Chapter 25: I must bite her to death!

Lu Zhenting walked into the Dali Temple courtyard and fired an orange signal flare into the sky. Within a quarter of an hour, a large group of people in military uniforms set out from the General's Mansion and directly surrounded the entire Dali Temple. To prevent the assassins from attacking again, Lu Zhenting decided to take Lin Jiaojiao, the wet nurse Guo Shi, and Pei Tiezhu to Song Shijie's residence to guard them together.

Just after the bed was made, someone from the Dali Temple came to report that the assassin had bitten through his teeth containing poison and committed suicide.

The wet nurse Guo Shi interjected, "Then what are you standing there for? Hurry and force-feed the assassin feces to induce vomiting!"

"That poison is Red-Crowned Crane Poison," the subordinate who came to report said, "He kept pretending to be in a coma after waking up. By the time we discovered it, he was already bleeding from his seven orifices and had committed suicide."

"Red-Crowned Crane Poison?" Lin Jiaojiao heard this term and no longer felt sleepy. "Isn't Red-Crowned Crane Poison just arsenic?"

"Yes," the subordinate responded, "General Lu, do you think the assassin was here for this female prisoner? The food sent by the Pei Mansion yesterday was tested and..."

"Tested and what!" Lin Jiaojiao heard that the food sent by the Pei Mansion yesterday was problematic. While anxious, she secretly thought that fortunately she was smart enough, otherwise she would have died yesterday.

The subordinate looked up at Lu Zhenting, and seeing him nod slightly, he confirmed, "Arsenic was found in the food sent by the Pei Mansion."

"Good! It really was them!" Lin Jiaojiao gritted her teeth in anger. "Is it worth it! It's just a fight in the backyard, and the old witch is actually in such a hurry to kill me!"

Lu Zhenting patted her shoulder to comfort her, and this pat directly patted her onto the stool. "It shouldn't be here for you. The assassin might be here for me. That house was originally a temporary residence prepared for me by Shijie."

Lin Jiaojiao still didn't vent her anger. She sat on the stool, puffed up. Regardless of who the assassin was here for, there was really arsenic in the food!

The old witch was vicious and actually wanted to let herself die silently in the Dali Temple. In this way, couldn't she get rid of the charge of murder!

Guo Shi followed with lingering fear. "What kind of sin is this! Mistress, you really can't go back to the Pei Mansion!"

"That's for sure!" Lin Jiaojiao was so angry that she wanted to bite her back teeth. "I am at odds with that old witch! If I meet her on the street one day, I must bite her to death!"

Lu Zhenting heard this, but felt that her appearance was a bit cute.

Considering that the Dali Temple was no longer safe, he suggested, "If the miracle doctor doesn't mind, you can come to my mansion to live. First, you don't have to go back to the Pei Mansion. Second, my mansion is guarded by heavy troops, and no one can frame you. Third, it's convenient to treat my mother."

Lin Jiaojiao's eyes lit up. "Deal! But you have to bring Zhu Geer and the wet nurse!"

Lu Zhenting saw that she agreed so readily, and his mood was great. "That's natural."

"Cough, cough, cough," suddenly a coughing sound came from the bedside. Lin Jiaojiao's nerves tightened, and she was the first to stand up and rush to the bed to take his pulse.

Seeing Lin Jiaojiao anxiously concerned about Song Shijie, for some reason, Lu Zhenting felt a bit sour in his heart.

To cover up his unhappiness, he asked the subordinate, "Has the assassin who escaped been caught?"

"No." Song Shijie's subordinate didn't dare to look up at Lu Zhenting, afraid of being blamed.

Lu Zhenting was not furious. He understood that not everyone was powerful, and only said, "The assassin was prepared. I'm afraid there was already an internal response in the Dali Temple. The incident last night will definitely spread, and I estimate it will shake the imperial court. Your Dali Temple Minister Xu is far away in the south handling cases and hasn't returned yet, and Shijie is injured like this. Your Dali Temple needs to be prepared."

"The small one understands." The subordinate replied, "The Dali Temple Assistant Minister has already sent a pigeon letter to Minister Xu."

"Cough, water, water." Song Shijie, who was in a coma, felt extremely thirsty. Lin Jiaojiao knew this was caused by dehydration after massive blood loss.

She got up, took a cup of water, and handed it to Song Shijie's mouth, feeding it slowly, and said to Song Shijie's subordinate, "Hurry and get some salt and sugar and add it to the water bottle."

"Good, good, I'll go right away!" Seeing Song Shijie showing signs of waking up, the subordinate was incomparably happy. He ran out of the room anxiously, and even tripped over the threshold.

Lu Zhenting watched Lin Jiaojiao patiently feeding Song Shijie water, and suddenly became angry at Song Shijie!

This kid was in a coma, and he could still have such good fortune!

He walked over and snatched the teacup from her hand. "I'll do it."

Song Shijie got some water in his mouth and slowly opened his eyes to wake up. As soon as he opened his eyes, Lin Jiaojiao's fair oval face appeared in his blurred vision.

Song Shijie struggled to get up, but felt extremely painful and couldn't move. "How... how is it you...?"

"How can it not be me!" Lin Jiaojiao was immediately angry and lectured him. "You were hacked, and I was the one who rescued you! It exhausted me! You narrow-minded person, to save you, I donated at least 600 milliliters of blood! I'm anemic from the transfusion!"

Lu Zhenting tightened his grip on Song Shijie's hand. Seeing him finally wake up, the stone in his heart finally landed, and his whole body finally relaxed, nodding in agreement. "It was the miracle doctor who saved you."

"You narrow-minded person! You didn't even give me a full meal!" Lin Jiaojiao became more angry as she spoke, and felt more aggrieved as she thought about it. "Don't you have any meat in your Dali Temple! I'm still in my confinement! It's fine if I couldn't eat a good meal in the prison, but I still have to donate blood to you. Mom, I want to go home! I want to go back! Waa..."

I don't know if it was because she saw Song Shijie wake up, or because she had just survived a disaster, but Lin Jiaojiao felt more and more sad as she spoke. As she spoke, she actually cried out loud with a "waa" sound.

With her crying, Lu Zhenting looked at her with full heartache. He couldn't care about his brother, and hurriedly put down Song Shijie, wanting to coax Lin Jiaojiao, but he had no experience in how to coax a woman.

Lin Jiaojiao didn't act politely, burying her head in Lu Zhenting's shoulder and crying loudly. "Ah! Mom! I want to go home! Ah ah ah, I want to eat big pig's trotters, I want to eat spicy chicken! I also want to eat preserved vegetable pork, waa, I don't want to stay in this ghost place anymore!"

Song Shijie watched Lin Jiaojiao crying loudly on Lu Zhenting's shoulder, thinking of his previous actions toward Lin Jiaojiao, and felt very uncomfortable in his heart. ===== CHAPTER 26 =====