"sulfur……"
Nalanyan fell into deep thought.
Right now, she has two choices.
First, choose to believe Su Xian, do an experiment according to what Su Xian said, and decide the next step based on the experimental results.
If what Su Xian said is true, then the situation facing the Liao Kingdom is very bad...
Secondly, I don’t believe Su Xian at all.
What Su Xian said was either a conspiracy or a way to trick her... No way, she had been teased by Su Xian many times and had to think about it in that direction.
How to choose?
Nalanyan was having a fierce struggle in her heart.
Su Xian didn't rush him and just waited silently.
After all, this matter is indeed serious, and it is difficult to understand and accept it, especially since Nalanyan has just come into contact with the truth, and she needs some time.
Yang Zhilan still stood beside Nalan Yan, pressing one hand on Nalan Yan's shoulder. It was just one hand, and Nalan Yan could not move.
"I made a decision."
Suddenly, Nalan Yan turned her head and looked at Su Xian beside her, with a firm light shining in her eyes: "I will believe you again!"
There was only one main reason why she made such a decision——
She can't afford to gamble!
What if what Su Xian said is true? If she ignored it, wouldn't she have wasted an excellent opportunity to save the Liao Kingdom? If this happened, she would not be able to forgive herself.
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Even if what Su Xian said was false and he made it all up just to tease her... to be honest, she was the only one who suffered in this situation.
What does she mean to the entire Liao Kingdom?
She couldn't afford the gamble, so she could only follow Su Xian's wishes...
Su Xian breathed a sigh of relief and cast an approving look at her: "Believe me, I'm absolutely right, and you will become the hero of the entire Liao Kingdom! Zhilan, let her go."
Yang Zhilan had no expression on her face and didn't say a word. After hearing the words, she retracted her hand and immediately released her grip on Nalan Yan.
Su Xian added: "By the way, for the sake of safety, please give the princess an order to immediately seal off the entire camp. No one is allowed to enter or leave. Anyone who disobeys the order will be executed!"
"good."
Nalanyan followed the good and followed the flow.
Since you choose to believe in Su Xian, then believe it to the end.
Furthermore, she was a princess of the Liao Kingdom and the commander-in-chief of the army, so she naturally understood Su Xian's intentions. If what Su Xian said was true, then it was indeed necessary to seal off the camp to prevent leaks.
"Somebody come!"
Nalanyan shouted loudly outside the tent.
As soon as he finished speaking, three people came in. One of them was Zhou Wei, and the other two were Nalan Yan's personal maids. They bowed at the same time:
"Princess?"
"Pass my military order to immediately seal off the entire camp. No one is allowed in or out. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!" Nalan Yan ordered in a deep voice.
The two maids were stunned when they heard this. Why did they suddenly have to seal off the entire camp?
But they didn't think too much. One of them raised his hand and said: "The last general will take orders."
Then he strode out of the tent.
Nalan Yan waved to the remaining maids again. After the maid walked in, she whispered a lot, and finally warned: "Go back quickly, keep it secret!"
"yes."
After the two maids left the tent, Nalan Yan turned around, looked at Su Xian and asked curiously: "How did you discover that colorless and odorless poison?"
Su Xian took out the silver needle just now and flashed it in front of Nalan Yan's eyes: "Did you see it? The silver needle is so black."
Nalanyan pursed her lips, feeling a little disgusted, because she felt like she couldn't laugh or cry when she recalled the scene where she thought she was "poisoned" and "this life is over" just now.
Also, before that, Su Xian only diagnosed her pulse, but what he said and did made her mistakenly think...
So embarrassing!
She really wanted to cover her face and leave this embarrassing place.
Quickly regaining her composure, Nalan Yan put these distracting thoughts behind her, looked at Su Xian and asked again: "The question is, where did you get this silver needle?"
Su Xian put away the shiny black silver needle and replied casually:
"This is my secret...but I can reveal that the colorless and odorless poison was most likely brought by Tibetan envoys."
"The Tibetan envoy..." Nalan Yan fell into deep thought for a moment.
At this time, the two maids who had just been sent out returned at the same time. After entering the account, one of them said: "Reporting to the princess, the entire camp has been sealed off."
"good."
Nalan Yan nodded, but she seemed a little distracted because she was still thinking about the Tibetan envoy.
Another maid came forward, holding a small cloth bag in her hand: "Reporting to the princess, the sulfur has been found. Please tell me."
When Nalan Yan heard the word sulfur, her spirit was shaken. She immediately forgot about the Tibetan envoys and surrounded them with Su Xian, Yang Zhilan and others.
She took the small cloth bag from the maid's hand and opened it. There were two small pieces of sulfur inside, which were all yellow. One piece was as big as a little finger, and the other was as big as a thumb.
"According to you, just ignite it and smell a little bit of sulfur, and the poison will be triggered?"
Nalanyan picked up a small piece of sulfur and looked sideways at Su Xian. Although she chose to believe Su Xian, she still felt that this matter was a bit mysterious and unreliable.
Su Xian said: "Facts speak louder than words. Please light a small piece, Princess. It will become clear then."
Nalan Yan stared at Su Xian for a long time, her eyes burning, and finally handed the sulfur to the maid: "Light one of them."
"yes."
The maid didn't understand what it meant, nor could she understand "poison" or "trigger", but she was too sensible to ask.
She first fetched a bowl, then walked to the candlestick, calmed herself down, held the sulfur in her hand and put it close to the flame of the candle, and slowly came closer.
At this moment, not even the sound of breathing was heard in the big tent.
Su Xian, Yang Zhilan, Zhou Wei, Nalan Yan, and the two maids all held their breaths.
Everyone gathered around, staring intently at the maid's movements.
Su Xian, Yang Zhilan and Zhou Wei were not so nervous, because they had already tried it, and the sulfur only needed to emit a little smell for the toxicity to be triggered.
Nalan Yan and the two maids were in the most nervous mood, especially Nalan Yan, whose heart was in her throat.
In fact, she was willing to believe that this was just a lie carefully crafted by Su Xian. It would be better for her to be bullied by Su Xian alone than for the entire Liao Kingdom to suffer, right?
finally.
Sulfur comes into contact with jumping flames.
It seemed that in just a few breaths, there was a faint smell of sulfur floating in the air. This smell was not pleasant and it choked the nose.
"ah……"
"Um……"
Almost at the same time, Nalan Yan and the two maids fell to the ground, each making a soft sound, like three harmless little sheep.
Bang!
The piece of sulfur, which had not been ignited and had only melted a little bit of its surface, also fell out of the maid's hand and fell into the bowl under the candlestick.
Su Xian was not surprised by this result.
He walked to Nalan Yan who fell to the ground, squatted down, and looked at Nalan Yan with a meaningful expression, as if to say: "How about it? I didn't lie to you, did I?"
Nalanyan was lying on her side on the ground, unable to exert any strength from all over her body. She was so frightened that she kept breathing and could only look at Su Xian.
"How do you feel?" Su Xian asked.
"My whole body is so weak... It's like I'm seriously ill. I can't move, even if I just... move my fingers... I don't have the strength..."
After Nalanyan finished saying this, she stopped talking. She opened her mouth and breathed through her mouth and nose at the same time, and her breathing was rapid, as if she was panting.
It can be seen that the words she just said have consumed her remaining energy.
"Where are you two?"
Su Xian turned around again and looked at the two maids. They were also lying on the ground in a mess, panting.
The two maids didn't know the truth and thought they had been plotted by Su Xian, so they looked at Su Xian angrily, gasping and scolding:
"I didn't expect you... to have such a plan. Let our princess go immediately!"
"It seems you can't move either."
Su Xian ignored them and turned around to look at Nalan Yan with a solemn expression:
"Your Highness, you should believe me now, right? Everyone smelled the sulfur smell just now, but I, Zhilan and Zhou Wei are all fine."
Nalan Yan gasped for breath, and there was a hint of fear in her complex eyes: "Why are you okay?"
Su Xian casually took out a small porcelain bottle from his body, pulled out the cork, tilted the bottle, and poured out three pills, which were all dark and about the size of a soybean.
"Because I have developed an antidote and we all take it."
Su Xian picked up an antidote from the palm of his hand and brought it to Nalanyan's mouth. He smiled gently and said, "Take it and you will be able to detoxify and recover immediately."
Nalanyan's eyes widened. From her perspective, she always felt that Su Xian's smile... was a bit conspiratorial, which made her secretly suspicious——
Is it possible that all this is Su Xian's trick?
But she only hesitated for a moment, then opened her red lips and swallowed the antidote in Su Xian's hand.
Since she chose to believe in Su Xian, then believe it to the end... Nalanyan comforted herself like this. Besides, she really couldn't afford the gamble. If Su Xian didn't lie to her, the consequences would be too serious.
"So good!"
Su Xian grinned and touched Nalan Yan's face.
He immediately stood up, ignored Nalanyan's protest, walked to the two maids, and put the antidote to their mouths: "Eat it and you will be able to detoxify immediately."
The two maids gritted their teeth and refused to cooperate. Instead, they glared at Su Xian.
It turned out that they thought Su Xian was a bad person, and now they heard the protest from their own princess, how could they dare to cooperate in taking the medicine?
I'm afraid this is a more poisonous poison.
Fortunately, after Nalan Yan vented her anger, her sore body recovered quickly. In the blink of an eye, she jumped up from the ground and recovered as before.
She walked up behind Su Xian, and first patted Su Xian gently on the back as retaliation for Su Xian touching her cheek, and then ordered the two maids:
"This is the antidote, take it quickly!"
"yes."
The two maids gradually realized that things might not be what they expected, but they still didn't know what was going on...
After the two maids recovered.
Out of caution, Nalanyan conducted two more tests.
The experimenters in these two times were all from the Green Flag Army camp.
The results of the experiment were no surprise. No matter who it was, as long as they smelled the smell of sulfur, they would be hit by a large area, and it happened in an instant.
Hard to guard against!
After the experiment, Nalan Yan's face was extremely solemn and ugly, and she returned to the Chinese army's tent with Su Xian and others. This time, there were really urgent matters to discuss.
After entering the account, the guests and hosts were seated.
Nalan Yan first raised a question:
"The experimental results show that the poisoned person needs to smell the smell of sulfur, even if it is just a little bit, the poison will attack and he will fall to the ground unable to move."
"My question is, how do those poisoning bad guys ignite the sulfur? Sulfur is flammable and is a controlled item in the imperial city, so it is not so easy to carry."
Su Xian stood up from his chair, faced Nalan Yan, and slowly said a few words: "A national gift brought by the envoy Nanchen!"
"The national gift brought by Envoy Nan Chen? It seems...fireworks?" Nalan Yan seemed to realize something, and she was so shocked that she suddenly jumped up from the chair.
"Whenever making fireworks, you must use divine thunder. The formula of divine thunder is Nanchen's secret, but I think the princess should know that there will be a sulfur smell after the divine thunder is ignited!" Su Xian explained.
Nalan Yan's brows moved again: "I remember that the emperor attached great importance to those fireworks and firecrackers, and stated many times that they would be set off at the coronation ceremony..."
Su Xian said:
"Yes, tomorrow's enthronement celebration is the time for them to take action. When the fireworks are set off, the entire imperial city, including eunuchs, maids, princes, ministers, eight leaders, etc., will all fall to the ground!"
Nalan Yan looked worried: "How did you know that everyone in the imperial city has been poisoned?"
"This is easy."
Su Xian took out a small cloth bag, took out a brand new, shiny silver needle, and then ordered: "Bring water."
Nalan Yan seemed to realize something and handed over her teacup herself.
Su Xian held the tail of the silver needle with his hand, put the tip of the needle into the cup, and soaked it in the tea. After a while, he took it out and saw that the tip of the needle was so black that it reflected light!
Snapped!
Nalanyan felt a chill in her heart, and the tea cup in her hand dropped to the ground. It was shattered on the spot. There were porcelain fragments, water stains, tea leaves, etc. all over the floor.
"Is this the reason why you... visited all the wells in the Imperial City in the past two days? All the wells in the Imperial City have been poisoned?!" The corners of Nalanyan's lips trembled slightly, and her eyes were inexplicably horrified.
"In fact, not only the wells in the Imperial City, but also the entire water sources inside and outside Yacheng have been poisoned."
"That's right. Our Green Flag Army was stationed a few miles outside the city, and we were also poisoned." Nalan Yan murmured to herself, still in shock.
"But you don't have to worry. Fortunately, I have discovered the conspiracy of the bad guys, and I went out of the city before the coronation ceremony and found you. This requires your cooperation." Su Xian said in a slightly relaxed tone.
When Nalan Yan heard this, her eyes suddenly lit up. Yes, since Su Xian discovered the bad guys' conspiracy, he must have thought of a solution!
She immediately asked: "What can you do, and how can we cooperate?"
Su Xian said:
"My method is to use the trick to make the bad guys show up at tomorrow's coronation celebration, and then your Green Flag Army secretly enters the city and decides the outcome in one fell swoop."
"Of course, there are still many details and we need to discuss them in advance."
"This is a good idea!"
Nalan Yan nodded slowly and cast an approving look at Su Xian.
But in an instant, her expression suddenly changed, she looked at Su Xian and asked, "No, you just said that everyone in the imperial city has been poisoned, so the emperor..."
"This poison is pervasive, and Brother Nalan is not immune to it!" Su Xian shook his head.
"Then have you detoxified Brother Huang?" Nalan Yan was emotional and grabbed Su Xian's shoulders.
"This matter should not be publicized. In order to avoid alerting others, Brother Nalan does not know about it yet, so..."
"No! No! Nothing should happen to the Emperor's brother... I want to go into the palace to see the Emperor's brother, I want to go into the palace to see the Emperor's brother..." Nalanyan lost control of her emotions on the spot, leaving Su Xian behind and ran out of the tent. .
