Just as the door was about to close, Qi Jiu stopped gripping the doorknob and looked at He Qingfeng, who was standing next to Old Master He.
"Senior, I don't think it's a coincidence that someone so severely poisoned would appear at a major pharmaceutical seminar. Moreover, China is a society governed by the rule of law, and there are very few people who dare to do something so openly and honestly."
He Qingfeng looked at her, startled, then quickly nodded. "I understand, I'll go check right away."
Realizing that the matter was not so simple, Old Master He's face fell, and he even fell into deep thought, seemingly wondering what enemies the He family might have.
Qi Jiu glanced at the crowd outside the door, then at Qi Silin in front of her, and closed the door without changing her expression.
In an instant, only Qi Jiu and the middle-aged man lying unconscious on the bed remained in the room.
Actually, there was one more thing she hadn't mentioned earlier: she suspected that the middle-aged man had taken the poison himself.
However, if this statement were uttered, it would certainly cause panic among people.
Moreover, this idea was just a guess without any evidence, so it wasn't stated explicitly. Instead, He Qingfeng was asked to investigate indirectly.
It is common knowledge that poisoners are taboo in China. The He family has been pharmacists for generations. Is it really a coincidence that a poisoned person suddenly appears at such an authoritative seminar?
She doesn't think so.
Moreover, the poison had been spiked, which accelerated the onset of the poison in the middle-aged man.
If it weren't for her today, this person would probably have died here. How would the news reports portray the He family then?
She simply couldn't believe it. These days, reporters would say anything for a story. If she went through ten thousand, the reputation of this generation of pharmacists would probably be ruined.
Jiang Xin and the others were somewhat anxious at the door.
Given the current social climate, if Qiqi doesn't find a way to detoxify, she'll probably be condemned to death.
Qiqi isn't a poison master, so she really doesn't know if this matter can succeed.
"Don't worry, if she's confident, then there shouldn't be any problems. When have you ever seen her do something she wasn't sure about?"
The crowd waited anxiously outside, and even the seminar was postponed for a while.
After a long while, the door to the room suddenly opened.
Under the intense gazes of the crowd, Qi Jiu appeared in their sight with a blank expression, calmly handing the paper in her hand to Old Master He.
"Grandpa He, please get this medicine."
Almost instinctively, Old Master He glanced at the medicine on the plate and froze.
"This..." Are you serious?
Seeing his hesitation, several pharmacists nearby also came over, and their expressions changed drastically when they saw the medicine on the paper.
"You little brat! You're clearly trying to kill someone! Even if we don't understand poisons, we understand medicine. All these medicines together are clearly poison! You're going to kill someone!"
"We shouldn't have trusted you just now, that's why you've become so arrogant!"
The pharmacist became more and more excited as he spoke, so much so that Qi Jiu couldn't help but scratch her ear with her little finger.
Indeed, human imagination is rich, and she has now witnessed it firsthand.
Qi Silin, who had just returned from outside, looked at the situation inside and, without any hesitation, took a long stride and directly blocked the girl's path.
He faced the pharmacist with a gloomy expression.
He even exuded a murderous aura.
How could this pharmacist be a match for someone whose hands were often stained with blood? He was quickly defeated.
She took a step back, looking somewhat embarrassed.
The girl looked at the tall figure in front of her, a slight smile playing on her lips. She slowly peeked out from behind the man, looked at the pharmacist who had just reprimanded her, and began to speak.
"What I need to prepare is poison, because there is no antidote for the poison this gentleman is suffering from."
"What?!"
The girl had barely finished speaking when everyone in front of her, including Old Master He, was stunned.
"No antidote? What does that mean? Then what is this?"
Regardless of whether the prescription on the paper is the antidote, she did indeed write out a prescription.
"It's poisonous."
Qi Jiu smiled brightly, "Fighting poison with poison is the only antidote."
"absurd!"
The pharmacist standing nearby was probably the first to voice his objection. He seemed to have quite a temper, and whenever he saw Qi Jiu react, he wanted to refute her.
But the girl showed no anger; her dark eyes were deep as she stared at him.
"Do you have a better method? Or do you know how to save people? Anyway, the poison hasn't been prepared yet, so it won't be a waste of medicinal materials."
Upon hearing this, the man fell silent, his face turning red.
At this moment, Old Master He glanced at the man, his face full of reproach. How many times has this happened? Still so reckless! Has he wasted his years?
"The book records that using poison to fight poison is not a bad method."
Grandpa He looked at the paper in his hand and handed it to the butler beside him, saying, "Help me grab some."
The process of decocting the medicine was rather lengthy. Under Qi Jiu's instructions, Qi Silin ground the medicine directly into powder, mixed it with the decoction, and kneaded it into pills.
Even the worldly-wise Mr. He was stunned by this action.
"Qiqi, will this work? Although I don't know how to detoxify, as a pharmacist, I've come into contact with many kinds of medicine and understand their functions. If I don't decoct it, the effect will either be insufficient or too strong."
Wearing gloves, Qi Jiu turned the medicine in her hands into pills and smiled at Old Master He.
“You’re right. If it’s not fried, the effect will be much stronger and it might cause him more pain, but he can’t wait that long.”
As soon as she finished speaking, the girl took off her gloves and turned the middle-aged man's wrist over. She saw that the purplish-red veins that were initially on his wrist had now spread to his palm.
In just a short while.
It seems there really isn't enough time to prepare the medicine.
Between suffering and life, life is probably more important.
"Grandpa He, could you please bring me another basin? Otherwise, this room will be unusable in a little while."
Grandpa He nodded.
Seeing the prepared basin, the girl put one of the pills in her hand into the middle-aged man's mouth, helping him to catch his breath and swallow the pill.
The pill produced a rapid reaction after being put in the mouth.
The middle-aged man's expression grew increasingly grim, his features contorted, as if he were experiencing some kind of pain.
Qi Jiu had been watching his movements closely, and just as he was about to open his mouth in discomfort, the girl swiftly grabbed the bowl she had prepared beforehand and placed it under his mouth.
The next second, a loud "whoosh" was heard as the middle-aged man vomited, but unlike usual vomit, it was a stream of black liquid.
It also had a fishy stench.
The girl put on the mask she had just worn with a blank expression, her movements very practiced.
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