Shen Jiaojiao was utterly speechless and couldn't help but swear: "Are you crazy? How can you suck anything out of such a small opening!"
Thinking that she would also worry if something happened to Chu Tianling, she sighed. It wasn't entirely her fault: "Don't worry, I've already spoken to His Highness. He has written a letter and sent a professional imperial physician over. Lord Zhang will be fine."
However, Zhao Ruyue couldn't listen to any of it. The only sentence she heard was: "The opening is so small."
My mind exploded with excitement! Yes!
The opening is too small to suck anything out; it would be fine if the opening were larger.
"A knife...give me a knife!" Zhao Ruyue shouted excitedly to Shen Jiaojiao.
Shen Jiaojiao looked puzzled: "Huh? What are you going to do? Lord Zhang isn't dead, don't do anything foolish!"
She was genuinely scared.
This person can even think of doing drugs, so it's not impossible that he'd have the foolish idea of self-harm to share his pain.
Thinking of this, she strongly refused: "I didn't, Yue'er, don't worry. Why don't you go back and rest first, and I'll bring you to see me tomorrow."
Upon hearing that she was to be taken away, Zhao Ruyue became even more anxious.
What to do? There's no knife!
Suddenly her eyes lit up; having no knife, she used her mouth to bite it.
Brother Zhang will understand me, right?
Just bear with it, I'm doing this for your own good.
Thinking of this, Zhao Ruyue grabbed Zhang Jie's hand, revealed her small white teeth, and bit down hard.
"What the hell! What did you do! Let go of me!" Shen Jiaojiao screamed in fright.
Zhao Ruyue ignored her completely, bit down hard, and soon sweet and metallic blood flowed from her mouth.
She took a deep breath and then spat the blood onto the floor.
The blood was dark red, which immediately suggested something was wrong.
"Stop inhaling! He's been poisoned!"
Zhao Ruyue ignored her and continued to take one sip and exhale repeatedly.
Seeing that she wouldn't listen, Shen Jiaojiao was at a loss and could only stand by helplessly.
Dreams are beautiful, but reality is cruel.
Finally, after Zhao Ruyue's series of actions, Zhang Jie still kept his eyes tightly closed. Zhao Ruyue was successfully poisoned, and she collapsed onto Zhang Jie with a mysterious smile.
Only a pool of blood remained beside the bed.
Shen Jiaojiao couldn't help but swear: "Damn it! You're sick!"
Since things had already come to this, she had no choice but to carry Zhao Ruyue to Zhang Jie's bed so that the two of them could lie down together.
If they're so deeply in love, they should also want to lie down together, right?
The blood was still on the ground, so Shen Jiaojiao quickly went out and got some soil to cover it. She was worried that the blood might contain poison that could evaporate.
After finishing all that, I went next door and told Bai Lan that Ru Yue and Lord Zhang were staying in the same room and wouldn't be coming back, so she could rest alone.
Bai Lan was quite open-minded; the two of them were of one mind, so she decided to let it be.
He smiled and said he understood.
Shen Jiaojiao went to see Chu Tianling again, as the Liu family should have other strongholds in Hangzhou.
Chu Tianling summoned Ning Caichen and ordered him to lead a search around Hangzhou, especially in the surrounding mountains, to see if there were any poisonous pits like those outside the imperial city.
Ning Caichen is now Zhou Tianqi's second-in-command. He's going after the Liu family head, leaving himself behind.
This is the first time he has someone under his command, and he is very happy, saying that he will definitely complete the mission well.
Everything is arranged now, and we are just waiting for Imperial Physician Zhang from the capital to arrive.
When Physician Zhang arrived, more than ten days had passed, and he rushed over in a great hurry.
By the time they arrived, the city lord's mansion was already surrounded.
Zhang Jie was already poisoned, and then Zhao Ruyue also became poisoned after taking drugs.
The two men remain unconscious in bed, surviving on ginseng soup served in cans every day.
Although Shen Jiaojiao and Bai Lan and others were also infected with the virus, their condition was not as severe as theirs.
Before Physician Zhang could even catch his breath at the door, he was pulled inside: "Physician Zhang, come in quickly!"
Having some experience in the cave, Physician Zhang confirmed after examining Shen Jiaojiao and the others: "This virus is indeed the same as the one before."
"That's the problem. We used up all the medicine last time, and we really don't have any left."
Chu Tianling's eyes reddened: "Isn't there any other way? Tell me what else is missing, and I'll go find it!"
Having no other option, Imperial Physician Zhang prepared a low-grade antidote.
This time, fewer people were infected than last time. Those with mild poisoning were fine except for pale lips.
The difficult part was for Zhang Jie and Zhao Ruyue, one of whom was directly injected with the virus, and the other who was sucking it through her mouth, directly coming into contact with the virus.
The two were still unconscious after the low-end version of the can was administered.
We still need to study this antidote more. We haven't caught the Liu family head yet, and I have a feeling he has a backup plan.
Fortunately, Ning Caichen was also helpful and successfully found a stronghold of the Liu family outside the city.
Upon receiving the news, Chu Tianling set off with the imperial physician.
Bai Lan went along too, and she also got infected. She took a low-grade antidote and now her lips are turning white.
After leaving the city, they walked along the river for a while. Bai Lan looked at the somewhat familiar river and felt a little excited.
Isn't this the place I've been to before?
"Stop the car!" Bai Lan shouted.
The carriage stopped, and Bai Lan ran off. She walked to the riverbank and, remembering that this was where her sister was found buried, tears welled up in her eyes.
Shen Jiaojiao came downstairs and asked, "Bai Lan, what's wrong?"
Bai Lan, barely suppressing her grief, said, "This is the place where my sister found the remains."
Shen Jiaojiao hugged her and patted her back.
Ning Caichen came over and looked at the river, then pointed to a high mountain in the distance and said, "Do you see that mountain? Once you cross that mountain, you'll find a stronghold of the Liu family."
Bai Lan had a guess in her heart: that place might be the place where she and her sister escaped from.
Wiping away her tears, she remained silent and climbed the mountain with the rest of the group.
Ning Caichen brought five thousand men with him this time.
A large group of people climbed over the mountain, and from the top, they could see the courtyard below.
I didn't feel anything when I was in the courtyard before; I just felt that the rooms were one after another, and I didn't know how big they were.
Now that I'm standing on high ground, and it's daytime, I can clearly see that the houses below are all lined up together.
Bai Lan looked at the familiar place and confirmed it. She pointed to the houses in the distance and said, "The closest small houses over there, which look densely packed, are the place I mentioned before where each house holds a woman."
"Further ahead, those houses are where women who have given birth are kept, specifically to produce milk!"
"Over there, those are pregnant women locked up!"
"Further ahead, the women locked up over there are women who have been cleaned up and are not pregnant yet."
"There should be another room at the very front, where the arrested women are being held."
With Bai Lan's guidance, Shen Jiaojiao and her group could clearly see from the mountaintop that this courtyard, which resembled a small town, was anything but ordinary; it was more like a super factory.
It contains evidence of evil.
"Woof woof woof!"
A dog barked.
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