Unexpectedly, there was another secret behind what happened. Shi Lingyao didn't know what to say for a while.
In the end, it was Xuxu who came to his senses first and analyzed: "So Doctor Shi thinks that your poisoning may have been Jiao Ziqi's handiwork?"
Shi Lingyao nodded.
She was no longer young four years ago. Although she was groggy and sick for a long time, her memory was exactly the same.
After knowing that she was poisoned, she has been secretly investigating some of the food and drinks she had in the academy.
The most suspicious thing is that the academy holds an early summer tea party.
The theme of this party is early summer. The young ladies will drink tea and compose poems together. The three best people who fit the theme will come out on top and receive awards from the academy.
Tasks were assigned to the tea party from the very beginning, and each group of students in the academy was responsible for its own part in the preparation.
Xu Yingying's group was responsible for all the food at the tea party.
She still clearly remembered the day before the tea party. Xu Yingying said she wanted to confirm the supply of ingredients, so she left school early and didn't come home very late. Her family was worried and planned to go out to find someone, but she happened to come back.
It was brought back by a simple-looking carriage.
"I was almost exhausted after walking all afternoon. When I got home, I couldn't walk any more, so I called a carriage to take me back."
That's what she said at the time.
Then her mother began to teach her that she shouldn't come home so late. Everyone was worried about what to do if something happened to a girl's family, and complained about how the academy could give such a high-profile job to a girl, etc... …
She had long been accustomed to her aunt's temper, so she paid more attention to the carriage that turned around and left.
Although the carriage was very simple and didn't show much, if she remembered correctly, the groom who drove the carriage belonged to Jiao Ziqi's family. She happened to meet him when he came to deliver something to Jiao Ziqi once before.
At that time, she realized that Xu Yingying was lying. She just thought that Xu Yingying had something to do with Jiao Ziqi and didn't want her family to know about it.
Thinking about it afterwards, this was extremely suspicious.
Xu Yingying could be bribed by Jiao Ziqi to do something with her food.
But there is no evidence for all this. She was just an ordinary academy student at that time, and no one would cooperate even if she wanted to investigate something.
Especially when the big medical exam is coming soon, she needs to calm down and prepare for the exam seriously.
In addition, she stopped going out after getting sick that time, and completely stayed away from Jiao Ziqi's group, so the matter was left undisturbed.
"If you understand it this way, one thing doesn't make sense."
Shi Lingyao looked at Jing Hexuan thoughtfully.
"What does Medical Saint Xing Hengqing mean when he reminds us not to interact with people related to the Imperial Capital? Since he is the person you invited, there is no reason to frame you, right?"
Jing Hexuan's voice was calm: "That means that there were still people in Qingcheng who had close contacts with the imperial capital at that time."
"What does my poisoning have to do with the Imperial Capital..."
As she said this, a terrifying and absurd suspicion arose in her heart.
Apparently Jing Hexuan also had the same guess at the same time, and his face became ugly.
Xuxu is extremely smart. Although she has not experienced these things, she may be on the outside and can see the problems at a glance.
"This...Doctor Shi, the four strange things you discovered in the Imperial Capital are related to your poisoning? The Great Medical Saint is also an important minister of the Imperial Capital. He may know something, so he reminds you not to interact with people related to the Imperial Capital. How entangled?"
When Lin Yan heard Xuxu's analysis, his eyes widened in shock, but when he thought about it carefully, it actually made sense.
He turned to look at his two friends and saw two equally shocked faces.
Zhang Xing was dumbfounded: "It seems... it's really possible... Lao Li! Do you remember that the Medical Sage suddenly resigned? We can also guess what happened..."
Li Yue nodded silently, with a complicated expression on his face.
Shi Lingyao lowered his eyes and ears, seeming to be listening to something.
Then I heard her suddenly say: "What's going on? Wang Da, are you listening carefully? How come you can't hear anything?"
"We could hear their house clearly before, how come we suddenly can't hear it?"
"Could it be that they went to a house further away?"
"I didn't even hear them leave!"
"Strange, do they have any ability to prevent us from eavesdropping?"
"Trash! If we don't know what they are plotting, this trip will be a waste of time! They can't wait so long in the village and get nothing!"
"Then let's think of a reason to go to them, shall we? If we talk more, we might be able to get something out."
"Don't be stupid, which one of them seems willing to chat with you?"
"It would be best to take action on the youngest one. If that doesn't work, tie up that brat of theirs! Back then, you were still pretending to be reserved with me. Look at that brat's age, he must have been there around that time! Bah!"
The aura around Jing Hexuan's face became colder and colder as she repeated her story, and the unconcealed murderous intent permeated the air.
Lin Yan had a dull look on his face. After looking around, he pointed at himself with a look of disbelief on his face: "Me? The youngest bitch? Easy to attack?!"
As the person who was being plotted, Shi Lingyao was not that angry. Especially when he said that sentence, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth crazily.
The ignorant are fearless.
I don't know what their expressions will be like when they actually attack Lin Yan and Shi Bao and realize that these two are not good friends.
She suddenly couldn't wait to see that scene.
Jing Hexuan was so angry at her smile that he said helplessly: "There might be other forces behind them, so we can't take it lightly."
Of course she knew this.
Jiao Ziqi said that they couldn't wait in the village, and it was clear that there was something wrong with his village. Maybe it was occupied by someone and forced them to go out and do something.
As for the people behind the scenes, she guessed that they might be from the imperial capital, but she didn't know why they were here.
She thought she had been thinking about one thing wrong all along.
Originally, she thought that since Xu Yingying appeared, she stole the red branches by chance and went astray, causing all kinds of trouble.
Even if it was discovered that she was colluding with Li Xiayu, they thought it was just Xu Yingying's subjective volition to find trouble, and this series of things happened.
But……
"What if in all this, Xu Yingying is just a chess piece without knowing it?" she asked abruptly.
Everyone looked at her.
"After Mr. Yuan and He Xixu returned, it was impossible to hide the specialness of Taoyuan City. That means that since then, our troubles have not stopped."
"It's just that Xu Yingying happened to appear at that time, and she took the initiative to cause trouble. The old and new hatreds were superimposed on each other, so we focused on her. She was believed to be the mastermind behind many things."
"But if you think about it carefully, there may be someone behind everything."
