The Ming Dynasty: Starting with the Somersault Cloud, Old Zhu was so envious he cried!

"By the way, how did these guys die?"

Has anyone checked this?

The voice just fell.

"Your Highness, they died of poisoning."

A familiar voice came from the crowd.

Zhu Ming turned his head and looked in the direction from which the sound came.

A middle-aged man dressed in official robes and carrying a medicine box emerged from the crowd.

This person was none other than Imperial Physician Dai, who had been brought here from the palace by Zhu Ming.

Zhu Ming: "..."

The little guy was stunned for a moment, then his face lit up with surprise and his eyes lit up.

"Imperial Physician Dai?"

"Why are you here?"

"Why didn't you let me know? I could have come pick you up!"

Imperial Physician Dai: "..."

He looked at Zhu Ming's genuinely surprised expression, but his face showed a deep sense of resentment.

pick me up?

Your Highness, how dare you say you're coming to pick me up?

Yesterday, you rode your somersault cloud, carrying Commander Mao, and vanished in a flash, leaving me all alone in the village.

No matter how much I called out to you, you ignored me. Why didn't you say you would come to pick me up then?

It turns out that just yesterday,

After receiving instructions from Empress Ma, Zhu Ming rode his somersault cloud alone back to Lin Xiu'e's village.

He found Lin Xiu'e and told her that he had dealt with her scumbag husband, and that she shouldn't worry and should just live a peaceful life from now on.

After hearing this, Lin Xiu'e was so moved that she burst into tears and thanked Zhu Ming profusely.

Zhu Ming comforted her for a few words, then took out a burlap sack from his pocket and put Mao Xiang inside it.

Then, riding on the somersault cloud, it flew away in a flash.

Throughout...

They completely forgot about Physician Dai.

Poor Imperial Physician Dai, he waited and waited alone in the village.

He waited for a long time, but Zhu Ming didn't come back to pick him up.

Finally, having no other choice, he had to head towards the county town alone.

The problem is that he doesn't know the way.

Fortunately, the villagers all knew that Imperial Physician Dai was one of the Sixth Prince's men.

So the group pooled their money to build a donkey cart and planned to take Physician Dai there.

As everyone knows, roads in ancient times were not as comfortable as they are now.

Poor me, Imperial Physician Dai, I've always lived a life of luxury since childhood. I've never suffered like this before.

The bumpy ride almost broke his body.

So now, looking at Zhu Ming's "surprised" expression, Imperial Physician Dai felt a deep sense of resentment.

Your Highness, so you did know I existed?

Looking at the resentful expression on Imperial Physician Dai's face, and then thinking about what he had done yesterday...

That does seem a bit unfair.

He left that person alone in the village and flew away on his somersault cloud, without even thinking about the existence of that person.

Zhu Ming scratched his head awkwardly, a slightly embarrassed expression on his face.

Embarrassing as it may be, let's get the immediate issue sorted out first.

Zhu Ming's eyes darted around, and he quickly pointed to the corpse on the ground, changing the subject:

"Um... Physician Dai, you've come at the perfect time!"

"Please help me take a look, what kind of poison has these people been poisoned by?"

Imperial Physician Dai: "..."

He glanced at Zhu Ming's "I'm so innocent" expression, then at the corpse on the ground, and shook his head helplessly.

Forget it.

Why bother arguing with a child?

The priority right now is to investigate the case.

Imperial Physician Dai took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the resentment in his heart, walked to the side of the corpse, squatted down and began to examine it carefully.

He first looked at the corpse's face, then opened its eyelids to look at its pupils, then pried open its mouth to look at its tongue, and finally took out silver needles and inserted several needles into the corpse's abdomen.

After a thorough examination, Physician Dai's brows furrowed deeply.

Zhu Ming, watching from the side, couldn't help but ask:

"Imperial Physician Dai, how is it? Have you figured out what kind of poison it is?"

Imperial Physician Dai stood up, wiped his hands, and said in a deep voice:

"Your Highness, we've found out."

"These people have been given 'arsenic'."

"Moreover, it is extremely pure arsenic, which melts in the mouth and takes effect very quickly. From poisoning to death, it takes no more than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn."

Upon hearing that it was arsenic, Xu Miaoyun's expression changed drastically. She quickly stepped forward and said to Zhu Ming:

"Your Highness, someone is framing you!"

"How could there be arsenic in our food?"

Zhu Ming looked at the corpse on the ground, a "I knew it" expression on his small face.

He knew from the beginning that someone was up to no good.

How could the food he conjured with a gourmet tablecloth possibly kill someone?

At most, some people who haven't eaten oily or fatty foods for a long time might experience diarrhea if they suddenly eat a lot of meat and fish.

But would it kill someone?

That's absolutely impossible!

As for who it is...

Zhu Ming's gaze fell on Li Fu, who was standing to the side with a bruised and swollen face and whose arms were being held up.

The little guy took his short legs, walked up to Li Fu, looked him up and down, then turned to Huang Zi'an beside him and asked:

"Old Huang, do you know him?"

Huang Zi'an stepped forward, looked at Li Fu, and then honestly answered:

"Your Highness, I understand."

"This man's name is Li Fu. He is Li Fengxian's steward, extremely loyal to Li Fengxian, and his lackey."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Ming immediately understood.

Li Fengxian.

So it was that old man!

It must be that Li Fengxian, seeing that I was hosting a dinner party, ruined my scheme to win people over by distributing porridge, so he held a grudge and deliberately sent someone to poison the food and then smear my name!

You bastard Li Fengxian!

That's pretty bold!

Zhu Ming's brows furrowed slightly, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes.

but,

He quickly calmed himself down and continued to ask:

"What about these corpses?"

Do you know him?

Huang Zi'an lived up to his reputation as the intelligence captain recognized by Zhu Ming; he even knew these low-level thugs.

He glanced at the corpse on the ground, then replied:

"Your Highness, I know all of these people."

"They're all thugs hired by the Li family."

"They usually help the Li family with dirty business that they can't handle themselves. They bully men and women, commit all sorts of evil deeds, and are a major scourge in the area."

"The people dared not speak out against them."

Upon hearing that these dead men all belonged to the Li family and were all thugs, Zhu Ming instantly abandoned any sympathy he had felt.

Oh.

pity?

Sympathy my ass!

This group of people bullies men and women, committing all sorts of evil deeds, and has ruined countless families.

Now that he's dead, he deserved to die!

Zhu Ming was still thinking about how to deal with the Li family.

Unexpectedly, they themselves handed over their weakness.

God help me too!

Zhu Ming's small face remained expressionless; he simply said calmly:

"Magistrate Wang."

"Your humble servant is here!"

Wang Defa quickly stepped forward and respectfully replied.

Zhu Ming looked at him and said, word by word:

"I want you to take your men and arrest Li Fengxian and the rest of them right now!"

"Not a single one can be missed!"

Wang Defa was stunned for a moment, then his face showed an excited expression, and his eyes reddened.

Arrest Li Fengxian?

Is Your Highness about to take action against the four great families?

That's great, that's really great!

Wang Defa hated the group led by Qian Youde.

His eldest son, on whom he had placed great hopes, was murdered by people sent by the Hu family.

The informant was none other than his son's biological mother, who was also his beloved wife!

Yesterday, Huang Zi'an told him that his wife was actually a dog that Zhao An secretly kept.

This was a huge blow to him, and he almost gave up.

but……

The flames of revenge burned ever since he began to rage.

Now that His Highness is backing him up, he can finally take his revenge!