Seeing that Zhang Dean was still making excuses and refusing to plead guilty in the face of irrefutable evidence, Xu Xian, who had been silent, suddenly stepped forward and said loudly, "Doctor Zhang, a real man is daring and daring, how can you make excuses and deny it? Moreover, you clearly used the Crane's Beak Red to poison the old woman and her grandson, intending to frame our Bao'an Hall. Now, not only do we have the Crane's Beak Red found on you as evidence, but we also have the facts stated by your servant Zhao De. It can be said that we have both human and material evidence, and the evidence is as solid as a mountain. Even if you insist on not pleading guilty, you will not be able to escape the punishment of the law!"
"Haha..." Zhang Dean glanced at Xu Xian, sneered, and said, "Xu Xian, you are also a doctor, you should know that Crane's Beak Red is the worst of all poisons, and those who are poisoned by it are incurable. You said that the old beggar and her grandson were poisoned by Crane's Beak Red, and they are still alive. Who in the world would believe it?"
"This..." Xu Xian was stunned for a moment, flicked his sleeves, and said loudly: "The facts are in front of us, people can't help but believe it." Although Xu Xian did not see Bai Suzhen treating the old woman and her grandson with his own eyes, he firmly believed what Bai Suzhen said. Since Bai Suzhen said that the old woman and her grandson were poisoned by the red crested thorn, it must be the red crested thorn poison. In his mind, Bai Suzhen can do what others cannot, so it is not impossible for her to cure the red crested thorn poison.
Zhang Dean's eyes flickered slightly, and he curled his lips and said disdainfully: "No one has ever seen the old beggar woman and her grandson take the poison of Hedinghong. Zhao De's one-sided words are not credible at all. Besides-" Zhang Dean glanced at Bai Suzhen and Xu Xian, and changed the subject, saying confidently: "When the officials went to Bao'an Hall to search during the day, didn't Miss Bai and Doctor Xu deny that they had ever treated the old beggar woman and her grandson?"
Xu Xian said: "We said that just because we don't want to alert you, otherwise how can we expose your true colors!"
Zhang Dean asked, "Apart from the people from your Baoan Hall, who can prove that what you said is true?"
"You..." When it comes to rhetoric, Xu Xian is no match for Zhang Dean. Seeing that Xu Xian was speechless under his questioning, Zhang Dean was pleased and said, "The fact is that although Zhao De carried the old beggar woman and her grandson to the gate of Bao'an Hall after they were poisoned and unconscious as I said, it was obvious that the old beggar woman and her grandson were not poisoned by the red-crowned crane but ordinary poisons, so they recovered without medicine, left after waking up, and continued to beg in the city. This also proves that I, Zhang Dean, did not lie. I have never really harmed anyone, and I should not be sentenced to death." Zhang Dean looked up at Chen Lun in the hall and said loudly, "Mr. Prefect, for all the reasons above, even if you want to sentence me, you should give me a lighter sentence."
Chen Lun's face turned livid with anger. He snorted coldly and said in a deep voice, "Zhang Dean, I know how to judge the case, and it is not your turn to make comments." He frowned slightly, stared at the porcelain bottle containing Crane's Beak Red on the table, pondered for a while, and then turned his gaze to Xu Xian and asked, "Doctor Xu, although I am not good at medicine, I have indeed heard that Crane's Beak Red is the worst of all poisons and there is no cure for it. But I also believe that what you and Miss Bai said is true. The old lady and her grandson were indeed poisoned by someone and were poisoned by Crane's Beak Red. Fortunately, they were saved by your Bao'an Hall. In this case, I wonder if Doctor Xu can do me a favor and tell me how you helped the old lady and her grandson to eliminate the Crane's Beak Red poison so that Zhang Dean can't argue!"
"This... I..." Xu Xian had never expected Chen Lun to ask such a question. He was at a loss for a moment and couldn't make up his mind how to answer. He subconsciously looked at Bai Suzhen with a look of help.
Bai Suzhen looked at Zhang Dean. She stared at his flickering eyes with a calm expression. She slowly said, "It seems that if we can't prove that the poison of Hedinghong can be cured today, Doctor Zhang will never admit the fact that he poisoned the old woman and her grandson."
Zhang Dean snorted coldly and said, "Without real evidence, don't even think about accusing me!"
Bai Suzhen shook her head and said, "Doctor Zhang, God is watching what you do. Just because you don't admit it doesn't mean you can get away with it."
Zhang Dean stiffened his neck and shouted, "Bai Suzhen, if you can't prove that the poison of Hedinghong can be cured, then stop wasting your breath!"
Bai Suzhen raised her eyebrows slightly and said seriously: "Doctor Zhang, today I, Bai Suzhen, will prove to you in front of the prefect that there is a way to cure the poison of Crane's Beak Poison." After that, she bent down and whispered something in the ear of the old woman beside her. The old woman suddenly nodded, rushed into the hall, grabbed the porcelain bottle containing Crane's Beak Poison on the table, and then quickly stepped back a few steps, pulled out the cork, raised her head and swallowed the Crane's Beak Poison in the bottle.
It turned out that Bai Suzhen saw Zhang Dean was arguing and refused to plead guilty, so when he was arguing with Xu Xian, she had secretly cast a spell to cure the old woman's eyes, and then let the old woman take the Hedinghong in court, and then she cast a spell to save the old woman, so that Zhang Dean could no longer deny it. The old woman believed in Bai Suzhen's medical skills and agreed without hesitation. As soon as Bai Suzhen opened her mouth, she rushed forward to grab the porcelain bottle containing the Hedinghong poison and took the Hedinghong in the bottle. However, this sudden change made Chen Lun in the court terrified. He stood up and shouted, "Come on, hurry, hurry, stop her!" Unfortunately, it was too late after all. The yamen runners rushed forward and took the porcelain bottle from the old woman's hand, and found that she had taken most of the Hedinghong in the bottle.
"Sir, the old woman has been poisoned by the red-crowned crane!" All the yamen runners were terrified and at a loss.
"What should I do?" Chen Lun walked quickly to the hall and rushed to the old woman's side. Seeing that the old woman's face was black and blood was flowing from all her orifices, he was so frightened that his face turned pale in an instant. "Bai Suzhen, Xu Xian, you must save her quickly, you must save her..."
"My lord, please be patient. I, Bai Suzhen, guarantee that the old lady will be safe and sound." Bai Suzhen stepped forward and quickly tapped with her finger to seal the poison so that it could not spread. She supported the old lady and said to Chen Lun, "My lord, I need a quiet room. No one is allowed to disturb me."
"Someone, take them to the back hall." Without saying a word, Chen Lun immediately ordered someone to lead the way.
The author has something to say: Morning dew and ephemeral flowers, so close yet so far away, people say that the Yellow River is ten bends, but after all it flows eastward. Eight thousand years of jade, withered and flourished overnight, I ask the heavens why I need to live this life. Where the wind blew last night, who was listening to the fallen petals count? In the ninety thousand miles of sky, riding the wind and dancing with shadows, who is sharing it with me? The Northern Dipper for thousands of years, the cold and bitter palace of the Jade, is not as good as the immortal couple, a hundred years of rivers and lakes.
—The Fox Under the Tree, "In Search of the Gods"