"Old Zhou? Old Zhou?"
Someone from the Maple Leaf Merchant Team called outside the room at the relay station, but Old Zhou failed to appear even after a long while. The person paused at the door, muttered a few words, then left alone.
Inside the room.
Old Zhou, the middle-aged man secretly embedded in the Maple Leaf Merchant Team, lay on the floor with his face pitch-black, his eyes open in death.
His death had been utterly silent.
He was only discovered at the communal meal an hour later, immediately causing an uproar in the relay station.
The Maple Leaf Merchant Team's higher-ups were also shocked and furious.
Their own guard had actually died without a sound?!
"Was he murdered?" Steward Ma of the Maple Leaf Merchant Team asked coldly.
His subordinate replied respectfully, "We found no traces of a second person, and I discovered some fruit on Zhou He. This fruit comes from the Five Elephants Mountain Range and is actually poisonous. However, it gives off a sweet fragrance and is often confused with edible wild fruit. I don't know whether Zhou He intended to make poison or eat it..."
As he spoke, he presented the specially treated fruit to Steward Ma.
Steward Ma waved a hand in disgust. "Get that stuff away."
Zhou He had just been poisoned to death by it, so he was extremely wary of it.
Looking sheepish, the subordinate could only put the fruit away.
Steward Ma frowned and asked disdainfully, "You're sure this damned stuff was the cause?"
The subordinate hesitated, but upon seeing Steward Ma's increasingly impatient expression, he nodded decisively. "Zhou He did indeed die from the poisonous fruit."
Steward Ma waved impatiently. "Hurry up and dispose of the body. This relay station is terribly unlucky. Have someone find us a