Chapter 283: Seven Sorrow Poison, Bei Lou

One of the black‑clad people shouted angrily, "You poisonous woman, what do you want us to drink? If you have the ability, kill us!"

He heard the words.

Qiao Sheng smiled, "Kill you? How cheap would that be for you? You disturb our rest late at night and even hurt An Liu and the others; do you think I could let you go so cheaply? Hey!"

An Liu took hold of their chins and began feeding them one by one.

In less than half a quarter hour.

One by one, the black‑clad men's stomachs began to ache with an indescribable pain that made them want to curl up, but their acupoints had been sealed, so they could not move—how could they curl up?

He glanced at them.

Qiao Sheng said in a voice neither loud nor soft, "This poison is called Seven Sorrow Poison; it will make you suffer pain for seven days and seven nights, then drag you for another seven days and nights, dying slowly."

An Shi felt extremely relieved that he was on Qiao Sheng's side; if he had been on their side, it would have been terrible.

An Liu was curious about how Qiao Sheng obtained such a poison.

Qiao Sheng strode outward, and after a few steps seemed to remember something, turned back and said, "By the way, I almost forgot to tell you, this poison hurts more each day, to the point you'll want to slam into a wall, want to die, but unfortunately, with your acupoints sealed, you can't even die."

They originally thought they were assassins and could endure it for a long time.

Who would have thought someone couldn't stand it until dawn?

When Qiao Sheng arrived, he said with a pained face, "Give me a quick death; I'll tell you, I'll tell you who ordered us to come here."

He knew Qiao Sheng's group would never spare his life, so he no longer hoped to stay alive, only wishing to die quickly.

"Speak!"

Qiao Sheng stared at him and said.

This black‑clad man's voice was somewhat hoarse.

"We are assassins from Bei Lou; the one who sent us to kill you is our third master Lü Qi. That's all I know; I don't know anything else, truly, I'm not lying to you."

Confirm that he isn't lying.

Qiao Sheng let An Liu and the others give the black‑clad a quick death.

Since they came to kill her, she naturally would not let them go.

An Liu and An Shi deeply knew that they could not protect Qiao Sheng and the others well.

The next day, An Liu secretly sent a letter to Xie Yin, asking her to dispatch people to protect Qiao Sheng and the others; as for Feng Qingyang's side, he also mentioned it briefly.

Na Lan Ruo Lan, upon hearing that people from Bei Lou wanted to kill Qiao Sheng, became distressed: "How could this happen, who exactly wants to kill her! No, we can't let anything happen to them, sir, you quickly send people to protect them."

"I know."

Feng Qingyang, having come this far, naturally has capable subordinates, but most of them are not staying by his side.

Some are in the Imperial Capital, some are in their manor.

The next day, Feng Qingyang had people summon those few subordinates from the manor, but he didn't immediately send them to protect Qiao Sheng; instead, he took them to Qiao Sheng's place that night.

Na Lan Ruo Lan also arrived.

Upon seeing Qiao Sheng, she examined her from head to toe, confirmed she was fine, and said, "You brat, you really worried me to death; as long as you're okay, that's good."

"Grandma, don't worry too much about me; I'm not that easy to kill."

Qiao Sheng ushered them toward the living room.

They sat down in the living room.

Feng Qingyang called his subordinates forward, and in front of Qiao Sheng introduced them one by one: "Qiao Sheng, this is Zhong Yong, this is Yu Fei, this is Lan Shu, this is Qin Zang; these people were originally my men. Now you need them more than we do…"

(End of chapter)