Food delivery services are available in every world, and the big shots are going crazy for me.

Chapter 289 Drugging
Mo Qianxun placed the meat he had brought in front of him: "You can eat this meat yourself. It's not convenient for the general to eat this greasy roast meat right now."

A flicker of panic crossed the soldier's eyes: "This was specially prepared by the kitchen for the general, how can I eat it!"

"You don't dare? Why?"

"It's not that I'm afraid, it's just that I don't want to let the kitchen down." The soldier quickly lowered his head, not wanting anyone to see the abnormality in his eyes.

Mo Qianxun looked at Qiao Mian and said, "Your own soldiers, you should manage them yourself."

Qiao Mian felt a chill run down his spine as he watched the soldier make all sorts of excuses. It turned out that the brother he regarded as someone who had risked his life for him might really be someone else's spy, someone who wanted to kill him.

Qiao Mian got down and looked at the meat on the ground: "What did you add to it?"

"I didn't, I'm innocent, General. You can't doubt me based on just her words. Doing so will discourage the Qiao family army."

"I don't think so!" the lieutenant said as he walked in.

"Deputy General Li, what brings you in?" Qiao Mian asked, somewhat puzzled, when he saw Deputy General Li enter.

"General, this Wang Er is indeed suspicious. Someone told me that Wang Er poisoned the food. I rushed over as soon as I heard the news, and luckily I made it in time. I have already ordered men to search Wang Er's residence, and we should be able to find something," Lieutenant General Li said, bowing.

Mo Qianxun glanced at the deputy general Li, then looked at 008: "Whose man is this?"

[Host, this Deputy General Li is a veteran of the Qiao family army and a confidant of Qiao Mian's father. This time, when Qiao Mian led his troops into battle, Qiao's father specifically sent his trusted confidant along to take care of him.]

"That's right."

"Wang Er, do you have anything else to say?"

"...General, spare me! General, spare me! I was just following orders! I'll never do it again! I'll never do it again!" Wang Er kept kowtowing, hoping that Qiao Mian would spare him for the sake of the fact that they had fought off the enemy together.

"Acting on orders? Whose orders are you acting on?" Qiao Mian snorted. How could he possibly keep such a person around?

"General, General, I was only following the orders of the Third Prince. My whole family is in his hands, and I dare not disobey."

"The Third Prince?" Qiao Mian was somewhat surprised.

In his view, the Third Prince had always been a carefree prince who did not concern himself with court affairs. Although he was a prince, he was actually only slightly better off than the average person. From the moment he was born, he lost the chance to compete for the throne. This had nothing to do with political power. Why would the Third Prince kill him for no reason?
"Tell me what happened. If you can't give me a straight answer, I'll kill you!" Qiao Mian glared angrily.

Wang Er stammered as he confessed what had happened.

It turned out that after returning to the capital last time, he ran into the Third Prince while shopping with his wife. The Third Prince initially only wanted to bribe him with a large sum of money to become his informant, but he did not agree.

He returned home just before this expedition, but his elderly parents, wife, and children were not there; only the Third Prince's men were waiting for him.

The Third Prince's men said that as long as he obeyed, after the matter was accomplished, they would not only return his parents, wife, and children to him unharmed, but also give him a generous reward and promote him.

Left with no other choice, Wang Er had to agree. At first, there was no movement from the Third Prince, so he breathed a sigh of relief until yesterday when the Third Prince suddenly sent a letter.

The letter also included a small bottle containing a colorless and odorless poison. It instructed him to sprinkle the poison into Qiao Mian's food, and promised that afterward, Qiao Mian's parents, wife, and children would be returned to him unharmed. As the saying goes, "Every man for himself," and Wang Er agreed after only a moment's hesitation.

At this moment, the man Li sent to search Wang Er's residence came in, carrying a letter and a medicine bottle.

Qiao Mian opened the letter, glanced at its contents, slammed it on the table, and snorted coldly, "It seems the Third Prince is quite dishonest, actually plotting against me."

Qiao Mian had Wang Er taken away. Later, he would write a letter to his father, the General of the Border Garrison, explaining everything that had happened here. As for how his father would handle it, he didn't need to worry. With his father's protective nature, he certainly wouldn't let him suffer any losses.

Since the Third Prince dared to attack him, his father would definitely break his hand.

Mo Qianxun looked at Qiao Mian's confident demeanor with some surprise: "008, judging from his appearance, he doesn't seem like someone who needs help."

008 glanced at his mission progress and found that he had completed 80% of it, leaving 20% ​​remaining. It seemed that Huang Xuan'er's matter was still quite important.

[Host, I'll say a sentence, and you say a sentence!]

"……OK!"

General Qiao, five years ago during the Lantern Festival, didn't Huang Xuan'er save someone?

"General Qiao, did Huang Xuan'er save someone during the Lantern Festival five years ago?"

"How did you know, young lady? It was indeed Huang Xuan'er who saved someone that time. I was also very surprised at the time. How could someone as ruthless as Huang Xuan'er save someone? But it was indeed her who saved them."

She saved the third prince of the dynasty.

Mo Qianxun glanced at 008 in surprise: "She saved the Third Prince of the current dynasty?"

"Could it be that you were also at that lantern festival? Otherwise, how would you know so much about it?" Qiao Mian was somewhat surprised. He had only learned by chance later that Huang Xuan'er had saved the third prince of the current dynasty.

"Then it's clear. The one who wants to kill you isn't the Third Prince, but his wife, Shen Wuhua, the eldest daughter of the Prime Minister's household."

Qiao Mian frowned slightly: "Why?"

Mo Qianxun had a guess in her mind: Could it be a melodramatic plot of mistaken identity as the white moonlight?
008: Host, you finally understand.

Mo Qianxun: Oh my god!
Shen Wuhua told the Third Prince that she was his savior, which was why he married her and showered her with affection.

Mo Qianxun understood: such a person probably loves the debt of gratitude, not the person themselves.

For example, if one day someone suddenly told him that the person who saved him back then was not Shen Wuhua, but Huang Xuan'er who had already died, then this Third Prince would probably send Shen Wuhua directly to the underworld to meet Huang Xuan'er!
"But what does this have to do with me?"

Chen Min also realized what was going on and looked at him with a complicated expression: "I guess Shen Wuhua is thinking that she must stick to the fact that she is her savior and eliminate any factors that could expose her identity."

Lu Tao also realized what was going on: "So, she sent someone to kill Huang Xuan'er, and was afraid that Qiao Mian would expose her when he returned to the capital, so she also wanted to kill him?"

(End of this chapter)