Tranquilizing Powder
Salted fish?
Ji Yunshu did not pursue the matter.
"What about Jing Rong? How is he? "
"You should worry about yourself first. I heard from Wei Yi that you're injured. How are you? "
"I'm fine." She lied. "You don't have to worry. There should be some sort of mechanism outside Gaoshan Village. Otherwise, Zijin would have been able to enter, and you wouldn't have to dress up like this."
Mo Ruo nodded. "That's right. You guessed correctly. The outside is like an airtight prison, but the inside is very lax."
Of course!
If the outside was tight, then there was no need to be tight on the inside!
Ji Yunshu was worried. "You should leave quickly. If you're discovered, you won't be able to leave."
Mo Ruo did not look at her. He was busy with his work. His ears perked up as he asked with a frown, "What's the situation here?"
Ji Yunshu had no choice but to make it short. She briefly explained what had happened.
Mo Ruo was flabbergasted.
He looked at the headless skeleton on the table and subconsciously moved his hand to the side.
His back trembled.
"As long as you're here, there'll be a case." He gulped. "But, do you really believe that they'll let you go?"
"Do I have any other choice?"
"Jing Rong has already decided to borrow some troops from Jingzhou. They're just waiting to attack the mountain to rescue you."
Ji Yunshu immediately rejected him. "No, Mo Ruo, you must promise me that you can't let him do that. If they attack the mountain, the consequences will be unimaginable. We can't sacrifice any more people."
"But …"
"I believe in Zhao Huai. As long as he finds out the truth, he'll let me go."
In fact, Mo Ruo was well aware of the pros and cons.
No matter how valiant Marquis Kang's troops were, if they attacked the mountain and rescued Ji Yunshu, there would be countless casualties.
Hence, according to Ji Yunshu, the only feasible solution was to investigate the case and gamble with Zhao Huai.
Mo Ruo was also rational.
He nodded. "Alright, I'll think of a way to stop Jing Rong. But if something really happens to you, he'll probably kill me."
Ji Yunshu was resolute. "I'll leave safely."
She turned to look at the door. Then, she took out a handkerchief from her waist and handed it to Mo Ruo.
"I'll have to trouble you to help me take a look. What is this thing?"
Mo Ruo opened it and took a look. He moved his finger a few times and put it to his nose to smell it.
There was a faint scent of camphor.
"This should be a medicinal herb."
"What medicine?"
"If I'm not wrong, this should be a medicine that my father once concocted. It's called Tranquil Powder. It's made from camphor tree, Bai Ning Grass, Seven Seeds, Insect Rice Season, and other medicinal herbs. My father didn't mention what it's used for, but since it's called Tranquil Powder, it should be used to calm the nerves."
Soothe the nerves?
"Was your father the only one who developed this medicine?"
"That's right. That's because my father would record all the potions that he personally developed. I've flipped through the book that he left behind and saw it in there. However, he only wrote down the formula, but he never wrote down the effects. It can be considered a difficult problem that the old man left for me."
How infuriating!
The old man was already dead, yet he still had a trick up his sleeve!
Ji Yunshu's heart seemed to be shrouded in a layer of fog.
Mo Ruo asked curiously, "This medicine, where did you get it from?"
Ji Yunshu didn't have the time to explain, so she kept the handkerchief. "I'll explain it to you later. But for now, you should hurry up and leave. Those two bandits should be back soon."
"Then be careful. Zijin will be outside Gaoshan Village. If something happens, use the same method as before to send a message. She will inform us immediately. As for Jing Rong, I'll think of a way to calm him down."
"Thank you."
Mo Ruo turned to look at Wei Yi, who was eating a bun.
'This kid can really eat.'
Taking advantage of the fact that the two bandits had yet to return, he left.
Wei Yi chased after him, but Ji Yunshu pulled him back.
"Don't tell anyone, understand?"
"I know, Shu 'er and Brother Mo Ruo are playing a hide-and-seek game."
"That's right, it's a hide-and-seek game."
Alright, Ji Yunshu really wanted to slap her own mouth. She had tricked Wei Yi once again. She didn't know if he would sit on the ground and have a long, heart-to-heart talk about the things she had tricked him about …
After Mo Ruo left, he changed his clothes and left Gaoshan Village.
When Xiaoyu woke up, he was dumbfounded.
He immediately ran to find Wei Yi, but he was sitting on the stone steps outside, playing with stones.
He kicked him. "Kid, what the hell is going on? How did I faint? "
"How would I know?"
"How could you not know?"
"You fainted on your own. I called out to you for a long time, but you didn't respond. So I left."
Xiao Yu was skeptical. He twisted his neck, feeling that something was wrong. However, it was clear that nothing had happened.
He thought about it and decided to forget it.
After Xiaoyu left, Ji Yunshu came out of the room.
She sat beside Wei Yi.
Wei Yi tilted his head to look at her with a big smile on his face. He lifted his sleeve and wiped her forehead.
"Shu 'er, are you tired? You're sweating profusely."
She shook her head. "I'm not tired."
"Shu 'er, why do you like those bamboo slips? They're not fun to look at. "
The so-called bamboo slips were the skeletons.
Ji Yunshu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She shouldn't have tricked Wei Yi like that.
"Wei Yi, those bamboo slips are like your friends. If you don't become true friends with them, they won't treat you as a friend. You won't be able to get the information you want from them."
"What information?"
"The truth."
"What truth?"
"This …" Ji Yunshu was amused by him.
At this time, it was already dusk!
The reddish-orange light shone down from the sky, illuminating the two of them. They sat side by side on the stone steps, facing the light.
It was as if they were working at sunrise and resting at sunset.
Wei Yi was probably tired, so he leaned on Ji Yunshu's shoulder and closed his eyes to rest.
His mouth was still blabbering something.
Ji Yunshu couldn't hear him clearly. She reached out to rub his head, a faint smile on her face.
But after a while, her expression turned solemn.
She was worried about the murder case.
At this moment, Zhao Huai locked himself in his room and sat in a daze for the whole day.
His eyes were unfocused as he stared ahead.
His body was motionless, but his eyes were dark.
The scene in the bridal room a year ago flashed through his mind countless times.
He pushed open the mahogany door in front of him.
The bride inside was dressed in a red wedding gown with a red veil covering her face. She was supposed to be sitting shyly on the big bed, waiting for her groom to lift the red veil off her head.
But her petite body was lying on the ground as light as a feather.
Blood flowed out from her chest bit by bit, dyeing the red wedding dress even redder and darker.
In front of the bride was not her groom, but a tall and terrifying figure.
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