Seeing that the assassin was stubborn, Li Shengjie remembered the method that He'er had taught him and used a poison dart to cut a hole in the assassin's foot. As expected, the assassin was also poisoned. Because Li Shengjie's attack was heavy and the cut was deep, the assassin was poisoned much more deeply. In the blink of an eye, the injured part began to rot and fester.
Even so, the assassin remained silent and insisted that there was no antidote for the poison.
Li Shengjie was helpless, and was afraid that the assassin would die and never be able to ask for the antidote, so he had to borrow some antidote from Wen Lingjiao and give it to the assassin to stabilize his condition. Maybe after a day or two, the assassin could not bear the pain anymore and would be able to tell him the antidote.
On the other hand, Qiu Yizhi was very concerned about Li Zhi's injury because the incident was ultimately caused by herself. In addition to visiting him every day, she sent people to look for famous doctors everywhere, despite the danger of sporadic Japanese pirates looting and causing chaos in Mingzhou Prefecture.
Lin Shuhan was well-known among the scholars in Jiangnan, and doctors were also considered to be among the literati, so he knew quite a few famous doctors. He was originally very aloof and arrogant, and never asked for favors, but now he finally put aside his airs and personally wrote a letter to invite the famous doctors in Jinling City to come to Mingzhou for consultation.
The handwritten letter from Mr. Bansong was much more valuable than the consultation fee of dozens of taels of silver. After receiving his letter, the doctors came for consultation without saying a word. They were full of confidence, thinking that they could show off their skills in front of Mr. Bansong and gain some face. Their fame would surely flourish, and their future consultation fees would naturally increase.
However, after seeing Li Zhi's injuries, they were dumbfounded. Such poison had never been seen or heard of in China. They searched through medical books but still could not find a solution. They could only reverse engineer the composition of the poison based on his injuries.
However, when they tried to trace the origin of the drug, they all insisted on their own opinions. Some said opium was used, some said arsenic, and some said castor oil. They could not agree on one answer and were almost quarreling.
Under such circumstances, Li Shengjie did not dare to try any prescription written by any doctor easily - after all, these doctors themselves were not sure, so how could they convince the patients
However, there was no better way at the moment, so they had to let these doctors prescribe their own prescriptions and send them to Lin Shuhan, who would make the final decision, as he was well-read and knowledgeable in medicine.
However, Lin Shuhan looked through twenty or thirty prescriptions, but he didn't think any of them were useful: some of the prescriptions were copied verbatim from medical books, and when asked about the reasons for prescribing the prescriptions, he couldn't even say a word; some used bland herbs such as mint, licorice, and wolfberry, which could not kill people, but could definitely not cure the disease; others were designed to fight poison with poison, and used strong drugs that would make even a normal person seriously ill after taking them!
No matter which kind of medicine it is, it cannot be given to Li Zhi under any circumstances - this is both common sense and the consensus of everyone.
However, the only thing that was effective for Li Zhi's injury was Wen Lingjiao's elixir. But Gu Erniang, who had prepared the antidote, was already dead, and the antidote could only control the condition and relieve the pain. It would be used up sooner or later.
Thinking of this, Li Shengjie became more and more anxious, and simply lost his temper, using all kinds of tortures that he could think of, heard of, and had not heard of, on the assassin. The assassin was beaten for two or three days, and there was not a single piece of good skin on his body, but he still clenched his teeth and refused to give in.
When Qiu Yizi heard this, he suddenly remembered that when he was in the capital, He'er tortured a eunuch who was equally stubborn. She used the same extremely powerful drug and the eunuch immediately surrendered.
So Qiu Yizi hurried to Wen Lingjiao's room, wanting to ask He'er for the bottle of medicine, but was afraid that this unruly girl would make things difficult for her. So she prepared a lot of nice things to say in case He'er put on airs, so she could just flatter her.
Unexpectedly, He'er agreed so readily this time. After seeing Wen Lingjiao nod in agreement, she rummaged through her belongings, took out a familiar glass bottle, and urged Qiu Yi to lead the way.
In order to prevent the assassin from escaping, Li Shengjie set up a room to interrogate him in a corner of the ship's bottom cabin. Qiu Yizi and He'er walked for a long time before they came to this extremely dark room. When they pushed the door open, they saw Li Shengjie still interrogating the assassin.
Li Shengjie tortured the assassin for several days, but the assassin still refused to surrender. This exhausted the young captain's patience. He sat in the chair with his head drooped, looking very tired and disappointed. Suddenly, he saw Qiu Yizi coming over, and he perked up a little. He stood up and greeted him, "Why is Lord Qiu here? Alas! This assassin still refuses to surrender!"
Qiu Yizi replied, "Young Captain, don't worry. I heard that this assassin is difficult to deal with, so I brought He'er here specially. Maybe I can make him talk." As he spoke, Qiu Yizi stretched out his hand to beckon He'er over and said, "He'er, if you have any ideas, use them now. The sooner you make this assassin talk, the less suffering the old captain will suffer."
He'er nodded, looked around, and asked Li Shengjie, "Young Captain... do you... do you have any long things like chopsticks, branches, firewood, etc. that I can use?"
Li Shengjie didn't know what He'er meant, but he saw a brush on the table, so he picked it up and handed it to He'er, saying, "I wonder if this brush can be used?"
"It works, it works, it's perfect." He'er said as she gently took the brush, took out the glass bottle, slowly put the brush tip in, and carefully took it out, saying, "Young Captain, this medicine of He'er is very powerful, don't scare you..."
Qiu Yizhi heard He'er's question was strange, so she held back her laughter and said, "He'er, have you forgotten that the young master is also a martial artist, and he never hesitates when it comes to killing. How could he be afraid? Just get started!"
He'er bit her lip and nodded, then slowly walked to the assassin and saw that he was tied tightly to a beam with his head tilted to one side. It was unclear whether he was asleep or awake, and his limbs had been twisted and deformed from the torture.
He'er also saw pus and blood oozing out of a palm-sized patch of skin on the sole of his right foot, which was exactly the same symptom as Li Zhi's injury and poisoning. She knew that Li Shengjie had poisoned the assassin according to her previous suggestion.
However, the assassin still refused to confess despite the torment of such a strong poison, which made He'er lose confidence in whether her strong poison could make the man surrender. She had no choice but to bite the bullet and find a piece of good meat on the assassin's arm, then used a brush dipped in poison to lightly scratch his skin.
He'er was actually worrying too much.
The poison that the assassin had put on the hidden weapon was meant to kill people, not to increase the pain of the poisoned person. However, the poison that He'er was using now was exactly the opposite, it was meant to make people succumb due to the severe pain, and even under this premise, it was necessary to ensure that the poisoned person would not die for a while.
Therefore, as soon as He'er's poison came into contact with the assassin's body, the assassin suddenly woke up and saw a blood blister on the skin of his right arm. The surrounding skin turned black and smelly. Severe pain pierced his heart. He looked at the seemingly weak woman in front of him with almost surprised eyes and began to shout and curse.
No matter how much torture this assassin suffered before, he always remained silent, and only groaned occasionally when he was seriously injured. He had never screamed in such pain like this before.
Seeing the assassin's face twisted and deformed by pain and hearing his heart-wrenching screams, Li Shengjie felt happy. He asked with a somewhat joyful tone, "Miss He'er, the medicine you have is quite effective. What is the name of this medicine?"
He'er looked up at Li Shengjie, then lowered her head and said softly, "This medicine is called 'Kaikousan', which is specially prepared for interrogating prisoners. It causes unbearable pain, and the bones and flesh of the parts where the medicine is applied will gradually dissolve. The most strange thing is that during this process, the prisoner will not die, but can only watch his flesh disappear bit by bit. If the executioner is careful, the prisoner will only be left with a skeleton in the end, but he will not die..."
"Good!" Li Shengjie praised, "It is indeed a good medicine!"
He called Zhang Ergou over and ordered him, "Ergou, did you hear what the girl said just now? Translate it to this man without missing a word. Tell him that if he can tell me the antidote, he will die a quick death. Otherwise, he will be forced to live in vain and die in vain!"
Zhang Ergou was a timid man. After seeing the tragic condition of the assassin after taking the medicine and listening to He'er's introduction, he was very scared. He spoke a long string of words to the Japanese assassin in a trembling voice.
After hearing this, the assassin started shouting again, but his eyes revealed an unconcealable look of fear.
Seeing this, Li Shengjie hurriedly asked, "Ergou, what did he say? Did he confess? Translate it for me quickly."
Zhang Ergou shook his head and said, "He was just cursing, he didn't tell me how to cure the poison..."
Li Shengjie felt a little discouraged after hearing this, but then he heard He'er say, "It's okay. The captain will ask someone to rub a towel with clean water and wipe the place where I sprayed the medicine on the assassin just now."
Li Shengjie nodded and asked another sailor in the room to do so.
The sailor quickly brought in a wet towel from outside, lifted the assassin's right hand, and gently wiped the black and smelly part of his right arm.
When the assassin was rubbed by him, the pain in his arm seemed to subside instantly, the tense muscles on his face relaxed, and the cursing and shouting in his mouth also stopped.
He'er laughed and said, "Young Captain, your subordinate looks big and strong, but he knows how to take care of people. I told him to rub it hard, why did he help the assassin heal his illness?"
Li Shengjie's face darkened when he heard this, and he said to the sailor, "Did you hear what Miss He'er said? Did you miss your breakfast? You don't have any strength in your hands?"
The sailor agreed after hearing this, gritted his teeth, pressed the wet towel in his hand hard on the assassin's wound, and rubbed it up and down with all his strength.
This time the sailor's actions were rough and violent. Even if the skin was intact, it would still hurt for a while. What's more, the assassin's hands were poisoned, and the skin in that part had festered. Li Shengjie and Qiu Yizi, who were standing by, felt unbearable pain when they saw this.
Unexpectedly, the assassin turned his head and looked at his own body being torn apart, his face full of surprise, but without any sign of pain.
The sailor moved the towel away and was shocked himself - it turned out that he had wiped off the assassin's arm along with the skin and flesh, leaving only two white bones exposed to the air, with several blood vessels throbbing non-stop.
When Li Shengjie saw this, the muscles on his face twitched involuntarily a few times, and he said to Zhang Ergou, "Tell him that if he doesn't confess, I will remove all the skin and muscles on his body, and then remove the remaining bones one by one. Let's see if he can bear it!" (To be continued)