Chapter 43 Why are you selling sugar-roasted chestnuts here?
"Even if I tell you, you can't help me. There's no need to bother someone else." Chen Qinian said somewhat disappointedly.
In fact, Gu Xiaoxi had guessed something without Chen Qinian saying anything. However, there were quite a lot of people around, so she didn't know what to say.
However, she wanted to repay a favor, so she handed the place over to her third brother and called the person aside.
"Mr. Lu told me that your second brother is sick. My medical skills are pretty good, so you can take me to see him." She said frankly.
"You, you also know medical skills? Then, why are you selling sugar-roasted chestnuts here?" Chen Qinian looked at the young lady in confusion.
"It's hard to disobey my master's orders. It's not time for me to make my debut yet." Gu Xiaoxi made up an excuse.
Chen Qinian thought about the young lady's skills that day and felt that this was possible.
Don’t be fooled by the young age of this young lady, she seems to be hiding a lot of secrets.
"Chen Er, buy all the remaining chestnuts." He chose to believe the young lady.
"No need. They will probably be sold out soon. I'll go tell my two brothers and then I'll go with you." After saying that, Gu Xiaoxi turned and went to his third brother.
"Third brother, I owed Mr. Chen a favor that day. His second brother is sick, so I'll go with him to take a look. After we sell all the goods, you can go back with the eldest brother. Remember to keep the money with you on the way." She whispered to the third brother.
Gu Nanming looked at his sister, then at Mr. Chen, and after thinking for a moment, he nodded and said, "Be careful."
There were some things he didn't say, because he knew his sister could guess them.
Um!
Gu Xiaoxi nodded.
She asked Brother Tan and others to help keep an eye on things, and then she left with Chen Qinian.
Chen Qinian and his servant drove over in a carriage, and the three of them got on the carriage and drove away.
The vendors nearby were all a little puzzled when they saw the newcomer getting on Mr. Chen's carriage.
I was thinking about how to drive these brothers and sisters away before, but now, not only can I not drive them away, I can’t offend them either.
Everyone who does business here knows that the third young master of the Chen family is a well-known playboy in the city. Although this Mr. Chen came from outside, he has a good relationship with the county magistrate.
Anyone who had provoked him in the past would either have their stall overturned or be dragged into an alley and beaten up. Only someone who didn't care about their life would dare to provoke such a person.
The carriage left this street, passed two busy streets and arrived at the gate of a large courtyard.
Gu Xiaoxi took a look and said, "Go in through the back door."
Chen Qinian obeyed and asked Chen Er to go around to the back door to stop the carriage.
The carriage stopped and Chen Er got out and knocked on the back door.
The doorman opened the door and was a little surprised to see the third young master's carriage parked at the back door.
After coming to his senses, he opened the gate of the yard and asked Chen Er to drive the carriage in.
After the carriage entered, Gu Xiaoxi and Chen Qinian got off.
"Sister Xiaoxi, I guess the doctor my father hired is still in there. Please wait for a moment." Chen Qinian was worried that his second uncle didn't believe that the little sister was capable, so he spoke rudely.
"No need. Just find me a set of servant's clothes and I'll go in with you to take a look." Gu Xiaoxi guessed what Chen Qinian was thinking.
"Then I'm sorry to trouble Sister Xiaoxi." After saying this, Chen Qinian looked at Chen Er.
Chen Er went into the house with understanding, and soon Gu Xiaoxi came out with a different appearance.
Chen Qinian took Gu Xiaoxi out of the yard and walked around two yards before arriving at the patient's residence.
There were more than a dozen doctors waiting in the yard, which was a bit exaggerated.
Chen Qinian glanced at the doctors and took Gu Xiaoxi directly into the house.
An unpleasant stench filled the room, but Chen Qinian was used to it and didn't think anything of it.
Gu Xiaoxi frowned slightly, the smell was obviously wrong.
This foul smell contains the smell of insects. The wound is infested with insects, or someone has put a curse on it.
It is easy to deal with worms, but it is a bit troublesome to deal with poison.
In the room, an uncle-like man looked at the patient on the bed and asked worriedly, "Doctor, what's wrong with my child? Why hasn't he woken up?"
"This, this..." The doctor hesitated and looked at it for a long time but couldn't figure out what it was.
"Get out!" the man shouted, waving his hands in annoyance.
I've seen ten doctors in total, and none of them can figure out what's wrong with me?
"Uncle, don't be so excited. There will definitely be a way." Chen Qinian comforted his uncle.
"How can I not be excited? It's been three days and he hasn't woken up yet, and no cause of the illness can be found. What should I do? If something happens, how can I explain to your father?" Mr. Chen was so anxious that he jumped for his feet.
Gu Xiaoxi winked at Chen Qinian, who understood and stepped forward to persuade him, "Uncle, why don't you go see the doctors outside and ask them what medical skills they are good at, then let them in. I'll stay here to accompany my second brother."
Why……
Mr. Chen looked at his second nephew uncomfortably, nodded tiredly, and walked out.
Chen Qinian glanced at Chen Er, and Chen Er understood and followed him to close the door.
Gu Xiaoxi took the opportunity to take the patient's pulse, check the wound, and test for poison with a silver needle.
She didn't stop at all until she heard footsteps, then she stood behind Chen Qinian.
Mr. Chen came in with another doctor, and Chen Qinian found an excuse to take Gu Xiaoxi out of the house.
Coming to an empty room next door and closing the door, Chen Qinian asked anxiously, "What did Sister Xiaoxi see?"
"Your second brother's pulse is very steady, but it is the kind of weak steady that cannot detect poison with a silver needle. However, his skin is obviously rotten and there is a smell of insects inside. I suspect that he has been poisoned." Gu Xiaoxi expressed his judgment.
"Poison!" Chen Qinian looked at Gu Xiaoxi with admiration. He didn't expect that the young lady knew all this.
"Chen Er, please light a candle for me." Gu Xiaoxi looked at Chen Er.
"Please wait a moment, young lady." Chen Er said and turned to leave.
After a while, Chen Er brought in a lit candle.
Gu Xiaoxi placed the silver needle that had just been tested for poison over the candlelight and burned it. The tip of the silver needle turned black-blue, and then she smelled the scent of the silver needle.
The smell was pungent and nauseating. Obviously, her guess was correct. Chen Qinian's second brother had been poisoned by someone.
"What is this?" Chen Qinian asked in confusion.
"This is an invisible poison that cannot be detected by ordinary silver needles. This is our sect's unique method of poison detection. Tell your second uncle to find someone who knows how to remove the poison." Gu Xiaoxi gave Chen Qinian a suggestion.
"Okay!" After hearing this, Chen Qinian turned around and ran out.
Gu Xiaoxi sat down and pondered the poison carefully, while Chen Er poured her a cup of tea.
However, before Chen Qinian entered the house, he heard his second uncle's roar coming from inside.
"Quacks, what a bunch of quacks, get out!"
The doctor retreated from the room with a depressed look on his face, thinking that it was no wonder that the Chen family paid such a high consultation fee. This was not a disease that ordinary people could cure. The patient probably wouldn't survive more than three days.
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