A life of two souls traveling through time

Chapter 423: Zheng Yunqi is poisoned by secret medicine

"Miss Yunqi, it's time for lunch."

At noon, the sun was shining brightly. In the Xiao Mansion in the southern border of Jingsong, the old woman Ru Ma entered the study room carrying a bowl of porridge and spoke softly to Zheng Yunqi who was still reading a military book.

"Thank you, Ru Ma, for bringing it personally." Zheng Yunqi was surprised and quickly put down his book, walked forward, took the food plate from Ru Ma's hand, and nodded in thanks.

"Miss, there is no need to be so reserved. Didn't the master and the young master tell you to treat the Xiao Mansion as your own home?" Seeing that Miss Yunqi had been in the mansion for such a long time and was still so polite to her, Ru Ma couldn't help feeling a little disappointed, but she was a servant after all, so she could only persuade her with kind words.

"Yunqi has already regarded the Xiao Mansion as his own home, but Ru Ma has been managing this mansion for many years. As a newcomer, I should respect you." Zheng Yunqi heard the disappointment in Ru Ma's tone, so he put the food plate on the table beside him and hurriedly explained.

"Oh, Miss Yunqi, you are too polite." When Ru Ma heard this, she laughed and bowed to her.

"Uncle Xiao and Brother Pengyue haven't come back again?" Yun Qi turned to look at the hot and quiet courtyard outside the study and asked with concern.

"Yes, the young master just sent a message back saying that he and the master will have lunch in the military camp outside the city today, so you don't have to wait for them." After Ru Ma replied, she bowed again and was about to leave the study.

"It's hot at noon, so you don't have to run around anymore. I will take the dishes back to the kitchen after I finish eating." Zheng Yunqi also walked out of the room and continued to give instructions.

"This...how can we do this? If the girl does this, won't it make it difficult for us servants?" Ru Ma was so shocked that she waved her hands repeatedly.

"I have been working in the military camp since I was a child. I am not a pampered lady. What's the big deal? It's so hot, Ru Ma, you can go and rest by yourself." Zheng Yunqi grabbed Ru Ma's hand, patted it, and said disapprovingly.

When Ru Ma heard Miss Yunqi say this, she felt it was really hot standing outside at the moment, so she bowed and left without saying anything else.

After watching Yun Ma walk away, Zheng Yunqi returned to the study and looked at the porridge and dishes on the table sadly, her eyes welling up. When she mentioned the military camp, those past events began to emerge in her mind again.

At sunset, Xiao Pengyue returned home sweating profusely. When he saw Ru Ma, he smiled and said, "Ruma, do you have any herbal tea in the house? It's too hot today!"

"Yes, of course there is. I'll serve it to the young master right away!" Ru Ma said with a kind smile.

"By the way, where is Yunqiren? Did she drink herbal tea today?" Xiao Pengyue asked again.

"Drink it. Miss Yunqi should still be in the study."

After hearing Ru Ma's answer, Xiao Pengyue smiled happily with relief, and planned to go back to the backyard to change and then go to the study to see Yun Qi.

However, as soon as Xiao Pengyue entered the backyard, he heard a clanging sound. He immediately looked towards the south wing with vigilance. After a moment of confusion, he strode to the outside of the room, knocked on the door and asked, "Yunqi, are you there?"

There was no sound in the room, but Xiao Pengyue found that the tightly closed door had been locked from the inside. He had a bad feeling and kicked the door open, but was caught off guard by the scene in front of him. Zheng Yunqi, who was dressed in plain clothes, was hung in the room by a white silk, and under her struggling feet, a wooden stool fell to the ground.

"Zheng Yunqi, what stupid thing are you doing!" Xiao Pengyue hurriedly drew out the sword from his waist and cut the white silk, then carried Zheng Yunqi to the bed. He breathed a sigh of relief to see that she was fortunately not seriously injured, then frowned and roared.

“Cough cough…” Zheng Yunqi slowly raised his hand and touched his thin neck that was strangled red by the white silk, and started coughing softly, then opened his eyes.

But Xiao Pengyue found that Zheng Yunqi in front of him had lifeless eyes, and even when he saw him, he was silent and looked like an idiot.

"Yunqi? What's wrong with you?" Xiao Pengyue was extremely panicked and hurriedly waved his hand in front of her eyes. However, Zheng Yunqi's eyes were like blind and she didn't even blink. He was so scared that he asked hurriedly and worriedly.

Faced with Xiao Pengyue's panic, Zheng Yunqi remained silent and stupid, as if he was a body with his soul out of its body.

An hour later, it was dark. A doctor slowly stood up after examining Zheng Yunqi, who was sitting on the bed, for a long time. He looked at the Xiao father and son beside him and frowned and shook his head. This was the third doctor the Xiao family had invited, and he was still helpless.

"Can't you even find out what the disease is?" Xiao Hongzhong asked with some hope.

"Please forgive me, General Xiao. It is said that the heart stores the spirit, the lungs store the soul, and the liver stores the spirit. This girl's mind is disturbed, and it seems that even her soul and spirit are not in place. I'm afraid it's caused by the disorder of the five internal organs... Alas, but my medical skills are not proficient and I really don't know where to start. I'm sorry, General Xiao, please find another doctor!" The doctor shook his head again and walked out of the room with his medicine box.

"Father, what should we do?" After Xiao Hongzhong asked the servants to send the doctor away, Xiao Pengyue came to the bedside and became more and more worried as he looked at Zheng Yunqi in front of him.

"Why is this happening?" Xiao Hongzhong also turned to look at the demented Zheng Yunqi, puzzled. What does it mean that the five internal organs are out of balance? Yesterday, he was fine. Why did he suddenly become out of balance for no reason today?

"As my mother said, Yunqi's diet today was the same as usual, and they didn't notice anything unusual in the mansion." Xiao Pengyue continued to reply distressedly.

"Now that Mr. Zisang is missing, what should we do?" Xiao Hongzhong sighed and looked out the window. After a moment of silence, he suddenly turned around and said to his son, "Although Mr. Zisang is not here, Shui Bo also knows some medical knowledge. You should go out of the city and invite him to see if he can find out something!"

"Yes, I'll go right away!" Xiao Pengyue's hope was rekindled after hearing this. He turned around and rushed out of the room, but turned back in the blink of an eye and told his father: "Father, you have to keep an eye on Yunqi!"

"Don't worry, just go!" Xiao Hongzhong naturally understood that his son was worried that Yun Qi would hang himself again, so he nodded in response.

Xiao Pengyue rushed out of the mansion in a hurry and then rode his horse at full speed towards the mountains several miles outside the city.

Less than half an hour later, Xiao Pengyue rushed back to the Xiao Mansion with the old man Shui Bo, who was guarding the house on the mountain for Mr. Zisang.

"This... this girl seems to have been infected with a strange poison from the Poisonous Insect Valley in Southern Xinjiang, a secret medicine called Gu Heart!" Shui Bo followed the anxious Xiao Pengyue to Zheng Yunqi, and after feeling her pulse, his face changed drastically and he said in shock.

"What? Poisoned?" The Xiao family's father and son gasped in shock and said in unison.

"If I hadn't been interested in studying all kinds of poisons in the world and hadn't known about the secret medicine, I would have found it difficult to discover that the girl's internal organs were out of balance due to poison." Seeing that the father and son were both stunned, Shui Bo explained again.

"Why did he get poisoned? Why did the Poisonous Insect Valley in Southern Xinjiang target Yunqi?" Xiao Pengyue frowned and muttered in confusion, then hurriedly asked the old man: "Uncle Shui, is there an antidote for this poison?"

"This is a secret medicine from the Poison Insect Valley that is not passed on to others. Naturally, no one can decipher it except the Valley Master of the Poison Insect Valley." Shui Bo shook his head, and then comforted him, "But don't worry, although this secret medicine Gu Heart is also poisonous, it is actually just a medicine used to control people's minds, and it needs to be taken every day. If you stop taking the medicine for three days, the poisoned person will wake up on his own and recover as usual."

"So that's how it is, but won't this poison harm the human body?" The Xiao family father and son breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, but Xiao Hongzhong still asked worriedly.

"It probably won't work in the short term, but it's hard to say in the long term. After all, it will cause disorders in one's internal organs." Shui Bo stroked his beard and asked curiously, "What did the girl do after being poisoned? What was the purpose of the poisoner?"

"Yun Qi hanged himself in the room after being poisoned..." Xiao Pengyue's face suddenly showed a look of fear before he finished speaking: "So their purpose is to kill Yun Qi!"

"Letting the poisoned person end his life on his own and disguising it as suicide is simply vicious and cruel. It seems that the Poisonous Insect Valley is even more terrifying than the legend! But it is really abominable that they dare to act so arrogantly in my Jingsong Southern Territory!" Xiao Hongzhong also clenched his fists and said angrily with gritted teeth.

"But why does the Poison Insect Valley want to kill Yun Qi?" Xiao Pengyue still muttered to himself worriedly.

"We can only know what grudges there are between Yunqi and the Poisonous Insect Valley when she wakes up!" Xiao Hongzhong suppressed his anger, patted his son's shoulder to comfort him, and said, "People from the Poisonous Insect Valley can easily enter the Xiao Mansion. It seems that your father has neglected to take precautions. You will stay in the mansion to protect Yunqi for the next few days."

"Yes, father!" Xiao Pengyue responded.

After Xiao Hongzhong finished speaking, he also left in a hurry. Xiao Pengyue knew that his father was angered by the Poisonous Insect Valley, and he was afraid that he would search the city overnight to capture the people from the Poisonous Insect Valley.