Your Majesty, the princess is fleeing famine with her child!

Chapter 323 Poisoning

There were more than a dozen guards guarding the prison van, and the security was very strict.

As soon as someone approached, the guards called out vigilantly, "Who is it?"

The woman who delivered the food seemed to be frightened by the shout, and she immediately said tremblingly: "Sir, I am here to deliver the food..."

When the guards saw the noodle soup on the tray in her hand, their expressions softened a little.

One of them waved, "Come over here."

The woman who delivered the food then stepped forward and carried the noodles towards the prison van.

Unexpectedly, after taking a few steps and before he got close to the prison van, he was blocked by someone.

A guard held a silver needle in his hand and pretended to test the soup for poison.

When the woman saw this, her eyes flashed slightly.

The next moment, she quickly lowered her eyes to hide her emotional changes.

The guard used a silver needle to test the soup noodles, and when he saw that the needle did not change color, he nodded slightly to the person next to him.

The man immediately stepped forward to take the noodle soup and said to the woman, "You can go now."

The woman bowed timidly, and as she turned to leave, the corners of her mouth curled up slightly.

After Yun Fuling washed up, she was having dinner with Xiao Jingyi when she heard someone report back, "Your Majesty, Wen Zhao has been poisoned!"

Xiao Jingyi's brows jumped violently.

"Is someone dead?"

"The person is not dead yet, but he is only breathing a breath." The person who answered said, looking up in the direction of Yun Fuling.

Yun Fuling immediately put down her chopsticks and said, "I'll go take a look."

How dare you use poison under her nose? You're really showing off your skills in front of an expert!

"I'll go with you." Xiao Jingyi stood up and said.

The couple went out together.

As Xiao Jingyi walked, he listened to the attendant explain the whole incident in detail.

"The guards had carefully checked the noodles beforehand and found no poison in them. But for some reason, Wen Zhao had severe abdominal pain and bleeding from his mouth and nose after eating them."

After hearing this, Xiao Jingyi frowned even more tightly.

He originally wanted to use Wen Zhao as bait to lure those Moon Clan rebels to rescue him, and then catch them all in one fell swoop.

I didn't expect that the other party would kill Wen Zhao directly!

The post station was not big, and after just a few words, Xiao Jingyi and Yun Fuling arrived at the place where Wen Zhao was imprisoned.

Yun Fuling immediately went forward to check on Wen Zhao's condition.

At this time, Wen Zhao was bleeding from all seven orifices and his breath was weak.

If Yun Fuling had arrived a step later, the person would have died.

If other doctors encountered this situation, they would be powerless to save the patient.

However, Yun Fuling has the space spiritual water, and as long as Wen Zhao is still alive, she can rescue him.

Although Yun Fuling felt that it was a waste to use the space spiritual water on this person, she also understood that this person's identity was extraordinary, and it would be best to bring him back to the capital alive.

Yun Fuling took out a detoxification pill containing spiritual water from her body and gave it to Wen Zhao.

On the other side, Xiao Jingyi was interrogating the relevant personnel.

On the way to the post station, Wen Zhao was locked in the prison car and had not eaten or drunk anything. It was not until he entered the post station that he was brought a bowl of noodle soup by the kitchen.

The accident happened because Wen Zhao ate that bowl of noodle soup.

After the accident, the chief guard at the scene reacted quickly. He ordered someone to inform Xiao Jingyi while ordering his men to take control of the kitchen.

Just at this moment, the patrolling guards caught a man who was trying to leave the post station stealthily, tied him up and reported back to Xiao Jingyi.

Xiao Jingyi sat aside with his horse and sword in his hand, and was very satisfied with the ability of his subordinates to do their work.

This post station is not big, and the accompanying imperial guards alone are enough to surround the post station several times.

Not to mention people, not even a fly in the post station can fly out.

The man who tried to escape from the post station but was caught was thrown in front of Xiao Jingyi by the patrolling guards. The guards who were watching Wen Zhao on the side immediately recognized that this person was the woman who had come to deliver food before.

Putting the whole thing together, it is clear that she must have been involved in poisoning Wen Zhao.

Xiao Jingyi stroked the jade ring on his hand and looked at her with cold eyes.

"How did you poison it?"

"Are there any of your accomplices in the post station?"

The woman just laughed and didn't answer.

Xiao Jingyi was not annoyed when he saw this, and ordered: "Go and bring all the people from the post station here, and then go and check the background of this woman, and arrest all her family members!"

A servant immediately took the order and did it.

Xiao Jingyi observed the woman's expression, but saw that her expression never changed. Even when she heard Xiao Jingyi say that he wanted to arrest her whole family, she didn't even raise her eyebrows.

Xiao Jingyi's eyes darkened.

Soon, everyone from the post station was brought over.

There were a total of six people in the post station. Apart from the postmaster's family of four, the other two were temporary helpers.

When the postmaster heard that someone had poisoned the food at the post station and that the intended target was a very important criminal on imperial orders, he was so frightened that his legs went limp.

After being brought to Xiao Jingyi, he immediately told him everything he knew.

The imperial court did not provide much funding for the post stations, so the salary of the postmaster was naturally meager.

Fortunately, the post station chief had the final say on all matters at the post station, so he arranged for his family to stay at the post station and filled up the quota for receiving salaries.

This is also a common operation in post stations across the country, and no one will pursue it.

The postmaster and his family have been managing the post station diligently and without any mistakes.

It was not until recently that we learned that we would be receiving His Royal Highness Prince Yi and his entourage.

After the postmaster inquired about the number of people to be received, he knew that their family of four could not handle it alone, so he had to temporarily invite a few familiar and trustworthy people from the nearby villages to help.

But I didn't expect that something would happen.

The postmaster cursed the woman who worked as a helper in his heart.

He was busy with his own affairs at the moment, so how could he plead for the woman who worked as a helper? As soon as he opened his mouth, he explained the woman's background clearly.

Xiao Jingyi listened to him explain the origins of the two helpers clearly. They were villagers whose ancestors had lived here and they often dealt with them. They did not seem to have anything to do with the Moon Clan's rebellion.

But on second thought, if the legitimate son of the second branch of the Wen family could be replaced by the young master of the Moon Clan, it doesn't seem impossible that those Moon Clan members are hiding in the countryside under different names.

The postmaster had confessed everything he could, and was just racking his brains to think of anything else he had left out to clear his family of any involvement when he saw a man dressed as a guard walking quickly towards him.

Tianshu came forward and reported: "Your Majesty, two bodies were found in the cellar."

After saying this, he waved his hand behind him, and someone immediately brought the body over.

When the postmaster saw the two bodies being carried over, his eyes suddenly widened, his body swayed, and instantly collapsed to the ground like a puddle of mud.

After his family members behind him saw the face of the corpse clearly, they couldn't help but scream out in surprise.

The reason was simple: the faces of the two corpses were exactly the same as the helpers they hired.

For a moment, the postmaster's family looked back and forth between the two corpses and the tied-up helper.