On the way to escape famine, my parents divorced

Chapter 609 "She really has every reason to hate me to the bone"

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When Dr. Wang saw Liu Tan lying on the bed, looking haggard and barely breathing, his heart sank.

After carefully washing his hands, he sat down in front of the bed, placed three fingers on Liu Tan's wrist, closed his eyes, and focused on taking his pulse.

As the pulse diagnosis took longer and longer, Dr. Wang's brows furrowed more and more, and the wrinkles on his face seemed to deepen.

Dr. Wang examined Liu Tan for a long time, checking his tongue, eyes, and even carefully smelling the breath he exhaled.

Everyone in the room held their breath; the room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. All eyes were on the old military doctor.

After a long while, Dr. Wang slowly withdrew his hand, opened his eyes, and his eyes were filled with solemnity, fear, and a hint of disbelief.

He glanced around at the anxious crowd in the room, and finally fixed his gaze on Liu Tan's cloudy eyes, which still held a hint of expectation.

Doctor Wang's lips trembled for a long time, but he still couldn't make a sound. He just looked up at Liu Tan without saying a word.

In the end, Zhao Dayi understood Wang Junyi's intention and asked the others in the room to leave.
After only Liu Tan lying on the bed, Wang Junyi sitting on the stool in front of the bed, and Zhao Da and Ma San standing by the bed;
With an extremely dry and labored voice, Doctor Wang uttered words that were enough to send chills down one's spine: "Your Highness, your pulse is extremely strange, a deep-seated evil poison is lurking, corroding your bones and marrow. This...this is no ordinary illness."

Dr. Wang paused, then lowered his head, as if speaking those few words had exhausted all his strength.
After a brief pause, Doctor Wang looked up at Liu Tan again and continued, "I dare to guess that Your Highness, you are probably poisoned, just like the old prince!"
The poisoning must have occurred within the last three months!
Moreover, this poison is insidious, vicious, and extremely rare!
I...I...I had absolutely no clue how to detoxify myself!

"Poisoned!"

Although he already had some guesses in his mind, when Liu Tan heard those two words with his own ears, it was as if a thunderclap had exploded in his ears, and his chest pounded rapidly and violently!

Liu Tan suddenly opened his eyes wide, and a surge of rage instantly filled his still weak body.

Who would dare poison him!

Who dares?

Who can?

How can it be?

impossible!
It's impossible!

Besides Liu Tan, Zhao Da and Ma San, who remained in the room, also had faces full of questions and disbelief.

None of them dared to imagine that someone would dare to poison Liu Tan, the Prince of Zhenbei and General of Andong!

Having been diagnosed with poisoning, Liu Tan had no choice but to leave the unsuitable garrison and be carefully transported back to the Zhenbei Prince's Mansion in the prefectural city, lying in a spacious carriage.

Inside the Prince Zhenbei's mansion, dark clouds hung heavy, creating a suffocating atmosphere.

Liu Tan lay on his sickbed, though he had found the Nine-Turn Jade Marrow Paste that the old Prince of Zhenbei had eaten when he was poisoned in the treasury;

Liu Tan continued to drink it for over a month, but the medicine was only somewhat effective for the first ten days or so, relieving Liu Tan's severe headache.
However, after half a month, the effect of this medicine in suppressing headaches decreased significantly.

Now, Liu Tan has drunk all two small jars of Nine-Turn Jade Marrow Ointment that remain in the Prince's Treasury, but his headaches still flare up every night!

Moreover, in recent days, Liu Tan has noticed that not only is the headache getting stronger, but the Nine-Turn Jade Marrow Ointment has also lost all its effectiveness.

At this moment, Liu Tan lay on the bed, his face ashen, his eyes sunken, and his body limp; the imposing presence of the former General Who Guards the North was nowhere to be seen.
Now, all that remains for Liu Tan is weakness from being tormented by pain day and night, and a suspicious and irritable temperament.

After learning from Dr. Wang that he had been poisoned, Liu Tan ordered Zhao Da and Ma San to investigate!

Who poisoned him?!
He wants to catch the poisoner, find out the antidote, and then torture that person to death!

However, Zhao Da and Ma San used almost all the resources and manpower that Liu Tan had given them to investigate.
However, a series of investigations still yielded no results!
All the servants who had been in contact with Liu Tan's daily life were repeatedly interrogated;
Even several innocent servants and concubines and maids who had been frequently visiting Liu Tan's backyard were executed on his orders in a fit of rage!
Even though many people died and many were injured, who poisoned Liu Tan?
Still, not a single useful clue was found;
The truth remains shrouded in mystery.

This unknown fear and the ever-increasing pain gnawed at Liu Tan's reason like a venomous snake.

Now he sees everyone as a potential poisoner, and everyone in the entire palace and those close to him is living in fear.

Just then, Ma San, his trusted confidant who had always followed him, hesitated for a long time after being questioned sternly by Liu Tan once again. Finally, Ma San cautiously spoke to Liu Tan, "General, I have an absurd idea, but I don't know if I should say it."

"speak!"

Liu Tan immediately growled impatiently at Ma San.

Every breath he took pulled at his throbbing head; Liu Tan really had no patience to act with Ma San.

"General, in Andong, who sees you as a thorn in their side?"

Who has the ability to commit such a sinister and clandestine act, one that goes unnoticed by anyone?

Ma San lowered his voice and head, and continued to say to Liu Tan: "Jian'an. Li Shiyue. She has the extraordinary ability to control golden eagles!"

Golden eagles can travel 300 li a day, which is 200 li faster than the best military horses;

If Li Shiyue used a golden eagle to lead people from Jian'an...

"Li Shiyue?"

Liu Tan was taken aback at first, then seemed to have heard the biggest joke in the world, but the smile on his lips quickly froze on his face before it was replaced by a cold expression of suspicion.

"Her? She certainly has every reason to hate me to the core."
But, can a golden eagle carry a person?

absurd!

No matter how miraculous that feathered beast is, Li Shiyue can tame a golden eagle like she tames a dog. And how big is that golden eagle anyway?
How can it carry an adult on a long-haul flight?

Although he denied it verbally, Ma San's words were like a seed that fell into the soil of suspicion in Liu Tan's heart.

In just one night, the seed was nurtured into a towering tree.

The next day, Liu Tan sent Ma San in disguise to Jian'an to investigate at all costs whether Li Shiyue had secretly poisoned him!
More than twenty days later, the news that Ma San brought back from Jian'an at breakneck speed only made Liu Tan more confused and even angry.

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