The courtyard was silent, and there were soldiers standing guard all around. Ying Zheng was talking to Zhao Gao when he was suddenly interrupted by the panicked voice of a servant.
"What is it?"
Immediately, Ying Zheng turned around and asked with a displeased look.
Just now, Ying Zheng himself was in a good mood, but unexpectedly, something troublesome seemed to have happened, which made him very unhappy.
"Your Majesty, the bird that fed the golden core fragment is dead!”
This servant obviously understood what this meant. One should know that these golden cores were all meant for Ying Zheng to eat.
Now, these golden cores were feeding the birds, but they had eaten them to death. Didn't that mean that these golden cores were really poisonous?
Thinking of this, the servant kneeling on the ground became even more frightened.
Hearing the servant's words, Ying Zheng's face did not immediately reveal a look of anger, but he frowned slightly.
"Call Li Si and Meng Tian. We'll go and take a look.”
Ying Zheng said faintly.
Although he had already mentally prepared himself, when he heard the news, Ying Zheng's heart still skipped a beat.
Fortunately, he had already found a way to deal with the pill poison. Moreover, after more than ten days of mental preparation, he was not so angry that he was stomping his feet.
However, he could not help but feel a little sad. He treated these necromancers as Kingdom Scholars, but in the end, they actually contributed poison pills for him to consume.
"Zhao Gao, send someone to imprison all the necromancers and their families who have entered Xianyang Palace. Wait for my order.”
Ying Zheng gave an order to the attendant beside him, then turned to Zhao Gao and said calmly,"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Zhao Gao wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. He didn't dare to say anything else and quickly left to carry out the mission.
Once it was confirmed that the poison pills of these necromancers were real, the crime of killing the emperor could not be avoided. The outcome would be that the person would be cut into pieces and the nine families would not be able to escape.
Ying Zheng summoned them, and not long after, Li Si and Meng Tian arrived at the courtyard where the birds were fed.
At this moment, there were several servants kneeling around the birdcage, trembling with fear.
Everyone looked at the bird carefully and found that it was already foaming at the mouth and its body was stiff in the cage.
Its originally beautiful feathers had become dim and messy at this moment. Its eyes rolled back. It was obviously dead.
"How are the other beasts feeding the golden cores?”
Ying Zheng waved his hand, asking the steward and servant in charge of this place to come forward and speak.
"Your Majesty, they are all in a dispirited state. The smallest rat is already on its last breath.”
The servant hurriedly responded to Ying Zheng.
Then, he hurriedly asked someone to bring the beasts with him. He saw that the originally very active rat that was running around was now lying in the cage, with thin white foam flowing out of its mouth.
It seemed that it was not going to work.
Next was a gray rabbit. It was curled up in a corner. Even if it was poked with a stick, it was too lazy to move.
The remaining puppy was the same. It could only stagger a few steps, but its spirit was very dispirited.
If it was just the death of the birds testing the medicine, it could still be explained. However, several beasts also showed the same symptoms, so it was obvious that the Golden Core was poisonous.
"Where are they?"
Zhao Gao, who had finished dealing with the matter and had given the order to arrest them, also came to this courtyard. Hearing Ying Zheng's question, he immediately knew who they were. Apparently, he was asking about the many necromancers who had been ordered to come here from Xianyang a few days ago.
"Your Majesty, someone has reported this morning that those alchemists will arrive at Pei County in about five days.”
Zhao Gao immediately replied.
"Good!"
Ying Zheng nodded and said nothing more, then left the courtyard.
In another courtyard in Pei County, Liu Bang had been recuperating for a few days. He had finally recovered enough to not affect his movements.
The main reason was that Fan Bei and the other hoodlums did not kill him and did not break any bones. Otherwise, it would not be a light injury that could be healed in seven or eight days.
"Motherf * cker, Fan Bei and these people are mad dogs, right? Why do they keep chasing me?”
Liu Bang had been very depressed recently. Not only had he been beaten up, but Fan Bei and the rest of the hoodlums had also been looking for him everywhere, making him extremely annoyed.
Furthermore, Fan Bei had even said that he would not give up until he was found. If someone provided information, he would even reward them.
After a series of operations, Liu Bang was chased like a stray dog. He was like a mouse as he recuperated.
In the end, he had no choice but to borrow Fan Kuai's money and leave Pei County. He found a remote village and recuperated for a while.
Now that he felt much better, his heart was active again.
"It's not a good thing to keep being chased. To capture the thief, we must first capture the leader. Why don't we go to the Hidden Immortal Peak and capture that pretty boy first?”
Liu Bang thought to himself.
Actually, it would be best to beat up Fan Bei and the other hoodlums and then ask for the reason. Unfortunately, in terms of fighting, he was already old and was really not a match for those hoodlums.
That was why he wanted to bully the pretty boy necromancer of the Hidden Immortal Peak.
In Liu Bang's understanding, necromancers who stayed at home all day to cultivate should be considered weak scholars. He, an old hooligan, was confident in dealing with such people.
However, his only concern was that he did not know what had happened to Fan Bei and the other hoodlums back then to actually turn against him.
The village that Liu Bang was hiding in was not very far from the Hidden Immortal Peak. After thinking for a while, Liu Bang decided to investigate. While he was thinking, he headed in the direction of the Hidden Immortal Peak.
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