This place is sparsely populated and mostly consists of mountains and dense forests.
A middle-aged man in green clothes with three long beards is leaning on a bamboo cane and carrying a bamboo basket on his back.
Walking among the mountains and forests.
Seems to be looking for something.
This person is the miracle doctor Zhang Zhongshan who has been stationed in the southwest.
Zhang Zhongshan looked focused and used his bamboo stick to push away a large pile of weeds in front of him.
"Um?"
Suddenly.
Zhang Zhongshan's expression changed.
It seems that something has been discovered.
He immediately squatted down.
Look carefully at the medicinal plant growing among the weeds.
"About forty inches tall, with branches and paper-like leaves!"
"There are small balls on the top, and the buds have four layers!"
"Dark yellow flowers!"
Zhang Zhongshan carefully identified the appearance of this medicinal plant.
Gradually I became excited and excited.
Because the characteristics of this medicinal plant are exactly the same as those of Artemisia annua mentioned by Ye Qingyun.
Everything is correct.
Zhang Zhongshan was very happy.
"Artemisia annua! This must be Artemisia annua!"
Zhang Zhongshan laughed heartily.
I couldn't help but want to pull out the Artemisia annua plant in front of me and kiss it twice.
"With this Artemisia annua, as long as we can extract the artemisinin that Master Ye said from it, the people in the southwest will no longer suffer from malaria."
Zhang Zhongshan picked the Artemisia annua cleanly and carefully.
This was the first Artemisia annua plant he found, so he was naturally very careful.
Even the soil at the roots was put into the bamboo basket together.
Zhang Zhongshan continued to explore.
He guessed that there should be more mugwort ahead.
as expected.
Walked more than twenty steps.
A large field of Artemisia annua appeared ahead.
They are growing very well.
In pieces.
Zhang Zhongshan was ecstatic.
"Great! Great!"
He picked a bamboo basket full directly.
He was about to go back to his thatched cottage and quickly try to refine the artemisinin that Ye Qingyun mentioned.
Just halfway back Zhang Zhongshan.
Several figures descended from the sky.
Suddenly appeared in front of Zhang Zhongshan.
Zhang Zhongshan was startled and quickly subconsciously protected the bamboo basket, thinking that the other party was coming to snatch his medicinal materials.
Take a closer look at the results.
The four people in front of him were all dressed in Chang'an imperial guard uniforms.
I couldn't help but be startled.
"Are you from Chang'an?"
Zhang Zhongshan asked.
One of the Imperial Guards immediately bowed and bowed.
"Miracle Doctor Zhang, we are following His Majesty's orders to ask Doctor Zhang to go to Chang'an."
Zhang Zhongshan was even more surprised when he heard this.
It was actually Emperor Li Tianmin who sent him to invite him.
That must be something important.
Otherwise, Li Tianmin would not directly send the Imperial Army to look for him in this barren mountain.
"Okay, I'll take the medicinal materials back to the thatched cottage first, and then I'll clean them up and then I'll follow you."
Zhang Zhongshan nodded and said.
"Miracle Doctor Zhang, His Majesty has ordered us to take him to Chang'an as soon as we find Doctor Zhang."
"Can't lose a moment."
"I hope Doctor Zhang can forgive me!"
Zhang Zhongshan was even more shocked.
So anxious?
Do you want to take yourself to Chang'an now?
Is someone seriously ill or dying?
But even so, isn't Hua Chen in the palace?
If even Hua Chen is helpless, then even if he rushes over by himself, it won't have much effect.
But anyway.
Since Li Tianmin's order was so urgent, Zhang Zhongshan did not hesitate at all.
He immediately set off with the four of them.
Flying all the way through the air.
Not stopping for a moment.
Head straight to Chang'an.
But after all, it’s a long way to go.
When Zhang Zhongshan arrives in Chang'an.
It was already two days later.
Early in the morning on the third day.
Zhang Zhongshan entered the palace directly under the leadership of four imperial guards.
Before seeing Li Tianmin, he took the lead to meet Hua Chen, who had been waiting for a long time.
"Brother Hua, why did you find me in such a hurry?"
Zhang Zhongshan was filled with doubts and asked immediately after seeing Hua Chen.
Hua Chen looked solemn and whispered to Zhang Zhongshan.
"That's just the way it is."
"That's why I came here in a hurry."
Hua Chen sighed.
Zhang Zhongshan's expression also changed drastically.
His eyes were full of shock.
He didn't expect that the reason why he came here in such a hurry was because of something like this.
Although it is not an important person's life that is in danger, it is still a very serious matter.
Zhang Zhongshan frowned.
"The southwest is indeed the place where the ancient remnants lived, and there are also traces of poisonous poisons."
"But this was all hundreds of years ago."
"Ever since the survivors in the southwest disappeared, the poison has not appeared for hundreds of years."
"Although I have dabbled in poison, I can't say I'm proficient in it."
Zhang Zhongshan said this.
Hua Chen smiled bitterly.
"After all, you are stronger than me. Ling Xuzi and I know too little about poison, so I can only ask you to come over."
Zhang Zhongshan nodded.
"Go and see His Majesty."
The two came together to meet Li Tianmin.
Seeing that Zhang Zhongshan was back, Li Tianmin immediately summoned Li Yuanxiu into the palace again.
After Li Yuanxiu arrived, Zhang Zhongshan immediately diagnosed and treated Li Yuanxiu.
The results obtained are the same as Hua Chen.
Poison!
Hearing Zhang Zhongshan say this, the last trace of luck in the hearts of Li Tianmin and Li Yuanxiu disappeared.
They originally thought that Hua Chen might make a mistake in judgment.
But now even Zhang Zhongshan says so.
Then there must be nothing wrong.
It’s indeed poison!
"Doctor Zhang, is there a way to resolve the poison in the prince's body?"
Li Tianmin asked with concern.
Zhang Zhongshan thought for a long time.
"Your Majesty, the poison in His Highness the Crown Prince's body should be a special kind of poison called corpse poison."
"This Corpse Gu is a very secretive type even among the ancient remnants of those days, and not many people can use it."
"The most vicious thing about corpse voodoo is that it can inflict the poison in a way that makes people completely unable to defend against it, and it can even inflict the poison from thousands of miles away."
When they heard that poison could be cast thousands of miles away, the faces of the people present became even more shocked.
Is this too scary?
Poison from thousands of miles away?
Who can prevent this?
"If I want to talk about a way to resolve it, I can only try to use the blood exchange and detoxification method for His Royal Highness. If it is feasible, it will not be a problem."
"If this method fails, it will prove that the poison has penetrated deep into the organs and bone marrow. In that case"
Having said this, Zhang Zhongshan did not continue.
"There is no way to save the day."
Hua Chen on the side added.
Li Tianmin's expression changed drastically.
"Could this corpse poison not only make the prince infertile, but also kill him?"
Zhang Zhongshan nodded solemnly.
"Shiluo Gu generally has three stages of attack."
"The first is that it is silent, but it will cause the person who has been infected to lose fertility."
"The second is that the internal organs are damaged and qi and blood decline."
"At the third stage, the poisonous insects break out of the body and eat the body of the person who has been poisoned, and eventually die."
