"It's a pity that her son's food was snatched away by someone. Otherwise, the mother and son could have accompanied each other on the road to the underworld." Tang Jingyu said with regret.
This surprise came too suddenly. Gu Pianran was shocked and delighted. "Are you telling the truth? Did she really eat poisonous food?"
Tang Jingyu nodded affirmatively, "Yes. After a month, her body will change and she will become drowsy. That's because the insect eggs planted in her body have hatched. Those hair-sized insects will flow through her blood, travel throughout her body, and slowly absorb the nutrients in her body."
"Once the worms have absorbed the nutrients and grown larger, they'll begin gnawing at her flesh. She'll feel like countless ants are biting her inside, and she'll want to claw at them, but she can't. Eventually, her intestines will rupture and she'll die. This process will last a month, and during that month, she'll live a life worse than death."
Gu Pianran was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she shrank into his arms in fear, "Is this, this, too..."
"She treated you like this, even killing her with a knife won't make me feel better. Only this way can I get rid of my hatred." Tang Jingyu's eyes were full of hostility, but when he lowered his head, the hostility disappeared, and he was filled with tenderness.
"Do you think I'm too cruel?" Tang Jingyu stared at her with burning eyes.
Gu Pianran placed her hands on his heart and whispered, "No. I know you are doing this for me. How could I blame you? I am just worried that this matter will cause you trouble."
"Fool. I will take care of this matter. No matter how powerful she is, she is just the daughter of a second-rate merchant." As soon as he finished speaking, someone twisted his waist hard.
Tang Jingyu felt great pain. After seeing the anger in Gu Pianran's eyes, he realized that he had said the wrong thing.
He quickly begged for mercy, "I was wrong. I said the wrong thing. How can those people compare to you? In my heart, you are unique."
"snort."
Gu Pianran snorted coldly and turned her head away.
Half an hour later, people from the yamen summoned Tang Jingyu to the Ministry of Justice.
After he left, Gu Pianran returned along the path she had taken. Halfway through, she saw a man stealthily searching the garbage dump for food. Xia He frowned and avoided the man from a distance.
Dongmei recognized the man at a glance; he was the one they had met before.
When the man saw someone coming, he looked at them timidly.
Xia He was frightened by the man's face covered with red spots. The man ran away in a hurry, as if he was afraid of something.
As soon as he left, Xia He clutched her chest and said, "It was so scary. That guy's face was so scary."
Dongmei seemed to have thought of something and urged Gu Pianran, "Miss, let's leave this place quickly."
Gu Pianran looked at her suspiciously, then nodded.
After the three of them returned home, Dongmei seemed to be hesitant to speak.
"If you have something to say, just tell me." Gu Pianran said.
Dongmei thought about it for a while before speaking, "The man we just met in the alley seems to have chickenpox."
"What!" Gu Pianran was shocked. "Hurry up and tell the people below to bring some water."
Chickenpox is deadly.
This wasn't the modern world of advanced medicine, but the ancient world of backward medicine. If you caught chickenpox, nine out of ten people would die.
"Don't worry, Miss. You had chickenpox when you were a kid, so you'll be fine."
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