The arrogant imperial concubine arrives, the favorite of the regent

Yun Shirou's forehead was hit by the corner of the steps and blood was flowing. She struggled to sit up, her eyes almost spitting fire.

A feeling of dizziness came over Yun Shirou, her eyes changed, and she stared at Yun Mujiu blankly.

At this moment, she felt that Yun Mujiu had become a completely different person, making her feel very unfamiliar.

The woman who had been crying for her child's death just now gradually came to her senses. She had been stopped by the guards of the Night Palace, and because she was too sad, she collapsed on the ground and cried.

Guo Xun knew that it would be too late if he didn't adopt the final plan now.

Yun Mujiu has been arguing with reason and has found out that people were poisoned by Gu. Now some people have begun to suspect that Yun Mujiu is a witch and the truth of spreading the poison.

The restless crowd gradually calmed down.

Guo Xun secretly winked at several spies in the crowd.

Someone in the crowd suddenly spoke up, shouting, "Don't believe what Yun Mujiu said! She killed so many people! Kill the witch and save lives!"

Another person continued, "If we don't take action now, our lives and the lives of our loved ones will be in danger!"

Panic began to spread again, and many people were incited by the tragic sight of the corpses on the ground.

Dozens of men in ordinary clothes ran out of the crowd, holding sharp swords in their hands, and headed straight for Yun Mujiu.

Guo Xun shouted angrily: "Go ahead, kill this witch! Kill anyone who tries to stop us!"

Tianwensheng also lifted up his outer robe, took out the long sword from his waist, and ran over quickly.

Yun Mujiu's eyes turned cold, and he realized that the people who appeared first were those arranged in advance by Prime Minister Yun and the Emperor.

Although these people are dressed in ordinary clothes, their eyes, body shapes and steps show that they are not ordinary people.

Yun Mujiu raised his hand, then quickly put it down, his tone icy: “Come on!”

The Yefu guards simultaneously drew their swords from their waists, looked solemn, and shouted in unison: "Yes!"

Then the Night Palace guards dispersed in an orderly manner and faced the rioting crowd.

In an instant, the scene became chaotic.

Some of the victims' families and some deceived civilians also rushed up with sticks, kitchen knives, farm tools and other items.

They followed Guo Xun's astronomy students and the young men who rushed out first, so they did not suffer much harm.

The astronomical students and young men were all powerful martial artists with deep inner strength, and they fought together with the Ye Mansion's personal guards.

Yun Shirou, sitting on the ground, wanted to hide but didn't dare to move, so she could only carefully crawl away from the fighting area.

Wei Bai, Wei Song and Ying Liu all immediately protected Yun Mujiu.

Ying Liu advised: "Princess, this place is dangerous, I will escort you back first!"

Yun Mujiu didn't even look at Ying Liu. She said calmly, "There are more important things to do now! We need to find out why they were poisoned!"

"what's your name?"

"My name is Ying Liu."

"Yingliu, go back to the main entrance, keep the Bodhi Poison Pearl safe, and protect Butler Zeng and the others." Butler Zeng and four maids, Chunlan, were still standing at the main entrance.

"Yes!" Ying Liu stepped back quickly.

Yun Mujiu took out a dagger from the inside of her sleeve. She casually disassembled it three times, and the dagger stretched into a long sword.

She also ordered the assassin organization Soul Stealer Yuanxi to make this foldable long sword. This sword has an elegant shape, is both hard and soft, and can be bent freely.

Yingliu, who was standing at the gate, was stunned, with a hint of helplessness in his eyes.

Judging from the princess's attitude, she is even more aggressive than him. She doesn't look like she wants him to protect her secretly at all!

The woman stopped crying and thought of her poor son. She rolled on the ground, then quickly stood up and rushed towards Yun Mujiu.

She had been lying on the ground, and the four guards who were originally blocking her had already gone to face the enemy head-on.

Before she got close to Yun Mujiu, her eyes widened and she quickly stopped.

With a "swoosh", the sword cut through the air.

A sword was across her neck.

Yun Mujiu held the hilt of the sword with one hand, with the blade of the sword across the woman's neck.

"I'm not a witch. Your son was poisoned. Do you want him to die in obscurity?"

The woman was a little dazed for a moment, but her anger prevented her from calming down quickly.

She closed her eyes and tilted her neck toward the sword.

With a "bang", the woman felt a pain in her head, but there was no pain in her neck as she had imagined.

"Fool!"

She opened her eyes and saw Yun Mujiu looking at her angrily, and the sword around her neck was taken back by Yun Mujiu.

This witch didn't kill her, but just hit her head with her finger?

Yun Mujiu pulled the woman's right hand hard and felt her pulse, "Don't move, feel her pulse!"

The woman's pulse was disordered and was beating faster and faster.

Seeing that the woman's face had turned blue and her eyes had turned slightly yellow, Yun Mujiu concluded that she was also poisoned, but the condition was less serious.

The woman collected her thoughts and calmed down a little.

Yun Mujiu asked coldly: "What's wrong with your son these past two days?"

"Everything was fine yesterday, but today, shortly after breakfast and before noon, he complained of stomachache."

Yun Mujiu raised his eyes and quickly glanced at the two rows of corpses on the ground. His eyes lit up and his mind started working rapidly.

These bodies are all from ordinary people, not from wealthy and powerful families.

In addition, the number of poisoning cases is still soaring. So many people can be poisoned in just one night, and the targets of poisoning are precisely ordinary families.

Then this method of poisoning must have something in common for these ordinary people.

Yun Mujiu asked: "What did you eat?"

The woman rolled her eyes and said, "I just drank some porridge."

Yun Mujiu raised the end of his eyebrows.

Very good! The simpler the food, the better!

It was impossible for Guo Xun and his team to spend time and effort to poison people's food in just one night, so they could only start from the water source.

Rich families usually have their own dedicated wells, which are looked after and managed by dedicated people, while ordinary families' water sources are mostly open-air and unattended.

The woman stammered, "I...I can't possibly feed my son poisonous food!"

"Calm down! You can't poison someone, but someone else can!"

Yun Mujiu looked at the woman and continued, "You are also poisoned, but it is only mild. The problem lies in the water source."

The woman was shocked, because their family drank spring water from the creek and there had never been any problems.

Wei Song and Wei Bai heard the conversation between Yun Mujiu and the woman, and their frowns slowly relaxed. It turned out that the problem was with the water source!

Water sources are the easiest way to poison!

"Wei Bo, come here."

Wei Bai took two steps towards Yun Mujiu, bent down and whispered to him. Yun Mujiu said, "Take some guards to check the water sources of every household, especially those who have been poisoned."

"Also, bring another water sample from the poisoned family!"

"Yes, I obey your command! Princess, please be careful." Wei Bai made a special reminder before leaving. The prince values ​​the princess so much, and if he fails to protect the princess well, the prince will definitely be very angry.

"I know, go and come back soon."