Old Mrs. Zhu overheard Liu's words and quickly came to their side, asking in confusion.
"Are you going to catch snakes?"
"Yes, Mother, we need to use the gallbladder of the spotted snake as a medicinal ingredient."
Zhu Haotian, worried that his mother would be anxious, held her up with both hands and patiently explained, "Mother, don't worry, I will be careful."
Old Mrs. Zhu couldn't bear to let her son take such a risk, so she grabbed his hand and turned to walk into the depths of the bushes.
"Mother will go with you."
Liu looked anxiously at Old Madam Zhu and sighed helplessly, "Mother, please stop causing trouble."
Grandma Zhu ignored Liu's reminders and stubbornly pulled Zhu Haotian forward.
Left with no other choice, Liu hugged her daughter tightly and ran after her.
In her dream, Zhu Xixi re-entered the space and quickly arrived at the hidden door.
After several collaborations, she and the hidden door had become perfectly coordinated. Whenever she arrived, the main door would automatically rise and open the door she desired.
She watched anxiously as the white mist inside the gate gradually dissipated, revealing Zhu Haotian squatting under the grass outside, examining the traces left by the python.
Pythons are much larger than ordinary small snakes, and when they pass through grass, they leave a trail.
They followed the trail and finally found a spotted snake coiled on the trunk of a tree.
The spotted snake is more sensitive than ordinary snakes; it can detect even the slightest movement.
Zhu Haotian and his companions had no choice but to hide in the bushes and quietly observe the python.
Xixi, who was in the space, also saw the python coiled in the tree. She pouted angrily, turned around and flew towards the armory.
The scene depicts someone laboriously dragging a heavy crossbow bolt, placing it in front of the gate, pausing for a moment, and then carefully moving the gate open.
She unexpectedly discovered that the view inside the gate would zoom in, and under her control, the python appeared before her eyes as if magnified.
She quickly drew the bowstring, aimed at the python's head, and then released the bowstring. The arrow pierced through the gate and unsurprisingly struck the python's head.
The sound of the arrow made Zhu Haotian jump up in surprise, pointing at the python with an incredulous expression.
"Mother, the snake... the snake has been shot with an arrow."
Grandma Zhu also saw the arrow pierce the python's head perfectly, as if the arrow were right in front of the python.
She looked around in confusion, trying to find the mysterious person hiding in the darkness, but the surroundings were empty except for a large tree in front of her, there was nowhere to hide.
Liu was also frightened by what she saw and fearfully approached Old Madam Zhu, "Mother, what happened?"
Grandma Zhu shook her head blankly, then quickly pointed to the python and said, "I don't know, second son, go and take the python down and remove its gallbladder."
Zhu Haotian, realizing that Chen Xiang's fate was still unknown, quickly ran towards the python.
Just then, Zhu Chenfeng, Madam Sun, and Pei Sining rushed over, each carrying freshly picked herbs.
Zhu Chenfeng looked at his second brother, who was killing a snake and taking its gallbladder, with confusion, and asked in bewilderment, "Mother, what is second brother doing?"
"We'll use snake gallbladders as a medicinal ingredient." Old Mrs. Zhu looked at the people's robes and asked anxiously, "Are these all antidotes?"
"Yes, we picked all the similar ones, and we'll check them again before we boil the medicine."
Sun pulled Pei Sining forward and excitedly showed her mother-in-law the herbs in her arms.
Just then, Zhu Haotian ran over with the snake gall and excitedly showed it to Grandma Zhu.
"Mother, I got it."
Seeing this, Old Lady Zhu hurriedly signaled her son and daughter-in-law to find the envoy, as time was of the essence and the antidote had to be prepared as soon as possible.
After watching her family leave the bushes through the gate, Xixi happily spun around in mid-air.
Just as she was getting excited, she heard Zhu Yanyan's footsteps in the space. Xixi hurriedly dragged the crossbow bolt and hid in the nearest room.
Zhu Yanyan wandered around the space in confusion, looking at it more and more strangely. Could it be that she hadn't been sleeping well lately and was hallucinating?
She always felt there was a second person in the space, but every time she entered the space and checked it, she found nothing.
To put her mind at ease, she walked around the shelves in the space.
Hiding in a small room, Xixi unexpectedly discovers that the room contains many different types of books.
There was a whole row of medical books on display. Knowing that her aunt loved medicine, she happily waved her little hand.
They packed all the medical books in the room into the box.
Only after Zhu Yanyan left the space did she tiptoe out of the small room.
The people outside the space were using simple tools to brew an antidote, under the arrangement of Madam Sun.
Everyone successfully brewed the detoxifying Chinese medicine. Grandma Zhu took the medicine from her daughter-in-law and carefully fed it to Chen Xiang.
"How long will it take for him to wake up?" Zhu Wen asked anxiously to Sun Shi after seeing Chen Xiang drink all the antidote.
Sun had only read about the antidote formula in a book, but had never treated anyone with it. She didn't know how long it would take to see results, and she clenched her hands helplessly.
Grandma Zhu noticed her daughter-in-law's nervousness, pulled her behind her, and loudly retorted to Zhu Wen.
"After taking the medicine, he will definitely need to sweat or vomit blood, otherwise how can the toxins in Lord Chen's body be cleared out?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Xiang suddenly clutched his chest and vomited blood, a large amount of black blood gushing from his mouth.
Having never seen anything like this before, everyone backed away in fear, huddling together.
Seeing Chen Xiang vomiting blood continuously, Zhu Wen angrily raised his broadsword and pointed it at Old Lady Zhu.
"What's going on? Why is he vomiting blood? What exactly did you feed Lord Chen?"
“We gave him the antidote. If you don’t believe us, then kill us.”
Old Mrs. Zhu was worried that Zhu Wen's broadsword would hurt her son and daughter-in-law, so she used her own body to shield everyone behind her.
Even Pei Sining was pushed behind her, signaling him to run if he encountered danger.
"You think I wouldn't dare?" Zhu Wen was completely enraged by Old Lady Zhu's words and raised his broadsword to chop down at her.
At the critical moment, Chen Xiang clutched his chest and shouted to Zhu Wen, "Stop! I'm fine now!"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Wen hurriedly turned around and rushed to Chen Xiang's side, anxiously asking, "Sir, are you really alright?"
"Yeah, I'm fine now." Chen Xiang closed his eyes and gasped for breath, slowly wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth. With Zhu Wen's help, he got up.
He bowed deeply to Grandma Zhu with a face full of guilt and apologized, "Grandma Zhu, this brother was too worried about me, so he lost his composure. Please forgive his rudeness."
Grandma Zhu, who had survived the ordeal, gasped for breath, her pale lips pressed together, and managed a weak smile.
"I understand, I understand, Lord Chen, it's so good that you're alright."
Chen Xiang never expected that the Zhu family would save him in the end, and he completely believed that Old Lady Zhu could lead them safely to the border.
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