Quick Wear: After Saving the Cannon Fodder, I Became a God

Chapter 97 The Poor Cannon Fodder Who is a Master of Medicine and Poison 38

When Gu Qian heard this, she cursed in her heart, "MMP, who dares to have desires for her!"

She immediately threw out some itching powder and said, "You dare to have feelings for me? I'll teach you a lesson."

The itching powder took effect quickly. The two men suddenly felt extremely itchy and couldn't help scratching.

Gradually, as late as night fell, everything became quiet. Even the guards outside began to become sleepy, and a slight snoring sound could be heard from time to time.

She felt the time had come, so she stood up, put on her invisibility cloak, and walked towards the poisoner's room.

When she pushed open the door of the poisoner's room, a strong smell of medicine hit her nose. She frowned, covered her nose, and slowly walked into the room.

Gu Qian first went to the bedroom to confirm that he was already asleep, but to ensure safety, she still added some drugs that could make people fall into deep sleep into the room to ensure that the poisonous old woman would not wake up easily.

Seeing that Du Lao's breathing was getting deeper and deeper, Gu Qian walked to the study room outside with confidence and began to search.

She first found the account book of their purchase of medicinal herbs and the record of the money provided by the so-called master in a small box.

However, these materials did not clearly indicate who was behind the plot, so they were useless to her. Moreover, if she took these materials away, it would easily attract the attention of the poisonous woman.

Later, Gu Qian found a secret compartment in a corner of the bookshelf. She was delighted and immediately opened the secret compartment, and finally found what she wanted inside.

In the secret compartment, there were all the correspondence between Du Lao and the mastermind behind the scenes - King Cheng.

The letter recorded in detail that since two years ago, King Cheng had secretly provided a large amount of financial support to Du Lao, allowing him to grow angelica sinensis and develop a poison called "hallucinogenic" and some other poisons.

In addition, King Cheng also used the officials he had placed in the court to quell the riots caused by the deaths of civilians due to drug trials.

Since the poison lady usually chooses remote places as her temporary residence, and with King Cheng's manipulation behind the scenes, the previous drug testing-related deaths have never been leaked.

However, probably because there was only one village near the Poison Lady's residence and this village was relatively close to Hengcheng, many people in the city heard about it.

The news could no longer be covered up, so it reached the capital, eventually prompting the court to send the newly appointed Dali Temple Shaoqing to investigate.

After two long years, King Cheng must have accumulated a considerable amount of "hallucinogens" and poisons. If he found the right time to use them, it would bring great chaos to Zhao State.

Gu Qian looked at the letters with a frown, and carefully recalled the royal background of this world in his mind.

The current emperor is the son of the late emperor and the late empress. He is the legitimate son of the queen and should inherit the throne.

King Cheng was born to a palace maid and had a low status, so he had no chance of ascending the throne.

However, King Cheng seemed to know that he had no chance of becoming the emperor, so he showed no interest in the throne at all. He spent his days traveling around the mountains and rivers, and once vowed to travel all over the country.

Therefore, neither the late emperor, the late empress, nor the current emperor took King Cheng seriously.

It was also because King Cheng did not make progress and was idle all day long. The late emperor gave him a title, a mansion and an ordinary fiefdom as soon as he came of age, and sent him out of the palace.

The crown prince at that time, now the emperor, lived in the palace and was taught by the late emperor himself until the late emperor passed away and the crown prince succeeded to the throne.

When Gu Qian first saw King Cheng's name on the letter, she was also very surprised. She didn't expect that King Cheng had been planning this for a long time.

Because when she came to this world, the reigning emperor was already the current emperor, and thirteen years have passed since then.

King Cheng may have started plotting for the throne even earlier. Perhaps he had been planning since he began to pretend that he had no interest in the throne. This may have lasted for nearly twenty years.

Gu Qian couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this king is really not simple! He has persisted in one thing for twenty years, and at the beginning, he should have no resources and advantages at all.

He seems to be idle and traveling around, but he might be developing his own power. He must have relied on more than just his status as a king to accumulate wealth.

Through financial resources, he successfully established his own power in the court, and also cultivated many talented people in the world.

If she guessed correctly, the prime minister should be the king's man. Unfortunately, by mistake, she actually got rid of the prime minister.

The prime minister held a high position among many officials and was a capable assistant to King Cheng. Now, cutting off the prime minister's line would undoubtedly be a heavy blow to King Cheng.

However, when she was in the Prime Minister's Mansion, she did not find any information about King Cheng. It seemed that King Cheng was a very cautious person.

Perhaps he knew very well that the prime minister was in the court and could not easily leave any handle, otherwise he would easily be implicated.

But this poisonous old man is different. He is a man of the world and acts more covertly, so he is not likely to attract other people's attention.

Of course, there is also a possibility that these letters were deliberately left behind by this poisonous woman using special means to leave a way out for herself, so as to avoid being killed and silenced by the King when the time comes.

Gu Qian took the letter underneath out of the envelope and put it into the space.

Next, she took some blank paper and stuffed it into the envelopes, keeping the thickness and appearance of the envelopes the same as before.

Gu Qian did not touch the letter on it, but put it back intact. This might be able to cover it up for a while, giving Li Jinyuan and Luo Yunchen enough time to rush over.

After finishing everything, Gu Qian gently closed the secret compartment, carefully checked it and restored it to its original state, making sure that there was no visible trace of movement.

After finishing this, she quietly returned to the woodshed along the same path she had come.

At the same time, An Qi was walking through a dense forest. At this moment, he ran into Li Jinyuan, Luo Yunchen and his group.

Probably because Li Jinyuan, Luo Yunchen and the others were heading north, and Gu Qian asked An Qi to deliver the letter as quickly as he could, so it only took him four hours to find Li Jinyuan, Luo Yunchen and the others.

After running around for a long time without food or water, and being tortured by poison, An Qi's physical strength was exhausted. The moment he saw Li Jinyuan, he could no longer hold on, and his body went limp and he collapsed to the ground.

Upon seeing this, the guards beside Li Jinyuan immediately drew their swords and blocked Li Jinyuan, while arresting An Qi.

An Qi did not resist and let them hold him on the ground.

"Who are you!" Li Jinyuan frowned and looked at the man lying in front of him in confusion.

"Master Li, my name is An Qi, and I am a subordinate of Du Lao." An Qi spoke in a halting manner, which immediately surprised Li Jinyuan.