Su Jiu'an snapped out of his daze and hurriedly asked, "May I ask, Doctor Su, what kind of poison is this?"
"It's not some kind of special poison, just ordinary loose powder. At most, an ordinary person would feel weak all over, and even without an antidote, they would recover in three or four days."
Suddenly remembering something, Su Jiu'an hurriedly said, "Dr. Su, could you please take my pulse to see if I've been given any 'softening powder'?"
Su Ruojin reached out and took Su Jiu'an's pulse, then looked up at him and asked, "Do you practice martial arts often?"
The Su family is a family of military generals. The boys in the family start learning martial arts from the age of three. Even if they do not join the army, they can still achieve the effect of strengthening their bodies.
“Yes, my father required us to start learning martial arts at the age of three,” Su Jiu’an replied earnestly.
"That's it. You were also poisoned by the 'softening powder,' but because the amount was small and you've practiced martial arts since childhood, you're in good health, so it didn't have much of an effect on you."
Su Jiu'an remained silent.
Today they only went to Shili Village, visited the home of the person who was suspected of adopting Xiao Liu, and drank some water.
Could it be that family poisoned them?
But that family had no grudge against the Su family, and the family members seemed very honest. Before leaving, they even left the family fifty taels of silver.
They were very grateful and happy, seeing no reason to poison them.
"We only went to Shili Village today, we didn't go anywhere else," Su Jiu'an seemed to mutter to himself.
Shili Village?
No wonder.
Su Ruojin glanced at Su Jiu'an, her eyes thoughtful.
What are you going to Shili Village for?
"Some private matters."
Since others were unwilling to talk about it, Su Ruojin would not ask any further: "The villagers of Shili are fierce and only keep boys after they are born, never girls. The older girls in the village are either tricked or bought back to be wives. Outsiders who enter the village cannot leave without leaving something behind."
At this point, Su Ruojin paused: "Your father and brothers were probably also poisoned by the 'softening powder,' but like you, they have good constitutions, so the effects are not significant."
"Damn it, how did Prefect Yanyang govern? How could he allow such a village to exist?" Su Jiu'an slammed his fist on the table in anger. He was now certain that they were the ones recruited in Shili Village.
The family members had kind faces, and the Su family was so eager to verify their relationship with the girl that they didn't take many precautions. They didn't expect to fall into their trap because of their carelessness.
Su Jiu'an felt somewhat guilty, realizing that his negligence had harmed his grandfather.
Actually, Su Jiu'an couldn't be blamed for this. When the family brought them water, Su Jiu'an secretly tested it with a silver needle, but the soft powder itself wasn't a deadly poison, and the amount was small, so the silver needle couldn't detect it at all.
Su Ruojin remained silent.
In this dynasty, medical technology was underdeveloped, and childbirth was a life-or-death struggle for women. It was common for babies to die young. If a family gave birth to a baby girl, they would simply dispose of her, and no one could find any evidence.
Presumably, that family gave the Su family a sedative just to extort money from them while they were weak.
Unexpectedly, the Su father and son were both very strong, and the medicine had no effect on anyone except General Su.
After General Su fainted, Su Wenzhou carried him on his back, and the group rushed to the city to find a doctor. The family didn't have a chance to extort money from him, which saved them from disaster.
"I will make sure the prefect wipes out Shili Village!" Su Jiu'an couldn't swallow this insult.
Upon hearing this, Su Ruojin raised an eyebrow and glanced at Su Jiu'an.
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