April 18th was an auspicious day for weddings. The old man of the Xianyu family was in a hurry to arrange a wedding for his daughter, and after asking a very famous Feng Shui master nearby to do calculations, he decided on this day.
On this day, the entire Ye family entered a state of celebration. Lanterns and colors were decorated everywhere in the Ye family's mansion to celebrate the happy event of the next head of the Ye family - Ye Tianzheng. In addition, this was another time for the Ye family and the Xianyu family. This is the first marriage, so this happy event represents both the Ye family and the Xianyu family. It cannot be trampled by anyone, and the scale cannot be equal to that of an ordinary aristocratic family, it must be large.
This wedding banquet included almost the entire Ye family's mansion, and dining tables were set up in all the open spaces. All the wealthy families in Jiannan Road and prominent officials received wedding invitations from the Ye family. With the Ye family's reputation, Due to their status, they all naturally went to the appointments one after another. These celebrities were all arranged in big houses, while those with slightly lower status were arranged in several famous restaurants in Yizhou City, which also did not lose everyone's identity.
On this festive day, in these places, the children of the Ye family and various people from Jiannan Road were coming and going. As one of the noble families, otherwise, even if the son of Jiannan Dao Jiedushi gets married, he will not be able to have such a pomp.
This should be a festive holiday, yes, it should be.
Just at noon, most of the guests left because of the hot weather. Some people who lived far away from the venue stayed to rest in the Ye family mansion and the rented restaurant. It was at this peaceful time that , a servant who looked unusually handsome hurried in from the main entrance of the Ye family mansion.
The concierge also knew her. This little girl must be Ye Ling, the personal servant of Young Master Ye Tianfang. She often came in and out, so she didn't take it to heart.
Ye Ling ran so fast among the helpers coming and going that she even knocked over a servant carrying a tea set and had no time to turn around and apologize. He didn't run very far when he saw Ye Hu, who was shouting at the handymen and helpers in the crowd. He quickly ran to him and shouted: "Second Master, something serious has happened!"
Ye Hu saw Ye Ling hurriedly running over from a distance. Before he could scold her, he heard her unlucky words. He immediately lost his temper and said, "What are you shouting for? Do you know that today is What day is it? Do you want to be dealt with according to the family law by making such noises here?"
"No, Master Tianfang, he...he..." She looked anxious, a little crying.
Ye Hu also noticed that something was not going well, and quickly sent away the servants around him, pulled Ye Ling aside, and asked, "Tell me, what is going on?"
"I don't know. This morning, I got up to boil water for Master Tianfang to wash his face. But after the water was boiled, Master Tianfang didn't respond no matter how I called him. So I entered his room and found him in a coma. He was exposed. The outside of my feet looked swollen. Seeing that something was wrong, I quickly asked Mr. Zhang Wu, a nearby doctor, to check it out. He said, he said..."
"say what?!"
"He said that Young Master Tianfang was poisoned by a strange poison, and he was helpless. He asked me to come to you as soon as possible. If it's too late, I'm afraid Young Master Tianfang's life may not be saved!"
"What?!" Ye Hu felt as if he was struck by lightning. "Damn Ye Tianfang, how could something happen at this moment?"
Although he was angry in his heart, Ye Tianfang's life was more important at the moment. Although he had always been unruly, he was the eldest brother's son after all. Although the eldest brother was still alive now, he could not let Tianfang have any problems at all. So he made urgent arrangements and asked his servants to continue with the wedding banquet and headed towards Ye Tianfang's room.
Ye Tianzheng was greeting guests in the front hall. At this moment, he saw Ye Hu leading many people hurriedly towards the other courtyard. He couldn't help but feel doubtful, so he stepped forward to ask. He was also shocked when he learned that Tian Fang had happened. Regarding this question He was always very concerned about his younger brother, so he quickly followed Ye Hu to Ye Tianfang's room.
Everyone was shocked when they saw Ye Tianfang. Ye Tianfang was lying on his bed, breathless and looking very bad, especially his feet were swollen and faintly blue. What is the reason. Among the people at the moment, the second master Ye Hu had the best medical skills. He hurriedly stepped forward to make a diagnosis, and immediately discovered that Ye Tianfang was indeed poisoned by a strange poison, but the characteristics of the poison were strange. After thinking for a long time, he vaguely remembered a story from the Western Regions. There is a poisonous weed called soul-breaking grass, which is often used by some master assassins. It is only spread in the Western Region and Southern Xinjiang.
The toxicity of this poisonous weed is very strange. If you grind it into powder and drop it on the poisoned target, the poison will always be latent in the target's body. The toxicity evaporates very slowly. Sometimes it will lie dormant for several years before slowly starting to show its toxicity, but it will slowly It slowly corrodes the heart, lungs and other organs, causing the person to eventually die of failure. However, this is its apparent use. In fact, this poisonous herb has another way of use. It is combined with a special kind of sandalwood from the Western Regions to cause a toxic mutation. The toxicity will evaporate within a few hours, and the toxicity is relatively high. Usually it is even worse, but this kind of sandalwood is very rare, so few people use it like this.
Ye Hu frowned slightly and walked to the incense burner in Ye Tianfang's room. He opened the lid and smelled the ashes. His face suddenly changed. It was indeed that kind of spice. Moreover, after a search by several elders in the surrounding family, it was determined that the cake dumpling on the table was the culprit. It was the cake mixed with the poisonous weed powder that led to Ye Tianfang's current state.
"Where did this sandalwood come from?" Ye Hu asked Ye Ling sharply.
"Back to the second master, this sandalwood is a friend of Young Master Tianfang. Mr. Li Daofu of the Li family bought it from a Hu merchant when he went out to play. It happened that the young master was playing with him these two days, so he gave it to the young master. Some.
Ye Hu nodded. He also knew that Ye Tianfang had been friends with many children of aristocratic families in Yizhou City before, and ghosts were everywhere all day long. He had also heard of Li Daofu, so there should be no problem. The sandalwood that Ye Tianfang ordered was probably just a coincidence, so the problem lies in the cake.
"Then who sent this cake?!"
However, Ye Ling suddenly broke into a cold sweat at this moment. She didn't want to say who it was, and she looked at someone with a somewhat evasive look.
Ye Hu followed her evasive gaze and looked at a person. He was suddenly struck by lightning. That person was none other than the candidate for the head of the family, Ye Tianzheng, who was still wearing a red robe!
And at this moment, Ye Tianzheng was looking at his target a little evasively, and there was cold sweat on his forehead, which looked very suspicious.
"It seems, Tianzheng, do you know where this cake came from?" He asked tentatively, and prayed for something in his heart. He knew that if things develop towards the worst outcome he imagined now, the Ye family, I'm afraid something big is going to happen.
Knowing that he couldn't escape, Ye Tianzheng nodded and said: "Yes, those cakes are what I sent to Tianfang."
Although he had expected this situation, Ye Hu was still shocked and couldn't help but sigh: "Oh, it seems that today's wedding banquet cannot be held."
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