At this time, Deputy General Xu had not yet regained consciousness and was being carried out of the mountain by several of Jun Mohan’s guards.
However, Leng Jinyu refused to be carried. His injuries were not severe. After eating the milk and bread Leng Ruoli gave him, his spirits improved considerably, and he didn’t want to trouble others.
After walking for two hours on the mountain path, led by the tiger mother, they finally emerged from the deep mountains.
Upon exiting, Leng Ruoli and Leng Jinyu turned to thank the tiger mother. The tiger mother let out two roars and then, with great flair, returned to the deep mountains with her two cubs.
“Father, I’ll accompany you to the military camp today, Li’er,” Leng Ruoli said sweetly and charmingly.
Leng Jinyu gazed at his Li’er’s clean little face, and the image of his wife, Xia Wan’er, immediately appeared in his mind.
She hadn’t worn a veil in the mountains today, and he suddenly noticed that the dark spot on Li’er’s face had faded considerably.
Earlier, he had also heard about his Li’er’s medical skills from Jun Mohan. They were even more impressive than those of the imperial physicians in the palace. If that were the case, why would she still seek out those imperial physicians? It would be better to directly ask Li’er to detoxify them.
“Alright, then Father thanks Li’er.”
After speaking, Leng Jinyu chuckled heartily.
Except for the two guards who needed to carry the injured Deputy General Xu back to the military camp, Leng Ruoli, Jun Mohan, Leng Jinyu, and the others found their horses and galloped towards the military camp first.
Half an hour later, they all arrived at the military camp. Although women were not allowed inside the camp, Leng Ruoli had arrived with Jun Mohan and Leng Jinyu, so the soldiers did not dare to voice any complaints.
“General Leng, you’re finally back. Some soldiers are in critical condition.”
A burly, dark-skinned man with a square face, a deputy general, rushed to the entrance of the military camp to greet Leng Jinyu and the others, saying with great urgency.
He was still unaware of the assassination attempt on Leng Jinyu the previous day.
“Deputy General Yang, this general encountered some trouble on the way and was delayed. I apologize.”
Leng Jinyu felt very ashamed.
“Father, don’t blame yourself. Hurry and take me to see the poisoned soldiers,” Leng Ruoli reminded him.
“Alright, Li’er, Father will take you to see the poisoned soldiers now.”
Leng Jinyu quickly strode towards the tents of the poisoned soldiers, with Leng Ruoli, Jun Mohan, and the others following closely behind.
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Inside the soldiers’ tents, the poisoned soldiers had pale faces, were constantly spitting foam from their mouths, and lay in bed covered with several layers of thick quilts, yet they were still shivering from the cold.
Although it was already winter in Tianguo and the weather was a bit chilly, it wasn’t cold enough to require several layers of quilts.
Leng Ruoli approached one of the soldiers’ beds, extended her slender jade hand, and took the pulse of a soldier. Then, she checked the pulses of five more soldiers. Based on their pulses, these people were truly poisoned, but she didn’t know what kind of poison it was.
She could only take a small amount of their blood and put it into her system space laboratory for analysis with professional equipment to determine the composition of the toxins in their blood.
“Li’er, can the poison on these soldiers be cured?”
Leng Jinyu watched as Leng Ruoli took out some strange items from her “sleeves,” collected some blood, and then put them back into her “sleeves.” He didn’t know what she was doing.
“Li’er is analyzing the toxins on them. The results won’t be available anytime soon. However, Father, can you take me for a tour of your military camp? I need to find the source of their poisoning first.”
Subsequently, Leng Jinyu took Leng Ruoli to the kitchen first. She meticulously examined the vegetables, meat, water in the vats, pots, and bowls in the camp kitchen. She found no poison.
Therefore, Leng Jinyu then took her to the two wells in the military camp. A bucket of clean water was drawn from each well. After careful testing, no poison was found in the well water. So, the problem must have been with the soldiers’ food yesterday.
“Father, what did those soldiers eat yesterday?” Leng Ruoli asked meticulously.
“Yesterday, the military camp had porridge with pickled vegetables for lunch.”
Leng Jinyu replied.
Afterward, Leng Ruoli went to test the leftover porridge that the soldiers had drunk yesterday, which was kept as evidence. As a result, there was no poison in the porridge either.
Leng Jinyu and Deputy General Yang were instantly bewildered. How exactly did these soldiers get poisoned?
Just as they were both frowning with worry, Jun Mohan’s sharp eyes spotted a crushed pastry on the ground.
“Woman, come and take a look. Is there anything wrong with this pastry on the ground?”
Leng Ruoli quickly turned around, walked up to Jun Mohan, collected some pastry crumbs, and put them into her space for testing.
After the results came out, the toxin components on the pastry were the same as the toxin components on the soldiers.
“Father, ask them if they also ate this kind of pastry yesterday?”
“Li’er, what’s wrong? Could this salted pastry be the problem?”
Leng Ruoli nodded.
“But we ate it a few days ago, and we didn’t get poisoned, did we?”
Leng Jinyu frowned, saying with great confusion.
“This poison must have been added to these salted pastries yesterday.”
Leng Jinyu nodded. He also thought so, otherwise, they would have been fine after eating it in previous days.
“Father, have there been any suspicious individuals in the military camp in the last two days?”
“Yes, yesterday, when it was discovered that soldiers in the military camp were poisoned, I sent people to investigate. It turned out that a cook was problematic. When I went to find him, he had already escaped.”
“Father, I think this matter is very likely a conspiracy against you. First, soldiers in your military camp were poisoned, and then, on your way back to the city, someone ambushed and assassinated you. This matter is definitely targeted at you. Father, you must be more careful in the future!”
“Okay, okay.”
Leng Jinyu said with relief.
“Since the source has been found, and Li’er has also identified the components of the toxins, I will go and detoxify those soldiers now.”
Immediately, Leng Ruoli asked Leng Jinyu for a separate tent and had Jun Mohan and the others help guard the entrance. She then flashed into her system space laboratory to prepare an antidote.
To make it easier for the poisoned soldiers to take the medicine, she also divided the antidote into small tubes, pre-dosing them with transparent plastic tubes, before turning back to the tent.
After coming out, Leng Ruoli quickly found her father.
“Father, these soldiers in your military camp have been poisoned by the cold poison. This is the antidote I just prepared for them. Ask Deputy General Yang to give them the antidote, and within fifteen minutes, the poison on their bodies will be removed.”
“Li’er, you’ve been a great help to Father. Father thanks you on behalf of those soldiers.”
“Father, why are you being so polite with Li’er?”
After speaking, father and daughter burst into laughter.
After fifteen minutes, the cold poison on the soldiers was removed, and the entire military camp returned to normal.
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