That's a pretty clear calculation. Now that it's said that, Zhao Xin feels embarrassed to say anything more. But are these people treating his palace as a hotel or something? They can come and go as they please?

Is he a little too partial to this group of people?

"I think you should give me some reason to help you. This isn't some charity, so why are you still thinking of getting something for free?"

"W-what charity, what freeloading...what does this mean?"

When he has established charitable organizations and many other institutions in the Qin Dynasty, this group of people will probably understand what he means. He is not like the welfare home where he makes friends with many kind people.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, what are you thinking about?"

"I actually feel that I do not agree with what you said from the beginning to the end, so my dear minister, I do not employ idle people, especially those who can do nothing but lie down and eat."

"Your Majesty, I can do double the work. As long as I say something, I will work tirelessly to achieve it!"

It seems that Chen Mang is determined to save him.

Zhao Xin had just recovered when he was awakened by the hazy and intense pain in his head. He covered his head and twitched in pain, and only by suppressing his trembling eyes did he seem to ignore it.

It hurts so much.

However, Chen Mang did not notice anything unusual about Zhao Xin this time. He saw that the unpolished jade from the previous dynasty was placed quietly on the table, and on the table there was a treasure shining like gold waiting for him to pick it.

"Your Majesty, can that... that unpolished gem from the previous dynasty really turn stone into gold?"

Zhao Xin was having a terrible headache at the moment, so he had no time to explain to him the unpolished jade from the previous dynasty that could turn stone into gold. Besides, where had he seen anything that could turn stone into gold? Even if it could, it was probably just a layer of shoddy workmanship.

"Your Majesty, I am not one to take things lightly, so... Your Majesty?"

Zhao Xin, unable to bear Chen Mang's screams that sounded like a tight-fitting curse, leaned against the headboard behind him. He felt that even calling the imperial physician would be better than calling this man. As if this patient hadn't even been treated yet, it had turned into a meeting to chant a tight-fitting curse...

Xiao Chenzi, who hurriedly ran in from the door, looked anxious and glared at Chen Mang fiercely. It would have been fine if he had a bad expression, but he also opened his mouth and spoke wittily.

"Your Majesty's headaches are a common ailment. I intended to invite you here to treat your illness, not to cause trouble. Your Majesty is often so busy managing government affairs that he doesn't even have time for lunch!"

"Chen, minister——"

"Your Majesty is really busy right now. Even with the urgent matter, Your Majesty was silent for a long time before giving the other party a reply. He was also busy sending troops and giving him advice. Your Majesty's life is not easy right now, so why are you like this?"

"minister--"

Xiao Chenzi didn't know what to say, and he planned to invite a royal physician to help treat Zhao Xin, but Zhao Xin refused. Besides, Zhao Xin didn't need Xiao Chenzi to interfere.

"Now you don't listen to me anymore?"

Xiao Chenzi shut up and leave.

Chen Mang took out some tools from his toolbox and planned to check Zhao Xin's pulse. As he did so, he noticed something was wrong. He then looked at Zhao Xin with a questioning look, his suspicion clear.

"Your Majesty, are you... poisoned?"

Zhao Xin was stunned. He had never touched any poisonous insects before. The last time the Evil House gave him a poisonous insect, he threw it back mercilessly and told Su Jie not to take it out to disgust him.

Where did this poisonous insect come from?

Could it be——

The day when Chu Zhan gave Tianshan grass to you last time?

That time he jumped up and gave him an injection, but was bounced back by the Nine Revolutions Golden Body Technique. Judging from the situation, the remaining energy must have been shaken into his bones and caused pain.

I didn't expect that there was another hidden story behind this?

"Your Majesty, I can tell you very clearly that you have been poisoned by a Gu, and the attacks occur every five days. If you get angry or something, the attacks will accelerate, and in the end, they will probably only occur once a day. This Gu worm is probably just newly developed and not yet fully developed, so it has not caused any substantial harm."

"My dear..."

He's in so much pain, how can you say there's no substantial damage? He's in so much pain that he's twitching on the spot. If that's not considered substantial damage, then what is?

Then the questions were answered and the confusion was resolved.

"This poison isn't too strong right now, but the pain you'll experience later will be ten times as severe as it is now."

"This insect is still dormant, and the current pain is a side effect of nerve compression. So, Your Majesty, this is not a big deal. The most important thing is the catastrophe that will come in seven days. If you can't survive it, I'm afraid..."

Having said this, Chen Mang paused and did not continue, as if he was concerned about Zhao Xin's face.

However, Zhao Xin felt a little panicked when he heard this, but seeing that Chen Mang seemed so familiar with him, he thought it would be no problem to come to him.

As a result, Chen Mang shook his shoulders and looked helpless.

"I don't have any solution for this matter. Generally speaking, we should be passively defensive in situations like this, and we cannot take the initiative to attack."

"There is indeed another method, but it is indeed much more painful than the previous one. As long as you pick out the poisonous insect, you can avoid the pain after seven days."

Look at how casually Chen Mang speaks. This flesh is definitely not growing on him, it must be growing on Zhao Xin's body.

If it were really picked out of the flesh, wouldn't it be excruciatingly painful? Judging from the situation, the pain after seven days would probably be far more painful than this.

The pain I feel now is already abnormal, let alone seven days later?

Chu Zhan is now simply killing people and destroying their hearts. Although Zhao Xin doesn't know whether this was done by Chu Zhan, but judging from the trend, no one has ever touched him.

He had also asked Chen Mang, and he was afraid that the Gu worm could not be introduced from the needle. It could only be planted artificially on the body. However, it was indeed possible to plant the Gu worm on the neck.

So he turned around and consulted the Evil House. The mistress of the Evil House, Feng Qingsi, also shook her head and had only a vague understanding of the matter.

Logically speaking, it is indeed not possible to insert the needle into the spine, but it is possible to make young eggs from the needle and then start by implanting them.

And that young egg is called a bacterium.

Zhao Xin really didn't expect that the Zhu family would make such rapid progress. It was rumored that the Feng family was a master of poisonous insects, but how come the Zhu family could even produce a bacterium now!

If Zhao Xin truly mastered the technology of bacteria, wouldn't it be easy to kill people thousands of miles away? Using bacteria, fungi, and animals in equal amounts would be beneficial to the Qin Dynasty, but Zhao Xin hadn't tried it.

It's not that it's impractical, but that he doesn't dare.

After all, no one knows whether this thing will be a blessing or a curse after it is used, just like the bacterial simulation medicine made before, which caused such a big mistake and chaos during the Republic of China period. If he really makes something like a virus, wouldn’t the country be destroyed?