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I followed the guard up to the second floor of the inn and entered Xie Wuyuan's room. The air was thick with the smell of medicine.
Xie Wuyuan lay on the bed, his breath faint, while Liu Mingyue stood anxiously by his side. A few doctors were present in the room, looking helpless.
I stepped forward, maintaining a distance as I assessed Xie Wuyuan on the bed. His lips were cracked, his complexion pale, and his eye sockets were sunken. It was clear he had been poisoned severely.
"Everyone, please leave," I said.
The doctors exchanged glances. Liu Mingyue frowned and asked, "Do you know medicine?"
"I know a little," I replied. I had read many medical texts and treatises on poisons in the library at Piaomiao Peak. While I wasn't a true master physician, I was confident in my ability to handle common poisons.
"You..." Liu Mingyue clearly did not believe me.
"Let her try," Xie Wuyuan said weakly from the bed. "I trust her."
Liu Mingyue glanced at Xie Wuyuan and finally gritted her teeth, waving her hand to dismiss the others. She remained, standing to the side and watching me closely.
Only the three of us were left in the room.
I approached the bedside, leaning down to examine Xie Wuyuan's complexion and pupils before checking his pulse. The pulse was faint and weak, barely detectable, with a cold and domineering toxin circulating within him, eroding his internal organs.
"What kind of poison is it?" I asked.
Liu Mingyue replied coldly, "We don't know. The Imperial Physician of the Capital couldn't determine it either."
I didn't ask further. Instead, I pulled out a small porcelain vial from my pocket, poured out a black pill, and held it to Xie Wuyuan's lips. "Open your mouth."
Without hesitation, Xie Wuyuan opened his mouth.
Liu Mingyue quickly intervened. "Wait! What are you giving him?"
"A cure."
"How do you know it's an antidote? What if it's poison?" She looked at me skeptically.
I was too tired to explain myself. "If you don't trust me, you can seek someone more skilled."
"You!"
"I eat, cough... I believe her." Xie Wuyuan spoke again, his voice weak.
Liu Mingyue looked at him and finally let go of her hand.
I shoved the pill into Xie Wuyuan's mouth and took out a silver needle, quickly piercing a few major acupoints on his chest to seal the path of the spreading poison.
After finishing all this, I straightened up. "I've temporarily preserved his heart pulse. This poison is very domineering; my medicine can only suppress it, not eradicate it. Within seven days, we must find the antidote, or else..."
I didn't finish my sentence.
Xie Wuyuan's originally ashen face regained a bit of color, and his breathing became more stable. He looked at me with a complex expression. "Thank you, Yan Er."
"No need to thank me." I put away the silver needle. "According to the rules of the martial world, the consultation fee is one thousand taels. After the poison is resolved, no credit will be extended."
"You!" Liu Mingyue was both angry and frustrated.
I ignored her and turned to leave.
As I reached the door, Xie Wuyuan struggled to call out to me: "Yan Er! Don't go! I have something to say to you!"
I paused for a moment but didn't turn back. "Marquis, it's better to take care of your health first."
With that, I pushed the door open and stepped outside.
For the next seven days, I stayed in Suzhou City.
Not for Xie Wuyuan, but for that one thousand taels consultation fee. In addition, I wanted to find out who wanted him dead.
Xie Wuyuan's poison was peculiar, resembling the southern region's Gu poison.
I secretly investigated and discovered that Xie Wuyuan's recent inspection of salt affairs in Jiangnan had touched many people's interests.
Several of his half-brothers harbored resentment over his title inheritance.
Liu Mingyue's family, the Northern General's Residence, while being his staunch supporters, was not entirely united.
The waters ran deeper than I had imagined.
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