Chapter 33 Poisoning

"Go find a doctor!"

Zhou Yunshu and others were also stunned by the sudden spitting of blood by Manager Liang.

What she just said was just her guess. Who would have thought that this guess would come true!

Xiao Miao'er was originally frightened by the sudden vomiting of blood by her boss, but after hearing Zhou Yunshu's shout, she immediately got up and rushed outside.

After Xiao Miaoer left, only Zhou Yunshu and her friends and the unconscious Manager Liang were left in the inn.

Wei Zhong turned the kneeling shopkeeper Liang over and laid him flat on the ground. Zhou Yunshu looked at his face and said, "It looks like he's been poisoned."

Wei Zhong said firmly: "It's poisoning."

And it's not an ordinary poison.

Wei Zhong did have antidote pills, but the quantity was limited, and he couldn't use them on the shopkeeper whom he had just met. So whether Shopkeeper Liang could survive depended on whether Xiao Miaoer, who had just left, could find a doctor who could detoxify him.

Zhou Yunshu listened to Wei Zhong's confident tone and glanced at Shopkeeper Liang. She felt the same as Wei Zhong, so she turned around and asked, "Did you encounter any problems when you went out today?"

Wei Zhong stood up and waved to the people next to him. After his men brought a chair over, he placed it behind Zhou Yunshu and motioned her to sit down.

After Zhou Yunshu sat down, Wei Zhongcai spoke up, "I didn't encounter anything special. I just discovered that the Red Lotus Cult has a profound influence on Anshan County."

"I got the advice from that waiter, and it seems the Red Lotus Cult started to flourish three months ago. It's said to be very popular among the people of Luzhou now."

Du Mazi, who was standing by, saw that Wei Zhong was so respectful to Zhou Yunshu, and he raised Zhou Yunshu's status in his heart even higher.

"Mr. Zhou, these Red Lotus Envoys are not all good people. When I was wandering around the streets, I even saw them visiting brothels!"

"Yeah?"

Du Mazi saw Zhou Yunshu responding and nodded repeatedly, saying, "Really? I gave the errand boy in the brothel two cents and told him to tell me whatever I asked!"

"He said the biggest leader of the Red Lotus Cult in Anshan County is a sixth-level believer and a frequent visitor to their courtesan. I heard he didn't go to their building today because he accepted the invitation from the county magistrate to go to the opera!"

Seeing that everyone around him was looking at him, Du Mazi instantly became addicted. He had never been paid attention to by so many people before.

"What's even more coincidental is that the opera performer that the county magistrate invited from the sixth-level believer to attend is none other than Liu Fuyi, who was robbed by bandits some time ago. It's said that Liu Fuyi was a gift from the sixth-level believer to the county magistrate during his inspection tour of Anshan County!"

Du Mazi smacked his lips as he spoke. "The errand boy said Liu Fuyi was even prettier than their courtesan. If she weren't a man, that Level 6 cultist wouldn't have been willing to give her to the county magistrate!"

Zhou Yunshu's mouth twitched slightly. It was no wonder that she thought too much. Why did Du Mazi's tone sound so much like the county magistrate was a homosexual?

"Have you heard any other news?"

Du Mazi exchanged a glance with the person who had gone with him to inquire about the news, and then said, "There's one more thing."

"What's up?"

"I heard that the Red Lotus Cult is selecting a Saintess, and the sixth-level believers who came to Anshan County are here to pick up candidates for the Saintess. I heard that the county magistrate's daughter is going to go."

Zhou Yunshu: “…”

Although the county magistrate's rank is not high, he is still the local official.

Such a kind official would actually send his own daughter to an unknown cult to become a saint. Did he get kicked in the head by a donkey?

Wei Zhong's face was also very ugly. The Red Lotus Cult was too arrogant in Luzhou.

Just when Du Mazi was about to continue speaking, Xiao Miao'er's anxious voice came from outside the door.

"Doctor Xue, hurry up, our boss is dying!"

"Faster, faster!"

"Stop pulling! You're going to break all my old bones!"

An old man and a young boy ran into the inn, tugging and arguing. At this time, the shopkeeper Liang's lips had begun to turn purple. The old doctor took one look and his face darkened. He said, "He's been poisoned."

"How could that be? Let's eat..." Xiao Miaoer looked at Zhou Yunshu standing next to Doctor Xue, and suddenly remembered what she had said to her boss before.

She said she was afraid that Uncle Li would poison her, poison her!

Zhou Yunshu looked at the old doctor who was pulling open the eyelids and mouth of Shopkeeper Liang on the ground, and always felt that he looked a little familiar.

That shouldn't be the case. This was her first time in Anshan County, and she had lived in modern times for nearly twenty years. Logically, she wouldn't have any impression of someone unless they were too familiar to her. And Doctor Xue in front of her...

"Doctor Xue, you used to be an imperial physician. You can definitely save our shopkeeper, right?"

Xiao Miao'er's wailing instantly reminded Zhou Yunshu of where she had seen Doctor Xue. Doctor Xue used to be the imperial physician frequently used by the Prince of Zhenbei's Palace!

His medical skills were comparable to those of Nanny Wang, except that Nanny Wang specialized in gynecology and pediatrics, while Doctor Xue specialized in surgery and acupuncture.

Zhou Yunshu stood behind Old Doctor Xue with her eyes shining. Since they had met, don't blame her for kidnapping the person.

Doctor Xue didn't notice Zhou Yunshu's thoughts at all. He looked at Shopkeeper Liang lying on the ground and said to Xiao Miao'er, "Take off his shirt."

"Huh? Why?"

"How can I give him an acupuncture if you don't take off your clothes? Why? Do doctors always explain why they are treating patients? Why do you keep asking so many whys?..."

Before Doctor Xue finished his long speech, Xiao Miaoer lowered her head and quickly took off her boss's clothes.

"If your shopkeeper hadn't been so lucky, his anger had triggered the poison in advance, and if he hadn't met an old man like me with excellent medical skills, you would be the one collecting his corpse!"

While Old Doctor Xue was talking, he didn't stop moving his hands. He took out his long needle and stabbed several large acupuncture points on Manager Liang's head and chest steadily and accurately. Soon beads of sweat appeared on Manager Liang's forehead. Then Old Doctor Xue stood up and stepped back. Manager Liang suddenly stood up and spat out a mouthful of thick, foul-smelling blood to the side.

Doctor Xue breathed a sigh of relief, removed the needle, and was about to find something to hold on to when a pair of hands grabbed his arm.

"Doctor Xue, please sit down."

Doctor Xue was not modest. He sat down and then looked at Zhou Yunshu beside him. He didn't think anything of it at first glance, but he frowned at the second glance.

How come this person...

"Thank you, Doctor Xue." Shopkeeper Liang leaned on his waiter and said to Doctor Xue who was sitting on the chair.

Doctor Xue looked at Shopkeeper Liang, whose complexion had regained its rosy complexion, and said, "No need. The consultation fee is two hundred taels. Thank you for your patronage."

Xiao Miaoer opened her mouth in disbelief when she heard the amount of the medical fee. Was he really not robbing?

Doctor Xue narrowed his eyes at Xiao Miao'er's expression and said, "Why, do you think your shopkeeper's life is not worth so much money?"

"No, no, that's not what I meant!"

"I'll give it to you. It's worth the money."

Old Master Xue snorted and said, "Of course it's worth it. If you hadn't been so angry today that the poison came out early, and you relapsed after I left Anshan County tomorrow, you can expect your family to collect your body!"

Shopkeeper Liang clenched his fists and said, "You said I was poisoned!"