Chapter Thirty-Five 

Although it was the second time Ying Yong had come to Shangan. But the sudden loud growl of the tiger in the city master residence sent the housekeeper running into Ying Yong room. Although Ying Yong last trip to Shangan did not bring along a tiger. But the housekeeper being a subordinate of Ying Yong know from the information that was sent from XuanYang is that Ying Yong had roughly adopted a tiger for eight years already.

That is why the housekeeper rush into Ying Yong's room when he heard the growl and kneel down immediately to greet her. Ying Yong patiently pulls her housekeeper up while signaling him for someone to bring her to meet official Wen as she needs to know more details on the plague.

Ying Shimin admires how his lovely wife have well control the state of Shangan as he follows her from behind while they walk towards the city official residence. Ying Shimin had not come to Shangan personally before. But as Ying Shimin had known of Ying Zhen maybe giving the state of Shangan to Ying Yong under her pearl jun zhu status. From than on, Ying Shimin keeps a high alert from information from all of the four states that was currently under Ying Yong control.

Previously before Ying Yong control, Ying Shimin knew that Shangan is an area that is highly not developed due to constant wars. Ying Shimin have heard that Shangan's people love Ying Yong deeply because of the fact that their life was more prosperous and stable due to her control and eyesight. Ying Yong had chosen at the age of seven, a young official by the name of wen who have just barely pass the imperial examinations. After training, Ying Yong threw official wen to take charge of Shangan. And with Ying Xiong choice of assistant general Yang, official Wen have successfully changed the life of the people of Shangan in five years. In terms of warfare, Shangan is also kept safe from danger as it is the first state in which Ying Yong had let them try out the guns that she invents to great success.

From the looks of the people on the street, it was still bustling busy and there were even people of the west on the street despite the plague happening. As usual, Ying Shimin feels his usual proudness that his wife is such a capable administrator. More importantly he finally understands why Ying Zhen give the control of Shangan to Ying Yong. Ying Yong have completed what is impossible and bought prosperity to Shangan which no people could did so even since the state of Shangan had been added into Qin's control.

It seems official Wen have already heard the arrival of Ying Yong and was waiting for her at the front of his residence. Offical Wen did not waste any time and ask Ying Yong to follow him to river netherworld which he suspect the source of the plague is coming from. The head of the river netherworld starts from Yanbei which is a state of the Qing, then is Yanjing, which is the current city of the Xiongnu, then is Shenjing and the end of the river is Shangan.

Although in times of war, blood will flow deeper in the river that is why its name is netherworld. But Ying Yong knew the people in this world have a strange habit. That is for the sake of its people and the country face, nobody will take to poison the water supply even in war. But from research, Ying Yong knew the people of the east love to use poison in the water when it comes to warfare. And the people of the east only have relations and trade relations with the only country Qing. Originally, they were a close batch and do not have relations with any countries. The people of the east only started trade relations when they discover that Qing have something their country do not have, zin, a metal powder which could further developed the quality of their swords.

Ying Yong bend down and use a leaf to scoop up some water from river netherworld to smell it. this smell confirms her suspicion. It is poison from the people of the east as based on her research. This poison is rumored to not have any antidote and its syndrome is like a plague named the Sakura flower snake. As per its name, the poison is developed from the Sakura flower snake in the countries of the people of the east. The only thing in the past that could be done for such poison is only to lower the pain victims feel with the right medicine and that is the maximum that could be done.

And after that is to wait for the victim's death in ten days. Ying Yong knew she must praise the doctors in the city for able to control the plague even without knowing what poison it is. The poison is without any smells unless the doctor is skilled from working daily with poison. Only in that type of chance, may a doctor be able to detect the poison. But Ying Yong smile, if people wanted to bring Qin down with such a poison, with her around, the only word is impossible.

Ying Zhen have pulled his friend, the famous genius doctor, Bian He to taught her the poisons and the way of the doctor in this world. Bian He is also the current head of the Bian family who ever since the start of the Qin empire is responsible for making the royals blood poison blood. In this way the royal's life is largely guaranteed as poison is one way they could not be assassinated by. And in Ying Yong's free time, she like to research for antidote for the supposed deadly poisons of this world that is without antidote. And nicely for the Sakura flower snake poison, Ying Yong have just successfully research out an antidote based on the testing that she done on rats.