Volume 1: The Ghost Hand's Sharp Edge is Hidden 040 A Sudden Murder on a Desolate Road
Upon hearing this, Mu Chenfeng lowered his head to take a look, furrowed his brow, and immediately shook off his hand, asking: "How is my mother? Can you cure her?"
Tang Xin gave him a glance that was almost a smile, but didn't bother with him. Instead, she turned around and said with a smile: "Madam, you should rest well, I'll go get some medicine for you." With that, she got up and walked out.
"Mother, you rest first, I'll come back and see you later." With that, he also followed them out.
As she watched the two of them leave, the woman on the bed slowly dimmed her eyes, her expression dazed, and slightly turned her head, staring straight at the ceiling, as if recalling something.
Tang Xin slowed down her pace as she walked into the outer courtyard, and only turned around when Mu Chenfeng caught up to her side. Her eyes, filled with inquiry, scrutinized him for a while before she asked, "Who planted that tree in the inner courtyard?"
Mo Chenfeng was a sharp person, and as soon as he heard this, he knew something was off. His cold eyes followed the direction of his gaze to that tree, and in a deep voice, he asked: "What's wrong with this tree?"
"Your mother's body has accumulated cold poison over the years, and the cold air has penetrated into her bones. Moreover, this silver-green tree emits a toxic gas at night, which is precisely what makes the cold poison worse. Even if you use the best medicine to treat it, it will be in vain if this silver-green tree is not removed."
As she sensed the increasingly dense icy aura around her, her words also paused involuntarily. She turned her head to look at him and saw that his thin lips were pursed tightly, with a fierce and murderous glint flashing in his eyes. The clenched fist seemed to be restraining the anger in his heart, making her feel very surprised.
With his status, power and character, if he knew someone was intentionally harming his mother, he shouldn't have tolerated it... but... his eyes flickered slightly, a thought flashed through his mind, and he couldn't help but furrow his brow, glancing at him.
"Is there still hope?"
A cold voice sounded in her ear, and she raised her eyes to meet his deep and profound gaze. As their eyes met, she felt a chill run through her body. She stared at him for a while before saying, "Yes."
After hearing his words, Mu Chenfeng secretly let out a sigh of relief in his heart. Who knew that just as he had put down his guard, his voice came again.
"I can dispel the cold poison from your mother's body, but I see that she herself lacks the will to live. Even if I were to dispel the cold poison from her body, I fear she won't be able to live for much longer."
"You just focus on removing the cold poison from her body, I'll take care of the rest." Hei Tong paused for a moment on Tang Xin's body and said: "My mansion has all kinds of medicinal materials, later I'll have someone bring you to see them yourself." With that, he turned around and walked towards the house.
Seeing him leave, Xia Xue and Xia Yu walked forward and asked in a low voice: "Master, are we going to stay here? What about home?"
"Hmm, I guess we'll have to stay here for a few more days. Don't worry about that place, they're there, nothing will happen." She had already let Hua Fei Hua investigate, with his skills, it shouldn't be difficult to find the murderer.
"Let's go and take a look at his medicine storage." Tang Xin smiled and stepped out.
In the late afternoon, Tang Xin was adjusting the medicine powder in the prescription, when Xia Yu came to tell her that Xiang Ye had woken up. As a result, Mu Tianyu and others wanted to enter the Wang Fu to see her, but were all rejected by Mu Zhenfeng on her behalf. She just smiled, handed the prepared powder to Xia Yu to give to Mu Zhenfeng, and then returned to her room to rest.
After staying in the Wang's residence for two days, Mu Chenfeng treated her with courtesy all along. The reason was none other than that his mother had been gradually recovering after taking her medicine, her appetite had improved compared to before, and her body was no longer perennially cold. Such an obvious change in her physical condition made it difficult for him to put on a cold face even if he wanted to.
In these two days, Emperor Xian mentioned going to see her several times, but was refused by Tang Zihao on the grounds of quiet nursing. Others naturally wouldn't pay attention to her existence, and as a result, nothing happened.
On this day, it happened to be the day of the imperial city martial arts competition. Early in the morning, Mu Tianyu and several other masters personally came to the front gate of the palace to welcome her. Because her medicine had cured the strange poison of the Left Minister, its efficacy was divine, and everyone had witnessed it with their own eyes. This made people further recognize the ability of Gui Shou Tian Yi, and they were filled with admiration for him. They wanted to take this opportunity to make friends with him, so no one wanted to fall behind others.
The palace gate opened, and Tang Xin walked out from inside, followed by Xia Xue and Xia Yu. Everyone saw them and hurried to welcome them: "Hehehe, we meet the heavenly doctor."
"No need for formalities, it's getting late, let's go together!" She smiled and walked forward.
"Please." Everyone also made a gesture of invitation to each other and walked towards the trial field together.
When they arrived at the trial venue, the scene was already packed with onlookers, some of whom had heard that Gui Shou Tian Yi had also come and were excitedly anticipating it. When they saw them entering the passageway and taking their seats, they began to speculate about who was Gui Shou Tian Yi?
"Get out of the way! All of you get out of my way!"
A loud and rude voice came, and everyone couldn't help but turn their heads to look. It was the young master Duan Wuzhi from the Right Chancellor's mansion. Everyone made way for him, as who in the imperial city didn't know that Duan Wuzhi was a troublemaker? Wherever he went, accidents were bound to happen. With so many people present today, what was he doing here again? It was safer to keep a distance from him.
Jian Duanyou rushed up to the stage as if no one was around, and Tianyuan's eyebrows furrowed, shouting in a low voice: "Stop him!"
From behind the stage, a man rushed over, panting and wiping sweat while shouting: "Wú Zhǐ, hurry back! Don't be reckless!"
"Let me go! Let me go! What do you want to do?" Segmented by two guards, Duan Wuzhi kicked his feet and shouted loudly, trying to break free from them.
Meng Tianyou's face sank, his whole body exuding an aura of unspoken intimidation. His sharp eyes scanned him once before he spoke in a low voice, "I was just about to ask you, what exactly are you doing?" The low voice carried the weight of authority and struck Meng Tianyou like thunder, making him involuntarily break out in cold sweat. Even his legs weakened, unable to stand upright. It was precisely this that made him hastily explain himself.
"Duan Wuzhi knocked on the door to see the Holy One, I...I came to ask Tianyi for two life-saving medicine pills." He knelt down with a thud, his eyes fixed on Tang Xin in white clothes, his face flushing red as he said: "Tianyi, they all say you're very powerful, there's no illness you can't cure. Give me two life-saving medicine pills! If two is too many, then...then one will do."
Everyone stared blankly at Duan Wujie, who was kneeling on the stage and haggling with Tianyi, thinking to themselves: Has his brain been pinched by a door? Otherwise, how could this illustrious Right Minister have given birth to such an idiot son?
Tang Xin gazed at Duan Wuji, who was kneeling in front of him, with a playful expression and asked with a smile: "I see you're not sick or hurt, what do you want the medicine for? Don't tell me your old man has also been poisoned and his life is hanging by a thread." His eyes flickered, and he gave a seemingly amused but actually cold glance at the stern-faced Right Prime Minister.
