Chapter 178 Poisoning
The screams came from four or five tents at the same time. When Lin Qian and Wei Xiaoran arrived, they found that some people were still running out of the tents screaming.
"What's going on?" Lin Qian grabbed a girl who came out of the tent in panic and asked.
The girl pointed at the tent with a pale face and stammered, "Madam, it's Madam and Miss, she, they..."
Wei Xiaoran clicked his tongue impatiently, and without waiting for the girl to finish, he took two steps forward and lifted the curtain of the tent.
The lady and young lady mentioned by the maid were lying on the ground, their bodies covered with brown blisters, and next to them were two broken teacups.
Lin Qian also came over to take a look. When she saw the teacup, her heart skipped a beat. She looked at Wei Xiaoran and said, "Could it be that the water was also poisoned?"
The two looked at each other, then immediately turned and left, back to back, running in different directions.
Lin Qian went to Zhao Xiu's tent, while Wei Xiaoran rushed to the imperial tent in the center.
Lin Qian's heart was beating fast. She tried to speed up and flew over the tops of the tents. She ran to Zhao Xiu's tent with all her strength and went in without thinking.
The tent was quite lively. Zhao Xiu, Princess Wen Yu, Zhang Yufang and the others were all there, talking around the table, each with a cup of steaming tea in front of them.
When they saw Lin Qian suddenly rush in, they were stunned. Zhao Xiu asked, "Qianqian, why are you here? Why are you in such a hurry?"
Lin Qian pointed at the teacup on the table and asked, "Did anyone of you drink tea just now?"
They all looked at each other and shook their heads. Ge Wenyu said, "We just heard some noise outside and were so busy asking people to find out what was going on that we didn't even have time to drink the tea."
Lin Qian finally breathed a sigh of relief and put her heart back in her stomach. She said, "It's good that you didn't drink it. It's good that you didn't drink it." After that, Lin Qian walked out again.
Zhao Xiu and the others didn't understand what was going on, so they followed Lin Qian out.
Lin Qian walked outside, took a deep breath, and started shouting. Her voice was mixed with her internal strength. In an instant, everyone felt that Lin Qian was talking loudly into their ears, and many people were startled.
"No one should touch the tea or food in the tent. They are poisoned." After shouting three times, Lin Qian finally stopped.
"Did the water and pastries really get poisoned?" Ge Wenyu and the others' faces changed when they heard Lin Qian's words, and they asked solemnly.
Lin Qian nodded: "The commotion outside just now was because someone was poisoned. The poisoned person will develop brown blisters on their body. Once the blisters burst, the liquid inside will flow out, and anyone who touches it will be poisoned."
Zhao Xiu frowned: "What about your father? They don't know the news yet, right?"
"Xiao Ran has just gone to inform them. Okay, don't touch anything here, not even clothes or luggage, in case they are poisoned.
Now that something like this has happened, the Emperor will probably be returning to the palace soon. You should follow him, as it's too dangerous here." Lin Qian turned and said to Zhao Xiu and Zhang Yufang.
Zhao Xiu and Zhang Yufang were about to say something to Lin Qian when she continued, "Just stay here. I'm leaving first."
In the end, the two mothers could only nod their heads, said that they must take good care of themselves, and watched Lin Qian's back disappear.
Lin Qian first went to the emperor's tent to see that the emperor and others were still discussing the assassination attempt today and had no time to drink water or eat.
"Your Majesty, please return to the palace immediately. Don't take anything with you except the carriage." Wei Xiaoran said.
The emperor had no objection, frowned and nodded, then asked, "Did the man in black confess anything?"
Wei Xiaoran naturally shook his head, and the emperor just sighed and did not blame him. Even he could see that the man in black was just there to die, and he would not be able to get anything out of him by asking him.
Without further delay, the emperor got on the carriage and prepared to return to the capital.
Lin Qian said: "After returning to the capital, all of your carriages should not enter the city. Burn them all outside the city, then have someone send clothes and change them before entering the city.
If anyone is poisoned, be sure to pay attention to the fluid in the blisters. After that, please ask the emperor to send a doctor and herbs as soon as possible."
There may be undiscovered sources of poison in these things, so we have to be on guard. The best way is to burn them all outside the city and not bring them into the city.
The emperor nodded, and soon the large army left with him.
Mulan Paddock has been completely blocked off as an epidemic area, and Wei Xiaoran, Lin Qian and Lin Shuo are in charge of the work here.
Lin Qian gathered some palace servants and soldiers who stayed to help and held a meeting. She said, "You all know the general situation now. We will help treat these people next. You must be careful when you come into contact with them.
Wear leather gloves and don't take off your protective clothing."
There were not many people left, only about forty or fifty. They were chosen to stay, and they were all scared to death, thinking that they could only wait to die here.
But seeing that the Prime Minister and his wife were there, I felt a little relieved. Although I was still afraid, I felt much better.
Lin Qian continued, "I will make some medicine for you to drink every day. You must take it on time. This medicine can prevent poisoning."
Although the virus is now transmitted through the fluid in the blisters, Lin Qian cannot guarantee whether there will be other transmission channels.
All Lin Qian can do now is to let those who stayed behind drink the cold spring water in the space on time as a precaution.
A batch of hemostatic herbs were quickly delivered, along with medicine pots and a medicine furnace. Lin Qian quickly began to prepare the blood-replenishing potion and replaced all the water with cold spring water.
After drinking the first bowl of medicine, the poisoned people felt better and blood no longer seeped from the broken blisters, but the effect only lasted for half an hour.
Half an hour later, Lin Qian received the news that the poisoned person started bleeding again.
Lin Qian was not too surprised as this was something she had already expected. Instead, she ordered people to feed them cold spring water again.
In this way, they fed him cold spring water every half an hour and blood-replenishing medicine every three hours. Lin Qian and the others persisted for a day and a night, and the doctor sent by the emperor finally arrived.
Lin Qian knew everyone who came, and the one she was most familiar with was Meng Ziling.
"Senior brother, why are you here too?" Lin Qian asked with a frown.
Because of the emperor's poisoning last time, Lin Qian thought that it would be better not to involve Meng Ziling in such matters in the future. However, she did not expect to meet Meng Ziling again this time.
Meng Ziling looked at Lin Qian's tired expression and simply smiled. "Of course I came since you're here. You're my last relative in the world. Okay, go get some rest. We'll come together later to study what kind of poison this is."
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