Kill me if you can (7)

Father Jiang didn't know why his daughter would have such great hatred towards a blind man, but he owed his daughter. Even though he knew it was unfair to the boy, he still turned a blind eye to Shen Tang's behavior and temporarily asked Yun Sheng to leave the Jiang family. Father Jiang knew the danger of Qianxue Mountain, so he didn't expect Yun Sheng to do this dangerous thing to prove himself. Out of apology, he asked someone to give Yun Sheng a lot of silver before Yun Sheng left, just as compensation for this time.

After receiving the silver, Yun Sheng was silent for a moment, but did not show the disappointment that Jiang's father imagined. Instead, he raised his lips slightly, and his eyes, which were clearly lifeless, stared straight in his direction.

"Don't worry about what happens next." Father Jiang looked at the boy, who was not much older than his daughter, and turned his back. He raised one hand and waved it slowly, "Let's not celebrate for now."

Father Jiang didn't notice at all that the raised hand was sprinkling a layer of light silver sand at a speed that was difficult for the naked eye to capture, and it fell silently on his shoulder.

He sighed slowly, and then moved his steps towards the direction of the house. However, he felt an itch coming from his neck as soon as he took a step.

"This..." Father Jiang realized at this moment that something was on his body, but the itching sensation came suddenly, and his exposed neck turned red in an instant. In a short while, the color spread all over his body along the skin. At this moment, Father Jiang looked like a bloody man, and even the guards at the door were startled.

"This... this is a poison from the Western Regions. How could it appear here?" The elder of the Medicine Pavilion, who had seen many poisons, naturally recognized the source of his sudden symptoms at an extremely fast speed, "Could it be..."

Father Jiang quickly looked in the direction where Yun Sheng left, but the man was walking slowly with his back to him, and there was nothing suspicious about him.

Is it just a coincidence? Father Jiang touched the itchy part of his body in amazement. How could a blind man with no identity come into contact with such a poisonous insect from the Western Regions? Maybe he was just overthinking it.

"Master, please don't just stand there in a daze. If you keep staring, your skin will turn red as if it's going to bleed!" Several guards noticed the situation of Jiang's father and quickly rushed to him and took him into the mansion. When Jiang's father asked about what happened on the way, they just calmly told him what they had observed not far away.

Although Yun Sheng approached the owner of the medicine pavilion, they did not see him do anything unusual. After accepting the silver, they left obediently.

After hearing this, the old master stroked his beard and walked quickly into the house to look for medicine. Perhaps he was overthinking it.

Shen Tang, who seemed to have no idea what was going on, just calmly returned to the house, leaning back on the wooden chair with frowned brows, and rubbing the bridge of her nose slowly with one hand. This cheap father could have recruited anyone else, but he had to recruit the male protagonist. Fortunately, she met him early, otherwise if he really let the wolf into the house, she would probably be the first to die.

"Miss, he's just a blind man, why do you care so much about him?" Lu Ya glanced at Shen Tang's condition weakly, stepped forward to untie her hair, and gently pressed her shoulders to help Shen Tang relax.

Shen Tang chuckled twice. To others, he was just a blind man. If people knew that he worked for Qianji Pavilion, he would probably run away without saying a word. Shen Tang naturally couldn't tell the truth, but just raised his eyes slowly, "Isn't your young lady physically weak? How can I let a blind man with no ability enter the Jiang family?"

Seeing that Shen Tang had made up his mind, Lu Ya could only respond twice in fear, and felt a little sorry for the handsome blind man. Qianxue Mountain was dangerous, and it was not easy for ordinary people to go there, let alone asking a blind man to pick the Hanxin Lotus in the mountain.

Shen Tang knew the weight of the conditions she had offered, and because of this, she breathed a sigh of relief. At least in the short term, Yun Sheng would not go directly to the Jiang family. But once she went out, Qianji Pavilion had many channels, big and small. Qianji Pavilion would know everything she did as soon as she stepped out of the door. She was not sure whether Yun Sheng would stubbornly wait outside and take her life.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but let out a long sigh again, and a trace of worry appeared on her fair face. How could she be worried when someone was worried about her life?

Maybe it was because Shen Tang hadn't left the house for a few days, or maybe Yun Sheng had been really quiet for a few days, and she had a rare good sleep. But a few days later, someone came to the door on his own initiative, and this person was the third prince Murong Jin. Father Jiang didn't tell Shen Tang about the poisoning, and relied on the family's herbal medicine to alleviate the foreign toxin. Naturally, his face was not good when he came to meet the third prince, so he called Shen Tang to go and greet him first.

Shen Tang packed up in a hurry and went to meet Murong Jin. After asking him the purpose of his visit, he found out that he was here to ask for health-preserving medicine. His biological mother's birthday was coming up in a few days, so he thought of asking the Jiang family for some beauty-preserving medicine to send to his biological mother.

"Your Highness, you only need to let your servants know about this matter. Why bother to come to Jiang's house?" The young man's handsome face was bright and his tone was indifferent, as if nothing could stir up a ripple in his heart. His good looks made Murong Jin dazed for a moment when he looked at him. When he came to his senses, he couldn't help but feel annoyed for a moment.

Murong Jin's face flushed slightly, and he cleared his throat to dispel the strange thoughts in his mind. "It is also the prince's responsibility to be compassionate to the officials and the people. I came here because I heard about the assassination in the city a few days ago. Are Brother Mo and Mr. Jiang okay? If necessary, I can send guards to guard outside the Jiang Mansion to protect your safety."

Shen Tang smiled slightly: "Your Highness, don't worry about this matter. Father has already started recruiting new guards." Besides, even if the third prince recruited guards, they could not resist the male protagonist's sneaking in without anyone noticing. If Yun Sheng really wanted to take action, a few guards would not be able to stop him.

Hearing the rejection from the man in front of him, Murong Jin was only slightly disappointed for a moment, but soon cheered up again. Shen Tang didn't know why this person's state suddenly changed until she turned her head and saw Jiang's father.

"Dad, you're here."

The old pavilion master exchanged greetings with the third prince and then looked at her. Shen Tang then explained to this cheap father the purpose of Murong Jin's visit.

"That's the case. Someone, bring me the Ice Skin and Jade Bone Pills." Father Jiang smiled and asked someone to get the medicine stored in the medicine cabinet. He came to Murong Jin like a treasure. "This Ice Skin and Jade Bone Pill can make people radiant and white-skinned. It can not only beautify the face, but also delay aging. If your highness doesn't mind, you can use these pills."

Father Jiang took a wooden box filled with jade-colored bottles from the maid and said, "Since the Third Prince needs it, I will deliver the medicine to the palace right away."

Seeing that she couldn't get a word in, Shen Tang said goodbye to the two of them obediently and left. When she left, Murong Jin's eyes were still on her back.

Why didn't he notice that Brother Mo was so thin before? Murong Jin thought blankly. If it weren't for the loud voice of Jiang's father beside him to wake him up, he would probably still be in a trance. Brother Mo is a man, how could he see a man in a trance! The third prince felt that something was wrong with him staying in the Jiang Mansion. He hurriedly found an excuse with Jiang's father and left the mansion. When he got into the carriage, his face was still abnormally red.

Although Shen Tang died early in the last mission, she still knew the birth date of the Third Prince's biological mother, because the epidemic began to spread from that day.

If her estimate is correct, the new drug will appear in the next few days.

She had to ask more experienced herbalists to pick the cold-heart lotus, otherwise it would be too late when the disease spread. Thinking about it, Shen Tang was about to tell her cheap father and go out to find someone, but as soon as she stepped out of the door, Lu Ya came to her in a hurry.

"Oh no, miss, the master is sick again!"

Sick?

"Dad has been going back and forth between the pharmacy and home these days, how could he get sick?" Shen Tang frowned and walked towards Jiang's father's room in three or two steps. When he reached the door, he heard a heavy cough coming from inside the house.

"Dad, what's wrong with you?" Shen Tang stepped into the house. She was stunned by the old man's flushed face. "What is this..."

"It's a poison from the Western Regions," Father Jiang coughed heavily a few times, "I don't know where it came from. I tried a lot of folk remedies but they only alleviated the spread of the poison. I didn't expect that after I came out to pick up the guest, the poison started to spread again."

Shen Tang's eyes dimmed. She probably knew who did it. This poison had appeared in the first mission in this world, but the target at that time was not the master of the Medicine Pavilion, but her, the son of the master of the Medicine Pavilion, who was regarded as a thorn in the eye by the prince's faction. Although the poison is strange, it is not without a cure. Just find the insects carrying the poison and make them into medicine to remove the poison.

As for who was the owner of the poisonous insects, Shen Tang could guess it without even thinking.

"Master, Master, there is someone outside the door asking to see you!"

"Tell him to leave first. My father can't see anyone right now," Shen Tang said, turning his head to the side. His long black eyelashes blinked, and the servant who came forward to report was stunned for a moment, but the other party quickly said, "Master, the person who came is the blind man who was supposed to be your bodyguard. He said he came here to collect herbs, and he wants to hurry..."

Without waiting for the servant to finish speaking, Shen Tang snorted and laughed coldly, "No need, let him in." He was just looking for the culprit, and now, the other party came directly to his door.

"Dad, you recuperate here first, I'll go meet that guy," Shen Tang forced a smile to make his cheap dad relax, but when he walked out the door, he could still hear the old master's muttering.

"That guy is a good person. Don't try to bully him again. At least give him some protection."

Leave a way out. She saw that the guy didn't leave any way out when he poisoned her.

Shen Tang tidied up his fur coat and walked slowly towards the courtyard of the mansion. Lu Ya, who knew that the old man was poisoned, followed closely behind him, fearing that something unexpected would happen to her young lady again.

Yun Sheng stood in the middle of the courtyard, his body was as straight as a bamboo, but the ribbon had been tied back on his face, covering his gray-black eyes. The wind blew through the courtyard, and the corners of their clothes fluttered in the wind. The only thing that surprised Shen Tang was that he was still wearing the same black clothes he had worn when he came to Jiang's house a few days ago. There were many scratches on it, but the owner of the clothes had no intention of changing.

"I heard that you picked the Hanxin Lotus." Shen Tang looked at the man in front of him deeply, and walked up to him in his small court boots. "Then where is the thing I want?"

Without waiting for Yun Sheng to reply, Shen Tang had already stretched out his hand towards Yun Sheng and began to fumble around in the bag, shocking Lvya behind him so much that her eyes widened.

Although the lady hasn't seen a man for many years, she shouldn't be so hungry for him!