“Then it’s true.”
Xu Yan stumbled, nearly falling to the ground.
The boy came out after him with his shoes and was startled to see Xu Yan like this, “Young master.”
“Quick, prepare the carriage, I’m going to Qingping County with Second Uncle.”
A quarter of an hour later, Second Sir and Xu Yan emerged from the mansion and got into the carriage at the door, followed by four underlings.
The coachman was just about to raise his whip when a sound of horse hooves came over and in the blink of an eye reached the carriage, the man at the head raised his voice, “Second Mister, we are from the Duke of Qi’s residence, the Duke said it was a long way to Qingping County and asked us to escort you there.”
“Thank you very much then.”
Mr. Er was full of thoughts about the old man’s poisoning, but he didn’t think about how the people from the Duke of Qi’s house could be here by chance. After thanking him, he ordered the coachman to drive the carriage.
The moment the guard of the Duke of Qi’s House turned around, he glanced at Song Si.
When the Duke of Qi was leaving, he instructed the butler to send someone to keep an eye on the Xu Mansion to see if anyone came to deliver a letter to them, and if no one came for more than an hour, to go in and deliver the letter.
Unexpectedly, the Duke of Qi had just left before, and Song Si came over afterwards. With Song Si’s connections, he wouldn’t have gotten the news so quickly, it must have been someone from the State Prince’s residence who told him.
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In Qingping County, Doctor Yao stayed in the west wing all night, and only at dawn did he limp out with red eyes, “Someone, get me something to eat.”
He had been working on the antidote since he returned at noon the day before, and had not eaten much.
Master Gu had stayed with him until midnight last night and had not fallen asleep when he returned to the house. When he heard his voice, he sat up with a start and came out clothed, “Have you developed it?”
Doctor Yao nodded his head.
Master Gu was overjoyed and personally went to fetch water for him to wash his hands, “Old thing, I knew you had a solution!”
Dr. Yao wiped a few hands carelessly, picked up a handkerchief and wiped it clean before putting it on him, “Let’s not talk about that, have someone get me some food, I’ll eat and then take a half hour’s nap before going to detoxify the old man.”
Master Gu was just about to say that he should go straight away, but when he saw his eyelids that could not be opened, he swallowed his words, “Go inside first and rest, the meal will be ready soon, I will call you later.”
When the meal was ready, Master Gu went into the house to call out to the others, the sleepy and extremely tired Dr. Yao was already in dreamland.
Seeing that he was sleeping soundly, Master Gu did not bother to call him.
Both of them were no longer young, and after two nights of no sleep in a row, he couldn’t even hold it together, let alone the fact that Doctor Yao had to go through the medical books and make an antidote.
Instructing his underlings to heat up the rice in the pot, he sat on a stool inside the house and waited, waiting another half hour before waking the man up, “Old thing, get up and eat.”
Yao Daifu struggled to open his eyes, slowed down and sat up with difficulty. Master Gu again fetched water for him to wash his face, and only after he had done so did Doctor Yao wake up. He hurriedly ate his breakfast, carried his medical box and rode in the carriage to the study.
Before he got close to the academy, the carriage couldn’t go any further, the academy was full of students and people standing in front of it.
Doctor Yao had to get off the carriage and push the crowd aside as he walked inside, “Make way, make way.”
When people saw that he was carrying a medicine chest, they knew that he was here to cure the old man’s poison, so they automatically gave way and Dr Yao walked into the academy without any obstruction.
Meng came in the morning and returned in the evening, but she had not yet come today. Xu has been guarding this side for the past few days, Song Wan Yue and Gu Yi accompanying her, all three of them haggard.
The appearance of Dr. Yao caught Gu Yi’s eye. Without waiting for him to ask, Doctor Yao nodded his head. Gu Yi’s lips, which had been pursed tightly, loosened a little.
Doctor Yao walked over to the bed, “Madam, I am going to take the old man’s pulse, please also give way.”
Xu hadn’t slept for several days and her mind was muddled, so she stood up holding Song Wangyue’s hand and stepped aside.
Seeing that she was still holding herself up even though she could barely stand, Doctor Yao said, “Miss Song, it’s better to help your mother to rest for a while, don’t let her fall down again before the old gentleman wakes up.”
“I didn’t ……”
Before she could finish her words, Xu’s eyes went black and her body swayed.
Gu Yi took a big step over to hold her and gave Song Wan Yue a wink.
“Mother, just listen to my master and go and rest, I’m here.”
Xu didn’t dare to hold on any longer and nodded her head.
Song Wangyue and Gu Yi helped her to go next door to rest.
Doctor Yao put down the medicine box, moved the round stool Xu was sitting on earlier and squatted on the floor to take the old man’s pulse.
His pulse was the same as on the day of the poisoning, with no other abnormalities. He let go of his hand, pulled out the silver needles protecting his heart pulse, put them back into the needle sleeve, took out a few more silver needles and stuck them in the old man’s head.
After doing so, he took out a medicine bag from the medicine chest and stood up, calling Xu Liang to come in, “This is the antidote I have developed, you go and boil it yourself and bring it over.”
Hearing that it was the antidote, Xu Liang was overjoyed, picked it up with both hands and headed out.
“Don’t expect too much, I don’t know if this antidote will work or not, I can only drink it and see.”
“It must work, it must work.”
Song Wangyue and Gu Yi came over and heard Xu Liang’s words, and their hearts were filled with joy, “Master, the antidote has been developed, has it?”
“I’ve only developed one of them, even if it’s solved, the old man will have to sleep for many more days.”
“One kind is fine, as long as Grand Great Grandfather has a day to wake up.”
“I would have been able to develop another antidote given a few more days, but the county magistrate said that day that he had sent someone to the capital to submit a report, so I guess the emperor has already sent an imperial doctor over, so I won’t compete with them for food, I’ll give them the credit and I can rest for a few days. ”
“Master has worked hard.”
Song Wangyue went behind him to give him a pounding on the shoulders, Gu Yi glanced at Doctor Yao, who was startled and hurriedly got up, “I just re-pierced the old man’s needles, I don’t know if it helped?”
As he said this, he had already walked to the bedside and squatted down to re-take the old gentleman’s pulse.
Song Wangyue moved a small stool to follow him over and let him sit down.
Xu Liang went to the backyard with the medicine in his hand, and the dean and his wife were ecstatic to hear that it was an antidote, and the dean’s wife held out her hand, “I’ll boil it.”
Xu Liang held out his hand and dodged, “Please, Madam, bring me the medicine stove, I’ll boil it.”
The moment he dodged, the dean’s wife’s expression darkened, thinking that Xu Liang still suspected himself, but when she heard him say that he should get the medicine stove, she didn’t think any more about it, and quickly went to get the medicine stove and put it in the courtyard, and raised the fire herself.
Xu Liang poured the medicine into the pot, took the matron’s fan and carefully fanned the fire.
The dean and the dean’s wife stood by and watched. An hour later, when the medicine was ready, the dean himself brought a bowl over and Xu Liang carefully poured it into the bowl, holding it with both hands as he walked back, with the dean and the dean’s wife following behind.