Chapter 88.2
Today, the Rejuvenation Hall was scheduled to visit Gu Yan again.
Second Owner didn"t come because he had some matters to attend to, so it was just Gu Jiao and the old physician this time.
They were directly taken to Gu Yan"s courtyard by Yu Ya"er.
Gu Yan"s condition was very stable now. As long as he continued to take the medicine, living another two or three years would not be a problem.
The puppy’s injury had also healed. It recognized Gu Jiao and went to pounce on her with its short legs from a distance. As a result, it threw itself to the ground and whimpered.
Gu Jiao suddenly remembered Little Jing Kong, who would often trip and fall like this.
"The dog house we built last time broke down, let"s make another one!" Gu Yan said without changing expressions.
Gu Jiao felt odd. The dog house she made last time was very st.u.r.dy, she believed. How could it have broken?
Other people in the scene bowed their heads, pretending that they didn’t know what happened to the dog house in the middle of the night.
"All right, then." Gu Jiao agreed.
Making another one was fine, too.
Gu Jiao stayed with Gu Yan for an hour, and got up to leave after finishing the brand-new dog house.
After leaving the villa, she went to visit Old Madame Li as usual.
When visiting Old Madame Li, she saw the mulberry tree and couldn"t help thinking of Yao shi. She planned to see if Yao shi"s condition had improved.
However, when Gu Jiao went there and knocked on the gate for a long time, no one answered.
Maybe she wasn’t here.
Or maybe there was something and she couldn’t go out.
Gu Jiao decided to come again next time.
But just as she turned around, her ears moved and she heard a groan of great pain.
The voice was small and far away and average people absolutely wouldn’t be able to hear it. However, one of Gu Jiao"s training in her previous life was locating position by means of sounds; she had to accurately identify the sound of breathing of the other person under the interference of hundreds of sounds.
After changing into her current small stature, her physical quality was far inferior to that of her previous life, but it was also gradually recovering.
It was the Marchioness" voice.
Gu Jiao could be sure of this.
Regardless of whether the gate was locked or not, Gu Jiao immediately took a few steps back and jumped over the wall.
When Gu Jiao arrived at Yao shi"s room, Yao shi was all alone.
Yao shi was lying on the bed unconscious, her complexion was bluish, there was a black spot on her glabella, and her breathing was very weak.
A strong smell of traditional Chinese medicine permeated the room, but no medicine bowl could be seen.
On Yao shi"s pillow, Gu Jiao found a few drops of medicinal juice that had yet to dry up. She leaned over to smell it.
Aconite!
Aconite was a traditional Chinese medicine for dispelling cold and relieving pain, but it was very toxic in itself, so it wasn’t easy to use it. Because Yao shi had a cold const.i.tution, she couldn’t be infected with aconite.
Gu Jiao wasn’t sure how much Yao shi drank, but she must spit it out as soon as possible!
Gu Jiao hesitated for a whole three seconds before she immediately opened her medicine chest, and took a special infusion tube which she slowly inserted from Yao shi"s nasal cavity into Yao shi"s stomach.
This kind of infusion tube was from the organization and was specially designed to deal with fugitives. It was harmful compared to ordinary infusion tubes and could have been used to kill people. Gu Jiao didn"t expect that she would use it to save people.
Gu Jiao took out a sodium chloride infusion solution and attached it to the other end of the tube.
She pinched the bag and quickly pumped the liquid into Yao shi"s stomach.
One bag was done quickly, and just as Gu Jiao began to replace it with the second bag, the two servant girls who were sent away by Wet Nurse Fang at the beginning returned to the room.
The two of them didn’t know Gu Jiao and were immediately stunned by the scene in front of them.
"Who are you? What are you doing to Madame?"
The two people recovered their senses and dashed toward Gu Jiao.
Gu Jiao couldn"t be interrupted by them at the moment. She picked up a stool with her feet and knocked them down to the ground with it.
Servant Girl A screamed, "Ah——"
Servant Girl B: "Somebody come! Someone"s trying to kill Madame——"
Outside, Wet Nurse Fang’s hand began trembling. Could it be? It was found out so soon?
Marquis Gu had just finished questioning Grannie Fang when he heard the little servant’s shout. He swiftly headed to Yao shi"s room with large strides, and saw Gu Jiao pumping something strange into Yao shi"s nose.
Yao shi"s complexion was still normal when he left, but now it was blue and black—— an appearance that suggested she was poisoned.
This girl... Was she poisoning her own mother?!
Marquis Gu walked over in rage and said ferociously, "Stop!"
Gu Jiao ignored him and intensified her efforts to pump and replenish the liquid.
Marquis Gu saw that instead of listening to him, she intensified her movements. He was so furious that he pulled out the whip around his waist and hit Gu Jiao"s skinny back with a hard force.
At once, the lashing sound of a whip was heard, and the whip landed on Gu Jiao"s back.
This wasn’t an ordinary whip, but a military whip for punishment.
But even after that, Gu Jiao still didn’t let go of Yao shi.
Marquis Gu gritted his teeth in anger and stretched out his hand to drag Gu Jiao away from her.
Gu Jiao"s cold eyes glanced at him and she said, "If you don"t want her to die, don’t get in my way!"
Marquis Gu was shocked by the look in her eyes and her murderous aura.
The last drop of solution was finally pumped in. Gu Jiao pulled out the infusion tube, lifted Yao shi up, pried open Yao shi"s mouth, and dug her throat with her fingers.
The next second, Yao shi"s body shook, and the medicinal juice and solution were spit out together.
After vomiting, Yao shi"s complexion finally stopped turning blue, and her breathing became more stable.
At the same time, Physician Chen also arrived.
He was a little confused upon seeing the scene in the room.
He just went to make some pills for the Marchioness. How come after leaving for only a while, the Marchioness seemed to have died once?
"Ey? Isn"t this the little medicine girl of Rejuvenation Hall?" He recognized Gu Jiao.
Gu Jiao said nothing, and merely stood up lightly after putting away her small medicine chest.
Physician Chen checked Yao shi’s pulse, and frowned, "How did Madame get poisoned by aconite?"
Marquis Gu frowned!
Physician Chen looked at Gu Jiao, then at the medicinal juice on the ground, and almost guessed what was going on. He said, "Fortunately, Lord Marquis asked the little medicine girl to induce vomiting for Madame in time, otherwise she would have died. What a surprise, to think a little medicine girl in the Rejuvenation Hall is actually so formidable..."
Marquis Gu didn"t listen to what he said later. All he could think about was the lash he gave her just now.
It was true that he didn"t use 100% of his strength in that strike, but it was still around 80%...
Stubborn girl, why didn’t you just explain properly?
You still waited to be whipped? !
Marquis Gu would never admit that he had made a mistake. Obviously, it was her who didn"t explain the situation, so he misunderstood her!
But why did he feel somewhat frustrated?
Marquis Gu looked guiltily at Gu Jiao and was about to say something, but Gu Jiao had already gone out with the medicine chest on her back basket.
The breeze in late spring was warm, but her back felt cold.