Gu Jinyun and Qi Surong discussed it and decided to hide it from Gu Chang for the time being and ask Jiang Yao to come over and check it out.
Qi Surong asked Jiang Yao to come to Gu's house on the pretext of feeling unwell.
Jiang Yao felt Gu Jinyun's pulse, his face was solemn, and he didn't speak for a long time. Although Gu and Qi were anxious, they did not interrupt his thoughts.
After a while, Jiang Yao said: "Young master is not sick, but poisoned."
Qi Surong was not surprised when he heard this answer and asked: "What kind of poison is this? Is there any way to detoxify it?"
Jiang Yao shook his head: "This kind of poison should come from the Western Regions, and I have only heard about it. It is said that there is a poisonous weed in the Western Regions called 'Chenxiu'. Eating it can make people go crazy, but this state will only last for an hour or two. Then you can return to normal, and unless you consume it for a long time, you won’t continue to get sick.”
"What Doctor Jiang means is that someone has been feeding my husband this kind of camphor for a long time?" Qi Surong and Gu Jinyun looked at each other.
"That's not necessarily the case." Jiang Yao added, "There is another possibility, that is, someone has refined a poison that can cause people to go crazy for a long time, and improved the effectiveness of camphor."
Gu Jinyun said: "If someone poisons me for a long time, there is no way I can't find it."
"I'm afraid it's not easy to refine this kind of poison, right?" Qi Surong guessed.
Jiang Yao nodded: "This kind of poison is rare in the Central Plains. It should be from the hands of pharmacists from the Western Regions. You'd better find this person as soon as possible. Only he can help you detoxify, and the time must be fast. According to my diagnosis, the number of times the young master has been ill There will be more and more cases, and the duration of each attack will be longer and longer. In three months at most, his life will be in danger."
Gu Jinyun's eyes were focused, and Qi Surong's heart was tense.
After seeing Jiang Yao off, Qi Surong asked, "Jinyun, do you have any dealings with people from the Western Regions?"
"I have made several purchases and sales, but they were all goods of low value. There were no conflicts during the transactions, and there was absolutely no possibility of enmity."
"That's strange. How many people in Wei State know this kind of poison? Why would they poison you?" Qi Surong was puzzled, but she vaguely felt that she had overlooked something and couldn't remember it for a moment.
"I'll check it out, don't worry too much." Gu Jinyun held her in his arms and comforted her.
"Don't worry too much? Doctor Jiang just said that you only have three months! How can you find the antidote in such a short time?" Qi Surong frowned.
"For you, I will not die easily."
"This is what you said, don't break your promise."
"Well, I still have this with me." Gu Jinyun took out the handkerchief embroidered with a pig.
Qi Surong burst into tears and smiled: "Okay, every time you break your promise from now on, I will embroider a little pig on your clothes."
"good."
"By the way." Qi Surong asked, "Are you going to keep hiding this from dad and the others?"
Gu Jinyun was silent for a moment and said: "Keep it a secret for now. Telling them will only increase their troubles. Moreover, if this matter spreads, it will do no good except disturbing people's hearts."
"Okay, I support your decision." Qi Surong nodded, "You don't have to sleep in the study anymore. I will tie you to my bed at night."
"… Good."
Although Jiang Yao was helpless about the poison, he was able to help Gu Jinyun alleviate the symptoms of the disease a little. Gu Jinyun usually goes crazy every two or three days, but after taking the pills prepared by Jiang Yao, he can still maintain some sanity.
During the day, Gu Jinyun handled matters as usual. On the one hand, he sent people to investigate the poisoner, and on the other hand, he searched for the pharmacist from the Western Regions. However, it would take more than two months to go back and forth from the Central Plains to the Western Regions, not to mention that the pharmacist they found might not be able to detoxify this poison.
At night, Gu Jinyun would be tied into a rice dumpling and lie stiffly next to Qi Surong. If he couldn't help shouting, Qi Surong would stop his mouth with a handkerchief. If other members of the Gu family saw this scene, they would probably be speechless with shock. This scene is too cruel...
A month has passed and nothing has progressed. Qi Surong soon discovered that three of Gu Jinyun's nails turned blue. She was extremely anxious, but she was helpless.
There has been no news from the people sent to the Western Regions, and it is not known whether they can successfully bring back a pharmacist. It's a shame that she didn't know much about the Western Regions in her last life. If Feng Zhan... Feng Zhan? Qi Surong's eyes lit up, and she finally knew what she had ignored before. Among the people she knew, the one who had ill intentions towards Gu Jinyun and knew the strange poisons of the Western Regions was none other than Feng Zhan. He often went on missions to foreign countries and had a detailed knowledge of the customs of various places. A few years later, he also wrote three widely circulated chronicles of customs, one of which was the introduction to the Western Regions.
As if to confirm Qi Surong's guess, Feng Zhan sent someone to deliver a letter to her. The letter only contained a simple number of crosses: The antidote is here. If you want to get it, please feel free to send it.
Qi Surong angrily crumpled the letter into a ball and threw it far away. She recalled in her mind the three choices Feng Zhan had put forward to her at Mrs. Zhang's manor. One of them is "Marry Gu Jinyun, and then have a secret affair with me. If I want it, you can't refuse."
Qi Surong took a breath. She would rather die with Jin Yun than bow to Feng Zhan. If she really did anything to compromise with him, it would not only be an insult to Jin Yun, but also an insult to the Gu and Qi family. .
Feng Zhan is already married to Liu Qianer, why are they still entangled? He even did not hesitate to poison Jinyun.
Qi Surong walked back and forth in the room, anxious. She didn't notice that Jin Yun walked into the room, picked up the paper ball she threw out, unfolded it, looked gloomy, and then put the paper into his sleeve quietly.
"Jinyun, is there any good news?" Qi Surong came up to greet him.
Without saying a word, Gu Jinyun picked her up by the waist and strode to the inner room.
"Jinyun, you..." Qi Surong was pushed down on the bed before he could react.
After a stormy lingering, Qi Surong lay limply in Gu Jinyun's arms, losing even the strength to speak.
Gu Jinyun's fingers slowly traced her skin and whispered: "Don't go see Feng Zhan."
"You know?" Qi Surong responded lazily.
"Um."
"Don't worry, I won't go see him." Qi Surong lay on Gu Jinyun, "You believe me."
"I believe in you, I believe you will pay any price to save me."
Qi Surong raised her head: "Do you think I can have sex with another man regardless of my honor, reputation and face in order to save you?"
Gu Jinyun looked at her deeply and said, "If he touches you, I will kill him."
"You don't need to do anything, I will kill him myself." Qi Surong looked serious.
Gu Jinyun took her hand, put it to his mouth and kissed it: "These hands are not suitable for killing."
"You are not suitable either." Qi Surong held his face and whispered, "You are only suitable to be Qi Surong's husband."
Gu Jinyun turned over, entered her, and took possession of her.
In the midst of intense love, Qi Surong thought vaguely that even if they couldn't find the pharmacist from the Western Regions and couldn't get the antidote from Feng Zhan, they still had a glimmer of hope, which was to find her master.
If there are only two people in the world who can cure this strange poison, her master is definitely one of them.