Chapter 165: Handkerchief
At that time, Cui Cong asked the bribed guards to stop Zhu Lianzhi and forbid him to leave, and he went into the pharmacy to instruct Hong Mian to poison King Jingyin. Cui Cong knew that after all, it was Zhu Lianzhi who boiled the medicine, and the two of them had to rush to harm Xing Neng, so it was impossible to wait for Zhu Lianzhi to boil the medicine before poisoning, not to mention that they didn't know which medicinal materials Zhu Lianzhi would use, so Cui Cong asked Hong Mian to put the poison into the medicine pot, and then the two of them left quickly. In this way, after King Jingyin was poisoned, the biggest suspect of poisoning was Zhu Lianzhi, because Cui Cong and Hong Mian were not present when Zhu Lianzhi boiled the medicine. Hong Mian became more uneasy after being instructed by Cui Cong. He was already nervous about harming Xing Neng, and this incident made him unable to relax. However, he was afraid of Sun Guye, so he pretended to greet Zhu Lianzhi calmly, and then poisoned him.
Not long after, Cui Cong secretly killed the guard who was guarding the door of the pharmacy and whom he had bribed before, because he was worried that the guard might say something.
After Hong Mian and Cui Cong were arrested, Cui Cong refused to reveal Sun Guye's secret at first, but later he got something from the person who interrogated him and learned some things, and his attitude changed immediately. Lu Xinyao, the woman Cui Cong loved deeply, left him a letter of breaking up a year ago and left the capital Qi Yi. In the letter, Lu Xinyao said that she fell in love with another man and wanted to go with that man. After that, Cui Cong never saw Lu Xinyao again, and the two lost contact. The person who interrogated Cui Cong took out the handkerchief that Cui Cong had given to Lu Xinyao before and told Cui Cong that Lu Xinyao had not lived well after leaving the capital, and had passed away from illness not long ago. This handkerchief was what Lu Xinyao tried her best to get someone to pass on to Cui Cong before she died. Cui Cong remembered that Lu Xinyao had said before that as long as she had this handkerchief in her hand, she would be with Cui Cong for one day, but if the two were not destined to be together in this life, she would definitely return the handkerchief to him. Lu Xinyao left in such a hurry and her thoughts were in a mess that she forgot to return the handkerchief to Cui Cong. Later, she always held the handkerchief and silently imagined that one day a miracle would happen and she would be able to meet Cui Cong again, so she never returned it. Before she died, she took great pains to ask someone to help bring the handkerchief to Cui Cong. The interrogator also told Cui Cong that in fact, someone had always known that it was Sun Guye who forced Lu Xinyao to leave the capital, but under the pressure of Sun Guye, he did not dare to tell Cui Cong about it. The reason why Sun Guye forced Lu Xinyao to leave was because he felt that Cui Cong was always meeting with Lu Xinyao and always thinking about Lu Xinyao, which was too distracting and difficult for him to work wholeheartedly. He was also worried that Cui Cong would speak freely to Lu Xinyao and inadvertently reveal his secrets. He was also worried that if something happened, if others used Lu Xinyao as a hostage to threaten Cui Cong, Cui Cong might betray him at the request of others. Cui Cong had no relatives in the world, and as long as Lu Xinyao left him, he would be free of all ties. So at that time, Sun Guye told Lu Xinyao what to do to save Cui Cong's life, and Lu Xinyao wrote the letter of breaking off the friendship and left him for Cui Cong's survival. When the interrogator told Cui Cong everything that had happened before, Cui Cong was shocked and wanted to cut Sun Guye into pieces, so he revealed all of Sun Guye's details.
(End of this chapter)
