong if the little officials hired an imperial doctor to ask..." a staff member said in a low voice.
Do you have to swallow it after suffering a loss? Can't you even cry?
The high-ranking official looked angry.
"Even imperial doctors may not understand." The staff then advised, "It would be better to find someone who is familiar with these medicinal herbs."
There used to be people who were familiar with medicinal herbs in their house, but now they have all died in that house.
Gao Lingbo took a deep breath.
"Go ahead." He said.
Knowing that his father had agreed, Gao Xiaoguan hurriedly turned around and went out, but his face was still anxious.
Where can I find such a person at this moment? Even if I find it, it will be a stranger. Who knows how to use it...
Gao Xiaoguan felt agitated and almost stumbled. The boy hurriedly helped him but was kicked by him to vent his anger.
Gao Lingbo's anger in the room did not come out so easily.
"...It may not be intentional poisoning. Mr. Gu checked carefully and found nothing unusual." A staff member continued, "Mr. Gu reacted at that time and struggled to take our medicine and ate it in one bite..."
"
Fight poison with poison. If the incense is poison, but it can cure the medicine they administered, then the reverse is also true.
At this point, someone hurriedly came in from outside the door and knelt down and bowed his head.
"Mr. Gu can't survive anymore."
The faces of those present looked a little ugly again.
"It still doesn't work." The staff member sighed and said, and then hurriedly spoke again, "Maybe it's too late. If I try again..."
Try again?
Do you want to go to Jin'an Prince's Mansion to get a few more?
"Now that things have happened, even if they didn't let us take it on purpose, we must treat it as if they did it on purpose." Gao Lingbo said with a sneer.
Deliberately letting them take out the incense, deliberately letting them light the incense, deliberately letting them seek death...
Gao Lingbo took a deep breath, and the hands on his knees trembled slightly.
"How many died?" he asked.
The staff looked a little sad.
"Five, Mr. Sang is here too," one whispered.
Mr. Sang is one of Gao Lingbo's most relied-upon staff. This time he went over specifically to check out this incense, so...
There are also those craftsmen who make herbal medicines. They are all experts who have been raised by the Gao family for many years. This time, four of them were brought in at once. Although there were not many four, there was also a master, Mr. Gu, among them.
Master, one master is worth ten.
Not only that, there are also three informants carefully planted by Jin'an County Prince's Palace. After this incident, they can no longer be used.
Your Excellency is right. Regardless of whether this incense is really detoxifying or fake and was deliberately leaked to them by people from Jin'an County Prince's Palace, now they can only and must assume that it is the latter.
If your opponent has seen through and given a big warning, you will have to restrain your actions and all planned arrangements will have to be made again.
This time it’s really...
"Go down." Gao Lingbo said, "It doesn't matter. He knows me and I know him. It's just a layer of veil. In this case, if it's torn, just tear it. It's not a big deal. It will happen sooner or later.
.”
Seeing him saying this and being so calm, everyone in the room breathed a sigh of relief and nodded.
"Go ahead, don't rush anything else. Come one at a time, take care of Mr. Sang's funeral first, so that their wife and children will have no worries for the rest of their lives." Gao Lingbo said, "They are just throwing stones, we can't
It was a mess."
The staff responded yes.
"Don't make any noise." Gao Lingbo whispered again.
Stealing other people's things and being poisoned to death cannot be made public. Maybe they don't even know who stole it. If you make a fuss about it, it would be tantamount to blowing your identity.
This time, I was really dumb and couldn’t tell how hard it was to eat Coptis chinensis.
The staff responded again, saluted and left.
The room returned to silence. Gao Lingbo closed his eyes, his lips trembling slightly as if he was mumbling something. After a while, he took a deep breath and opened his eyes. He stretched out his hand to support the table and wanted to stand up, but felt that his hands were a little uncomfortable.
numb.
Gao Lingbo couldn't help but look at his hand, and suddenly remembered that he had also taken the incense stick. Although it was through a handkerchief, he almost sniffed it...
According to them, nothing will happen if you hold it and smell it, but it will kill you if you light it on fire.
but…
That woman was cruel and scheming. Who knows if she had given medicine to Xiaoli Liu when he suddenly suffered a stroke?
Gao Lingbo looked at his hands and felt that they were getting more and more numb. He couldn't use any force and couldn't stand up no matter how hard he tried. This was not possible. He had been keeping his mind steady. If he himself was also confused, then the people below him would be in trouble.
Even more panicked.
Gao Lingbo took a deep breath and stood up with all his strength.
"My lord! My lord is not good!"
Suddenly, the boy's hurried shouting came from outside the door.
Gao Lingbo stiffened.
"The Prince of Jin'an County has sent back all the young men we sent to raise horses."
Gao Lingbo calmed down again about this matter.
It's not a big deal, it hasn't happened before.
He raised his feet and stepped out.
"Sending them back means they did a bad job and brought disgrace to our family. Send them to the stables and beat them to death." He said calmly.
The boy didn't say yes, but looked at him with a white face and twitched his lips.
"Sir, he has been beaten to death." He said tremblingly.
What?
Gao Lingbo was stunned.
"He was beaten to death. He was brought back in a car and dumped at our gate." The boy stammered.
Beat him to death and throw him at the gate!
This bastard! How dare he!
Gao Lingbo's complexion was ashen and his breathing became rapid.
"Sir." A staff member hurriedly came over, his face was ashen, "Not only our place, several doors were thrown away, and..."
He hesitated to speak.
"What else?" Gao Lingbo asked.
"The palace has also been sent away." The staff member lowered his head and said.
In the palace?
"…..The four chamberlains, all of whom were injured from the feet to the waist, could not survive without breathing, so they were pulled into the palace in a car…. The Queen Mother happened to go out, and unexpectedly bumped into the frightened ones.
Fainted..."
Gao Lingbo felt his body trembling.
"How is that possible!" he said tremblingly.
How could such a chamberlain be sent to the palace! And he was unexpectedly bumped into by the Queen Mother! What does this mean?
"...In the inner court, Eunuch Huang hanged himself and left a letter of guilt, saying that his lax discipline and discipline allowed these slaves to do treasonous things..."
Eunuch Huang is in charge of the entry and exit of the servants in the inner court.
Gao Lingbo burst into laughter.
He committed suicide because of lax discipline? Did he join forces with the Prince of Jin'an County to intimidate the Queen Mother? He knew that the death penalty was inevitable, so he took a quick break, right?
The prince of Jin'an County actually allowed a eunuch who had reached the position of chief steward to help him with his life!
The miserable situation of the chamberlain being beaten to death was not scary. What was scary was that the chamberlain was beaten to death and sent to the Queen Mother.
I can send a few servants this time, but I don’t dare to say what I will send next time.
Gao Lingbo felt that his body was shaking uncontrollably, and his breathing became more and more urgent. Finally, there was a sweet feeling in his throat, and he coughed and spit out a mouthful of phlegm.
A cry of surprise rang in my ears.
It’s just a mouthful of phlegm, what’s the fuss about!
Gao Lingbo became even more angry, his eyes fell to the ground, and he couldn't help but froze.
On the bluestone floor, a pool of blood bloomed with gorgeous flowers.
Blood!
He actually vomited blood!
Gao Lingbo felt his eyes darken and his body swayed.
"grown ups!"
The surroundings suddenly became chaotic.
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Cheng Jiaoniang opened and closed the box in her hand.
"It's a pity that I only took two away," she said, putting the box back on the counter.
What a pity? Then why talk about talent?
Banqin frowned in confusion, as if it was a pity not that two incense sticks were stolen, but that it was a pity that only two were stolen...
"Since it's not safe for Dr. Li to keep Banqin there, let's put it away." Cheng Jiaoniang continued, standing up.
Banqin hurriedly responded and took the box carefully. (To be continued)
