The moon falling to the ground

Chapter 263: Mute Servant

The only people who knew about it were Emperor Jingzhen, the Crown Prince, and Ji Yunzhong.

The three heavyweights blocked the news of her leaving Shangjing City for her safety. Therefore, Jian Yue did not go out casually except to the manor.

Another day passed, and Fu Wu told Jian Yue the news he had found out: "The wealthy businessman Jian Xiaohe married is named Jiang, 52 years old, with three sons, four daughters, and more than a dozen grandchildren. The wealthy businessman Jiang has a little habit of liking underage girls. Therefore, even if Jian Xiaohe has a limp, he doesn't care. After all, people who know him well will not marry their daughters to such a person."

Jian Huaian not only got a job in exchange for marrying his sister, but also got the wealthy businessman Jiang to give him a two-story house. The two-story house was not far from the Jiang family's shop, so it was very convenient for Jian Huaian to go to work.

Fu Wu monitored Jian Huaian in secret for a day and actually discovered a suspicious point.

After work, Jian Huaian bought several kilograms of braised meat and a dozen large meat buns from the braised meat shop. This was nothing, but for a single person, it was a bit unreasonable.

There was only one deaf and dumb old servant in Jian Huaian's house. Even if Jian Huaian shared the food he bought with the old servant, the two of them could not eat so much food. Moreover, Fu Wu also saw that Jian Huaian took the food he bought into his bedroom, and about an incense stick of time later, he came out empty-handed.

"Princess, it's daytime, so I dare not get too close. I'll go check it out at night."

Jian Yue gave him several pills, some to detoxify, some to counteract strong drugs, and some to control muscle softening powder.

At night, Fuwufuliu went out to visit, and Jian Yue couldn't sleep, so she drank tea and waited in the living room. She didn't know why, but she always felt an inexplicable uneasiness in her heart.

After waiting until around midnight, Fu Wu and Fu Liu still did not come back. Jian Yue knew something must have happened. She immediately sent Fu Shiyi and Fu Shier to monitor Jian Huaian's house, and told them to watch from outside and not to get close.

Just as the sky was getting light, the back door of Jian Huaian's house opened, and an old servant with a hunchback came out from the back door pulling a cart.

Fu Shiyi asked Fu Twelve to stay and continue monitoring, and he followed quietly.

There were two large sacks on the cart, covered with some firewood.

There was no one on the street. Fu Shiyi, with his face covered, rushed forward and opened one of the sacks with his sword.

The old servant pulling the cart suddenly jumped up, a slender sword slipped out of his sleeve, and stabbed at Fu Shiyi.

Fu Shiyi didn't expect that this was a master who was extremely well hidden. He barely avoided his sneak attack and the two fought together.

At this time, several more men in black appeared and attacked Fu Shiyi. Fu Shiyi's two fists were no match for four hands, and he gradually lost the upper hand.

Whizzing!

Two arrows were shot at the men in black with fierce momentum. The two men in black were unable to dodge and were shot and fell to the ground.

Then, arrows were shot at the man in black and the mute servant one after another. The situation took a sharp turn for the worse, and Fu Shiyi took the opportunity to kill the two men in black.

The mute servant wanted to escape when he saw that the situation was not good, but was shot in the leg by an arrow. However, he did not stop and ran away with the arrow. What he did not know was that someone was following him quietly.

The only remaining man in black saw that the situation was not good and quickly fled.

Fu Shiyi approached the cart cautiously and used his sword to pierce another sack. The two sacks contained Fu Wu and Fu Liu who had disappeared last night.

"Don't come near." Jian Yue spoke in time to stop Fu Shiyi, "The sacks are poisonous. Pull them back first."

Back at the Princess's Mansion, Jian Yue put on a mask and gloves and checked on Fu Wu and Fu Liu.

Both of them were poisoned, their faces were blue and purple. Moreover, they smelled strongly of alcohol. She sprinkled a layer of powder on their shoulders and ankles, and ordered the servants to hold the place where the powder was sprinkled and lift them onto the door. All the sacks and firewood on the cart were taken to the backyard and burned.

Fu Wu and Fu Liu's breath was very weak. Jian Yue first used silver needles to prick the acupuncture points to remove the poison, and then took out many bottles and jars to detoxify the two. Finally, she also prepared a recipe for a hangover soup and asked the servants to make it and give it to the two people.

After an hour, the bruises on Fu Wu and Fu Liu's faces gradually faded away, and they slowly woke up.

"Princess." Fu Wu spoke first.

"You are drunk and poisoned, right?"

"Yes," Fu Wu said with a guilty look on his face, "two of my subordinates were careless. We quietly sneaked into Jian Huaian's bedroom to find out what was going on. But after we entered, someone sealed the doors and windows. There was a very strong smell of alcohol in the room. We only stayed in there for a while before we passed out."

After they entered, they realized something was wrong and immediately took detoxification pills. However, the detoxification pills could not remove the alcohol smell, so they were still drunk.

Jian Yue was thoughtful.

Being able to use poison to increase the potency of wine to a lethal level, this person must have a high level of attainment in winemaking, just like Wen Jiu, the winemaking master of the Wen family.

The Wen family was the money bag of Emperor Jingzhen on the surface, but in reality they were the second prince's faction. Because the second prince forced the emperor to abdicate, the Wen family was also implicated and their status as imperial merchants was stripped. The head of the family, Wen Kaiyi, saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly took out most of his family wealth to offer to Emperor Jingzhen to show his loyalty.

Emperor Jingzhen spared the Wen family for the sake of Qian and Wen Jiu, and the Wen family escaped a disaster.

As the only brewing master in Nanchang State, Wen Jiu holds a pivotal position in the country, so Emperor Jingzhen cannot rashly touch him. However, he will not let the Wen family go.

Jian Yue had never seen Wen Jiu. But the high concentration of alcohol murders in Jian Huaian's house, does it mean that Wen Jiu is in Yanling Mansion? Or he is hiding in Jian Huaian's house. But how is Jian Huaian related to the Wen family?

Jian Yue was puzzled.

"Did you see anyone else in Jian Huaian's room?"

"No, the smell of alcohol came from the many small holes in the wall. We passed out before we could even see the layout of the room."

Jian Yue frowned.

Not only did Fu Wu and Fu Liu not find anything, they almost got lost. It can be seen that there is something strange in Jian Huaian's house.

Jian Yue asked someone to help the two of them down to rest.

Fu Shiyi went to meet Fu Yun again.

After half an hour, Fu Yun came back alone. Fu Shiyi went back to monitor Jian Huaian's house with Fu Shier.

"Princess, the mute servant escaped into the mansion of the wealthy businessman Jiang."

Jian Yue suddenly realized: "If the mute servant is a member of the wealthy businessman Jiang, and he is also a master, then it means that the wealthy businessman Jiang is not an ordinary businessman. When Fu Wu went to inquire about the brothers and sisters of the Jian family, he must have been noticed by the other party, so he set a trap to lure Fu Wu into the game."

Fu Yun said: "It seems that the princess's whereabouts have been leaked. Someone knows that the princess has come to Yanling Mansion."

Jian Yue nodded: "My whereabouts are not difficult to guess..."