Sang Wan knelt on the ground, feeling extremely aggrieved:

"This isn't a turtle, it's a tortoise shell! A tortoise shell!"

Li Jiu's face turned red from holding it in, and he couldn't hold it in any longer, so he burst out laughing again.

Pei Jinzhi cleared his cough, Li Jiu stopped smiling, and looked up at the sky.

"You can't read?"

Pei Jinzhi stared at her, his eyebrows like hooks.

Sang Wan's voice was as weak as a mosquito:

"I know some, but I can't write."

It was Shi Luochuan who taught me how to read.

He was a scholar who set up a stall in front of Tianshengtang to sell calligraphy and paintings.

At first, Sang Wan couldn't understand the prescription, so he asked Dr. Cheng and then asked him.

He explained everything he knew and was very patient; within a few years, she learned many words.

However, whenever the pharmacy was free, Madam Cheng would ask her to wipe the tables and wash the floor, and would order her around as much as she could, keeping her busy all the time.

After Sang's father died, his mother contracted tuberculosis and soon became paralyzed in bed; his brother was a gambler, and although his sister-in-law was mean, it was not easy for her to manage the household. She was grateful to be able to work in the pharmacy, so she had no choice but to work hard and diligently.

There is no time to learn to write.

Sang Wan's face flushed red, and she lowered her head and kept twisting the corners of her clothes.

Li Jiu laughed out loud, "You can't even read a few words, and you still dare to say you know medicine?!"

Sang Wan bit her lip. Whether or not she could write was a matter of dignity; but whether or not she knew medicine was a matter of life and death, and she had to stick to it.

"Even the Sixth Patriarch Huineng couldn't read, but that didn't stop him from becoming an enlightened monk. Even though I can't read a few words, why can you conclude that I don't know medicine?"

"Hey, you're quite the talker, little girl. So, tell me, what's the use of the tortoise shell?"

Li Jiu didn't fall for her tricks. He was fooled by her calling him "brother" last time, and now he was very wary of Sang Wan.

"Turtle shell is a top-grade medicinal herb. It nourishes yin and suppresses yang, strengthens the kidneys and bones, and nourishes the blood and replenishes the heart. The Crown Prince's ears are red, indicating excessive internal heat. We can boil tortoise shell powder into a soup and add honeysuckle, summer cypress, licorice, wild yam, monk fruit, etc. This is also one of the ingredients in the recipe for eliminating internal toxins."

Sang Wan's explanation was very logical.

She can memorize the names of medicinal herbs and prescriptions.

She has a good memory and can basically remember the effects of any medicinal herb that Dr. Cheng tells her.

And this recipe...

That’s not a detoxifying recipe, it’s a recipe for tortoise jelly.

This time, Li Jiu was really scared by her.

Pei Jin leaned sideways on the couch, tapping the jade-bone fan repeatedly, his expression unrecognizable.

Sang Wan's heart was in turmoil again.

Does he believe it? Does he not believe it?

The feeling of waiting for the verdict was so uncomfortable that she wished Li Jiu would give her a sword and kill her quickly.

"So, you did nothing all day but pound tortoise shell powder?"

Pei Jinzhi glanced at her sideways.

The death stare, again.

Sang Wan pursed her lips and looked up at him tremblingly: "This...isn't there seven days?"

It's only the first day, why rush?

She can’t remove poison anyway!

She was not allowed to ask for help, so what else could she do except grinding powder and making tortoise jelly.

"come here."

Pei Jinzhi pointed at Sang Wan with his fan.

Sang Wan obediently took two steps towards his knees.

"Move a little closer." Pei Jinzhi smiled.

Sang Wan's heart was filled with alarm.

It's over, he's going to vomit.

She gritted her teeth and moved closer until she was completely at Pei Jinzhi's feet.

Pei Jinzhi lifted her chin with the jade fan and brought his face close to hers.

She subconsciously covered her mouth.

Don't bite me, you dog.

Pei Jin was stunned and sneered.

"My patience is limited. If you deceive me..."

He tapped her cheek lightly with his jade fan and smiled sinisterly: "You will die even more miserably than Lan Lu."

Sang Wan's face lost its color, red circles appeared in his pair of star-like black eyes, and fear spread in his eyes.

Today, when she heard Chunxiang say that Lanlu was hanged in Songxuezhai, she knew in her heart that this Lanlu was clearly the female corpse in the pleasure boat.

I didn't expect that she would be humiliated like this after her death.

This Pei Jinzhi is simply not a human being!

"I understand, my lord. I will do it as soon as possible."

"If I don't see Fangzi tomorrow, you won't live either."

Pei Jinzhi didn't want to waste any more time talking, nor was he interested in accompanying her for another seven days. He left with Li Jiu after saying that.

Sang Wan waited until his figure completely disappeared before she realized that her chest and back were soaked.

She wiped the dense beads of sweat off her face, her face full of fear.

It's so scary that they turn against each other in an instant.

What should I do? What should I do? Tomorrow is my death.

Sang Wan fell into complete despair.

*

Li Jiu followed behind Pei Jinzhi, looking anxious:

"Master, is your poison about to take effect again?"

Otherwise, Pei Jinzhi wouldn't be so anxious. We agreed on seven days, so why did he want it tomorrow?

Pei Jinzhi put his hands behind his back and said angrily:

"She doesn't know anything about medicine."

"Ah?" Li Jiu was shocked. "Didn't she just recite the recipe?"

It sounds quite plausible, so what? Is it fake?

Pei Jinzhi looked at him like a fool:

"Idiot, she's memorizing the recipe for tortoise jelly."

Long illness makes one a doctor. If the medical books Pei Jinzhi has read were piled up higher than a mountain, it would be impossible for him to be deceived so easily.

Li Jiu drew his sword and turned around angrily: "I'm going to kill her."

"Come back." Pei Jin pressed his temple.

He was also very angry with Sang Wan today, and his headache was even worse!

"Don't worry. I've issued an ultimatum. To survive, she will definitely seek help from her master."

Li Jiu put the sword back into the sheath and gritted his teeth:

"I'll keep an eye on her."

*

At midnight, everything is silent.

Sang Wan secretly opened the door and wanted to run away.

We are going to die tomorrow anyway, so we might as well escape from Pei Mansion while the moon is dark and the wind is strong.

Sang Wan stuck to the wall and tiptoed towards the west.

She observed the yard during the day and found a big camphor tree against the wall on the west side. As long as she climbed up, she could jump over the wall.

In the faint moonlight, she slowly walked to the tree.

There was a slight movement in his ears, and Sang Wan paused.

She spat into her palms, rubbed them together, and climbed up the tree with great effort.

The tree has lush branches, and a thick branch extends over the courtyard wall.

She climbed up the wall along the branches.

Outside the courtyard, it was pitch black.

Sang Wan closed his eyes and jumped off the wall.

With a thud, she landed on her butt and fell flat on her back.

puff……

"Who?" she asked in a low voice, touching her butt.

But when I looked up and around, there was no one.

Sang Wan shook his head and touched his butt, stumbling forward, unable to find his direction for a moment.

When she entered the mansion that day, she had secretly memorized the route from Zhaoyun Courtyard to the mansion gate, but now she was in a hurry and could not remember it clearly.

After walking a few steps through the Aquarius Gate, she entered a garden.

"Don't lie to me, I'm going to be angry."

It seems to be a woman.

Sang Wan was shocked. The people in Pei Mansion were not sleeping.

What are you doing in the garden so late at night?

"Good sister, how could I lie to you? Feel it, is it hot? My heart feels like it's been scratched by a cat, so just give it to me."

The man was talking incoherently, and occasionally made a smacking sound.

"Hate it, you hurt me, don't move, be careful not to be seen by others." The woman said in a tender voice, wanting to refuse but also to accept.

"My dear, how could anyone come to this garden? If I don't move, how can you feel comfortable? Untie me quickly, I can't bear it any longer. It's been so long since I touched you..."

There were a few animal whimpers coming from the garden.

"It's so creepy, let's go to another place."

"Only here does anyone dare to come. Sister, don't be afraid."

The man and woman in the rockery are getting better and better.

"You are such a heartless person. You forget me when my wife comes."

The woman sobbed, with faint gasps mixed in.

"How dare I? I'm tired of that yellow-faced woman."

The sound was particularly loud in the quiet night.

"Did you find the medicine I asked you to find last time?"

The man panted heavily, "It's almost there. The Taoist priest has received the deposit and will deliver the goods in ten days. Good things are worth waiting for, so be patient."

"Hurry up, this day, when will it end? I can't get through a single day..."

"What else do you want, to make it fast? How about this?"

"My enemy, you..."

Sang Wan covered her mouth and almost screamed.

The sky is the quilt, the ground is the bed, come and see!

There is...an affair!

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