kingnovel Chapter 1235 Red Thorn Grass
Chapter 1235 Red Thorn Grass
Death is too heavy.
Even though Shen Zheng had already "died" once.
"How could it not be suppressed..." Shen Zheng's mind went blank, and her previous forced rationality collapsed instantly.
Before Li Shiyuan could say anything more, she pushed the door open abruptly and staggered inside.
A bitter, herbal smell wafted towards me.
The oil lamp inside was hung very high, yet the light was still dim.
Shen Zheng immediately spotted the figure on the bed. It was Xu Yunyan, whom she had never seen before—his face was ashen, his lips were bluish-gray, and his whole body seemed to be shrouded in an inescapable black aura.
"Xu, Xu Yunyan..." Shen Zheng squatted down, supporting herself on the edge of the bed, but dared not touch the person on the bed.
All the past events flashed before her eyes.
When she first arrived, Xu Yunyan maintained a polite distance.
When she was in trouble, Xu Yunyan silently supported her.
When she implemented the new policy, Xu Yunyan firmly took sides...
After knowing each other for a year, they are no longer just ordinary superiors and subordinates, but comrades who can entrust their backs to each other, close friends who can trust each other wholeheartedly, and even family members.
"Lord Shen..." Li Shiyuan's hoarse voice sounded from above Shen Zheng's head, "Please get up first. I'll look through some more medical books..."
Despite saying that, Li Shiyuan knew in his heart that he had already worn out those medical books.
If there were an antidote, he would have used it long ago; there's no need to wait until now.
"Medical books..." Upon hearing this, Shen Zheng suddenly raised her head, a light in her eyes that Li Shiyuan couldn't understand flashing: "Medical books... Yes, medical books! I have them, they're about detoxification, medical books about detoxification..."
As she spoke, she pressed the heel of her hand into her bosom.
The expected hard touch did not come; her arms were empty except for the two sheets of drawing paper given to her by Yin Wencai.
"Wait for me, wait for me for two breaths!" Shen Zheng was in a daze for a moment, then immediately got up, braced herself against the edge of the bed, and ran towards the next room.
"Lord Shen..."
"Bang—" Li Shiyuan's shout was shut out from the door of the neighboring room.
Five breaths later, the door was suddenly pulled open, and a gust of wind ruffled Shen Zheng's hair. Shen Zheng didn't care and simply handed the Chinese medicine book in her hand to Li Shiyuan.
"Quickly, take a look." Shen Zheng dragged Li Shiyuan into Xu Yunyan's room, urging, "It must be recorded in this book, take a look quickly."
Li Shiyuan stared blankly for a moment as he looked at the brand-new blue book in his hand.
"Quickly!" Shen Zheng pressed him down to sit on the edge of the bed and gestured for him to turn the pages of the book.
At this moment, Li Shiyuan didn't bother to ask where the book came from. He flipped it over and the title immediately caught his eye: "Complete Record of Detoxification".
Time passed slowly amidst the rustling of pages turning. Li Shiyuan would sometimes carefully read the descriptions on the pages, and sometimes look up at Xu Yunyan to compare the symptoms.
Although Shen Zheng was anxious, she did not urge him further, but instead looked at the pages of the book with Li Shiyuan.
In the instant the lights flickered, a description caught Li Shiyuan's attention—"Intoxicating Ring Poison—made from the venom of the silver-ringed snake, the Intoxicating Flower, and the saliva of the Ice Silkworm. Its appearance is different from other poisons, and it is often overlooked. The poisoned person will be poisoned within the time it takes for an incense stick to burn. The pulse will be deep and slow, with only the radial pulse slightly floating. At first glance, it looks like the precursor to a stroke, but there are no signs of qi reversal."
Li Shiyuan's heart skipped a beat.
It resembles a stroke precursor, but without any signs of shortness of breath...
Right!
He suppressed his trembling and continued reading—"An hour after the poison takes effect, the poisoned person's breathing becomes shallow and rapid, their nasal breath is slightly cool, their lips are bluish-gray, their pulse is as thin as a thread, and the Qi and blood in the heart and lung meridians are stagnant."
We met again!
Li Shiyuan's breathing became rapid.
Shen Zheng had been observing his expression, and seeing this, she quickly asked, "Is it this poison?"
Li Shiyuan did not shake his head, but he did not dare to nod either. He continued reading: "Three hours after the poison takes effect, the poisoned person's hands and feet will turn cold, and the pulse will be barely a thread. If you use a silver needle to probe the Baihui and Renzhong points, there will be a slight response, but the other points will be sluggish. This is a sign that the poison has invaded the mind and the person will stop breathing."
Baihui and Renzhong acupoints should be needled, but other acupoints should not be needled...
They faced off again.
At this moment, Li Shiyuan was about 70% certain.
His gaze swept quickly across the next line of text—"The poisoned person's wound showed no redness, swelling, burning pain, or bruising, only scattered red spots, which is called 'Intoxication'."
"Red spots..." The moment Shen Zheng saw these two words, she raised her hand and lifted Xu Yunyan's blanket.
"Right arm, right arm!" Li Shiyuan hurriedly "pointed the way" to Shen Zheng, "Half an inch below the elbow!"
Shen Zheng grabbed Xu Yunyan's right arm, and the moment the red spots came into view, her eyes welled up with tears: "It's this! It's this poison! Quick, quick, look for the antidote!"
The two of them kept their eyes glued to the pages of the book.
—"The solution requires five-step snake gall powder, red thorn grass extract, and century-old ginseng..."
After seeing the antidote prescription, Li Shiyuan's gaze froze.
Shen Zheng paused for a moment, then asked, "What is Red Thorn Grass...?"
She seemed to have never heard of this plant before.
“Red Thorn Grass…” Li Shiyuan stared intently at the three words on the book, his fingertips turning white. “This is a rare herb that only grows in the windy, sandy lands beyond the borders. This herb is extremely rare and hard to come by. In all my years of practicing medicine, I have only heard of it a few times, but I have never seen it with my own eyes…”
"Never...seen it before?" Shen Zheng's face drained of color, but she still forced herself to get up and walked silently to the next room.
She opened the system again and wrote the three characters "Red Thorn Grass" almost devoutly.
The system quickly responded, "Oops, we couldn't find what you're looking for. Try a different name."
Shen Zheng pursed her lips and wrote "Red Thorn" again.
"Oops, we couldn't find what you were looking for. How about trying a different name?"
Shen Zheng's fingers trembled slightly as she cleared the search bar again and typed in the words "Red Thorn".
"Oh, not yet..."
"Intoxicated by the allure of poison."
"Oops..."
"Enchanted".
"Oops..."
—“Heart Ring”.
"Oops..."
—“Circulatory poisoning”.
"Oops..."
--"poison."
— "The system does not offer toxin redemption; please do not search."
Search after search, failure after failure.
Shen Zheng's steps froze, and she moved slightly after a long while.
The blue light screen disappeared, plunging the room into complete darkness, so dark you couldn't see your hand in front of your face.
Shen Zheng silently unlatched the door, took two steps toward the next room, and then looked up and called to Hua Duo, who was waiting at the end of the corridor: "Send out all the spare manpower in the yamen to find Five-Step Snake Gallbladder Powder and Red Thorn Grass, and then post notices throughout the city to purchase these two items. If the holder has any requirements, they can tell me in person... Go quickly."
Hua Duo looked at her, his eyes filled with worry, but in the end he said nothing, responded and strode away.