I really don't want to take shortcuts anymore

Chapter 38 What the heck is "Discovering the Truth"?
Threads of white fragrant mist rise from the Boshan furnace.The maid with a delicate face sat with her head bowed and knelt down, using a copper clip to fiddle with the silver charcoal in the three-legged bronze heater with a sparrow pattern, so that the reddish color covered the gray and dull color.

Wei Ying knelt on the brightly painted floor, but did not feel any warmth.

The frustration and humiliation of failed missions hit my brain in waves, and the large blood vessels on the side of my neck beat violently, as if they were about to break through at the next moment.

"Sir, this subordinate has disgraced his mission, but I beg to die."

"I don't blame you." Mr. Mo said calmly: "Step back first, and stay with me for the next few days. There is no need to return to camp."

Wei Cang took Wei Ying out and led him to a guest house.

The table was filled with steaming food, and Wei Cang couldn't help but swallowed a mouthful of saliva: "Camp Master, please use it slowly."

Wei Ying was a little confused: "This is...?"

"The camp leader has sent out more than ten dispatches in the past three days, and at the end of each dispatch there is a sentence: Mrs. Luo is a good cook and the food is delicious."

"So the young master specially asked Chef He from Yiyaju to cook delicious dishes for you to satisfy your appetite, so that the camp owner will know that there is a huge difference in their cooking skills."

Wei Ying knelt down in front of the table, and the maid introduced the dishes to him while serving the dishes: "Zeng Hou Yi steamed bream, roasted beef liver with basil, cress pheasant soup, fried grass sparrow, roasted beef tendon, boiled Boil green clams."

"They are all delicacies that can only be seen at princes' banquets." He tasted them one by one, and then sighed softly:

"It's just that Mrs. Luo, with just a scent, overshadowed Chef He's color, smell and taste. Their cooking skills are indeed... completely different."

Mrs. Zhang led Luo Qianhuai through the huge front hall and came to a small courtyard at the side and back: "Ms. Luo, Sheng'er is right here. Please be more careful."

As a mother, she was both nervous and looking forward to it, and she was even careful about what she said.

"I will try my best." Luo Qianhuai said, pushing open the door of the small courtyard.

On the way, she had learned a lot about Zhang Sheng from Zhang Lichang and his wife, and had made her own judgment about his illness.

If the disease of dementia is acquired from the mother's womb and is due to congenital brain underdevelopment, then even if one goes back to the previous life, it still cannot be cured.

However, Zhang Sheng suddenly became ill only when he was 15 years old, and he had not suffered any previous trauma, nor had he experienced fever, nausea, or vomiting. This ruled out the possibility of craniocerebral trauma, meningitis, and brain tumors.

Therefore, among the remaining causes, the most likely one is poisoning.

Zhang Lichang's family was simple. He only married one wife and had an only son, so the possibility of being deliberately poisoned was very low.

Zhang Sheng's face was gray and his body was swollen. He was lying on the bed in the room, drowsy, and looked exhausted.

Luo Qianhuai talked to him for a few words and found that his language organization skills were extremely poor and he couldn't speak fluently, but he was not completely incapable of understanding human speech.

If you understand, you will save a lot of trouble.She first felt his pulse, then asked him to open his mouth and looked at his tongue.

The tongue was dark with petechiae, the fur was thin and yellow, and the pulse was thready and astringent, indicating kidney collateral obstruction, which was very consistent with the symptoms she suspected.

Compared with pulse, Zhang Sheng’s teeth and nails are more intuitive.There is a black lead line on the edge of the gums and also on the nails - this is a typical sign of lead poisoning.

It was just as she expected.Luo Qianhuai took a long breath.

The symptoms had been basically diagnosed, and she slowly helped Zhang Sheng up and walked around the house a few times.

He stumbles when walking, and his limbs are ataxic.After a while, he became extremely impatient, yelled and lost his temper.These are common symptoms of lead poisoning patients.

"I understand." Luo Qianhuai said to Zhang Lichang and his wife, who were standing aside with helpless eyes: "My son's illness is lead poisoning."

"Lead poisoning?" The two looked at each other: "Madam Luo, can you elaborate?"

It's really hard to say.Lead was still a rare thing in this Yu Dynasty. It was usually used by alchemists for alchemy. I heard that there were also wealthy people who liked its beauty and spent a lot of money to build roofs with it. Luo Qianhuai was worried about them.

She tried her best to popularize science in plain and easy-to-understand language, and finally said: "The whole family lives in this house, but only the son was poisoned. This is because of his young age, and also because of his room. Or places with frequent activities must be exposed to a large amount of lead.”

"But the price of lead is high." Zhang Lizhang was full of doubts: "I can guarantee that no lead was purchased when building the house. As for Sheng'er's room, there are no lead utensils."

This is actually what Luo Qianhuai finds strange.She had already looked around the room just now, but she really didn't see any lead utensils.

"It's better to be more cautious. Move your son to another room first, and then check all the furnishings in the house, including under the floor."

The results of the inspection still turned up nothing.Although the source of the poisoning is difficult to find, it does not prevent her from detoxifying.

Fortunately, Zhang Sheng was not poisoned in early childhood, and the time was short. It did not cause permanent brain damage, and the damage to his kidneys was also limited, so he could still be saved.

Before coming, she had already brought a lot of medicinal materials stored at home in this direction, and she used them directly now.

Traditional Chinese medicine generally focuses on three directions to remove lead poisoning: removing blood stasis and detoxifying, nourishing yin and nourishing the kidney, soothing the liver and promoting gallbladder.She had memorized many related prescriptions in her previous life, and now she picked out the most suitable one based on Zhang Sheng's pulse:

30 grams of Smilax, 30 grams of Fangfeng, 10 grams of licorice, and 30 grams of mung beans, decoct them in water and take them with Xuefu Zhuyu Decoction and Sanmiao Pills.

After changing his residence and taking the decoction for several days, Zhang Sheng's symptoms improved visibly.

Most of the swelling on his body has disappeared, his face is no longer as gray as before, his eyes have become more alert, and his speech has become more organized.

The prescription is effective, as long as you continue to take it and come back for follow-up consultation every half month, Luo Qianhuai said goodbye.

Zhang Lichang and his wife were extremely happy when they saw hope. They thanked Luo Qianhuai profusely and asked her to stay for a few more days.

Luo Qianhuai was not worried since his two younger brothers were not around. In fact, he did not necessarily have to leave.

The reason why she persisted was because the compensation given by the system was about to expire.

Last time the system crashed midway, and after restarting, he offered to compensate her.It doesn’t matter if you don’t want it.

"The system restarted successfully. In view of the losses caused to the host by the previous shutdown and restart, we will compensate the 'Discover the Truth' once. The maximum storage period is 5 days. Please withdraw it as soon as possible."

Luo Qianhuai repeatedly asked what the so-called "discovering the truth" meant, but the system after the restart was even colder than before, and he didn't bother to explain it at all.

So now she is in a bit of a dilemma.Just pick it up at Zhang's house, because I'm afraid that the system will do something unspeakable again and cause indelible psychological trauma to Zhang Lichang's family; but if he doesn't leave, he won't be able to hold on for long.

After pleading again to no avail, Luo Qianhuai had no choice but to change his mind. Before the time limit came, he took the initiative to choose a quiet time in the night to start withdrawing compensation.

This time she learned to be smart and sewed a hood in advance.In the past few days, the Zhang family had almost provided for her. There was no need to worry about such trivial matters as providing some fabrics and needlework.

(End of this chapter)