It was indeed difficult to find all ten types of snake venom, but it was relatively easy to find a few of them.
"General, seven of the ten types of snake venom can be used as medicine and can be sold in large pharmacies. The remaining three types are very rare snake venoms. If it's confirmed that the person who poisoned you is someone close to the young general, then within two to three years, this traitor will definitely buy snake venom to concoct a poison. This type of poison can only be stored for a day at most. "
A day!
When Han Yunxi said this, General Mu was shocked. This was a clue, and a very important one at that.
Mu Qingwu was overjoyed. "Qin Wangfei, please write down the names of the ten types of snake venom. This official will immediately investigate!"
Han Yunxi's words stunned Mu Liuyue, but surprised General Mu and his son. Although the stakes were high, compared to finding the traitor, it wasn't that high.
Every day that the traitor wasn't found was another day that Mu Qingwu and even General Mu would be in danger. Moreover, this matter could possibly involve the Northern Li spies, so they couldn't be careless.
Mu Qingwu had long disliked Mu Liuyue and couldn't wait for her to be taught a lesson. As for General Mu, he couldn't care less for the time being. Finding the traitor was the most important thing. Everything else could be discussed later.
Han Yunxi only wrote down the names of seven types of snake venom and left the other three.
"Qin Wangfei, aren't there ten?" Mu Qingwu asked, puzzled.
"Find these seven first. See which pharmacies sell them and if anyone has bought them. Investigate clearly first. I have my own arrangements for the rest." Han Yunxi said seriously.
Mu Qingwu was a smart person and didn't pursue the matter. At this time, Mu Liuyue watched from the back and couldn't help but worry.
However, worry was just worry. Han Yunxi was only guessing. The results of the investigation were still unknown!
Mu Liuyue refused to believe it. She wanted to immediately write a letter to Princess Changping.
That day, after Han Yunxi left, Mu Qingwu personally went to investigate the matter.
He spent three days investigating all the big and small pharmacies in the Imperial City. Just as Han Yunxi said, many pharmacies sold these medicines. However, the results of the investigation were still beyond his expectations.
Three days later, Mu Qingwu paid another visit to the Duke of Qin's Manor.
"Princess Consort, out of the thirty-two pharmacies in the city, there are a total of ten pharmacies that sell snake venom, but ….."
Mu Qingwu frowned and said seriously, "However, the shopkeepers of these pharmacies said that this snake venom is not commonly used. If it is not for a special prescription, no doctor would dare to prescribe this kind of snake venom. Eight out of the ten pharmacies had never sold any of the seven snake poisons. As for the remaining two, they had only sold it once, and that was five or six years ago. "
The Ten-Thousand Snake Venom had accumulated in Mu Qingwu's body for three years at most. In other words, the traitor hadn't bought snake venom from the pharmacies.
"Princess Consort, could it be that the traitor brought the snake venom from somewhere else and made the Ten-Thousand Snake Venom in the manor?" Mu Qingwu guessed.
However, Han Yunxi decisively shook her head. "If it was brought over, it would be enough to use. This is poison. Bringing a large amount of poison with them is definitely not something a traitor would do. "
"Or, someone sent it over, or even made it before sending it to the Great General's Manor." Mu Qingwu continued to guess.
This kind of slow-acting poison usually needed to be made once every two to three days. The made poison could only be stored for a day, or else it would have a smell and color.
"In three years, they sent things to the Great General's Manor so frequently …" Han Yunxi was deep in thought.
The Great General's Manor was different from other mansions. The Great General and Young General lived here. In modern times, this would be a military compound and could be considered an important military office. Half of the servants here were soldiers and the other half were ordinary servants. No matter if it was soldiers or ordinary servants, they weren't allowed to enter and leave as they pleased.
Suddenly, Mu Qingwu's eyes lit up and he exclaimed, "Old Li who collects rancid water, and Old Wang who pours out night incense!"
These two people didn't come here every two or three days, but every day.
Although it was just a guess, it was better than having no direction.
"Young General, follow this lead and investigate. I'll investigate the origins of the other three snake venoms." Han Yunxi said seriously.
"Yes, if there's anything, this subordinate will report to you at any time!"
Mu Qingwu stood up and stood in a super standard military posture. He cupped his fists, bowed, and gave orders. These actions were done cleanly and nimbly, full of masculine strength.
Although this guy was young and didn't have much experience, there weren't many people in the imperial court who could accept such a big bow.
Mu Qingwu was about to leave when Han Yunxi called him back, "Young General, in the future when there's no one around, there's no need to be so polite. Also, don't call me Princess Consort this and that. Just call me by my name."
Mu Qingwu's resolute expression froze for a moment before he became suspicious. He reached out to scratch his head, revealing his big boy appearance again, "Esteemed Princess Consort, you … what did you say?"
Han Yunxi didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Forget it, forget it. He was such a disciplined person, she shouldn't make things difficult for him.
"Nothing, you can go." Han Yunxi could only give up.
After Mu Qingwu left, she immediately had Chen Xiang go to the Gu Manor to pass on a message to Gu Beiyue.
She only had a month's time, so the quickest and most accurate way to solve the case was to use the process of elimination. The seven types of snake poisons were easy to obtain. Even if they were bought in the capital, it was very likely that they'd gotten them from somewhere else. It wouldn't be easy to track them down, so this lead could be considered useless for now.
However, the other three types of snake poisons couldn't be obtained so easily. Moreover, quite a few poisons had been used over the past three years, so the dosage had to be high as well. Han Yunxi believed that as long as they could find the source of these three poisons, they wouldn't be far from the truth.
These three types of snake poisons were Rosemary, Bamboo Green, and Clear Lake. They were all miniature snakes that were no more than three to four cun long, but their toxicity didn't lose out to the poison pythons that Han Yunxi had seen before.
Unlike the poison pythons, there were plenty of Rosemary, Bamboo Green, and Clear Lake snakes, but the key lay in the fact that very few people could catch them and extract their poisons. According to Han Yunxi's estimates, there were no less than ten families in Cloud Realm Continent that possessed such things!
Of course, this was only Han Yunxi's estimation. She had no way to investigate, but Gu Beiyue was a veteran in the medical world, so he should have a way.
Gu Beiyue really was busy, unlike last time when he could see the emperor as soon as he wanted. The emperor had caught a cold, so he had to stay in the palace and couldn't leave. It wasn't clear when he'd be able to leave, so Han Yunxi could only wait.
"Mistress, do you have enough time to make an appointment with Eldest Miss Mu in a month?" little Chen Xiang was very worried.
"It's just a cold. It'll take five or six days at most. The young general needs time to treat himself, too." Han Yunxi said mildly, rejoicing in her heart that Emperor Tianhui wasn't seriously ill. Otherwise, Gu Beiyue wouldn't be able to leave the palace for a month or two.
Chen Xiang pouted on one side, unhappy. "Mistress, why don't you ask His Highness Duke of Qin for help?"
Han Yunxi clearly heard her, but pretended not to hear as she rose to leave.
Chen Xiang continued to mutter, "His Highness Duke of Qin's connections are much wider than Imperial Physician Gu's. Mistress, you're recklessly wasting God's gifts."
Hearing this, Han Yunxi had no choice but to stop and turn back with a smile. "Be good. Recklessly wasting God's gifts isn't useless."
Of course she knew that Long Fei Ye's connections were much wider than Gu Beiyue's, but she didn't believe that guy would be so free as to help her.
"Mistress, even if you're too embarrassed to ask His Highness Duke of Qin for help, you can have the young general do it. This is a matter of the general's estate," little Chen Xiang reminded again.
This time, Han Yunxi narrowed her eyes. "How am I embarrassed?"
Seeing her mistress's dangerous expression, little Chen Xiang shut her mouth and thought, You have a guilty conscience …
After gagging little Chen Xiang's mouth, Han Yunxi left in a carefree manner. She was being made difficult by all sorts of people only because she hadn't received Long Fei Ye's true approval. If that guy truly approved of her, she'd sit firmly in her position as the Duke of Qin's official consort. In all of Tianning's court, who would dare to provoke her or offend her?
In this era, a mother relied on her son's status, while a wife relied on her husband's honor. But she could only rely on herself, and only herself.
Han Yunxi waited for news as she flipped through the Cloud Realm Records. This was an ancient book that introduced the various powers of Cloud Realm Continent. In the center of Cloud Realm Continent were Tianning Country, Northern Li Country, and Western Zhou Country. Within these three countries were powers independent of the empire, the most famous of which were Carefree City, the City of Women, and Medical City.
The medical academy that Gu Beiyue often mentioned was a large-scale institution in Medical City. It could be said that it was the most authoritative institution in all of Cloud Realm Continent.
Unfortunately, the Cloud Realm Records was only an ancient book with very little information on medical families and poison sects. Han Yunxi couldn't find what she wanted inside.
"Mistress, the Han Family is one of the most famous medical families in Tianning Country. It's said that they have quite a few hidden medicines."
Little Chen Xiang spoke casually, but her words reminded Han Yunxi of something!
That's right, the Han Family!
In Tianning's capital, or even in all of Tianning Country, there was probably no other family besides the imperial family that had more hidden medicines than the Han Family. How could she have left out the Han Family?
"Let's go, we'll go take a look at the Han Family!" Han Yunxi decided promptly.
At noon that day, Han Yunxi brought little Chen Xiang to knock on the Han Family's doors.
When Han Yunxi transmigrated here, she'd already left the Han Family in a bridal sedan chair. All of her memories of the Han Family came from the original owner's memories.
"Yiya …"
As soon as the door opened, the little pageboy guarding the door grumbled, "Who are you? Can't you let me sleep in the middle of the day?"
"Qin Wangfei has arrived!" little Chen Xiang shouted loudly.
"What has Qin Wangfei come here for?"
The pageboy didn't think much of it, but he quickly recovered his wits and opened the door in fright. He scrambled out and fell to his knees as soon as he saw Han Yunxi. "Esteemed wangfei! This one didn't know esteemed wangfei would grace us with her presence. Esteemed wangfei, please spare my life! "
This pageboy was scared out of his wits. Forget about him, no one in the Han Family believed that Han Yunxi could step through the Duke of Qin's doors. Moreover, many people had guessed that this eldest young miss would die!
The emperor had ordered her to marry, but the Duke of Qin refused. The only way to resolve this conflict was to kill Han Yunxi.
But no one expected this eldest young miss to not only enter the Duke of Qin's doors without a hitch, but her temperament had changed greatly. Her medical skills had improved by leaps and bounds, and she'd cured the young general, making a name for herself.
Moreover, there were rumors these days that the eldest young miss had even participated in the treatment of the crown prince's strange illness. The old master had been punished, but the eldest young miss was safe and sound. There were all sorts of theories among the people as to why this happened.
"Get up." Han Yunxi said Coldly.
The pageboy raised his head to see Han Yunxi's beauty and was very surprised. But when he met Han Yunxi's piercing gaze, he didn't dare to look again. He couldn't help but believe that the rumors were true. He hurriedly got up, but didn't dare to straighten his body.
Han Yunxi calmly sat down on the high threshold and asked, "How many wives are there in this residence?"
The pageboy didn't dare to conceal anything and immediately answered truthfully.
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