Concubine

Chapter 66 Rescue
Yang Qiuchi hugged Qin Zhihui tightly, fearing that she would just leave, panting heavily from nervousness.

Seeing that she was breathing more and more quickly, and that she was taking in less air and exhaling more, she hurriedly tore off her collar to expose her snow-white neck, this was to ensure her smooth breathing.

Qin Zhihui's eyes were turned upside down, her mouth was opened wide and she was breathing heavily, with bloodshot white froth emerging from the corner of her mouth, her expression was very painful.

Seeing this scene, Qin Zhihui's little maid, Yuechan, knelt beside Qin Zhihui, crying in anxiety.

Only the little black dog didn't know what happened, and ran in and stood aside, staring at them with black eyes.

"Water is here!" Yuechan quickly ran in with a basin of water: "Master, warm salt water is here." Put the basin of water beside Yang Qiuchi.

Yang Qiuchi put his left arm around Qin Zhihui, let her lean in his arms, stretched out his right thumb, and pinched Qin Zhihui's Renzhong acupoint. After a while, Qin Zhihui came back to his senses, and Yang Qiuchi took a spoonful of salt water with his right hand and said: "Zhihui, drink up this salt water and spit out all the poison in your stomach!"

Qin Zhihui's eyes were gloomy, and she struggled in great pain and asked, "Husband, are you~ alright?
"I'm fine, don't worry!"

"We both ~ drank..." Qin Zhihui said intermittently.

"I poured the wine secretly, don't talk, drink this salt water quickly, you will be fine!" Putting the big scoop of salt water to Qin Zhihui's mouth, Qin Zhihui smiled desolately: "It's too late It's..."

Yang Qiuchi didn't speak any more, put Qin Zhihui's head on his bent thigh, freed his left hand to pinch Qin Zhihui's nose, and forcefully poured it into it.

Qin Zhihui was forced to gulp down the large ladle of salt water in one gulp, and Yang Qiuchi scooped up another ladle of salt water to pour it in. Qin Zhihui shook her head in pain and retched.

"Hurry up and bring the basin!" Feng Xiaoxue ordered the servant girl from the side.

The maid Xiaodie quickly brought over a large basin, and as soon as she put it down, Qin Zhihui tilted her head, and with a wow, she spit out the salt water in her stomach, followed by several more vomits.

Yang Qiuchi asked Qin Zhihui to lie sideways on his lap, and gently patted Qin Zhihui's back with his right hand.

After vomiting several times, when only retching remained, Yang Qiuchi helped Qin Zhihui upright, and reached out to take the scoop of salt water. This time, Yang Qiuchi didn't need to pinch her nose, Qin Zhihui obediently opened her mouth, and poured out the large scoop of salt water in one gulp. He drank it down, then drank half a scoop, and then vomited again.

After repeating this for almost a stick of incense, the big basin of salt water was almost drunk and vomited.

Yang Qiuchi observed the vomited salt water and found that there was no abnormality. It is estimated that her stomach was almost washed, so he picked her up with both hands and walked to the room and put her on the bed.

Qin Zhihui felt much better. Although her whole body seemed to be cramped and she had no strength, her lower abdomen didn't hurt as much as before. She lay powerlessly on the bed, gasping for breath with her eyes closed. It took her a long time to open her eyes and look at Yang Qiu Chi forced a smile, and softly called out "Husband~!" Two crystal clear teardrops rolled down.

Seeing that she was conscious, Yang Qiuchi felt a little more at ease, stretched out his hand to wipe away her tears, and smiled slightly: "Silly girl, you have already spit out most of the poison. Wait for the doctor to come and prescribe some medicine." You'll be fine after eating. Don't worry, Zhihui, your husband is by your side."

Two blushes appeared slightly on Qin Zhihui's pale face, she nodded slightly, her bright eyes were filled with tears.

At this time, a group of people ran into the courtyard, and then came the voice of the maid Yuechan: "The doctor is here, the doctor is here~!"

An old man in disheveled clothes rushed into the new house in a hurry, his hat was on one side, his hair was messed up, he didn't even wear a robe, he only wore a white blouse, which hadn't even been buttoned up, and only one shoe on his feet, With a big medicine box on his back, he was sweating all over his face from running. It looked like he might have been pulled directly from the bed.

Yang Qiuchi and the others quickly stepped aside, a maid brought a stool by the bed, the old man sat down and panted heavily, after calming down a bit, he grabbed Qin Zhihui's arm and began to feel his pulse. A hand signaled his pulse, and he lowered his head in thought.

Mother Yang asked anxiously, "Old man, how is my daughter-in-law?"

The old doctor pondered for a moment, and said: "It's okay, the young lady has been poisoned." Looking around, he asked, "How did the young lady get poisoned?"

Yang Qiuchi pointed to the jug on the table: "Drink the wine in the jug." The old man nodded, walked to the table, took out a silver hairpin from his bosom, put it into the jug, and took out the silver hairpin after a while. Hairpin, I saw that the first half of the shining silver hairpin has turned dark gray.The old doctor said, "It's arsenic!"

Silver needle detection!

Yang Qiuchi was a little funny.

In fact, arsenic cannot blacken the silver needles. The reason why the silver needles turn black is because the production technology in ancient times was backward, which caused a small amount of sulfur and sulfide in the arsenic. The sulfur contained in it came into contact with the silver, causing The chemical reaction makes the surface of the silver needle form a layer of black "sulfur silver". If it is pure arsenic trioxide (that is, arsenic), it will not chemically react with silver metal, so the silver needle will not turn black.

However, the main poison in ancient times was this impure arsenic containing sulfur, so it is simple and effective to detect it with this method.

The old doctor continued: "The young mistress was poisoned by arsenic. Fortunately, she was treated in time, but I don't know which gentleman rescued the young mistress before the old man, and the poison in his body has been eliminated most of the time."

Mother Yang, Feng Xiaoxue and the others breathed a long sigh of relief when they heard this, and turned their heads to look at Yang Qiuchi. Qin Zhihui's maid, Yuechan, said crisply, "Our young master cured him."

The old man looked at Yang Qiuchi up and down, cupped his hands and said: "Master, you are so capable at such a young age, I admire you!"

Yang Qiuchi didn't have the time to chat about such things for him, so he returned a salute: "Please ask the old man to write a prescription to save my wife."

"Yes, yes, yes!" The old doctor patted his forehead, "Prescribe the medicine, prescribe the medicine."

The old man prescribed the medicine and explained how to take it, and his own servant rushed to take care of it.After a while, the Chinese medicine was cooked, Yang Qiuchi helped Qin Zhihui up, and fed her the decoction himself.Qin Zhihui fell into a deep sleep after drinking the traditional Chinese medicine.

The old doctor took Qin Zhihui's pulse again, felt that her pulse was stable and strong, and there was no danger, and explained the precautions. After receiving the consultation fee and leaving, the servants cleaned the new house again.

Yang Qiuchi, Mother Yang, and Feng Xiaoxue were waiting for Qin Zhihui. Seeing that she was sleeping soundly, Yang Qiuchi secretly heaved a sigh of relief. At this moment, he had time to think about what happened just now. The pot of wine on the round table was still in good condition. Put it there, Qin Zhihui was poisoned after drinking this wine, who actually poisoned her?

Was it Qin Zhihui's own poison?She has no grievances or enmities with herself, so why did she poison her?

At least for now, she doesn't know what kind of enmity she has with herself. If there is any enmity, it should be big enough to make her resolve to die with herself. Could it be the evil debt caused by her predecessor?She just mentioned Ruolan, could it be that Ruolan has a grudge against her, and she came here to avenge Ruolan?
It's possible, but who is Ruolan? Is it the girl who was abandoned by her predecessor and bit her shoulder hard?
It's a pity that I don't know if that girl's name is Ruolan.These doubts will be asked slowly after Qin Zhihui wakes up.

Besides this possibility, what else is possible?Could it be Madu?Something wrong with the vial of medicine he gave himself?
Impossible, because Ma Du has something to ask of himself now, and he has no reason to plot against him. Besides, even if Ma Du wants to plot against himself, he doesn't need to use such oblique methods. What's more, when the drug is given, Ma Du knows clearly Told myself not to drink.

Could it be that the medicine was originally poisonous, but Ma Du didn't know it, so we had to make sure first, whether it was poison in the flagon or the medicine.

Yang Qiuchi asked someone to bring ducks over twice, and fed one a glass of wine from the jug, and the other a glass of wine mixed with the medicine. After a while, the duck that drank the wine from the jug struggled. He fell to the ground, convulsed and died.The duck that drank the medicine just quacked excitedly.

It seems that the wine in the flagon itself is poisonous!
(End of this chapter)