The emperor is indeed alive, and the treatment is in full swing.

Lin Long was in the warm and gloomy dungeon, trying to keep himself calm, but his thoughts were still flying uncontrollably. A month ago, she probably never thought that her life could have such ups and downs, from the time she saw Wang Liefeng, the general, the prince, until now, even the honor of the emperor has been seen by her, it is really-really a little nervous. She bit her lip to stop her hand from shaking. The small stove next to it was burning red.

"Doctor Lin, the medicine you asked for has been prepared for you. The snow silkworm presented a bowl of medicine, and the little eunuch behind him lowered his head and took back the plate.

Lin Long didn't reply: "What kind of fried is it used, is the selection of materials correct?"

The snow silkworm nodded and said: "According to Dr. Lin's meaning, fry the three flavors of realgar, garlic, and calamus, and then swallow it with boiling water, which has the effect of expelling the viciousness." Afraid that it would be too late, the slave maid made the fire burn more vigorously, but the force was well controlled, and it was no different from frying it for a long time. If Doctor Lin thinks it's okay, then the slave will feed the emperor. ”

"Good. Lin Long said, still not looking up, calmly watching the snow silkworm scoop up the medicine and put it into the emperor's mouth, and quickly began to recall the 'next step' that her father had demonstrated to her once. She has a good memory, and when she closes her eyes, she automatically plays back what she saw. Only when it comes to her professional field, she will temporarily stay away from her fear, but her low self-esteem will soon come to an end.

In the end, in the palace, no matter what medicinal materials can be easily found, the storage ability is very strong, and the speed of decoction can also be faster than common sense, all advanced things are here, and the treatment of any disease is a quick knife to cut through the mess. But the pace here is too fast, and everything has undoubted strange rules and traps, the Queen Mother said that everything is left to Dr. Lin, but this "Dr. Lin" is obviously aimed at her father, she is a little girl, naturally will not be completely reassured, so she called the snow silkworm to serve her, in fact, it plays the role of urging and interfering, not to mention that there are seven or eight imperial doctors standing around her, all of whom are skeptical about her healing ability.

An imperial doctor squinted his eyes and pouted and stared at Wang Chuli for a long time, and finally couldn't stand it anymore, and said, "Little girl, can you cure the disease? This prescription you prescribed can only have the effect of stabilizing and calming the nerves." To put it bluntly, it is the so-called barefoot doctor of the people, a trick used to deceive people. ”

Except for the palace maid Snow Silkworm, there is no higher status person here, so the imperial doctors, who are often humble and accustomed to it, gradually become suspicious and disdainful of this pale girl who has no origin. What's more, although Snow Silkworm is not a relative of the emperor and has grown up in the palace since she was a child, she will never stand on the side of this girl from a commoner or even a poor person - she really didn't say a word!

So they were relieved and boldly began to ridicule: they are used to deceiving people, and they dare to swagger and abduct to the palace; girls should stay in the boudoir, how can they run around so unruly, shameless, and skinless; if the emperor is not cured, he will die, and the self-righteous village reckless men of the people rush to the land to send him to death, which is really ridiculous......

"I am the legendary 'Mr. Mu' in Bianjing, the daughter of Lin Jingjing. If everyone in the world can't cure the emperor's illness, then my father will definitely be able to. Lin Long said lightly, "He was originally ordered to enter the palace to heal the emperor, but he died of murder just one hour before he set off. Time was urgent, and I was ordered by King Duan, so I came in in his place. If I am put to death for a failed cure, then none of you will be able to escape. ”

The imperial doctors were dumbfounded and looked at each other one by one, and they couldn't imagine that this little girl would come from like this. The sarcasm stopped instantly, and the air froze silently.

Lin Long raised the emperor's hand again to check the degree of decay, and with a "click" in her mind, she closed her eyes, eased slightly, and said, "So, I suggest that you say a few words and don't make a fuss, so as not to mess up my mind." Listen carefully to me, and I'll tell you where the emperor's illness is. ”

The snow silkworm turned her head to a few imperial doctors and said, "It's all fine, everything must be arranged by Dr. Lin." Since the Queen Mother handed over the emperor's peace of mind to her, it must be unquestionable, and disobeying her orders is disobeying the Queen Mother's will, and you will bear the consequences. If she has any needs, you must first meet her, and you are now her assistants. Decoction of medicine, serving medicine, don't let those subordinates do it, they don't understand this, it's very bad if something goes wrong, and the medicine just now is fried too quickly. It is also thanks to the medicine used to stabilize sedation, so there will be no side effects, and if you change it to something else, it may become deteriorating and dangerous. How many of you, do you understand?"

The imperial doctors were extremely surprised, and under such pressure, they could only panic and say, "I understand, everything is up to Dr. Lin's orders." ”

The snow silkworm nodded with satisfaction, and said to Lin Long: "What you want, take it at will, if you need an assistant, just call them, if you have any requirements, just put it forward." ”

Lin Long glanced at the snow silkworm gratefully and said, "Okay." Did you bring the eggs?"

"Ah, alright. I'll go and get them to bring it. The snow silkworm reacted, and the imperial doctors couldn't help but start laughing again. Just now, when Lin Long first started to treat the emperor, he said that he wanted the imperial dining room to give her an egg, and the egg should be placed in water. The snow silkworm estimated that she might be hungry, so she responded casually and asked someone to bring a box of snacks and put it next to Lin Long, but Lin Long didn't move a single one. The snow silkworm was puzzled, and now that she thought about it, probably Lin Long really wanted to eat it, and was only willing to eat boiled eggs. If the eggs are placed in water, it should mean that they are not allowed to be added.

- Inexplicable, are you still afraid that they will harm her, and you can't poison the pastry? Some of the poison in the palace is colorless and tasteless, and it is easy to add it to boiled eggs.

When the maid brought over a large bowl of steaming boiled eggs, there were more than a dozen or twenty, Lin Long was also taken aback, and said with a smile: "One raw egg is enough." Get me a raw egg. ”

The snow silkworm frowned and said, "Okay." ”

Lin Long saw the disdain of the snow silkworm, but smiled instead: "This is used to treat the emperor's illness, but not to eat, 100,000 is urgent, where is the mood to eat? Sister Lao bothered, and prepared so many sauces for me to dip in eggs...... When I'm free, I'll try them one by one. ”

"...... cure?" Snow Silkworm said, "Eat an egg, will the emperor be fine?"

"Of course not. Lin Long smiled, "Eggs are one of the necessary steps to solve Gu. ”

The snow silkworm's face changed suddenly. The word "Jie Gu" has not appeared in the palace for a long, long time. This is a forbidden word, and it is to be punished as a demon and evil disorder, because this rule is very old, so that everyone will not think of this aspect at all, and now as soon as Lin Long said it, an incredible sense of horror suddenly came out, and the first reaction of the snow silkworm was, will this little girl be a madman.

But the Queen Mother would never call a madman over, nor would she easily believe nonsense. There have been many strange things in the palace these days, although she has not experienced it personally, but she also feels extraordinary, and the strange power seems to be acquiesced, it seems to have caused some impact on the present, to the palace, which can be seen from the expressions on the faces of the palace maids who appeared from the outside and the injuries on their bodies, when she docked at the entrance, there was a palace maid who turned around, and her entire back was bloody, and then she fell down.

Snow silkworms try to forget about these things. The task given to her by the Queen Mother is to take care of this place and let Dr. Lin treat the disease well, and she doesn't need to care about anything else now. But now I can't help but mention it.

"Did the emperor fall for the Gu?" the snow silkworm said, "Can you remove the Gu from him?"

"If so, I can. Lin Long said, grabbed a handful of fine sawdust from the toolbox on his left, and sprinkled it on the emperor's naked chest, saying that nothing would happen, but suddenly, the emperor's body made a loud sound like crackling firecrackers, which frightened the imperial doctors to shout, and one of them was angry, pointing at Lin Long and shouting: "Witch maiden...... Miko Maiden!"

Snow Silkworm said in a cold sweat: "Shut up!"

It doesn't matter if it's a witch or not, the important thing is to cure the emperor - I hope she is really curing!

Lin Long didn't speak or explain. She changed her direction and picked up a silver needle that had been burning on the small stove next to her, and the snow silkworm noticed that she didn't want the stove to keep warm, and there were several silver needles lying on it. She picked up a hot needle, shook it in the air, grabbed the emperor's hand, and picked it at the back of his hand with the needle, and after only three strokes, the silver needle bent into a curly ball—the emperor's skin was different from usual, and after the coma, it gradually became soft and tough, so that it was difficult to pick it with a needle. Lin Long frowned, and when there were still three needles left, he finally picked the skin open, and blood dripped out.

Lin Long breathed a sigh of relief, at this time the raw egg was delivered, she took out a silver needle, inserted the large part of the egg, picked up the egg, and put it to the emperor's mouth - ah, the emperor is really a pale and handsome beautiful young man, and now most of his body has rotted, it is a pity.

But fortunately, there is still gas. Lin Long broke open the emperor's mouth, put the egg in front of his mouth, and waited for his weak breath to come out. She stared at the rise and fall of the emperor's chest, once, twice, three times. Good. She rolled the egg to the emperor's neck, rolled it all the way, and while kneading it, she whispered in the Miao language that she had heard several times and barely remembered: "Human beings are not delicious, dirty, and smelly, but the eggs are fragrant, soft, and delicious." Heavenly Gu, Earth Gu, All Gu, Insect Ant Gu, Toad Gu...... All come and eat eggs. ”

She whispered and rolled the egg on the emperor for a few moments. Then, she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Help me cook this egg." Make sure it's the egg, and make sure it's fully cooked. ”

"Good. Snow Silkworm said with a pale face, "It will definitely come exactly according to your ideas." ”

"Gu is actually not uncommon. In some places, Gu is also called 'medicine', and the woman who has the ability to control this 'medicine' is called 'medicine woman'. They mostly gather at the border of the Central Plains, and once they leave there, they show their ability to control the 'Gu', and they are often treated as demon maidens and thus displaced. But if they are willing to be an ordinary person who is obedient, maybe there will not be so many disasters coming, but it is a pity that there are too many sufferings in this world, and if they have the ability to resist, no one will endure not to use this ability. Sounds like a fantasy. If I hadn't listened to my father's description of this, I wouldn't have believed in the existence of Gu. But when my father spoke to me seriously, he spoke the truth, just as he did to his patients. Far from it.

"There are many kinds of Gu. Snake Gu, Dog Gu, Cat Ghost Gu, Scorpion Gu, Toad Gu, Insect Gu...... The variety is jaw-dropping. And the legendary way to make poisonous Gu, there are very many ways, generally put the poisonous insects with high poison into the same vessel, let them kill and devour each other, and in the end the only surviving poisonous insect is 'Gu', at that time it seemed to be a tangible thing on the surface, but in fact it had transcended the boundary between life and death. The soul can leave the body, come and go without a trace, and at the behest of the caster, it can fly towards the target, and depending on the spell, it will cause all kinds of troubles to the caster, turning people into rotten puppets, and even going directly to death.

"Although I said before that the Gu master can choose not to use Gu, there are very few who have actually done it. Gu worms rarely raise only one, it is like chewing betel nut addiction, and it will not be easy to give up. The Gu worms multiply a lot, and after they are formed, there is no specific target for harm, which is equivalent to not eating, so they will attack the Gu master to ask for food, this kind of pain is probably heart-wrenching, so that the Gu master can't bear it, so he will let the Gu fly out, and anyone can harm anyone, as long as you don't pester the Gu master. Through various 'mediums', such as hair and food, the Gu master will automatically look for the designated target and take root in him.

"People who are in the Gu will have all kinds of different symptoms. At first, it will be bloated, edema, itchy all over the body, and then the spirit will be listless, the whole person will fall ill all of a sudden, he can't eat anything, he will vomit whatever he eats, his body will quickly lose weight to the skin and bones, and the corpse spots will gradually emerge, and he can almost wait for death. But with the usual way of seeing a doctor, I can't see anything. Just like the emperor, his health has always been bad, and it seems that he has been unable to digest food for a long time, so he has been emaciated year by year, all supported by various supplements. If the Gu is not unlocked for more than three years after the middle Gu, the resistance will be greatly reduced, and the Gu in the emperor's body can even be traced back to before he was born......"

Lin Long raised his head and said, "When the existing knowledge can't solve the mystery, you should jump out of the way and consider the possibility of this kind of strange power chaos. Just like there is a world outside the world, and outside of reality, there is an illusion. ”

Lin Long's eyes were extremely clear, shining with alertness and kindness. When she looked up, the imperial doctors noticed that she was a very lovely girl, young and beautiful, and her childish spirit had not yet escaped, and these godly words came out of her mouth, and they became a little more believable, and the sense of horror was also reduced. - Of course I have to believe it, Lin Long thought.

She looked up because the eggs were cooked.

She stood up, her slender fingers gently picking up the eggs that had been boiled and cooled in ice water, and said, "It's easy to ......peel off the eggs after running in cold water for a while," she began to peel the shells on the spot, and the flesh-colored eggshells fell to the ground one by one, and the soft and smooth egg whites popped out of her head.

Snow silkworm said nervously, "Are you hungry?"

- If Lin Long eats this egg that has undergone a strange ritual, then her snow silkworm will also wonder if she is a witch or a monster.

Lin Long shook his head with a smile and said, "What does my sister think...... Unless I'm crazy. ”

- Still a little nervous talking to the snow silkworm, Lin Long lowered his head, picked up the egg intently, and put it in his hand to watch it carefully, but the smile on his face suddenly fell.

And the snow silkworm and the imperial doctor both widened their eyes with expressions of disbelief.

I saw that on the snow-white eggs, there were traces of something that had been eaten, and small holes one by one-

"Sure enough, it's a Gu. Lin Long lowered his eyebrows and said, "If there is too much missing in the egg, so much so that it penetrates deep into the yolk, it proves that the poisoning is very deep." The Emperor's Poison—"

She lifted the egg and shook it in front of several people in the room, and the snow silkworm covered her mouth in shock: these small holes almost poked the egg into chaff, not only penetrating the yolk, but penetrating the whole egg, full of holes, broken beyond repair.

Lin Long shook his head and said to himself: "It's so miserable, it's really miserable." I don't even know if the emperor is miserable or I am miserable. When my father untangled the queen's Gu, the poison didn't penetrate into the bone marrow like this. Dad, you're so lucky that you've escaped another catastrophe and handed over this mess to me...... Okay......" She looked up at several imperial doctors and said, "Guys, I need a few flavors of medicine, I don't know if you've seen it?"

One said, "What do you want?"

"I need three things. Lin Long paused for a moment and said, "The first is the bancanth, which is commonly known as the 'fart bug', the second is the euphorbia, and the third is the white bark of the peach tree roots picked during the Dragon Boat Festival." After beating these three things into powder, then use rice soup and make it the size of a small soup ball—step by step, this poison can be cured. ”

The forty-year-old imperial doctor was silent for a while, then suddenly became angry and pointed out, "Are you crazy, are you crazy?" Pantharids are extremely poisonous, and after removing the head, feet, and wings, they must be fried with wheat bran and placed for later use, even so, they are still highly poisonous, and cannot be used directly, and their toxicity will corrode people's skin and internal organs...... Where did you come from, a spies sent by an evil organization, do you want to kill the emperor?"