He opened the box, and after arranging the porcelain bottles one by one, he introduced, "This is Spring Intoxication. It looks just like wine, but just two drops can make someone lie in bed for seven days."
This is a beauty powder that looks like rouge. Just a little bit can poison someone, causing their limbs to stiffen and their whole body to ulcerate.
This is pollen from fallen flowers, taken from the idea of fallen leaves returning to their roots. Add some water and it becomes a corpse-dissolving potion...
Wow, that's brutal!
After listening to Doctor Gu's detailed explanation of seven or eight bottles scattered around, Xiao Wu was completely dizzy. "Master, are you giving all of these to me?"
"Yes, it's for your self-defense," Doctor Gu said with a slight hint of annoyance. "Your second sister-in-law is right. You're too young, and there are so many bad people around. The sleeping potion isn't enough for self-defense. I've already sent a message to the capital to have your senior brother send over a hidden dart. The arrowhead is soaked in medicine. As long as it's shot, it can kill someone."
“Master,” Xiao Wu hesitated, “I’m a little scared.”
"What are you afraid of?" Doctor Gu asked, puzzled. "These poisons?"
"Um."
“What’s there to be afraid of?” Doctor Gu patted his apprentice’s head. “The medicine I gave you before only caused temporary angina, and it wasn’t effective enough. Now, these are the ones that can be used for self-defense.”
Unfortunately, there wasn't enough time to make more, so I had to temporarily make do with my apprentice.
When he has some free time, he will definitely cover his little apprentice's hair down to his toenails!
We also need to prepare various medicines to keep her healthy and immune to all poisons.
Thinking of this, Doctor Gu felt he should send someone into the deep mountains to bring back some bear gallbladders and snake gallbladders...
Xiao Wu didn't know what his master was thinking, but he felt uneasy because of the dark look in his eyes. "I understand, Master. I will keep them all safe!"
"good."
Doctor Gu nodded in satisfaction, becoming even more pleased with his young apprentice.
Jiang Nuan learned about this early the next morning.
Her daughter excitedly brought her a box of poison, showing it off and saying she could go out and play. The woman was furious.
"Dangerous items, confiscated!"
"Mother, Master told me to use it for self-defense."
"You can't use these for self-defense either," Jiang Nuan glanced coldly at Doctor Gu's courtyard, her anger rising. "What if you get them on yourself?"
"Master, prepare the antidote for me."
"How many?"
One of each.
"What if we hurt our comrades?"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Wu became distressed, "Master will be angry if I don't bring him along."
"I'm even angrier!" Jiang Nuan gritted her teeth and squeezed out the words, "Your mother made you study medicine so that you would have more skills, not so that you could play with these deadly poisons."
Anesthesia, poisoning, dismemberment—it all goes in one line. What kind of person does Doctor Gu want to raise his child to be?
If her daughter hadn't actually taken out the medicine, she would never have imagined that the gentle and refined old doctor was so skilled at making poison.
"I won't bring it," Xiao Wu said softly. "Don't be angry, Mom."
I had a bad feeling about it before, but I couldn't refuse because of my master's orders. After hearing what my mother said, I agreed without hesitation.
She was also afraid that she might accidentally slip and spill the medicine powder.
“It’s not that I don’t want you to bring them,” Jiang Nuan softened her expression and then explained, “These are too dangerous. You can use them when you’re older.”
"Let's use a sleeping potion first. We can also prepare some lime powder. Sprinkle it on the enemy; it will block their vision and burn their eyes without killing them—just right."
"Okay, I'll sprinkle lime powder whenever I encounter danger in the future."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Nuan paused for a moment, "It also depends on the situation. It can only be used in a critical moment. It's not very friendly to people."
She was trembling with fear when teaching her daughter to use lime powder for self-protection, yet Doctor Gu managed to concoct so many poisons without making a sound. Indeed, he was ruthless and didn't talk much!
"OK."
Seeing her daughter's bewildered expression, Jiang Nuan became worried.
Such an adorable person, please don't let them grow up to be ugly?
Doctor Gu, how could a doctor be so cruel?
After gently patting her head and soothing the child with soft words, Jiang Nuan stamped her foot and went to find Doctor Gu with red eyes.
"Old man, could you please come out for a moment?"
"Jiang Niangzi?" At this moment, Doctor Gu was still trying to find something to protect his precious apprentice. "With such a strong liver fire, you need to prescribe medicine to reduce it."
"You're the reason I'm so angry!"
"I got angry?" Doctor Gu asked, puzzled. "What did I do to offend you, Madam?"
"Why did you give Xiao Wu so much poison out of the blue? Did you want her to commit suicide or kill someone else?"
Upon hearing this, Doctor Gu immediately understood and calmly walked into the hall.
"So that's what it was about!"
"You actually don't care?"
"It wasn't a big deal to begin with," Doctor Gu shook his head. "Anyone who studies medicine has some means of self-defense. What's there to be curious about?"
Otherwise, given their frail and helpless appearance, how could they possibly travel all over the country collecting medicinal herbs to treat illnesses? They would have been...
"Springtime intoxication, beauties scattered, petals falling, beauty fading..." Jiang Nuan took a deep breath, calming herself before asking, "Is this all you call a little trickery?"
At this moment, she was extremely grateful that she had not offended Doctor Gu.
Despite their incredibly beautiful names, their effects are all terrifying, especially "Red Beauty's Sorrow," which can cause internal decay while leaving the body seemingly unharmed—truly horrifying.
Upon hearing this, Doctor Gu became slightly uncomfortable. "The tradition of lineage has existed since ancient times, Madam Jiang, there's no need to take it to heart."
"Never mind," Jiang Nuan shoved the box into his hands. "Xiao Wu is too young to carry these things. Keep them safe yourself."
"What will happen to Xiao Wu's safety if these are gone?"
“They are always accompanied by people, so nothing will happen to them.”
"She'll have someone protecting her when she goes into the mountains to collect herbs?" Doctor Gu strongly disagreed. "She's learning medicine from me, so she'll inevitably have to go into the deep mountains and forests, where there are all sorts of wild beasts and poisonous insects. Without some skills, how can she guarantee her safety?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Nuan was speechless.
He rubbed his forehead, feeling a headache coming on, and said, "That won't work either. She's too young and doesn't know her own strength. We'll talk about it when she's older. Change the medicine to the kind that can numb people."
“Numbness? This ancient remedy has long been lost,” Doctor Gu frowned. “Does Madam Jiang know the prescription?”
"I'm not a doctor, how could I possibly know!"
"I don't have a prescription either."
"Then use sleeping pills, but definitely not any of those weird stuff."
"Madam Jiang, you've put this old man in a very difficult position!"
I finally managed to collect some good items, why can't I use them?
My little apprentice is so well-behaved, he would never kill innocent people indiscriminately, so why is that wrong?
"Are you sure you're not being sarcastic?" Jiang Nuan laughed. "Giving a seven-year-old girl so much poison, and you still have the nerve to talk back?"
"Yu Zhu also takes these with her when she goes out."
He always follows the rules!
"I don't care about that," Jiang Nuan's face was as dark as ink. "You're not allowed to give these things to Xiao Wu, or I'll pull up all the treasures in your herb field one by one!"
Upon hearing this, Doctor Gu's expression changed slightly. After a long silence, he sighed in resignation, "Alright then!"
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