Avenge For Love novel Chapter 62

Thus, he was given the task to investigate illegal drugs, which was one of the murderer's secret businesses. General Tang was a righteous man so he couldn't refuse the important task given to him by Madam Gu.

Once he and his men successfully ambushed the men smuggling drugs, General Tang interrogated them, but the men committed suicide rather than expose who they were working under. Until this day, he had no idea who was behind the smuggling of drugs until Wu Xingxie gave him the scroll.

It wasn't a normal scroll but one used to convey secret messages. A normal person who opened it would see it as a blank scroll, but General Tang was a cultivator, so he decoded the message easily.

The only thing that confused him was why General Wu's daughter handed him the scroll.

According to the scroll, Wu Dingxiang was the mastermind behind the illegal drugs along with a few court officials, so why did she rat him out?

Was she not afraid General Wu's reputation would be ruined?

He didn't want to believe the scroll but turns out, it was written by the late Prime Minister Gu himself. General Tang was certain because of the seal on the scroll. Even the date was before his death, so that meant Prime Minister Gu planned to submit this to the emperor.

It made General Tang connect everything together. Perhaps, General Wu assassinated Prime Minister Gu because the man knew about his crimes. He wanted to silence Prime Minister Gu so that his reputation remained clean.

Only one question remained, how did Wu Xingxie get a hold of the scroll?

General Tang's men filed into the hall, one by one like the trained soldiers they were. In their hands were small wooden boxes, where the antidotes were kept in.

General Tang instructed the soldiers to pass out the antidote to those who were being held down first to alleviate their addiction and then to those who were still alright. The soldiers opened the boxes and passed them out according to instructions.

The antidote was a blue color inside a small bottle. It looked no different from medicine but had a very weird taste. It wasn't bitter but sour, so when the guests put it it in their mouths, their faces puckered up.

General Tang personally handed the antidote to General Wu with an expressionless gaze.

Although his eyes showed no emotions, his heart burned with fire. He wanted to shred the man into pieces and feed him to the wild beasts.

General Wu didn't sense the malicious intent from him so he accepted it but deep down, he was curious as to how General Tang got a hold of the antidote. Not even his men knew there was an antidote so how did he have it?!

Little did he know, during the past month, Wu Xingxie managed to dig up his dirty businesses. She personally found the ingredients for the antidote without letting him suspect anything.

There was no way he would suspect her because he thought she wouldn't betray him.

Wu Xingxie gave the antidote to Madam Gu, who had it mass produced in hopes to save those affected by the dangers of the drugs.

She sent them to General Tang so that if anything happened, he would have a way to reverse the effects of the drug.

He and his men continued the investigation with no leads until one day, a letter was sent to him from Madam Gu.

Wu Xingxie complained in her head that he was suddenly missing.

Then again, his personal business had nothing to do with her.

In the Bao clan's secret estate.

"The palace was in an uproar today. Apparently, the foods and drinks were drugged and there was an assassination attempt!" Bao Zemin exclaimed as his servants had reported. Even if the emperor ordered the guests not to reveal the matter, everyone knows the palace walls has ears. The Bao clan always knew what went on there.

"Your girl got drugged too." Bao Zemin added and the brush in Bao Ling's hand froze.

His handsome like features were oddly aloof but his body said otherwise.

"But, a young general saved her in time. He's quite handsome as well. I think they look good together." He purposely said to get a jealous reaction out of him.

General Tang Yanan was only 23 years old and single. Many ladies would die just to get a glimpse of him.

Bao Zemin thought that Wu Xingxie might fall for the general since he unexpectedly saved her. She was at a suitable age for marriage, and he'd seen how beautiful she was, so wouldn't he like her as well?

Of course, his thoughts were wrong as General Tang had no interest in romance like Wu Xingxie. He devoted his life to the empire, doing everything to make it better.