Lan Yu's uncle Li Yunmeng snorted coldly, "There's nothing you can do about it. There are so many people watching. We saw it with our own eyes. Jingxin brought her tea, and she took only one sip before she died on the spot. How can we wrongly accuse her?"
Lan Yu glared at Li Yunmeng, his hands tightly gripping the armrests of his chair. He gritted his teeth and asked, "Uncle Master, can you tell me where Senior Sister Jingxin is now? I want to ask her in person why she wanted to kill Master. How did Master wrong her that she wanted to poison Master? Is this too much to ask?"
Li Yunmeng looked at Chu Ning, then laughed awkwardly, "Hey, I don't know. At that time, when she saw that senior sister was dead, Jingxin seemed to be crazy. She hacked at us and said that she wanted to kill us to silence us. If it weren't for your senior brother, several of us would have been killed by her! Now I think about it, I'm scared. Tell me, how could someone who is usually well-behaved be so cruel when killing people?" Li Yunmeng patted his chest as he spoke, and he really looked frightened.
Lan Yu's eyes were red. She couldn't imagine what kind of thing had forced her usually weak and gentle senior sister to the point of wanting to kill someone. She was sure it had something to do with her master.
Lan Yu tried hard to suppress the urge to get up and kill, and continued, "I also want to know what happened. Can anyone tell me what my senior sister did? Is there any reason that I don't know that she must kill my master? If I kill you, you will silence yourselves."
"Tell me, and then tell me where my senior sister is. Even if I have to avenge Master, I will find her. Why don't you tell me, who of you was there when my senior sister killed my Master?"
Lan Yu looked at the silent people below. After waiting for a long time, no one spoke. Lan Yu looked around at everyone from left to right and then right to left. "What's going on? Aren't we all here? It seems that my senior sister is really amazing. She scared everyone here into silence."
Li Yunmeng looked at everyone, then at Chu Ning. Chu Ning shook his head at Li Yunmeng. Li Yunmeng just smiled, then turned to talk to Lan Yu. No one noticed the little movements between them, but Xiao Hang saw them clearly.
"Lan Yu, didn't I just tell you everything? We were talking to Senior Sister when Jingxin came in to serve us tea. She took a sip and immediately rolled to the ground. When we went over to check on her, she was already dead. Before we could react, Jingxin drew her sword and attacked us. Luckily, we were in numbers, and your Senior Brother was slashed by her sword. We really don't know where she ran to."
Lan Yu glanced at the people who had been keeping their heads down, "Does anyone of you have anything to say? I'll ask you one last time..." When Lan Yu turned around, she saw Xiao Hang. Xiao Hang shook his head at her. Lan Yu was stunned for a moment, then changed her tone without thinking much.
"In that case, let's stop here today. You guys go back first. I'm going to go see my master. We'll talk after I find my senior sister. Let's all go." Upon hearing Lan Yu's reassurance, everyone looked at each other and then left.
Li Yunmeng walked over to Lan Yu and patted her shoulder. "Senior Sister passed away quickly and without any pain. You don't have to be too sad. I will help you take care of her funeral arrangements."
Lan Yu wanted to slap the hand on her shoulder, but she held back. With red eyes, she looked at Li Yunmeng's provocative gaze and listened to her insincere words. "So, Uncle Master, how many days has my master been gone? The weather in Medicine Valley is hot and humid. I'm afraid her body will decay. I want to do something about it, so that I can at least see her more."
Li Yunmeng paused, his provocative gaze briefly lost focus, then he lowered his hand and sighed, "I've already helped deal with it. There won't be any problems in the short term. Senior Sister has been gone for five days."
Lan Yu's eyes widened in disbelief. Five days? Impossible? Master's body was so stiff, how could it have been five days? A person's body only becomes stiff between eighteen and twenty-four hours after death. It's impossible for it to be so stiff after five days. The timing is wrong.
Lan Yu lowered her head and clasped her fingers, "Uncle-master, I want to go back to see my master and say farewell to her. I won't be polite with you. I'll go first." After saying that, she stood up and walked towards the yard where she, her master, and her senior and junior sisters had lived together. Xiao Fu Liuyun and Xiao Hang followed behind her. At first, Lan Yu walked very slowly, but then she simply ran and stopped only when she reached the gate of the yard.
Xiao Hang walked over to Lan Yu, saying nothing, simply standing there with her. This courtyard was where they had first met. Xiao Hang still remembered the time he'd been chased and beaten with a branch by Lan Yu's master while trying to steal her apprenticeship. Lan Yu's master, Yin Yunshu, looked stern but was actually the kindest of people. Beating him in front of the rest of the Medicine Valley was a rule that could not be violated. But secretly, he'd let him eavesdrop outside the lecture hall, even opening a window so he could hear. He knew all about it. Opening a backdoor for him was a sign of appreciation, and also a desire to have another good doctor in the world.
"I want to perform an autopsy on Master." Lan Yu suddenly spoke.
"Okay, I'll help you!" Xiao Hang looked at Lan Yu and supported her decision.
"No, I'll do it myself. No one can touch Master's body. If you really want to help me, please guard outside for me and don't let anyone come in to disturb me." Lan Yu said without question and walked straight into the house without even turning his head.
Xiao Hang followed him in, "You need someone to help carry Master out, right? Let me help you."
This time, Lan Yu didn't refuse. Together, they lifted their master from the coffin. Xiaofu carried a wooden bed, which Lan Yu and her team usually used for medical treatment, and placed it next to the coffin. They placed Yin Yunshu on it. Yin Yunshu's body was stiff, indicating he couldn't have been dead more than three days. Why did Li Yunmeng say he had been dead for five days? Could it be related to the measures she had taken to preserve her master's body? Lan Yu had to find out for herself.
Xiao Hang was about to go out with Liuyun and the others, "You stay and help me. Prepare the things I need." Xiao Hang nodded, then closed the door and went out to prepare things for Lan Yu.
Lan Yu took out the tools she always carried with her, and while waiting for Xiao Hang to come in, she began to check every detail of her master's body.
He scooped out some red powder from Yin Yunshu's fingernails. Looking at his master sleeping, it didn't look like he was poisoned. Nothing from the outside looked like poisoning. What kind of poison could it be? The moment it entered his mouth, it sent his master tumbling to the ground, yet there were no visible signs of poisoning.
Lan Yu used her fingers to gather Yin Yunshu's hair. As soon as she gathered it, she felt something scratching her hand. Then she returned in the same direction and touched a small bulge.
Lan Yu hid in front of Yin Yunshu's head, parted her hair and took a closer look before he saw something on the Baihui acupoint.
Lan Yu picked up the tweezers and pressed down the scalp a little harder with them before he could grasp the little thing. Then he pulled it out with force. When he pulled it out, he found that it was a silver needle as thin as an ox hair but three inches long. It was a needle from Yaogu, there was no mistake.
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