allonlinenovel Chapter 261 The Terrible Medicine
Chapter 261 The Terrible Medicine
"What is this Painting Master? How come I've never heard of him?"
Almost all the males in the six or seven counties of Shuiling have been harmed by her daughter, and she even wants to get involved with the boy from the hostile Zhao family.
It was because she accidentally helped the Zhou family in the Zhao family incident that Zhou Shasha won the favor of Zhou Fugui.
It is said that six or seven counties have now been taken over by the Zhou family, but at times like this one should be more cautious and not provoke people whom they cannot afford to offend.
For example, the big names in Kyoto~
"The painter is a wandering painter who just arrived in the Sixth or Seventh County today. Come, bring it here."
What Zhou Shasha asked for was the cliff landscape painting by Jiang Changle.
"Look, mother, how talented the painter is. I painted this with him today in Beishan.
Later, he accidentally fell off a cliff dozens of feet high while trying to save me. It can be seen that he is a good person who is so honest that he is stupid.
I was late because I went to look for him."
Shaniang also fell in love with the painting at first sight. Zhou Jiafugui was a military general, and she had never seen such a beautiful painting. Although the painting only depicted a small part of the landscape, it made people want to see the whole picture.
Moreover, the young man was with his daughter all day, so he probably didn't have time to commit the crime.
Since her daughter liked it so much, Shaniang didn't hesitate any longer and said, "Then come with me."
The mother and daughter sent the servants away, and Zhou Shasha couldn't wait to lock the door and turned back to the bed in the inner room.
Shaniang pressed a switch, and the bed surface opened in the middle, revealing a step extending downwards.
The mother and daughter walked in with a lantern as if they were familiar with the place, without even closing the bed behind them.
Jiang Changle dismantled the roof and jumped down, then followed in quietly without making any sound.
It just so happened that she had night vision and could see clearly without a light, but when she went in, she found that the Zhou family's basement was brightly lit.
There were countless large vats placed on the open space, all covered tightly, but they emitted a strong smell of blood and disgusting medicine.
The Zhou family's mother and daughter went inside to get medicine. Jiang Changle opened a lid nearby and looked into the large water tank. His pupils couldn't help but shrink. There was a whole little wild beast soaking in it?
She used a wooden stick to turn it over and take a closer look, and she saw the mark of an orc, which means that the people soaking in this water tank were not wild beasts, but babies who disappeared as soon as they were born.
Jiang Changle opened a few more large water tanks to take a closer look. Some of the tanks contained human-shaped beastmen. They were probably too young to transform into beasts, and only older children could transform into beasts.
The further you go in, the darker the color of the medicine in the water tank becomes. The middle tank is filled with crushed dregs, but there are insects surging in it. The last tank is filled with bloody jelly~
And these are the medicines that Zhou’s mother and daughter mentioned?
A medicine that makes people immortal? The medicine is precisely the beast children born by the Wanjin Army.
The old guys in the Zhou family are all taking this medicine, or there are others too~
The more Jiang Changle looked, the more difficult it became for him to breathe, and finally his whole heart began to ache.
She was the mother of twenty-five children and could not stand this kind of thing, so gradually, her eyes became red and her breathing became rapid.
Reason told her that she couldn't kill anyone now. She had to consider the overall situation and wipe out the Zhou family in one fell swoop, and at least save six or seven counties.
However, when Jiang Changle heard the voices of Zhou's mother and daughter discussing pharmaceutical preparation in the room, he really couldn't control himself.
A spiritual force swept through the scene, leaving no one alive. This means there were as many small corpses as there were water tanks, or even more.
With such people in the Eastern Dynasty, there is no need to worry about its downfall. With such things in the world, there is no need to worry about the orcs not being extinct.
Some people are born as human beings, but always do things like beasts. This is the norm in the Eastern Dynasty, which is old and corrupt.
Jiang Changle explored all the way until she reached the small laboratory. She pushed open the door and went in.
"Who?!"
"Mr. Hua? Why are you here?!"
The mother and daughter were startled, and even more shocked when they saw who it was.
"You two are the ones who are using children as medicine to make the elixir of immortality?"
The southern nine counties are producing an army of undead corpses, while the western six and seven counties are producing the elixir of life.
I'm afraid the drug doesn't have the effect of immortality, otherwise who would be willing to turn themselves into a zombie.
Knowing this, those in power still sacrifice innocent lives for a brief moment of youth.
How selfish! How foolish!
Jiang Changle stroked his aching chest, his tone very soft, so soft that it was like a sigh, but it was even more chilling.
"How did you get in?" Zhou Shasha drew the sword from her waist and pointed it at Jiang Changle.
Jiang Changle waved his long sleeves, and a burst of fragrance spread out. The Zhou mother and daughter were of average skill, and it was too late for them to defend themselves.
"What kind of poison did you put in us?" Shan Niang stared at Jiang Changle warily.
"It's not poison, it's something good that will make you feel relaxed. You're amazing. Are those medicines elixirs of immortality?"
The ethereal voice seemed to come from far away, but Jiang Changjiu was clearly standing in front of them.
Shaniang's eyes were filled with confusion, then daze, and finally numbness and stupidity. "Yes, it can preserve youth." She blurted out without hesitation.
"What is used as the medicine?" In fact, the truth is there. Jiang Changle still has some luck in her heart. She hopes that it is not what she thought. That would be too cruel.
"Use the blood and bone marrow of the little orcs~" Shaniang answered the question, while Zhou Shasha just stood there blankly and had no reaction.
"Who's making the elixir of life?"
"Me, the Saint, and Zhou Fugui~"
"When did you start doing this? How many children did you use?"
This question was obviously difficult. Mother Sha seemed to have thought about it for a long time but still couldn't figure it out. "Many years ago, many people~"
It was so long that she couldn't remember, and there were so many people that she couldn't count them.
Jiang Changle closed her eyes in sorrow. She knew.
"You guys go back and make medicine." Jiang Changle turned and left, his steps feeling a little weak.
Now is not the time to kill anyone, she wants to go to Jin Xing and the others to find a solution.
The confusing effect of the drug on the mother and daughter will disappear quickly and automatically, and they will not be able to realize that something is wrong.
Jiang Changle and He Jing don't know how to make harmful drugs, but He Jing has prepared a lot of self-defense drugs for her, and this confusing drug is one of them.
Jiang Changle returned to the guest room along the same route, took down the door, and broke out of Zhou's house.
Instead of playing the missing in secret room game, which would remind people of the case of the body thrown into the military camp, I am afraid that the Zhou family will concentrate their forces to deal with her.
Jiang Changle herself was not afraid. What she was afraid of was that the Zhou family would make things difficult for Manager Chen of the Lu family caravan. After all, that was where she first appeared.
Jiang Changle's face flushed slightly, and he knocked the maid and others to the ground. "Tell Zhou Shasha that if she dares to insult me, I will not let her go."
Jiang Changle said this and fought her way out of the guest room. Even the many guards of the Zhou family couldn't stop her, and in the end, they even lost her.
Jiang Changle walked around the east of the city before going to Guihua Lane in the south.
When she found the yard, she blew a secret signal and soon there was a response from the yard.
Jiang Changle jumped directly into the yard, and at the door, Jin Xing and Shui Xing were waiting there.
"Miss, you're back?" Jin Xing knew that his master would be fine, and he also successfully stirred up trouble in the Zhou family's military camp.
"The girl doesn't look well, are you hurt?" Shui Xing was more careful and noticed something was wrong with Jiang Changle at a glance.
"Let's go inside and talk." Jiang Changle said weakly.
As soon as she entered the house, many pairs of eyes were looking at her.
"Thank you for saving my life. May I ask who you are?" The young master of the Zhao family is actually nineteen years old and his name is Zhao Shuyu.
He thought he was going to die today, but suddenly someone fell from the sky and rescued him. When he followed the heroine to many places to avoid the pursuit of Zhou's army and came to this house, he saw his relatives.
But no matter how he asked, the benefactor who saved their Zhao family was unwilling to reveal his identity. It was not until the arrival of this younger master that he asked again, otherwise he would never feel at ease.
Who were these people? Why would they save the Zhao family? You have to know that the entire six or seven counties are now under the control of the Zhou family army. The Zhao family has long been prepared to make drastic changes.
He refused some relatives and friends who came to rescue him. After all, with the current strong situation of the Zhou family, it would be like an egg hitting a rock, and the sacrifice would be in vain.
In short, the situation in the sixth and seventh counties is particularly complicated. If these people in front of him also have ill intentions towards the Zhao family, then he would rather die than tarnish the reputation of the Zhao family.
Jiang Changle collapsed exhaustedly on the chair. Jin Xing immediately brought her hot water, and Shui Xing wet a cloth with water and washed her face and hands.
Soon, Jiang Changle revealed her true appearance, and it turned out that she was not a young master, but a very young and beautiful female. She looked very gentle, but she couldn't help but exude a powerful aura.
Who is she?
"What's your name?" After washing his face, Jiang Changle felt a lot more refreshed, and his mind gradually became clearer.
"My name is Zhao Shuyu." Zhao Shuyu bowed and answered, wondering why this female asked someone to save him but didn't even know his name?
"Zhao Shuyu, right? Have you ever eaten the Zhou family's blood paste?" Jiang Changle's gaze shifted from Zhao Shuyu to the six females behind him, ranging in age from sixty to five or six years old.
However, the emotions of those females did not fluctuate much, only Zhao Shuyu's face changed drastically.
"How do you know this? Girl, if you want to eat that thing, I advise you to think twice. It's not a good thing. It can indeed keep you young for a short time at first, but there is a risk of being controlled by the insect.
My mother said that it was a conspiracy of the Western Dynasty, which intended to use poisonous insects to control the Eastern Dynasty. However, the Zhou family, who held military power, only lived for themselves and did not care about the lives of the army and the beastmen.
My mother didn't go along with them, and she might have discovered some secrets, so she was framed by the Zhou family~"
Now the head is still hanging on the city wall, but as a son, he can do nothing. Zhao Shuyu is very emotional, his face is full of pain and hatred, and he is full of unwillingness.
"Have you eaten it? Have your family members eaten it?" This is the key. If the Zhao family members know that it is something harmful but still eat it, then they are not trustworthy.
"No!" Zhao Shuyu said firmly, "Our Zhao family is only loyal to Her Majesty the Queen and will never associate with the evil Zhou family."
"Heh! You're right, the Zhou family is indeed full of evil people."
Jiang Changle smiled sarcastically, dug in his sleeves, and took out a big apple. After running all day, it was time to replenish his energy.
"Guess what I saw in Zhou's house?" Jiang Changle slumped lazily in the chair, glancing at Jin Xing and Shui Xing.
Shui Xing of course didn’t know, as she went outside the city to rescue Zhao Shuyu, but Jin Xing knew something.
After all, it was he who hung those Wan Jin soldiers on the tree with his own hands, and he was able to find out some information about their identities and purposes through interrogation.
The purpose of capturing females was to mate and give birth to babies. At that time, Jin Xing felt that the officers and soldiers had deceived him.
After all, a male can only mate with one female in his lifetime, unless his original wife dies or he is a member of the royal family and can change his wife.
The most outrageous thing is that having a child can bring you promotion and wealth? According to the norm, the most you can get is the meager supplies needed to raise the child, right?
But now that Jiang Changle asked this, Jin Xing suddenly thought about the role of the child. What kind of child could help his parents get promoted and make money?
"Could the Zhou family's medicine be related to the child?" Jin Xing was shocked and immediately had a bad premonition in his heart.
"Clever! Zhou Shasha's mother is a great witch from the Western Country. Together with the Western Country Saint, she used the child's flesh and blood as medicine and used poisonous insects to cultivate a frozen blood cake.
This matter has been going on for a long time, starting with the disappearance of females and children in six or seven counties and surrounding areas.
I think after some results were achieved, the army was allowed to capture females for mating, and the officers would get rich if they gave birth to children, and the children would naturally not become blood cakes.
It would be great if you really didn't eat it, otherwise you would probably die suddenly like those soldiers worth tens of thousands of gold.
All the people that Jin Xing had captured earlier were dead, killed by the poisonous insects.
Later, I threw those people into the Zhou family military camp, but I don’t know how long those low-level and middle-level soldiers can make trouble?
I also know where the Zhou family’s manufacturing base is. Now, what we need to consider is how to catch and eradicate these cancers in one fell swoop.
We will not move the one million Zhou family troops in the west for the time being, but we will take six or seven counties into our pockets, leaving the Second Princess and the Zhou family powerless to deal with us.
Zhao Shuyu, you were born and raised in Counties 10 and 11, and you know this land best. You should be able to offer some advice, right?
Save these six or seven counties and avenge your mother."
Moreover, it is certain that more than just County Lady Zhao died in the Zhao family. After all, apart from Zhao Shuyu and a few females, the Zhao family does not even have a single male heir. I'm afraid they have been in great danger for a long time.
It is impossible for Zhao Shuyu not to hate the Zhou family unless he has an affair with a member of the Zhou family.
However, since Jiang Changle dared to speak out, he was naturally not afraid that the Zhao family would leak it out.
At this time, all the Zhao family members were stunned, their faces pale with fear. Zhao Shuyu was staggering, his strength and temperature quickly disappeared, and he almost couldn't keep his body steady.
He knew that the Zhou family's blood cake might be related to the poisonous insect, but he didn't know that it was also related to the children and the females who had disappeared for a long time.
For the sake of this short period of freezing age, the Zhou family actually disregarded the lives of so many orcs. It's simply insane!
"My mother, maybe she knew something, but she didn't tell anyone~"
So that's how it is. The Zhou family was afraid that her mother would expose the matter, so they were framed. But did the Zhou family think that the blood cake incident was the only thing that could bring them down?
"Who are you? Why do you know all this?" Zhao Shuyu had to make sure whether the other party was trustworthy before deciding whether to hand over the things.