The Mastermind

A shadow flashed under the moonlight, and Gu Ling rushed into Su Liang's room.

When she saw Su Liang for the first time, Gu Ling breathed a sigh of relief, and then she noticed Gao Jiabao, who was tied up by the bed curtain and still struggling beside her, and the mess in the room.

Most of the dishes on the table had been broken to the ground, but there was still a box of complete snacks, which were made by Gao Jiabao's mother and brought by him to give to Su Liang.

"What happened?" Gu Ling asked.

Su Liang looked up at him with an ugly face, "Someone poisoned my food, I didn't eat it, Gao Jiabao ate it and went crazy and wanted to kill people. I don't know what kind of poison it is, and I don't know how to solve it."

"It's Qiu Ming." Gu Ling's voice became cold.

"You saw the black mist between his eyebrows..." Su Liang frowned. If it was Qiu Ming, Gu Ling shouldn't have seen the black mist between his eyebrows afterwards, right?

Gu Ling shook his head, "No. It seems that the purpose of this poison is not to kill people."

Gu Ling was suspicious because of the braised pork elbow that Qiu Ming asked him to eat, but he did not find the black mist between Qiu Ming's eyebrows. However, the food was sent by Qiu Ming to Su Liang, so he was the most suspicious.

But Gu Ling could see the black mist because he was going to kill someone within three days, or someone who was going to be killed within three days and did not deserve to die, and he would die if he did not stop them.

Obviously, the purpose of this poison plan against Su Liang was not to kill her, but to destroy her...

She lives alone. If she goes crazy after taking the poison, with her strength as a martial arts champion, how many people she will kill when she loses her mind is unimaginable.

The person behind the scenes has a similar mentality to Duanmu Sheng, who previously sent the grandfather and grandson to Xunyang City to assassinate Su Liang: it is precisely because Su Liang is an upright and kind person that their vicious plan can work.

Hearing the hurried footsteps outside, Su Liang asked Gu Ling to leave, "Don't let Qiu Ming escape."

Gu Ling looked at Gao Jiabao, whose eyes were red and staring at Su Liang, and disappeared into the room without saying anything.

Su Liang had shouted for help before Gu Ling came, and some soldiers came over after hearing the sound, so she asked to find someone immediately.

Lin Bojun went home every day and was not in the barracks at this time.

As soon as Gu Ling left, several generals in the imperial army arrived one after another.

Su Liang briefly explained what happened, "This matter must be reported to the emperor immediately, and the imperial physician must be arranged to come! The man named Qiu Ming is a major suspect, don't let him run away!"

After saying that, Su Liang inserted a needle into a certain acupuncture point of Gao Jiabao, but it didn't work, and Gao Jiabao didn't fall asleep.

Poisoning in the barracks is an extremely serious situation, which means that there are spies. Those generals knew that the matter was of great importance, so they split their troops into two groups, some rushed to the palace to report the news, and some went to capture Qiu Ming.

After being refused to give Gu Ling a braised pork elbow and finding that Gu Ling was missing, Qiu Ming also disappeared from the recruit camp soon.

But Gu Ling and Qiu Ming were both doing odd jobs for Su Liang, and could enter and leave the recruit camp at will. Therefore, when these two were not there, the other recruits thought they had gone to Su Liang and did not notice anything unusual.

The general who led the troops to arrest people found that Qiu Ming was missing and immediately ordered a thorough investigation of the entire military camp!

The guards of the imperial army were very strict, and it was difficult to break in or run out.

Just as a recruit whispered, "Han Su is missing too." Before he finished speaking, "Han Su" came in with a wooden basin for washing, and his hair on his forehead was still slightly wet.

After the people left, the recruit camp was noisy, and everyone was guessing what Qiu Ming had done.

Gu Ling sat on the bed, holding a half-carved firefly puppet in his hand, frowning and silent.

...

Su Liang thought of many ways, but failed to make Gao Jiabao "calm down". This poison was too tricky. Finally, she chose to knock Gao Jiabao unconscious, and it took three hits to work.

The courtyard was heavily guarded, but the room was very quiet.

Su Liang squatted on the ground for too long, and suddenly stood up, feeling a little dizzy, and the sweat on her forehead condensed into beads and dripped onto the ground.

She moved Gao Jiabao to the bed, and went out to ask for a bundle of ropes for her, because she didn't know when Gao Jiabao would wake up, and the bed curtains were torn.

Forcing herself to calm down, Su Liang also thought of the purpose of the person behind the scenes. Let her go crazy and kill people, even if she recovers to normal afterwards, she will regret it for the rest of her life...

This method is not to be said to be cruel.

Taking a deep breath, Su Liang's eyes fell on Gao Jiabao again. She had to put aside her distracting thoughts, and the first thing to do was to detoxify him.

...

In the palace, Duanmu Yi learned that the imperial guards had mixed in with spies and poisoned Su Liang's food, and his face changed drastically.

After hearing the report that Su Liang was fine and the food was eaten by Gao Jiabao, Duanmu Yi breathed a sigh of relief and asked Gao Jiabao how he was.

Knowing that Gao Jiabao had been controlled by Su Liang, she asked to find the imperial physician, and Duanmu Yi ordered the old imperial physician Gao to select someone to take over.

Before the people left, the person who came to report the arrest of the spy arrived.

It was indeed Qiu Ming. His original plan was to take the opportunity to escape when Su Liang went crazy and killed people and the army was in chaos. But things changed. Before he escaped, he was suddenly strangled by someone and hit the tree hard. He fainted and was soon found.

Therefore, the report Duanmu Yi received was, "The spy fled in a hurry, because it was difficult to see in the dark night, and he fainted after hitting the tree."

From beginning to end, no one found that Gu Ling had anything to do with this matter.

Duanmu Yi asked Qiu Ming to be sent to the Tianlao, and the Ministry of Justice interrogated him overnight, and must pry open his mouth and ask the mastermind behind the scenes.

…

Old Doctor Gao was asleep when he suddenly received news that his precious grandson had been poisoned in the military camp. He immediately felt dizzy.

When five old doctors including Dr. Gao rushed to the Imperial Army camp and saw Su Liang, it was already late at night.

Su Liang had the room cleaned up briefly, but traces of fighting could still be seen.

Gao Jiabao had not yet woken up. There were four writing instruments and a pile of medicinal materials on the table. Su Liang was thinking hard about how to detoxify.

Dr. Gao broke down when he saw his grandson's appearance.

Su Liang helped him sit down next to him and told everyone about Gao Jiabao's symptoms to see if they had heard of or seen this poison.

But those doctors didn't know as much about poison as Su Liang, and they all said they had never heard of it.

"Will he be fine when he wakes up tomorrow?" A doctor frowned and said, "I remember that the fifth prince went crazy for no reason before, and he recovered as usual the next day, but I don't know if he was poisoned by a similar poison."

Su Liang had thought of it a long time ago. The abnormality of the fifth prince Duanmu Che was caused by her and Gu Ling, using a poison called Xiaoyao Pills.

But it was different from the poison that Gao Jiabao was poisoned with. Xiaoyao Pills only make people crazy, but they don't have such a strong desire to attack others. After being poisoned, Gao Jiabao seemed to have turned into a murderer. If Su Liang hadn't been around, with his martial arts, those soldiers would have no chance of survival.

"I don't know either." Su Liang shook his head.

The only thing that made Su Liang feel at ease now was that Gu Ling didn't see the black mist between Qiu Ming's eyebrows, nor did he see Gao Jiabao's, so it was certain that Gao Jiabao would not die within at least three days.

Before the imperial physician came, Su Liang was studying the detoxification method based on Xiaoyao Pills.

...

It was dawn.

Gu Ling carried a bucket and walked into Su Liang's yard.

The door was open, and she saw Su Liang talking to the old imperial physician Gao with a tired look.

Retracting his gaze, Gu Ling sent the water to the kitchen, poured it into the water tank, and started to boil water. From where he was, he could vaguely hear the sound in the room.

Lin Bojun had breakfast as usual and brought breakfast for Su Liang to the military camp. He came here immediately after knowing that something happened last night.

"I'm fine. All the seniors have not slept all night. Please send someone to send them back, Brother Lin." Su Liang rubbed his eyebrows and said, "Gao Jiabao hasn't woken up yet. He doesn't seem to be in danger for the time being. I won't do anything else before I detoxify him. I will take him back to the city later. Brother Lin will arrange the training of the new recruits. If the emperor asks, I will explain."

Lin Bojun sighed deeply, "Okay. The spy was sent to Tianlao for interrogation last night. If there is any news, I will let you know."

Lin Bojun arranged for someone to escort several doctors except the old doctor Gao back to the city. Su Liang packed up and prepared to go with the Gao family's grandparents.

"General Su, drink some hot water." Gu Ling appeared at the door with a teapot in his hand.

Su Liang remembered that he had forgotten him. She was leaving. She might come back after curing Gao Jiabao, or she might not come back to avoid trouble. I wonder if Gu Ling will stay.

"Thank you." Su Liang took the teapot and asked again, "Did Qiu Ming have any abnormalities before?"

Gu Ling shook his head, "I didn't notice anything."

Su Liang sighed slightly, "Okay, you go back. I'm going back to the city. You don't have to come to help me later."

"Yes." Gu Ling responded and turned to leave.

Su Liang poured two glasses of water and gave one to the old doctor Gao. He wanted to feed Gao Jiabao, but most of it was spilled.

Su Liang took a sip and it was not hot. It was the temperature of her usual water, which restored some warmth to her body.

...

Su Liang left, and no one took care of the new recruits' camp. When Lin Bojun had time to arrange a coach for the new recruits' camp, he received news that a new recruit was missing.

In view of Qiu Ming's matter, Lin Bojun attached great importance to it and went to investigate immediately.

It was found that the missing recruit was named Han Su, who was very close to Qiu Ming.

Therefore, Han Su was suspected to be Qiu Ming's accomplice, but unfortunately he ran away, and only by prying Qiu Ming's mouth could this be confirmed.

At this time, Su Liang had returned to the Su Mansion in the capital, and did not know that Gu Ling had left the military camp.

She brought Gao Jiabao home, and the old doctor Gao did not object, so she could only rely on Su Liang to save Gao Jiabao.

When Gao Jiabao first arrived home, he woke up once. Su Liang tied him up and gave him acupuncture, which worked, and he fell asleep. But this is only a temporary solution, not a permanent solution.

Xing Yusheng and Lin Xueqing, who had moved next door, were both here with Su Liang, and the two of them mainly ensured Su Liang's diet.

Until the evening of this day, Su Liang still had no idea about the antidote, and Lin Bojun came to tell her that Han Su was missing.

Su Liang was stunned for a moment, "Just disappeared? Didn't do anything?"

Lin Bojun sighed, "Well, he didn't do anything, but he is most likely Qiu Ming's accomplice, and he ran away because he was afraid of being exposed. Now that I think about it, they were chosen to help you at that time, so they must have done something! Otherwise, it wouldn't be such a coincidence!"

Su Liang nodded, "It should be."

"There is no progress at the Ministry of Justice, and Qiu Ming refused to give up." Lin Bojun said, "No poison was found in his things, so he must have used it up, and there is no antidote."

"He couldn't have an antidote because he was just a puppet of the person behind the scenes." Su Liang shook his head.

Lin Bojun went to see Gao Jiabao and learned that Su Liang had not yet figured out a way to detoxify. He frowned and said, "I believe you will have a way. Take a rest, otherwise your body can't bear it."

"Yes!" Lin Xueqing came in with dinner, "Sister Su, eat something while it's hot, and then go to sleep for a while. Maybe you will have a clue when you wake up!"

"Okay." Su Liang nodded. She really had to sleep for a while.

Lin Bojun left, and Su Liang had dinner alone. Thinking of Gu Ling, she didn't know where he was at the moment. Maybe he was at home, but it was hard to show up.

Lin Xueqing wanted to stay with Su Liang, but was persuaded to leave by Xing Yusheng. He felt that Su Liang needed his own space to think calmly.

But Xing Yusheng left Qi Jun to Su Liang. Su Liang did not refuse and asked Qi Jun to help take care of Gao Jiabao. If anything went wrong, call her immediately.

Dr. Gao was old and couldn't bear it after staying up all night. Su Liang persuaded him to go home and ask him to come back tomorrow.

After washing up, Su Liang planned to take a nap before getting up.

There was a lamp left outside, and Su Liang lay down and fell asleep quickly.

Gu Ling came in through the back window in a familiar manner, stood by the bed with the dim light from outside, looked at Su Liang's calm face, stretched out his hand, brushed it in the air, sighed inaudibly, and took back his hand. , and left quietly.

…

The deepest part of the prison.

The sound of the whip hitting each prisoner's heart was frightening.

This is the most severe interrogation room in the prison, and the screams are for other prisoners to hear.

Qiu Ming was tied to a pillar, his flesh and blood were bruised, and there was no good skin on his body, but he gritted his teeth and refused to confess anything.

"Bring the pliers!" the official from the Criminal Department in charge of the interrogation said coldly.

Duanmu Yi issued a death order. If nothing can be asked, it means that the punishment department is incompetent.

There were dried blood stains on the rusty iron pliers. One person grabbed Qiu Ming's hair and raised his head, while the other person opened his mouth.

He watched in horror as the iron pliers approached and inserted into his mouth. The cold touch made him tremble all over. The next moment, accompanied by a shrill scream, his front teeth were pulled out!

"Tell me, who sent you here?"

Blood and water mixed with saliva flowed out. Qiu Ming's teeth chattered, but he remained speechless.

The interrogating official snorted coldly and stretched out the pliers again.

Footsteps were heard not far away, and a jailer brought food and wine, "Master Fan, let's take a rest before interrogating."

The aroma of wine and meat hit him, and the interrogating official dropped the pliers in his hands, ordered the lock to be opened, and let the jailer in.

About a quarter of an hour later, everyone in the interrogation room who had eaten wine and food passed out and fell to the ground. The jailer waiting outside came in again.

Qiu Ming's eyes widened and he looked at the person approaching him in disbelief.

Soon, Qiu Ming was untied, and the jailer wrapped him in Master Fan's clothes, arranged his hair, held his head down, and helped him out.

The passage in the sky prison was dark, and the jailer said, "Master Fan is drunk, I will send you back." He walked outside without any obstruction.

When someone notices something unusual, the two of them will leave the prison soon.

After a fight, some people were injured but no one died, and the jailer successfully escaped with Qiu Ming.

When the news reached the palace, Duanmu Yi was furious and scolded the Ministry of Justice for being useless and ordered them to capture the spy and his accomplices!

…

Wangxiang Mountain outside the city.

Qiu Ming was thrown to the ground. His whole body was shaking with pain. When he opened his mouth, blood came out, "Who...are you..."

"It's me." The man pretending to be a jailer took off his outer clothes.

Hearing the voice of "Han Su", Qiu Ming's eyes widened, "You... who... are you?!"

"Coming from the north." Gu Ling said.

Qiu Ming blurted out, "North...Liangguo? Are you a craftsman sent by Liangguo?"

Gu Ling nodded slightly, "What about you? Are you from the south?"

Qiu Ming stared at him, without retorting, but asked, "You were the one who knocked me out last night, right? Why did you save me again tonight?"

Gu Ling did not deny it, "It's me. If you run away, I will be suspected. I saved you today because you were arrested, but I am still suspected. My identity cannot withstand the investigation, so I can only Give up the mission and take the opportunity to escape."

"What is your mission? Why did you save me?" Qiu Ming asked coldly.

"My mission is to sneak into the palace and assassinate the man on the dragon throne." Gu Ling said, "Rescuing you is just a convenient job. After all, we are the same kind. My family members have been arrested. If I don't obey, they will will die."

When Qiu Ming heard this, his expression was obviously touched, "We are indeed the same kind."

Gu Ling knew he had guessed correctly. Qiu Ming always mentioned his family before, but if someone like him comes to be a spy, he is probably being controlled by someone, and the method is not difficult to guess.

"The royal family of Yan Kingdom?" Gu Ling asked.

Qiu Ming shook his head, "Even so, it's not..."

"You can tell me, I can help you. I also need your help." Gu Ling's voice was convincing and powerful.

After Qiu Ming was silent for a moment, he said two words, "Wu, Ya."

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