ebookland Chapter 87 Poisoning
Chapter 87 Poisoning
The restaurant had no signboard, and the entrance was empty. The waiter led everyone inside.
The group walked straight into the inn, where three tables were still occupied with people eating. They noticed the group was carrying weapons but ignored their stares.
The inn has two floors; the first floor is a hall used to serve meals to guests.
The second floor consists of guest rooms, intended for passing travelers to stay overnight; it's a simple inn.
The waiter quickly wiped down all the tables and chairs and invited everyone to sit down.
At this moment, Qin Lingxing spoke up: "Waiter, bring up all your best wine and dishes."
After saying that, he threw him a silver ingot, which the waiter quickly caught with both hands. He felt that it was quite heavy.
"Alright, esteemed guests, the food and drinks will be here shortly." Then he turned and went to get busy.
At this moment, the other three tables of guests also recognized Qin Lingxing and the others. A slightly older middle-aged man walked towards them.
"Excuse me, young lady. I am Li Shiting from the Peach Feather Sect. May I ask if you are a young lady from the Illusionary Spirit Garden?" the middle-aged man asked Hua Lingxing slowly.
Hua Lingxing glanced at him and replied, "That's right, but is there something you need?"
"Are you ladies also going to attend the auction hosted by Si Chao?"
"Hmm, your Peach Feather Sect is also participating?"
When Da Ya heard that they were from the Peach Feather Sect, she also asked.
"Excuse me, Mr. Li, does your Taoyu Sect have a person named Ding Fengyi?"
When Li Shiting heard Da Ya's question, he turned around and saw a young woman.
"Oh, so you actually know a disciple of my sect?"
"Yes, he was injured a few years ago and we rescued him. Later, he urgently needed to return to the sect to report, and we haven't seen him since."
I only remembered that you mentioned you were from the Peach Feather Sect.
When Li Shiting heard Da Ya say that, he knew who it was.
"So you're a girl from Su Family Village. Thank you so much for saving my sect's disciple. I'm extremely grateful."
After saying that, he cupped his hands in a respectful gesture to Daya, and then turned to Hua Lingxing and said...
“Miss, I have only met you once before. I just saw you and came over to ask you this question. I apologize for disturbing you.”
After saying that, he cupped his hands in a respectful gesture to them and then called out to the shopkeeper.
"Shopkeeper, bring out some more fine wine and dishes to entertain the ladies, put it on my tab."
Upon hearing Li Shiting's words, the shopkeeper quickly replied, "Alright, don't worry, sir, I'll arrange it right away."
The shopkeeper went into the back room and came out a short while later, carrying a jar of wine.
The moment the shopkeeper opened the bottle on the counter, the aroma of the wine filled the entire hall. It was then distributed into several wine jugs and placed on the tables of the customers.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is a bottle of osmanthus wine that I have collected for twenty years. Today I will bring it out for you to taste. There is not much, so please make do with it."
The waiter then brought out the dishes and placed them on the table one by one.
Everyone poured themselves a glass, and those who knew how to drink felt invigorated by the aroma.
Someone took the first sip and exclaimed, "Good wine, really good wine!"
The shopkeeper smiled with satisfaction, returned to the counter, and looked at the customers in the dining hall with peace of mind.
Nodding in satisfaction, this is what an inn should look like.
Regardless of social status or age, whether the food is delicious or not when people gather together for a meal.
The group was having dinner at the inn when suddenly a commotion broke out outside.
After hearing this, Xiaoyue and the others went out to see what was going on.
The group was having dinner at the inn when suddenly a commotion broke out outside.
Upon hearing this, Xiaoyue walked out of the inn, and Shanzi and the other four followed her out.
Xiaoyue walked into the crowd and asked the person next to her, "What happened?"
The onlookers chimed in with their opinions: "The child is dying, and the doctor can't do anything about it."
The child's father knelt on the ground, pleading with the doctor: "Doctor, please save my child."
The doctor shook his head helplessly: "I have done my best. You should take your child and find someone more skilled."
It turned out that there was a child who was on the verge of death for some unknown reason, and there was a small clinic next to the inn.
The child's father brought him to see the doctor, but the doctor was unable to help and told him to take the child to see a more skilled doctor elsewhere.
When the child's father heard what the doctor said, he could only plead with the doctor, which led to discussion among the onlookers.
Xiaoyue and the others went over to find out what happened. After learning about the child, they went to take a look.
Xiaoyue said to the child's father, "Brother, I know a little about medicine. May I take a look at this child for you?"
Upon hearing that Xiaoyue knew medicine, the man disregarded whether she was a fraud and immediately knelt down, begging her to help him save his child.
"Get up first, you don't need to kneel. I will save him if I can."
Upon hearing Xiaoyue's words, the child's father immediately stood up: "Young lady, can you really save my child?"
"I can't guarantee that it will be cured, I can only say that I will do my best."
Xiaoyue is not Yundan. Yundan existed in her mind, while Xiaoyue was taught by Yundan.
The children in Sujia Village recognize basic medicines, but when it comes to treating illnesses and saving lives, it depends on the situation.
Among the children like Shanzi who practiced the Linglong Divine Skill, Xiaoyue was the best at medicine and poison.
Xiaoman also did well in his studies, but unfortunately he was a bit too young, and he was playful and not serious, so he didn't learn as much as Xiaoyue.
Upon hearing Xiaoyue's words, the child's father quickly said, "Please, young lady, save my child. I would be eternally grateful."
The doctor was a little suspicious of Xiaoyue because she was so young.
“Young lady, you mustn’t do anything rash. It’s not that I don’t trust you, it’s just that even I am powerless to help this child. You… sigh…”
"It's alright. Doctors are like parents, saving people from danger. There is no high or low in medical ethics; everyone has their own specialty."
The old doctor was secretly shocked to hear Xiaoyue say such things at such a young age.
Xiaoyue squatted down and carefully examined the child's body.
He took the child's pulse for a while, his brows furrowing. Then he opened the child's mouth, looked at the tongue, and his brows furrowed again.
"The child is poisoned and needs to be treated immediately."
When the child's father heard Xiaoyue say she was poisoned, he asked anxiously, "Poisoned? How could she be poisoned?"
"But did you accidentally eat some poisonous food?"
The child's father hurriedly said, "What should we do? Young lady, you must save my child!"
Xiaoyue comforted him, "Don't worry, I'll do my best to save him."
Then Xiaoyue turned to the old doctor and said, "Old doctor, I need some herbs to detoxify."
Upon hearing Xiaoyue's words, the doctor quickly asked, "Young lady, what herbs do you need? I will go and prepare them for you right away."
Xiaoyue told the doctor what medicine she needed.
"I need two qian of raw licorice root, three qian of Bidens pilosa, one qian of scorpion tail, one qian of realgar, five qian of honeysuckle... (list all the herbs you need)"
The old doctor quickly walked to the cabinet, picked out the medicinal herbs, and replied to Xiaoyue, "Okay, I'll prepare it right away."
The child's father stood anxiously to the side, at a loss for what to do.
Xiaoyue also began to control the toxins in the child's body to prevent them from spreading rapidly throughout the body.
Xiaoyue then used her internal energy cultivation technique to press various acupoints on the child, her hand speed so fast that the onlookers saw a phantom.
After a while, the old doctor prepared a prescription, muttering to himself, "This is truly remarkable; it's an effective antidote. I'm impressed."
"Young lady, the herbs are ready. Please wait a moment while I brew the medicine."
"Okay, thank you for your help. I also need a set of silver needles to detoxify the child."
Upon hearing this, the doctor instructed his apprentice to fetch a set of silver needles.
The doctor crushed the herbs that needed to be crushed and put them in a pot to boil.
Xiaoyue took the silver needles, heated them with fire, and then performed acupuncture on the child. Soon, sweat appeared on Xiaoyue's forehead.
Daya quickly took out a handkerchief to help her wipe it.
After Xiaoyue had inserted all the silver needles, she sat down and saw this, and asked the waiter for a spittoon.
When the shop assistant brought the spittoon, the child's expression grew increasingly painful.
Xiaoyue had just taken the spittoon from the waiter when the child spat out a mouthful of black blood. Xiaoyue quickly took the spittoon and handed it over to the child.
After the child vomited a mouthful of black blood, his complexion began to improve.
The onlookers were amazed, never expecting that Xiaoyue, at such a young age, would have such high medical skills.
After seeing that the child's complexion had improved, Xiaoyue removed all the silver needles from his body.
After finishing, Xiaoyue looked a little pale and sat down to rest.
The old doctor then brought over the medicine, and all that could be heard was a weak cry from the child: "It hurts."
The old doctor stared wide-eyed in disbelief.
When the child's father heard that his son could speak, he excitedly went over, helped the child up, laid him on his lap, and talked to him.
The old doctor fed him spoonful by spoonful, and said to the man, "You are really lucky to have met such a benefactor today."
"Thank you, thank you, doctor. Thank you, young lady. I will repay your life by serving you like a slave."
When Xiaoyue heard him say that, she smiled slightly: "There's no need for that. The person who taught me medicine said that once you learn medicine..."
"Medicine is for saving lives and for living up to the expectations of patients. Saving lives and healing the wounded is a boundless act of love."
When the old doctor heard Xiaoyue say this, he said three times, "Good, good, good."
"What a wonderful saying: Doctors have saved lives and should not fail their patients. Saving lives and healing the wounded, their love knows no bounds."
Xiaoyue had rested enough and, seeing that the child was alright, prepared to leave.
"Alright, the child is fine now. He'll wake up after taking his medicine and resting for a while."
The child's father excitedly grasped Xiaoyue's hand: "Girl, thank you for saving my child."
"There's no need for that. Since I've run into this situation and it just so happens that I know how, I'll help anyone, no matter who it is."
The onlookers applauded and praised, "That's wonderful! This young girl's medical skills are truly superb."
When Xiaoyue saw what everyone said, she responded, "You flatter me. I only know a little about medicine."
At this moment, the child slightly woke up.
"Father, what's wrong with me?"
The child's father said, "Child, you've been poisoned. This young lady saved you. Quickly thank her."
The child looked at Xiaoyue and said, "Thank you, sister. Thank you for saving me."
"You're welcome. Just be careful in the future; don't eat food you don't recognize."
When the child heard Xiaoyue say this, he also told Xiaoyue that he picked some mushrooms to eat because he was hungry.
Xiaoyue gently stroked the child's head, her eyes full of concern and love, and patiently told him.
"Little brother, you must remember this lesson. Never again eat things of unknown origin just because you're hungry."
Sometimes those mushrooms are particularly beautiful and look very tempting.
But often, the more something is like this, the more likely it is to contain a deadly toxin.
So from now on, no matter how hungry you are, you have to resist and wait until you find safe and reliable food before eating, understand?
The child nodded as if he understood, his eyes shining with gratitude for Xiaoyue.
She muttered softly, "I understand, sister. I promise I won't do it again."
The child's father, who was standing nearby, also thanked her repeatedly, expressing his deepest admiration for Xiaoyue.
"Thanks to you, young lady, otherwise our child would have been in danger. We will never forget your life-saving grace."
Xiaoyue smiled and waved her hand, saying, "It's okay, I'm happy to be able to help you. I just hope the child can grow up healthy."
The onlookers were amazed by Xiaoyue's kindness and medical skills.
Some even suggested erecting a plaque for Xiaoyue to commend her good deeds, and the scene became lively and bustling.