Chapter 77 Figured it out
"What?" Feng Yi didn't understand why someone would come to steal a living person. "Li doesn't live in the study." "Even if they wanted to steal, they should go to the guest house."
Song Qingci resisted the urge to reach out and knock Feng Yi on the head.
"They wanted to steal what Li brought." Song Qingci completed the sentence.
Feng Yi was even more confused. This Li came to the general's mansion with nothing. Except for a jade pendant as a token of trust and a child, there was nothing else. Could it be that there was something he didn't know?
"Madam, the Li family and their son didn't bring anything with them except their clothes and money."
"I know." Song Qingci smiled. She had figured it out. "Li didn't bring anything. She knew it, we knew it, but the people behind her didn't know it. In other words, the reason why those people targeted Li was because they thought she had something, but she didn't. "
After listening to Song Qingci's words, Feng Yi thought about it for a long time before he could figure it out. "Madam, what you mean is that those people thought that Li had something they wanted. When we were in the border town before, Li's family often lost things. In fact, those people were looking for such a thing, but they didn't find it."
"Then, they used some means to force Li to leave the border town, just to see who she would turn to when she was desperate. Then the thing they thought was there was very likely to be with the person Li turned to."
"Li came all the way to the capital, found the general's mansion, and finally lived in the general's mansion. Those people thought that the unfounded thing would be in the general's mansion. They came to steal that thing."
"Bingo!" Song Qingci looked at Feng Yi and smiled like an auntie.
Fortunately, I'm not completely stupid yet. When I was under Shan Li's command before, I didn't know how I was so bad.
"What on earth is that thing? These people wouldn't have chased all the way to the capital without even checking whether this thing exists or not." Feng Yi thought it was incredible.
If this is really the case, shouldn't those people first confirm whether the thing they think it is actually there?
They made such a big fuss over such an uncertain matter, and even went so far as to sneak into the General's Mansion. Was it really necessary?!
"Feng Yi, there is a saying that goes 'a thief's heart is always guilty', have you heard of it?"
Feng nodded. Of course he had heard of it. Although he was a guard, during his training, in addition to learning martial arts, he also had to learn to read and write.
"These people are typical thieves with a guilty conscience. That's why they took the following series of actions because of assumptions. However, they probably didn't expect that Li would come to the General's Mansion in the end. So, they showed up after such a long time. Before that, they were either dispatching personnel or planning. "
"How could the Li family get involved with such a person?" Feng Yi was puzzled.
"Li can't be provoked, but Ma Yuan can be provoked." Song Qingci's face darkened when she mentioned Ma Yuan. If it was as she thought...
"Yes, I had forgotten about Ma Yuan." Feng Yi knocked his head with his fist.
"It's not just you who has forgotten, many people have forgotten." Song Qingci said calmly, "He has been dead for three years, why do these people only remember him now?"
"Ma Yuan, the quartermaster whose entire family was executed in the Battle of Yicheng..." Song Qingci murmured.
When these people and these events were connected together, she felt that the truth was about to come to light.
The medicines Song Qingci used on the injured were all special-effect medicines. In just two hours, he was completely awake.
The moment he opened his eyes and saw Song Qingci, he realized that he was rescued. Then, without thinking, he prepared to bite his tongue to commit suicide.
Song Qingci stretched out his hand and stopped his movements.
"I don't want you to die, but you can't die. Don't waste your energy."
Song Qingci looked into his eyes. He had always kept his eyes closed before, so she didn't feel anything. But now that they were open, she felt as if she had seen him somewhere before. But she couldn't remember where for the moment. Maybe it wasn't her who had seen him before, but Song Qingci had seen him before.
The memories received are not so complete. Even the memory of oneself is not completely known. People are not machines. They will selectively forget some unimportant people or things. In a few decades of life, only those unforgettable things will be completely retained in one's mind. So Song Qingci was not entangled.
After swallowing the sweet taste in his throat, the injured man said, "I won't say anything, so don't waste your energy." After saying that, he couldn't help coughing.
"Oh~ You have quite a personality." Song Qingci looked at him with a smile, and then his face suddenly darkened, "But, I don't believe it!"
She reached into her sleeve, pulled out a pill, handed it to him, and said, "Do you know what this is?"
Song Qingci did not expect him to answer. She took two steps back, moved away from him, and continued, "This pill is called the Truth Serum Pill. As long as you take it, you will answer whatever I ask you. I will know all the secrets you want to hide. Do you want to take it?"
''······''Who would want to eat this kind of thing?
"To be honest, making a pill like this is quite expensive, and I'm a little reluctant to give it to you, so I still hope you can be more sensible. After all, with this pill, all your resistance now is useless."
It’s not that Song Qingci was reluctant to use the truth-telling pills, but that he couldn’t use them now.
He was seriously injured and his body was at the end of its strength. If he took the truth serum pill and it didn't take effect, he would probably die.
However, that didn't stop her from cheating him.
Once the psychological defenses are destroyed, many things become simple.
"You can't escape in the end anyway, so why not hurry up now? Answer my questions honestly, and I can save a pill. Do you think I'm right?"
The injured person lying on the bed felt dizzy, and for a moment he actually felt that what the woman in front of him said made sense.
Looking at his expression, Song Qingci knew that his goal was about to be achieved.
Just before she stepped back, she secretly used a little bit of the love powder.
This thing is the product of a failed attempt to make a truth serum pill. It can loosen a person's willpower, but it cannot have the same effect as a truth serum pill, which answers all questions.
Of course, using this will not lead to certain death like the truth serum pills.
At first I thought it was useful after all, and the herbs were expensive, so it would be a waste to throw them away. So I kept it, and I never thought it would be useful one day.