Chapter 14 — Once I am reborn, I will not give him even a strand of hair

Phung Nei Quan was tied to the back of the horse, and every time he went over a rough spot, he let out a suppressed groan of pain.

“How many people did the Duke feed in the old pharmacy?”

I lifted the car curtain and asked. Phung Nei Quan's face was as white as ash.

“I have only delivered medicinal herbs three times.”

“Every time someone blindfolds me, I don't know how many people are inside.”

“What drugs were given?”

"Oh star fruit, snow ginseng, red seed, and many other blood-boosting herbs."

Hearing the last sentence, Doctor Truong Thai's finger immediately pressed on the lid of the porcelain vase.

“After Penetrating Bone Poison enters the body, if additional blood-boosting drugs are used, the toxicity will quickly spread throughout the body.”

“They don't just want to prepare poison.”

“But we are also testing how to control when the toxicity takes effect.”

I remember the two golden needles that Co Nghiem Hanh vomited up. The first stick entered his body a few days ago, and the second stick was only inserted after he returned to the palace. Some people continuously adjust the toxicity, the main goal is to make him fall at the most appropriate moment. When the horse-drawn carriage reached Chu Tuoc street, it could not continue forward. The front was filled with people fleeing the West Citadel, the cries mixed with the neighing of horses resounded into chaos. A clerk from the grain warehouse, his face covered in ash, rushed to the front of the carriage. As soon as he saw the Co family's flag, he immediately knelt down.

“General, the fire did not come from the grain warehouse.”

"Someone set fire to the surrounding houses, wanting to force people to run towards the warehouse gate."

“Once the guards open the door to save people, the private soldiers will take advantage of the chaos to rush in.”

Co Nghien Hanh sat on the horse's back, his body swaying slightly.

“Thach Thanh, lead people around to the North gate.”

"The city's military guard escorts people to retreat to the East. Absolutely do not open the main gate of the food warehouse."

He clutched his chest, bowed his head and coughed out a mouthful of black blood. I brought out a bowl of medicine from the car. Co Nghien Hanh received the bowl of medicine, but did not immediately drink it.

“What medicine is this?”

“If you're afraid I'll hurt you, you can stop drinking.”

He looked at me for a long time, then raised his head and drank. The medicine was extremely bitter, but his hand still firmly lifted the bottom of the bowl.

“I was never afraid of her harming me.”

“It's just that you never put me in your eyes.”

I took back the empty bowl.

“Co Nghien Hanh, don't turn indifference into trust.”

A loud shout suddenly sounded in front, dozens of private soldiers holding bows and arrows simultaneously climbed to the roof. The rain of arrows passed through the alleys, shooting straight towards the group of people being evacuated. Co Nghien Hanh pulled out his knife and rushed straight into the crowd, his bodyguards raised their shields to shield both sides. He could no longer use his internal energy and could only rely on his moves to deflect incoming arrows at close range. An arrow grazed the side of his neck, leaving a long, thin trail of blood. I didn't get out of the car, I just took out a few paper tubes filled with gray powder from the medicine box. I lit the fuse and told the driver to throw those paper tubes onto the roof. The gray-white smoke immediately spread quickly, the archers continuously clutched their eyes, and the arrows in their hands also fell one after another.

“It's just powder that irritates the eyes and nose.”

I said to the frightened coachman.

“Hold your breath, rush through this street.”

The horse carriage knocked over the obstacle, finally Get to the south of the warehouse. The warehouse wall had not yet caught fire, but a narrow tunnel had been dug out at the foot of the wall. Several empty wooden chests were scattered around the cellar door. On the lid of the box, there was still the sealing wax mark of the pharmacy in the royal citadel. Tong Uyen Nhu stood in front of the tunnel door, next to a white-haired old man wearing a palace uniform. She had changed into an elegant white dress, put on a black robe with narrow sleeves, and on her waist was the wooden box she had stolen from the pharmacy. When she saw me, there wasn't even the slightest trace of weakness left on her face.

“My sister-in-law arrived faster than I thought.”

I stepped down from the carriage.

“The jade order in that wooden box is fake.”

The smile on Tong Uyen Nhu's face stopped, she immediately opened the wooden box. As soon as the block of jade in the box encountered the light of the fire, tiny cracks gradually appeared on the surface.

“You were wary of me early?”

"Since the blue stain appeared on your right hand, I knew you didn't come into the pharmacy to get some sedative incense."

I looked towards the silver-haired old man.

“Are you the Duke of Hoa?”

The old man gently stroked his sleeve, his voice was gentle, almost benevolent.

“Miss Khuong really resembles her mother.”

“Where is my mother?”

“If you really hand over the jade order, I will take you to see her.”

“First let me hear what she has to say.”

Cong Cong Hoa raised his hand and clapped twice toward the tunnel. Not long after, from a dark place deep inside, there was the sound of iron chains dragging on the stone floor. A gray-haired woman was pushed to the edge of the firelight. She was so thin that she was only skin and bones, her left cheek was covered with old scars, and her wrist was locked with a heavy iron bracelet.