The moon is above the treetops, and the wind blows late at night.

The weather gets colder after the Mid-Autumn Festival, especially at night. If you don’t wear an extra coat, you will feel cold all over.

Rong Su lit the oil lamp, placed it on the table, and took out a book covered with cowhide from his bag.

The five words "Jingmai Yaoyi Shu" were written on the book. This was the medical book she had obtained with great effort.

She spent a lot of effort on this medical book.

"I hope you can help me improve my medical skills. Don't let me down."

Murmuring softly, she turned to the first page.

As soon as she read the first page, her mind was forced to concentrate. The content inside seemed to her like a traveler who had been thirsty in the desert for a long time seeing an oasis, and she was eager to read it.

I was so focused on watching that I didn't realize the oil lamp was about to go out and the sky outside seemed to be getting brighter.

A faint gray light shone through the window lattice, and only then did Rong Su realize that she had been reading until the middle of the night.

She looked down and saw that there was still half of the book left to read, so she put it away. Since she couldn't finish it so quickly, she would just put it aside for now.

Just reading it once was not enough for her to fully grasp the mystery, she needed to study it carefully.

Having made up her mind, she put away the book, got on the couch, covered herself with the quilt, and took a rest before waking up.

The next day.

Rong Su read the second half of the medical book, but found the content a bit obscure and difficult to understand.

Thinking back to his previous life, Gu Yun used this book to develop a prescription to curb the epidemic. Perhaps he could understand the contents of the rest of the book.

Having made up her mind, she took the book and left the room to find Gu Yun.

After taking a few steps, he bumped into Yuan Shen who was walking towards him at the corner.

She noticed the bruises at the corners of Yuan Shen's mouth, which looked like he had been beaten.

Her mouth was faster than her brain, and she blurted out, "What's wrong with the corner of your mouth?"

Yuan Shen was also excited when he saw her: "Great, I was looking for you, Miss Rong."

Rong Su realized what she had asked and felt annoyed. She was not the kind of person who meddles in other people's affairs. When did she become so nosy?

She frowned, her face tense, and her tone was slightly bad: "What do you want from me?"

Yuan Shen looked at Rong Su, whose face suddenly turned pale, confused. But remembering his own affairs, he had to ask first: "You saw the wound on the corner of my mouth. It happened yesterday when I went to see Gao Zhuangshan. Gao Zhuangshan didn't see it, but I was beaten by his servants. I was afraid that Yu'er would be worried if she saw it, so I wanted to ask you for some medicine to reduce the bruise."

Hearing that he was asking for medicine, Rong Su still said in a stern tone: "I have a lot of poison, why don't you ask Gu Yun for it?"

When Yuan Shen heard this, he could clearly tell that Rong Su seemed to be in a bad mood. His face turned awkward, and he raised his hand to touch his nose. Then he smiled and said, "I went to look for Doctor Gu, but he didn't seem to be in the room, so I came to find you."

Yuan Shen knew very well that the young girl in front of him loved to use poison. He had no choice. He was a doctor, but he didn't have the habit of carrying medicine with him. He didn't have time to prepare the medicine at once. If he went out to buy medicine, he would easily run into Yu'er, so he could only ask Rong Su for help.

Rong Su only heard one piece of information that was more important to her, which was that Gu Yun was not in the room at the moment, so she couldn't ask him about the medical book.

Curling the corner of her mouth, Rong Su looked at Yuan Shen, who was standing in front of her with an awkward smile on his face, and casually took out a jade-colored porcelain bottle and threw it over.

When Yuan Shen saw it, he immediately took it and looked at her with a puzzled look: "Is this... medicine?"

Rong Su rolled her eyes, strode forward, and said disdainfully, "What else?"

Yuan Shen looked at the medicine in his hand, then looked at Rong Su who had already walked away, raised the medicine, and thanked her with a smile: "Thank you very much!"

——Zhou Family——

Gu Yun, who was not at Jiang's house, was now heading to a small house with Shen Peiqing.

The two of them arrived at the door of the small house at the same time and looked up at the Zhou family written on the plaque.

"It seems that this is the home of the victim poisoned by Master Jiang." Gu Yun looked at the plaque and said softly.

Shen Peiqing looked around. The Zhou family's house was located in the middle of four alleys, which was a bit remote. It was already noon, but there were few people around.

He walked forward, raised his hand and knocked on the door. After knocking for about a quarter of an hour, he heard the sound of footsteps coming from inside.

The door opened, and a woman in light white clothes saw them. A look of alarm and confusion appeared on her face. "Who are you?"

Shen Peiqing bowed to the woman and said in a light voice, "I am Shen Peiqing."

Seeing this, Gu Yun also bowed and introduced himself: "My name is Gu Yun."

Seeing that they had introduced themselves, the woman became less wary, but the questioning in her eyes remained. "Hello, may I know what brings you here, gentlemen?"

Gu Yun was the first to answer the woman: "Madam Zhou, we came here to find out what happened between Master Jiang and Master Zhou."

Upon hearing this, Madam Zhou's expression changed instantly. Anger filled her eyes, and her tone was quite annoyed: "There's nothing to say! The Jiang family dared to poison my master, he will definitely get his comeuppance! And you all leave now!"

As she spoke, Mrs. Zhou had already started to prepare to close the door and kick everyone out.

Seeing this, Shen Peiqing remained calm and raised his hand to hold the door to prevent Mrs. Zhou from closing it. Mrs. Zhou became furious when she saw Shen Peiqing's move.

"What are you doing? Are you trying to break into someone's house? I'm going to tell the police!"

Seeing that Madam Zhou was very emotional, Gu Yun quickly reached out and pulled Shen Peiqing, saying softly, "Now is not a good time to pry. Why don't you go first."

But Shen Peiqing didn't think so. Staring at the furious Madam Zhou, he held the door with his hand, not flinching at all, and said calmly, "Madam Zhou, if your failure to cooperate resulted in the harm of innocent people and the real murderer going unpunished, I think Master Zhou would die with regret."

Mrs. Zhou's angry expression froze for a moment, and then she angrily questioned Shen Peiqing: "What nonsense are you talking about? When Jiang Suifeng was arrested, the evidence was irrefutable! How could he not be the murderer?"

Shen Peiqing stared at Madam Zhou, remaining calm. "I think you should be the one who knows the relationship between Master Jiang and Master Zhou best. Is their relationship really so bad that Master Jiang would use poison to harm Master Zhou?"

After hearing this, there was a hint of hesitation in Mrs. Zhou's eyes. Shen Peiqing endured the pain in his wrist and slightly pushed open the door that Mrs. Zhou was holding down.

Seeing that Mrs. Zhou was about to lose her balance, Gu Yun quickly reached out and supported Mrs. Zhou.

Shen Peiqing stepped forward and continued to talk to Madam Zhou, "If their relationship is so bad, then why is Mr. Zhou discussing business with Mr. Jiang in Tianxiang Tower? Isn't Mr. Zhou afraid that Mr. Jiang will do something to him if they can't reach an agreement?"

Seeing the increasingly confused expression on Mrs. Zhou's face, Shen Peiqing continued, "I think their relationship isn't bad at all. They should be good friends, right?"

At this moment, Madam Zhou's anger turned to sadness, her eyes red and tearful: "You are right, but they are obviously good friends, but I can't understand why Jiang Suifeng wants to harm my master."

"Since you want to find out the whole story, we can help you find the truth, but we need your help." Shen Peiqing saw that Mrs. Zhou was wavering and further put forward his request.

Mrs. Zhou's face was filled with worry and confusion: "Why are you helping me?"

Shen Peiqing didn't say anything, but looked at Gu Yun. Gu Yun didn't expect Shen Peiqing to look at him. Then he understood what he meant and said to Madam Zhou, "We are here on Madam Jiang's behalf. If Mr. Zhou and Mr. Jiang have a good relationship, I think your relationship with Madam Jiang should be good too. Madam Jiang is in prison, and she is heartbroken right now."

When Mrs. Zhou heard this, tears welled up in her eyes and she was very sad: "Aning. Is she okay?"

Gu Yun and Shen Peiqing looked at each other, both surprised that Mrs. Zhou would care about Mrs. Jiang.

"Mrs. Jiang is fine. Mrs. Jiang also asked us to bring you some words." Shen Peiqing could see that the relationship between Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Jiang was not ordinary.

After hearing this, Mrs. Zhou raised her red eyes and looked at Shen Peiqing, appearing to have more concern than hatred.

"Mrs. Jiang hopes you can be strong. She also wants to say sorry to you. It was them who implicated Mr. Zhou in this matter." Shen Peiqing thought for a moment and told Mrs. Zhou word by word.

After hearing these words, Mrs. Zhou's eyes filled with tears again and she covered her face and sobbed.

Gu Yun couldn't help but feel a little sad and shook his head at Shen Peiqing.

Shen Peiqing didn't say anything more, and the two of them waited quietly for Mrs. Zhou to calm down.

Only then did Mrs. Zhou finally let down her guard against them and invited them into the house.

Madam Zhou ordered a maid to bring tea, and then looked at them: "If you have anything you want to know or need my help with, just tell me."

Seeing that Mrs. Zhou was willing to cooperate, Gu Yun looked at Shen Peiqing, and Shen Peiqing nodded to him.

Gu Yun then whispered to Madam Zhou, "We want to understand your relationship with the Jiang family."

Mrs. Zhou lowered her eyes slightly and was silent for a while before she spoke slowly.

"Master, I, and the Jiang couple have been good friends since childhood. We have been friends for decades. Master and Jiang Suifeng's relationship is even better than that of brothers. And Aning and I are close friends, very good friends."

Mrs. Zhou paused and smiled bitterly.

"So when I learned that the master had been poisoned by Jiang Suifeng, I didn't believe it. Given the relationship between them, how could Jiang Suifeng have done such a thing? But until the bailiffs presented evidence that Jiang Suifeng had harmed the master, and Jiang Suifeng defended himself by saying he had medicine with him, but it wasn't poison, even though he only had a packet of poison on him at the time, I was heartbroken and indignant."

"I never thought Jiang Suifeng would actually poison my master just for a small orchard!"

Shen Peiqing heard a suspicious point and asked, "Did Jiang Suifeng explain what the medicine was?"

Mrs. Zhou shook her head, her eyes filled with sorrow and pain: "No."

Jiang Suifeng didn't explain, why?

Shen Peiqing was doubtful and was about to ask something else. Mrs. Zhou seemed very tired and raised her hands to press her temples from time to time.

"Do you have any other questions? If not, I'd like to rest."

Seeing this, Gu Yun pulled Shen Peiqing aside, shook his head at him, and then looked at Madam Zhou: "Madam Zhou, just give us a letter of evidence. Because we want to see the evidence, but without a letter of evidence from the victim's family, we can't show the evidence to see."

Mrs. Zhou understood and nodded. She asked the maid to bring paper and pen, wrote a letter of evidence and handed it to Gu Yun.

Gu Yun thanked Madam Zhou and pulled out a white porcelain bottle from his sleeve. Seeing Madam Zhou looking confused, he smiled and explained, "From your complexion, I see that you seem to have symptoms of a migraine. This medicine may be effective in treating migraines."

Mrs. Zhou looked at the medicine bottle and said calmly, "Thank you."

Then the two of them said goodbye to Mrs. Zhou and left the Zhou family.

"I didn't expect that it was just as you guessed, Brother Shen, that the Jiang family and the Zhou family have an unusual relationship." Gu Yun looked at the letter of evidence in his hand, then looked at Shen Peiqing and chuckled.

Shen Peiqing nodded and looked at the deserted alley ahead. "The other day, I overheard Madam Jiang calling in a servant from the Zhou family to inquire about Madam Zhou's recent situation. She looked worried and even told us not to let Madam Zhou know about this. So I had a guess."

Gu Yun listened and nodded, then seemed to think of something and asked, "Brother Shen, do you suspect that Master Jiang's poisoning of Master Zhou wasn't just a simple case of Gao Zhuangshan framing you?"

Shen Peiqing glanced at Gu Yun for a moment longer, then nodded and looked straight ahead, towards the provincial government office. "Rong Su and I went with Madam Jiang to see Mr. Jiang before. I think she should think so too."

When Gu Yun heard Rong Su's name, a flash of light flashed across his eyes. He looked up at Shen Peiqing, hesitated, and asked, "Brother Shen, I have a question."

When Shen Peiqing heard this, he stopped, looked at him, and motioned him to ask.

"Brother Shen, what do you think of Miss Rong?" When Gu Yun asked this question, his palms felt a little sticky and he felt inexplicably nervous. He didn't know why he was nervous or what he was afraid of.

Shen Peiqing stared at Gu Yun deeply, his eyes as cold as the sea. For a moment, he couldn't tell his true thoughts, so he spoke impatiently.

"She's just a crazy girl. Her behavior is as crazy as a lunatic, completely different from that of an ordinary woman."

When Gu Yun heard these words, even though Shen Peiqing was clearly saying bad things about Rong Su, he inexplicably felt a lot calmer and even a little happy.

"Brother Shen, please don't say that about Miss Rong. She is a very good girl." Gu Yun refuted Shen Peiqing seriously and sincerely.

When Shen Peiqing heard him praising Rong Su, he frowned and sneered, "A very good girl? Have you ever seen a girl who poisons people at every turn?"

Gu Yun was choked by these words. Rong Su was indeed a little puzzling on this point, but it did not destroy the beauty of her in his heart. He spoke up again to defend her.

"She's a little girl wandering around all alone in this world. I think this is just a way for her to protect herself."

As Shen Peiqing listened to Gu Yun constantly speaking well of Rong Su and making excuses, his mood grew worse, his face darkened, and he stopped talking to Gu Yun.

Crazy girl, you are great. Gu Yun has been protecting you without you even realizing it!

Gu Yun didn't know why Shen Peiqing suddenly ignored him, but he didn't pay too much attention to it. He felt very happy in his heart. Recalling his conversation with Rong Su, he seemed to begin to understand why she always used poison. Maybe that was just her way of protecting herself.

The two men, each with their own thoughts, walked towards the state government office together.

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