After searching the outer room without any results, the three men moved to the inner room.

The furnishings in the inner room were even simpler, with only a carved canopy bed, a large mahogany wardrobe, and some daily necessities such as a toilet, spittoon, and water basin.

Li Shizhen's focus of inspection was naturally on the shelf**. He first carefully checked the bedding and pillows, and immediately found the problem.

He carefully picked up the celadon pillow on the bedside table, put it close to his ear and shook it gently. Then he waved his hand to signal the two to come over and listen.

Zhao Hao and Chen Huaixiu listened carefully, and as Li Shizhen shook, they heard a slight rustling sound coming from the porcelain.

Chen Huaixiu couldn't help but tremble and asked in a hoarse voice: "Will he be in there?"

"You'll know after you take a look." Li Shizhen said in a muffled voice, and came to the yard with a porcelain pillow in his arms. He asked Chen Huaixiu to bring a bowl over, and then tilted the porcelain pillow so that the hole on the left was facing the mouth of the bowl.

The two of them stared at it intently, and after a while they heard a "plop" sound, and a drop of gray and sticky substance dripped from the hole in the pillow into the bowl.

Immediately afterwards, more than a dozen beads, large and small, fell down like beads from a broken string.

The beads rolled together and formed a lump. Their shapes kept changing and looked very evil.

Li Shizhen put down the porcelain pillow, took out a golden needle and poked the substance, and a layer of bright silver appeared on the tip of the needle.

Then he threw the whole golden needle into the bowl, and saw that the golden needle quickly softened, and then the whole needle disappeared into the pile.

"It's one hundred percent mercury." After witnessing the amalgam phenomenon, Master Zhao made a scientific conclusion for Li Shizhen.

"That's right." Li Shizhen nodded and said, "Only mercury can dissolve gold."

"In fact, there is also aqua regia and cyanide..." Mr. Zhao added in his mind, but in this era, what Li Shizhen said was completely correct.

Chen Huaixiu took two steps back and slumped down on the stone bench. There was a layer of moisture on the lenses of his goggles; he must have been crying.

"How could this happen? Who is so evil? To do such a cruel thing to a child of eight or nine years old?" she choked.

"You have to ask the government about this." Li Shizhen poured the mercury into a porcelain box and sealed it, and then put all the contaminated masks and protective clothing into the box. Only then could he breathe fresh air again.

"Sir, please make sure to cure Xiao Teng." Chen Huaixiu, who had been very calm since they met, finally broke down.

She knelt down in front of Li Shizhen and cried, "He is the only blood of the Shen family. Before my late husband died, he repeatedly told me to raise Xiao Teng to adulthood and not let the Shen family's incense die out."

"As long as Xiao Teng's life can be saved, I will do anything, even working like a slave without any complaints!" Chen Huaixiu's face was filled with tears, and she was as fragile as a white daisy in the autumn wind.

It turns out that this poor woman is not as strong as she looks.

"What are you doing? Get up." Li Shizhen frowned and said, "It's better to be a cow or a horse. Go and talk to Mr. Zhao. Don't disturb me while I'm seeing the doctor."

"Mrs. Shen, please get up quickly." Zhao Haoxu helped Chen Huaixiu up and said in a gentle voice, "Doctor Li is kind-hearted and kind-hearted. You don't need to say anything. He will do his best to treat the child."

"No matter what the result is, I owe you a huge favor." Chen Huaixiu was also a half-jianghu child, so she would not drag her feet. She looked at Zhao Hao deeply, gritted her teeth and said, "If you have an order, I will obey it."

"Let's see the doctor first, saving lives is the most important thing." Zhao Hao touched his nose when he heard that, thinking that people had already seen through it and that he had other intentions.

But it's true, who made me act so ambitious?

~~

The headquarters of the Sand Ship Gang, in the gang leader’s courtyard.

Guo Donglin really listened to Manager Xu and stayed at home obediently these few days, waiting for that kid named Zhao to leave.

But as the saying goes, 'the tree wants to be still but the wind does not stop', he does not go out to look for trouble, but trouble comes to look for him.

"Brother, that woman really invited Li Shizhen here." Guo Qilin, who didn't know how big a disaster he had gotten himself into, reported his surveillance results to Onii-chan.

"Li Shizhen..." Guo Donglin gasped, "She is really capable."

"I heard that Li Shizhen is a master of medicine. Will he discover the truth about that kid's illness?" Guo Qilin also felt very troubled.

"I'm afraid he can't hide the mercury poisoning." Guo Donglin touched his shiny forehead worriedly, and said with some disbelief: "But without evidence, who dares to put the blame on me?"

"Really can't find any evidence?" Guo Qilin asked worriedly.

"I kept this matter very confidential. It was not exposed at the time, so there shouldn't be any problem." Guo Donglin said confidently, "The mercury in the pillow should have disappeared long ago."

"That's good, that's good." Guo Qilin breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I've got people keeping a close eye on us. Anyone who dares to talk nonsense will be beaten to death for disrespecting the leader!"

"Well, keep an eye on that Li Shizhen." Guo Donglin put his hands into his sleeves and paced back and forth in the garden, saying, "When he comes to Sansha, I always feel uneasy."

"I understand. Don't worry, big brother." Guo Qilin patted his chest and said, "I will definitely keep a close eye on him!"

~~

At Chen Huaixiu's home.

Li Shizhen diagnosed Xiao Teng again, and then prescribed medicine while saying calmly: "Don't panic too much. This is a chronic disease. It will get better slowly with treatment."

As he spoke, he handed a prescription to Chen Huaixiu and said, "This is a prescription for expelling mercury. Boil the soup and take it on an empty stomach, once a day. You will sweat a lot after taking it, and it will also cause abdominal pain. When you have abdominal pain, you can swallow six coins of open peppercorns, and the mercury will be excreted through the stool."

"I'll prescribe him another prescription to regulate his internal organs and strengthen his body. Wait until he has a bowel movement every day, then boil it and take it. Take it for half a month, then go back to Kunshan for a follow-up visit to see how effective it is."

Li Shizhen said calmly: "Moxibustion his Hegu acupoint regularly. The child is young and recovers quickly. He should get better soon."

"Thank you, sir. Thank you, young master." Chen Huaixiu thanked them hurriedly and asked the man with thick eyebrows to get the medicine according to the prescription. At this time, the woman with thick eyebrows brought a middle-aged woman with a sick face into the yard.

"Hello, Madam." The woman bowed to Chen Huaixiu.

"Get up and meet Divine Doctor Li." Chen Huaixiu nodded and introduced to Li Shizhen: "This is Sister Xiang. Xiao Teng was raised by her breasts. My mother-in-law died of complications during childbirth. It is Sister Xiang who has been taking care of Xiao Teng all these years."

Seeing her yellow face, dark eye bags, and weak voice, Li Shizhen had already made a conclusion in his mind. After taking her pulse, he found that she was suffering from mercury poisoning just like Xiao Teng.

He then asked Mrs. Xiang when she became unwell.

"After Master Teng got sick, I felt dizzy and had a headache every day, and I felt weak all over. I thought it was because I couldn't sleep well at night, so I didn't take it seriously." Xiang Sao replied in a panic:

"A few days ago, I started to have back pain, a severe cough, and chest tightness and shortness of breath."

As she spoke, she coughed twice and said with difficulty: "I've been lying down at home for two days, but I'm still not feeling better."

"Yes." Li Shizhen nodded, and suddenly asked abruptly: "Besides you two, who else has entered the East Wing?"

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