Free Web NovelChapter 1186: Chapter 1186: Stricken by Gu Poison
Inside the carriage, an elderly man about sixty years old lay on the berth, his face full of pain. Next to him sat a man in his thirties, looking worried.
Additionally, a middle-aged man stood nearby, and another man who appeared to be a doctor was checking the elder’s pulse.
"How is it?"
When Jiang Xue entered, she saw the man in his thirties questioning the doctor checking the pulse. However, the doctor could not answer him, and Jiang Xue could see that the doctor was very nervous, his body trembling slightly as if in fear.
"Why are you shaking? What’s wrong with the patient?" Seeing the doctor’s lack of response, the man’s anger flared, his voice somewhat loud.
The doctor became increasingly frightened, his body trembling more violently, prompting the middle-aged man to frown and say, "Ah Huan, don’t yell at him."
"Uncle Lan, you see the old man’s condition; how can I not be anxious?"
"Alright, I understand. Let me ask him." The middle-aged man soothingly patted the man’s shoulder, then addressed the doctor, saying, "You’ve just checked the pulse, what is the patient’s condition? Can you tell me?"
Upon hearing the middle-aged man’s gentle tone, the doctor became less tense and said apologetically, "I’m sorry, my medical skills are limited; I can’t discern what illness he has."
As soon as he spoke, the man’s face changed, glaring fiercely at the doctor, saying, "You can’t tell, then why are you wasting time here?"
"Me?"
"Alright, Ah Huan, he means well." After speaking, the middle-aged man said to the doctor, "No worries, you can leave now. Thank you!"
"No, no need to be polite, I, I’m sorry I couldn’t help you!"
After speaking, the doctor quickly exited, appearing as if he was fleeing.
Once the doctor had left, Jiang Xue approached the spot where the doctor had been, and without a word, grabbed the patient’s hand.
At this moment, Ah Huan noticed a woman entering, seemingly a young girl, causing his face to change again. He opened his mouth to speak but was stopped by the middle-aged man pressing his arm.
"Uncle Lan?" Ah Huan looked at the middle-aged man in confusion, not understanding why he was being held back.
"Don’t speak yet!" the middle-aged man said softly to Ah Huan, then watched Jiang Xue intently. For reasons unknown, although Jiang Xue was younger than the previous doctor, even still a girl.
He somehow felt that Jiang Xue’s medical skills were superior to the previous doctor’s.
Jiang Xue checked the pulse for a while, her frown growing deeper. She never expected this patient’s condition to be so troublesome.
This person wasn’t ill but poisoned by a peculiar toxin. If she hadn’t studied the medical books in space, Jiang Xue wouldn’t have known there was something in this world that could use living creatures to make poisons, such as Gu Poison.
And the patient before her was indeed infected with Gu Poison, specifically the mother-Child Gu Poison. The Child Gu was in the patient’s body, but the Mother Gu’s location was unknown.
After confirming the patient’s condition, Jiang Xue released his hand and looked seriously at Ah Huan and the middle-aged man, saying, "He is poisoned by Gu Poison!"
"What did you say?" The middle-aged man’s face changed, while Ah Huan looked bewildered. It was clear that the middle-aged man had heard or knew about Gu Poison, but Ah Huan did not know anything about it.
