Chapter 1453: Date Failed
Because she wanted to go to see the peach blossoms with Bai Shan, the next day after Man Bao went to the palace to give the crown prince acupuncture, she asked the crown prince and the crown princess for a day off, saying, "I have to go on a long journey tomorrow. I will come to the palace the day after tomorrow."
The Crown Princess is now experiencing some pregnancy reactions, but fortunately, she is just sleepy, drowsy, and can't stand the smell of meat. It's not particularly serious.
During this period, Manbao went into the palace every day. The Crown Princess was kept clean and tidy. Her pregnancy became more and more stable. With Manbao taking care of her, both mother and child are now very healthy.
It doesn’t matter even if Manbao doesn’t go to the palace every other day.
The Crown Princess was not as nervous as before and nodded in agreement.
So early the next morning, Bai Shan changed into a new set of clothes, tied up his hair that he had washed yesterday evening, thought for a while, opened the box, took out a jade pendant and hung it around his waist. When everything was ready, he went next door to invite Manbao.
Manbao also changed his hairstyle, put on new clothes, and even changed the pearl flowers on his head.
Manbao opened the door and saw Bai Shan. He couldn't help but smile. The two of them looked at each other and laughed foolishly through the door.
Bai Erlang led Zhou Lixue and others who were also on leave to lean on the study window and look out, with a look of admiration on their faces.
Bai Shan heard the noise, turned around and saw them. He secretly warned Bai Erlang and reached out to hold Man Bao's hand. "Let's go. Daji has prepared the car. How about we go to the street to have breakfast?"
Manbao's eyes lit up and he nodded repeatedly.
Bai Shan invited her to eat dumplings. They were both growing and had good appetites. Seeing her looking at the meat patties at the stall opposite, he got up and bought a meat patty, broke it in half, and shared it with her.
Bai Shan also bought a bag of sugar-roasted chestnuts, planning to eat them when he went up the mountain.
The two of them were holding hands and about to get on the car to go to Xuandu Temple when more than a dozen riders came quickly from behind and surrounded them. Bai Shan and Manbao were both startled.
Bai Shan pulled Man Bao behind him, and Da Ji, who had just finished eating the meat pie, immediately stood in front of the two of them.
A man rode out, flashed a sign, and said, "Young Doctor Zhou, Lord Yin wishes to see you. Please come with us to Jingzhao Prefecture."
Manbao breathed a sigh of relief and whispered to Baishan, "Maybe there's a result in the car rollover case."
Bai Shan held her hand tightly and said, "I'll go with you."
The three of them were escorted by a group of soldiers to Jingzhao Prefecture. Many people saw them along the way. In addition, they had just surrounded them on horseback, so anyone who wanted to know probably knew everything by now.
Manbao and Baishan exchanged glances. Just as she was wondering why Yin Li had come to invite her with such fanfare, she heard Keke say, "I scanned and detected radioactive material. It's nine hundred and fifty-eight meters ahead..."
Manbao: ...
She immediately turned around and whispered this to Bai Shan's ear, then asked, "Are we bait?"
"No," Bai Shan was very depressed. He thought, couldn't they choose another day? He said, "It should be the grass that alerts the snake. Now it depends on whether the snake will be alerted."
When they arrived at Jingzhao Prefecture, Yin Li was not there, or maybe he was there but just didn't come out to see them.
The one who met them was Lord Tang.
Lord Tang looked at them with a smile, not at all surprised that the two of them came together. Seeing their beautiful clothes and the shoes on their feet, he couldn't help but smile, "Why, did you agree to go out and play today?"
He said, "Are you going to Xuandu Temple to see the peach blossoms?"
Bai Shan pulled Man Bao forward and asked, "Xuexiong Tang, why did you go to so much trouble to invite us here?"
"I didn't invite you, I invited Manbao. But since you're here, I can't send you away," Lord Tang said with a smile. "Come here. I don't think you'll be able to go out and play for the next day or two."
Bai Shan knew it.
Lord Tang led them to a room in the side yard, but did not let them in. Instead, he asked them to look inside through the window.
Bai Shan and Man Bao curiously looked in and saw two people sitting inside trembling with fear, and another lying on the bed.
Their descriptions were not good. Those who were sitting looked haggard, with sunken eye sockets and thinning hair, while those who were lying down even had weak breathing.
Manbao is a doctor and has always had good hearing. The window is not far from where the person is lying. She can hear the breathing of the two people, but can hardly hear the one lying on the bed.
She couldn't help but turn her head to look at Lord Tang.
Lord Tang said nothing and motioned for them to continue watching.
The two people in the room had already noticed them. They just looked up and then knelt on the ground, trembling.
Bai Shan frowned.
Koko said in Manbao's mind, "There is radioactive material on the table."
Manbao immediately looked at the table and saw a box on it, but the box was covered and she couldn't see what was inside.
When Lord Tang saw that Manbao had noticed the three people inside, he took her to the yard, a little away from the house.
He said, "That gem was taken from their home. Do the symptoms they suffer from look like poisoning?"
Manbao asked Koko in his mind, "Are they poisoned?"
"If you call radioactive contamination poisoning, then yes."
Manbao nodded to Master Tang and said affirmatively, "Yes."
Lord Tang sighed, "The situation is very bad. According to those who went to investigate, everyone in their village has been affected. Among the children born in the past two years, one had an extra hand, another had strange facial features, and neither lived past ten days. There was also a baby girl who was drowned at birth because her right foot was a tumor and had no fingers at all."
Manbao opened his mouth in surprise.
Bai Shan was also terrified, "Is it so serious?"
Lord Tang nodded gravely, "They didn't know the reason and thought it was a punishment from heaven. Many people moved out of the village, but many more couldn't, so they resorted to human sacrifice."
Manbao and Baishan both held their breath and felt a little uncomfortable.
Lord Tang was also feeling uneasy. After a pause, he said, "That stone... is so poisonous? It could actually affect the entire village?"
Manbao nodded. Based on the information she had read, the situation would only get worse. She said, "Even if it's buried underground, it will contaminate the land and slowly spread. The falling rain will seep through it and carry away the poison."
"The poison will flow along with the water and soil, and the vegetables and grains grown there may be contaminated," Manbao said. "If it is exposed and often played with and viewed by people, the toxicity will be even stronger."
She paused and said, "This thing doesn't belong in our world."
Lord Tang nodded, "Yes, I asked, this is the stone that fell from the sky."
Lord Tang led them back to his office, took a stack of documents from his desk, and explained, "In the ninth year of the Dazhen reign, a celestial rock fell from the Gaochang Kingdom. It was taken over by a nobleman from Gaochang. He sent slaves to retrieve a gem from the sinkhole, then assigned a craftsman to carve it day and night. Finally, he carved out a rooster-shaped gem."
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(End of this chapter)
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