They all became female demons after being reborn.

Chapter 4 How is he going to kill me?

After the rain, Longmen Ferry was filled with the smell of damp, musty wood.

The old innkeeper directed two employees to use wooden buckets to catch the leaks from last night. The broken tables and chairs from Wang Dang and Li Changfeng were piled up in the corner. The merchants and travelers staying at the inn came downstairs in twos and threes, but they all carefully avoided the table where Wu Cheng was sitting.

There was no way around it. Everyone could clearly see when Megan Sheng made his move yesterday. This group of people were dressed in fine clothes, and this silly young master had delicate skin. Even the maids accompanying him were celestial beauties. It's not easy for anyone to travel, so naturally no one dared to provoke them.

Wu Cheng ignored everyone else and yawned as he ate his plain porridge with pickled vegetables.

Mei Gensheng left early in the morning, saying he was going to the ferry to see if the water level had receded. Wang Hu and the other five guards left two of them to guard the dormitory, while the remaining three sat in several corners of the hall, their eyes subtly fixed on Wu Cheng.

Qingque stood silently half a step behind Wu Cheng.

As Wu Cheng finished the last mouthful of rice porridge, he heard Qing Que cough very softly.

He raised his sleeve to wipe his mouth, and in doing so, he slightly tilted his head.

Qingque stepped forward and bent down to clear the dishes, her lips almost touching his earlobe, her voice barely covered by the clatter of the dishes, "Your Highness, Meigensheng will make his move today."

Wu Cheng paused in wiping his mouth, then continued wiping.

"Last night, I killed five guards and threw their bodies into the river." Qingque placed the bamboo chopsticks that Wu Cheng had used on the bowl and picked it up. "If Meigensheng or any of the guards come to say that they have found a body and ask me to identify it, I will take the opportunity to deal with the remaining guards."

"Until I return, Your Highness should simply remain in the main hall. The inn is crowded and noisy, and to prevent any unforeseen complications, he will not take action here. If Your Highness dies, it can only be an accident."

Wu Cheng said in a simple voice, "Sister Qingque, I'd like to have some more porridge."

Qingque straightened up, her voice regaining its usual clear and crisp tone, "This servant will go to the kitchen to add some for you right away."

Before long, she brought out a bowl of fresh porridge, which happened to come face to face with Mei Gengsheng, who had just returned.

Mei Gensheng's gray-blue long gown was half-dry, with mud spots from the riverbank still clinging to the hem.

He saw Qingque and a faint smile appeared on his face. "Miss Qingque, you know that five brothers are missing. Just now, several corpses rushed up from the ferry, their faces were soaked and unrecognizable. Would you be willing to go with Wang Hu and the others?"

Qingque kept walking and spoke in a calm voice, "This servant still needs to serve the young master his meal."

"Young master, your meals will be served by this old servant."

Meigensheng stepped aside, his tone suggesting a discussion, but his eyes held no intention of doing so. "Those corpses have been soaking in the river all night and are swollen. Wang Hu and the others are rough men. If these are our missing brothers, someone needs to be careful to identify them."

Qingque stopped and turned around to look at Meigensheng with a blank expression.

Megan's eyelid twitched.

"Eunuch Mei." Qingque's voice wasn't loud, but it was just loud enough for Mei Gensheng to hear. "If Your Highness were to have an accident while I was away, I would kill you and hang your head on the archway of Longmen Town."

Megan Sheng's smile remained unchanged. "What are you saying, young lady? Young master is incredibly lucky; what could possibly happen to him?"

Qingque ignored him and continued, "I will kill your father, your brother, the son your brother adopted, and the concubine you kept in Yangzhuang."

Megan's smile vanished.

No one except the woman in the palace should know that his younger brother had adopted a son to him, and it's even more impossible for anyone to know that he secretly kept a concubine outside!

How did Qingque know this?!

But he received no answer.

After Qingque finished speaking, she carried the rice porridge past him.

She placed the porridge in front of Wu Cheng, and as she leaned forward, her lips moved slightly. "Your Highness, I will be at the ferry crossing with those five guards shortly, and I will take care of them then. Please do not return to your room; sit here in the main hall. I will be right back."

After saying that, she straightened up and raised her voice a little, "Young master, drink slowly, be careful it's hot."

Then she turned around and left the inn with Wang Hu and his five men, who were eyeing her menacingly.

Wu Cheng blew on the hot porridge and lowered his head to sip it slowly.

He carefully analyzed and considered all the information he had received.

Mei Gensheng is going to make his move today. Qingque wants to clip Mei Gensheng's wings, but she believes that Mei Gensheng will not dare to do it in public, because if even one person survives, the matter will be exposed.

Even if Mei Gensheng killed everyone in the inn, there were many people and eyes in Longmen Ferry who had seen him, so he could not escape the court's investigation.

Yes, this means that the powerful figure behind Megan Sheng secretly ordered him to kill her.

This is also why Qingque believed he wouldn't make a move in public.

But what if Megan Sheng really did take action in public?

That means Megan Sheng must have a way to kill herself while causing a commotion, and no one can tell.

This can only be an accident.

However, accidents are not always safe, so you also need to make sure you are unable to move when an accident occurs.

So there was also poisoning.

Wu Cheng had read many martial arts novels and watched many TV dramas in his previous life, and he had also watched countless bloggers' explanations of Kindaichi. He knew at least dozens of ways to poison someone.

Putting poison in food is the most foolish thing to do, because food will be left over, and the poison can be detected through testing.

With so many people eating food prepared by the same chef, it's hard to guarantee that accidents won't happen.

It wasn't the braised beef from this morning; to kill him suddenly, it would have to be a highly poisonous substance. A slow-acting poison wouldn't be able to kill him in a day.

Therefore, it must be an acute illness, such as heart disease or stroke, as long as the coroner cannot find anything.

Therefore, Megan Sheng would definitely choose a poison that has an extremely rapid onset and cannot be detected after death.

There are many poisons like this in the inner palace that can cause people to die suddenly for no reason.

Wu Cheng knew this, which is why he ate the braised beef in the morning without hesitation; otherwise, if he hadn't eaten it, it would have immediately aroused Mei Gengsheng's suspicion.

It works the same way when added to tea.

Moreover, the tea he drank was all handled by Qingque, including the rice porridge, and Qingque must have already tested it.

Wu Cheng seemed to be deep in thought.

Therefore, it must be something that only I can access, or something that only works on me.

Poison needle?

No, the poisoned needle would leave a mark, and Megan Sheng would need to be close to him, so he would never be able to escape the investigation afterward.

It wouldn't be the porridge bowl or chopsticks either; Qingque had checked those as well.

Is that a bed? Or clothes?

No, these all have to go through Qingque's hands.

Wu Cheng's hand hung down under the table as he silently channeled his inner energy.

The surging true energy flowed from his dantian to his fingertips through his unobstructed meridians, and then flowed back from his fingertips.

He controlled the speed and intensity of his internal energy flow, combing his entire body like a comb.

There were no signs of subsequent poisoning.

That is to say, Megan Sheng has not yet poisoned him.

Wu Cheng glanced back at Mei Gengsheng, who walked over, smiled gently at him, and sat down opposite him.

Wu Cheng returned a pure smile.

Judging from the old eunuch's reaction, the poison must have already been administered. So where did he administer it?

Wu Cheng glanced at the lobby out of the corner of his eye.

Each table had a rough porcelain teapot and several teacups, including his, but he didn't touch them.

His gaze swept across the table, and he noticed a small water stain on his side, which he hadn't spilled while drinking his porridge.

The water stain is shaped like a leaf, and the edges are almost dry.

and many more!

Wu Cheng's pupils contracted slightly.

That's not a water stain!

He put down the bowl, and with the motion of pushing the bowl, he lightly wiped the water stain, then pulled his hand back under the table and rubbed it with his fingertips.

This doesn't feel like water!

The water droplets dried quickly after rubbing your hands together, but left a thin, almost imperceptible slippery feeling on your fingertips.

It looks like some kind of oil.

Suddenly, the true energy in his body rushed to his fingers, completely evaporating the toxins that had seeped in!

So the poison had already been put on! Right on the table!

I was sitting right here yesterday. Meghan Markle displayed her power yesterday, so naturally no one else dared to approach. And I, the "foolish prince" who is "as holy as ever," will definitely still be sitting in the same place!

And you'll definitely get the poison on your hands!

Once the poison has seeped into the body, it will naturally cause symptoms!

Unfortunately, he had already completed the "Heavenly Dao Scroll," so this little bit of poison had no effect on him.

So there's one last question: what if an accident happens?