"explain!"
Tie Xiong approached and slapped him across the face. "Who sent you to snipe us?"
But strangely enough, the person remained motionless, as if he had been turned into a wooden or clay sculpture.
At that moment, Qi Guze chuckled.
His eyes were deep and his gaze was cold.
Tie Xiong hurriedly reached out to check the man's breathing, only to find that the assassin was already dead.
"How could he have died so suddenly?" Tie Xiong sighed regretfully. "I was planning to investigate him thoroughly."
“If my reasoning is correct,” Qi Guze approached the man, pried open his mouth, and sure enough, saw that the man’s mouth was a bloody mess. “He has poison hidden in his teeth, which he will use to commit suicide if necessary.”
"I see."
Tie Xiong nodded.
Both of them fell silent. Qi Guze said, "Check what's on him. If there's nothing, dispose of the body."
"yes."
Tie Xiong quickly took off the man's clothes.
His sleeves were empty, devoid of any hidden weapons or ammunition. His clothes were the kind of style commonly seen in the capital, made of a material that any workshop could produce. Beneath the mask was a handsome face. As for his body, he had neither birthmarks nor tattoos or any other marks that could distinguish his identity.
Seeing this, Tie Xiong was greatly disappointed. He wrapped the body in a bed sheet and then went out the window to carry the body out.
Tie Xiong didn't return until late at night.
He seemed to never know fatigue, and despite going back and forth in the middle of the night, he showed no signs of tiredness.
It's as if I can't wake up every day.
The two continued living as before, seemingly having completely forgotten the minor commotion caused by the assassination attempt.
At dawn the next day, Xu Yuehuai and the others got up.
Qi Guze was still resting when Xu Yuehuai knocked on the door.
"Brother Qi, Brother Qi?"
Qi Guze opened the door. He was injured and had lost too much blood. His lips were a pale bluish-purple color, which was shocking to see. Xu Yuehuai was a martial arts master who had also studied medicine.
The so-called "observation of appearance and color" and "inquiry and palpation" are all related to this.
Xu Yuehuai quickly noticed something amiss on his face. "Brother Qi is injured?"
"Ahem," Qi Guze was clearly unwilling to open the door and chat with her like this. He went inside, with Xu Yuehuai following behind. Before entering the house, she closed the door behind her. Qi Guze turned around and said, "Forget about last night. I didn't see anything."
Xu Yuehuai was quick to understand, "What do you mean last night? What did you mean last night?"
Seeing Xu Yuehuai feigning ignorance, Qi Guze smiled like a spring flower.
"I didn't tell you because I didn't want you to get into trouble. I hope you understand."
"I understand." Xu Yuehuai sat down next to Qi Guze, thinking to herself that the two of them were quite destined to meet, how could she possibly stand by and watch him die? "I have medicinal herbs that can heal your wounds."
"You can treat illnesses?"
Looking around, throughout the entire capital, and even from the capital to neighboring countries, and from neighboring countries to Xiliang, where are there any women serving as physicians?
Seeing Qi Guze's skeptical expression, Xu Yuehua nodded.
"I come from a family with a strong academic background, and I studied day and night back then."
In fact, in her previous life, Xu Yuehuai often stayed up all night to learn skills. Little did she know that after mastering everything, she would die. When she opened her eyes, she found herself in this alternate dimension. Fortunately, she had not forgotten any of her skills and abilities.
"Let me see it."
Xu Yuehuai leaned closer and solemnly analyzed, treated, and bandaged him, performing each step flawlessly, leaving Tie Xiong on the other side dumbfounded.
Xu Yuehuai, however, was used to it.
With Tie Xiong's expression shifting from surprise to near-fear, Xu Yuehuai made a perfect ending.
"How are you feeling? Your injury is best treated with crushed cassia seeds mixed with artemisia capillaris and oldenlandia diffusa. This will help you heal quickly. Also, you need to nourish yourself in other areas."
"knew."
Xu Yuehuai's medicine worked; he felt no pain at all, and the medicine even emitted a cool sensation that was irresistible.
“It seems,” Qi Guze looked at his arm, “that you really know how to heal.”
"It's just a trivial skill."
Xu Yuehuai stood up. "I'm getting ready to go out. What about you? Are you leaving today?"
They were absolutely ready to leave, but both of them were feeling unwell today. If they went out so rashly, they risked being tricked, which would be disastrous.
"I plan to stay for a few more days."
Qi Guze said.
Xu Yuehua nodded, then suddenly realized something. "Are you the governor? The imperial envoy? Or the censor? Or perhaps you're from the Court of Judicial Review?"
"You can think whatever you want, but in reality, the Three Departments still have to listen to me."
In the imperial court, the governor, the imperial commissioner, and the censorate were all places for investigating cases, storing files, and handling lawsuits. These three places were collectively known as the "Three Offices".
In the capital, many sensational and major cases require approval and investigation by the three judicial departments, but the final judgment of the criminals still rests with Qi Guze.
In other words, Qi Guze was not lying.
But Xu Yuehuai just giggled.
No matter how she looked at it, she felt that she was very different from those old men in the Censorate.
"What? You don't believe me?"
"It's not that I don't believe you, I'm just curious. You're so young and such an upright person, how did you climb up the ladder step by step?"
Pay attention to the word choice; Xu Yuehuai used "爬" (pá).
In reality, working in the capital city is all about climbing the ladder with all your might.
But Qi Guze doesn't "climb"; instead, he has a lot of reptiles gathered around him.
"Alright," seeing that the other person wasn't joking, Xu Yuehuai pointed outside, "Then until we meet again."
Today, they are preparing to go out to collect herbs.
This is the best way to make money. As soon as we got up the mountain, Ah Qi said, "The border is to that side. There is war there, and medicinal herbs seem to be in short supply."
"You investigated very quickly."
Xu Yuehuai patted Aqi's head approvingly.
Ah Qi smiled and said, "It's just hearsay, but it's clear that medicinal herbs can indeed make money."
The two led the group to gather the produce from both sides.
Liu Cuiming was naturally lazy and good-for-nothing. She was cursing and swearing while working, but whenever Xu Yuehuai's gaze fell on her, Liu Cuiming would suddenly smile.
As for Jiang Mingfu and Zhou Qionghua, they only assigned the easy tasks to their son, Jiang Shixu. As for their daughter, Jiang Qianqian, she had to take on heavy and complicated work, but the little girl never complained.
At this moment, Ah Qi gradually walked away, disappearing from Xu Yuehuai's sight.
Xu Yuehuai looked into the distance and soon saw Aqi rush out of the sea of grass. From Aqi's frightened expression, it was clear that Aqi had seen something incredible.
Xu Yuehuai hurriedly approached, "What's wrong?"
"Corpses, corpses, there are still quite a few here."
The shocking and bloody scene last night had given her nightmares. How could there still be corpses? Ah Qi pointed to the distance, and Xu Yuehuai could only grit her teeth and walk forward.
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