Posthouse.
Su Xian's room.
Although night has fallen, more than a dozen candles illuminate the room like a snow cave.
Su Xian, Yang Zhilan, and Zhou Wei were sitting around the table, discussing "who is the mastermind behind the scenes" and "which envoy of the country is colluding with him".
"We have seen all kinds of people this afternoon. Judging from the surface and perception, first of all, it can be confirmed that both the envoys of Tibet and the envoys of Shu have problems!"
Su Xian looked at the two of them.
Under the candlelight, his eyes were deep and full of wisdom.
Zhou Wei nodded.
Yang Zhilan remained silent, but based on Su Xian's understanding of her, not denying it meant agreeing.
"The question now is, who is the mastermind hiding in the Liao Palace? We have met the princes and ministers, and we have also met the leaders of the eight major tribes. They are all very humble."
Su Xian showed a hint of embarrassment:
"But then again, this is normal. No bad guy has the words 'I am a bad guy' written on his face... Zhilan, junior brother, what do you think?"
Yang Zhilan remained silent. Being silent meant that she had no ideas.
Zhou Wei suddenly slapped his hand with a very loud sound. After Su Xian and Yang Zhilan both looked at him, he straightened his face and said in a deep voice:
"Brother, I know who is behind this."
"Who is it?" Su Xian and Yang Zhilan were both a little surprised.
Zhou Wei pondered for a long time, but hesitated to say anything. When Su Xian was about to get angry, he said seriously: "The mastermind behind the scenes is none other than... Emperor Nalanjie of the Liao Kingdom!"
"Nalan Festival??!"
Su Xian was shocked. Zhou Wei's answer was completely beyond his expectation. Nalan Jie, how could Nalan Jie be the mastermind behind it?
"impossible!"
Su Xian didn't believe it at all and shook his head and rejected it.
Yang Zhilan also shook her head, but the amplitude of her shaking was so small that almost no one noticed.
"Senior brother, think about it, why did we wait outside the city gate for so long this morning, or simply say, were kept waiting for so long? It was clearly the power given to us by Emperor Liao!"
Zhou Wei became excited
"In addition, there is the issue of Princess Ruyi. Doesn't it mean that Emperor Liao is deceiving us if the preface and the follower are not matched? And... we won't let anyone tell us!"
"Is this your reason?" Su Xian finally understood. Zhou Wei was still worried about what happened in front of the city gate!
"Aren't these two reasons enough? This is enough to prove that Emperor Liao is the mastermind behind the scenes!" Zhou Wei insisted.
Su Xian raised his forehead.
Very speechless.
He was 100% sure that Nalanjie could not be the mastermind behind the scenes, let alone destroy the hard-won peace between Liang and Liao.
Because, a long time ago, he had seen some private letters written by Nalan Jie to Nalan Yan. In the letter, Nalan Jie expressed the concepts of "close relatives" and "peaceful development".
Su Xian believes that this is definitely true.
Because neither Nalan Jie nor Nalan Yan would have thought that Yang Zhilan would steal those letters. It was impossible for them to dig a hole and wait for Su Xian to jump.
In order to convince Zhou Wei, Su Xian told this story.
After hearing this, Zhou Wei still shook his head: "Brother, people can change. I also believe that Nalanjie was a good person at the beginning, but now he is the emperor of Liao Kingdom and he is greedy for power!"
Su Xian couldn't help but look at Zhou Wei with admiration. It had to be said that Zhou Wei's words made sense, but Su Xian still didn't believe that Nalan Festival would change:
"People do change, but Nalanjie is not a fickle person. If he wants to destroy the diplomatic relations between Liang and Liao, why wait until now? The original Ping An City will not be reopened!"
Zhou Wei still insisted on his opinion:
"At this moment, at that moment, even if Nalanjie doesn't want to rebel, his people will hold him hostage, and he will have to do something detrimental to Daliang."
"Junior brother, are you determined by the weight? Do you think Brother Nalan is the mastermind behind it anyway? Didn't I just tell you to shut up in front of the city gate? As for you!"
Su Xian was speechless.
Zhou Wei was about to refute, but at this moment, someone knocked on the door outside the house, and Dongdongdong's voice interrupted their discussion.
But it turned out that it was someone from the imperial dining room who came to deliver dinner.
Soon, the not-so-huge tabletop was piled high with all kinds of dishes, with cups and plates stacked on top of each other.
According to the person who delivered the meal, the food and wine on this table were excellent. They were prepared under the guidance of Nalanjie himself. They were all Central Plains dishes, and he was afraid that Su Xian wouldn't be used to them.
"Your Majesty, please thank me."
Su Xian personally sent the meal delivery person out the door.
After returning home, he closed the door.
Zhou Wei's stomach was already growling with hunger, so he picked up a whole roast chicken, tore off a chicken leg and started to chew on it, leaving his mouth full of oil.
"Junior brother, why are you so anxious? Zhilan, test the poison first."
Su Xian shook his head and returned to the table to sit down.
Yang Zhilan nodded, took out a silver needle, and inserted it into various dishes, wine bottles, etc. to test for poison.
Zhou Wei suddenly remembered this incident, and his mouth was chewing heavily on the spot. He held a whole chicken in his left hand and half a chicken leg in his right hand, waiting for the results of Yang Zhilan's drug test.
After a while, Yang Zhilan put away the silver needle and said: "The food and wine are not poisonous!"
Zhou Wei breathed a sigh of relief, biting the chicken leg and said with a smile: "Senior brother is too cautious..."
Su Xian shook his head, picked up the kuaizi and was about to eat it, but at this moment, he suddenly remembered the special package of silver needles given to him by Li Qingniu.
"Wait a minute."
He put down the tachyon, took out the pack of silver needles from his body, opened it, took out one and held it between his index finger and thumb.
"Brother, didn't Lady Yang get tested just now?" Zhou Wei ate so fast that the fat chicken legs had turned into bones.
Yang Zhilan was also a little puzzled.
Su Xian explained:
"This is a special silver needle that Master gave me before departure. It is tempered with something special and can distinguish poisons in the world. The effect is better than ordinary silver needles."
"That's it. Brother, please do a poison test quickly." Zhou Wei tore off another fat chicken leg and held it in his hand, but didn't eat it.
Su Xian held the special silver needle in his hand, stabbed it into the nearest dish, then pulled it out, held it up in front of everyone, and said with a smile:
"You have to be careful when going out. Although I don't think these wines and dishes are poisonous. After all, they were cooked under the supervision of Brother Nalan himself...but we still need to test them before we can rest assured."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Wei's expression suddenly changed. Regardless of the fact that he was still holding a fat chicken leg in his hand, he pointed at the silver needle and said in horror: "It has turned... black... the food and wine are poisonous!"
Yang Zhilan's face remained calm, but she suddenly stood up and stared at the door and window with vigilance. She held the hilt of the soft sword in her hand and assumed a defensive posture, as if facing a powerful enemy.
The smile on Su Xian's lips froze on the spot, and he slowly moved his eyes to look at the silver needle——
It turned black indeed!
The tip of the needle that pierces the dish is shiny black, while the lower part is silvery white, the contrast is very sharp.
Su Xian's eyes immediately froze, his brows furrowed, his eyes fixed on the blackened silver needle, and his heart beat violently. Wow, this is a big deal!
These dishes were cooked under Nalanjie’s personal supervision, but they were poisonous!
This shows what?
Nalanjie actually poisoned them!
Could it be that he was really the mastermind behind it? !
