Chapter 188 A terrifying scenario
There are a lot of holes in the Demon Eye Cave, and there are no less than a hundred holes related to poison alone.
Apart from the necessary eating, drinking, defecating and urinating, the four of them basically did not go out and were constantly reading books seriously for four days.
Wei Xiaoran suddenly called out, "Qianqian, come and see, I found Jiang Xu's notebook."
When several people heard this, they immediately gathered around. The Poison King Jiang Xu had also been to the Demon Eye Cave before, and he would definitely put his masterpiece here.
Lin Qian took it and took a look. It was indeed good. It contained the methods of making various poisons.
The more Lin Qian flipped through the pages, the more surprised she was. Many of the poisons recorded in the notebook had been purified and distilled.
To be able to master this technique, this Poison King Jiang Xu, could he also have traveled through time? And he's a top chemistry student. But why must he study poisons when he can research anything else? What's his obsession?
Could it be that this person was making drugs before traveling through time?
Now that they had found Jiang Xu's letter, there was no need for them to stay here any longer. It would take them more than a month to go back and forth, and they didn't know what was going on in the capital.
After bidding farewell to the magic doctors in the Magic Doctor Valley, Lin Qian and the others went down to the narrow passage.
We were in a hurry when we came, so there was no need to rush when we left. We bought a carriage on the way and prepared to take it back.
The "Hundred Poisons Reinforcement Formula" had been handed to Mu Chao, who took the prescription and thanked Lin Qian solemnly, saying, "If you need my help in the future, I will definitely come to help. Now I have to go collect the herbs for this prescription."
After saying that, he rode away from Lin Qian and the others. Lin Qian just nodded and watched Mu Chao's back disappear.
For the rest of the journey, Lin Qian and Meng Ziling studied Jiang Xu's notes together.
The more Lin Qian read, the more frightened she became. On the last few pages of Jiang Xu's notes, it was written that he had researched a new type of poison called Yu Gu.
This kind of poison is divided into daughter poison and mother poison. When the mother poison is injected into a person, it will not have any side effects and will just hide in the body, but the daughter poison cannot be touched.
If the child poison and the mother poison appear in the same person's body, the two poisons will interact and turn the poisoned person into blood and water, leaving only a skeleton.
Lin Qian and Meng Ziling exchanged a glance. Wasn't this the same way those two hundred people died? Didn't they die because of the red everywhere, but because of the remaining bones?
However, it is also possible that the poison of the red everywhere and the poison of the bones have combined together.
"Unfortunately, we all know the herbs used in the production method, but Jiang Xu did not leave any antidote. What should we do?" Lin Qian sighed.
Meng Ziling touched his chin and said, "I don't know, but now that we know the production method and the herbs, we are finally not groping in the dark. I will go back to find my adoptive father and see if the elders in the Medical Immortal Valley can help."
Lin Qian nodded: "This is the only way now. I just don't know what those people want to do. It's not too late."
Meng Ziling stopped talking, and Lin Qian also quieted down.
Suddenly, the carriage curtain was lifted, and Song Yuan poked her head in, her face flushed with excitement. She called out to Meng Ziling, "Husband, I smell a wonderful aroma. Let's go downstairs and have dinner before we go. I'm hungry."
Only then did Lin Qian realize that it was already noon and time to eat. Meng Ziling had already nodded in agreement.
He has been very caring towards Song Yuan these days. Although there has been no substantial progress between the two, Lin Qian can see that Meng Ziling still has a good impression of Song Yuan.
Lin Shuo parked the carriage in front of the restaurant and watched Meng Ziling and the others get off the carriage. Lin Qian went to greet Wei Xiaoran, but when she looked up, she saw Wei Xiaoran frowning, as if thinking about something.
"Xiaoran, what's wrong with you? What are you thinking about?" Lin Qian leaned over and sat next to him and asked.
Wei Xiaoran still frowned. He looked at Lin Qian for a moment, as if thinking about what to say. He said, "I have an idea."
"What idea?" Lin Qian asked curiously.
"I've met the eldest prince before. It's true that he has abilities, but his temperament is too gentle. If it were a peaceful and prosperous time, he could be a virtuous emperor.
But Yongyao is facing a lot of external troubles now, and the eldest prince is not suitable to be a king, so I chose to assist the ambitious and courageous emperor.
But after the eldest prince was brought down, I saw him once and found that he had changed. He became cold, violent, and full of danger. This was the feeling he gave me.
I always thought his personality had changed because of the ups and downs he'd experienced. But now I think he's gone a little crazy."
Lin Qian frowned. She didn't quite understand what Wei Xiaoran said, but she didn't say anything. She just listened quietly.
Wei Xiaoran continued, "When I heard what you said about the remaining bones, a thought suddenly occurred to me: would the current eldest prince do something crazy?"
"What, action?" Lin Qian asked Wei Xiaoran, but as soon as the words came out of her mouth, her heart went cold. She looked up and met Wei Xiaoran's eyes, and both of them had a bad premonition.
"You mean, the eldest prince wouldn't pass on his mother's poison to the emperor and the others?" Lin Qian asked word by word.
And if things go wrong, the entire palace might have been drugged. There are quite a few people in the palace, tens of thousands in total. If everyone is poisoned by Yu Gu, it will explode when the time comes. Lin Qian shuddered at the thought of that scene.
Following this line of thought, Lin Qian continued, "The eldest prince's goal is nothing more than the throne. Not only did he poison the people in the palace, but he must have been on guard against the ministers as well. We are the first to bear the brunt of the attack."
Wei Xiaoran is the Prime Minister and the emperor's confidant, and Lin Qian's family is his in-laws. Lin Wu is even the General Zhaowu appointed by the emperor himself. If the eldest prince really wants to poison them, he will definitely not leave them out.
Thinking of this, Lin Qian pulled out a silver needle and pierced her hand, but nothing came out. The blood had no peculiar smell and did not change color.
"This is just a hypothesis. It's hard to say whether it's true or not." Wei Xiaoran said, and then tried to help Lin Qian press on the wound.
Lin Qian suddenly stood up, jumped off the carriage and rushed to a pharmacy, spent a lot of silver and bought a piece of medicinal jade.
This medicinal jade is a kind of mineral unique to this dynasty, similar to jadeite and gold.
It was dug out by Yongyao's first queen, the woman who traveled through time. She originally wanted to dig for gold and silver mines, but unexpectedly dug out a medicinal jade mine.
The origin of this medicinal jade mine is in a mountain range suitable for the growth of medicinal materials. In fact, its predecessor was an ordinary Hetian white jade mine. Due to crustal movement, it was buried underground along with large areas of medicinal materials.
Over time, the medicinal properties and jade merged to form medicinal jade. In addition to its mosquito and insect repellent properties, medicinal jade can also cure diseases and detect poisons.
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