Chapter 2102: Poisoning in Public
Chapter 2102: Poisoning in Public
This fish came at the perfect time. Master Yan quickly pushed it towards Chen Changli and said, "You two have come at the right time. The yellow croaker is at its juiciest at this time of year. Come and have a taste."
The host was polite, so Chen Changli couldn't refuse. He said "thank you" and then reached out to pick up a piece of food with his chopsticks to taste it.
"How is it?" Master Yan took a bite and praised it. "This is a local specialty, fried yellow croaker with tofu. The tofu is tender and the fish is fragrant. Come on, Madam Chen, try it too."
The servant tactfully put some fish meat into a small porcelain bowl and brought it to Wan Shufang. She reached out to take it and was about to enjoy it, but she stopped an inch before the fish meat touched her lips and her face suddenly changed.
This fish smells wrong!
"This fish is poisonous!"
She dropped the bowl and shouted at Master Yan who was still putting meat into his mouth.
Sure enough, the next moment Master Yan's face changed, and his face turned black at a speed visible to the naked eye. In the blink of an eye, his lips and forehead were pitch black. He covered his neck with his hands and began to foam at the mouth.
"Ah! Master! Master!"
The servants were frightened and panicked, and they rushed forward, but they were helpless and could only howl and cry.
"Changli!"
Wan Shufang quickly turned around to look at her husband. He ate little and was just beginning to have an attack. His face was dark blue, but he could still speak, "Don't...don't worry..."
After he finished speaking, his body tilted, and Wan Shufang quickly supported him on her shoulders.
There was a noise in my ears, and the panicked servants were still screaming.
"Shut up!" Wan Shufang shouted loudly. Her voice was so powerful that the frightened people immediately quieted down.
"Go to the kitchen and prepare some soapnut water. No matter what they took, the most urgent thing is to make them vomit out the poison. The less poison left in their bodies, the better! Open the door and keep it ventilated. Leave one or two people to watch over them. Don't gather all of them here. Go get two mats and let the two of them lie down flat."
"Did you hear everything?" The housekeeper was the first to react, "Hurry and do as Madam Chen said!"
As soon as the words fell, the crowd, who had been frightened just now, started to move again, but this time there was less noise and more order.
After the crowd had almost dispersed, Wan Shufang took out the silver needle from the space and was about to rescue her when she suddenly heard a familiar shout coming from the door.
"Dad! I'm back!" He looked up and saw Yan Que'an coming in from the yard.
Upon seeing this scene, he was horrified. Tears started to flow before he even arrived. He threw himself beside Master Yan and said, "Dad! I am such an unfilial son! No matter how hard I tried, I still came back too late!"
Master Yan was already unconscious at this time, so he could neither hear nor see.
Wan Shufang pushed him away, too late to comfort him, "Go get a bowl of wine and a fire starter. If the acupuncture is given in time, there is still hope of saving the life."
"it is good!"
Upon hearing this, Yan Que'an quickly wiped away her tears and ran out, fetching the two things in a moment.
The maid and the housekeeper in the mansion fed the two people soapberry water. After a while, the two unconscious people vomited out the fish meat, but there was still no sign of waking up.
Wan Shufang used a fire to ignite the wine, roasted the silver needles for a while, and then began to give acupuncture to the two people. The acupuncture points for blood circulation such as Hegu, Yongquan, and Huiyin were all blocked. The people watching dared not breathe, and it was finally finished after an incense stick of time.
"What happened to my father?" Yan Que'an was already sweating profusely from anxiety.
Wan Shufang shook her head. "His life is saved, but I don't know what kind of strong poison he was poisoned with. I don't know the name of the drug, so I don't know how to cure it. I'm afraid it's very difficult. He won't wake up now."
The other party couldn't sit still when he heard it. Recalling the dream he had last night, he became furious. "It must have been done by that vicious woman Feng Yaotiao! Someone, take me to the kitchen!"
Just now they only vomited out fish meat, so there must be something wrong in the kitchen. He must investigate it thoroughly.
No one dared to delay and quickly led him into the kitchen.
Yan Que'an was anxious and turned the kitchen upside down but couldn't find any clues. He felt unwilling and angry.
"Did anyone else come before the banquet started?"
He glanced at the kitchen maids, scaring them so much that they all lowered their heads.
"No...no," the girls hung their heads, "They are all familiar faces, I know them, I haven't seen anyone else."
"Impossible!" Yan Que'an was furious. "It must have been Feng Yaotiao who did it! She must have poisoned him and then escaped. I must go to the Feng family in person!"
He was very angry and no one dared to stop him, so they just let him go.
Master Feng was drinking tea on the armchair at this time. When he heard that Yan Que'an had arrived, he thought that she still had some ideas about marriage, and he was immediately overjoyed, and quickly asked the servant to bring her in.
He thought they were going to happily renew the appointment, but he was shocked to see this young man with a look of anger on his face, as if he wanted to eat him alive.
Yan Que An did not play tricks and came straight to the point, "Where is Feng Yao Tiao?"
Master Feng frowned and said, "My daughter is not at home. If Master Yan wants to fulfill the engagement, please discuss it with me."
"Engagement?" Yan Que'an sneered, "What engagement? Feng Yaotiao sneaked into my house and poisoned my father. My father is bedridden and in critical condition. You still want me to fulfill the engagement?"
Master Feng was shocked when he heard this, and threw the teacup onto the table. "What nonsense! My daughter is indeed not at home, but she would never do such a vicious thing to take someone's life! You said she poisoned someone, do you have any evidence?"
Yan Que'an's face darkened, and this expression naturally did not escape the eyes of Master Feng, who could tell at a glance that he had no evidence.
"To accuse someone of poisoning without any evidence is a false accusation, Master Yan." He drank his tea leisurely again. "If you continue to make trouble, I will have no choice but to sue the authorities."
"You!" Yan Que'an knew that his words were useless and he had no upper hand, so he could only admit defeat for the time being, "Just wait, I will definitely find evidence!"
Master Feng didn't even look at him, "Someone, show the guest away."
He returned to the Yan family in dejection, and could only invite all the doctors he could. However, after taking his pulse, they all shook their heads and sighed, and told him to prepare for his funeral as soon as possible.
"I shouldn't have left home at that time." Yan Que'an was very upset. "If I had returned in time, maybe my father wouldn't have been in trouble."
Wan Shufang also had mixed feelings in her heart. Although she was also worried about her husband, she still advised: "It is easy to dodge an open spear but difficult to guard against an arrow from the dark. If someone wants to harm you, how can you dodge every detail? Don't worry, I still have a way."
"Is this true?"
"Human life is at stake, so we can't lie."
Having said that, Wan Shufang was still unsure, and in the next few days she could only work hard on doing experiments and boiling medicinal herbs in the space.
Master Yan was old and deeply poisoned, so she could only put her husband in a difficult position for the time being. Whenever there was new progress, she would use Chen Changli to test the medicine.
A few nights later, she had just given Chen Changli a new medicine and was sitting next to him studying a medical book when she suddenly heard him coughing violently. When she looked up, she saw him spit out a mouthful of black blood and slowly opened his eyes.
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