lcionline Chapter 223 Those who do evil will eventually perish!
Chapter 223 Those who do evil will eventually perish!
Liang Hongkai stared at Ge Shu in astonishment, trying to find any flaws on his face, but as time passed, he began to drool uncontrollably from the corners of his mouth, and his dull movements made him look like a idiot.
"Xiao Qin, is he...stupid?"
He couldn't help but internally complain: "Is it necessary to have such a big reaction to a question like that? This is a bit too much of a fool! But the acting is still commendable."
Qin Miaoxi: "..."
She couldn't help but roll her eyes secretly, grabbed Ge Shu's wrist to feel his pulse, and her brows gradually furrowed.
"Geshu! What have you eaten lately?"
She frowned and asked, but Ge Shu's eyes were dull, with a silly smile on his lips, and he muttered to himself, as if he was completely immersed in his own world.
"The pulse is disordered, and the qi and blood are flowing backwards..." Qin Miaoxi muttered to herself, then withdrew her hand and looked at Liang Hongkai with a serious look. "He has taken a large amount of strychnine. An overdose of this drug can cause confusion and even emotional loss, eventually leading to dementia."
So, he was really stupid.
Liang Hongkai's face darkened when he heard this: "Strychnine? Why would he take something like that?"
Qin Miaoxi did not answer immediately, but stood up and walked to the table, where a bowl with residual medicinal soup was placed.
She smelled it carefully, then picked up a little with her fingers and put it in her mouth to taste it.
The quick movement made Liang Hongkai's heart skip a beat, "There might be strychnine in that..."
"Sure enough, there's strychnine in the medicine residue."
"..."
Qin Miaoxi looked at the waiter again and asked, "Is this the medicine you brewed in your shop?"
The waiter shuddered with fear. "Yes, it is. But this was given to us by Master Ge, and we brewed it according to his instructions. We absolutely did not add or change anything without his permission."
"Show me the prescription."
The waiter hurried downstairs to get the prescription, and sure enough, the amount of strychnine on it exceeded the normal dosage.
"Sir, Master Ge has been taking this decoction, supposedly to boost his body's resistance and prepare for the imperial examinations. He also said that this was a prescription he bought from a master, and it's said to be very effective."
Liang Hongkai snorted coldly: "It works? Is it so effective that it makes you a fool?"
Qin Miaoxi shook her head. "There's nothing wrong with the prescription itself, but the dosage of strychnine has obviously been tampered with. An overdose is what caused him to become like this."
Liang Hongkai frowned and said, "What should we do now? Can we get any useful clues from him in this state?"
Qin Miaoxi pondered for a moment and whispered, "Whether he's truly stupid or just pretending to be, there must be something hidden in his subconscious. I need a quiet room to question him alone."
Liang Hongkai nodded: "Okay, I'll have someone prepare it."
A moment later, Qin Miaoxi took Ge Shu into a quiet room.
She closed the door, sat opposite Ge Shu, and asked softly, "Ge Shu, do you still remember Yan Xiao and Nie Kangshun?"
Ge Shu's eyes were still dazed, but when he heard these two names, his body trembled slightly, and he muttered incoherently: "Yan Xiao... Nie Kangshun... they... they..."
Seeing this, Qin Miaoxi continued to guide softly: "Yes, Yan Xiao and Nie Kangshun, they are your classmates, you studied together at Qingyuan Academy."
"We... are classmates."
"Do you know if they have any common enemies?"
Ge Shu's expression suddenly turned painful. He clutched his hair tightly with both hands, and his voice trembled: "The enemy...the enemy...is in Qingyuan Academy...is in Qingyuan Academy..."
Qin Miaoxi's heart tightened, and she quickly asked, "Who is from Qingyuan Academy?"
However, Ge Shu's emotions suddenly lost control. He stood up suddenly and yelled frantically: "Don't ask me! I don't know! I don't know! Karma is a cycle, retribution is inevitable, good and evil will be rewarded in the end, and those who do evil will eventually perish!"
His voice was sharp and piercing, and he seemed to be in extreme fear, waving his hands around as if trying to drive away something invisible.
Seeing this, Qin Miaoxi knew that asking further would be useless, so she had to stand up and calm him down.
Waiting until Ge Shu gradually calmed down, she walked out of the room and shook her head at Liang Hongkai who was waiting outside the door.
"He mentioned Qingyuan Academy and said that Yan Xiao and Nie Kangshun had a common enemy, but when I asked him further, he lost control of his emotions and couldn't continue." Qin Miaoxi seemed to be thinking, "But he mentioned retribution. I think they did something they shouldn't have done in the past, and Ge Shu thinks this is retribution."
Liang Hongkai frowned and said, "Qingyuan Academy? Could the murderer be someone from the academy?"
Qin Miaoxi's eyes were deep. "We can't be sure yet, but Qingyuan Academy is clearly an important clue. We need to go there and investigate. Perhaps we can find more answers."
Liang Hongkai nodded: "Okay, I will arrange for someone to go to Qingyuan Academy to investigate."
Qin Miaoxi said no more and looked back at the closed door thoughtfully. Regardless of whether he was really stupid or pretending to be stupid, Yan Xiao, Nie Kangshun and Ge Shu were all students of Qingyuan Academy. They must have some common secret, and this secret might be the root cause of their successive accidents.
Qin Miaoxi nodded, then glanced at Ge Shu's room again and whispered, "However, before we go to Qingyuan Academy, we still need to do one thing."
"What's the matter?" Liang Hongkai asked puzzledly.
"Let's investigate the 'expert' who prescribed the medicine for Ge Shu." Qin Miaoxi's eyes were sharp. "The dosage of the strychnine was tampered with. It's obvious that someone deliberately wanted to make Ge Shu look like this. This 'expert' is likely one of the masterminds behind this."
Liang Hongkai suddenly realized and slapped his forehead: "Right! How could I have forgotten this! Didn't the waiter say that Ge Shu bought the prescription from an expert? We have to find this person!"
Qin Miaoxi nodded: "That's right. Waiter, come here."
The waiter who had been standing nearby hurried forward and asked respectfully, "Mr. Qin, what do you want?"
Qin Miaoxi asked, "Do you know where Ge Shu bought the prescription? Who is that 'expert'?"
The waiter scratched his head and said with some embarrassment, "That... I'm not quite sure. Master Ge only said it was a master, but he didn't mention who it was. However, he seemed to have mentioned that he got the prescription from the Qingyun Temple outside the city."
"Qingyun Temple?" Liang Hongkai frowned. "I've heard of that place. It's a very popular Taoist temple. It's said that the Taoist priests there are proficient in medicine, and people often go there to ask for medicine."
Qin Miaoxi nodded, a cold look flashing in her eyes: "Ge Shu himself is a bit superstitious, so it's not surprising that he prefers the Taoist's prescription. However, they prescribed such a harmful prescription. We should go to Qingyun Temple to investigate thoroughly."
Liang Hongkai nodded: "Then let's split up. I'll go to Qingyuan Academy to investigate, and you go to Qingyun Monastery to investigate that 'expert'."