Starting in Exile: Transmigrated as the Crown Prince's Lucky Little Wife

Chapter 37 Zhao Yun's Exposed

It means that if you know medicine, you have to save lives! What kind of twisted logic is that!

"Any price? Are you sure?" Gu Liuli's lips curled into a cold smile. "If I said I wanted you to do something for me, would you agree?"

Mu Jian nodded without hesitation: "I'm willing to do anything to save them!"

“Okay.” Gu Liuli thought for a moment and decided to test Mu Jian’s bottom line first.

"Then I want you to kill Zhao Hu!" Gu Liuli's words shocked everyone present.

Mu Jian froze, his expression instantly becoming complicated. He took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down. Zhao Hu was the head of the guards escorting them; if he killed an official of the imperial court, Zhao Hu wouldn't survive!

"Why...why do you want me to kill him?" Mu Jian's voice was low and trembling, filled with inner turmoil.

Gu Liuli smiled slightly, her gaze sharp as a knife, and revealed an even bigger secret: "Because Zhao Hu poisoned my uncle!"

what?

Mu Zetian's eyes were as big as copper bells, and then he turned his gaze to Zhao Hu.

His mind kept replaying Zhao Hu's recent actions. Details that had once been considered unintentional words and deeds were now gradually piecing together like puzzle pieces, presenting a chilling picture—it turned out that all of this was hiding a sinister atmosphere!

Looking over there, Zhao Yun and Mu Zhaoqi were lying on the ground in agony, their bodies writhing and emitting shrill cries.

"Hurry! Father! I beg you! Kill Lord Zhao quickly! We really can't take it anymore! This torture is worse than death!" Zhao Yun shouted hoarsely, his voice filled with despair and fear.

Zhao Yun's eyes darted around, constantly avoiding everyone's gaze, as if he were hiding a huge secret, desperately trying to avoid being discovered. He stammered, his lips slightly parted, "Quick...son, anyway, he was given the Corpse Poison to Mu Ze Tianxia! Even if you kill him, it's all Gu Liuli's doing!"

Mu Zhaoqi, standing to the side, pleaded desperately, "Father, please save me! My body feels like it's being gnawed by a million ants, itchy and painful, it's driving me crazy! Ahhh..."

Just then, Zhao Hu, who had been silent all along, suddenly stepped forward and stood in front of Gu Liuli. He stared intently at her and questioned her sternly, "You keep saying that I poisoned Mu Zetian, but do you have any solid evidence? If you can't produce any evidence, don't blame me for being impolite!"

However, when Zhao Yun stammered out the name of the poison, Xiao Jingchuan and Gu Liuli exchanged a glance, understanding each other perfectly—they already knew who the real poisoner was!

The sword in his hand gleamed coldly in the sunlight, pointing directly at Zhao Hu standing opposite him.

"Wait a minute!" Gu Liuli said.

Mu Jian frowned, glancing sideways at Gu Liuli with impatience and confusion in his eyes: "Didn't you tell me to kill Zhao Hu to save my mother and son? What, are you going to back out!"

Faced with Mu Jian's questioning, Gu Liuli's lips curled up slightly, revealing a cold smile. She parted her lips and slowly said, "Hehe! Just now we only had some suspicions, thinking that Zhao Hu might be the one who poisoned General Mu."

But after an investigation, it can now be definitively concluded that the real poisoner is her! Such a heinous criminal must not be tolerated or indulged, and must not be allowed to live! As she said this, a barely perceptible glint of cold light flashed in Gu Liuli's eyes, as if she was already fully aware of their crimes.

Just when everyone thought that Zhao Hu had poisoned Zhao Yun, they suddenly saw Gu Liuli holding a dark object against Zhao Yun's head.

"Gu Liuli, what are you doing?" Mu Jian cried out in terror, his voice trembling. He stared wide-eyed at the scene before him in disbelief.

"Hmph, of course I'm just following your mother's orders!" Gu Liuli replied with a cold laugh. "The person who poisoned General Mu deserves to die! I'm just eliminating this scourge." As she spoke, she lightly brandished the weapon in her hand, the same weapon they had witnessed used to kill the mountain stronghold members of Xuefeng Mountain!

Everyone present was stunned by these words, and fell silent for a moment. They looked at each other, filled with doubt and shock.

I just heard that Zhao Hu was the one who poisoned me, how come it's suddenly Zhao Yun now?

When Zhao Yun heard the accusation against him, his face turned deathly pale. His pupils contracted sharply, and his body trembled slightly involuntarily.

His previously composed expression had vanished, replaced by extreme panic and tension.

"No...no, it was definitely not me!" Zhao Yun stammered, cold sweat pouring down his forehead. "You must have made a mistake! How could I poison General Mu?" He frantically waved his hands in denial, pointing at Zhao Hu standing to the side, seemingly trying to shift all the blame onto him.

Xiao Jingchuan walked out with a gloomy face: "Hmph! Do you think we're fools? We didn't say that General Mu was poisoned!"

Zhao Yun trembled upon hearing Xiao Jingchuan's words, and his face turned deathly pale as he recalled the Corpse Poison he had just mentioned!

"Speak! Who gave you this poison? You'd better tell the truth, or no one can save you from this poison!" Gu Liuli's tone was cold, and a hint of murderous intent flashed in her eyes!

Zhao Yun and the others then realized that it was Gu Liuli who had poisoned him! He had been feeling unwell ever since he ate the rabbit meat they had stolen the night before!

"It was you! You despicable villain, you poisoned us!" Mu Zhaoqi's eyes widened in anger, his face contorted with rage. He clenched his fists tightly, his teeth grinding together, his anger raging like a volcano about to erupt.

With a swift movement, he charged at his opponent like a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey, his stance suggesting he intended to tear the person before him to shreds.

However, just as Mu Zhaoqi was about to pounce on his opponent, a dull thud was heard—"Thud!" It turned out that Xiao Jingchuan had kicked out and slammed his foot hard into Mu Zhaoqi's chest. The kick was extremely powerful, sending Mu Zhaoqi flying several meters away before he crashed heavily to the ground.

"Hmph! Mu Zhaoqi, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want! You'd better come up with solid evidence to prove that I poisoned you, or don't blame me for being impolite!" Xiao Jingchuan crossed his arms and looked at Mu Zhaoqi lying on the ground with disdain.

Although he was wearing prison clothes, he did not look disheveled at all.

After treatment, the toxins in his body have been completely cleared, and his legs have now returned to normal, allowing him to walk steadily upright.

At this moment, he was majestic and imposing, standing there like a war god.

In order to save her life, Zhao Yun told the man in black what he had given her and what he had said. It turned out that one day she went to the woods to relieve herself and met a man in black. The man in black promised that if he could make Mu Zetian die of poison without knowing it and frame Gu Liuli, he would take them away from Ningguta after he succeeded!

They even gave her several dozen taels of silver notes.

Gu Liuli frowned after hearing what Zhao Yun said. Who was the man in black? Whose men did he not know?

The enemy is in the shadows, making them really difficult to deal with!