Chapter 74: Wind Rises in the Cold Night

"No wonder you stayed in the palace for so long, but have been helpless against that person. So it turns out you were poisoned!"

Between the broken walls and ruins, the moonlight shone on Bai Yifei's face, making his pale face look even fairer. Looking from afar, his whole body exuded a cold chill, just like a cold-blooded creature.

But at this moment, his words carried a clear tone of teasing.

"Cousin!"

Lady Mingzhu heard the meaning in Bai Yifei's words and was immediately a little unhappy.

What does that mean?

Knowing that I was poisoned, he actually gloated.

Why didn't I notice before that Cousin had such a bad taste?

Bai Yifei did find it very interesting. This time, after he returned and discussed how to deal with Su Xuan with Ji Wuye, Ji Wuye had implicitly mentioned to him that his cousin, Lady Mingzhu, had been acting in defiance of his orders.

Bai Yifei initially thought his cousin didn't want to complete the task Ji Wuye had given her.

Now that he knew the truth, he was surprised and felt it was quite interesting.

It turned out it wasn't his cousin acting in defiance, but that she was poisoned and had to be controlled by others, which was why she had been slow to take action against Su Xuan.

His cousin, who was proficient in medicine and gu-poison, was controlled by someone else's poison. He really didn't know what to say.

Should he say his cousin was careless, or reprimand her for not learning her craft well?

If it were someone like Bai Feng, Bai Yifei would definitely reprimand him without hesitation, but the person in front of him was his beautiful cousin, so he ultimately chose to forgive her.

"Give me your hand!"

Bai Yifei stopped teasing Lady Mingzhu.

Lady Mingzhu hurriedly handed over her arm.

Bai Yifei held Lady Mingzhu's wrist, sensing her pulse. An extremely cold internal energy surged into Lady Mingzhu's body as he mobilized it, carefully sensing the situation in Lady Mingzhu's body, intending to find the poison in her body.

But after sensing for a long time, Bai Yifei didn't sense anything.

His brows couldn't help but raise, "Are you sure you were really poisoned?"

"Why? Does Cousin think I'm lying?" Lady Mingzhu looked a little aggrieved, and then she stated the symptoms after she was poisoned.

Bai Yifei's brows relaxed, "According to what you said, the poison you were hit with is very similar to gu."

"Yes, it is precisely because it is very similar to poisonous insects that I cannot solve this poison, so I count on Cousin to help me get rid of that person's control." Lady Mingzhu said to Bai Yifei.

"Could it be that Cousin also has no way to help solve the poison in my body?"

Her eyes drooped, looking like she was about to cry.

Bai Yifei was stunned. Could he say that his previous check actually didn't find anything?

Either Lady Mingzhu wasn't poisoned at all, or the poison she was hit with was extraordinary, and ordinary means couldn't detect it.

He knew very well what kind of person his cousin was. If she wasn't poisoned, she would have discovered it sooner or later, so it must be the latter.

The world is vast, and there are many people who understand medicine and poison. There are always some strange poisons that are difficult to detect by conventional means.

Especially since the person who poisoned her was that one, which was very consistent with the various methods the other party had shown so far.

After returning to the court, although Bai Yifei hadn't seen Su Xuan yet, he had already developed great curiosity about Su Xuan.

Without continuing to think about Su Xuan, Bai Yifei first answered his cousin's question, "The poison in your body is quite tricky. Even for me, wanting to solve the poison is not so easy."

"However, according to what you said earlier, in that person's hands, there is an antidote. You just need to force that person to hand over the antidote."

"What if he is unwilling?" Lady Mingzhu asked.

"That won't be up to him!" Bai Yifei's voice was indifferent.

The return of the Blood-Clad Marquis.

Caused some changes in the situation in Xinzheng City. Han Fei and the others in Zilan Pavilion chatted and drank every day. There was no way if they didn't drink; who told Han Fei he didn't have an official position?

Earlier, in the Ghost Soldier case, he saw an opportunity. He had originally expected Ji Wuye to recommend Zhang Kaidi as the investigator. As long as Zhang Kaidi couldn't solve that case, he could choose to help, and then plot for the position of Minister of War.

But the Han Wang's temporary choice to let Su Xuan investigate the case was beyond his expectations.

After missing that opportunity, Han Fei had been trying to find a way to get an official position for himself during this time.

He thought very clearly.

Wanting to change the State of Han, relying solely on being a commoner is impossible. Although he was a royal grandson, as long as he didn't have an official position, he still couldn't participate in the decision-making in the court.

At the same time, after the Blood-Clad Marquis returned, he had also been closely watching the movements of the Blood-Clad Marquis.

Earlier, Ji Wuye had suffered setbacks several times. Now that Bai Yifei had returned, it was clearly impossible for him to give up. It was just that what surprised Han Fei was that Ji Wuye and the Blood-Clad Marquis had not yet launched revenge against Su Xuan.

He did not relax his vigilance because of this.

On the contrary, he felt a sense of wind and rain coming.

Jade Tiger's identity was extraordinary. Su Xuan had crippled Jade Tiger, so Ji Wuye's revenge would definitely not be that simple.

Until this day.

Fire soared into the sky.

No one knew where this fire started. In Xinzheng City, screams echoed, countless people suffering in the raging fire called for help in despair, and an atmosphere of fear permeated, adding a bit of weirdness to this night.

In the General's Mansion, Ji Wuye held a wine glass, looking out the window. The fire soared into the sky. Even though he was in the General's Mansion, he could still guess everything happening outside.

"The hatred suppressed for more than ten years really didn't disappoint us."

It's cold at the top.

On a high building, the Blood-Clad Marquis Bai Yifei's red clothes were very eye-catching. He spread his hands, holding a copper cup in one hand, looking at the dazzling fire in Xinzheng City below, his expression leisurely.

Not knowing what he thought of, the corner of his mouth hooked into a weird smile. He lowered his head and looked at the copper cup in his hand. Inside the copper cup, the red liquid, whether it was wine or blood, swayed slightly with the shaking of his arm, and a shadow like a dragon and snake wandered inside.

The shadow came from above the sky.

A black dragon and snake tumbling in the dark clouds.

"From today on, fear will rule this city."

"What? The remnants of Baiyue are causing trouble?"

The fire in the city naturally had to be explained.

The next day, in the court, the Han Wang heard Ji Wuye's rhetoric and was suddenly furious.

Especially after learning that the fire last night might have been set by the remnants of Baiyue.

Ji Wuye knelt on one knee, arched his hands and said, "Forgive the minister for being incompetent. Perhaps the army didn't wipe them out completely back then. There are still those who escaped by luck."

The Han Wang heard Ji Wuye's words and didn't answer immediately, but fell into deep thought, not knowing what he was thinking. After a long time, he lowered his head, looked at Ji Wuye below the hall, and said, "The capital has always been guarded by your army. Now that such a disaster has occurred, what is your explanation?"

Ji Wuye's brows frowned slightly, seemingly dissatisfied with the Han Wang's attitude, but in the end, he didn't express it. He said calmly, "To deal with ordinary disasters, the army is certainly useful."

"But this disaster, they used witchcraft, which I fear ordinary soldiers cannot resist."

"Witchcraft?" The Han Wang's brows raised, clearly also curious about Ji Wuye's statement.

Ji Wuye looked up and said, "Fires started in many places in the city. The fire spread and lasted for several days without extinguishing, and even became more vigorous when it met water. Such witchcraft is only used by Baiyue sorcerers. And judging from the scale of the disaster, I fear there are people who understand military strategy organizing it from within."

"Then according to what you say, what should be done?"

"Mr. Su Xuan has great supernatural powers. Perhaps he might have a way to deal with this group of Baiyue sorcerers!" ===== CHAPTER 76 =====