Traveling through time and space to become a lady of a noble family, but she only wants to escape

Chapter 114 Strange Poison

"It's mother who's back." Bai Zhi got up to open the door and saw a slightly haggard Lin Ruogui. She asked, "Mother, what happened?"

Lin Ruogui touched Bai Zhi's head, walked into the house and went straight to Chu Yunchuan: "My Lord, please move and follow me to the county government morgue."

Chu Yunchuan: "Is there something wrong with the barbarian's body?"

Lin Ruogui nodded: "Yes. Originally, such a small matter should not bother the prince, but the matter is really a ghost, and it needs the prince's review."

"Okay." Chu Yunchuan looked at Bai Zhi, "Bai Zhi, you go with me."

The three of them hurriedly got on the carriage and headed for the county government office. The lanterns at the entrance of the Lin residence were lit, and a man walked out from the edge of the light, and the red light gradually revealed his face - Yang Jinlang.

Yang Jinlang was breathing rapidly, his eyes always looking in the direction of the carriage. After the carriage disappeared around the corner, he turned around and wanted to run, but bumped into a woman head-on.

“Ahhhhhh!” Yang Jinlang was so frightened that he fell to the ground, “Mrs. Ge, Madam Ge, why are you here?”

It turned out to be Ge Zhen.

Ge Zhen squatted down and looked him in the eye, then asked with a cold face, "Why don't you go in?"

"Mrs. Ge, Miss Bai and Miss Bai are out. How about we meet again tomorrow..."

"You've been here for an hour, and they just left." Ge Zhen took out a short dagger and gently wiped it across Yang Jinlang's face. The sharp weapon made Yang Jinlang tremble all over. "I treated your father to delicious food and drinks. If you are ungrateful, then I will have to chop your father into pieces and fill the wasteland."

"Madam Ge, I will do it! I will definitely do it!" Yang Jinlang burst into tears, fell at Ge Zhen's feet, and knocked his head to the ground, "Please Madam Ge, please spare my father."

The lotus cloth shoes were raised and stepped directly on Yang Jinlang's head. Ge Zhen's expression changed, and he smiled slowly with narrowed eyes and said: "Do you know what to do?"

"I know! I know! I need to get close to Bai Zhi and have her take me into the county government office to steal the county magistrate's seal."

"Be good and I won't treat you unfairly. If you are like that damned Chawacuo, who is more trouble than success, I will..." Ge Zhen laughed sinisterly, "I will take your mother away with me so that they can be reunited."

"I can definitely do it! Please, please, Madam Ge, please give me some leniency!"

Ge Zhen tilted his head to look at the person shaking at his feet, and suddenly said sadly: "I know that you want to marry Bai Zhi, but there is a stranger standing between you and me. I have experienced the same thing. Bai Zhi also stood between me and my lover at that time."

Yang Jinlang didn't dare to make a sound.

"It's a pity for my lover. His life was too short. When I was able to take him away, he was already dead." Ge Zhen sneered, "How can a dead person be my lover?"

Yang Jinlang replied in a trembling voice: "Mrs. Ge, you want to take revenge on Bai Zhi..."

"My lover is dead, why should I seek revenge?" Ge Zhen pressed his toes against Yang Jinlang's head. "I have no interest in this bitch with no ambitions. Wouldn't it be better to take over the Thirteen States? Don't you think so?"

Yang Jinlang gritted his teeth and endured the pain on his head, his heart sank to the bottom.

Is this person trying to steal the country?

If I follow her orders, wouldn't I be an accomplice of treason?

"Tsk, forget it. You can't accomplish anything today. I'll give you a few more days. If you still can't do it, you can't blame me for being cruel." Ge Zhen kicked him and left.

Yang Jinlang tightly covered his ear, which was bleeding from being kicked, and gritted his teeth with tears streaming down his face.

The morgue of the county government office was not next to the county government office, but in a remote place a little further away. The carriage could not go on the road after entering the courtyard, so the three of them had to get off and walk. Bai Zhi followed behind Lin Ruogui and whispered, "Mom, who chose this place? It's a good place to borrow corpses to revive the dead."

Chu Yunchuan couldn't stop laughing because of her. Lin Ruogui also laughed and said, "It has been here since ancient times, but I don't know who chose this place. Ah Zhi, are you afraid?"

Bai Zhi smiled and said, "What's there to be afraid of? It won't kill me."

There was no one guarding the door of the morgue. Lin Ruogui pushed the door open and led Chu Yunchuan and Bai Zhi through several rows of corpses. They walked to the innermost bed and lifted the white cloth covering it, revealing a purple barbarian face.

Chu Yunchuan and Bai Zhi were both shocked. Lin Ruogui said, "This man's name is Chawacuo, he is a barbarian. According to the shopkeeper of Yuelai Inn, he had an argument with a guest in the inn last night and died suddenly. I asked the coroner to perform an autopsy earlier. He didn't have any acute illness, but died of poisoning."

Chu Yunchuan: "Poisoned?"

"Yes, this poison is extremely toxic. The coroner said he had never seen it before." Lin Ruogui bowed and said, "An unknown poison has appeared in Qing County. It may endanger the people, so please make a decision, Your Majesty."

Bai Zhi wrapped the handkerchief in her hands and pressed the corpse's cheeks and chest. Her hands felt very soft, like a pool of mud. She hesitated and said, "This seems to be the poison of the barbarians."

Chu Yunchuan was surprised and asked, "You have some knowledge of toxicology?"

"Why, didn't you call me here to ask for your help?" Bai Zhi looked at the corpse again and shook her head after a while. "I can't remember it, but I vaguely remember that this poison will rot a person's flesh and bones."

Lin Ruogui asked, "He poisoned himself?"

Bai Zhi: "Probably not. Even if you don't want to live, you should choose an easier way to die. This is too cruel to yourself."

"That means someone else poisoned him... Since it was the poison from Mandi, could it be his accomplice?" Chu Yunchuan pondered for a moment, and then said in a deep voice, "Lord Lin, seal the body immediately, send a team of elite soldiers to escort the body to the state capital overnight, and personally hand it over to the governor Fang Zhiheng Fang's residence, explain the situation, and Lord Fang will know what to do."

Lin Ruogui nodded: "Okay, I will call Captain Qiao to lead thirty elite soldiers of the city defense army."

Qiao Wanwan moved quickly and came over to take the body away in a short while. Qing County was not far from the state capital, and the city defense army should arrive by tomorrow morning at the latest.

Now they can only wait.

Bai Zhi had a premonition that a storm was coming. Her right eyelid twitched intermittently all night. After waking up from an uneasy sleep, she simply lay on the bed and looked at the sky.

Chu Yunchuan was quite peaceful, still sleeping while holding Bai Zhi's wrist, his breathing slow and long.

Bai Zhi moved gently twice and tightened her hand around her wrist.

It has been like this for the past few days. Every morning when Bai Zhi wakes up, she finds that there is a part of her body that is extremely stiff, either her wrist, her arm, or her left palm, as if someone had grabbed it for a long time.

Today, it was rare that she woke up earlier than Chu Yunchuan and finally caught the culprit.

Could it be that Chu Yunchuan always grabs her while he's sleeping, and does so all night long?