The Third Prince’s Palace of Prince Jing.
"Do you really think Dou Huaishan would believe it was smallpox?"
Mr. Xu asked while pouring himself wine.
As for Li Qi'an opposite, he didn't care. He couldn't drink enough of the wine himself, so why would he pour it to others.
Besides, the wine was made by this boy, and he was afraid he wouldn't be able to drink it.
Thinking of several jars of wine being wasted by those Xiqiang people, Mr. Xu felt heartbroken.
I quickly drank a drink to relieve my heartache.
Li Qian smiled and said, "It doesn't matter whether Mr. Dou believes it or not, as long as some people believe it."
Mr. Xu pondered for a moment and nodded, "That makes sense. He doesn't believe it, but that doesn't mean others don't believe it."
"Speaking of which, I'm really a little strange. How could you make those Xiqiang people have rashes on some and not at all? Didn't they all drink that wine?" Then he also asked.
"This is a matter of probability. After all, allergies don't happen to everyone." Li Qian said with a smile.
Yes, those Xiqiang people were allergic, not smallpox.
People in this era don't know what allergies are. When you see red rashes and blisters all over your body and you scratch them, you will naturally think of smallpox.
Especially in the Western Qiang Kingdom, there are frequent smallpox epidemics, which is even easier to think of.
"Allergy? I have never heard of it before." Mr. Xu shook his head while holding the wine glass.
He was considered to be knowledgeable, but some of the things this boy said were really unheard of by him.
"Don't Mr. Xu already know it now?" Li Qian said with a smile.
Mr. Xu poured himself a glass of wine, "Boy, how many things do you still have in your head that others don't understand? How can you be sure that if those Xiqiang people drink your wine, some of them will develop allergies?"
"Didn't I just say that this is a matter of probability. I just amplified the probability." Li Qian said with a smile.
He added more than a dozen allergic substances to those wines.
Generally speaking, people in the Xiqiang Kingdom, or inland areas, have no access to the ocean and do not eat seafood, so the probability of being allergic to seafood is very high.
The juices of some shellfish are the most likely to cause allergies and are also the most deadly.
For this reason, he asked the fifth prince Li Ran to send people to the coastal areas quickly and collect a lot of seafood, including more than ten kinds of shellfish.
This was also the biggest favor he said before, asking Li Ran to do him a favor.
The two people's falling out at that time was of course just a show for others to see. This was also to facilitate Li Ran's actions and avoid suspicion on him.
After all, if a prince wants to eat some seafood, no one will think of anything, let alone those Xiqiang people.
Of course, since he added the juice to the wine, it would be impossible for people to drink it.
Because he added a little bit of spice to the wine.
That's what hallucinogens are.
Not much, just a little bit, and it's still diluted.
Therefore, those Xiqiang people will not think there is anything wrong with the wine no matter how much they drink it. They will only feel that it tastes better and better, and the more they drink, the more excited they become.
But it's not good to be too excited, so Li Qian only prepared a few jars of wine for them.
After all, he was not trying to make those Xiqiang people go crazy, but to make them allergic.
Of course, to be on the safe side, he also added a measure that could cause skin allergies.
That is to apply a layer of medicinal powder mixed with iron bone grass and saltpeter powder on one or two wine jars.
Iron bone grass is a very common herbal medicine that can be used externally to treat sores and eczema. However, if mixed with saltpeter powder, it will become toxic, cause skin allergies, and even cause skin ulcers.
Therefore, even if the things in the wine cannot cause allergies to those Xiqiang people, the medicinal powder on the wine jar can at least cause skin allergies in one or two of them.
Under this two-pronged approach, Li Qian didn't believe that none of the Xiqiang people had fallen victim to the attack.
As expected, everything went very smoothly.
As for how Dou Zhun fell into the trap because he didn't drink the wine or touch the wine jar, it was very simple because he had been to Huiyan Tower.
Since Zhu Hongyan promised to help, Li Qi'an naturally would not leave her without anything to do.
"Boy, I rarely admire a person, but you are definitely one of them!" Mr. Xu said as he drank the wine in one gulp.
"So what's the next step? What are your plans?"
"Of course I'll wait!" Li Qian said.
"Wait?" Mr. Xu glanced at Li Qian.
"That's right, wait, wait for this to ferment!" Li Qian picked up the wine jar and wanted to pour himself a glass of wine, but Mr. Xu grabbed the wine jar directly.
"Fermentation? What do you mean?" Mr. Xu asked while pouring the wine for himself.
"Fermentation means that things gradually get bigger and get out of hand, and may even cause the entire capital to fall into panic!" Li Qian said with a smile.
"Boy, are you having too much fun?" Mr. Xu said as he drank another glass of wine.
"Is it big?" Li Qian smiled, "If it's not big, how can it scare that Marquis Dou!"
