Chapter 599 The Second Young Lady is Poisoned
The family was in a harmonious atmosphere. After finishing their meal, Shu Yu chatted with the old lady for a while before going to talk to Zhao Xi on the side.
The two stood under the eaves. Shu Yu looked at San Ya and Da Hu, who were talking and playing in the courtyard, and asked, "How was it? Did you take the Second Miss's pulse when you went to the Shu family this afternoon?"
"Hmm, I've seen it." Zhao Xi leaned lazily against a pillar and chuckled. "It seems your suspicion was correct. Only a quack could make such a diagnosis as 'anger attacking the heart'."
Shu Yu was not surprised by this. "So the result is..."
"Poisoning."
Shu Yu frowned. "Poisoned?"
She paused, then asked, "What kind of poison? How did you get it? Was it from a poisonous insect bite or..."
Zhao Xi just smiled and remained silent, and Shu Yu understood that this was man-made.
Moreover, the candidates seem quite obvious.
Zhao Xi said, "After diagnosing that second young lady, I went up the mountain to take a look. Sure enough, I found poisonous herbs at the foot of the mountain. The herbs are not actually very toxic. I once saw a woman from the inner quarters of a wealthy family use this herb as a slow poison, adding a little bit to her medicine every day, which poisoned her husband to death. The symptoms were the same as the second young lady's. In the end, if she was slightly agitated, she would vomit blood and faint, which was indeed like being overwhelmed by anger."
If this is done little by little every day, eventually poisoning a person to death, then most doctors really wouldn't be able to figure out the cause, only assuming that the person was indeed under too much pressure, had become depressed, and was incurable.
But the second girl was different; she had clearly ingested a large dose, which made it easy to tell that she had been poisoned.
If the Shu family had gone to a more distant place to find a reliable doctor, they would have been able to diagnose the cause of her illness.
It's a pity they found a quack doctor.
After hearing this, Shu Yu understood. These women from the Shu family were likely women in the inner quarters of a wealthy household; they probably knew about these harmful and private methods.
"Is there any hope for the second young lady?"
Zhao Xi looked at her in surprise, "You want to save her?"
Shu Yu rolled her eyes. "Why would I save her? It would be a thankless task, and I'd just let her harm me instead. I'm just curious and want to ask."
Zhao Xi said, "Others may not be able to save her, but I do have a way to save her."
If he can't even solve the problem of this little poisonous weed, what's he doing here? As a mascot?
Shu Yu was relieved to hear this; having a skilled doctor in the family was indeed reassuring.
She understood the cause of the second daughter's illness and guessed who the murderer was, but she still wanted to confirm it and, incidentally, give Hou and the others a heads-up.
Shu Yu walked out from under the eaves and said to the old lady who was planning the vegetable garden and chicken coop, "Grandma, I'm going out to talk to Hou Shi and the others about something. I'll be back in a bit."
"Okay, go ahead." The old lady waved her hand, but then quickly added as if she had remembered something, "Wait a moment."
As she spoke, she stood up, dusted herself off, and quickly went into the kitchen, where she brought out two large flatbreads and a small bowl of meat.
“You should send this to them, so they can get a little oil from it. They eat bran and sweet potatoes every day, how can they have the strength to work?”
Shu Yu took it, wrapped it in oil paper, and stuffed it into her sleeve. "Okay, Grandma."
After saying that, he went out the door and headed straight for the Shu family's house.
The Shu family is still cooking, so she can have a hot meal as soon as she gets home, but Aunt Hou and the others still have to do chores when they get home.
(End of this chapter)
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