Chapter 316 Consciousness
He Chao arrived much faster than Zhen Ze. Rong Que did not go to the imperial study, but met He Chao directly at Su Qingqing's bedroom and told him to find Wang Yu.
After receiving the order from the palace, He Chao left the city. However, when the carriage reached the city gate, the driver suddenly drove the carriage in the direction away from Wang Yu's military camp.
"Sir, someone is following us."
The driver drove the carriage towards the woods ahead and spoke in a low voice to He Chaodao in the carriage.
This driver was selected for him by Wang Yu from the military camp. He was very skilled in martial arts and had good reconnaissance skills . He usually served as both a driver and an attendant, always following He Chao to protect his safety.
He Chao had just closed his eyes to rest, but suddenly opened them in surprise, "How long has it been?"
The driver said, "I didn't notice it before, but I suddenly discovered it when we arrived at the city gate. It seems that these people have followed us since we left the palace."
He Chao was puzzled, "These people?"
The coachman drove the carriage, "There are at least four people, tracking us from different angles. Sir, where are we going now?"
He Chao glanced at the road conditions outside the car window and said, "Let's go to Zhending."
The driver didn't ask any more questions and drove straight to Zhending.
In the carriage, He Chao had a serious expression on his face.
If these people really followed him when he left the palace, then the purpose of their tracking would be very clear, which was to follow him and see where he was going.
If he really went to the military camp and met Wang Yu, then what?
Then Wang Yu will send people to investigate Zhen Ze, so those who follow him will continue to follow Wang Yu's people. That means that in the future, no matter who the emperor and the queen want to use, they have a huge tracking network to investigate the affairs of His Majesty and the queen.
He Chao broke out in a cold sweat at his own speculation.
This was not the most terrible thing. The most terrible thing was that the man Wang Yu sent to him had a very good anti-reconnaissance level. However, he only realized that he was being followed when he reached the city gate, and the other party had five people.
This means that the opponent's tracking level is also very strong.
And the driver from the Minister of Rites's house last time was able to shake off Ming Lu's pursuit...
Who are these people?
Wang Yu has not yet found any results.
He Chao closed his eyes and leaned against the wall of the carriage. As the carriage bumped along, his thoughts were in a mess. Suddenly, his eyes suddenly opened.
They all seemed to have fallen into a circle of bondage, believing that those who were pursuing them were not from this dynasty.
Then, is it possible that these pursuers are from Da Qi, or Southern Liang, or some other country?
If these people came from some other country, and so many of them suddenly flooded into Kyoto, following everyone who worked for His Majesty and His Majesty, then...
He Chao was horrified by his own conjecture. He wanted to go back to the palace immediately to find Rong Que and talk things out, but he couldn't turn back now.
Once you turn back halfway, it will be easy for the other party to realize that they have been discovered, and then this cat-and-mouse game will change to another method.
Now, he had just caught a few mice that popped out. If there were other mice, he might not be able to notice them immediately.
He couldn't alert the enemy.
On this side, He Chao led his people to Zhending.
Over there, in the palace.
Minglu finally brought Zhen Ze into Su Qingqing's bedroom.
Neither Rong Que nor Su Qingqing showed up, only Ji Xiang was in the side hall.
"The rash on this girl's arm is probably caused by an allergic reaction to something she used."
After checking Jixiang's arm and taking his pulse, Zhen Ze, like Imperial Physician Liu and Doctor Sun, also used a silver needle to bleed Jixiang's index finger.
Jixiang glanced at the small white jade cup he used to collect blood. After Zhen Ze finished collecting blood, Jixiang asked, "This small cup is so beautiful. Where did Doctor Zhen buy it?"
Zhen Ze didn't look at Jixiang. He took out a silver needle and used it to pick up the blood in the white jade cup. He stared at the needle and said expressionlessly, "This was sent by the imperial physician Liu from the palace."
After a pause, he added, "Every doctor in our Tongji Pharmacy has one, which is specially used to collect blood from fingertips."
The silver needle entered the small white jade cup, and the tip of the needle turned black at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Jixiang raised his eyebrows, "What kind of poison is this?"
Zhen Ze ignored Jixiang. He lowered his head and sniffed the blood in the small cup, then dipped a little with his fingertips and rubbed it gently.
To be honest, he didn't know what kind of poison it was.
Judging from the blood alone, it was very normal and there was no sign of poisoning at all. However, the silver needle turned black, showing characteristics similar to arsenic poisoning.
That's strange.
Jixiang really wanted him to try using an ordinary teacup to collect blood to see if it could still be poisonous, but in order not to alert the enemy, she held back.
"This won't kill me, will it? Imperial Physician Liu said that if I don't get treatment quickly, I'm afraid I won't be able to save my arm. Doctor Zhen is the doctor specially recommended by Imperial Physician Liu, please save me."
Jixiang looked at Doctor Zhen's expression and deliberately spoke in a pitiful way.
Doctor Zhen frowned, "I may need to discuss this with the imperial doctors in the palace hospital."
Jixiang said, "But they have already discussed it, but they didn't come to any conclusion, so they specifically mentioned you. If they have any ideas, you will have nothing to do with it. Imperial Physician Liu said that they don't even know what kind of poison this is.
What, you know?"
Doctor Zhen was silent for a long time and shook his head, "I don't know either."
Jixiang screamed, "Oh my God, even you don't know, am I really going to be poisoned to death? Damn it, that bastard is so vicious that he actually wants to poison me to death."
Doctor Zhen frowned again at Jixiang's rude abuse. He looked at Jixiang and said, "Although I don't know what kind of poison this is, but I just felt your pulse and it seems that you are fine. You just have a little bit of temper, but your body doesn't show any symptoms of poisoning."
Jixiang immediately spat at him.
"Bullshit, you're a miracle doctor. Even a fool can see that I'm seriously ill from looking at my arm. You said I don't have any symptoms of poisoning? What else do I need to have symptoms? Does my whole arm turn black? Then I'll die. Is this how you save the dying?"
Zhen Ze's face turned red after being scolded by Jixiang. He grunted for a while, "I, I really think from the pulse diagnosis that you are not poisoned, but your blood just happens to contain a deadly poison. But you don't have any other symptoms, no dizziness, no nausea, and no vomiting of blood. It's just that something similar to herpes has appeared on your skin. I think it can be treated as a common herpes."
There is actually nothing wrong with what he said, it is exactly the same as what Doctor Sun said.
The problem is not the auspicious blood, but the small white jade cup that contains the auspicious blood.
Jixiang is well aware of this.
But she had other tasks to do now, so she could only respond coldly, "What nonsense are you talking about! Can your ordinary herpes turn the silver needle black? If you can cure it, then cure it. If you can't, get out of here. Why are you talking nonsense here! I must smash your Tongji Pharmacy!"
