In the years of famine, I was well versed in history and pampered the Northern Army

Chapter 116 Strange

When Xu Qingyin first smelled this odor, she already felt dizzy. If Lu Yan had not quickly covered her mouth and nose, she would have choked to death.

"What is this? It smells so bad."

Xu Qingyin quickly washed her face in the washbasin beside her, and only then did she feel a little more sober. She didn't expect that this flower looked so enchanting, but had such a poisonous smell.

Lu Yan, who was standing by, was extremely worried about her current condition. He immediately ordered the people around him to call a doctor and also sent some maids to get some water.

"How are you doing now? Do you feel any discomfort? If so, we'll go see you right away."

Xu Qingyin coughed continuously, but waved her hand:

"No, no, don't worry. It's just that the smell is too pungent. I smell something unusual. I don't know what it is."

Lu Yan was silent:

"Since I've been fighting all over the country for a long time, I've come into contact with a lot of things from the ethnic minorities on both the western and eastern borders. This thing is obviously a special incense from the Western Regions."

"Miscellaneous fragrance?"

I didn't expect that such a thing would appear in Prince Jing's Mansion. It really makes people's backs cold when they think about it.

But why would someone in this mansion use aphrodisiac on a woman like Qiuyu? Could it be that one of the guards had taken a fancy to him?

But how could the guards in this palace be so bold? And even if they were, where would they get the incense specially supplied by the Western Regions? It seemed impossible to obtain it through ordinary means.

"Yes, this is indeed a bewitching incense, but the bewitching incense is not from this flower, but from something placed on the pistil. Because it is integrated with the flower, it is difficult for ordinary people to detect."

Xu Qingyin was shocked:

"Why is there a bewitching incense in your Prince Jing's mansion? What exactly is the effect of this bewitching incense?"

"Based on my understanding of this celebrity, he probably causes hallucinations and confusion in people's minds, which is why they behave strangely."

If that's the case, then everything can be explained.

Why did Qiuyu feel so wronged even though she knew she was the murderer? Why did she look so terrified? It turned out that while she was indeed the murderer, it was all caused by the incense.

After all, no one wants to be responsible for a life if possible. Although Qiuyu is arrogant and domineering in her daily life, her character is just that of a ferocious noble lady from the capital. She would never want to kill anyone.

Seeing Lu Yan's thoughtful look, he whispered a few words to the guard beside him. He probably had figured out what was going on.

"Do you already have the answer in your heart?"

"It's just speculation at this point."

After saying that, Lu Yan pulled Xu Qingyin to another courtyard. This courtyard was slightly smaller than Qiuyu's, but it was also beautiful. For some reason, it gave people an inexplicable feeling of peace of mind.

"haven't seen you for a long time."

Lu Yan looked at the woman in front of him. Although he said this, his tone was cold and his eyes were as sharp as a knife.

The woman in front of him was truly a beauty, and her looks were incomparable to the other four women who came with her.

She looked up at Lu Yan with disdain, then at Xu Qingyin, and smiled faintly.

"Your Highness Prince Jing, long time no see. I hope you have been well for such a long time."

As she said this, she looked at her hands. Maybe it was because she had been too idle here or something, but the nails on her hands looked like they had been carefully maintained.

This is enough to show that although His Royal Highness Prince Jing always treats them coldly on weekdays, he has never treated them unfairly and has given them all the good things they deserve.

"It's been a long time since we last met. I didn't expect you to be so bold. I used to think you were brought here by my mother, so I showed some mercy. But I didn't expect you to be so bold as to do something like this in Prince Jing's mansion."

The woman in front of him sneered, as if she had heard some huge joke.

"What have I done? Your Highness Prince Jing."

Xu Qingyin had never seen such a scene before, so he just watched from the side without saying a word. He just felt that the aura around him was very unusual. Although it looked like something from a brothel, it gave him a lot of indescribable feelings.

She was clearly a courtesan from a brothel. Although she was proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and the brothel's madam taught her many rules, there should have been some marks on her body.

But she did not have his overall temperament, and even looked like a princess from the Western Regions. Her face was full of disdain, and there was no intention of condescending at all.

Even the light lotus pink dress she was wearing, which was originally the least outstanding among the others, seemed to have some special features when she wore it.

"Why did you use drugs to knock Qiuyu out and let her kill Chunxing?"

Lu Yan's voice was cold because he knew that this woman had martial arts skills. Originally, he was not afraid of her, but Xu Qingyin was behind her, whom he wanted to protect.

He directly held the sharp blade to his neck, but the woman in front of him didn't even change her expression.

Xu Qingyin couldn't tell what was wrong, but she always felt that this woman was different from the one she usually watched on TV.

Although she knew that TV was TV and reality was reality, her intuition also told her that this woman might not be normal. Lu Yan originally wanted to get rid of her immediately.

After all, she was the real murderer, and he also had the aphrodisiac incense from the Western Regions, which was enough to put her in jail and force her to confess with hundreds of tricks. But judging from her appearance, she was afraid that she would not confess.

"Why would I kill her? It's just my own excessive greed. She always had this intention. If she didn't have this intention in her heart, why would the first thing she did after being poisoned by the incense be to kill her? This incense only amplifies my desires."

Although this sounds correct, it is essentially sophistry.

After all, there are always some unsatisfied desires in people's hearts, but a gentleman judges by actions rather than by the heart. Since she didn't do anything to hurt others, it doesn't matter.

What's more, desires can be big or small. If a tiny desire is magnified thousands of times, even a saint will become a monster, so who can escape?

So Xu Qingyin quickly stopped Lu Yan who was about to stab her to death:

"Wait a minute, I think there's something fishy going on here."