Knowing it was poison, who would eat it? In the end, Du Xiuyuan was forced to swallow the poison by Shuang Shuo.
"Are you from Beiliang?"
Ye Beihan looked at Du Xiuyuan and said, "As expected of a royal physician from the Nanning Imperial Palace, you are quite knowledgeable."
It really was someone from Beiliang. Although Du Xiuyuan couldn't attend court, his master had told him that an envoy from Beiliang was coming to the capital.
Du Xiuyuan just couldn't understand why, if they were envoys from Northern Liang and had illnesses, they could simply inform His Majesty, and the imperial physicians would treat them. Why go through all this trouble?
Unless his illness is a secret, or he doesn't want outsiders to know he's sick.
"Alright, let's begin."
Ye Beihan walked behind the screen and sat down to wait. The room was very large, and behind the screen was the bed. The screen separated them, but some afterimages could still be seen.
Shuang Shuo untied the ropes binding the three people, and the first thing Du Xiuyuan did was to use the silver needles on his body to seal the acupoints, so that the poison would take effect more slowly.
After taking this poison, just as Shuang Shuo had said, the pain started in my throat.
Seeing Du Xiuyuan make this move, Shuang Shuo sneered, "The poison that our master concocted can only be cured by his antidote."
This room is full of assassins, so I'm not afraid he'll take out his silver needles.
“Listen up, you three. Whoever can cure the master’s incurable disease will have the antidote; otherwise, you will all die.”
"I can cure it, I am able to cure it."
Fearing he wouldn't be able to get the antidote, the doctor surnamed Tian rushed out first and volunteered himself.
"I...I can heal too..."
Both of them wanted to rush to take Ye Beihan's pulse first, but Shuang Shuo held back Doctor Duan behind them.
"Don't rush, take it one at a time, everyone has a chance."
Shuang Shuo's face was very rough, and his skin looked like it had been ulcerated, which made him look extremely ugly.
Du Xiuyuan first calmed himself down and performed acupuncture on himself. He always remembered what Su Luo had taught him: no matter what the situation, self-rescue is the most reliable thing to do.
When the silver needles were removed from his body, they seemed to have no effect, and he realized that he could not cure the poison.
However, after a short while, he began to feel a slight stinging sensation on his body, and he knew that the poison in his body had taken effect.
My eyes are fixed on the person behind the screen. Only by healing the person inside can I get the antidote. It seems tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.
I wonder how his family is doing. I wonder if they're worried sick when he doesn't come home, and how Croton is doing too.
The room fell silent instantly, and Dr. Tian's voice came from behind the screen.
"Young master, judging from your pulse, you are very healthy and have no illness whatsoever. Could you please give me this antidote first?"
Doctor Tian didn't know where they had been captured; they were probably not from the capital. Du Xiuyuan had never heard of these two people.
Through the screen with its mesh curtains, Du Xiuyuan saw the Northern Liang man unbutton his shirt. Doctor Tian glanced at his body, shuddered, and took several steps back in fright.
"Ah, you...you...you're a monster...help me..."
As soon as he shouted those words, Ye Beihan's murderous aura surged, and his two fingers, like hooks, instantly gouged out Doctor Tian's eyes. With a swipe of his curved blade, he sealed his throat.
Ye Beihan uttered only one word: "Filthy!"
Shuang Shuo glanced disdainfully at Doctor Duan and Du Xiuyuan, then waved his hand, and two bodyguards carried Doctor Tian's body out.
Another person brought a basin of water to the person inside to wash their hands.
"Dr. Duan, it's your turn!"
Shuang Shuo watched what was happening inside with extreme satisfaction, and then mocked the doctor and Du Xiuyuan, who were terrified and covered in cold sweat.
"I forgot to tell you, those who couldn't cure their masters all went to the King of Hell to study medicine."
"You guys are so domineering, I'm not getting treatment anymore."
The people here are all crazy. Doctor Duan has figured it out. He's going to die anyway, either by being killed or by poisoning.
As long as he doesn't die so soon, there's still a chance to save himself. After all, he's the most famous doctor in the county, and he can slowly detoxify himself; it's not impossible that he can be cured.
"It's not going to be treated anymore, that's not up to you!"
Shuang Shuo drew his two swords and held them against Doctor Duan's face, a wicked smile playing on his lips.
"Hmph! This face is so oily and disgusting, it's really dirtying my knife."
As he spoke, he made several cuts on Doctor Duan's body and face, and blood immediately flowed out.
Du Xiuyuan witnessed this scene firsthand; even if Doctor Duan didn't die from the poison, he would bleed to death.
These two, master and servant, are terrifying; they're absolutely insane.
"Doctor Du, let's go, don't make me see you off."
Du Xiuyuan dared not resist; he could only find out what was inside by going there himself.
Stumbling behind the screen, Du Xiuyuan looked at the man leaning against the headboard, his clothes haphazardly draped over his body.
His eyes were bloodshot, as if he was still angry about what Dr. Tian had said about him being a monster, and his eyes were full of murderous intent.
"Well, let me take your pulse first."
It would be a lie for Du Xiuyuan to say he wasn't afraid; the person in front of him was ruthless and a mass murderer.
Without a pulse pillow, he simply placed his right hand on the edge of the bed to take Du Xiuyuan's pulse.
Three trembling fingers rested on Ye Beihan's pulse. Du Xiuyuan prayed in his heart that he would be able to cure Ye Beihan's illness.
He memorized all the medical skills Su Luo had taught him. If he couldn't cure the illness, he would end up like Doctor Tian, being killed by him.
He didn't want to die yet; he still had family, a master, and many medical skills he hadn't learned.
Sweat dripped from Du Xiuyuan's forehead, and it took him a long time to withdraw his hand.
"Young master, your pulse is indeed fine. I wonder what exactly you wish to treat?"
He remembered Su Luo telling him about a disease where if there was no physical problem, then there was a psychological problem, and mental illness was the most difficult to cure; usually, medication could only have a supplementary effect.
"What I want to be treated is the illness in my body. Since Physician Du also said that I am not sick, then what is going on?"
Ye Beihan opened his clothes again, and Du Xiuyuan finally saw his body clearly. He also finally understood why Doctor Tian had been so frightened and had shouted "monster!"
He has many scars, but that's normal. The only abnormal thing is that he has a man's face and a man's body, but he has female characteristics.
About the size of a fist, his first impression was that he was neither male nor female, like a transvestite, no wonder he wanted to kill to silence witnesses.
"Does Physician Du have a treatment method?"
Ye Beihan has killed countless doctors, and there is no one in the world who can cure his illness. I heard that there is a physician named Du in Nanning, whose medical books are the best in Nanning.
He kidnapped Du Xiuyuan to prevent the people of Nanning from knowing he had this illness, but whether this Imperial Physician Du can cure him is another matter.
In the end, they all have to die, and no one in this world can know his secret.
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