Chapter 223 Life and Death, Bamboo and Wood Poisonous Fragrance

The atmosphere at the banquet has always been very relaxed, and Dou Yandong and An Pingzhi chatted like friends they have not seen for many years. Dou Yandong kept asking about all kinds of people in the imperial city. An Pingzhi answered tirelessly. After that, An Pingzhi also asked about something after Dou Yandong's seclusion. Dou Yandong also seemed to tell An Pingzhi without reservation. With a glass of wine, the servants beside them emptied the pots of wine at hand and had to go out quickly to prepare the wine.

After three rounds of drinking, An Pingzhi finally turned the topic back to Leng Xuanrong.

"Miss Xuanrong should have visited her hometown again when she came to the imperial city, right? I heard that Mr. Leng left from the hanging seal in Yanyan County. Why didn't you go back to the imperial city with Miss Xuanrong?

Leng Xuanrong put down his chopsticks and answered softly, "My father has had a lot of problems outside for many years, and he has been in poor health. Everything in Yanyan County is really difficult to cope with, so he decided to return to the mountains and forests to enjoy his old age. The imperial city is a sad place for my father, and he will never come back.

Anpingzhi's eyes were extremely cold, and there was a smile at the corners of his mouth, as if he had heard a joke.

At this time, Leng Xuanrong is trying to think about how to reduce An Pingzhi's hostility to herself. If she wants to do what she expected, then at least she needs to let An Pingzhi temporarily dispel the idea of killing her, and it is best to have a little trust in her.

Leng Xuanrong racked her brain and kept thinking that she had no good idea now. This time, Dou Yandong followed, so she was lucky to be fine, but what if there is another time?

"May your father be in good health." After An Pingzhi finished speaking, he drank another glass of wine.

Leng Xuanrong also had a drink. The servant who had been standing behind her poured the last glass of wine in the wine pot into Leng Xuanrong's glass and hurriedly lowered his head to get the wine. Leng Xuanrong looked at the glass in front of her and couldn't help sighing. Unexpectedly, she had drunk so much.

At this time, An Pingzhi said again, "I seem to have heard from my father what happened to Mr. Leng at the beginning. Ah, I heard that Mrs. Leng died of a serious illness on the road?"

When Leng Xuanrong heard the words, her face suddenly became more difficult to look. She once told Du Yilin that her mother was killed by He Lijing. At that time, it was to hide her hatred for He Lijing, but in fact, Leng Xuanrong's mother did catch a malignant disease on the way to escape and had nothing to do with He Lijing. Presumably, this matter was also told to An Pingzhi after He Lijing found out. If the truth is told now, in case it reaches Du Yilin's ears, I'm afraid it will be difficult to explain in the future. Unexpectedly, An Pingzhi had even investigated these things. Leng Xuanrong really didn't know what to do.

"Alas!" Unexpectedly, Dou Yandong sighed and took over the words and said, "It's all in the past. Brother Chengqi has a bad fate. As for the truth of the matter, there will always be a day when it will be revealed in the world." With that, he turned his head and looked at Leng Xuanrong, raised his glass and said, "Xuanrong, the fifth uncle will make the decision for you in the future. Sooner or later, someone will pay for the suffering you have suffered!"

Leng Xuanrong's heart warmed when she heard this, and she also hurriedly picked up the glass and said, "Thank you, fifth uncle." After drinking this glass of wine, Leng Xuanrong felt that Dou Yandong seemed to be a little more kind, and his words were obviously also told to An Pingzhi. Although An Pingzhi still had a smile on his face, his eyes were much sharper. Leng Xuanrong thought to herself that with Dou Yandong's words, An Pingzhi should know that Dou Yandong was the person standing behind me, right? If you want him to worry a little more, you might as well talk more about his father to Dou Yandong while the iron is hot.

Leng Xuanrong made up his plan and was about to open his mouth, but suddenly felt a burning pain in his abdomen. Between the lightning, a fishy and salty breath surged up. Leng Xuanrong swallowed hard, but then the colic became worse. Overturned in her abdomen, Leng Xuanrong frowned and pressed the pain with her hand, but the pain seemed to be getting worse quickly. Before she could figure out what was going on, her body couldn't help twitching.

The fishy and salty smell could no longer be suppressed, and a mouthful of blood gushed out. Leng Xuanrong's eyes widened, but the scene in front of him suddenly blurred. The last thought flashed through his mind, and Leng Xuanrong fell to the ground heavily.

All this happened so suddenly that when the other three people reacted, Leng Xuanrong fell into a pool of blood. Dou Yandong was the first to react. He got up and rushed to Leng Xuanrong's side. After a little examination, he frowned and said in a low voice, "It's poisoned!"

When he said this, Dou Haowei and An Pingzhi came to their senses from surprise.

Dou Haowei got up and picked up Leng Xuanrong and called out, and An Pingzhi also hurriedly raised his height and shouted, "Come on! Come on! Go and find a doctor!"

Dou Yandong patted his face vigorously, as if he wanted to let the wine pass quickly. Then he took a look at the food in front of Leng Xuanrong and picked up Leng Xuanrong's wine glass and smelled it. There is a little strange smell in the wine glass, which smells like a faint bamboo and wood fragrance, but Dou Yandong can be sure that this is definitely not the original taste of wine. If the poison goes into his glass, he must be able to feel it, but Leng Xuanrong never drinks, and naturally doesn't know that there should be such a smell in this wine.

What kind of poison is it?

Dou Yandong stared and looked up at An Pingzhi, but he found that the surprise and worry on An Pingzhi's face were not pretending. It seemed that Leng Xuanrong's poisoning was also unexpected.

In fact, Dou Yandong did not feel that Anping would kill Leng Xuanrong at this banquet from the beginning. Although Dou Yandong agreed with what Leng Xuanrong said to him before, he did not feel that Anping would kill people with great fanfare for those little things. Although their family now covers the sky with one hand, they still have to keep the king's law and save face. For a person who wants to do great things, temporary gains and losses are nothing. Even if An Pingzhi really wanted to kill Leng Xuanrong and Zeng Yanliang at that time, since he missed the opportunity, this matter is over for the time being. Since An Pingzhi is delicate and plotting great things, he will definitely not stick to the things Leng Xuanrong thinks. The reason why Dou Yandong came with Leng Xuanrong and others today is to see how An Pingzhi can compare with his father.

I didn't expect that at this jux, Leng Xuanrong was really killed. Dou Yandong thought to himself, if it was not An Pingzhi who poisoned Leng Xuanrong, then who would it be?

This idea lingered in his mind. At the same time, he took a three-inch-long gourd from his waist, opened the mouth of the gourd, and poured out two mung beans-like things from it.

"Howi, pry her mouth away." Dou Yandong said and got up to get the kettle.

Leng Xuanrong's body kept twitching, and the corners of her mouth kept bleeding out, but her teeth bit very tightly. Dou Haowei held Leng Xuanrong's body and couldn't free his hand. At this time, An Ping rushed over and squeezed Leng Xuanrong's two cheeks with one hand. It took a lot of effort to pry open Leng Xuanrong's mouth.

Dou Yandong took the kettle, stuffed the two mung bean-like things into Leng Xuanrong's mouth, and then poured some water. Seeing that the two things were swallowed by Leng Xuanrong, he was relieved.

"Water more water." Dou Yandong gave the kettle to An Pingzhi, and then he got up and hurried out.

Anping kept pouring water into Leng Xuanrong, but the more he poured water, the more blood he vomited.

"What should I do?" An Pingzhi frowned and looked at Dou Haowei.

Dou Haowei held Leng Xuanrong's body tightly, and tears flashed in his eyes. He bit his lower lip and tried to recall the medical books and pharmacopoeia he had read, but there was nothing he could do. What poison did Leng Xuanrong get? Is there an antidote to this poison? How to get rid of this poison?

The head was full of question marks. When An Pingzhi asked him again, Dou Haowei was really going to cry.

"You can't die... Xuanrong! You can't die!" Dou Haowei called and said to An Pingzhi, "What the fifth uncle fed her just now may be a detoxification. The fifth uncle said that he had to continue to pour water!"

Anping gritted his teeth, pried open Leng Xuanrong's mouth and poured a mouthful of water into it. Then he looked at the blood flowing from the corners of her mouth, turned his head and looked in the direction of the door, and said anxiously, "These damn things! Why is it so slow to call a doctor!"

As soon as he finished his words, he heard footsteps coming hurriedly in the distance. The door was open, and a group of people broke in. Several An familymen rushed to the front with a dishevelled man, and someone shouted, "The eldest son, the doctor is here!"

Hearing this, An Pingzhi got up and ran over to drag the doctor with a white beard, stretched out his hand and pointed to Leng Xuanrong and said, "Hurry up and see what poison she has been poisoned!" Get rid of her!"

The old doctor looked panicked, but as soon as he heard An Pingzhi say that the little girl who fell in the arms of another man was poisoned, the old doctor immediately regained his mind. He quickly ran to Leng Xuanrong and squatted down to check it carefully. He frowned and took a breath of cold air, but after he put on Leng Xuanrong's wrist, there seemed to be a little hope.

"This gentleman, please help this lady up." After saying that, the old doctor helped Dou Haowei pull Leng Xuanrong up from the ground.

As soon as Leng Xuanrong's body was pulled up, she suddenly frowned and spit out. A mouthful of urity was spit out mixed with blood. When she almost vomited, the old doctor greeted the families and asked them to quickly carry Leng Xuanrong to the old doctor's hospital.

Together with An Pingzhi and Dou Haowei, everyone hurried out of Guide Building and trotted all the way to take Leng Xuanrong to the hospital not far away. The old doctor called the daughter of the family as a helper, and poured water for Leng Xuanrong and made her vomit out. After nearly an hour, the old doctor came out and told him that he had been waiting. An Pingzhi and Dou Haowei in the outside hall, Leng Xuanrong's life was saved.

"Fortunately, you gave this lady a detoxification in time. The poisoning is not deep. Wait until she wakes up and have a look. If there is nothing wrong after waking up, you can rest for a while." The old doctor kept sighing as he spoke.