She hopes to get clues about her grandfather's murder from Li Xinzhao.

It’s just that Li Xinzhao was poisoned, and the poison entered his five internal organs. Although it hasn’t invaded his heart, his life is still hanging by a thread.

Xiao Ruge wrote down a lot of names of medicinal herbs and asked someone to get them, and also asked someone to invite Pei Yun over, as she needed help.

Soon, Pei Yun came back with the people who went up to get medicine from Zhuangzi, carrying the medicine box.

After seeing Xiao Ruge, he immediately bowed respectfully.

"Uncle Master."

Xiao Ruge nodded, "You have already seen Li Xinzhao's condition yesterday. Tell me if you have any good way to treat him?"

"The poison has already penetrated into his five internal organs. Even with a blood transfusion, his chances of survival are slim. According to my nephew's suggestion, we can only let him regain consciousness temporarily, and then ask what needs to be asked and say what needs to be said."

Yes, this is indeed the best way, but Xiao Ruge always feels a little unwilling.

"Actually, there is another way."

When Pei Yun saw the medicine that Xiao Ruge had someone get, he thought of that method. However, the chance of success of this method was very small, less than 20%, so he felt it was unnecessary.

"Uncle Master..."

As a man who is almost forty years old, Pei Yun naturally has the ability to weigh the pros and cons. He can still distinguish which one is more beneficial to him and which one is a waste of effort.

So he opened his mouth and wanted to persuade Xiao Ruge again, but was interrupted by Xiao Ruge who raised her hand.

"The worst that can happen to him is death. Since the outcome is the same, why not give it a try and try to have a chance of survival?"

Pei Yun was silent. After looking at Xiao Ruge, he whispered, "Then my nephew will go and prepare."

Xiao Ruge nodded, and after Pei Yun left, she looked at Li Quan.

"Your uncle's condition is very bad. Even if I take action, I am not sure. I can only try my best."

There was a hint of sadness in Li Quan's eyes, but his face remained resolute.

"Go ahead, Miss. Rather than dying in silence, I think your uncle would want to try his best to survive!"

Xiao Ruge patted his shoulder, then asked Uncle Sun to help Li Quan out. After Pei Yun came back with the herbs, she closed the doors and windows tightly.

No one knows what happened inside.

Old Man Sun waited outside with Li Quan. As time passed, Li Quan became restless and limped to the window to secretly look into the house.

But because of the light, he couldn't see anything.

Old Man Sun patted his shoulder, signaling him not to worry, and helped him sit back at the stone table.

As the sun rose to the middle of the sky, the tightly closed door finally opened. Xiao Ruge and Pei Yun walked out with tired faces. Old Man Sun supported Li Quan and hurried over.

"Miss, how is it?"

Looking at Li Quan's concerned eyes, Xiao Ruge sighed and shook her head sadly.

"Your uncle has been poisoned for too long. We have tried everything, but we can only make him sober for a quarter of an hour."

She sighed heavily, with some regret in her eyes, annoyed that she couldn't save Li Xinzhao.

Although Li Quan was mentally prepared, his eyes still turned red after hearing the result.

He suppressed the sadness in his heart, smiled bitterly, and tried to persuade Xiao Ruge.

"My uncle has done his best. This is my uncle's fate. I'm sure my uncle will be very happy to see my uncle again before he dies."

"Go in and check on him. I'll clean up and be right back."

Xiao Ruge nodded to Li Quan and left with Pei Yun.

On the bed, Li Xinzhao had not woken up yet, but his moving eyeballs reminded everyone that he would wake up soon.

Sure enough, after a while, Li Xinzhao slowly opened his eyes, and the scene in front of him went from blurry to clear, and soon he could see the appearance of the people around him.

"Miss..."

The voice was very weak, but the first thing Li Xinzhao called out was Xiao Ruge.

Looking at the gloomy Li Xinzhao, Xiao Ruge smiled and said, "Guardian Li, thank you for your hard work!"

Li Xinzhao shook his head. He seemed to know that his physical condition was not optimistic. He then looked at his nephew and the others and said softly, "You all go out. I want to talk to the eldest lady alone."

Li Quan wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, shook his uncle's hand tightly, and left with Mr. Sun.

At this time, only Xiao Ruge and Li Xinzhao were left in the room. Pei Yun had left earlier. His responsibility was to cure diseases and save lives. Everything else had nothing to do with him.

"Miss, there is a conspiracy behind the old general's death!"

As soon as the door was closed, Li Xinzhao said this.

These words surprised Xiao Ruge, but also made her feel that it was as she expected.

Seeing that Xiao Ruge's expression was not as shocked as he had imagined, Li Xinzhao smiled bitterly, "It seems that the eldest lady already knows, so I have no regrets."

"I don't know much, I just know that my grandfather, father and brother were killed by someone, but I haven't found out the specific reason yet. Can you tell me about it?"

When he heard that he was still valuable, Li Xinzhao's dim eyes immediately brightened up.

"Before the old general was killed, he received a letter from the capital. Since I am not a close guard of the old general, I don't know who wrote the letter or what it said..."

After all, Li Xinzhao's body was at the end of its strength. He began to pant after talking too much. Xiao Ruge poured him a cup of warm water, which made him feel much better.

"Not long after the letter was delivered to the old general, the Rongdi began to attack Yangcheng..."

The attack that time was particularly fierce and the battle line was very long. Several surrounding cities were besieged one after another. General Xiao had no choice but to send his son and grandson to support.

Originally, everything was going well. Even though the Rongdi offensive was fierce, they were not unable to withstand it.

But not long after, the Rongdi side seemed to know General Xiao's deployment and were able to predict it in advance every time. In this way, the Xiao army began to retreat.

When General Xiao went out of the city to meet the enemy, he fell into the enemy's trap and was lured into a canyon, where he was trapped and died.

After saying this, Li Xinzhao's expression became dull and his eyes became dim again.

Xiao Ruge sat on the bed and thought for a while, then frowned and asked, "According to what you said, Guard Li thinks there is a spy in the Xiao family army?"

Li Xinzhao nodded, "Of course it is. Otherwise, why can Rongdi always know about the old general's deployment and deploy it in advance?"

"Then do you have any doubts in your mind?"

Li Xinzhao shook his head. "I am a humble subordinate. This spy must be someone very close to the old general, otherwise he wouldn't know the battle plan!"

After saying all this, Xiao Ruge saw that Li Xinzhao's face was getting worse and worse, so she went out and called Li Quan in, leaving the space to the uncle and nephew.

She stood in the yard, looking at the lone wild goose flying across the sky, thinking about what Li Xinzhao had just told her.

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