Martial Arts World Assassin

Chapter 231: Holy Favor and Dragon Vein

Yuan Zhen's skin changed and became covered with fish scales. This was due to the special poison made by the people of Dongdao, which caused the symptoms.

Huang Sixi used Rama's Qi to try to force the poison out of Yuan Zhen's body, but the effect was not obvious.

Seeing that he was frowning, Di Renjie was worried that he was at a loss, so he asked, "Can Dr. Huang cure this man's poisonous disease?"

Huang Sixi did not answer, but asked: "Besides this person, who else has been poisoned by this kind of poison?"

Di Renjie replied solemnly: "This man was poisoned because he drank Queshe tea. I asked the imperial physician Wang Pu to check the Queshe tea in the teahouse and found that all the tea leaves were soaked with a deadly poison. If the tea previously offered to the royal family was poisonous, then I'm afraid..."

He did not continue speaking. He guessed that all the nobles in the Tang Dynasty imperial court who had drunk Queshe tea should have been poisoned by the tea.

Huang Sixi asked him again: "Have you reported this to His Majesty and the Empress?"

Di Renjie looked embarrassed. "I reported this to the Queen Mother, and she scolded me for talking nonsense. There are more than 1,200 people in the royal family of Shendu, and almost everyone drinks Queshe tea. If they drink it, they will be poisoned. Wouldn't the court of the Great Tang be controlled by the person who poisoned them?"

Huang Sixi said: "Even if His Majesty and the Queen Mother do not believe you, you should let the imperial physician examine your body to check if you are possessed by poison."

Di Renjie nodded, "Your Majesty and the Empress have transferred all the officials of the Imperial Medical Bureau to the palace, and no abnormalities have been found so far. I am worried that if we delay, the poison will spread in large numbers in the palace, and it will be too late to treat it. I will bring this Master Yuan Zhen with me to seek help from Divine Doctor Huang!"

He was a high-ranking official with a strong sense of responsibility. He was concerned about the safety of the Tang Dynasty royal family. Pointing at Yuan Zhen, he asked Huang Sixi again: "Dr. Huang, can you cure the poison of Master Yuan?"

Before Huang Sixi could reply, a burst of rapid horse neighing stopped outside the pharmacy.

Yuchi Zhenjin, the general of the Jinwu Guard, strode into the hall and shouted urgently, "Brother Huang, please follow me to the palace! His Majesty is ill and has suddenly fallen unconscious. The Queen Mother ordered me to invite Brother Huang to the palace!"

He rushed over and saw his colleagues from the Dali Temple present. He immediately said, "Di Renjie, you knew that the person who poisoned the sparrow tongue tea was Huo Yi from Dongdao. Why didn't you go track down Huo Yi's lair and come here to disturb Doctor Huang?"

Di Renjie was displeased, thinking that he was the Chief Justice of Dali Temple, a third-rank official of the Tang Dynasty. He came to see the civilian doctor Huang Sixi, which was a condescending visit. How could it be considered a disturbance?
But Di Renjie also knew that Yuchi Zhenjin was a close confidant of the Queen Mother, so he did not argue, but pointed at Yuan Zhen: "Huo Yi's old nest is located on an isolated island in the East China Sea, and the location is difficult to find. This Master Yuan has been to the old nest on the island. As long as he is rescued, we can definitely track down Huo Yi's whereabouts!"

After hearing this, Yuchi Zhenjin turned to look at Huang Sixi and said, "Brother Huang, how long will it take to cure this monster covered in fish scales?"

Di Renjie was surprised and thought: "Master Yuchi didn't ask whether the disease can be cured, but only how long it will take to heal. It seems that Master Yuchi has full faith in the medical skills of Dr. Huang!"

Huang Sixi replied, "The poison that this young master Yuan was infected with is somewhat special. It should have been cultivated through the human body. After the insect entered the body, once it took effect, it would immediately merge into the flesh and blood. His flesh and blood were spread by the poison, and then mutated into fish scales. Because his whole body is full of poison, it will take at least three days for me to cure him!"

When Di Renjie heard that he could cure the disease, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief and was also secretly amazed. Doctor Huang was indeed a skilled doctor. All the officials in the Imperial Medical Bureau were helpless against the poison, but Doctor Huang could guarantee that it could be cured.

Yuchi Zhenjin knew that Huang Sixi had such ability. He smiled slightly, stepped forward and grabbed Huang Sixi's arm: "Three days is too long, Brother Huang, please follow me to the palace first. After I cure His Majesty, it won't be too late to cure this monster later!"

His smile faded, and he continued, "Your Majesty's sudden fainting may be related to the poison in the Queshe Tea. If Your Majesty was also poisoned, the poison should have begun to spread by now. We cannot delay any longer!"

Huang Sixi did not refuse. He signaled Yin Ruiji to take the medicine box and accompany him to the palace.

Di Renjie did not dare to ask him to stay, and he bowed to him and said, "Doctor Huang, I will stay here and wait for you to come back!"

"You can wait as long as you want!"

Huang Sixi never puts expensive elixirs in the pharmacy. Ever since Master Sanzang enlightened him on the 'Qiankun Yiqi Bag', all the precious medicines Huang Sixi had refined in recent months, such as the 'Nine Flowers Jade Dew Pills', were put into the bag and carried with him.

It doesn't matter how many outsiders stay in the medicine hall.

Since the imperial palace was several miles away from Sixi Pharmacy, Huang Sixi and Yin Ruiji rode directly there on horseback.

After arriving at the emperor's bedroom, Huang Sixi found that Emperor Gaozong of Tang, Li Zhi, was lying on the dragon couch in a coma.

Wu Zetian sat on the edge of the bed, lost in thought.

On the ground ten feet away from the dragon bed, officials from the Imperial Medical Bureau were kneeling, including the genius doctor Wang Pu.

However, Wang Pu looked very depressed. It was probably because he was unable to wake Li Zhi up and was scolded by Wu Zetian, so he looked dejected.

After a while, Yuchi Zhenjin came in to report that Huang Sixi had been summoned.

Wu Zetian immediately stood up and waved, urging: "What are you waiting for? Let Dr. Huang come in and diagnose your majesty! Let his wife Yin Ruiji come in as well!"

Huang Sixi was familiar with the place. He walked straight to the dragon bed, held Li Zhi's wrist and began to take his pulse.

Yin Ruiji came before Wu Zetian to pay her respects.

Wu Zetian smiled and nodded at Yin Ruiji, motioning Yin Ruiji to stand beside her, and then watched Huang Sixi examine Li Zhi.

Yin Ruiji was delighted and thought, "It is widely rumored that the Queen Mother is majestic and solemn, and she never smiles even when she is talking to civil and military officials. But every time she sees Nunu, she is always friendly. She must appreciate Langjun, and that's why she loves Nunu as well! Langjun has already saved the Queen Mother's mother, Mrs. Rongguo. If he can also wake up His Majesty this time, then Nunu will be able to benefit from Langjun even more!"

She was in the imperial palace and was originally very timid, but when she looked at her husband, she felt that she was not afraid of anything. Even if the sky fell, her husband would protect her from the wind and rain.

When she thought about it this way, she felt even happier.

Soon, Huang Sixi had finished taking Li Zhi's pulse.

"How is it?" Wu Zetian asked hurriedly, "Dr. Huang, what disease is your majesty suffering from?"

"Your Majesty has been poisoned!" Huang Sixi said bluntly.

"Is it really poison?" Wu Zetian frowned. "The Minister of the Dali Temple, Di Renjie, reported that the traitor had put poison in the Queshe tea. Is this true?"

"Whether other people are poisoned or not, I can't guarantee it, but your majesty is definitely poisoned!" Huang Sixi said, "Fortunately, the poison in your majesty's body has just taken effect, and the poison has not spread widely. As long as I use my medical skills to massage your majesty and force the poison out of your majesty's body, your majesty's dragon body will be completely cured, and there will be no sequelae left!"

"It is important to save His Majesty first!" Wu Zetian did not care about other people in the palace who had drunk Queshe tea for the time being.

She recalled that when Huang Sixi examined the old lady of Rongguo, he also used massage and asked questions, and asked, "Dr. Huang, do you need me to help Your Majesty stand up?"

Huang Sixi shook his head: "No need for the Queen Mother to bother, just ask her to appoint an imperial physician. I will give your Majesty a massage later, and poisonous insects will come out of your body. This kind of poisonous insect is extremely poisonous. If it gets on your body, it will easily pollute your body!"

Wu Zetian felt a palpitation in her heart, and subconsciously took a few steps back, turning her head to look at the imperial doctors kneeling outside the bed: "Who is willing to serve Your Majesty?"

Imperial Physician Wang Pu volunteered: "I am willing!"

After saying this, he climbed onto the dragon bed and supported Li Zhi half-sitting on it.

Huang Sixi pressed one palm on Li Zhi's back and began to remove the poison from Li Zhi.

The last time Huang Sixi was treating Mrs. Rongguo, in order to demonstrate his superb medical skills, he deliberately used his internal energy to emit white mist and hot air above Mrs. Rongguo's head.

This time, Huang Sixi still used the same massage technique, and heat also emanated from the top of Li Zhi's head, but this was not intentional on Huang Sixi's part.

Because the poison that Li Zhi was infected with was too special, Huang Sixi had to use Rama's Qi to massage for at least half an hour before he could force the poison out of Li Zhi's body.

In the original novel of "Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame", Huo Yi, a native of Dongdao, uses a human body to cultivate a poisonous insect. Once this kind of poisonous insect enters the body, it will immediately merge into one with the flesh and blood.

Huang Sixi needs to repeatedly remove the poison from the insects, so the time naturally takes a lot longer.

Nearly an hour later, Li Zhi suddenly coughed, and a emerald green poisonous insect emerged from his nostrils.

Huang Sixi was quick-witted and quick-handed. He used a porcelain bottle to put the poisonous insect into the bottle.

After a while, Li Zhi slowly woke up. Wu Zetian stepped forward and said happily, "Your Majesty, you are fine!"

Huang Sixi and Wang Pu both retreated outside the bed.

Wang Pu stared at Huang Sixi with wide eyes. He really couldn't figure out what kind of massage method Huang Sixi used to remove the poison from Li Zhi. Huang Sixi ignored his gaze and opened the mouth of the porcelain bottle, concentrating on examining the poisonous insect in the bottle.

Li Zhi talked with Wu Zetian for a while and called Huang Sixi to come over.

Li Zhi smiled and said, "Dr. Huang has cured me of the poison. I am very pleased with your hard work. I hope that Dr. Huang will continue to work hard and give massage treatment to all the royal family members who have taken Queshe Tea in the palace!"

Huang Sixi disagreed. It took him most of an hour to give a massage to one person, and he could only treat a few people a day at most.

In the past, there were more than a thousand members of the royal family who had drunk Queshe tea. Together with the high-ranking officials in the capital, the number of people probably numbered several thousand.

If Huang Sixi always used Rama Qi to diagnose patients, he might not be able to finish the treatment even after a year.

Huang Sixi reported to Li Zhi and Wu Zetian: "It is no problem to massage the nobles in the palace, but it takes me half a day to massage each person, and I can only treat a few people a day. If the nobles are poisoned during this period, I am afraid that I will not be able to rescue them in time!"

Li Zhi said in a worried tone, "Yes, yes, what Divine Doctor Huang is worried about is true! Divine Doctor Huang, do you have a plan that will satisfy both parties? One that can save the royal family in the palace and prevent the poison from taking effect?"

Huang Sixi said: "Your Majesty, I do have a plan that can achieve the best of both worlds!"

"Oh? Tell me quickly!"

"This strategy is actually very simple. We just need to use the antidote to control the poison and give it to the nobles in the palace, and the disease will be cured!"

"How do you prepare the antidote?"

"Your Majesty, we only need to collect a certain amount of boy's urine and have the nobles take it. No matter what kind of poisonous insect it is, it can be easily driven out of the body!"

"Urine?"

Li Zhi was born with a mother-in-law face. After hearing Huang Sixi's answer, he laughed bitterly and said, "Dr. Huang, are you kidding me? Drinking urine can actually detoxify me?"

Without waiting for Huang Sixi to answer.

Dozens of officials from the Imperial Medical Bureau who were kneeling outside the bed answered in unison: "Your Majesty, boy's urine has the natural effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying. Gu worms are often dry and toxic, and boy's urine is the nemesis of Gu worms!"

Li Zhi couldn't help but widen his eyes. He was stunned for a moment, his face became serious, and he questioned the doctors: "Since you know that boy's urine can remove the poison, why didn't you give it to me earlier?"

The imperial doctors looked at each other, not daring to answer.

Imperial Physician Wang Pu bravely answered, "Your Majesty, in the past, boy's urine could indeed get rid of poisonous insects, but the poisonous insects in the sparrow tongue tea this time are very toxic, and boy's urine has no effect at all. Previously, I found more than ten doctors who drank sparrow tongue tea and asked them to drink boy's urine for treatment, but it had no effect. I have studied it repeatedly, but I can't figure out the reason. Naturally, I dare not let Your Majesty take boy's urine to detoxify easily!"

Li Zhi immediately looked at Huang Sixi and said, "Dr. Huang, my doctors have already said that boy's urine is useless, but you recommended it to me. Is there any hidden meaning behind it?"

In the original novel of "Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame", the royal family of the Tang Dynasty was poisoned by drinking queshe tea. After research, the imperial physician Wang Pu prescribed an antidote of "boy's urine".

More than a thousand members of the royal family of the Tang Dynasty were cured of poisoning by drinking "boy's urine".

Now that Huang Sixi has come to Di Renjie's world, what is the reason why "boy's urine" has become ineffective?

Imperial physician Wang Pu stared at Huang Sixi. He also really wanted to know the answer.

Huang Sixi didn't keep anyone in suspense.

He held up the porcelain bottle that contained the poison and explained to Li Zhi, Wu Zetian, Wang Pu and the imperial doctors: "The poisonous insects in Queshe Tea were originally cultivated from human bodies. However, after the cultivation, they were soaked in a hallucinogenic poison that happened to neutralize the effect of 'boy's urine'. This is why 'boy's urine' cannot detoxify!"

The 'hallucinogenic poison' that Huang Sixi mentioned was exactly the emerald green medicinal mist commonly used by the Demon Sealing Clan.

More than three months ago, Huang Sixi went to the Demon Sealing Clan's lair to investigate the Swallow Tower murder case. He was attacked by a 'hallucinogenic poison' and fell into an illusion.

Afterwards, Huang Sixi found a batch of "hallucinogenic poisons" from the people of the Demon Sealing Clan. He had studied the toxicity of these poisons in detail.

Just now, Huang Sixi forced the poisonous insect out of Li Zhi's body and put it into a porcelain bottle. He found that the poisonous insect in the bottle exuded a green poisonous mist, which was exactly the same as the "hallucinogenic poison".

This is how he learned all the details about the insect.

After listening to his reasoning, Li Zhi, Wu Zetian, Wang Pu and other imperial doctors asked in unison: "If boy's urine is ineffective, how can we remove the poison?"

"It's easy!"

Huang Sixi said: "We only need to add an antidote to the 'hallucinogenic poison' to the boy's urine. Then, any noble who drinks Queshe Tea will be cured of their illness once they take this new type of boy's urine, and there will be no more trouble!"

Li Zhi immediately said: "In this case, please ask Dr. Huang to prepare the antidote and fetch the 'boy's urine' to detoxify as soon as possible!"

Huang Sixi reported seriously: "Your Majesty, there is no problem for me to prepare the antidote, but I am already married, not a virgin, and cannot obtain 'virgin urine'. Your Majesty should give an order to the Imperial Medical Bureau!"

After these words were spoken, everyone in the palace couldn't hide their laughter.

Li Zhi nodded slowly: "Okay, I will help Dr. Huang with this! Wang Pu, you go prepare the boy's urine, and let Dr. Huang prepare the antidote. You two work together to quickly detoxify the royal family in the palace!"

Wu Zetian would definitely not use "boy's urine" to detoxify her. She asked Huang Sixi to detoxify her personally, and then let Huang Sixi leave the palace.

The next morning, Wang Pu prepared the boy's urine, and Huang Sixi also prepared the antidote.

After the antidote was mixed with boy's urine, Li Zhi and Wu Zetian ordered all the royal officials who had drunk queshe tea to drink it together.

After drinking this bowl of boy's urine, anyone who has been poisoned by a Gu insect will have the poison expelled from their body.

The case of poisoning has been completely averted.

On this day, Li Zhi and Wu Zetian summoned people involved in the poisoning case to the palace.

Huang Sixi, Di Renjie and Yuchi Zhenjin were all summoned before the emperor.

Li Zhi took out a Kanglong mace and gave it to Di Renjie first: "Mr. Di, you were the first to discover the harm of the poison, which is commendable. This Kanglong mace is made of meteorite iron from the stars, which is harder than gold and stone. I give it to you in the hope that you will eliminate all evil and become the conscience of the country and the scale of justice. Even if it is against me and the officials, if there is anything that harms the Tang Dynasty, Mr. Di can use this mace to advise them!"

Li Zhi bestowed the Kanglong Mace in the hope of promoting another confidant after Shangguan Yi.

Turning his head, Li Zhi looked at Huang Sixi again: "Dr. Huang, you have worked hard and made great contributions to eradicate the poison disaster and save our Tang Dynasty from danger. I will appoint you as the medical officer of the Imperial Medical Bureau..."

Wu Zetian suddenly interrupted Li Zhi: "Your Majesty, Dr. Huang has an imperial decree personally granted by His Majesty Taizong, allowing him to practice medicine among the people, but he cannot join the Imperial Medical Bureau!"

Li Zhi was stunned: "There is such a thing?"

Wu Zetian pursed her lips and said, "Doctor Huang, take out the imperial edict and give it to His Majesty for inspection!"

Huang Sixi thought that Li Zhi and Wu Zetian were fighting each other, so there was no need for him to intervene.

He handed the imperial edict to Li Zhi without saying a word.

After reading the imperial edict, Li Zhi sighed, "It is indeed the imperial edict written by my father. Since Dr. Huang wants to practice medicine among the people, I cannot force him to do so. However, Dr. Huang has made such a great contribution, I cannot but reward him! Dr. Huang, do you have any wishes? You can tell me, and I will satisfy you as appropriate!"

Huang Sixi really had a wish, and he immediately said, "Your Majesty, I have admired His Majesty Taizong and the founding heroes for a long time, and I want to go to Chang'an to admire the portraits of the heroes in the Lingyan Pavilion. I hope Your Majesty can grant me permission!"

The reason why Huang Sixi had to go to Lingyan Pavilion was because the dragon vein of the Tang Dynasty was buried under Lingyan Pavilion.

Originally, Huang Sixi planned to sneak into Lingyan Pavilion at night after arriving in Chang'an, but since Li Zhi was going to distribute rewards, Huang Sixi could just ask for the imperial edict and go to Lingyan Pavilion to retrieve the dragon vein.

　The Tang Dynasty royal family was poisoned by a Gu. This is the original plot in "Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame" and is not made up by the author.

　　
　
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