They returned to the city and found Yao's pharmacy, but Yao Jizhu told Yao Biao and others in the Hongjia Hotel, and Shen Ruoliao must go back in person, otherwise they would not step out of the door of the Hongjia Hotel.

Shen Ruoyu was helpless, so he had to be hard-headed, cheeky, and slipped back to the Hongjia Hotel under the coercion and temptation of Night Primrose.

Lu Jiang was prepared, did not open a store, and the doors and windows were closed; Seeing him come back, he didn't say anything, just smiled with relief, without the slightest reproach in his eyes, and then turned around and went into the backyard. Yao Biao waited in Shen Ruoxiao's room, saw him come in, and motioned for him to lock the door, leaving Ye Laixiang alone in the store outside.

Shen Ruoyu stood his sword on the wall at the head of the bed, and then sat down opposite Yao Biao. When Yao Biao saw the autumn wind, his eyes flashed.

"Xiao'er, where did you go yesterday?" He asked, his eyes still glancing at the sword.

"I'm going to practice."

"Staying up all night?" Yao Biao said coldly: "Don't be so reckless next time." A statue of Guanyin, do you think so? How many people are worried about you, the prince heard that you were sick, chased me for two days, and blamed me; Do you know what a real heartless person is? ”

Shen Ruoyu blushed and said, "I won't." ”

"Stretch out your hand," Yao Biao ordered.

Shen Ruoyu obediently stretched out his hand. Yao Biao took his pulse and said:

"Now it's nothing. How do you feel? ”

"I don't feel anything."

"How's your kung fu doing?"

"Still like that."

Yao Biao looked at him contemplatively and said, "Xiao'er, I brought a message from His Royal Highness King Yan; But before that, there is a more pressing matter to be resolved. I have a question for you. This is a question I ask a patient as a practitioner, and no matter how uncomfortable it may be, you must answer it seriously and honestly. ”

Shen Ruoyu stiffened his face and looked at Lord Yao unkindly.

Yao Biao asked: "Two years ago, you were forced to take ** incense in Zhenshui Village, I think this matter is certain?" ”

Shen Ruoyu stubbornly threw his head aside, took out his housekeeping skills, changed his face to the face of a street ruffian, and said in a weird manner:

"If you want to know, sir, I can tell you all now. What He Yu said to you, I don't have to guess to know. I committed adultery with Qing'er, which caused her to have a miscarriage, so I was abolished by my uncle. I'll admit all of that now. However, Uncle I didn't kill him, whether you believe it or not, in short, I don't want to admit it until I die. ”

Yao Biao sighed: "What's the use of you telling me this? This does not help me understand your condition in any way. ”

"Ah, what do you want to know?"

"I want to know, you took ** incense, and later were revived by the antidote, all the details in between."

"I fainted like an idiot and didn't remember anything."

"You should always remember the details before you pass out." Yao Biao said quietly: "How did you take the antidote, and how long is the interval between you taking the **incense?" If I'm not mistaken, it was your third uncle who fed you the antidote; How did he feed you? How much did you drink? Also, you were in a coma for a while, after you woke up, did you continue to take the antidote, and how? ”

Shen Ruoyu thought about it for a while and said:

"Master, when I drank that glass of ** wine, He Yu was only a few steps away from me. I'm afraid that the thing he fears most in his life is that I will die in peace. Therefore, he reacted very quickly, and as soon as I drank the cup dry, his antidote bottle was already forced into my mouth, and I couldn't drink it, so he poured a bottle of antidote into it raw. Then, I was no different from a dead man, the only difference was that I woke up later. But at that time, the third uncle's antidote was already in my stomach, and of course it was impossible to continue taking it. He was too generous in this matter, so that he couldn't help it, afraid that in the future, the ** incense would one day bite its owner, and he didn't have an antidote, so he had to destroy the remaining poison. ”

After Yao Biao heard what he said, he didn't say anything for a long time, and sat at the table and fell into deep thought. Shen Ruoyu sat opposite without saying a word and observed him.

Finally, Yao Biao raised his head as if he had just woken up from a dream and looked at Shen Ruoliao. Shen Ruoyu couldn't help but sink slightly in his heart: Yao Biao's expression was so gloomy and serious, and an ominous premonition secretly covered his heart.

"Xiao'er," Yao Biao said, "Three years ago, your father and your third uncle were poisoned at the same time, and later, your third uncle saved his life. Do you remember the details? Think about it, the same as taking ** incense, and being revived by the antidote, is there any difference between you and him? ”

"He's pretending," Shen Ruoliao blurted out with disdain and resentment; However, in an instant, he remembered something and shook his head: "No, he is not pretending; He really drank it, and he really had the courage to make such a big bet. ”

He thought about it carefully, and unconsciously frowned, and his heart sank. "No," he muttered, "He Yu lay in bed for a full month before he could get off the ground. He also said that he had suffered the same sin as I did - why didn't I stay in bed for a month? It wasn't that night that he ran out and jumped off a cliff like an outlaw...... What kind of tricks is he playing? ”

Yao Biao said softly: "Xiao'er, this is the key to the problem. It stands to reason that if you take the antidote, you should lie in bed for half a month, or even a month. However, you soon wake up from your coma, and you are running around as much as you did before you drank the poison. ”

Shen Ruoyu looked at Yao Biao blankly. "W-what's the problem?"

Yao Biao said: "Although the ** incense is your grandfather's originality, we know it as well as the three brothers. Xiao'er, you may not understand the truth of this medicine, but I will tell you. ** Incense is highly poisonous, such a poison, in fact, can be said to be incurable. There is only one way to eliminate its toxicity: fight poison with poison. ”

"Fighting poison with poison?" Shen Ruoxiao was slightly stunned, and something jumped in his chest.

"Not bad." Yao Biao nodded. "Your grandfather worked hard to finally concoct a poison that was as toxic as ** incense, but just like gold and wood. This is what you know, the antidote to incense. Now, if you think about it, they are all highly poisonous, and only one drop of incense melts into the wine you drink, which is enough to kill you; And the antidote—let's call it another poison—you took a whole bottle. ”

He stopped. Shen Ruoyu waited silently for him to continue to speak.

Yao Biao said: "When your third uncle was poisoned, your aunt used that other poison to save him, and she took the right way: first put a drop on the tongue coating of the poisoner, let him lick it into his throat and swallow it. This drop, normally speaking, can relieve the toxicity of **incense, but it is not necessarily enough. Moreover, fire and water are incompatible, and there will be intense pain when encountering, you know that taste. After taking the antidote, patients usually do not wake up immediately and have to lie in bed for several days; When you wake up, you can't get up and walk around right away. It's not that it can't be done, but the poison in the body has not completely broken down at this time, and walking around accelerates blood flow, which will be very dangerous. In the meantime, it's important to keep an eye on it, and you may need to feed a drop or two of the antidote – but there's no justification for filling the whole bottle in one gulp. ”

Shen Ruo looked at Yao Biao blankly, and said mechanically: "So——? ”

Yao Biao said: "Your situation is very strange, I can't figure it out. It stands to reason that such a highly toxic antidote, a whole bottle, should kill you at that time. But you are still alive and well, and when you touch your pulse, there is no abnormality. It was only when you were unconscious the day before yesterday that I felt the abnormal movement in your body. I think that your sudden illness this time is none other than a highly toxic attack in your body. ”

Shen Ruoyu still sat quietly, his eyes were unfathomable.

"What will happen to it?"

"I don't dare to say;" Yao Biao said cautiously, "What will happen to it, how should I deal with it, these are the two most important questions, but now, I have no idea at all." ”

He sighed and said, "You know, the only one that can restrain ** incense is this antidote." But just as water can extinguish fire, but fire can't extinguish water, **incense can't cure the poison of this antidote. What's more, since your father and your third uncle left Lushan, your grandfather has burned these two prescriptions that he has painstakingly developed for many years. You can only fight poison with poison; I know how to do it, but I can't find the tool. I don't know if there is another poison in this world that can overcome this antidote. ”

Shen Ruoyu said cautiously: "Born, not necessarily; There will always be something that people concoct; Even this ** incense and this antidote, aren't they all made by my grandfather, aren't they innate? ”

"That being said," Yao Biao hesitated, "Xiao'er, to be honest, among the three brothers in our same family, in terms of clinical practice, I can say without shame that the two junior brothers are inferior to me. But when it comes to medicine, your grandfather is the most brilliant of the three. The poison he concocted, my second junior brother and I only know how to use it, but we can't make it ourselves, even if he gives us the recipe; Not to mention cracking. Only your grandfather can make the poison that can cure this highly poisonous poison in your body. But—he had already sworn never to touch poison again in his life, since your father and they left Lushan; It's been twenty-two years. ”

"Master, what happened twenty-two years ago?" Shen Ruoyu said softly: "No one has ever been willing to tell me. There were only vague words - people seemed to avoid talking to me about them. I want to know. ”

Yao Biao was stunned for a moment. "Xiao'er, can't you call me Uncle Yao? Like before? ”

Shen Ruoyu shook his head and smiled scoundrelly: "Master, this time and that time. There is a difference between our dignity and inferiority, and I cannot make a mistake. ”

Yao Biao's gaze fell back on the autumn wind, he was silent for a moment, he wanted to speak again, hesitated for a long time, and finally shook his head and smiled, raised his eyebrows, and said:

"Xiao'er, one day you are willing to open Chrysostom and call me Uncle Yao, I'll tell you again."

Shen Ruoyu rolled his eyes and smiled sarcastically: "Master wants to count on that, I'm afraid that you will be disappointed sooner or later." Now, you can tell me about King Yan's message, right? I want you to tell me, don't you dare to spend decades waiting for me to change my words. ”