Chapter 42: The Theory of Tempering

  But where exactly is the problem, it's hard to think of, after all, admitting that the one who gave the needle to Li Si-tong was Fang Lisheng, the person who was investigated later and found out to be from the North-South Alliance, even if Fang Lisheng has some skills, but these two people are not related at all, they shouldn't have any connection.

  Thinking of this, he said in a low voice: "I still hope that Auntie will investigate this matter carefully. If she can find out who is behind the poisoning, I would like to have a duel with the poisoner."

  "Big Brother, at this time, how can you still think of competing with others?" Huaruo Yun asked in surprise.

  Gu Zheng sneered, "In the Imperial Court, since I was appointed as the First Imperial Physician by His Majesty, how could I tolerate someone using poison techniques so skillfully? Rather than waiting until later to have my signboard smashed, it's better to dig out the culprit early and eliminate future troubles!"

  Hua Ruo's eyes widened in realization - it turned out that they weren't actually practicing swordplay, but were trying to kill each other; this was just like her older cousin.

  Hua Ruo Meng was poisoned and immediately wanted to rush out to find someone to clear her name, but Gu Shi stopped her, "What's the hurry? You performed poorly in front of the Empress Dowager earlier, even if you clear your name now, the Empress Dowager might still refuse. Besides, it was your cousin who diagnosed it, others will think he's helping you cover up."

  "What should I do then?"

  Gu's expression turned cold as he smiled, "Regardless of whether or not we find the real person who poisoned him, our top priority is to find a suitable scapegoat to take the blame."

  Hua Ruo Yun understood the meaning behind her words, "Mother means..."

  Mr. Gu hummed, his mood much improved, and turned to ask Gu Zhengliang again, "What's the deal with those 200,000 dan of rice? Are our family's guards all just paper mache rice buckets?"

  Gu Zhengliang sighed, "It's just that the thieves are too cunning, they actually dug through the tunnel and moved all the grain in just two days. I thought we could use the tunnel to find out where the thieves came from and track their movements, but they buried half of the tunnel, making it impossible to follow their trail, not even a single clue can be found. It seems that this time we have really encountered a master thief."

  "Can't find it? Are we going to swallow this bitter loss just like that?" Two years of operation were reduced to nothing overnight, the loss was too great.

  Gu Zhengliang turned his head to look at the Wisteria outside the window, "Two hundred thousand dan is not a small amount, I have sent people to investigate all around, as long as there is any suspicious place, I will definitely catch that person who dares to harbor evil intentions against us!"

  Mr. Gu's eyes lit up, "I hope so!"

  In the outer study, after someone had served tea, Hua Yue suddenly said to Chu Ba: "That day at the Grand Princess's mansion, fortunately Your Highness had left guards hidden underwater, or I might have already died under someone's blade."

  Chu Bao was stunned, "I left guards at the bottom of the water? This... how can I say?"

  With a hint of a smile, he glanced sideways at Fang Sheng, and it seemed that this guy didn't want people to know his methods. He deliberately said that the black-clothed person who saved her and Li Si Tong from the water was Chu Ba's man. Was he hiding his strength? For an instant, she suddenly became interested in his true identity. What kind of organization was the Alliance he mentioned earlier?

  Fang Xuan raised her eyes, smiling: "Miss Seventh has been staring at me without blinking, could it be that she thinks I'm exceptionally beautiful and has developed a crush on me?"

  Hua Zhe smiled with a tilted head, "Unexpectedly, Fang Zhanglao still has some self-satisfaction with his good looks and thinks all women are infatuated with him. However, I think Fang Zhanglao will be disappointed this time. I stared at Fang Zhanglao, just wanting to see if there was a nine-curve clever heart under his clean and white appearance."

  Chu Ba Dai applauded, "Well said. Every time I go out with this guy, he steals the show, I didn't expect that this time he finally got his nose hit, Seventh Miss's words are exactly what I wanted to hear. Zhu Yu, you say, is there anything you want? Take advantage of my good mood now and I will definitely grant it to you."

  He said as he leaned his face close to Yuexia's, not only was his expression intimate, but he also called her by name.

  What a great opportunity, Hua Zheyu was just thinking of taking advantage of the situation to rob her, but Fang Lingsong had already quietly pushed a stack of silver bills in front of her, "Regardless of whether I have a heart as twisted as a nine-bend jade or not, as long as the silver is real, isn't that enough?"