In the middle of the night, the heavens and the earth were very quiet, and the surroundings were filled with thick inky darkness, only a faint candlelight was still holding on, making this ordinary night feel a little desolate and desolate out of thin air.

Gu Muzhi lay on the bed with her eyes wide open, not sleepy at all.

After staying with Ouyang Qian for a long time, she was almost used to that kind of noisy days, but now that she suddenly left, she suddenly felt as if something was missing, and the surroundings were really quiet.

I don't know what urgent things she has, so she just said goodbye without saying goodbye, and she can be regarded as her good friend.

Gu Muzhi felt a little lost in his heart, staring at the flickering candlelight in a lost mind.

The next moment she suddenly came back to her senses, and stared at the lampstand with wide eyes, and her heart was uncertain.

She seemed to see something slip off the table.

But when I looked at it again, I couldn't see anything. Strangely, there was a sudden slippery and cold feeling at her feet, and she was still slowly moving, slowly moving up around her ankles.

At this moment, Gu Muzhi felt that his blood was solidified, and his heart almost jumped out of his throat.

"Snake!"

She screamed uncontrollably, kicked her feet desperately, and covered the snake's position with the quilt, and quickly pulled out her feet, and because she was too frightened, she moved too much and fell off the bed at once.

"What's wrong!"

Xiaolan outside rushed over as soon as possible, lit the lamp, and saw Gu Muzhi fall to the ground, so she hurriedly went to help her up, and said worriedly: "What happened?" ”

Gu Muzhi was shocked, panting heavily, and pointed in the direction of the quilt, "Snake, there is a snake!" ”

Xiao Lan raised her eyes to see that a sharp black and white snake head was slowly emerging from the bed, her pupils suddenly shrank, and she suddenly let out a scream worse than Gu Muzhi's.

At this time, the guards had already rushed over, and when they saw the snake on the bed, they directly cut it in half, Qin Boyong followed, and saw Gu Muzhi's face pale, and he sat on the ground in his middle coat, his face immediately changed, and he stepped forward and hugged her in his arms in a few steps.

"It's a krait!"

One of the guards hung his head and said, "This snake is highly venomous, and it can kill people in a short time. ”

Qin Boyong felt that his hands were trembling, his pupils shrank suddenly, and his reason was almost out of control, "Lu Yuan, go and find Lu Yuan for this king!" Three breaths do not appear, this king cut off your head! ”

Gu Muzhi eased up, and when he saw that Qin Boyong was so angry, he gently pulled his clothes and whispered, "Lord Wang, I haven't been bitten, so I don't need to call Dr. Lu." ”

Qin Boyong's voice was very deep, "This snake is terrifying, you must let Lu Yuan check it for you." ”

After speaking, he looked up at the guards around him again, and a trace of murderous intent flashed in his eyes, "Tell you to take good care of her, that's how you see it!" If you don't hurry up and check, if you can't find out, don't come to see me! ”

Lu Yuan quickly rushed over with a medicine box.

After investigating for Gu Muzhi, he put away the poisonous snake that was cut into two parts, and said with a happy face: "This snake probably just ate two days ago, so it didn't bite at the beginning, Miss Gu is really the rest of her life this time." But the girl was frightened, and she had a good rest these days. ”

Gu Muzhi saw that he had carefully put away the poisonous snake, and said curiously, "What do you want this dead poisonous snake for?" ”

Lu Yuan smiled, "Although this thing is terrible for ordinary people, the gallbladder, poison sac, snake skin, and snake bones on the poisonous snake are all good things for us doctors. ”

"It turns out that poisonous snakes are still used like this." Gu Muzhi said with a smile.

Seeing that the two were chatting happily, Qin Boyong's face was a little unsightly, he lifted Lu Yuan's medicine box, and said coldly: "Okay, since she is fine, you can go." ”

Lu Yuan shook his head helplessly, honestly put the medicine box on his back and walked out, and laughed softly: "I didn't know who was in such a hurry to call me just now." ”

Seeing him walk away, Qin Boyong turned his head to look at Gu Muzhi, or because she was frightened, her face was still slightly pale, and under the dim candlelight, her expression was more gentle than usual.

Qin Boyong's heart was inexplicably calmer, he tucked the corner of the quilt for Gu Muzhi, and said softly: "It's not early, let's rest quickly, I will order someone to guard outside, it will be fine." ”

Gu Muzhi snorted and closed his eyes obediently.

The person who released the poisonous snake was quickly found, it was Zhang Ma, the fire-burning boy in the backyard, and the secret guard found out that he happened to get a snake from his uncle the day before, and at night there were two maids who said that they had seen him sneakily wandering around the courtyard where Gu Muzhi lived.

All the evidence is perfect, but the only thing that falls short is ......

Just this morning, Zhang Ma was found to have committed suicide, still hanged from the back of the house, and died a miserable death.

When Zhang Ma's corpse was brought up, Qin Boyong's face was almost black to carbon.

On the other side, the main owner of the frightening incident was very leisurely, Ouyang Qian was gone, she was already very bored, and now that this happened again, the mansion couldn't come out, so she followed Lu Yuan all day long and asked him some questions about medical skills.

Lu Yuan also happened to enjoy it.

This time Gu Muzhi had an accident, in addition to the poor protection of the secret guards of the palace, he was not without responsibility, he should protect more tightly. Now, if Gu Muzhi is willing to take the initiative to stay by his side, it will make him feel at ease.

After Gu Muzhi looked at his "collection", he suddenly became interested in studying medicine.

"Anyway, if you're idle, you're idle, can you teach me medical skills?"

Lu Yuan was a little surprised that she would offer to study medicine, but she still nodded, "Okay, but studying medicine is not easy, you have to be patient." ”

"Eun." Gu Muzhi responded with confidence.

In the following period, Gu Muzhi often went to Lu Yuan's residence to study medical books with him, learn all kinds of strange medicinal materials, and how to diagnose and prescribe medicines for patients.

To be honest, this process is very boring, Lu Yuan thought that Gu Muzhi would be hot for three days, but what she didn't expect was that she not only persevered, but also seemed to be quite talented, those medical books that ordinary people would take months to memorize, she could gnaw them down in half a month, and all kinds of strange medicinal materials did not have any difficulty for her, as if she had learned them before. As for some other medical skills, such as scraping and applying needles, and finding acupuncture points and meridians, she can also understand them all at once, and she doesn't need to teach them with too much effort at all.

Gradually, as Gu Muzhi made rapid progress, Lu Yuan's attitude gradually became serious.

After all, it was rare to meet such a gifted disciple.