poisoning
"The old lady's condition isn't a relapse of some old illness; she's been poisoned."
After Dr. Wen, invited by Tan Mozhu, took Fan Wenlan's pulse, he simply said that he began to detoxify him.
"What?"
"Poisoned?"
"How is that possible?"
He calmly and confidently worked on detoxifying himself, leaving behind a "thunderbolt" that shocked everyone and made them burst into disbelief.
Zhao Mingyan and Xiaozhu, who returned after hearing the news, looked at each other in astonishment.
The uncle and nephew of the Tan family looked at each other with complicated expressions.
At this moment, their hearts, which had been going in opposite directions for a long time, suddenly turned around and aligned.
After the uproar, Fan Wenlan had already taken the antidote pill and began to vomit unconsciously.
Nanny Fang quickly came to the bedside with a spittoon. The uncle and nephew of the Tan family supported the dazed Fan Wenlan on both sides and helped her to straighten her back to prevent her from choking on her own vomit.
"vomit……"
In just a moment, Fan Wenlan was vomiting non-stop and his body was twitching violently.
Gradually, her consciousness recovered a little, and Zhao Mingyan found that her eyes were no longer distracted, and she must have passed the critical period.
How could he be poisoned? Did he accidentally ingest something, or... If he was poisoned, who did it? Could it be her...
The thought was terrifying. Zhao Mingyan didn't dare to think about it anymore. She decisively stopped the doubts that were about to burst out in her heart.
"Doctor Wen, did my grandmother get the poison through oral administration?"
But Tan Linshuang thought of another problem.
Since vomiting is commonly used, it means oral poisoning.
Hearing this, Tan Mozhu also looked at Doctor Wen, and at the same time carefully recalled what Fan Wenlan had eaten today.
"Master Tan guessed correctly. It was oral poisoning. Although the onset was fast, the poisoning was not severe, so vomiting was necessary to expel a large amount of toxins. Next, you just need to keep taking antidotes, and then use acupuncture to slowly expel the remaining toxins in the body before you can recover." Doctor Wen nodded.
"But..."
He changed the subject and said frankly: "The old lady is old, and I'm afraid that such tossing and turning will damage her foundation."
"Grandma is a lucky person and will be fine." Zhao Mingyan responded in time.
"right!"
Tan Mozhu nodded immediately, gave Zhao Mingyan a grateful look, then knelt on the ground, tightly grasped Fan Wenlan's hand, and looked up to ask Doctor Wen: "What kind of poison did my mother take?"
Doctor Wen shook his head regretfully. "The old lady's poisoning reaction is very similar to many poisons. If you can find out what she has eaten, I can try to identify it."
"Madam Fang!" Tan Mozhu shouted immediately.
Nanny Fang understood what she meant, responded, and led her people towards the east kitchen.
"You guys go out first, my mother needs some peace and quiet."
Afterwards, Tan Mozhu called away everyone except Doctor Wen, leaving only Ah Zhu to serve him.
Xiaozhu looked meaningfully at Azhu who was standing beside Tan Mozhu with her head down, then followed Zhao Mingyan and the others out.
"Grandma will be fine, don't worry."
After the crowd dispersed, Zhao Mingyan reached out and held Tan Linshuang's arm, comforting her softly.
Tan Linshuang's body stiffened, goosebumps covering her arm. She was a little unable to adapt to her intimate behavior at the moment.
Suddenly, he realized that this was the first time the two of them had been so intimate under the bed.
Looking at Zhao Mingyan again, she seemed unaware of anything unusual, and only showed a look of concern on her face.
After getting used to the wrist being held in his arm, Tan Linshuang suddenly felt her heartbeat inexplicably quicken.
"Husband?"
Zhao Mingyan waited for his response for a long time, then turned around, only to see him with his head down and not speaking, so she gently shook his arm.
"Um?"
Tan Linshuang was stunned for a moment before reacting. She looked up and met her gaze. "Grandma's reaction just now shows that her problem isn't serious."
"I'm more worried about whether this was an accident or someone did it deliberately."
"If it's the latter, is the other party targeting Grandma alone, or our entire Tan family?"
As he spoke, his eyes gradually became sharper.
In just a short time, he came up with all kinds of possibilities.
Of course, he only lost his mind for a moment when Zhao Mingyan held his arm.
After hearing his words, Zhao Mingyan was suddenly stunned.
She obviously didn't think as much as Tan Linshuang. She only thought of one or two possibilities.
"Mingyan, don't be afraid."
Seeing her frown, Tan Linshuang patted her hand that was holding his arm and said with a solemn oath: "I won't let anything happen to you."
"I'm not scared, I'm..."
Zhao Mingyan hesitated to speak.
"What's wrong?"
Tan Linshuang simply held the hand and squeezed it gently.
Zhao Mingyan frowned and looked at him, her eyes flickering slightly, "Who in this mansion... hates Grandmother the most?"
Tan Linshuang's eyes suddenly widened.
"You mean the old lady?"
After hearing Nanny Qiu's guess, Nanny Fang was dumbfounded.
But soon, her eyes flashed, and she turned and walked towards the west courtyard.
Aunt Qiu hurriedly followed, not forgetting to remind her: "That Chuanwu was given by the eldest lady to the old lady."
Nanny Fang's eyes were fierce, and she bared her teeth in a sinister smile. "No rush, I'll take care of them one by one!"
Bang--
After kicking open the gate of the west courtyard, Nanny Fang and Nanny Qiu rushed in.
"What's going on?"
"Why did Nanny Fang go to the West Courtyard in such a rage?"
The servants' whispers soon attracted the attention of Zhao Mingyan and others.
"Do you want to go in and take a look?" Zhao Mingyan asked Tan Linshuang in a low voice.
"Not for now. Nanny Fang is not someone who acts impulsively. The fact that she broke the rules in front of everyone must be related to Grandmother's poisoning."
Tan Linshuang shook his head solemnly, then turned around and signaled Ayun to quickly disperse the servants gathered outside the west courtyard gate.
"Madam Shu."
Just as he said, upon seeing Jiang Yu'e, Nanny Fang, despite being furious, still bowed and went straight to the point: "Excuse me, Madam Shu, where is the Chuanwu that the eldest lady gave you?"
Chuanwu?
Nanny Xiao, who was following Jiang Yu'e with her head down, was stunned and clenched her hands.
"The Chuanwu that Ah Xiang gave me is naturally with me."
Jiang Yu'e remained calm, but her answer was tantamount to no answer, which made Nanny Fang furious.
"Then please let Madam Shu take it out and show it to us!"
She spread out her right hand and stretched it out.
"What's so good about a piece of Chuanwu? It's not a gold nugget." Jiang Yu'e laughed, without any panic in her eyes.
Nanny Fang suppressed her anger and chatted with her. "I've never seen Chuanwu before, and I didn't know the young lady had it hidden. So I'm very curious, even more curious than the gold nuggets."
"Chuanwu dispels wind and dampness, warms the meridians and relieves pain. It's a common household medicine. How could Aunt Fang not have seen it?"
Jiang Yu'e looked at her with a half-smile, a cold light flashing in her eyes.
Nanny Fang raised her chin. "The old lady doesn't have this disease, so there's no need to prepare this medicine. But now..."
She narrowed her eyes slightly and brushed Jiang Yu'e for a while, "Maybe I can learn a lot from the old lady."
Jiang Yu'e's expression remained unchanged, she didn't respond, and just stared at her without blinking.
Nanny Fang couldn't hold it in any longer, and suddenly she felt that Jiang Yu'e in front of her was a little strange.
Although they haven't seen each other for ten years, she had dealt with him many times in the past. He was a soft persimmon that was easy to pick on, with no temper and no opinions of his own. Why did he seem like a different person when he came back this time?
No no!
When she was first brought back home, she was still the same, and much less angry than before, but it was different at this moment.
She must have poisoned the old lady with Chuanwu!
Looking at Jiang Yu'e, who seemed to have been reborn, Nanny Fang became more and more confident.
She stretched out her open hand a little closer to her, her eyes unyielding, "Please, Madam Shu, take out the Chuanwu that the eldest lady gave you."
"What if I don't take it?"
Jiang Yu'e's eyes also changed, becoming provocative.
"Then I'm sorry!"
Nanny Fang waved her hand and Nanny Qiu went straight to the inner room.
"What are you going to do?" Nanny Xiao hurried forward to stop her.
Aunt Qiu immediately started pushing her, saying harshly, "If you don't want others to know, then don't do it yourself!"
Nanny Xiao was stunned again.
Aunt Qiu took this opportunity to push her aside and rushed in...
“That’s it!”
At this time, in the east kitchen, Doctor Wen immediately identified the culprit who caused Fan Wenlan's poisoning among the pile of leftovers and ingredients placed by the servants.
"Is this... pufferfish?"
Tan Mozhu looked carefully, not quite sure.
It was a plate of cleaned and sliced meat, which looked more like fish than poultry. Fan Wenlan couldn't think of any other fish with such delicate meat except puffer fish, which was his favorite.
“That’s right!”
Doctor Wen nodded and asked Tan Mozhu, "Did the old lady eat this morning? How much did she eat?"
Tan Mozhu recalled, "It was eaten at breakfast. She was the only one eating it. The rest of us didn't touch our chopsticks. We weren't used to the raw and pickled food."
"But my mother didn't eat much this morning. She said the meat was a little tough."
"But Doctor Wen, my mother often eats puffer fish, so why did she get poisoned this time? Is there something wrong with the meat? Or... did someone poison it, causing the meat to taste bad? My mother only ate a few bites."
After learning the source of the poison, he was not as panicked as before, but he was still full of doubts.
"Second Master, have you ever heard of 'March is the best time of year'? It's all about eating puffer fish."
Doctor Wen pointed at the plate of puffer fish meat and explained in detail, "After March and April, in late spring and early summer, it's the puffer fish's spawning season. Not only is the meat quality poor, but the toxin levels in it are at their highest level of the year. Even a skilled chef can't guarantee that they can completely remove all the toxins from the puffer fish."
"At the same time, in order to keep the meat fresh, raw marinating is the best way, which allows more toxins to remain."
As soon as he finished speaking, the already trembling chefs beside him became even more frightened. They didn't even dare to breathe, for fear that Tan Mozhu would attack them.
"But my family eats puffer fish all year round, especially my mother. She gets anxious if she doesn't eat it for a few days."
At this moment, Tan Mozhu had no time to find them to hold him accountable, and was still puzzled by the poisoning.
"That's because the old lady is lucky. She gets to eat puffer fish in early summer, and it's pickled raw. If it weren't for the blessing of the Bodhisattva..." Doctor Wen stopped talking after that.
“It is indeed the blessing of the Bodhisattva!”
Two days later, Fan Wenlan's poisoning symptoms were completely eliminated and he regained consciousness.
After learning from Tan Mozhu that he had escaped danger, he couldn't help but clap his hands in relief, but he was also a little scared.
No wonder people always say “you’d risk your life to eat puffer fish”, I’ve actually died once!
She touched her chest, then looked at the Chuanwu wrapped in a handkerchief and handed to her by Nanny Fang. A sneer of mockery slowly spread across her lips. "Although it's said that if you often walk by the river, you'll get your feet wet, but why did I get poisoned at this time, not too early or too late? How can this not be a warning from heaven?"
"Youngest, the world has really changed!"
She raised her eyes to look at Tan Mozhu, her eyes regained their former decisiveness and sharpness, and the sick look on her face instantly disappeared...
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