He walked to her side, gently took the book from her hands, placed it aside, and put his arm around her shoulder.
"You're about to become a mother, and you still don't take care of your health. It's already dark. Be careful with your eyes. Didn't Wu tell you that pregnant women shouldn't overexert themselves?"
Su Ruojin raised her hand and wrapped it around Xiao Yanchu's hand. "I've only been watching for a short time. I want to find out what kind of curse Lin Zhengshan has been afflicted with."
"Lin Zhengshan has been poisoned?" Xiao Yanchu was somewhat surprised.
Su Ruojin told Xiao Yanchu about Lin Zhengshan's plea to the General's Mansion.
Xiao Yanchu, like Su Ruojin, also found it strange. When Lin Zhengshan and Zhao Jiao were together, they were either both poisoned or both under the influence of Gu, not both under the influence of poison. How could one of them be the same?
"Have you found out what kind of Gu it is?"
"Not yet, I'd only just picked up the book when you snatched it away," Su Ruojin said with a smile.
Xiao Yanchu released Su Ruojin, handed the book back to her, and picked up the bird's nest soup he had just brought in. "Alright, you can look it up, and I'll feed you."
Su Ruojin nodded and opened the book.
While she was reading, Xiao Yanchu carefully fed her bird's nest, and occasionally wiped Su Ruojin's mouth with a handkerchief.
After finishing her bowl of bird's nest soup, Su Ruojin stopped turning the pages of her book, carefully looking at a page and reading it aloud.
"Ice Insect Gu is made from a poisonous insect that lives in icebergs. The insect is as small as a grain of rice and its body is as transparent as ice. After being made into Gu, it can freeze a person from the four feet up. If the Gu is not removed in time, the person will eventually die from being frozen all over."
"Is it that powerful? They want Lin Zhengshan dead?" Xiao Yanchu said.
"Not necessarily. This Gu worm sounds very powerful, but the solution is actually quite simple: just sprinkle salt in hot water and soak the person in it for an hour, making sure the water temperature doesn't get cold during that time."
Xiao Yan was speechless after hearing this.
This curse sounds incredibly powerful, but there's really no simpler way to break it.
If Lin Zhengshan knew this method of removing the curse, he could remove it himself.
"What about Zhao Jiao?"
"The poison Zhao Jiao was afflicted with is called Ice Thorn, which is indeed an uncommon poison. Only the Heavenly Physician Pavilion has the antidote," Su Ruojin said.
"No wonder the imperial physicians couldn't diagnose them. So what's wrong with these two? Or what are they trying to do?" Xiao Yanchu couldn't figure it out for a moment.
Su Ruojin shook her head. "I don't know. If they don't know anything and have just been tricked, that's one thing. But if there really is some conspiracy, they'll eventually slip up. Just wait and see."
Should we save them?
"Didn't they already plan to save people?" Su Ruojin smiled faintly.
With Su Ruojin's help, Lin Zhengshan and Zhao Jiao woke up quickly.
The two of them were no longer arrogant as before; they were so grateful that they wanted to kneel down before Su Ruojin to thank her for saving their lives.
They were stopped by the servants of the Su family.
Su Ruojin looked at the two of them as if they were strangers, "The waters of the capital are not for you to wade through. You should go back to Lizhou as soon as possible."
Lin Zhengshan and Zhao Jiao didn't press the matter further, thanked them again, and left the Su residence.
"An Yi, keep up."
No one responded, but Su Ruojin knew that An Yi had already left.
Madam Su, watching from the side, asked, "Xiao Jin, what do you think Lin Zhengshan and his wife are up to?"
"Mother, you've noticed something's wrong too?" Su Ruojin asked.
Mrs. Su nodded. "They left too decisively."
Given Lin Zhengshan and Zhao Jiao's character, having finally entered the Su family mansion, they wouldn't be willing to leave so easily. They would inevitably try to maintain some kind of connection with the Su family.
At the very least, they should try to get some money or get the Su family to promote Lin Zhengshan to a higher official position.
Su Ruojin smiled and said, "Mother, it's alright. Just wait, we'll have news soon."
She had already spared them both; if they still refused to repent, then she couldn't blame them.
Hopefully they won't do anything foolish.
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