Chapter 13: The Mysterious Wild Herbs and the Toxicologists Association
In the tent, Colin was already thinking about how to experiment. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info He has a lot of confidence: this strange wild vegetable is the vital antidote. But he needed experimental evidence to back it up now, the effects of the poisoning were still ongoing, and Colin couldn't do clinical experiments, or he couldn't wait for the effects to appear: the frail man just now would never stand the first subject to defecate tonight.
He needed some small doses, quick response experiments.
"Lord Colin, it seems that your judgment is correct, I just asked a few more people who have a toxic reaction, and their last bowel movement is usually a day ago. Northen opened the curtain and walked in, with an expression of joy or sorrow on his face.
"You've come just in time, and I'm in a problem right now. Colin frowned and looked at Northon, "Look at this wild vegetable, judging by the situation of the woman just now, this is probably the antidote." ”
Norson leaned over and took a leaf of wild vegetables to look at it. After thinking for a moment, Northen took a little of the black substance from before and put it in a small porcelain dish, ate a mouthful of wild vegetables, chewed it, and spit on the black lumps.
Disappointingly, the black clumps quickly drained the chew of moisture but showed no signs of softening.
Northen rubbed his forehead, as if the situation in front of him was giving him a headache as well. looked at Colin, who also had an ugly expression, and said with a painful face: "Your Excellency Colin, it seems that we are going to lose this time." ”
Colin wiped the sweat oozing from his forehead, sighed, and said, "You can't give up yet, Lord Norson, the people outside are at least alive." ”
Pacing around the tent, Colin sat down on a stool. On the side, Northen was still trying various experimental methods.
For half an hour, Colin had been drinking water, and Northam was sitting on another stool with a tired face.
"Lord Norson, is it possible for us to make these residents drink a lot of clean water to wash away these lumps? An idea popped up for Colin.
"It's very unlikely that almost all of the excess water will be absorbed in the stomach. Northon shook his head.
"So what we need to do now is actually introduce a lot of water into the gut, so why don't we simulate how this wild vegetable reacts in the gut?"
"You mean, intestinal fluid?"
"Yes!"
Northen stood up suddenly, yes, intestinal fluid, he actually forgot to try multiple bodily fluid environments.
Colin carefully took some of the intestinal fluid from the corpse, the deceased had not been dead for a long time, and the contents of the intestinal fluid had not yet deteriorated, which should have the desired effect.
Nuo Sen took the test tube containing the intestinal fluid, added the chyme just now, and something miraculous happened: the liquid level in the test tube rose rapidly, and soon the liquid gushed out of the mouth of the test tube and spilled on the table.
Northon couldn't believe his eyes, these little leaves contained so much water!
"Makes sense, dissolve the lumps with a lot of liquid!" Northen was thrilled that this weed had become a cure for the crisis.
"Lord Northon, I don't think it's certain yet. Collins paused, "Such a large amount of liquid would have caused serious damage if it appeared in the intestine in an instant." ”
Northon looked puzzled, thought about it again, and frowned. Colin continued, "We should have missed another experiment, is the poison really just dissolved?"
With that, Colin threw a small black lump into the test tube he had just had.
The black lump dissolves into a gelatinous substance at a rate visible to the naked eye, and the volume does not change much.
"It's really an interesting poison. If I hadn't known where he came from, I would have thought it was some kind of dessert. In this state, it should be able to pass through the intestines smoothly and will not burst due to the sudden increase in volume. Colin smiled relievedly.
"Someone!" Northon hurriedly called out to the soldiers outside the door.
"Yes, Mr. Northon!" the guards had just opened the curtain and walked in to salute Northon.
"Take the woman you just asked, and go find a large quantity of this wild vegetable she has provided to distribute to the poisoned, and finish it as soon as possible!" commanded Northen.
"Yes, Mr. Northon. The guard walked out quickly, and then faintly heard the sound of men in armor running.
"Mr. Colin, oh no, Master Colin. Thank you for your assistance, the doors of the Toxicologists Society are always open to you!" Northon sweated and breathed a sigh of relief, and bowed to Colin with a relaxed smile and a little gratitude.
"Oh, your Excellency?" said Colin, a little surprised.
"I almost forgot to introduce myself, I was the chapter president of the Toxicologists Association, and I was in town. Northon looked at Colin enthusiastically and introduced himself.
Colin learned about this organization early on in a few books. The Society of Toxicologists was founded by Mieda, a close friend of Heklas, the "original traveling scholar" and one of the early traveling scholars.
Miyeda provided Heklas with a large number of poisons, most of which were even capable of poisoning the Old Gods, but unfortunately some of them were spread by ill-intentioned travelers and used in wars.
As you can guess, these poisons had terrible consequences.
On the one hand, Miyada lamented the misuse of her work, and on the other hand, she gathered many of her disciples and friends to set up an organization dedicated to solving the problem of these toxic agents, and then this organization began to not only solve the scourge of the poisonous agents, but also began to actively crack some new poisons and share their research results with doctors from all over the world without discrimination. Gradually, more and more physicians and pharmacists joined the organization, and this secret organization was transformed into a continent-wide association, the Toxicologists' Association.
The Eastern Provinces Chapter, where Norsen is based, is a branch of the Imperial Society of Toxicologists that administers and serves all registered toxicologists in the provinces of Ira, Pompul, and Bierre District, where the capital is located. These services include organizing academic conferences, publishing academic journals, and inviting outstanding toxicologists from other chapters to give lecture tours, among other things. Of course, every registered toxicant also has his or her own obligations, such as paying some dues (of course, most of the funds of the Toxicologists Association are "protection fees" sponsored by the military and nobles of the empires), and more importantly, reporting new poison discoveries and samples every month. It is also the early warning mechanism that the Society of Toxicologists has successfully prevented mass poisoning many times in history.
However, it is clear that this mysterious poison in Eaton City has not been discovered by the Toxicologists Society, and Northon is also worried that it will be a harbinger of a large-scale poison war.
"Master Colin, I'm sorry, I'm missing you. This is the first time this virulent agent has been discovered, and I must go back and report it to the General Assembly as soon as possible, for if this is a large-scale poison war, every second of my delay could cost countless innocent lives. Norson couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat when he thought of this.
"Master Northon doesn't have to worry about a poison war, if the poisoner really intends to poison the living force, you and I will not be spared at this time. Experiment on a small scale and let the opponent find a solution before launching it on a large scale, I don't think there should be such a stupid enemy. "And there's been no movement of enemy forces on the border lately." The poison can indeed kill the people in the city, but the only way to occupy the city is the army. It is not a wise strategy for the enemy to launch a poison war without even starting an army. ”
Northon nodded his head and breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Colin's words, and said, "Then please return to my laboratory with me, you have helped a lot today, and I must treat you well." ”
"Then it's better to be respectful than to obey. Colin smiled and agreed.
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Returning from the black market to the humble haunted mansion, your takes off her masked attire of an exotic woman and prepares to bathe. These days, she paid a deposit to a dozen bands of thieves, agreeing to take care of the goods of a dozen caravans on the day the gates were reopened. She could already foresee the chaos, a city lord's mansion guarding the emptiness and even a tired lord leading his troops to the rescue.
Soaking in the tub and caressing her delicate skin, Ul smiled wickedly and madly, and the only thing she had to do was to find a "murderer", a scapegoat who had killed the captain of the guard and caused Bartomir to close the gates and dig three feet into the ground. And your also knows that the next assassination will not be easy, and this smooth skin may inevitably fill in one or two scars, but she still looks forward to this assassination, this is her chance to prove herself, to prove that a woman can also become a "king assassin", an assassin in the annals of history.