Seeing her like this, Zi'an had to patiently say, "I'm sorry, I'm just a little worried about Linlin, not that I don't want to listen to you. Okay, if you want to talk, I'll talk to you."
Sun Fanger looked at her, opened her mouth, and racked her brains but couldn't say anything, so she could only say, "Forget it, forget it. Since you are worried about Xia Lin, I will tell you. In fact, I told you before to find a way to take him away. At that time, the emperor just knew that he was good at using poison and didn't rely on him. If you could think of a way to take him away at that time, you wouldn't have ended up like this today."
Zi'an also felt guilty, "It was my fault. I didn't take him away in time."
At that time, the situation was in complete chaos, and she had no good way to take Xia Lin away.
Sun Fanger hummed, "You can probably guess why the emperor's illness got better so quickly. It was indeed treated with poison. In addition to taking poison, these insects also need to suck my blood to cure the emperor's illness, once every five days..."
She rolled up her sleeves, and Zi'an saw countless reddish holes on her arms, several of which were still inflamed.
"These poisonous insects have no harm to you?" Zi'an gasped.
"No, they can't hurt me. They just suck my blood to provide them with nutrition. However, this method is not a long-term solution, because although these poisonous insects can cure diseases, they also carry a toxin. Slowly, this toxin will invade the emperor's body. In a year and a half at the fastest, and two to three years at the slowest, the emperor will be poisoned and die."
She sighed quietly, "That day, when I was feeding the Gu worm, Xia Lin came knocking on the door and saw me. He said that if I continued like this, I would die. I drove him out, but he ran to tell the emperor to let the Gu worm suck his blood, because his blood could detoxify, so the emperor would not be poisoned to death."
"Then, the emperor replaced you with him?" Zi'an was distressed when he heard this.
"No, the emperor didn't completely believe him. At that time, I knew he was in danger, and I also said in front of the emperor that the Gu worm didn't recognize him, and it was impossible to use his blood to replace my blood. I did this... Actually, it wasn't for him, but because the Gu worm was all I had, and Xia Lin's blood had the effect of detoxifying. The Gu worm would slowly lose its toxicity and would no longer be able to work. If it wanted to be effective continuously, I would have to take poison or bring the Gu worm out to eat poison frequently. The emperor believed me at first, so I also told you that he wouldn't be in danger for the time being, but I didn't expect that the emperor would faint once later, and he was determined to try Xia Lin's blood. He didn't dare let the Gu worm suck blood directly from Xia Lin, but asked him to bleed and merge his blood with my blood to feed the Gu worm, hoping to achieve the effect of curing the disease and detoxifying. After several experiments, it actually succeeded."
She sighed, looking helpless.
Zi'an remembered that Xia Lin said he wanted to go home, and he was afraid that things were not that simple. "Besides this, what else did the emperor force him to do?"
Sun Fanger looked at her and said, "The emperor is going to let the poisonous insects suck his blood directly. He is very afraid of centipedes. He is not afraid of poisonous snakes. I don't know why he is so afraid of centipedes."
Zi'an didn't know either. He was a poison user. He had seen him take out a bunch of poisonous insects before, and he had never seen him afraid.
"The bite of a centipede is very painful, and he is afraid of pain." Zi'an suddenly thought.
"This... this little bit of pain is nothing?" Sun Fang'er was stunned.
Just saying this, she recalled the first time she raised the Gu worm and was bitten by it. She cried for an hour.
"He's just a child!" Zi'an sighed repeatedly, feeling extremely distressed.
Sun Fang'er said: "If he doesn't die, the emperor will not let him go."
"You just said there was a way. What is it?" Zi'an asked.
Sun Fanger said, "My senior brother has a fake death drug. After taking it, people will show symptoms of fake death. Go ask him for it."
"Who is your senior brother?" Zi'an asked hurriedly.
Sun Fang'er looked a little strange, "I haven't seen him either, but I only know that he entered the capital years ago and has stayed there ever since. He wants to find me to avenge his master, but he can't get close to me. You go find him and tell him you can help him kill me and ask him for the fake death medicine."
Zi'an frowned, "You haven't seen him?"
"Yes, when Master accepted me, he had already graduated, and after that... I never saw him again."
"What is your name?"
"Liang Hanwen is from Jizhou. You can go to the government office and you should be able to find his address. People from other places who come to live in Beijing must register with the government." Sun Fang'er said.
Zi'an looked at her, "Sun Fang'er, I hope you didn't lie to me."
Sun Fang'er was a little annoyed, "When did I ever lie to you?"
Zi'an stood up and said, "Okay, if this works, I'll owe you a favor. If you need me, Xia Zi'an, in the future, just let me know."
After saying that, she walked over, carefully avoiding the centipedes, picked up the lantern and was about to leave.
Sun Fanger stared at her back in a daze. When Zi'an walked a long way, she suddenly called out to him, "Wait a moment."
Zian turned around and raised the lantern to shine at her.
Sun Fang'er slid down the stone and slowly walked towards her, with some embarrassment in her eyes, "I'm sorry, I lied to you."
Zi'an was not angry, he just looked at her coldly.
"I have the drug for fake death." Sun Fang'er said dejectedly.
"Then why do you want me to find this Liang Hanwen?"
Sun Fang'er bit her lip and said, "He wants to kill me. I hope you can find out where he is."
"That's it?" Zi'an stared at her, furious. "I said we could talk about a deal. If you helped me, I would naturally help you. If you just wanted me to check this person, I could help you. Why lie to me? If you delay it for another day, Linlin will be in more danger."
"I..." Sun Fang'er turned her head away and said bitterly, "I don't know if you will help me. I...you all don't like me."
Zi'an looked at her aggrieved face. Well, this is the advantage of being pretty. Who could be angry with such a stunning face
"Forget it. Is your fake death medicine reliable? Is there any danger?"
Sun Fang'er shook her head, "I don't know, I've never used it."
"ah?"
Sun Fanger quickly explained, "This recipe is unique to our sect. Although I haven't used it, my master has."
"How to use it? Can you give me one?" Zi'an felt more at ease after hearing that someone had used it. However, it was still very dangerous, so she wanted to take it back to study it.
"I don't have it with me. You go to the palace tomorrow and find a way to get to Xiwei Palace. I'll give you the fake death drug and the antidote." Sun Fang'er said, her face flushed. "By the way, try the dosage. I don't know how heavy the dosage should be."
“…” Zian stared at her.
Sun Fanger quickly explained, "Didn't I tell you? I haven't used it."
Zi'an was speechless. "Forget it. I will go to the palace tomorrow. If I don't go to Xiwei Palace, the emperor will become suspicious. I will go to the palace to find the empress dowager tomorrow."
"But tomorrow is not the day to pay respects."
"It's okay. Doesn't she want to give a few concubines to the seventh prince? I'll go and talk about this." Zi'an didn't expect that this would become her excuse to enter the palace.
(End of this chapter)