“This is a good question,” she said with a calm voice.
Xiao Jin remained silent for a moment, then picked up the teacup in her hand.
As the two watched her intently, she calmly lifted the tea lid and took a sip of tea.
Today, Xiao Jin had not crowned herself, only tying her hair with a silver bamboo embroidered ribbon.
Her black hair fell on the back of the wheelchair, and she lowered her eyes, quietly staring at the olive-colored tea leaves floating on the surface of the water.
This kind of calm and leisurely behavior is indeed quite bossy.
In fact, Xiao Jin’s series of actions are indeed quite ostentatious.
So much so that Chu Shao’s smile became more and more intense, and he was curious about what Xiao Jin would say.
However, Xiao Jin’s mind was blank.
She didn’t know what to say after drinking the tea. She only knew that she had three seconds left to react.
Real heroes often only need three seconds.
In the three seconds that Xiao Jin swallowed the tea and put the cup back on the table, her thoughts were as chaotic as a mess.
But when she raised her head and looked at Su Tan, her eyes were calm.
Su Tan looked at Xiao Jin’s confident appearance and couldn’t help but feel a little curious. Although she didn’t quite understand why she was looking forward to Xiao Jin’s extreme arrogance.
“Because this prince also wants to ask Dr. Su, why can’t this worm be a Gu worm?” Xiao Jin slowly spoke, her expressionless face, but her eyes were extremely sharp.
Why can’t it be a Gu worm?
Su Tan was stunned, almost caught off guard by Xiao Jin’s question.
Then she quickly realized that this corpse had been placed in the secret room for a long time, and with the recent rainy days in the capital, it was normal for it to decay and breed maggots.
Although this black worm was indeed a Gu worm, Xiao Jin had never studied medicine and could determine that it was a Gu worm with just one glance, which must have been a lot of effort.
Thinking of this, Su Tan felt that her thoughts were very clear, and she was about to refute according to this logic. Unexpectedly, Xiao Jin opened her mouth again.
“Dr. Su, not only does this prince know that this worm is a Gu worm, but I can also determine what kind of Gu poison this assassin died from.”
Xiao Jin’s tone was calm, giving Su Tan no chance to refute. She released a series of tough words like asking and answering herself.
If Xiao Jin had previously exaggerated her abilities and confused Su Tan, she had now begun to reconsider what the other had said.
The reason was that the poison in the assassin’s throat was actually developed by her. She just didn’t know why it appeared in Qi country.
However, this matter involved the secrets of Emperor Yao, and few people knew about it except for the most respected people in Yao country.
Therefore, Su Tan put down her small knife, and even had a hint of laughter in her voice: “Please speak, your highness. I am willing to listen to the details.”
[Ding! Congratulations, player. Su Tan’s favorability +10]
Xiao Jin looked at Su Tan’s slightly raised lips and was somewhat puzzled.
It was also the first time she had learned that arguing with someone could increase their favorability. Fortunately, she remembered what kind of poison it was, so she could boldly challenge Su Tan now.
She glanced at the corpse on the ground and said lightly, “This poison is the deadliest of all poisons and is called ‘Ultimate Sorrow.'”
After speaking, Xiao Jin pretended to be profound, intending to wait for Su Tan to continue asking before explaining further.
Who knew that after Su Tan heard what she said, she remained unusually silent. If one looked closely, the other’s face even seemed a little pale.
Xiao Jin felt a little confused.
The so-called ‘Ultimate Sorrow’ poison was actually something she had come across a few days ago while flipping through the original owner’s book pile.
In theory, this poison should be common knowledge, which was why it was written in a book. But judging from Su Tan’s reaction, it seemed otherwise.
What surprised Xiao Jin even more was that the one who spoke next was not Su Tan, but Chu Shao, who was standing next to the corpse.
“Your highness, this princess is curious. What is ‘Ultimate Sorrow’?”
Chu Shao’s lips curled with a gentle and shallow smile, like the bright moon on a river.
However, when Xiao Jin looked into Chu Shao’s eyes, she felt that things were far from simple.
Chu Shao’s gaze was too calm. She restrained the gentleness that she deliberately disguised in her daily life. Her fine eyelashes trembled lightly, revealing not fragility, but rather a coolness that had not yet reached the depths of her eyes.
However, the arrow was already on the string, and she had to shoot it.
Even if Xiao Jin realized that something was wrong, she could only continue to speak according to her original plan.
Because she had a hunch that if she didn’t say what she originally intended to, things would be even more difficult to handle.
So Xiao Jin cleared her throat and explained, “The so-called ‘Ultimate Sorrow’ Gu is often hidden in the throat. Its toxicity is divided into three levels. The first level aims to control the person’s mind, making their temperament greatly changed, becoming a puppet of the user of the Gu.”
“The second level gnaws at their flesh and blood, causing them to wither like dry wood, enduring the pain of ten thousand Gu biting their heart every night. As for the last level, it can turn a beauty into a pile of bones, with black hair turning into white, carrying eternal sorrow. This is called ‘Ultimate sorrow’.”
Xiao Jin recited the original words from the book calmly and calmly, without any emotional fluctuations.
In fact, as she spoke, she was also observing the expressions of Chu Shao and Su Tan.
No matter what, Chu Shao always had a smile on her face that never changed, and she couldn’t see any obvious emotional fluctuations.
However, Su Tan’s reaction was very strange. She tightly pursed her lips, and her already icy-white face seemed to become even paler.
Through Su Tan’s reaction, Xiao Jin suddenly realized a problem: the book that the original owner had placed in the bookcase was probably not a common book.
So what she thought was common knowledge might actually be a secret unknown to others.
… This was a bit of a mess.
Xiao Jin was clearly a transmigrator, but due to some deviation, she always had the illusion that she had read the original work, but not completely.
Su Tan’s silence, Chu Shao’s character collapse, and the never-before-described Gu poison in the original novel. Regarding these things, the author cannot say that they were not explained, but can only say that they were never mentioned.
She suddenly regretted not following the advice of a sister in the comments section and quickly reading the extra chapter, which led to her knowing nothing about the plot, that Su Tan standing aside had a serious expression and her hands were somewhat cold.
How did this person know everything…as if no secret could be hidden from her.
Both of them were completely unaware that there were deep misunderstandings between them.
Only Chu Shao remained clear-headed on the scene.
She had seen too many strange things, so she was not particularly shocked by Xiao Jin’s knowledge of the “Gu worm” poison.
Chu Shao stood beside the body and even smiled as she asked a question: “The prince interpreted the ‘Gu worm’ very clearly, but your knowledge of the triple toxicity of this poison does not seem to have much to do with your ability to recognize it as a Gu poison at a glance. In other words, you know the toxicity but may not be able to identify it as a Gu poison. So I’m curious, how did you know it was a Gu poison?”
Xiao Jin’s movement of holding onto the armrest of the wheelchair slightly paused.
…Is this possible? Even her cleverly disguised change of concept could be discovered by Chu Shao?
After hearing Chu Shao’s words, Su Tan couldn’t help but furrow her brows, realizing that Xiao Jin had just successfully led her astray.
Because this person had thrown out a shocking topic, she had forgotten what she had just asked.
She asked “Why do you know this insect is a Gu worm?”, but Xiao Jin answered “This insect is called Jue Chou”.
It seemed like she was talking sense, but it was actually nonsense.”
she had deliberately confused her with a bunch of nonsense and ultimately led her back to the starting point.
Playing around with mystical language and rambling in circles, but ultimately coming back to the starting point.
Xiao Jin’s heart was extremely melancholy. What else could she explain? She couldn’t just throw the 18 tricks of internet novels directly in the faces of the female lead and second female lead, right?
She looked at her, knowing that she had no words to defend herself, so she broke the jar instead.
Xiao Jin didn’t answer Chu Shao’s question but instead pushed her wheelchair.
The sound of the wheels rolling over the floor was very clear.
In the dark room full of decay and corpse gas, apart from being slightly pale due to her serious illness, Xiao Jin’s eyes were still calm as water, not at all as violent and perverse as rumored.
Looking at Xiao Jin like this, Su Tan always felt that this person was not like the “ghost Rakshasa” who destroyed Yao country, but more like a doctor walking slowly through the bamboo forest with books in hand.
It’s strange that in the eyes of the Prince of Yan in Northern Qi, there is a calmness and compassion that does not match her identity.
The wheelchair slowly rolled up to the assassin’s corpse.
Xiao Jin sat in the wheelchair, looking down at the deceased assassin, her eyes filled with infinite compassion.
Fortunately, you were lying far away, my friend, so I could push this wheelchair for so long and think about how to continue talking nonsense.
Xiao Jin looked at the assassin’s body and found that he had been dissected by Su Tan into pieces.
Because Su Tan worked with the mindset of decoding the identity of the assassin, among the flesh and blood, the only intact part was probably the face.
So at this moment, she could only hold back the urge to vomit and look into the other’s mouth.
After looking for a long time, Xiao Jin withdrew her gaze and calmly said, “As I said earlier, this person was poisoned by the ‘Ultimate Sorrow’ gu poison. This poison often does not enter the intestines of the poisoned person, but rather attaches to the throat. Furthermore, if the body naturally rots and produces maggots, the maggots should be white, not black like that gu worm.”
“Moreover, there are small wounds distributed inside this person’s mouth. The wounds are strange, oozing blood, as if they were bitten by some kind of insect.”
At this point, Xiao Jin furrowed her brows and coughed violently twice.
After wiping the blood clean with a silk handkerchief, she raised her head, her eyes full of calmness. Although her voice was slightly hoarse, it was still resolute.
“From this, I can conclude that this bug is definitely a Gu worm. The wound in the mouth should have been caused by the Gu worm trying to crawl out of the assassin’s tightly closed mouth and biting him in the process.”
Xiao Jin ignored the surprised looks from the two people towards her, although she thought to herself: “What’s there to worship about? Anyone can speak with pictures.”
But her eyes sparkled with wisdom, and she had a strong desire to show off in front of the female lead and second female lead.
As if possessed by a certain character, Xiao Jin extended her fingertips and stroked the light blue pattern on the tea cup.
Then she cleared her throat and slowly recited that classic line.
“So, there’s only one truth -“
She raised her hand and pointed to the incense pill placed on the desk in front of Su Tan with a smile and said to the two, “This incense pill is suspicious.”
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Author’s note: Thank you all for your support, and I wish you all a Happy New Year!
Thanks to the little angels who voted for me or irrigated me with nutrient solution between 2022-01-30 23:59:36~2022-01-31 23:58:31.
Translator’s note: Too much information, ugh… My head couldn’t take it.
TO BE CONTINUE…
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