Chapter - 154 Meeting the Zhongshan Wolf While Blocking the Way (12) (1/2)

He Taichong's face turned pale; he grabbed the young maid's wrist and said in low voice, ”Who told you to deliver this poisonous wine to us?”

The young maid was shocked and scared out or her wits. In a trembling voice she stammered, ”I … I didn't know it was … it was poisonous … I took it from the kitchen …”

”Whom did you meet on the way from the kitchen to this room?” He Taichong asked.

The young maid replied, ”I saw Xing Fang at the corridor, she stopped me to talk to me, she opened the wine pot to smell its aroma.”

He Taichong, the Fifth Aunt and Zhan Chun looked at each other with fear on their faces. Turned out that Xing Fang was the trusted maid of He Taichong's first wife.

”Mr. He,” Zhang Wuji said, ”I was reluctant to say it, although I have pondered about it in my heart. Think about it, why did this pair of Jin Yin Xue snakes bite Madame's toes in the first place, so that the snake venom entered into her system? Evidently, Madame has already been hit by a slow poison; her blood has already contained poison. This was what attracted the Jin Yin Xue snakes. I am afraid the person who poisoned Madame is the same person who put poison in our wine today.”

He Taichong had not replied when suddenly the curtain on the doorway was opened and a shadow flashed by. Zhang Wuji felt a severe pain on the chest below his breasts as his acupoints were sealed.

A sharp voice said, ”You are absolutely right, I was the one who put poison!”

They saw a middle-aged woman came in. She was big and tall in stature, the hair on her head was graying, her eyes revealed a strong character, there were wrinkles in between her eyebrows. The woman said to He Taichong, ”I put centipede venom in the wine, what are you going to do?”

The Fifth Aunt's face showed fear; she stood up at once and respectfully bowed, ”Taitai! [Madame]” she called out. Turned out this big and tall woman was He Taichong's first wife, Ban Shuxian, who was originally his older martial sister.

Seeing his wife burst into the room, He Taichong was silent, he only snorted once. Ban Shuxian said, ”I am asking you: I put the poison in the wine. What are you going to do?”

He Taichong said, ”You don't like this young man, that's fine with me. But you just did this without distinguishing right from wrong. Supposing the wine entered my belly, how can that be good?”

Ban Shuxian indignantly said, ”There is no good person in here! If I can torment everybody to death, it is good for me.”