At night, at the Xu family's medicine house outside the city, the little boy prepared a medicinal bath and told Fu Yueli to take off her clothes and soak in it. Fu Yueli also thanked the little boy: "Thank you for your hard work, little boy."
The little boy disliked being thanked. He felt that these tasks were his responsibility, and after all, he was used to them. Everyone called him Little Tong, and his surname was indeed Tong, with a single given name, Di. He was adopted by Xu Tiandong as a child and became his master. Two months ago, Xu Tiandong passed away, and the other brothers left to start their own schools, but he remained with Xu Ziling. Thinking of those so-called brothers who had left without a trace after their master's death, taking away precious medicinal herbs, Tong Di was filled with anger and resentment. Leaving behind him the words, "Call me if the water gets cold," he stormed off with his kettle and basket.
Fu Yueli didn't notice Tong Di's unusual reaction. He took off his clothes and went into the water, closing his eyes to soak. The temperature of the medicinal bath was slightly high, and the rich aroma of the medicine made his head a little dizzy. Fu Yueli's whole body seemed to stretch out, and he felt drowsy.
"Do you feel uncomfortable soaking in the bath?" Xu Ziling's voice suddenly sounded above his head.
Fu Yueli looked up and was genuinely shocked. After all, he was completely naked, and Xu Ziling was a woman, so it was inappropriate for them to meet like this.
"Doctor Xu, I'm not feeling unwell. Could you please leave first? This is really against etiquette."
Fu Yueli thought Xu Ziling would react after hearing what he said so clearly, but he just chuckled and said, "Mr. Fu is really particular. Please don't worry, the water is full of medicinal herbs floating on it. I can't see anything even if I look. Besides, I've seen a lot, so I'm not interested."
Fu Yueli couldn't help but laugh, this made him seem petty.
"You can soak for about two more minutes and then come out. If the water gets cold, ask the child to come in and heat it up," Xu Ziling turned around and walked out.
After the first medicinal bath, the child asked Fu Yueli to go to Xu Ziling for a bloodletting and toxin test. This time, he let out half a bowl of blood and lost a little blood. Fu Yueli didn't feel anything, but Xu Ziling tossed him two red dates and said, "Take these to replenish your body."
He accepted the red dates without being pretentious. He still had something to ask the other party: "Doctor Xu, although my eyes have recovered now, my pupils are still white. Is there any way to change the color of my eyes?"
Xu Ziling stared into his eyes and said, understandingly, "You mean you want your pupils to turn black."
"That's right." This was exactly what Fu Yueli was planning. His white pupils were still too unusual, so he wanted to find a way to change them first. One day he could tell everyone that he was not blind, and then restore his pupil color.
Xu Ziling shook his head. "Unfortunately, your eye color is white because the poison has almost wiped out the melanin in your irises. There's no magic pill that can turn your eyes black, but you can turn them red if you want. The white matter in your irises blocks the color of your blood. If you trust me, I can operate on your eyes and remove the white matter. Your eyes will turn red like a rabbit's."
When Fu Yueli heard her say that having surgery on the eyes was unbelievable, how to have surgery on the eyes was simply a fantasy, not to mention that turning red was no more scary than the current white, he sighed: "No need."
Xu Ziling said, "Of course, your eyes can't change color permanently, but there is a way to temporarily turn your eyes black. Have you heard of pupil lenses?"
Fu Yueli had naturally never heard of it, so she asked curiously, "What is that?"
"A kind of colored glass piece that came from the Western Regions is cut very small and thin. It can be worn in the eyes to change the color of the pupils." Xu Ziling said as he walked to the shelf next to him and took down a small box.
After opening the box, two very small green transparent discs were found soaked in liquid. "That's it. If you're interested, Mr. Fu, you can buy them and try them."
"How do you wear this in your eyes?" Fu Yueli was surprised by this.
Xu Ziling carefully picked up a pupil piece and stuffed it into her left eye like a magic trick. Then she blinked, and the pupil color of her left eye really turned green, which was quite amazing.
"Just put it on like this, it's easy to take out," Xu Ziling said, and then she touched her eyeball with her fingers and pinched it gently. The pupil lens was removed and her eye color returned to dark brown.
Fu Yueli had no idea that there was such a wonderful thing in the world. If he had black eye lenses, he would want to put them on immediately and let Mingyue see them.
"However, this kind of pupil lens can only be worn for a maximum of four hours a day, otherwise it will be bad for your eyes." Xu Ziling put away the pupil lens and continued, "If Mr. Fu is interested, you can go to the market and ask. The pupil lens is very valuable, but I believe it is nothing to you." After Xu Ziling finished speaking, he took the bowl of blood and went into the inner room.
Tong Di just came in to serve tea, and said to Fu Yueli, "Mr. Fu, go and have a rest."
Fu Yueli nodded slightly, did not disturb them, and went back to her room to rest.
Shi Mingyue spent the entire day in the inn reading and painting to pass the time, and three days passed like this. One day, after lunch, Shi Mingyue was about to paint to relieve her boredom when Lu Lingyan knocked on the door and came in. As soon as he came in, he began to excitedly talk about what he had seen and heard on the street: "Fu Baiheng is very efficient. This morning, he found all the missing people in a cave outside the city.
Shi Mingyue was not surprised at all. With Qin Zheng around, it was natural to find the cave in advance.
"Just now, the government officials brought the missing people into the city. I went to take a look. I don't know if they were drugged. They looked dull and stupid." Lu Lingyan was puzzled. What was the murderer's purpose in arresting people?
Shi Mingyue thought that Qin Zheng should be able to catch the real murderer tonight, so she suddenly felt that the world was mysterious. The unsolved case that could not be solved in the previous life could be solved in this life. She had a sense of fate that the net of heaven was vast and nothing could escape it.
Late at night, Fu Baiheng and his men were still interrogating the missing people who had been rescued. However, these people had been drugged, their memories unclear, and their answers were garbled. The claim of encountering a green-eyed ghost was sheer nonsense.
Fu Baiheng was incredibly busy, but Du Ruzhen, the prefect of Taizhou, couldn't get involved at all. Fu Baiheng dismissed him, and no one took him seriously. He knew that whether the case was solved or not, he would not have a good ending. After returning home, Du Ruzhen was exhausted and just wanted to rest. His body was about to give up.
There was only a single candle lit in the room. Du Ruzhen was about to take off his boots and get into bed when a sinister laugh came from the corner of the room: "Master Du, how should this matter between us be resolved?"
Du Ruzhen frowned when he heard this voice: "The incident in Bairi Cave has been exposed. You shouldn't be here."
The man slowly walked in front of Du Ruzhen, his pair of green eyes gleaming like gemstones. Du Ruzhen frowned and looked into his green eyes, whispering, "What do you want to do?"
The man blinked deliberately and said with a smile: "I told you, I'm here to settle things between us."
As soon as the man finished speaking, Du Ruzhen felt a needle-like pain in his neck. He looked at him in disbelief as the man suddenly inserted a needle into his neck. Then he went limp all over and fell to the ground.
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