Chapter 132 The Real Antidote
Madam Min Qiao was taken aback, then her face darkened: "Don't you know how to counteract the poison you developed?"
The old doctor who cured Ajiu's poison said, "The problem with this poison is that you know how to cure it, but you simply can't afford to! Even if you could afford to, no one would be willing to do it!"
"I..." Mu Jin looked at Min Qiao with a complicated expression, unsure whether she should tell Min Qiao the truth.
Seeing Mu Jin's hesitant manner, Madam Min Qiao was speechless. She had previously boasted that her medical skills were second to none in the world. Could it be that she couldn't even cure the poison she had developed?
Thinking about this, Madam Min suddenly realized a very serious problem.
"Could all these dozens of children be poisoned and need an antidote?"
Min Qiao felt dizzy. She was already doing well to detoxify Ajiu alone, let alone dozens of children... She didn't have that much money!
Forget it, let's just send these kids back to where they came from!
Seemingly sensing Min Qiao's thoughts, Mu Jin no longer dared to hesitate and immediately said, "Madam, don't worry, the poison the children ingested is not fatal, and the antidote is very simple. Give me some time, and I can do the antidote."
"The antidote is simple? You can do it?" Madam Min looked at Mu Jin with suspicion. "Let me make this clear: I don't have the money to treat dozens more children!"
Mu Jin looked embarrassed and cautiously glanced at Min Qiao Shi, saying guiltily, "That poison is actually very easy to cure. The assassin organization asked me to develop a deadly poison to control the people in the organization."
"However, because poison is too uncontrollable, and most people who take it die quickly from the poisoning, it greatly reduces the lifespan of assassins."
"So, later Old Woodcutter had me change the poison to a slow-acting one. It wouldn't be fatal, but there was no antidote, yet it would cause excruciating pain. Most importantly, the poison formula was simple, and the antidote formula was easy to obtain. But even if someone knew how to cure it, no one could afford it. But for those assassins, it was still a way to survive."
As she spoke, Mu Jin smiled ingratiatingly, "San Ya is lucky to have met the Grand Madam. I suppose the Grand Madam has been using the usual detoxification methods to treat San Ya these past few months?"
Ah Jiu frowned and said coldly, "Don't call me San Ya anymore. I'm called Ah Jiu now."
Sanya was her name when she was sold, and she used it until she became a full-fledged assassin and had her own codename.
Of course, she only used the code name for a few days before abandoning it.
She prefers her current name.
Although the name Ajiu doesn't have any special meaning, and was even chosen quite casually. It was simply the name Weijia used to arrange the girls in order of their ages, which was based on the dozen or so girls' ages.
But she just likes it!
Because, in her short life after changing her name to Ajiu, she met the most wonderful person in her life and lived the wonderful life she had always dreamed of.
Mu Jin smiled awkwardly and changed her words, saying, "A-Jiu, A-Jiu, what a nice name. I'll remember it."
Madam Min Qiao steered the conversation back on track: "Tell me, what are some unconventional methods of detoxification?"
Mu Jin glanced at Min Qiao's expression and carefully uttered seven words: "Eat radish in winter and ginger in summer."
Madam Min frowned. "What do you mean?"
Mu Jin quickly and carefully explained, "For children who have ingested poison, simply eating radishes in winter and ginger in summer will completely neutralize the poison in their bodies. The duration of this strict diet varies slightly depending on the length of time the poison has been ingested. It can be as short as one year or as long as five years. In spring and autumn, they can be supplemented with nourishing medicinal meals that I have prepared."
Mu Jin's last words grew softer and softer as Min Qiao's face grew increasingly dark.
"So, there's no need for ginseng, deer antler, snow lotus, or anything like that to detoxify?" Madam Min Qiao asked through gritted teeth.
Mu Jin smiled ingratiatingly and nodded, then quickly added, "Actually, using these precious medicinal herbs to detoxify isn't harmful at all. Look how strong A-Jiu has become! Compared to those other children, it's like night and day..."
Under Min Qiaoshi's murderous gaze, Mu Jin finally couldn't continue speaking.
Ajiu stared at Mujin in disbelief. After a long while, she looked at Madam Min Qiao with embarrassment and said, "Madam, have I wasted a lot of your money? It's all Ajiu's fault. If I hadn't told you about the poisoning, you wouldn't have spent so much money on me."
Madam Min took a deep breath. "Forget it, this isn't your fault. Blame Doctor Mu for being too skilled, fooling everyone. And that quack doctor whose skills are far inferior to Doctor Mu's."
They spent a fortune to detoxify Ajiu, but halfway through, they told you it was all a waste of money. Ginseng, lingzhi, deer antler—it was all a waste of resources; radishes and ginger were much more effective!
This is so incredibly frustrating!
"Forget it, I don't really have anything to be angry about. Thinking about it, I should thank Doctor Mu for his kindness and compassion, for not poisoning Ajiu and the other children."
Min Qiao was a little upset, but quickly adjusted her mindset. "That's perfect. I was worried that I didn't have enough money to detoxify the children."
Hearing this, Mu Jin breathed a sigh of relief. When she took A Jiu's pulse, she found that A Jiu's poison had been almost completely neutralized. This was clearly a sign that a highly nourishing substance had been used to detoxify her.
Good heavens, how much silver must have been spent over the past few months?
Mu Jin felt a pang of pain just thinking about it. But along with the pain came a guilty conscience. The Dowager Lady of the Xuanping Marquis's mansion had truly become a sucker in order to detoxify Ajiu!
Although she felt embarrassed, Mu Jin finally believed that Madam Min Qiao was a good person, a truly kind person who could treat her and all the children well! Just like Old Woodcutter! No wonder Old Woodcutter sent them to Madam Qiao's side!
"Okay, now let's talk about what you and these children should do."
Min Qiao is now almost certain that these children and Mu Jin and her mother were deliberately sent to her boat by Qiao Jingyao.
But what does she need so many children for?
These children alone represent a huge problem! Not to mention that they are the reserve force trained by the assassin organization, and Qiao Jingyao has sent them all to her, will those people come after her?
Besides, with so many children suddenly appearing around her, how is she supposed to explain this to people?
Moreover, are there any children among these who have lost their humanity, become cruel and vicious?
How can she ensure that there are no spies planted among these children by others?
Also, what if someone suddenly attacks or hurts the children after they wake up?
Five- or six-year-old children are fine, but those twelve- or thirteen-year-olds have been in the assassin organization for at least a few years, so their skills shouldn't be too bad.
What if those children get out of control?
Thinking of this, Madam Min felt a bit irritated.
Moreover, she already had a host of troubles waiting for her in the capital. And then she brazenly brought dozens of children back to the capital…
Just thinking about it gave Min Qiaoshi a headache.
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