"Seventh Prince, please stop arguing. If this disturbs the Marquis's medical treatment, can you bear the consequences?"
Even the guards standing nearby couldn't stand it anymore.
The surroundings finally quieted down.
"This illness can't be cured overnight; it takes about six months to recover. This is the medicine."
"You... Mr. Hao Fang, are you saying that you can recover from an illness just by taking medicine?"
Xiao Tang hummed softly.
"Otherwise what?"
"Then...I wonder if this Taotie Stone is still of any use?"
Xiao Tang smiled, her eyes flashing with an ambiguous and unfathomable amusement.
"Whether it's useful or not is a question for your lord. You're asking me? I don't know either."
The guards looked at each other and asked no further questions.
Xiao Tang shook out the prescription and handed it to the guard.
"Go and brew the medicine."
[Ding, congratulations host, you have completed the mission with the penalty. Your lifespan will not be reduced by another five years.]
【hehe……】
So be it.
For the sake of her beloved son, she wouldn't mind living five more years in the book.
[Ding! Congratulations, host! You have cured the Xiao siblings' strange illness. +200 points. Your current total points are...]
Xiao Tang is numb now.
The rate at which points are accumulated is slower than the rate at which they are spent.
She's lying flat now.
They're not as stubborn as they used to be.
Anyway, given the nature of this damn system, it's unlikely to unbind itself from her so obediently.
Half an hour later.
Ning Cang has woken up.
The maid is feeding him medicine.
He glared at the maid with fierce, wolf-like eyes, quickly snatched her medicine bowl, and drank it down in one gulp.
The maid was so frightened that she trembled all over, her knees went weak, and she knelt on the ground, not daring to utter a sound.
Everyone knows that the Marquis of Dingbei detests being touched by women.
Giving medicine didn't work either.
Although there were maids moving around in the Marquis's residence, they would always avoid him whenever they saw him.
Ning Cang glared fiercely at the woman, pointed at the door, and yelled, "Get out!"
"Tsk tsk tsk, the Marquis is really something, yelling at people as soon as he woke up."
Hearing the sound, Ning Cang looked towards the table.
It was Xiao Tang, sitting there.
She had just put down her calligraphy brush.
"You'll cure my illness?" Ning Cang clearly didn't believe it either.
After all, this person is the Regent's man.
He didn't believe that the regent's strategist would be so kind.
Xiao Tang shook his head with amusement, "Even if you want to kill me, you have to wait until I'm back with my regent before you make a move, right? Otherwise, you're being unethical."
"Does this lord disregard martial ethics?"
This Hao Fang really knows how to distort the truth.
Xiao Tang nodded calmly and composedly: "That's right. When two countries are at war, they don't kill envoys. Besides, I'm here to deliver this stone to the Marquis. Doesn't the Marquis want it?"
She took out the hairpin again.
Ning Cang admitted that he really wanted this stone.
"Three hundred thousand taels, I will not shortchange you a single penny, and I will not kill you."
"As long as you hand over the Taotie Stone to me."
Xiao Tang raised her lips, "No, I don't want 300,000. I want a medicinal herb. I've heard that this kind of Gu medicine can be found in the Northern Frontier."
Upon hearing that it was a poison, Ning Cang immediately became wary.
Even Di Yanhen, who was waiting outside the door, rushed in.
So that's what you were after!
"What, you want to cure Di Jingling of the Gu poison, is that it?"
"With your meager abilities, I advise you to give up."
He panicked.
Because he had already witnessed Hao Fang's strength.
Even Xiao Rourou's master didn't have such strong abilities, but unfortunately, Hao Fang wasn't working for him.
Thinking of this, he was secretly annoyed.
He believed that if Hao Fang really wanted to break free, he would definitely be able to cure the poison!
But he absolutely wouldn't allow it!
Seeing his flustered appearance, Xiao Tang smiled and said, "How funny! It's my duty to cure the Regent's poison, why are you in such a hurry?"
"Besides, this Gu medicine is definitely worth more than 300,000 taels of silver, so you're still making a profit."
Di Yanhen was in a hurry.
He was so anxious he wanted to curse.
Lately, he's been having a lot of bad luck, and he's started to get restless and irritable.
He was no longer in the mood to think things through slowly.
But seeing Xiao Tang calmly retort to him, he became increasingly frightened.
Xiao Tang smiled slightly, "Hehe, does the Seventh Prince have anything else to say?"
"Yanhen, you may leave now. I will decide this matter."
Di Yanhen dared not disobey, after all, he couldn't fathom what this man was thinking.
If Ning Cang is disobedient and not sincere enough, then he...
Just kill him!
At that time, with 30 million elite troops all in his hands, what need would Ning Cang have?
To launch a counterattack back into the Great Sheng Kingdom would be as simple as it gets.
"Yes, I'll go out." Having thought things through, Di Yanhen frowned and turned to leave.
Watching the man's retreating figure, Ning Cang also slightly furrowed his brows.
Xiao Tang stood up and handed him another prescription, "Two prescriptions, two stages of medication."
"Why?"
The man didn't answer.
"Why what?"
"I am an enemy of your master, why are you helping me?"
Xiao Tang: "...Hehe, I don't know what grudge my Regent has against you, but I only treated the Marquis with the Gu poison, nothing more."
In ancient times, bartering was a very simple practice.
She didn't dislike Ning Cang at all.
He possessed the courage and masculinity of a military general, which made her feel that he must be a person of great loyalty and righteousness.
Since I promised her, I will definitely keep my word.
Clearly, Ning Cang also admired her quite a bit, and said knowingly, "Alright, tell me what kind of poison you want, and I'll immediately send someone to find it."
"This Gu medicine is called Heartbreak Grass. When combined with certain Gu poisons, it can be a powerful weapon."
Xiao Tang explained, while also handing over a painting of the Heartless Grass.
"Looks like this, only grows in the northern frontier, I believe the Marquis will not disappoint me."
Looking at the picture, Ning's pale face showed interest.
He had heard of the Heartbreak Grass.
Anyone who has visited Jingyin Temple knows about this item.
It is said that this medicine, when used in combination with Gu poison, can not only sever a person's seven emotions but also their six desires.
This thing can only be found in one place, because only the abbot of Jingyin Temple knows how to use it.
He used this medicine to sever the seven emotions and six desires that led them to become monks, so that they could cultivate themselves more calmly and peacefully.
He claimed that he wanted his disciples to focus on their cultivation, but in his eyes, they were nothing more than puppets of the abbot.
With this medicine, we can control these people.
They usually appear dull and listless, with lifeless eyes.
It's definitely not a good thing.
Ning Cang clenched the painting in his hand. "You really want this Gu medicine to cure the Regent's Gu poison?"
Xiao Tang raised an eyebrow. "What else? Do you expect me to strip the Regent of his emotions and desires and turn him into a mere governing machine?"
"Heh, governing machine? What a novel term."
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