Chapter 78: Death by Blood Loss
"Wh-wh-what, what is that?" Wei Chengchao stammered and asked.
"Stop talking nonsense and make them drink it quickly."
With Han Lei’s soft yet harsh words, she gently swiped her hand, instantly creating a small cut on Wei Chengchao’s neck, from which crimson blood beads oozed.
Seeing Han Lei getting serious, the usually arrogant and overbearing Wei Chengchao immediately became more cowardly, scared into yelling.
"No, no no, I’ll, I’ll call them."
Only then did Han Lei stop her actions, and after Wei Chengchao took a big gasp, he looked at the two attendants.
"What are you guys standing there for? Hurry and drink it!"
Upon hearing this, the two attendants hesitated, their legs were almost giving out. "Young master, we, this..." Whom have they offended?
"I, your young master, am telling you to drink it!" Wei Chengchao yelled anxiously.
"Young master, young master." The two attendants dropped to the ground with a thud and nearly burst into tears.
"You two bastards, believe it or not, when we go back, I’ll have you slaughtered. Drink!" Wei Chengchao roared through gritted teeth.
These bastards, they always said they’d risk their lives for him, but when it comes to a critical moment, they act like cowards.
Han Lei’s hands were freezing and almost stiff; she had to hurry and change into dry clothes and didn’t have time to watch them waste time here.
"I’ll count to three. If you don’t drink by then, I’ll immediately kill your master."
Han Lei used her softest voice to say the harshest words.
The two attendants exchanged a glance, their faces showing a look of despair.
They trembled as they picked up the small medicine bottles from the ground, opened the caps, closed their eyes resolutely, and swallowed it all down.
In less than a minute, both attendants collapsed to the ground.
"Ah?"
Seeing his attendants fall, Wei Chengchao looked shocked, his mouth agape.
He was a pampered, wealthy young master, easily frightened and prone to panic.
Seizing the momentary daze of Wei Chengchao, Han Lei immediately flipped the dagger and struck his temple hard with the handle, and he fell to the ground without even a groan.
Han Lei took out a pack of Huanglian Shangqing Pills and an unknown blue pill from her space and fed them all into Wei Chengchao’s mouth after opening them.
Next, she separately fed a blue pill to each of the guards.
Then she took out a skirt and jumped onto the bed, swiftly changing clothes after lowering the mosquito net.
When Han Lei finished tidying up and came out, the coward Wei Chengchao still hadn’t woken up.
No matter how good Han Lei’s temper, she decided to repay him in kind this time.
She opened the door and asked the waiter to bring a basin of cold water, took it at the door, and shut the door with a reverse kick after entering the room.
Pouting, Han Lei walked to Wei Chengchao and without saying a word, splashed a basin of cold water on him.
"Bastard, now I let you taste how it feels to be drenched with cold water."
"Splash!"
With a basin of cold water poured over him, Wei Chengchao woke up suddenly.
Wei Chengchao was about to curse but found a bitter taste in his mouth.
He grimaced and spat twice, but nothing came out, his face changed drastically.
"What, what did you feed me?"
Han Lei curled her lips into a cold smile, "You like using poison, right? I’ve learned a few kinds of poison myself. How was the taste?"
"Poison? I didn’t give you any poison!" Wei Chengchao felt unjustly accused; when had he ever used poison?
"Humph! But you knocked me out with knockout drugs. This is called using one’s own methods against them, and knockout drugs are considered poison too."
Han Lei threw the wooden basin to the side, crossed her arms, and leisurely watched the soaked chicken-like Wei Chengchao.
"Th-that was all done by Princess Changle, not me! Quickly, give me the antidote."
Wei Chengchao looked at Han Lei with fear, feeling his heart sink.
Changle went off happily to find a man, but he ended up losing instead of gaining anything.
Unexpectedly, this little bitch in front of him, seemingly delicate and lovely, acted with ruthless aggression. Today he’s totally played at the hands of this bitch.
Han Lei calmly squatted down, mimicking Wei Chengchao’s earlier move, and lifted his chin with her finger, gazing at him with dark eyes.
"Do you know what kind of poison this is? This poison only has a cure through long-term antidote consumption. On the first day, it just causes diarrhea; on the second day, if antidotes are not taken continuously, it starts bleeding, leading to bleeding until death."
"Ah?"
Upon hearing this, Wei Chengchao collapsed to the ground.
Looking at Han Lei’s delicate and beautiful face, the more he looked, the more she seemed like a sinister demon.
"But if you don’t want to die, you can." Han Lei again smiled coldly, "I’ll give you one antidote every day to ensure you don’t die. But in return... you must stay by my side, or if the antidote supply is cut off, you’ll surely die."
Han Lei had been mulling it over while changing clothes. If she let Wei Chengchao go back, he would surely find a way to take revenge on her.
The ancients liked to use poison at the slightest disagreement; instead of letting him plot behind her back, it’s better to keep him close, monitoring him at all times.
Moreover, he was the Prime Minister Wei’s son, and his esteemed identity might come in handy someday.
Hearing this, Wei Chengchao immediately lost his affluent young master demeanor and kneeled on the ground, continuously kowtowing to Han Lei.
"Auntie, I beg you. Let me go! I’ll never dare to again."
"No." Han Lei’s attitude was firm, threatening him: "You’ve committed many evils, bullying others with power. It’s your own fault for provoking me, and I’m learning poison skills, so you’ll be my test subject."
After saying that, Han Lei twisted his ear and dragged him to the two guards.
Then, she picked up the rope from the floor and tied the three of them back-to-back, stuffing Wei Chengchao’s mouth with his socks to prevent him from shouting for help.
After finishing all this, Han Lei disregarded them. Instead, she took out some food from her space, ate it, and lay on the bed to rest without bothering to change.
...
Songyang Town is a small town located at the boundary between Jingzhou and the capital area; it already falls under Jingzhou’s jurisdiction.
The place where Han Lei currently stayed was Songyang Town in Jingzhou.
On the second day, because she retired early last night, Han Lei got up at dawn.
She hastily tidied herself up, planning to eat breakfast and then take Wei Chengchao with her to catch up with Zhao Zun’s group in Canzhou.
Zhao Zun arrived at Songyang Town’s post station late last night. Worried in his heart, he barely slept well.
Zhao Zun got up early, leaving Zitan and Jin Ju at the post station just in case Han Lei returned and couldn’t find them.
He himself, accompanied by Ping Chuan and Xiao Zhengfei, started searching every inn and tavern in the small town where people could be hidden from the post station.
In the inn, Wei Chengchao’s two attendants had somehow already woken up; the three, still tied together, were sitting on the ground, looking pitifully at Han Lei.
After Han Lei finished her grooming, she untied the ropes binding Wei Chengchao and the two attendants.
"Thank you, auntie, thank you, auntie. I swear I’ll leave far away and avoid you whenever I see you."
"Uh... thank you, auntie."
Wei Chengchao thought Han Lei was going to release them, let them go, and he hurriedly nodded like pounding garlic in gratitude, with the two attendants following suit.
"You think too much, right?" Han Lei gave Wei Chengchao a sidelong glance. "I told you last night, you took my poison, so no need for ropes to bind you. If you wish to die, you can leave now."
As soon as she finished speaking, Wei Chengchao’s expression suddenly changed, clutching his stomach and wailing.
"Ouch! Ouch, ouch, my stomach."