As time passed, the festive mood gradually faded. The holidays ended one after another, and people began to go to work as usual. Life still had to go on as usual. Reunions and entertainment were no longer possible.
Sometimes, the symbolic meaning of the year was more significant.
Guo Sirou stayed in the village for two days before leaving. By the time she left, the curse in her body had been completely cured. After two days of recovery, her body had basically recovered to its original state. Her complexion looked a lot rosier.
"Thank you. Thank you so much," Guo Sirou said.
"You're welcome," Wang Yao said with a smile.
"I'll take my leave now."
"Be careful, Sis Sirou," Su Xiaoxue said.
"Sure."
Guo Sirou left. She came and left alone. She looked rather lonely.
"Sis Sirou's family arranged a marriage for her, but she didn't like it," Su Xiaoxue said softly as she looked at Guo Sirou's back.
"Is that so? She didn't refuse?"
"In a family like that, there are some things that cannot be decided by oneself," Su Xiaoxue said. She felt very fortunate about that. Her family's attitude toward her marriage was different from other big families. Perhaps it was because she had suffered too much. She was able to find someone she liked. There was no need for her to consider marriage.
"She enjoys the scenery that ordinary people can't, and she has to take on responsibilities that ordinary people can't even imagine," Wang Yao said.
"Yeah."
"Alright, let's not talk about these things. Where do you want to go?"
"Nanshan."
"Sure, Nanshan it is."
Su Xiaoxue had come to like Nanshan over the past few days. She mainly liked the feeling of staying there with Wang Yao. The entire mountain was their world.
There were trees, fruits, birds, and insects on the mountain.
The two of them stayed on the mountain, chatting and enjoying the scenery. They did not feel bored or bored even if they stayed there for a whole day. Time passed quickly.
In Tianjin, thousands of miles away …
It feels good to be alive!
Miao Chengtang exclaimed.
"You've been cured of the gu poison?" Miao Qingyuan was very surprised to see him again.
He was very clear about how powerful the poison in the stockade was. Moreover, other than the people in the stockade who could detoxify these poisons, as far as he knew, only Wu San from Miaojiang could detoxify them. Because they were from the same sect, strictly speaking, he was the junior brother of Miaoxi River. Back then, he had also learned from the old patriarch for quite a long time. Moreover, his talent was outstanding and was praised by the old patriarch. These were all hearsay, and he had never seen it with his own eyes.
"It's solved."
"King Pharmacist of Miaojiang?"
"Not him," Miao Chengtang said with a smile. "Someone else."
He felt very close to this fellow villager in front of him, especially after what happened last time. In his situation, he was faced with the possibility of being discovered by the people in the stockade and being in danger of being retaliated against. Yet, he still came to visit him. This person was definitely someone he could make friends with.
People from the same hometown might not necessarily be of the same mind.
"Someone else? Other than the people in the stockade and him, is there anyone else who can detoxify the gu poison in the stockade?"
"To be honest, I didn't believe it at first," Miao Chengtang said. "However, he does have what it takes. Furthermore, he was able to tell that I was poisoned with just one look. He didn't even bother to make a proper diagnosis before using a bowl of medicine to detoxify the gu poison in my body. It was very easy. It was as if it was something very common for him. It was not difficult at all."
"Is that so? Where is he?"
"In a small mountain village in the north."
"The north?" Miao Qingyuan was very surprised to hear that.
"Yes, in a small mountain village in Qi Province. He's a very young doctor."
"He's very young?"
"Yeah, he looks to be in his twenties."
"The more you tell me, the more surprised I am and the more I can't believe it," Miao Qingyuan said.
"It's not just you," Miao Chengtang said. "Even I wouldn't have believed that such a young person in that place could be so capable if I hadn't experienced it myself."
Now that he thought about it, what happened that day still felt rather surreal.
"But, it really did work out," Miao Chengtang said with great emotion. "I'm still alive."
"What do you plan to do next? Leave this place?"
"Leave? Why would I leave?" Miao Chengtang asked.
"If they know you're here and have poisoned you, I'm sure they'll come back soon to confirm if you're dead or not," Miao Qingyuan said. "If they know you're still alive, they'll think of ways to poison or gu poison you."
"Should I hide and give in to them?" Miao Chengtang asked.
He had been thinking about that for the past few days.
"What do you think?"
"I want to fight back," Miao Chengtang said after staying silent for a while.
"Fight back? How?" Miao Qingyuan was very surprised to hear that. He had thought about getting revenge before, but it was the person before him who had told him to cherish the life he had, which was hard to come by. At that moment, the tables seemed to have turned. It was the other party who wanted revenge.
"I haven't thought about the specifics yet, but I can't just rely on what I know," Miao Chengtang said. "I'll need Xu Xinyuan and the people behind him. You might not know this, but something happened in He County."
"Something happened again?"
"Yeah, Miaoxi River's son almost ruined a girl," Miao Chengtang said. "That girl is no simple person."
"Someone from the Guo family?"
"Yeah, the young lady of the Guo family."
"Hah, Miaoxi River has always been very strict with his children," Miao Chengtang said. "Furthermore, Miao Changsheng spent most of his time training in seclusion after that incident. Why would he come out with him this time and make such a low-level mistake? Is the young lady of the Guo family just too alluring?"
"I don't know the specifics," Miao Chengtang said. "But Secretary Guo is very angry. That's for sure. Xu Xinyuan came to me right after the incident and asked me about Miao Changsheng."
"Is he going to make a move?"
"I've thought about it," Miao Chengtang said. "He won't for the time being because there's still Miao Tianchuan. Last year, there was a large-scale poisoning in He County. He relied on the Miaoxi River's help to resolve the crisis. Before Miao Tianchuan is taken care of, they won't have a falling out."
It was worth noting that Miao Chengtang's analysis of the situation was on point.
"Their relationship will remain that way for quite some time," Miao Chengtang said. "Miao Tianchuan is not someone who can be captured or killed that easily."
"Yeah, before that happens, all I need to do is make sure I'm still alive," Miao Chengtang said.
"After that, I'll think about whether or not there's any way I can make the Miaoxi River make the same mistake again."
"For example?"
"For example, in Tianjin," Miao Chengtang said.
"What do you mean?" Miao Qingyuan's expression changed.
Tianjin was different from He County. It was a first-tier city, which could also be considered an international metropolis. If something like what happened in He County were to happen there, the repercussions would be huge. The authorities would not be able to deal with it as hard and as deep as what happened in He County.
"You'll hurt the innocent."
"Try to avoid it," Miao Chengtang said. "Let's just wait."
The method he was considering was to use himself as bait to lure the people in the village. If they made the same mistake again, they would have to take a huge risk.
"If there's nothing else, don't come looking for me," Miao Chengtang said. "It won't be good for you and your family."
"I'll remember what you've done for me." He meant what he said.
"Sigh, we're from the same village, after all," Miao Qingyuan lamented. "Look at how things have turned out. I can't even live a peaceful life, and I have to live in fear all the time."
It would be a lie to say that he was not worried. He was very worried that his family would be implicated and punished by the village for what happened. What they did was worse than death.
"Just bear with it." Miao Chengtang sounded helpless. There was nothing he could do about it. That was how things were at the moment.
The situation was compelling. If he insisted on getting revenge, he would have died.
It was just as Miao Chengtang and Miao Qingyuan had analyzed. The news of Miao Chengtang being poisoned and still alive quickly spread to the Valley of Thousands of Medicine.
"He's still alive?"
"Yeah."
"Someone helped him get rid of the curse?"
"Could it be Master's Junior?"
"No matter how I think about it, he's the only one capable of doing something like that," Miaoxi River said. "But, logically speaking, that shouldn't be the case."
"How about this? Poison him again," Miao Qingyuan said. "Follow him closely and see who helped him get rid of the curse."
"Yes."
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