Chapter 1162 The Cellmate Next Door
Koko scanned it and said, "You picked out all the poisonous aconite, but you also picked out two extra pieces that were well-processed."
When Manbao heard this, he immediately found the two small pieces under his guidance and put them back into the medicine bag.
Xiang Chao looked worried and hesitated to take the medicine she prepared. "Did you really pick the right ones? These two medicines look exactly the same. I can't tell the difference."
Man Bao said: "It's correct to say they are the same. They are both Chuanwu, but the one here is well-prepared. I don't know how the one here is prepared."
Manbao broke the herbs apart and showed them the cross-section. "It looks like it's been processed on the outside, and the inside doesn't look much different. But if you smell it carefully and touch it, you can tell it's still raw, or half-cooked."
Bai Shan didn't reach out to take it, but first confirmed, "Is it poisonous if I touch it with my hands and smell it with my nose?"
Xiang Chao, who was already touching and smelling the aconite, suddenly trembled and the aconite fell from his hand.
Manbao picked it up and put it in his hand, comforting him: "It's okay, don't be afraid, as long as you don't lick it or eat your fingers, you will be fine."
She explained to Bai Shan, "Aconitum is poisonous, especially raw Aconitum, which is extremely toxic. Some Aconitum of good quality can kill people with just three cents, while lower quality Aconitum can kill people with only one cent."
Manbao weighed out a small piece of aconite to show them. Just that little bit was equivalent to one penny, and it was completely inconspicuous among a large pile of Chinese medicines.
Xiang Chao's hands began to tremble again. He swallowed, raised the two pieces of Aconitum he had broken in half, and asked, "Then, why do you use such medicine?"
Manbao took it and threw it into the poisonous pile, saying, "It's poisonous, but it can also cure diseases. Both of you have injuries on your joints, especially Xiang Mingxue. You were often splashed with cold water when you were tortured, right? Your tendons are torn. From now on, every time it rains or blows, it will definitely be very uncomfortable. Aconitum can cure rheumatism and joint pain, so I have added it to your prescription."
"But don't worry, I only prescribed processed aconite," Manbao emphasized. "It's slightly toxic. I also added dried ginger and licorice, so it's basically non-toxic. But how can medicine be non-toxic?"
Bai Shan also comforted them, "All medicines are poisonous. You will get used to it after taking it more."
Xiang Mingxue went to check on the other herbs. "Doctor Zhou, would you like to check on the other herbs?"
Manbao said, "Okay, I'll check it right away."
But after checking, she didn't find any poisonous herbs, so she asked Koko to help her scan it again.
After all, not many of the herbs she prescribed were inherently toxic.
Manbao weighed the medicine and began to boil it. Soon, the two medicine pots were put together and the aroma of medicine was gurgling out.
The prisoners who were separated from them by a wall finally couldn't help it and started knocking on the wall. Bai Shan and the others were extremely surprised.
After so many days in jail, this is the first time I’ve heard the noises of other inmates.
Before anyone else made a move, Bai Shanxian excitedly climbed onto the kang and knocked on the wall in response. The person opposite him obviously didn't expect them to respond so actively, so he leaned against the wall and shouted, "What do you do across the street? Why does it smell like medicine or various fragrant things every day? Did you drink chicken soup for lunch again today?"
Bai Shan was curious, "You can smell it through the wall?"
"It's such a strong smell, and our noses are not blocked, so how can we not smell it?" The person on the other side shouted, "Look up, kid, don't you smell the smell of feces and urine coming from our side?"
The four of them looked up at the top of the wall together, and they found that there seemed to be a hole under the roof, but there was also a dark prison opposite, so they couldn't see that it was a hole.
"Every day we smell the odor coming from across the street. You're officials, or your family is rich enough to rival a country, but how come you're in the prison and still have medicine every day?"
For the people in the prison, having good food to eat was not a rare thing. If they had money, they could just buy it. Although it was several times more expensive than outside, once they were in the prison, they were basically dead. Money was something you couldn't bring with you when you were born, and you couldn't take it with you when you died. Naturally, it was best to use it while you were still alive.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t have money, as long as you have power.
There are quite a few rich and powerful people in the prison.
It might be very rare to take medicine in the Heavenly Prison. Even if people outside dare to send it, the guards in the Heavenly Prison dare not pass it on. The people sitting in the prison dare not drink it easily. Who knows when they will die?
So they were very curious when they smelled the medicine every day. Of course, they were not greedy for it. What they were greedy for was the aroma of food coming from the air vent every day.
"Hey, my neighbor, what crime have you committed to land you in jail? We're all in the same prison, after all. It's fate. Can you ask the officers outside to do us a favor and pass us two buns to try?"
Bai Shan said: "No more."
"You're kidding me! I can smell it! You had buns for breakfast and last night too!"
Bai Shan: "We've finished eating. We're going to have noodles for lunch today. Noodles in soup with vegetables and eggs."
"I'll go, give me a bowl, quickly."
It was impossible to send it, but Bai Shan was bored, so he wanted to chat with him, "What do you do?"
"Me? I'm innocent, brother. I'm a good person. Give me something to eat..."
Xiang Mingxue rolled his eyes and said to Bai Shan, "What's there to talk about with someone like that?"
Separated by a wall, Xiang Mingxue didn't deliberately lower his voice, but he didn't raise it either. Normally, the person on the other side wouldn't be able to hear him clearly. But as soon as he finished speaking, the person on the other side said rudely, "Hey, kid, that's not nice to hear. We're both in prison, so who's looking down on who?"
He paused for a long time before saying, "I remember now. You're the last one sent here, right? Judging by the sound of your voice, hey, you're not dead. Didn't the adults say you wouldn't live for more than a few days that night? So, did that little girl in your cell really bring you back to life?"
Bai Shan's face changed, and he knelt on the ground in an instant, leaning against the wall and asked, "How do you know so much?"
"What a joke! I heard everything through a wall!" He boasted, "I heard everything you did over there, who came, and what was said. I heard it all!"
The four of them looked at each other, all somewhat surprised and confused.
Bai Shan rolled his eyes and asked, "Then let me ask you, do you know what I said to that little girl an hour ago?"
The other side fell silent for a long time.
Bai Shan and Man Bao exchanged a glance and were about to breathe a sigh of relief when they heard the person on the other side say, "You said that kid brought in another letter..."
Bai Shan's mouth opened wide.
See you at 8pm
(End of this chapter)
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