He Jingyan was seriously injured and remained unconscious ever since he opened his eyes that one time.
Pei Yunyi first took him out of the cellar, where Song Xizhi gave him some basic treatment, and then immediately took him back to the capital.
They specially summoned the renowned physician Rihua and Song Xizhi to treat him together.
After the two cleaned and disinfected He Jingyan's wounds and fed him medicine, Song Xizhi breathed a sigh of relief as his pulse gradually returned to normal.
The two rested in the courtyard for a while, and then Song Xizhi wanted to tell the Divine Physician Rihua everything he had seen in the secret room.
But before she could even speak, the renowned physician Rihua brought up the matter with her.
"Zhizhi, last night, I felt something was off. So I got the fake corpses of Song Xizhi and He Jingyan, and did some autopsies. Guess what I found?"
Song Xizhi couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, "That's right, how on earth did they create two identical people?"
It's unbelievable that something like this still exists in the world, not relying on a human skin mask!
She couldn't help but think of the mysterious secret room in the cellar: "Those people you dissected, were they... even human?"
The Divine Physician Rihua was surprised that Song Xizhi had guessed so accurately. She thought about what she had discovered and had no idea how to explain it.
Then she exclaimed "Oh dear!" and took Song Xizhi's hand again, leading him outside: "This is just too bizarre. You should come and see for yourself. Even storybooks don't portray things like this."
When Song Xizhi saw the two corpses dissected by the Japanese physician, he was completely horrified by the scene before him.
Their appearance was real; they weren't wearing human skin masks or using any kind of illusion. They were genuinely glued to their faces.
The Japanese-Chinese physician peeled off their faces, and Song Xizhi then saw their skeletons.
Unlike the stark white bones of ordinary people, their bones were dark in color.
Song Xizhi stiffened, then looked up in disbelief at the direction of the Japanese and Chinese divine physician: "Their bones... are made of black iron...?"
The renowned physician, Rihua, swallowed hard and nodded with great difficulty: "It's not black iron, but it's still a metallic substance. And look at their faces..."
Song Xizhi carefully observed the direction of the muscles on their faces and found that they were filled with a soft, transparent substance.
"Could it be that someone dug up their faces and filled them with a special substance to imitate He Jingyan and me?"
The Japanese-Chinese Divine Doctor nodded with great difficulty: "Although it sounds bizarre, it is indeed true."
Song Xizhi continued his examination and discovered that all their bones were made of black metal, but their hearts and other organs were no different from those of ordinary people, so they could also bleed and die.
What I was seeing was truly astonishing.
Song Xizhi only knew how to use silver needles. Although he had cut his thigh to heal himself quite a few times, this was the first time he had ever learned that human bones could be made of metal.
She couldn't help but sigh, "The Empress Dowager had already gone to such lengths, yet she was defeated so easily. No wonder she looked so distressed; she was probably furious."
The divine physician Rihua said, "I think this is something that even the Empress Dowager cannot fully master. This astonishing thing is somewhat similar to the strange and unusual moves your father used when he was young."
Song Xizhi, recalling everything he had discovered in the secret room, widened his eyes: "My father?"
The renowned physician, Dr. Rihua, nodded: "I once encountered a patient whose leg was broken. So your father cut open his abdomen and hammered a nail into his bone."
"All of the patient's family members were in an uproar, saying that he had committed murder. But who knew that the patient did not die, and after waking up and recuperating for a few months, he was lively and energetic again, and his leg was healed."
As the renowned physician Rihua spoke, his expression turned serious again: "Don't you think that hammering nails into bones is somewhat similar to the current situation?"
Upon hearing this, Song Xizhi took out something he had found in the cellar—a round, metal object with two slender pointers on it.
"What about this? I... Dad, have you ever mentioned anything like this? It makes a beeping sound and lures people into dreams, making me reveal all my secrets."
The Divine Physician Rihua carefully examined the little gadget in Song Xizhi's hand, his eyes filled with curiosity: "He's never shown this to me before."
"However, I heard him mention a method to induce a dream, which he called hypnosis. For a while, my master had difficulty falling asleep, and even medication didn't help. It was my senior brother who used a method to help him fall asleep."
Upon hearing this, Song Xizhi's expression grew even more solemn: "Master..."
"If everything in this cellar is related to my father, then this cellar was built by my father?"
Song Xizhi was unwilling to believe it, because Bai Lizi's escape with the Empress meant that he was on Emperor Guangqi's side.
If he made these things, wouldn't that mean he's on the Empress Dowager's side? Or even that he killed his own mother?
The renowned physician, Rihua, shook his head and snorted coldly: "I can't say for sure, but I'll say he's not a good person!"
"Look at these strange and unusual things, do you think any good person could create them?"
"But he used to save people when he was in the mountains, he wouldn't disregard human life like this. It's been more than ten years since I last saw him, who knows if he's become worse or worse."
Upon hearing this, Song Xizhi paused slightly, then solemnly raised his eyes and stared earnestly at the face of the Divine Physician Rihua: "Master, after you became the mountain lord, what was the meaning behind renaming the mountain Riyue Mountain?"
If she wasn't mistaken, her mother's name was Su Mingyue, and her master was known as the Divine Physician Rihua...
The Japanese-Chinese doctor paused, then put his hands on his hips and glared at Song Xizhi defiantly: "What meaning could this possibly have! You brat! How can you talk such nonsense with such a straight face!"
"I only said something bad about your father, and you look at me like that? Alright, alright... I also think these things weren't made by him, okay?"
"Your father said he came from a mysterious place, and before he disappeared, he said that he seemed to have found a fellow countryman, and he was very happy to say that he wanted to have a good discussion with that fellow countryman."
"Actually, I am also very curious about how one can use those inanimate objects to create a living person."
Song Xizhi herself was also very curious. She stood there looking at the corpses, with a section of black bone protruding from the crimson flesh.
She felt her blood surging through her body.
What exactly is hypnosis?
How do you insert a nail into a bone?
How can a pointer on a circular metal disc keep moving?
Song Xizhi slowly lowered his head, looking at the disc in his hand that was making a ticking sound. The pointer on it moved at a very regular speed, just like a sundial.
"Father, where are you?"
As the two were talking, they heard Pei Yunyi hurriedly enter the courtyard. Song Xizhi looked up at him and saw his tired eyes.
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