Chapter 121
Chapter 121
"It's not a cold or a fever." Zhou Yuanhe walked up to Ye Zhou after the inspection. He lowered his head slightly and whispered in Ye Zhou's ear, "It's poison. I checked it just now. There is no bite mark, but there is a big one." wound."
"Someone probably extracted snake venom or the poison from other poisonous animals, but although the wound is not shallow, it is not too deep, so until now there is no life-threatening." Zhou Yuanhe said, "It may also be that the amount is not large enough and the toxicity is not strong. "
Ye Zhou also asked softly: "Can it be saved? Can you find out what kind of poison it is? Can you buy serum?"
Zhou Yuanhe lowered his voice: "I don't know what kind of animal's poison it is. I want to take his blood sample back for observation, and I don't know much about the animals here. I have seen many of them."
Ye Zhou was silent for a few seconds and then said, "Take a blood sample first, I'll check the system to see if there are any corresponding products."
He even hopes that there is a medicine in the system that can cure all poisons.
But instead of hoping that there is a medicine to cure all poisons in the system, it is better to hope that the poison is not so toxic that it will not kill Chen Hou.
"Since Chen Hou got sick, has he ever been sober?" Ye Zhou asked the eunuch.
The eunuch shook his head slightly: "Your Majesty has been groggy since he got sick, and when he seldom wakes up, even if he does, he just asks me to open the windows or draw the curtains."
The eunuch said again: "In the beginning, Your Majesty was just feeling unwell, always complaining of dizziness and vomiting, but within two days it became so."
Ye Zhou nodded slightly. He knew that if he asked again, he wouldn't be able to find anything. He probably didn't even know who was trying to kill him.
After killing Zhang Rong, Chen Hou's situation in Chen State will not be better, only worse.
The aristocratic family will fight back crazily. For Chen Hou, this is a hurdle he must pass. If he passes, then he will have most of the right to speak in Chen Guoneng. If not, the prince Chen Rui will become the new "" Chen Hou".
After watching Chen Hou, Ye Zhou didn't leave the Chen Palace immediately. He asked the maid to report that he had met Mrs. Chen, whom he had never met since leaving the supermarket.
Probably only Ye Zhou's arrival can make the monarch's wife dress up for an interview late at night.
Mrs. Hou came quickly. She was haggard, and she looked even worse than when she was seriously injured. Her face was pale, her eyes were bloodshot, and the bags under her eyes were frighteningly large.
"Immortal." Madam Hou saluted Ye Zhou.
Ye Zhou raised his hand slightly: "Ma'am, excuse me."
Madam Hou stood upright, she knew why Ye Zhou came, so she said without waiting for Ye Zhou to ask: "Immortal, this matter has nothing to do with my mother clan, my father died, and the Jiang family has not yet elected a new patriarch." , if something happens to your majesty, our Jiang family will be in turmoil, not only will it not be beneficial, but it will be disturbed by it."
She didn't show emotion, but only said to weigh the pros and cons, but Ye Zhou believed her instead.
"Madam, which family do you think will kill Marquis Chen?" Ye Zhou asked, "I heard from the eunuch that after Marquis Chen's accident, only Zheng and Zhang sent people to visit him."
Mrs. Chen thought for a while, and said hesitantly: "If it is Mrs. Zhang, that would be too blatant. Your Majesty just killed Zhang Rong and the accident happened shortly after. Mrs. Zhang should not be so stupid."
"But if it's the Zheng family, the head of the Zheng family is already Prime Minister Zuo, and one step closer is just..."
Mrs. Chen didn't finish her sentence. She looked up at Ye Zhou and found that there was no anger on Ye Zhou's face.
Ye Zhou just smiled: "It turned out that it was aimed at me, and Marquis Chen suffered for me."
"He wants to be Prime Minister." Ye Zhou said with a smile.
Mrs. Chen quickly said: "This matter has nothing to do with immortals. Even if there were no immortals, my husband would not allow the Zheng family to be prime ministers."
Under Mrs. Chen's introduction, Ye Zhou knew that the Zheng family was not an aboriginal family in Chen country.
They escaped from the country of Zheng, but compared to people like Zhao Mu who fled from their mother country within a few decades, the Zheng family has a longer history. Their family escaped about 300 years ago.
When Ye Zhou heard it, he felt that the order of this world was really clear.
In his place, not to mention 300 years, as long as the new generation is born somewhere, they can be regarded as locals there.
The Zheng family has been in Chen Guo for 300 years, and Chen Guo still doesn't think they are "one of our own", even if the Zheng family is in a high position, Chen Hou will still guard against them.
However, it is normal for them to be wary. Mrs. Chen quickly explained that there was a family who defected from the mother country and was taken in by the state of Wei. As a result, this family lived in the state of Wei for 500 years. To make it public.
The whole country of Wei State was in an uproar, and it was hard to believe that there was a family that could be the leader of the whole family. It had been lurking for more than five hundred years. This family had even served as a minister in Wei State.
Since then, all countries have begun to investigate the family, and the family has to produce a family tree—even if the family tree records are less than 500 years old.
Fortunately, the aristocratic family rewrites the genealogy every five years, otherwise the bamboo slips 500 years ago?It must have turned to ashes long ago.
Even if a foreign family wants to forge a genealogy, it is very difficult, because the genealogy records not only the main branch, but also the branches. Every ten or 20 years, the branch will hand over the genealogy of the branch to the main branch.
If you want to fake it seamlessly, you need to make up too many things, even the "ancestral marriage" has to be made up.
Moreover, most foreign aristocratic families are not willing to falsify the genealogy. If it is true, it will be passed on to the descendants. Wouldn't the descendants have to worship the ancestors that did not exist?
So the 300 years of the Zheng family is not very valuable.
At least in the view of Chen Hou and Mrs. Chen, 300 years is far from enough for the Zheng family to forget their mother country.
They can accept scholars jumping left and right between countries, but they cannot accept that the aristocratic family has another country in their hearts.
It's as if a company can accept employee job-hopping, even if the employee has a high position, but it cannot accept the company's key members to change jobs.
Because the former can be recruited again, but if something happens to the latter, the blow to the company will be huge.
And the country is not like a company. If something happens to the company, as long as it operates properly or has external help, it is very likely to recover.
But if a small country like Chen Guo was stabbed in the back and something happened, the result would be unimaginable.
No country will be willing to help it, only want to carve it up.
If it wasn't for the fact that Chen Guo was sandwiched between two powerful countries, and the two sides controlled each other, it should have been annexed long ago.
Xiangguo is the head of the hundred officials, the prime minister of state affairs, this position is equivalent to the vice-lord of a country.
If something happens to Marquis Chen, Ye Zhou can completely control the entire Chen country in the name of Prime Minister.
However, since he was the prime minister just because he had nothing to do, he did not form a party for personal gain and cultivate his own power. He was considered to be in his camp, and there were only two scholars he recommended to Chen Hou.
It seems that it is not so difficult to deal with an unprotected prime minister.
No wonder.
After listening to Mrs. Chen Hou's explanation, Ye Zhou sorted out everything.
The Zheng family came for Ye Zhou, so the poison they poisoned Chen Hou was not serious, and even if he died, he would probably get better naturally.
They just wanted to take Ye Zhou down when Chen Hou couldn't handle state affairs.
When Chen Hou gets better and wakes up, the deal is done. Even if Chen Hou wants to get angry, he has to take into account that he has lost "Ye Zhou" and cannot lose the Zheng family.
"Immortal, don't worry." Mrs. Chen made a promise immediately after finishing her speech, "Although my Jiang family is in chaos now, but my elder brother commands all the soldiers in Linzi, why don't immortals go to Jiang's house to hide first...wait for a while, I will come Deal with Zheng."
Ye Zhou looked at Mrs. Chen, he smiled and said, "What's your idea, Madam?"
It's not that Ye Zhou underestimated Mrs. Chen, but Mrs. Chen's two biggest reliances. Chen Hou is now unconscious, and her mother clan is in civil strife.
Madam Chen lowered her head and said in a calm tone: "To tell you the truth, there are six surnames in the country, and three surnames are attached to me."
Ye Zhou raised his eyebrows, Madam Chen bit her lips, and confessed: "It's not that I'm hiding the truth from the king, but that the aristocratic family is dependent on each other, and the in-laws are constantly..."
It is true that she is Mrs. Chen Hou, but she is also the daughter of the Jiang family.
These aristocratic daughters from aristocratic families never have the idea of marrying and obeying their husbands.
Their dignity comes from their surnames, so even if they are married and start a new family, they are still proud of their surnames, not their husband's.
Therefore, after most noble girls get married, they will work harder to fight for their status in their natal families.
Mrs. Chen was like this, she became Mrs. Hou, and because of this, she faintly became the master of the Jiang family behind the scenes.
When her father was still there, as a daughter, she would not challenge her father's authority and status.
But when her father died, she would do her best to help her elder brother get the Jiang family, and she had no respect for her elder brother.
Ye Zhou even dared to bet that if her brother didn't listen to her orders, she would choose another brother.
But Ye Zhou didn't care much about whether Mrs. Chen was taking power.
It would be a good thing if she could become the second Empress Lu. The most important thing is whether the people live well.
"No need." Ye Zhou walked up to Mrs. Chen, "Madam, why not spend your mind on how to deal with the Zheng family."
Mrs. Chen gritted her teeth and said: "Don't worry, Immortal, I will definitely uproot the Zheng family and wipe it out!"
Ye Zhou nodded slightly, but he didn't say anything more.
It is estimated that Chen Hou's "disease" will not kill Zhou Yuanhe even if he cannot find a cure.
The Zheng family didn't want to harm Chen Hou. The root cause is that the prince was born of Jiang's daughter. When Chen Hou died, Jiang's benefited. This opportunity is truly in the hands of the Jiang family.
What the Zheng family wanted was always the position of Prime Minister.
After making a trip to Chen Gong, Ye Zhou learned the cause and effect of being troubled by him, and solved his doubts. It was not a waste of time.
Mrs. Chen personally sent Ye Zhou out of the inner palace, and gave him a pair of tokens before Ye Zhou left.
"This order allows the immortals to take care of the affairs of the palace." Mrs. Chen said solemnly, "If the Zheng family is stubborn and wants to deal with the immortals, the immortals can kill them on the spot."
Mrs. Chen: "I know, the immortals don't kill the Yang family because they are thinking of the king, and the immortals are benevolent."
She bowed deeply.
Ye Zhou smiled: "Madam, please go back."
"Since I know that Marquis Chen is fine, I feel relieved."
He has to go back to deal with the Yang family.
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In the early morning, water droplets gathered on the weeds in the yard, and the water droplets hung on the tip of the leaves, bringing the leaves down together, and the sound of cock crowing was heard endlessly. The people in Linzi City woke up from their sleep, dressed and washed, and the whole city woke up up.
Only the Yang family seemed to be still asleep, and there was no movement in the whole house.
All the clan members of the main branch of the Yang Clan stayed in the lobby all night. The young people were fine, but the old people couldn't bear it long ago.
The people they sent out have not come back so far, and there is neither good news nor bad news.
None of the servants came back to report.
The Patriarch's own brother also changed from being furious at the beginning to becoming depressed.
No one spoke, only the sound of heavy breathing in the room.
The servants didn't even dare to go in. There are so many living people in the Yang family, but they are no different from dead.
"You don't need to inquire." An old man was awakened by the younger generation, he stood up with the support of his family, and said tremblingly, "Our family will never dare to call you the Yang family again, and we will leave Linzi today."
As soon as these words came out, the silence in the room was broken.
The man looked at the old man: "Uncle...you are?"
The old man smiled wryly: "Yi'er, the Yang family can't go on like this."
Yang Yi fixedly looked at the old man.
The old man did not back down, he also looked at this junior who had aged a lot overnight, and said softly, "Yi'er, this is the end of the matter, there is no choice."
"For the sake of the Yang family." The old man said, "We must leave Linzi, and we will no longer be part of the Yang family."
"We are all just branches of the Yang family. Without us, the Yang family can still continue."
"As long as your son can stay in Linzi, it will still be the Yang family. There is still hope for the Yang family to recover." The old man looked at the child who had repented after being impulsive. This was the child he had grown up with, and he took a deep breath. In a low voice, he said softly, "If a strong man loses his arm, so will Mrs. Yang."
"And you." The old man said softly, "You...you can go at ease."
"At that time, your son will take your head to plead guilty to the king."
"In this way, Mrs. Yang can live."
The head of the family has been arrested, and now the only head that can be dedicated to Chen Hou is Yang Yi's.
No one in the Yang family can replace him.
They took this risky move to get rid of the businessman, not only because the businessman endangered their interests, but more importantly because of the order of the family they were attached to.
The Yang family knows that if this matter is done, both they and the dependent family will benefit.
If this matter fails, only they need to pay the price.
Your Majesty will wake up soon, and they will be found out about using swords and soldiers in Linzi City, and even raising private soldiers. Even if Your Majesty does not kill them, the Yang family will no longer be able to stay in Linzi City.
In order to save themselves, they must appease the king's anger, or seal the king's mouth.
And what they can do is to pray for the mercy of the emperor, the life of the Patriarch, the heads of the Patriarch's relatives, and most of the Yang family are all they can give.
The old man took out a dagger from his pocket, walked up to Yang Yi himself, and handed the dagger to him.
Yang Yi knelt on the ground, propped up his upper body, and took the dagger with both hands.
He smiled bitterly and said: "It's me, I'm ambitious and impatient, please wait a moment, uncle, let my servant follow me to the inner room."
He failed to make the Yang family go any further, so he could only pay with his life.
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