Martial Arts Crossover: My Wife is the Top Scholar

Chapter 331 Luring the Tiger Away from the Mountain: Xiao Feng's Weakness!

"If I'm not mistaken, there were animals around the Crown Prince when he was poisoned, such as cats, dogs, or horses."

Lan Fenghuang looked at Duan Yu's personal eunuch.

The eunuch replied, "There is a horse."

"The horse was injured, with cuts and bruises, and its blood stained the prince. The prince was poisoned and collapsed."

Lan Fenghuang stared intently at the eunuch.

"Chief Lan is right! That's exactly it! It wasn't me, it really wasn't me! I wouldn't dare to poison him!"

The eunuch knelt on the ground in terror.

"I didn't say it was you, what are you afraid of?"
Would I falsely accuse an innocent person?

The prince was poisoned by two kinds of deadly poisons.

A type called 'Black Blood'.

A substance called 'erythritol'.

This is an assassination technique tailor-made for the Dali medical system. If it hadn't been me, but a physician from the Imperial Medical Academy, the Crown Prince would have been dead by now!
What a terrifying method!

What a vicious scheme!

The imperial physician standing guard at the door was completely bewildered.

The imperial physician held silver needles and leeches, a common treatment method in Dali. Leeches, in particular, are suitable for detoxifying people, absorbing toxic blood, and alleviating the effects of toxins.

However, once Duan Yu is acupunctured and his acupoints are sealed, and then leeches are used to absorb the poisonous blood, both the tiny wounds from the silver needles and the marks left by the leeches will rapidly expand until all the blood in his body is drained.

Dao Baifeng looked at Xiao Feng with gratitude.

After Duan Yu was poisoned, Dao Baifeng originally wanted the imperial physician to cure him, but Xiao Feng blocked the physician from entering, saying that since Duan Yu was poisoned in the palace, none of the imperial physicians could be trusted.

Besides Lan Fenghuang, anyone who gets close to Duan Yu could be an assassin. Apart from the high monks of Tianlong Temple who can suppress the poison with One-Finger Divine Skill, no outsider can get close to Duan Yu.

Xiao Feng's caution played a significant role.

The assassin's method of killing was too bizarre, targeting the Dali medical system. Regardless of whether the imperial physician had been bribed or not, as long as the imperial physician treated Duan Yu to remove the poison, Duan Yu would inevitably be poisoned to the bone marrow, and even Hua Tuo would not be able to save him.

"Sister-in-law, could you tell me in more detail?"

"This is a rare and extremely potent poison that was accidentally concocted by a master of the Wen family, a long-established brand in Lingnan. The concocter was killed on the spot by the poison, and no one in the Wen family can cure it."

For decades afterward, the four masters of poison arts from the Wen family jointly cultivated the One Yuan Worm in order to find an antidote.

'Black Blood' targets flesh wounds. The creator of it was named Lukewarm Water. When he first developed the product, his finger was cut by a shard of porcelain.

The wound, which was smaller than a hair, was stained with black blood, and it rapidly expanded several times over.

Wen Tunshui's cousin, Wen Dating, hurriedly went to find a skilled detoxifier. In just half an incense stick's time, Wen Tunshui bled out.

'Red Scale Essence' is originally an antidote, created by the legendary physician Vancouver. It has excellent detoxification effects, can counteract most toxins, and can treat diseases and heal injuries.

However, when experiments were conducted on animals, it was discovered that if erythroxin was used on animals and then their blood came into contact with humans, it would become a deadly poison.

It is said that one of Wen's disciples was greedy and ate grilled fish covered in red scales. The pond was full of reeds, and the flying catkins got into his nostrils, causing him to sneeze unconsciously.

One sneeze, and your nose flies off!
The prince ingested the Manggu Toad, which altered his constitution, making him virtually immune to all poisons. Only the rare poison of red scales, which is actually an antidote, could bypass the Manggu Toad.

From now on, you cannot engage in strenuous exercise, and you cannot have any wounds. Even being bitten by a mosquito could be fatal, as only the worm can detoxify you.

If I'm not mistaken, the assassin first fed the horse red scale poison, then placed a medicine bag containing black blood near the saddle. When the prince mounted the horse, he crushed the medicine bag, getting stained with the black blood poison. Immediately afterward, the horse was startled, splashing red scale poison onto the prince. The two poisons fused together in the prince's body, and he immediately collapsed from poisoning.

Assassins don't need to personally carry out the killing.

The assassin doesn't even need to show himself; he can appear anywhere. Everyone in the palace serves as his alibi, and no one will suspect him.

If the prince is left with eunuchs and guards, and they are asked to summon the imperial physician, the physician can use silver needles to seal acupoints and leeches to suck out the poisonous blood, which will trigger the poison's effects.

At that time, the emperor and empress will have to watch helplessly as the crown prince dies before their eyes, powerless to do anything about it.

This method is too cruel!
The assassin had a deep-seated hatred for the Duan family!

Time is tight.

Li Lang, Sheng Lan, and I will take the Crown Prince to the Wen family to get the antidote. The Wen family should not refuse us.

The investigation is to be handled by Chief Cheng.

Chief Cheng possesses a keen eye for swordsmanship, making him well-suited for finding assassins.

This is my plan!

Do you have any comments? "

Lan Fenghuang may be slightly lacking in academic knowledge, but she is an expert among experts when it comes to detoxification. Professional matters should be left to professionals; laymen should not give blind instructions.

Xiao Feng subconsciously asked, "Sister-in-law, is there any potent poison that can break through the limitations of the Vajra Indestructible Divine Skill? If someone were to poison me, what should I do?"

Lan Fenghuang nodded seriously: "Yes! There is a kind of firefly with a tough shell that is a specialty of Miao territory. It is made into a Gu by refining the flesh and blood of the five poisonous creatures. It can burrow into flesh and internal organs."

The Vajra Indestructible Divine Skill grants immunity to all poisons, but this effect is only effective against external threats, not internal ones. Once a firefly enters the body, the deadly poison will seep into the flesh and blood, rapidly circulating throughout the body.

At that time, apart from rare and precious materials such as the ancient ginseng and the thousand-year-old snow lotus, there will be no other way to detoxify. All things in the world are mutually reinforcing and mutually restraining.

The Manggu Toad has a flaw.

The Vajra Indestructible Divine Skill has flaws.

Even the Miao Jiang Ten Thousand Poisons Manual and the Three Great Spirit Gu are not invincible. There is a reason why the art of poison has always been rejected in the martial arts world!
Too insidious, too vicious, too difficult to guard against.

With the right technique, even a waiter who knows absolutely no martial arts can poison a Grandmaster of the Heavenly Gang.

Those who remain, please be extremely careful.

Since the coronation ceremony, the mastermind behind the scenes has used various methods, including the One Yuan Worm, the Poison God, Tang Clan hidden weapons, Black Blood, and Red Scale Essence. There might be some deadly poisons that I haven't seen before. I wrote a letter to my father, asking him to bring the elders to help, which might be a deterrent.

To prevent the mastermind behind the scenes from acting recklessly.

This battle left a deep impression on Lan Fenghuang.

I once thought that the Golden Silkworm Gu was invincible, at least in the field of poison arts, it was the best and the best. I never expected that Wen Qu would come up with a way to restrain it, so that the Golden Silkworm Gu would temporarily fall into a slumber. If it weren't for Lan Fenghuang's mastery of whip techniques and the help of divine weapons like the Nine-Appearance Divine Dragon Ghost-Sorrow, I would probably have had to release the Peacock Feather in front of everyone.

A hidden weapon of the peacock feather caliber can only be used publicly once; there will be no second chance.

The Wen family is a native family of Lingnan. They have been studying poison for generations. Their disciples are a mixed bag. Some seem upright but are actually treacherous and vicious, some seem crazy but are actually kind, and some like to run restaurants.

Because of their generations of expertise in poisons, the Wen family has inherited hundreds of rare and deadly poisons, as well as thousands of antidotes. No one dares to offend them.

Even Liu Suifeng didn't dare to provoke him.

Offending the Wen family's master of poisons means you'll never have a peaceful life, whether you're eating, sleeping, traveling, drinking tea, or taking a bath.

Even if every meal was tested for poison, with only one bite of each dish, and this continued for three to five months, the inexplicable organ failure was due to being poisoned by a combination of toxins.

If you want to eat meat, the ingredients contain erythropoietin!
Wanting to go out for a stroll, I saw the Valley of a Hundred Flowers, and immediately felt dizzy and lightheaded. When I woke up, I had become a poisonous person.

Wen Wan, the most skilled poisoner in the Wen family, could poison even amidst debauchery and extravagance. While others sought to poison without color or taste, Wen Wan used scents such as floral fragrances, rice aromas, pine resin, sourness, and bitterness. Even if he lived in seclusion and slept in a coffin at night, he could still be contaminated with deadly poisons.

His poison skills are formidable, but his detoxification abilities are even more remarkable.

The Wen family has been around for hundreds of years, but its number of members is far less than that of the Tang Clan. This is because of the intense competition among its own members, who are used as test subjects for poison. The choice is either to find an antidote or to die.

When you are in the world, you will inevitably get hurt.

People in the martial arts world fear poison techniques the most, especially strange and deadly poisons. Some rare toxins are incurable by the divine physicians of Medicine King Valley, but the Wen family can cure them.

We must be wary of them, yet we also need them.

Using poison as leverage and medicine to befriend martial arts masters, Li Zhaoting successfully established his lineage for centuries through a combination of force and persuasion, earning him a notorious reputation in the martial arts world. Compared to major poison sects like the Five Poisons Sect, the Wen Family, and the Tang Clan, Li Zhaoting is practically a saint reincarnated!
The current head of the Wen family is named Wen Wan. He is quite upright and has settled in Luoyang. The Wen family ancestral home is managed by the fourth branch of the family. Most of them are greedy for money and will sell anything as long as they are paid enough.

The toxin is potent; we cannot waste time.

Li Zhaoting, Lan Fenghuang, and Miss Wang took Duan Yu to Lingnan to seek medical treatment, while Cheng Huaixiu was responsible for using her Sword Heart Clarity to examine the palace maids and eunuchs and investigate the assassins' whereabouts.

Xiao Feng was responsible for protecting Duan Zhengchun.

The palace was quiet and peaceful.

All that remains is the oppressive atmosphere of an impending storm.

The final hand that instigated the rebellion, a mastermind even more deeply hidden than the Azure Dragon Society and Wanyan Jue, quietly drew back the curtain, like a mantis stalking a cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.

However, among a flock of orioles fighting each other, the one that survives in the end may be the original mantis.

It could even be... a cicada!

……

Lingnan is a general term for the region south of the Five Ridges.

The Five Ridges: Yuecheng Ridge, Dupang Ridge, Mengzhu Ridge, Qitian Ridge, and Dayu Ridge.

Lingnan mainly includes Guangdong, Guangxi, eastern Yunnan, and parts of Fujian. When Li Nanxing and Li Zhaoting were sentenced to exile in Lingnan, they were referring to Guangxi.

The time-honored Wen family restaurant is also located in Guangxi, not far from Dali, about 700 li away.

However, Duan Yu was poisoned and could not afford to suffer any injury. Li Zhaoting needed to protect his body with pure Yang energy at all times, which made their journey extremely slow.

Two days passed in the blink of an eye.

Everything in Dali Royal City has returned to normal.

That night, Duan Zhengchun worked by candlelight, looking at the mountain of memorials and thinking about the pressure from the Song Dynasty and Tibet. He had the idea of ​​becoming a monk.

There are just too many things to do.

First, to send an envoy to the Song Dynasty to demonstrate sincerity.

Second, appease the surrounding tribes, assuring them that the rebellion in Quxianzhou would not implicate innocent people, but only kill the elders of the tribes where Quxianzhou was located and replace them with a few more elders.

Third, eliminate traitors and find internal spies.

Fourth, appease the powerful and influential families such as the Gao and Yang families.

Fifth, select a Crown Princess for Duan Yu.

Sixth, handle the affairs of the inner palace, selectively bringing the emotional debts incurred over the years to the palace, such as Qin Hongmian, who can effectively appease the Qin family village.

VII. To appease the people and encourage agriculture and sericulture.

8. Negotiate taxes with the Central Plains caravan.

9. Establish a long-term partnership with the Salt Gang.

Every task was extremely important and needed to be completed by Duan Zhengchun within a month. Even the seemingly simplest task of reaching a cooperation agreement with the Salt Gang was fraught with difficulties.

Cheng Huaixiu was willing to lend a hand and help with the investigation out of respect for Li Zhaoting, but tens of thousands of brothers in the Salt Gang were waiting to eat, and millions of salt workers depended on them for their livelihood. Therefore, when discussing cooperation, they could only do things officially.

The same applies to the Miao tribes.

Miao villages such as Moon Mountain Village, Qin Family Village, and Mo Family Village can support Duan Zhengchun, but Duan Zhengchun must provide sufficient benefits and cannot rely solely on personal relationships.

If someone rebels in the Central Plains and fails, the lightest punishment is the execution of their entire family, and the most severe punishment is the extermination of nine generations of their clan.

Why is Qu Xianzhou not afraid of implicating the tribes?
Because there are too many Miao villages near Dali.

How will other Miao villages view the massacre of one family?
In addition, the Duan family of Dali adopted a passive attitude towards "rebellion." In the history of the Dali Kingdom, several powerful ministers launched rebellions, among which the Gao family was the most peculiar.

The Gao family usurped the throne and became emperors. However, they found being emperors in Dali particularly stifling and unbearable. They voluntarily returned the throne to the Duan family. They did not go to the capital to defend the emperor, nor did they lead troops to quell the rebellion. They did not engage in any strategic alliances or maneuvering. The Gao family voluntarily abdicated, and the Duan family continued to be emperors.

There was no settling of scores later, no unpredictable twists and turns.

What happened before will remain the same in the future.

The Duan family of Dali were all Buddhists, and the emperor liked to be a monk at Tianlong Temple because he felt too stifled.

Previously, Duan Zhengming bore the pressure, allowing Duan Zhengchun to pursue women freely. Now, having ascended the throne, he has experienced indescribable fatigue after only five or six days.

"Alas~ I wonder how Yu'er is doing!"

Duan Zhengchun twisted his waist and stretched.

"I can take you to see your Yu'er!"

A dark figure appeared behind Duan Zhengchun.

Before Duan Zhengchun could shout "Protect the Emperor!", a powerful palm strike slammed towards the back of Duan Zhengchun's head. Duan Zhengchun dodged with a lazy roll, and as his shadow lengthened, the black-clad assassin emerged from the shadow, brandishing his sword and thrusting straight at him.

"Protect the emperor! Protect the emperor!"

Duan Zhengchun shouted loudly.

With a dragon's roar, a golden hand appeared out of thin air, grabbed Duan Zhengchun, and pulled him backward. Xiao Feng drew an arc with his right hand and unleashed a palm strike, causing the golden dragon to soar into the sky. The two assassins hurriedly retreated.

Xiao Feng shouted, "Who goes there!"

"The person who wants your life!"

A sharp sound rang out from behind, and pale gold lights lit up in mid-air, like small lanterns. Xiao Feng looked closely and saw that they were fireflies.

“King Xiao, this is called shooting yourself in the foot. If you hadn’t asked Lan Fenghuang, I would never have dreamed of the flaw in the Vajra Indestructible Divine Skill.”

A gaunt, white-haired, and ugly old man quietly appeared, holding a jade-green bone staff topped with a skull.

Qi Yun'ao, elder of the Five Poisons Sect!
At the Miao Jiang Conference, Li Zhaoting saw that Qi Yun'ao and He Hongyao were unstable factors. However, the two never made a move and honestly acted as elders without overstepping any boundaries, so it was inconvenient for Elder Lan to deal with them.

Only now, upon learning that the Vajra Indestructible Divine Skill fears the fireflies of Miao territory, has Qi Yun'ao revealed himself.

Xiao Feng's lips curled into a sneer: "Fireflies can only be effective when they burrow into flesh and blood. Qi Yun'ao, how can your fireflies break through the Pure Yang Qi?"

As he spoke, Xiao Feng's body was surrounded by a protective aura.

Pure Yang Qi!

Qi Yun'ao sneered: "Pure Yang Qi is not the Vajra Indestructible Divine Art. Breaking Pure Yang Qi is not difficult. As for the Vajra Indestructible Divine Art, this method can only be used five times. You have used it four times, so you only have one last chance left!"

"I don't need to transform to kill you!"

"Xiao Feng, I am your opponent."

A gaunt lama emerged from the darkness. He was quite tall, half a foot taller than Xiao Feng, but his body was as thin as a bamboo pole. He had no hair on his head and his forehead was sunken.

"who are you?"

"I am the Dragon Elephant Dharma King!"

The Dragon Elephant Dharma King is not a Dharma Protector of the Vajra Temple, nor has he practiced the Dragon Elephant Prajna Kung Fu. From a Buddhist perspective, this person belongs to the ancestral level in the Buddhist community.

His master was the foremost monk in India, the abbot of Nalanda Monastery, Master Longye. It should be noted that Xuanzang studied Buddhism at Nalanda Monastery when he went to India to obtain Buddhist scriptures.

The status of Nalanda Monastery is self-evident.

Master Longye is over a hundred years old and possesses superb martial arts skills. He is proficient in the three great skills of Nalanda Temple and can split a hundred-zhang waterfall with his palm. Dharma King Longxiang is Master Longye's disciple with the highest talent in martial arts. He is proficient in two great skills, Dragon Elephant Skill and Cloud Hand, and is also proficient in the Mahayana Prajna Palm, which is comparable to the Prajna Palm and only ranked below the Tathagata Palm!
The Dharma King of the Dragon Elephant joined his hands together, his body radiating a dark, inky light. Within the light, a Buddhist seal appeared, followed by the chanting of Sanskrit, and the Buddhist seal merged into his palms.

The First Palm of India: Mahayana Prajna Palm!

(End of this chapter)