Su Liang walked out of the palace alone and saw Duanmu Chen being supported by Chang An and getting out of a luxurious carriage.
After becoming a prince, his clothes were different from before, and he looked more noble, literally.
Seeing Su Liang, Duanmu Chen came over with a smile on his lips, "General Su, no courtesy."
Su Liang cupped his hands and said, "Congratulations, Your Highness."
Ever since he received the imperial decree of canonization yesterday and his long-standing expectations came true, everyone Duanmu Chen met treated him with respect. But hearing Su Liang call him "Prince" made him feel particularly pleasant.
In fact, the two of them have not communicated for a long time, and there is no serious cooperation. But as things have developed so far, judging from the results, Su Liang has half of the credit for Duanmu Chen's position as crown prince.
It's hard to bring up the inside story, so they just keep it tacit.
Duanmu Chen spoke again and asked about Gao Jiabao's body.
Su Liang shook his head, "I don't have a clue about the detoxification yet."
Duanmu Chen sighed, "It's a pity that those losers in Tianlao left the spies in a deserted place last night. Now we can't even find out who instigated them. The other party came for you, who can you think of?"
Su Liang frowned, "I have offended many people. I encountered a somewhat similar assassination in Xunyang City before..."
Duanmu Chen's eyes flashed slightly, and he instantly understood what Su Liang was implying.
The two exchanged glances, Su Liang took his leave, and Duanmu Chen entered the palace.
…
When he met Duanmu Yi, Duanmu Chen seemed to mention it unintentionally. After the letter, there was no movement from the Wan family, and they could not find out where Duanmu Sheng was hiding.
As soon as Duanmu Yi heard Duanmu Sheng's name, his expression turned ugly, "Keep looking!"
Duanmu Chen said respectfully, "Yes. I am now a little worried that the eldest brother will be taken advantage of by some people from the Liang or Yan countries. In that case, the consequences will be really disastrous."
Duanmu Yi's eyes narrowed, and he naturally knew that what Duanmu Chen said was not impossible.
"Just now, my son met General Su at the gate of the palace and asked Mr. Gao. I heard that the poison was very difficult. He was enthusiastic about joining the army to defend the country, but he suffered such an unreasonable disaster. The spy's methods were really vicious.
Fortunately, General Su was not attacked and happened to be with Mr. Gao at the time. He was restrained in time, otherwise many people might have been killed in vain." Duanmu Chen said in a deep voice, "I think the mastermind behind this matter may be.
I have a personal vendetta against General Su, and I am not here to attack the country of Qian."
Generally speaking, when talking about spies, especially those who infiltrate the army, it is assumed that they are sent by the enemy.
But this time the spies did not poison the water or the big pot of rice in the military camp, but targeted Su Liang alone, and the poison itself was completely directed at Su Liang himself.
Therefore, Duanmu Chen's speculation is very reasonable.
When Duanmu Yi heard this, he immediately thought of a person, the missing Duanmu Sheng. He had a deep personal feud with Su Liang, and had sent people to assassinate her many times before. The last time he took advantage of Su Liang's goodwill, and his vicious methods were completely consistent with this.
The characteristics of the person behind the poisoning incident are at least one of the most suspected.
In addition, Duanmu Chen had just mentioned Duan Mu Sheng, and Duan Mu Yi's anger towards his son had not dissipated, so he naturally put the two things together and thought about them. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was Duan Mu Sheng who did it, and he might have done it.
There is a secret cooperation with some people in the Liang Kingdom or the Yan Kingdom, and the purpose is naturally to subvert the imperial power of the Qian Kingdom and support him to ascend to power. But if this is the case, Duanmu Sheng is just a stupid chess piece!
Duanmu Chen saw Duanmu Yi's gloomy face and knew that his goal had been achieved, so he stopped talking and started talking about other things.
Duanmu Chen is actually not sure whether Duanmu Sheng is still alive, but that doesn't matter anymore. Life or death is no longer a threat to him. The purpose of his behavior is to crush Duanmu Sheng to set off himself and gain more from Duanmu Yi.
Trust. After all, he is just the prince, and he has younger brothers who are adults and are about to become adults.
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When Su Liang returned home, she first went to see Gao Jiabao. He was still asleep, and his hands and feet were tied to the bedposts with ropes to prevent him from going crazy and hurting others when he woke up.
Gao Jiabao's parents are here.
Gao Mu's eyes were red and swollen, and she was wiping his hands with a wet handkerchief. Su Liang greeted Gao Mu, and she was also in a daze.
Su Liang felt depressed and planned to go back to study the antidote, but Father Gao followed him out.
"General Su, tell me the truth, can our baby survive?" Father Gao originally looked calm, but halfway through his words, his eyes filled with water.
Su Liang's heart sank slightly, "Uncle Gao, Jiabao's life is not in danger for the time being. I will try my best to save him. I have also asked my friends to help find an antidote."
Hearing this, Father Gao let out a long sigh, "I understand, thanks for your hard work, you must save him, otherwise our whole family will..."
Before he finished speaking, Su Liang understood. Gao Jiabao was the only child of the third generation of the Gao family. He had been frail and sickly since he was a child. It was impossible for outsiders to know the hardships of raising him to such a large age.
As the grandson of an imperial physician, Gao Jiabao has been practicing martial arts since he was a child. It was also the master that his grandfather and parents paid a lot of money to make him stronger.
When Gao Jiabao went to take the martial arts examination, his family was opposed to it, and they finally agreed to him. Because he was injured, his elders were determined not to allow him to join the army, but he couldn't resist his own insistence, and finally let him enter the military camp.
, and promised not to go to the battlefield. But I didn’t expect that such a thing could happen in the Forbidden Army camp far away from the border...
From beginning to end, no one in the Gao family blamed Su Liang, but this made her feel even more guilty.
When Su Liang returned to her yard, she smelled a scent.
Xing Yusheng walked out of the kitchen with some charcoal dust on her face. She glanced at Su Liang and immediately went back, "Qing'er, your sister Su is back."
"Sister Su, I've stewed pork rib soup for you. Wash your hands and eat while it's hot before you get busy!" Lin Xueqing ran out, still wearing an apron around her waist.
"Okay." Su Liang didn't have much appetite, but she didn't want to spoil their good intentions. "I'll eat a little. If there's more, I'll give it to Uncle and Aunt Gao's family."
"Don't worry, we have everything!" Lin Xueqing said and went back to the kitchen.
Not long after, Su Liang drank the delicious lotus root and pork ribs soup, which Lin Xueqing said was her mother's secret recipe.
"I want a prescription." Su Liang said.
Lin Xueqing blurted out, "Sister Su, who are you going to learn how to cook for?" After saying this, she thought of Ning Jing, her expression became lonely again, and she sighed and said, "I wrote the recipe back to Sister Su. I only figured it out recently.
, I always did it wrong before. The lotus roots were dug from the lotus pond in the Marquis Mansion just this morning."
Lin Xueqing went out, and Su Liang was the only one left in the room. She silently said to herself, "Of course I did it for someone. I hope he comes back soon."
When she was assassinated in Xunyang City, Su Liang was thinking that she relied too heavily on Gu Ling, which was not good.
What was happening now made Su Liang completely forget about those unrealistic thoughts. She was very lucky to have Gu Ling by her side, otherwise she really wouldn't know what to do.
After eating the pork rib soup, Su Liang opened the "Poison Classic" again. This book was given to her by Xing Yusheng from Mr. Qin, and it was also her introduction to poison. The Xiaoyao Pill she made before was from this book.
Fangzi.
Having no clue at all, Su Liang planned to study Xiaoyao Pill carefully and found that it must have something in common with the poison Gao Jiabao was exposed to.
There is no antidote for Xiaoyao Pill in the "Poison Classic". Because the effect of this poison is not long-lasting, it will expire after twelve hours, and the poisoned person will return to normal, as if nothing happened and it will have no effect on the body.
serious injury.
Su Liang's current idea is to make the antidote to Xiaoyao Pill first. Even if it cannot remove the poison from Gao Jiabao's body, as long as it can alleviate the poison, he can hope to buy time until Gu Ling comes back with the antidote.
For four consecutive days, Su Liang never left the courtyard except to give Gao Jiabao acupuncture.
Xing Yusheng sent all the medicinal materials from the Xing family and the Duke of Qin's government to Su Liang. Mrs. Xing and Mr. Qin both supported this. No matter how good the medicinal materials were, they did not know medical skills. If they were really sick or injured,
They still have to rely on Su Liang for treatment. Therefore, the higher Su Liang's medical skills and poison skills are, it is definitely a good thing for them.
Finally, on the fifth day, Su Liang made the antidote to Xiaoyao Pill.
But because I had never used it before, I was not sure how effective it would be, so I did not dare to try it easily on Gao Jiabao, who was already poisoned.
Someone had to try the medicine, and Su Liang was willing to do so, but if something went wrong she couldn't save herself, and no one would save her, so she had to find someone else.
Considering that the toxicity of Xiaoyao Pill itself only lasts for twelve hours, even if you don't take the antidote, you will be fine within that time, so there is no danger to your life.
Su Liang found brothers Qi Yan and Qi Jun, explained the whole matter clearly, and asked them for help. He would definitely thank them greatly after the work was completed. She also said that if she didn't want to, she could refuse, and she would think of a way and would not tell Xing Yusheng.
As a result, the Qi brothers almost got into a fight over who would help Su Liang test the medicine...
"You can't die anyway. With Miss Su here, there's nothing to be afraid of. I'm the eldest brother, I'll do it!" Qi Yan insisted, and before Qi Jun could say anything, he continued, "It was you who helped Miss Su last time. This time
You must give me this opportunity, otherwise it will be difficult for me to ask Miss Su for anything!"
After Qi Jun heard this, he stopped arguing with Qi Yan, and the matter was settled.
Apart from Su Liang and the Qi brothers, only Xing Yusheng knew about this matter. And they all thought that the second prince Duanmu Ao and the fifth prince Duanmu Che had experienced symptoms similar to the Xiaoyao Pill mentioned by Su Liang, and they guessed that a certain
These things were mentioned, but they were all tacitly not mentioned.
Su Liang was not afraid that they would know that they were all trustworthy, and those things had already passed without leaving any evidence.
In the room next door where "Ningjing" originally lived, Qi Yan was tied firmly to a chair by Qi Jun with a rope. He smiled at Su Liang, "Miss Su, I'm ready, you're welcome!"
Su Liang nodded, "Don't worry, nothing will happen." She was absolutely sure about Xiaoyao Wan.
Qi Jun took the dark pill from Su Liang and asked Qi Yan to take it.
After a while, Qi Yan became delirious, started talking nonsense, and struggled in his chair.
Qi Jun frowned, "Miss Su, give my brother the antidote quickly!"
Su Liang handed over another dark pill. Qi Jun fed Qi Yan to eat, but he spit it out. Qi Jun quickly picked it up from the ground, wiped it with his sleeve, and held Qi Yan's chin.
, forcing him to swallow it.
Qi Yan gradually calmed down, and after about a quarter of an hour, his eyes regained clarity.
Qi Jun looked happy, "The antidote works! That's great!"
Qi Yan glanced at his wrists that were tied red by the rope, "How long has it been?"
"It only takes a quarter of an hour. Brother, do you feel any discomfort?" Qi Jun said and untied the rope for Qi Yan.
Qi Yan moved his hands and feet, stood up, and rubbed his temples, "My head hurts a little."
Su Liang took Qi Yan's pulse and said, "Just take a rest and you'll be fine."
She realizes that the antidote is not particularly perfect, but from a practical point of view, it has achieved its purpose.
Su Liang thanked the Qi brothers again and promised that if they needed anything in the future, they would just ask her.
Qi Jun and Qi Yan left. It was still early in the morning. Su Liang planned to adjust the ingredients of the antidote before giving it to Gao Jiabao.
Before I knew it, I was busy late at night again.
When Su Liang was hesitating whether to wait or let Gao Jiabao try the antidote of Xiaoyao Pill first, Qi Jun came and said that Gao Jiabao had woken up again. The control effect of Su Liang's acupuncture was getting worse and worse, and he became poisonous.
The intervals are getting shorter and shorter.
"Miss Su, Mr. Gao vomited black blood." Qi Jun looked anxious. This is not a good sign.
Su Liang's heart tightened, she picked up the Xiaoyao Pill antidote she had just made and rushed out.
As soon as he entered the door, Su Liang heard Gao Jiabao's painful roar. He was already very thin, and the ropes binding his hands and feet seemed to be strangling his bones, which was heart-wrenching to watch.
Fortunately, Dr. Gao was persuaded to take a rest and was not here at the moment. Gao's mother had been ill for the past two days. Only Gao's father was there. He pressed Gao Jiabao's arm and called his name, but it was of no use.
.
Seeing Gao Jiabao vomiting blood again, Su Liang could only bite the bullet and give him the antidote.
Then Su Liang looked at Gao Jiabao's face intently, holding his pulse, and her heart was raised, fearing that something unexpected would happen.
The mania and murderous intent in Gao Jiabao's eyes gradually faded away, his pulse also stabilized, and the big stone in Su Liang's heart dropped a little.
Qi Jun breathed a sigh of relief, "It seems the antidote works!"
Father Gao's face finally regained some color, and he kept saying, "Thank God, thank God!"
But who knows, as soon as Su Liang let go of Gao Jiabao's arm and stood up, his body trembled suddenly, and a mouthful of black blood spurted out! His body also began to twitch non-stop!
Father Gao was so frightened that he stiffened and shouted, "Bao'er!"
Qi Jun's body became tense and he couldn't help. He put his hands together and recited Amitabha.
Su Liang panicked and hurriedly went to check on Gao Jiabao's condition, only to see that his pulse, which had just returned to a stable state, dropped sharply, and he had fallen into a coma, with blood vomiting from his mouth and black blood flowing from his nose.
At this moment, Su Liang felt her eyes go dark, and her whole body was shrouded in a deep sense of powerlessness. She forced herself to calm down, took out the needle bag, took a deep breath, and gave Gao Jiabao acupuncture. She couldn't control her hands.
tremble.
Gao Jiabao's condition did not improve at all, and Su Liang's heart felt like it was falling into an ice cave.
At this moment, a black shadow floated in, and Su Liang's cold hand was suddenly held by someone, and there was something in her hand. When she reacted, she turned around and saw Qi Jun looking at her in shock and asked blankly,
"It seems like someone came in just now..."
When Su Liang saw the medicine bottle in his hand, hope suddenly arose in his heart. It was Gu Ling who was back!
Without thinking about anything, she opened the cork of the bottle, poured out a light blue pill, pinched Gao Jiabao's chin, and stuffed it into his mouth.
"Water!" Su Liang said one word.
Qi Jun quickly brought a glass of warm water, and Su Liang drank it for Gao Jiabao.
Father Gao fell to the bedside, still holding one of Gao Jiabao's hands tightly, looking frightened.
Su Liang raised her heart and watched as Gao Jiabao finally stopped vomiting blood and took his pulse again. She found that he was getting better, but she still couldn't feel at ease. She just looked at him steadily and even breathed lightly.
The room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
A quarter of an hour later, Gao's father got up from the ground, with trembling hands, to check Gao Jiabao's breathing. Then he breathed a sigh of relief and sat back down, "Alive... alive..."
Su Liang has calmed down. Although she didn't see Gu Ling, he must be back, and what he brought back should be the real antidote.
After waiting for another quarter of an hour, Gao Jiabao did not wake up, his pulse was weak, but his bluish-black forehead had returned to its normal pale color, which was a sign of detoxification.
"Is Bao'er okay?" Father Gao asked Su Liang eagerly.
Su Liang nodded, "It should be fine, but my body is a little weak. When I wake up, I can recover with a good supplement."
Father Gao cried with joy. He kept staring at Gao Jiabao and didn't even see the black shadow that came in and left. He just thought it was the second antidote prepared by Su Liang.
"Qi Jun, go get some hot water." Su Liang ordered.
Qi Jun responded and went out.
Su Liang broke out in a cold sweat, but seeing Gao Jiabao save his life, her body gradually returned to its temperature, and her anxious heart slowly relaxed.
Su Liang persuaded Gao's father to rest for a while, and she would guard Gao Jiabao, but Gao's father didn't want to leave, and she didn't force him.
Qi Jun brought hot water, and Su Liang fed Gao Jiabao some more, and asked Gao's father to drink two cups, and she drank some herself. There was also water for washing, and Gao's father wiped Gao Jiabao's face and hands.
Seeing that Gao's father was in low spirits, Su Liang asked him to lie down and accompany Gao Jiabao, so she moved a chair and stood guard by the bed.
Qi Jun didn't leave either. He sat outside the door, wondering who the black shadow that fell from the sky at the critical moment was.
Could it be that Ning Jing was not dead at all... This thought appeared in Qi Jun's mind, and he quickly denied it because he could not find a reason for Ning Jing to fake his death, and he had seen the corpse before, so the face could not be fake.
of.
It wasn't until dawn and Qi Yan came to change shifts with Qi Jun that Su Liang came out of the room.
Gao's father fell asleep in the middle of the night. Gao Jiabao's pulse was stable, and he should wake up soon. There was no fear for his life.
"Miss Su, please go back and have a rest, I'll look over here." Qi Yan said.
Su Liang nodded, "Well, thank you very much. If anything goes wrong, call me right away."
Su Liang returned to her courtyard. Lin Xueqing, who came here every day to prepare breakfast for her, had not yet arrived, so the courtyard was quiet.
Pushing open the door and going in, Su Liang closed the door behind her and leaned against the door, feeling that her legs were weak. She was a doctor who had seen many lives and deaths, but she almost collapsed this time because it was her friend who almost died.
, is someone related to her.
After a while, Su Liang walked towards the inner room. She felt so tired and wanted to sleep for a while.
When Su Liang walked around the screen and saw that the bed curtain was hanging down, Su Liang was startled for a moment, thinking that she didn't hang the bed curtain last time.
She walked over, opened the bed curtain, and let her exhausted body fall down.
The touch under her body was a bit strange. Su Liang's mind was confused and he reached out subconsciously. Then, he heard a familiar voice ringing in his ears, "Su Xiaoliang, don't touch it."
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