Chapter 120: Not Arsenic
In order to prevent the poisoned milk from harming others, Gu Feixue ignored the sight of passers-by around her and took the shortest route, the main road, and arrived at Zuixianlou in less than a quarter of an hour.
At this time, Zuixianlou had already opened its doors, and early birds had already come in in groups of three or four.
"The first serving of milk custard has arrived. Please enjoy it, sir."
Seeing that the guest picked up the spoon and was about to taste the milk porridge, Gu Feixue quickly threw a stone at her feet into the milk porridge accurately.
With a "plop" sound, the milk soup splashed some milk all over the place, causing the diner to change his expression.
Before the diner could open his mouth to curse, Gu Feixue's expression changed, and he took out half a tael of silver from his sleeve, with a smile on his face that did not reach his eyes:
"Excuse me, sir. Please accept this silver as apology."
A bowl of milk soup cost eighty cents, and paying five hundred cents as compensation naturally succeeded in quelling the diners' anger.
Bao Hongcai's right-hand man Zheng Cheng was surprised when he saw this.
He saw it clearly and it was obvious that Miss Gu had thrown the stone into the milk soup on purpose.
After Gu Feixue paid the compensation, she called Zheng Cheng to a deserted place and told him what happened in Anju Village that morning.
"The milk delivered to Anju Village today is unusable. It's been poisoned!"
Zheng Cheng was horrified when he heard this: "Is this true?"
"It's just speculation. This morning, everyone in Anju Village who consumed milk, including the cows, suffered varying degrees of vomiting and diarrhea. During this period, Zuixianlou is advised not to sell dairy products today."
Zheng Cheng knew that this matter was of great importance, so he immediately asked the restaurant's kitchen not to touch the milk delivered from Anju Village today.
They also posted on the bulletin board in the lobby that no dairy products would be sold today, and refunded the money to diners who had already ordered meals. Although this caused some complaints from customers, at least no major mistakes were made.
Bao Hongcai received the news late. During this period, Bao Hongcai had been busy entertaining Manager Qin from Jiangzhou. Manager Qin had just left a few days ago, so he slept a little longer in the morning. Who knew that such a thing would happen in the restaurant.
After watching the people from Zuixianlou pour out the milk, Gu Feixue wanted to compensate Bao Hongcai for his losses, but was stopped by Bao Hongcai:
"Miss Gu, please don't be so outspoken. The most important thing right now is to detoxify the villagers."
Gu Feixue stopped taking out the silver and said with a bow:
"Mr. Bao, please don't blame Xue'er for the mistakes she made due to negligence. Thank you so much."
Afterwards, Gu Feixue went to Renhetang and Yonghetang in the city and hired doctors at a high price. Since there were too many people poisoned, the doctors had no excuses and immediately left the pharmacy with Gu Feixue and went to Anju Village to see the patient.
Gu Feixue also went to a prestigious veterinarian in the city and invited him to treat the cows.
Gu Feixue and Zheng Cheng, who went to Anju Village to help, rode as fast as they could, accompanied by a doctor and veterinarian in a carriage, fearing that someone would die if they were late.
Finally, half an hour later, the group returned to Anju Village exhausted. As soon as the villagers in the watchtower saw Gu Feixue, they let the carriage go.
"Miss Gu, please go to the village chief's house and take a look. Many people are dying!"
Gu Feixue's heart sank when she heard this, and she rushed to the village chief's house with her people. She found that everyone, including the village chief, looked much worse than when she left. Many villagers seemed to have diarrhea and were dehydrated.
"Dad and Mom, did the village chief and the others use soap to induce vomiting?"
Wang nodded. "We urged them, we urged them, but their faces have improved a little. Most of them are still suffering from vomiting and diarrhea."
Gu Feixue frowned deeply. Seeing that some villagers were about to collapse, she handed the sugar and salt she had bought from the city to the village head's wife:
"Aunt Wang, go and mix this sugar and salt with water and give it to the poisoned villagers. Otherwise, they will become dehydrated if they continue like this." Gu Feixue paused, her voice filled with guilt.
"This time it was the Gu family's fault for not supervising us properly. They will definitely cure everyone of the poison. I have already found the most prestigious doctors in the city. I believe everyone will be well soon."
After hearing what Gu Feixue said, the villagers calmed down and started to treat those with more serious illnesses with their medicine boxes on their backs.
"The patient is vomiting, suffering from abdominal pain and diarrhea, with a disordered pulse and difficulty breathing. Has he taken Fuzi Decoction?"
At this time, the doctor of Yonghetang gave a judgment first, but then he shook his head to deny it.
"No, no, diarrhea isn't one of the symptoms associated with Fuzi Decoction..."
At this time, the doctor from Tong Ren Tang also took the villagers' pulse:
"I have diarrhea and a fever. Could it be that I accidentally ate oleander?"
Gu Feixue also thought of this possibility, so she turned around and asked the villagers' families:
"The milk they drank this morning was white? Did you see any red or green milk?"
If oleander was accidentally ingested, it would be impossible for so many people to be poisoned at the same time, unless someone mashed the oleander and mixed it in milk.
However, if this is done, not only will the taste of the milk change, but the color of the eyes will definitely not be pure white.
The family members shook their heads when they heard this: "It's just white, there's no other color."
The doctor at Tong Ren Tang frowned upon hearing this:
"It's unlikely that they're suffering from oleander poisoning... Could it be..."
At this time, the patients were fed some sugar water, saline and other electrolytes. After replenishing water, some patients' complexions improved. However, when they saw the doctor's face change, everyone became even more panicked.
The doctor from Tongrentang first looked at the doctor from Yonghetang, and they both shook their heads, obviously thinking of a possibility.
Gu Feixue felt something was wrong, and then she heard the veterinarian ask directly:
"You think the poison in the patient is arsenic?"
Gu Feixue's pupils suddenly shrank.
Arsenic!
Whether in modern times or ancient times, arsenic is highly toxic. Once poisoned, people will basically die without any cure!
Although her heart was shaken, Gu Feixue felt something was amiss.
The next second, everyone saw Gu Feixue hurriedly checking the fingernails of some patients, and then she said in a relaxed tone:
"It can't be arsenic. If you were poisoned by arsenic, white lines would appear on your fingers. And you've been poisoned for two hours now. If it was a small amount of arsenic, your skin would also change color. But you don't have these symptoms, which means it's not arsenic!"
Gu Feixue's well-reasoned words finally put the hearts of the vast majority of people present at ease.
Upon hearing this, the two doctors also checked the patient's fingers and skin color, and found that it was indeed what Gu Feixue said, and they looked ashamed.
"Miss Gu is right. I was too arbitrary. What everyone was poisoned with was not arsenic, but some other poison."
Gu Feixue asked again whether there was blood in the patients' vomit and excrement. The answer was no, and she finally felt relieved.
In modern times, the word "arsenic" in arsenic refers to arsenic. In modern times, arsenic and its compounds are used in pesticides and herbicides. Once poisoned, symptoms such as vomiting blood and bloody stools will appear.
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