Ning Xi'er turned her head and saw a woman lying on top of a child, crying her heart out.
A large crowd quickly gathered around, mostly bandits and their families.
Someone spotted Ning Xi'er and quickly looked over at her, pleading, "Your Highness! Please help me take a look!"
Ning Xi'er quickened her pace, and Bai Zhi hurried to catch up.
Eunuch Xu looked over there worriedly, and Xie Zhun allowed him to go and take a look.
The child on the ground was lying in front of the house, clutching a smooth stone tightly in his hand, his whole body trembling violently, and he was spitting out mouthfuls of blood.
Ning Xi'er quickly squatted down, checked the child's mouth, nose and ears, and then checked his torso and limbs, finding no signs of poisoning.
During the examination of the mouth, an ulcer was found, and the large amount of blood that was vomited was not coming from the throat, but from the ulcer.
Ning Xi'er quickly took out hemostatic powder from her sleeve, pried open the boy's mouth, and sprinkled it on the ulcer...
But before the medicine could take effect, it was vomited up along with the fresh blood...
Ning Xi'er poured the powder onto her fingertip and pressed it against the boy's ulcer. She waited until the bleeding from her fingertip subsided...
Pour the medicine powder back on and press it onto the boy's ulcer...
After repeating this process, the boy's vomiting of blood finally stopped.
Ning Xi'er reached behind her, and Haitang and Aoxue quickly followed, handing Ning Xi'er a water pouch.
Ning Xi'er poured the spiritual spring liquid into the boy's mouth, and the boy's weak breathing finally gradually calmed down.
After the boy drank the entire water pouch filled with the spiritual spring liquid, he finally slowly opened his eyes.
Ning Xi'er carefully took the boy's pulse and only breathed a slight sigh of relief after confirming that his pulse was stable.
Thunderous applause erupted from the audience, and the boy's mother knelt down before Ning Xi'er, kowtowing repeatedly...
Once the boy was fully awake, Ning Xi'er asked him, "Can you speak now?"
The little boy felt a pang of guilt when he saw his mother crying tears of joy.
He then looked at Ning Xi'er and nodded slowly.
"Can you tell me what happened before you fainted?"
The little boy recounted that his mother was fetching water from the back mountain when he found a beautiful, smooth stone in the mountain stream.
He showed Ning Xi'er the smooth pebble in his palm.
The story continues, describing how, while playing with the toy, it was accidentally thrown into the house.
He pointed to the house behind him, which was the first one.
The National Protector was patrolling outside, and there was no one inside.
"I went inside and picked up some stones, and then, curious about the things in the room, I looked around and touched them..."
"And then?" Ning Xi'er asked softly.
Seeing that the important person didn't blame him, the boy overcame his timidity and continued, "As I left the table, I suddenly felt a lot of water in my mouth..."
"When I vomited it out, it was blood..."
The rest is not hard to guess.
The boy's bleeding continued, and coupled with the shock, he fainted.
If the bleeding from that point cannot be stopped, the person will bleed to death in less than 45 minutes.
Those present exchanged bewildered glances, looking at the room the boy was pointing to, their faces filled with horror.
Could there be a harmful aura in that room?!
Zheng Chengguang and Zheng Ye rushed over and, after learning what had happened, both showed expressions of shock.
If it weren't for this child, and if the Duke of Huguo had been inside the house just now, wouldn't the accident have happened to...?
Neither Zheng Chengguang nor Zheng Ye dared to think about it in detail.
Hearing the commotion, the Duke of Huguo rushed back and was immediately helped to the side by Zheng Chengguang and Zheng Ye.
To avoid causing panic, Ning Xi'er reassured everyone that the little boy's ulcer had worsened, causing uncontrollable bleeding and creating an emergency...
Ning Xi'er opened the boy's mouth, revealing the ulcer on his forehead that she had just pressed with her finger. The bleeding had stopped, but the surrounding ulceration was still visible.
Everyone clearly saw how Ning Xi'er just saved the person, and this is how Ning Xi'er explained it...
Everyone felt a little relieved. The woman took the child away, and the crowd dispersed.
Ning Xi'er looked towards the Duke of Huguo's room without saying a word.
She was trained in both traditional Chinese and Western medicine, but in this vast world, only a few thousand kinds of herbs are recorded in pharmacopoeias...
Moreover, this is ancient times, and some species may have already gone extinct before they were even included in the pharmacopoeia.
She had heard from a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner that many medicinal herbs have synergistic effects, which can be beneficial if there are wounds or symptoms of poisoning...
These herbs can exacerbate symptoms dozens of times instantly, causing uncontrollable bleeding and worsening poisoning...
This is why, upon entering the fourth room and sensing the scent of herbs, she instinctively had Bai Zhi thoroughly purify the room.
The boy's pulse was stable, he was healthy, and had no other illnesses. The only problem was his mouth ulcers...
She had never seen a mouth ulcer cause someone to vomit blood and die.
If she's not mistaken, there are medications in this room that can worsen symptoms.
As for the instigator...
The first room was the largest. The smell inside had dissipated, and there was no ash on the floor, nor any other evidence.
Just to be on the safe side, Ning Xi'er instructed Zheng Chengguang and Zheng Ye not to let anyone approach the four rooms for the time being.
Even the servants who were brewing the medicine were sent aside.
Ning Xi'er's reason was that the boy had just vomited too much blood, which would easily attract various poisonous insects and mosquitoes in the mountains. She needed to use medicinal powder to remove the bloodstains and repel the insects.
"Licorice, bring me two pheasants or rabbits, birds are fine too..."
Ning Xi'er turned to give instructions to Gan Cao.
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