Chapter 9: Finally Detoxified
"Just trust me."
Doctor Li breathed a sigh of relief, glad that Meng Mingshu believed him.
But then he sighed again:
"I know the antidote, but I'm missing one of the ingredients."
"What medicine?"
"It's the Qi-boosting grass that grows next to the heart-breaking grass in the north. This medicine is not rare in the north, but it's probably hard to find in Chongzhou."
Meng Mingshu cast her eyes towards the doctors in the clinic:
"Doctors, do you have this medicine in your clinic? I'm willing to spend a lot of money to buy it!"
The doctors shook their heads one after another.
Not only do they not have this medicine, they have never even heard of it.
Doctor Li stroked his beard and sighed. This was also expected.
"Sui County is located in the south, 18,000 miles away from the north. It is not surprising that they have never seen this medicine."
Meng Mingshu touched her daughter, who had a fever again. Her face turned pale and she collapsed to the ground.
"Doctor Li, is there really no hope?"
Doctor Li sighed, "If there is no hope, I will tell you the truth when we get to Anfeng Village."
"I know who has it."
Meng Mingshu's eyes suddenly lit up: "Who?"
Doctor Li sighed:
"He's my senior brother. Decades ago, when the North was at war, he brought me from the North to Sui County. But later, we had different ideologies, and we became enemies."
Meng Mingshu asked:
"Who is your senior brother? I am willing to pay any price to get the medicine."
Doctor Li shook his head. "His sins of murder were so severe that he has become a monk. He now cultivates in Qingyun Temple, and his Buddhist name is Mingde."
"My senior brother has a strange personality and loves to test people. If you ask for medicine, you will have to suffer."
"Qingyun Temple has three thousand steps. You must kowtow at each step. This is the threshold to see him."
Doctor Li sighed:
"After meeting him, he would make a request, whether it was money, a promise, or just a bowl of porridge, it depends on the person."
The doctors around nodded:
"It is true. Abbot Mingde's medical skills are superb. People in Sui County have long heard of them. The method for obtaining medicine is exactly the same as what Doctor Li said."
Meng Mingshu felt relieved when she heard this.
She looked at her unconscious daughter on the bed reluctantly, then got on the horse:
"Doctor Li, I'll leave the child in your care."
Qingyun Temple is located in Sui County, and the three thousand steps are not out of reach.
Whatever this person wants, she will do her best to get it.
After Meng Mingshu jumped onto the horse at an extremely fast speed, Xu Shaozhang hesitated for a moment, but still followed Meng Mingshu with his guards.
If getting the medicine doesn't go smoothly, then we can only use coercion.
In short, he couldn't just watch Mingyue's relatives die in front of him.
It was evening when Meng Mingshu arrived.
Meng Mingshu knelt on the three thousand steps for a whole night, her head was bleeding, and her face was covered with blood flowing down her forehead.
As morning approached, even Xu Shaozhang, who had always been prejudiced against Meng Mingshu, could not bear it anymore.
"Can you still hold on?"
"I've also brought a doctor here. Can you ask him to bandage you first? Or give you something to eat?"
Meng Mingshu's forehead was covered in blood and her face was as pale as paper.
She was already thin, and when she knelt down that night, her whole body was shaky, as if she was about to be blown away by the wind.
Meng Mingshu shook her head firmly.
She couldn't waste time.
Now she was holding on with just one breath. If she relaxed even a little, Meng Mingshu was afraid that she would no longer have the strength to get up, let alone kneel down.
Then her daughter would be finished.
Xu Shaozhang saw that she had made up her mind and stopped trying to persuade her.
All he could see was that Meng Mingshu's steps were becoming heavier and heavier, as if all her strength had been drained away.
"We'll be there soon."
Meng Mingshu gritted her teeth and persisted.
Finally, at dawn, she climbed to the top of the mountain and met the legendary Master Mingde.
The master only glanced at her and then asked.
"Who are you asking for medicine for?"
"Master, for my daughter."
"What medicine do you want?"
"Replenish... replenish qi grass." Meng Mingshu's voice was weak.
"Qi-boosting grass?"
Master Mingde frowned: "Did my junior fellow apprentice ask you to come here?"
In Chongzhou, it is probably only his junior brother who knows about this herb.
Although Meng Mingshu knew that Master Mingde had a grudge with Doctor Li, she did not dare to lie at this moment.
There was no other reason. When Master Mingde glanced at her, his eyes seemed to be able to see through people's hearts.
Meng Mingshu even realized that if she had not actually knelt down on the three thousand steps, Master Mingde would have been able to see through it at a glance.
She might not even have the chance to ask for medicine.
"yes."
She nodded in agreement.
Master Mingde was silent for a moment, and Meng Mingshu was worried.
Master Mingde looked at the wound on her head again.
Finally he nodded.
"I can give it to you, but I want you to test the medicine for me."
"This is Hedinghong. You take the poison first, then drink my latest antidote. I'll see if it works."
Meng Mingshu was about to agree when Xu Shaozhang stopped her:
"No, the red thorn is extremely poisonous. This is not a joke."
"If something happens to you, how can I explain it to your second sister?"
After Xu Shaozhang finished speaking, he looked at Master Mingde again:
"Master, can you try the medicine on someone else?"
Mingde smiled maliciously: "No."
"If you didn't know my junior brother, I wouldn't have made such a request. I can only blame you for knowing him."
In fact, Mingde has been in a bad mood these days. No matter who comes to ask for medicine or asks him for treatment, he refuses them all.
"If you don't agree, you won't be able to get this herb no matter what."
This is not the first time Mingde has done this.
However, since he had saved the county magistrate, no one dared to spread the news that he had tested drugs on living people.
Doctor Li didn't know that his senior brother had become even crazier than before.
"I agree."
Meng Mingshu gritted her teeth and spoke.
She knew that Tuan'er couldn't delay any longer.
She had to get the herbs.
Meng Mingshu turned around and looked at Xu Shaozhang:
"This is the letter I wrote to Tuan'er's father. If I die here, my second brother-in-law, please help me give the letter to my second sister. After she reads it, she will understand everything."
The second sister is a smart person and will help her send Tuan'er to Xiao Yan.
Xu Shaozhang knew that he couldn't stop Mingde, and at a certain moment he thought of directly coercing him.
But as soon as he made a move, he found that he couldn't move.
Xu Shaozhang instantly understood that Mingde was as skilled in using poison as Doctor Li.
"Young man, don't have any thoughts that shouldn't be there. I'm not someone that anyone can handle."
Xu Shaozhang warned coldly: "She is the prefect's daughter. If she dies here, you know the severity of the situation."
Mingde smiled.
"In my place, the magistrate's daughter is no different from a beggar on the street. Whether she survives depends entirely on her fate."
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Half an hour later, Meng Mingshu spat out large mouthfuls of blood, but she was not dead after all.
While Mingde was taking her pulse, he excitedly picked up a brush and kept writing something down.
"Not bad, not bad, the antidote this time is good."
Mingde's eyes were filled with paranoia and madness:
"Finally, I can remove 80% of the poison, hahaha! I'm finally almost there!"
After hearing this, Xu Shaozhang's face changed:
"What about the remaining 20%?"
Mingde threw the Qi-boosting grass to them:
"Take your herbs and get out of here. A 20% poison isn't going to kill you. Besides, what does it have to do with me? Doesn't my junior brother boast of his superb medical skills? Ask him to save people! Hahaha."
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