"I'm his father. Tell that little bastard to come and see me." The elder didn't care about the guards around him at all. He was still dignified and calm.
The leading guard bowed to the elder and said, "This matter is of great importance. I will report the situation to the prince."
The elder was not in a hurry and just stood there waiting.
After receiving the report, Sikong Zhan immediately came out in person. When he looked at the elder, he was shocked at the man's profound internal strength. After looking at him carefully, he felt that this man did look like Ran Zizheng. When he thought about the fact that Ran Zizheng had asked for help from Yaowang Valley some time ago, he was almost certain of the man's identity.
Since the other party did not reveal his identity, he did not want to expose it in public, so he politely invited the person into the living room.
"There are no outsiders here now. Your identities will not be exposed in my Jingnan Palace. I would like to ask your name, sir?"
The elder pinched his beard and sat down on a random chair, "Ran Chenghong."
Sikong Zhan bowed to him politely and said in an affirmative tone, "You are the King of Medicine."
"Zhen'er wrote to me asking for help, saying that he encountered a poison he couldn't understand. The child is in trouble, so as a father, I naturally have to help him." Ran Chenghong nodded and bowed to Sikong Zhan without any airs.
"Zhen'er has been following Prince Jingnan for over a year now. Has she caused you a lot of trouble?"
"Young Doctor Ran is a young talent with superb medical skills. He has saved me from danger many times. It is a blessing for me and the Jingnan Army to get to know him." Sikong Zhan was also unusually polite to Ran Chenghong.
He had always known that Ran Zizhen was a disciple of the Medicine King Valley, but he never expected that Ran Zizhen was actually the Medicine King's biological son!
The Medicine King was actually willing to let his own son go out alone to experience life. At that time, Ran Zizhen was attacked by a pack of wolves. If he hadn't happened to meet him, the King of Jingnan, he might have died.
However, it now seems that the King of Medicine must be well aware of Ran Zizhen's whereabouts, otherwise he would not know that Ran Zizhen has followed him for more than a year.
This means that the King of Medicine secretly sent people to follow and protect Ran Zizhen. Even if he had not taken action at that time, Ran Zizhen would not have been in real trouble.
Although he guessed the truth, since Medicine King did not want his son to know that he had sent people to protect him, he naturally would not tell his son.
"The Jingnan Army was poisoned earlier. Doctor Ran went to the Jingnan Army base yesterday to review the soldiers. Medicine King, why don't you settle down in my house first? I will send someone to invite Doctor Ran over right away."
"Don't worry, since he has a mission, let him complete it first and then come back." Ran Chenghong knew his son's whereabouts very well, so he naturally knew that he was not in the Jingnan Palace.
"I heard that Xiang Yuanqing is also in the palace? But he cured the poison in the Jingnan Army?"
"This matter concerns Pavilion Master Xiang, who is currently in the palace. Senior Medicine King, you may want to ask him directly." Sikong Zhan said solemnly:
The truth about detoxifying the Jingnan Army was probably known only to him, Lin Jinghan, and Xiang Yuanqing. Jinghan needed to recuperate and shouldn't be disturbed. Since Xiang Yuanqing had taken on the task in the first place, he could just pass it on to him now.
"I haven't been out of the mountains for many years, and I haven't seen my old friends for a long time. So, I'll have to trouble King Jingnan." Ran Chenghong said.
Sikong Zhan personally arranged accommodation for the Medicine King and the other two, and ordered people to prepare a sumptuous lunch. He specially invited Xiang Yuanqing to come. As the hostess of Jingnan Palace, Lin Jinghan naturally had to attend such a solemn banquet.
Hearing that Ran Chenghong had come to the Jingnan Palace, Xiang Yuanqing was very surprised and hurried to the living room. When he saw Ran Chenghong, the two looked at each other for a while, and Ran Chenghong spoke first:
"Master Xiang, you are indeed worthy of your reputation. You have maintained yourself so well. You haven't changed much after all these years. You still look as handsome and elegant as you did back then."
Xiang Yuanqing touched his face, feeling quite smug. "Alas, with my limited skills, I can only research some medicines for beauty and skin care. It can't compare with your superb poisoning skills. Speaking of which, our famous King of Medicine has always lived in seclusion. What brings you here?"
"A few days ago, the Jingnan Army was poisoned, so I asked Doctor Ran to ask the Medicine King to help." Sikong Zhan explained.
"Medicine King, you are a little slow." Xiang Yuanqing naturally knew that the Medicine King would not come for no reason, and he had already guessed that it was Sikong Zhan who invited him. However, the Jingnan Army had already detoxified the poison, but the Medicine King actually came, and came so late, which made him puzzled.
"Halfway through the journey, I received news that the poison had been cured. I haven't come out for many years, so I decided to travel along the way and take my disciple, Little Stone, with me to broaden his horizons." Ran Chenghong pointed to the little boy beside him.
Little Stone solemnly bowed to Xiang Yuanqing as a junior, "Junior Little Stone, greeting Pavilion Master Xiang."
Xiang Yuanqing looked at the little stone and nodded continuously, "Not bad, not bad, he's a good seedling."
He envied her again, "Medicine King, you have found a successor. I am so envious of a lonely person like me who has no successor."
He glanced at Lin Jinghan as he spoke. Lin Jinghan clearly saw the resentment in his eyes, and the tea in her hand no longer smelled fragrant: No wonder Xiang Yuanqing cared so much about her, it turned out that he wanted to find her to be his successor. She had previously thought that Xiang Yuanqing just wanted to take in an apprentice.
"There will always be a successor. Pavilion Master Xiang is still young, so there's no need to rush." Ran Chenghong was very proud. He finally had a victory over Xiang Yuanqing in one thing! However, he changed the subject and said:
"By the way, Pavilion Master Xiang, did you cure the poison in the Jingnan Army?"
Xiang Yuanqing continued to look at Lin Jinghan, his expression becoming even more resentful: Look, for you, I am about to become a fraud and a thief...
Lin Jinghan felt a little guilty for some reason. She picked up the teacup and took a sip to calm herself down, trying to reduce her presence. "Senior, please help me to the end. Please help me to the end. Please help me to the end. Please..."
Ran Chenghong noticed the interaction between the two and looked carefully at Princess Jingnan, who had been sitting aside since she came in and had little presence. He couldn't see anything through the veil, but he could tell from the smell that she was poisoned. Well, the poison had been removed, and only a little bit of residual poison remained.
"I did make the antidote, but it wasn't researched by me..." Xiang Yuanqing added in his heart.
"Although the kid is rather naughty, he has inherited some of my true teachings. The poison that he couldn't detoxify must be quite tricky. It seems that your detoxification skills have made great progress. Come on, let's compete!" Ran Chenghong's eyes were burning, and he stood up and walked towards Xiang Yuanqing.
Xiang Yuanqing and Lin Jinghan were both startled. Lin Jinghan looked up at the sky speechlessly: "Senior, please take care of yourself! Without the help of the medical space, I know nothing about these poisons and can't help you..."
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