Chapter 157: The Truth About the Harmful Prescription!
Xiahou Chunyan mentioned white mulberry flowers, and Ximen Yourong answered him truthfully:
"It's indeed because of the white mulberry flowers! Because I smelled the strong smell of white mulberry flowers near Longtou Spring. Since the fragrance of flowers can be brought here through the air, it proves that there must be vents, which is why we are so deep underground
The fundamental reason why I can still breathe.”
Regardless of whether the connection through this cave is Longtou Spring or not, there is no doubt that they are not far from the outside. It depends on whether they are lucky enough to get out!
But when Ximen Yourong asked Xiahou Chunyan to take her through the cave when she was "cold", he was actually planning to take the risk of stimulating her cold poison attack again.
It is not difficult at all to stimulate the cold poison in her. As long as she goes to the ice cave and comes into contact with the cold air, it will not take long for her to be poisonous.
When she resolutely walked into the ice cave and waited for the poison to take effect, Xiahou Chunyan hesitated for a moment. He wanted to stop Ximen Yourong from suffering unnecessary pain.
However, if he stopped her, they would still be able to stay where they were, unable to do anything.
And Ximen Yourong is right. If they wait any longer, even if there is a way out, their physical energy will be exhausted. It is better to do something to break through the current situation while they can still move freely.
Although secretly he wanted to spend more time trapped with Ximen Yourong.
Only when she is trapped here will she face him all the time, and he will leave more special memories of being alone with her.
Therefore, he didn't want to leave the depths of the earth so quickly. Because after going out, all her thoughts and eyes would be diverted!
Therefore, when she suddenly proposed "self-injury" to make herself cold to resist the scorching heat of the cave, he subconsciously wanted to stop it, but after a second thought, he gave up the idea of persisting.
No matter what he wants, he must live first. What's more, he saved Ximen Yourong's life this time when he was trapped. It can be said that there is a close bond between them.
While Xiahou Chunyan was thinking, she watched Ximen Yourong begin to feel uncomfortable under the stimulation of the endless cold air. Soon, the effect she wanted was achieved.
Before she was conscious, she told Xiahou Chunyan in a trembling voice:
"Prince Xiahou, whether I can survive depends on how quickly you take me through the cave and find the exit... If we can get out smoothly, I probably won't die, and vice versa..."
Her cold poison had never happened twice in a row. In fact, she didn't know if she would be fine after such a torment.
But she had no choice, she had to do everything possible to get out. She didn't want to and knew that the outside world would be turned upside down because of her disappearance.
She hasn't helped the people of Yizhou find the antidote for the poison yet. She can't die! She hasn't loved the person she wants to love enough, and she doesn't want to die... Dongling Yuanyong should have known that she was missing by now. He must be anxious and worried.
Are you angry?
Ximen Yourong's last conscious thoughts were all about Dongling Yuanyong...!
In the outside world, it has been three full days since Ximen Yourong and Xiahou Chunyan disappeared!
Not only the monarchs and ministers on the Dacheng side were anxious, but the Xiahou Kingdom was also in chaos.
Xiahou Chunyan disappeared, so Xiahou Yiyun was naturally the leader. But she was usually carefree, and she didn't need to worry about any big or small things.
Now she doesn't know whether her royal brother is alive or dead, and no matter how inexperienced she is in the world, she knows that the situation is not trivial.
Therefore, she changed her usual coquettish and willful attitude and steadily ordered her subordinates to find Xiahou Chunyan.
However, after three days, neither Dacheng nor Xiahou could find any clues!
Xia Houyiyun really had no other choice. She had to go to Dongling Yuanhao and ask how else they could find someone?
Dongling Yuanhao, who was so busy that he couldn't stop at all, didn't mind taking time out to see Xia Houyiyun, but he was busy with business and half urged:
"Princess Yiyun, what's important to you?"
Listening to Dongling Yuanhao shouting the distant title "Princess Yiyun", Xiahou Yiyun felt uncomfortable. But now was not the time to care about such things, so she said helplessly:
"I just want to ask you if there is any better way to find my brother Huang and Sister Ximen as soon as possible. I really have no other way. It has been three days and I am really afraid of them...
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Xia Houyiyun pretended to be strong these days, and she didn't even shed a single tear.
It's not that she hasn't come to see Dongling Yuanhao in the past three days, but he is always running around, so she has no chance to see him.
Today she heard that he finally came back to stay at his residence, so she couldn't wait to find him.
She originally thought that she was anxious to find him just for the life and death of her imperial brother. But now facing Dongling Yuanhao, she suddenly realized that she inexplicably wanted to rely on him.
But she felt ridiculous because Dongling Yuanhao's current attitude toward her was so indifferent that she couldn't understand it, as if he didn't know her well at all.
If it weren't for the disappearance of her royal brother, she actually had no intention of desperately trying to find him.
Dongling Yuanhao looked at Xia Houyiyun's anxious and helpless face, and he subconsciously comforted him:
"They'll be fine, don't worry too much."
"But the entire Yizhou City has barely dug any ground. Otherwise, where would there be room to look for? I'm afraid that they have been kidnapped out of Yizhou, or have been assassinated...!"
Thinking of the worst possibility, Xia Houyiyun finally became worried and his eyes turned red!
"No! They should still be in Yizhou. Whether they are safe at this time is another matter, but the assassin is definitely not aiming for their lives. Therefore, there is a high possibility that they are still alive."
"But if they are still alive, there is no reason why they cannot be seen alive or dead...what should I do, my imperial brother...!"
Xia Houyi turned her face to one side and quickly wiped away the tears that had fallen down. She didn't want to be like a child who could only cry and do nothing.
Dongling Yuanhao saw her secretly wiping away tears, and when he stretched out his hand to touch her shoulder, he retracted it.
At this time, a guard hurried in from outside and told him that Dongling Yuanyong was eager to see him. It seemed that there was some sudden new development.
So, Xiahou Yiyun also went with him to meet Dongling Yuanyong...!
Similarly, Dongling Yuanyong has not been idle for a moment these days. He must not only keep Ximen Yourong's safety in mind at all times, but also give the people of Yizhou a reason to feel at ease as an emperor.
In order to stabilize the hearts of the people of Yizhou, the first thing to figure out is whether the prescriptions that the people accuse Ximen Yourong of prescribing are harming people or saving people.
He proved to the people that the medicine prescribed by Ximen Yourong before was not wrong. Because he personally drank the decoction made from Ximen Yourong's medicine in front of many people, his actions undoubtedly left the people with no doubts!
Now, the suffering people finally believe that they listened to the rumors and misunderstood Ximen Yourong.
This result is not only due to the arrival of Dongling Yuanyong to calm the unstable people's hearts, but also to Xiahou Chunyan's imperial doctor, Dr. Getu, and Dr. Ai. Because they cooperated with each other to find out the sudden death of some people.
reason.
When Dongling Yuanhao brought Xiahou Yiyun to Dongling Yuanyong, a trembling man kneeling in front of him made Dongling Yuanhao guess that something was unusual. He asked hurriedly without even bowing:
"Brother Emperor, what happened? Who is this person?"
"The person who replaced the herbs, causing the sudden death of innocent people, and making the Queen take the blame."
The aura exuded by Dongling Yuanyong was not as scary as imagined. But for the man who was kneeling and not daring to raise his head, it was as terrifying as if he was going to the guillotine. He trembled and begged for mercy:
"Your Majesty, Cao Min did not intend to commit such a serious crime. Cao Min was forced to do nothing! I don't know who poisoned Cao Min's family of more than a dozen people in order to threaten Cao Min to do anything with the herbs in the medicine storehouse. If Cao Min does not comply, Cao Min will
From parents in their eighties to grandchildren as young as three years old, they will all die." The man begging for mercy was Ni Ande, a local doctor in Yizhou.
More than half of the people in Yizhou have been poisoned, many of them in serious cases, and people in need of medical treatment can be seen everywhere.
Therefore, as soon as Ximen Yourong arrived in Yizhou, he ordered all the medical doctors in Yizhou City and the necessary herbal medicines to be uniformly managed and distributed to each treatment point.
Ni Ande is also a well-known doctor in Yizhou. He has a medical clinic at home and is also engaged in buying and selling medicinal materials. Therefore, he also has a large warehouse for storing medicinal materials.
Yizhou was suffering, and according to Ximen Yourong's advocacy, many people were willing to contribute money and efforts to help Yizhou escape.
Ni Ande was no exception. He donated his large warehouse for the government to store the required medicinal materials. He was also assigned the responsibility of distributing the herbs in the warehouse to various treatment points.
This is why he has the best convenience to manipulate the herbs and then distribute them to other places.
Dongling Yuanyong glanced at Ni Ande, and he said coldly:
"I'm not interested in hearing your reasons. I just want to ask you, who ordered you to replace the herbs?"
A thorough investigation into the source of the slander against Ximen Yourong led to Ni De'an.
The rumor seems to have started among the people, but I'm afraid there are still people behind it.
Sure enough, Ni Ande continued to take the initiative to explain:
"The people have never seen the person who coerced the people. They only know that he seems to come and go without a trace. At first, he only left a note asking the people to cooperate in receiving a batch of "Yicao" to replace the "Qingcao" in the Queen's prescription.
". The reason why the grassroots did such a sinful thing without conscience is not only that the lives of their families were hijacked. The most important reason is that the grassroots are doctors and know very well that although "Yacao" looks almost exactly like "Qingcao", they can't.
"Yicao" has no medicinal value, it is just an ordinary rattan grass and will not harm the human body at all. Therefore, the grassroots people..."
"You bastard, in order to save the lives of dozens of people in your family, you took hundreds or even thousands of lives. You never thought that if you changed the prescription, the people who drank the medicine with less "herbal" would be the same as drinking
Drinking white water can't suppress the toxins in the body at all. You are so ignorant and selfish, why do you think you are a doctor? What's even more hateful is that the sins you have committed have to be shouldered by the Queen. Do you know that according to the law, your entire family is punished by death for such a serious crime?
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The person who scolded Ni Ande sternly and angrily was Doctor Ai. The reason why he was so angry was because Ni Ande was his cousin!
Knowing that it was his relative who committed the capital crime, Doctor Ai deeply blamed himself!
It took him and Gotu, who were old and bones, to work almost without sleep for several days and nights before they figured out that it was not the fault with Ximen Yourong's prescription, but the fake herbal medicine that was to blame!
But he never thought that at the end of the investigation, it would be his own cousin who was ordered to commit such a crime!