After drinking the medicine, Angelica dahurica took the empty bowl and put it next to the bed. Then she took the mugwort leaves from the medicine box, rolled them up with paper, lit them and burned them: "This is moxibustion. It is very effective for those who are weak and afraid of colds."
As he spoke, he freed his hand to roll up her trousers and placed moxibustion on the acupuncture points.
Liu Ruyan leaned on the bedside. Seeing that the Medicine Fairy was meticulous and serious, she still couldn't bear it: "It happened suddenly. You didn't close your eyes all night. In fact, it's not too late to do moxibustion another day."
"No." Bai Zhi didn't even raise her head, "If the cold air in the body is not removed in time, I'm afraid it will be the root of the disease in the future."
Liu Ruyan kept silent. She knew very well that as a medicine fairy, doctors have a parental heart, so she changed her mind and asked, "How long does this moxibustion take?"
Bai Zhi made some calculations: "The three acupoints of Fengchi, Dazhui and Hegu will take about half an hour."
Half an hour was quite long, so she simply lay down on her back and murmured to herself: "Don't you need to take off your clothes for Dazhui point?"
She had just changed out of her wet clothes, and she was not wearing a tube top like ordinary women.
Bai Zhi realized this later and immediately thought of this. As a pharmacist, he only developed medicines and rarely consulted in person.
He, who has always followed the precautions between men and women, couldn't help but blush at the base of his ears. He moved his eyes and said, "Actually, it's just enough to expose the back of your neck. There's no need to take off your clothes..."
Liu Ruyan nodded and suddenly remembered something: "I heard that Mr. Chu has also disappeared, and his whereabouts are still unknown?"
Bai Zhi was stunned: "Have you met Chu Kun tonight?"
Liu Ruyan was not sure: "I fainted without seeing the other person clearly. However, the person who attacked me should not be Chu Kun."
"Why?" he asked.
"Chu Kun had nothing to do with the deaths of the two adults. He was not the murderer."
"It's not Chu Kun?" Bai Zhi was surprised.
Liu Ruyan analyzed it point by point: "On the night of the accident, Mr. Chen had a dispute with Chu Kun. Soon, Chu Kun was discharged from the hospital alone and did go to the small kitchen to get wine. This is one of them."
"Secondly, the murderer can come and go freely in the villa without arousing suspicion. If he is not Lian Jiazi, he is a servant of Qi Mansion or a guardian. However, the guardian has to guard the mansion and is not allowed to move around at will, so It is more likely that the murderer is a servant."
"The most important thing is that the murderer used the spirit of a cat to deceive others. It seemed to be a conspiracy, but in fact, he wanted to take this opportunity to take revenge on the Lin family. As for the reason, I suspect it was just revenge, but upon closer inspection, it seems that it is far more than that simple."
She lowered her voice and revealed the shocking inside story: "The legitimate son of the Qi family was not born from the Lin family, but her biological daughter had hanged herself ten years ago."
In order for Bai Zhi to figure out the whole story, Liu Ruyan told him what she had heard before, including the magnolia bracelet.
"You mean, the Lin family has a pair of magnolia bracelets?" Bai Zhi asked.
"That's right." She nodded, "The maid named A Ruo may be the daughter of the Lin family."
Bai Zhi felt a little depressed after hearing this: "It's really fate that makes people tick."
"Ms. Lin never thought that the bracelet on Aruo, which she personally gave away as a token, would eventually become evidence of the death of her own daughter." She whispered, "In addition, this time the cat spirit As a result, the Lin family was hit hard, thinking that A Ruo's ghost had come back to seek revenge, so she broke the pair of jade bracelets."
Bai Zhi's eyes moved slightly: "According to this, the murderer seems to know Miss A Ruo?"
Liu Ruyan shook her head: "I may not know him, but if I can find out about Qi Mansion's past, the murderer will naturally do the same.
Liu Ruyan's thinking is quick and clear. Based on the above points, it can be inferred: "The murderer should be around forty years old, engaged in night labor, had children, and was acquainted with his mother-in-law Su. As for why he would do this to
Three court ministers, the Minister of War, General Zhonglang, and Changshi, took action, and we initially suspected that they had a personal grudge with the murderer."
She paused and thought thoughtfully, but these three adults once served the late emperor together. Regardless of their virtues, how could they become enemies with the common people?
The moxa smoke lingered and drifted away. Angelica dahurica lowered its head and smoked the acupuncture points, and continued: "The results of the retest are out. Liu Shangshu and Mr. Chen were poisoned before their death. The centipede was the introduction of this poison."
"Gu? You mean this matter has something to do with Bai Man." She looked anxious, and for a moment she forgot that she was still doing moxibustion. When she bent her calf, she was accidentally burned by the hot smoke, and her face suddenly wrinkled.
Liu Ruyan took a deep breath, fell face to face and returned to the state of lying down.
Bai Zhi quickly dipped a fine cloth in water and gave her a cold compress: "You are so reckless."
"Yes, yes, everything you say is right." She responded casually.
Bai Zhi smiled helplessly and put down the muslin in her hand: "This poison is called 'Meng', and it can hurt people invisible. Qi Heng has sent all the servants to search for the person who caused the poison, house by house and courtyard. In addition, Chu Kun's disappearance,
It’s going to be a sleepless night tonight.”
She was silent for a moment and looked at the lights outside the window: "With such a big commotion, the murderer may not have a chance to strike again. Chu Kun may still be alive."
Bai Zhi's face changed as she seemed to have thought of something: "Whenever he commits a crime, the murderer will stun the person and then hang him alive. He may be waiting for the limelight to pass tonight."
Liu Ruyan thought so too, but could it be more than just a coincidence that from Da Han to Da Zhou, thousands of miles away, she met Bai Man again and again?
She turned over and stared at the big candlelight on the table, her thoughts getting into trouble again.
Bai Zhi sat beside the couch and reminded her: "We have reached Dazhui point."
Liu Ruyan lay on her stomach without moving, reaching out to push away her black hair, and then loosened her clothes, slightly exposing the back of her neck.
Bai Zhi instantly raised her head. In her sight, the warm candlelight gave her a layer of honey color. The black hair was scattered aside, and the profile of her face was particularly peaceful. He looked at the scene in front of him and turned away in panic, but there was no movement in his hands.
He has always observed etiquette. When he was a child in Yizhuang, he was warned that there were differences between men and women and that he was not allowed to inspect female corpses. Later, he went to Yaowang Valley and opened a medical clinic, where he was also doing the work of boiling medicine and making medicines. How could he be as transcendent as he is now?
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"Patients have no gender, patients have no gender..."
He recited a few words silently to calm his mind: "Bai regards Miss Liu as a friend in need, and will do his best to heal you."
His voice was extremely soft, and the girl's long eyelashes like black feathers suddenly trembled slightly, cutting the candle shadow in her eyes: "I understand."
Bai Zhi smiled. It seemed that Miss Liu also knew his thoughts. This friendship was indeed valuable.
"I know what the problem is." She opened her lips again and turned to look at the reflection on the wall, "The position of the shadow is wrong."
"What shadow?" Bai Zhi was confused.
Following her gaze towards the wall, two figures were intertwined and blurred, one sitting and one lying down, intimate. Bai Zhi was stunned, looking left and right, and finally couldn't help but stand up.
Liu Ruyan was puzzled: "What?"
"No, it's nothing..."
She sat up immediately: "Did you see it too?"
Bai Zhi nodded in panic: "Yes, I saw it."
Seeing the shadows of him and Liu Ruyan made people feel so embarrassed.
Liu Ruyan smiled calmly and saw that Bai Zhi was just like her, feeling happy because she was able to see through the loopholes missed by the murderer. No, her face turned red with excitement.
She agreed: "Yes, the murderer is hiding in the west courtyard."
"Eh?" Bai Zhi was stunned, the shyness on her face remained.
But I heard her continue: "I'll ask Mother-in-law Su to come over later. I have some things I want to confirm again."