Chapter 303 Domineering Female Doctor Skilled in Gu Poisoning VS Down-on-his-luck Laborer and Prodigal Son (30 chapters)
"What...what do you want me to do?" Cui Lian wiped away her tears.
Right now, she had no choice but to trust the person in front of her, and the pill he had just given her was quite effective, so he must have some skills.
"Do you know what kind of people live in this villa?" Jiang Zhiyi recalled that she hadn't seen many servants in the villa during the day. The same two servants were always there, and she hadn't even seen any maids or cleaning ladies.
“Those servants were all guards of the Duan family… A few days ago, Duan Yunzhi went mad and killed many people. They are all dead, and only I am left… I haven’t seen any new people for a long time… After that, I was locked up.” Cui Lian didn’t really know the situation in the courtyard, so she could only tell what she knew.
Jiang Zhiyi listened with her eyes lowered, pondering what to do next.
According to Cui Lian, apart from the two of them and "Zhou Yue" from the daytime, the rest are all from the Duan family, making it difficult to make a move.
Cui Lian was pregnant and extremely weak, so it was not advisable to ask her to do anything.
"Come here..." Jiang Zhiyi whispered.
Not long after, Jiang Zhiyi started banging on the door and shouting, and a guard came to the door.
The guard roared menacingly, "Shut up! If you keep arguing, believe me, I'll kill you!"
Jiang Zhiyi: "Brother guard, could you please bring me some food? I'm so hungry."
Upon hearing her words, the guard immediately turned and left, completely ignoring her request.
Jiang Zhiyi hurriedly added, "If I starve, you won't be able to explain it to Young Master Duan. Since he's locked me up here, he must not want anything to happen to me; he still has a use for me. The young lady Cuilian inside is also feeling very unwell. She's several months pregnant and just wants a drink of water. Please have pity on us!"
Upon hearing this, the guard cursed a few times, then went to fetch a few steamed buns and a pot of water.
However, the guard was very shrewd. He only opened the lock halfway, leaving the door a crack. He laid the things on the ground and let Jiang Zhiyi take them herself.
Jiang Zhiyi pretended to squat down, and secretly released several Gu worms. The Gu worms crawled out from the half-open door and all crawled into the guard's clothes.
As the guard locked the door and prepared to leave, the worms on his body began to tear at his flesh, causing him to writhe in pain on the ground.
"Was it you? What did you do to me just now?" The guard suddenly remembered that she was a Gu healer, and it must have been her who secretly did something bad to him!
"I've used the most poisonous Gu on you. Without my antidote, the poison will take effect in less than half an hour, causing you to bleed from all seven orifices and die. If you don't want to die, open the door now and let us out, or you can wait to meet the King of Hell," Jiang Zhiyi threatened.
The guard was in unbearable pain and immediately took out the key to open the door, not daring to delay for a moment. "Okay...okay...I'll let you go...Divine Doctor, please spare me!"
By this time, many worms had crawled out of his sleeves and were wriggling on the back of his hand.
Jiang Zhiyi: "Keep it down, don't attract the others."
As soon as the door opened, the guard rushed over to find the antidote. However, before he could even speak, the poison from the Gu worms began to take effect, and he quickly passed out.
Jiang Zhiyi and Cui Lian carried him inside, and then locked the door again.
“Lead the way, and we’ll escape right now,” Jiang Zhiyi said to Cui Lian.
She wasn't familiar with this courtyard, so she had to ask Cui Lian for directions. As for how to get down the mountain, with the bright moon in the sky tonight, she could use the moon and stars to orient herself, and she figured escaping down the mountain shouldn't be a problem.
Perhaps because this mountain villa was located in a remote place and no one knew about it, the guards did not guard the courtyard strictly. In addition, it was already late at night and there was no one guarding the gate. The two of them quickly escaped.
The two hurriedly ran through the mountains and forests.
Jiang Zhiyi had already made a plan. She had met a constable when she was helping out at the clinic. He was a cheerful and upright person, and she thought they could seek his help.
Duan Yunzhi has killed so many people; his crimes are heinous and he must be brought to justice.
"Miss Jiang... I... I can't walk anymore..." Cui Lian followed behind Jiang Zhiyi, panting heavily, clearly exhausted.
Jiang Zhiyi could only support her. She was already weak, and the surrounding area was a complex mountain forest. If she were really abandoned now, she would probably be trapped and die in the mountains, resulting in the deaths of both her and her unborn child.
“Miss Jiang, I’m sorry… why don’t you go alone… and then find someone to rescue me…” Cui Lian’s face was covered in tears, and her words were broken. “I really can’t walk anymore…”
She didn't want to drag Jiang Zhiyi down either.
Jiang Zhiyi fed her another pill and said, "Hang in there a little longer, we'll be able to get down the mountain soon. You'll die if you stay here."
The two walked for a while longer, but soon they were overtaken.
The guards cornered them at a cliff edge.
Looking at the people in front of him, Duan Yunzhi immediately ordered his guards to kill them all.
Jiang Zhiyi threw all the poison powder and Gu worms on her body at them, but before the Gu poison could take effect, their swords and blades were already falling on them.
In desperation, she and Cui Lian both jumped off the cliff.
...
I don't know how much time has passed.
When Jiang Zhiyi regained consciousness, she felt someone gently wiping her face with a handkerchief.
She opened her eyes, but all she could see was darkness.
She blinked hard, but felt a sharp pain in her eyes. What was going on?
Can't she see?
This wasn't the first time she'd experienced something like this; her situation was similar when she was blinded by poison.
Jiang Zhiyi touched around again; she must be lying on the bed.
She remembered losing consciousness after jumping off the cliff. Was she rescued?
"Who are you?" She tried to grab the hand of the person next to her, but he dodged her.
After a while, the man grasped her right fingertips, unfolded her hand, and then slowly wrote words on her palm with his soft fingertips—I am mute.
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