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Chapter Thirty
It wasn't without reason that Yuanzi disliked Lan Feiyu. She coldly poured out everything she needed to know in less than fifteen minutes.
The medicine used to make the "medicine man" was actually obtained by Prince Asa from a Han Chinese. The Han Chinese had been traveling in the southwestern border region for more than 20 years and did not know where he got the recipe for this secret medicine. However, because the original owner of the recipe did not specify the dosage or the method of preparation, he could not find the way to succeed despite several experiments.
But since this medicine was to be used on people, it had to be tested on living people. The wicked Han Chinese initially tried to secretly trick homeless beggars into taking it, but after repeated failures, the truth came out. After all, although most beggars had no relatives or friends, they still had some acquaintances around them. When living people suddenly disappeared too often, someone reported it to the authorities.
Yuanzi didn't go into the details, probably because she didn't know much. In short, the government later discovered the inhuman corpses of the beggar children during their investigation. She looked at Lan Feiyu, who nodded silently. Yuanzi continued, "Despite committing such a heinous act, the Han man was not punished. Instead, he was secretly protected by Xian Asa and devoted to studying the secret medicine."
I was a little confused, because I really couldn't connect this insidious and vicious act with the second prince who was shirtless and covered in ornaments. I always felt that someone who could dress so revealingly must be quite careless in personality.
So, the corpses I saw at the clinic before were also the result of not surviving?
Almost instinctively, I blurted out again, "Is Mr. Tao the Han Chinese?"
Lan Feiyu and Yuanzi looked at each other again, and Yuanzi even smiled slightly, saying to me, "Not far off, but not in the middle either. He is the direct disciple of that Han man. Almost all the information about the 'medicine man' was found out by him."
I thought about it for a while, and I still felt that something was not right. Logically speaking, when I saw the "drug man" at the clinic a few days ago, the "drug man" had not yet succeeded. How could Prince Asa be able to bring the "drug man" to this forest to kill people in the blink of an eye?
Also, what about the "medicine man" that Lan Feiyu saw tearing apart the guards that night?
So when exactly was this "drug person" successfully created?
I felt as if I were in the raging torrents of the Wu Gorge, utterly disoriented amidst the cries of monkeys.
...It wasn't a hallucination after all; it really was a monkey calling out. It squeaked and jumped down from the top of the cave, excitedly stepping onto my shoulder before hopping to the ground.
I crouched down, grabbed the monkey's squeaking paw, shook it, and muttered, "Squeak, squeak, I might as well learn monkey language. Maybe it'll be easier to understand you then."
“You don’t need to overthink it,” Lan Feiyu suddenly said, as if she understood my confusion. “I told you before that the ‘medicine people’ were initially just strong, insensitive to pain, and puppet-like. Now, after several modifications, they are naturally very different from their original appearance.”
I exclaimed "Ah!" as if suddenly realizing something, then pointed into the cave and whispered, "So the 'medicine people' now are poisoned?"
Lan Feiyu lowered her eyes and said in a muffled voice, "According to Mr. Tao, it's not just as simple as it being poisoned..."
Just as I was about to ask more questions, Yuanzi, who had already returned to her indifferent demeanor, interrupted again, her calm voice carrying an unquestionable tone: "Feiyu, go inside and check on their situation. As for Baili, I'll talk to Zhao Xi about it."
"Wait, wait a minute..." I was about to object when Lan Feiyu glanced at me quickly, smiled at me, and walked inside without looking back.
I was left dumbfounded—I had naively assumed that Yuanzi was Lan Feiyu's subordinate, but was the relationship actually the opposite of what I had expected?
So... who exactly is Iris?
Perhaps my gaze upon Yuanzi was too unrestrained and arrogant, for Yuanzi's brows furrowed slightly, and the dark green in her eyes deepened, like an unfathomable pool of emerald.
“Zhao Xi,” Yuanzi said calmly, “don’t make wild guesses.”
"...Then would you be willing to tell me directly?"
"No. This is not something you should know."
As expected, I received a firm refusal. I sighed and feigned helplessness: "Then I'll just have to guess—are you one of Bai Li's people?"
Based on this premise, and combining what my older brother told me—no matter how absurd—with all the things Lan Feiyu had mentioned to me before, I forced, even contrivedly, to connect them together. I pondered, my expression serious, while inwardly cursing my own nonsense, "You're from Baili. Lan Feiyu said she'd take me to Baili just to gain your trust, right? She doesn't want Dongchu; she told me Bozhou doesn't need Dongchu to be superior to it. So the only thing she can rely on is... Baili..."
No, how come I can't even refute what I've said after it's been made up?
I stared blankly at Yuanzi, feeling a sharp pain on my head, as if I'd been hit on the head: "Um, Baili, Bozhou, one country annexing another... You, you guys are planning to..."
Before I could finish speaking, Yuanzi suddenly stepped forward, grabbed my shoulders with lightning speed, and pulled me toward her.
Before I could react, my lip was suddenly bitten. Although it was only for a moment, it was enough to leave me stunned and unable to move.
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the monkey chirping shrewdly cover its eyes with its two paws and turn its head away. But this did not make me feel relieved. Instead, I thought: Damn monkey, what are you pretending to be now!
When I came to my senses, Yuanzi was already two or three steps away from me, her expression calm and serene, as if nothing had happened. A half-smile played on her lips as she said the same thing: "Neither too good nor too bad. There's one thing you're right about: Lan Feiyu does intend to use Baili's power to take back Bozhou from those two princes. You've already helped her get rid of one of them, so naturally she should be grateful to you."
These words weren't very pleasant to hear, but I'll set aside my personal feelings for Lan Feiyu for now and think about it carefully. I still find it hard to believe: "No, she clearly said that Bozhou didn't want a master and was looking for Baili. What price would she have to pay with Bozhou?"
I stared at Yuanzi. Who exactly was this young woman with dark green eyes? She helped these desperate girls; she couldn't be a bad person!
Iris moved her lips, but before she could speak, several screams suddenly echoed from inside the cave!
Then came Mu Qing's heart-wrenching wails: "Oh my god! Oh my god!"
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