Chapter 1472: Chapter 1472: Not the Plague (4)
âJin City has plenty of people struck by the plague; why havenât you gone to tend to them?â Yang Ruxin sneered, âAlso, do you not know that men and women should not touch each other? With so many people here, when did it become your turn to care for them?â
âI have studied medical skillsâŠâ
âSo have you cured the plague? My husband is still lying thereâŠâ
âWhen so many military doctors have not cured him, isnât it normal that I canât either? At least I have managed to get Lord Guâs temperature back to normalâŠâ
âYou really areâŠâ Yang Ruxin shook her head, deciding not to waste more words on her, only glancing at Shadow One, âGu Qiao, whoever idles away their time here with prattle, throw them out. I need quiet.â Then, she turned and went into the inner room.
âYes,â Shadow One answered with a salute.
Li Mingyin wanted to say something more but ultimately remained silent, only turning to sit down on the nearby chair, truly disbelieving that this village girl could actually cure someone.
Yang Ruxin returned to the bedside, focusing her mind to begin scanning Gu Qingheng; from the moment she entered, she was certain that what afflicted Gu Qingheng was not the plague, since none of the people caring for him showed any signs of infection. Therefore, she must identify the cause before she could treat him effectively. Fortunately, even though her pulse-reading was not up to par, she possessed special abilities.
After scanning, she didnât find any poisonous gas or the like inside Gu Qinghengâs body; however, she did discover an additional little bugâmore precisely, a poisonous insect.
Originally, both her and Gu Qinghengâs bodies were tempered by Dao Xuziâs medicinal concoctions, and while itâs somewhat exaggerated to say immune to all poisons, most poisons indeed could not affect them.
Later, Elder Tang Wanqian even planted the Heart Poisonous Insect in them.
This Heart Poisonous Insect was truly a poisonous insect, cultivated from Tang Wanqianâs own blood for ten years; it could grow stronger as the feelings between the two people deepened and would also devour any toxins and waste within the body.
Thus, the two of them became genuinely immune to all poisons.
But now, there was an additional one inside Gu Qinghengâs body; this was not a poison, so the only option was for the Heart Poisonous Insect to devour it.
However, the little bug was extremely agile, darting around with the blood flow at high speed, which only made the Heart Poisonous Insect chase after itâŠ
As the two critters caused such commotion, Gu Qinghengâs body couldnât take it, leading to unconsciousness, during which feverish symptoms would arise.
Yang Ruxin sighed. Gu Qingheng certainly would not have swallowed a poisonous insect on his own; the only possibility was that someone had administered it, suggesting the presence of a spy close to him.
Capturing the spy was a must, but as for how to proceed, it would be better to wait until Gu Qingheng regained consciousness.
Military Doctor Bao had been following attentively by the side, hearing Yang Ruxin sigh, his heart skipped a beat, wanting to speak but not knowing what to say.
Yang Ruxin quickly understood the key to the problem and wasted no more time, promptly taking out her needle pack and looked at Military Doctor Bao, âCould I trouble you to bring over a lit candle?â
Military Doctor Bao, flattered at the request, hurried out and soon returned with a lit candle, placing it on the stool in front of Yang Ruxin.
Yang Ruxin took out the Golden Needle from the pack, first heated the tip over the candle flame, then swiftly pierced it into Gu Qinghengâs body. Her movements started slowly, but gradually picked up speed; so much so that Military Doctor Bao felt his eyes blur from trying to follow. Within the blink of an eye, more than ten silver needles had all been inserted into Gu Qinghengâs body.