northernbook Chapter 389 The countdown to life begins!
Chapter 389 The countdown to life begins!
Qin Miaoxi rolled her eyes. When Lu Qingchen asked this, how did she know whether the village chief had any connection with the palace?
However, judging from the information obtained so far, the village chief has never dealt with anyone from the palace openly, but behind the scenes... who can say for sure!
Lu Qingchen sorted out the ornaments, there were seventy-two pieces in total, no wonder the wooden box was so heavy.
"Wife, how did you know that the village chief had hidden other treasures?"
Qin Miaoxi choked up inwardly and said nonchalantly, "It must have slipped out by those officers. Otherwise, how would I have known?"
"They said that? Why didn't I hear it?"
Lu Qingchen recalled the scene at that time and seemed to have some impression, but he couldn't remember anything. Could it be that he really forgot it?
"You were so busy digging that you didn't have the time to listen to this."
Qin Miaoxi complained, but her eyes were filled with admiration, which immediately made Lu Qingchen smile.
"That's right. If I do something, I will definitely focus on it. I won't give up until I succeed."
Seeing him happily directing the work again, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, finally she had fooled him.
Just as she was happy that things had ended successfully, a violent alarm suddenly exploded in her mind, making her freeze in place.
[Alarm, alarm! One hour left to live, the countdown begins now!]
The system in her brain kept repeating this sentence, giving Qin Miaoxi a splitting headache.
"Tongzi, didn't you say that solving the case would add days to my life? I've already found the real culprit, so why is the timer still counting down?"
She pressed one hand tightly against her forehead, her fingertips turning white, and her eyes suddenly turned cold, becoming sharper like a blade tempered by ice.
"And there's still quite a while until ten days. Did you do something?"
[Um... there was a problem with my system, so... the time was not included.]
Beautiful, so beautiful!
That is to say, Si Tongzi has no real body, otherwise he would have to experience what it means to "break the soul on the road between heaven and earth, and weep for the fallen petals without returning."
"Tell... tell me what to do?"
The pain in Qin Miaoxi's body became more and more severe, and her voice trembled in her throat.
The system's voice was reluctant, but the words it said seemed to want someone to kill him.
[I have no other choice, just keep insisting.]
Qin Miaoxi: "..."
The elegant "birds singing and flowers blooming" came out of her mouth. She was about to die, how could she persist?
"Daughter-in-law, what's wrong with you?"
Lu Qingchen noticed something was wrong with her body at a glance, and his heart suddenly tightened. He hurried forward to ask.
"No, it's okay."
"Your face is pale, how can you say you're fine?"
Lu Qingchen was furious, but he couldn't say anything harsh to her because of her weak appearance. He didn't even dare to take her away by force like he did last time.
"Do not……"
Before she could finish her words, her body suddenly trembled and a mouthful of dark red blood spurted out. The hot liquid splashed on the fabric of her clothes, quickly staining them into red flowers.
"young married woman!"
Lu Qingchen was completely dumbfounded. She had always been in good health. Could she have been poisoned?
This time, no matter what, she couldn't be allowed to continue her willful behavior. Lu Qingchen's heart was determined, and he didn't allow her to explain or resist in the slightest. He leaned over and picked her up steadily, shouting to the crowd: "You must send all the boxes to the Dali Temple. No mistakes."
"Yes."
He jumped up on his toes and landed on his horse. He stretched out his long arms and took Qin Miaoxi into his arms, then rushed towards Jingzhao with his men.
Half an hour later, bursts of furious roars were heard from the Imperial Medical Bureau in the city.
As soon as the sharp sound of Lu Qingchen's sword being unsheathed fell, the tip of the sword was already firmly against the imperial physician's neck. The cold touch made the imperial physician stiffen all over.
Every word in his cold voice was oppressive and full of murderous intent.
"I'll give you one more chance to heal her, otherwise I'll make all of you pay with your lives."
Suddenly, a chill ran up from the doctor's feet to the top of his head, and cold sweat broke out uncontrollably, sticking to the hair on his forehead.
The look in each other's eyes was filled with fear. After a while, they pushed each other and gave trembling explanations.
"Little, little marquis, it's not that I don't want to cure it, but that I can't cure it!"
"Yes, the Marquis's pulse is steady and strong, and there is nothing wrong with her body. I can't figure out why she is vomiting blood."
Others quickly echoed and expressed the same idea.
But Lu Qingchen didn't believe it. He thought these imperial doctors were just people who curry favor with the powerful. Who knew if someone was trying to stop them from treating his own wife?
Seeing the increasingly stern face of Marquis Xuanping, the imperial physicians swallowed their saliva subconsciously and said one after another: "Young Marquis, if you don't believe me, you can find a common doctor to take the Marquis's pulse. If what we say is false, you are willing to do whatever you want."
Having said that, Lu Qingchen knew that they really hadn't found any problems, but the more this happened, the more suspicious he became.
"Then find a way to wake her up."
"This... Your Highness is so uneducated and incompetent, there is nothing we can do."
The imperial doctors gritted their teeth and said, the straight spine finally bent. Who would have thought that the silver needles inserted into the vital parts could not wake up the marquis. Even if they didn't want to admit it, they had to face the reality.
"A bunch of quacks." Lu Qingchen cursed and called out, "Wen Zhu! Let's go."
He held the unconscious Qin Miaoxi in his arms, and Wen Zhu followed closely behind.
However, after he saw several famous doctors in the city, he was filled with despair.
The doctor had been taking the pulse for a quarter of an hour, and finally said in embarrassment: "Young Marquis, I'm sorry, I can't do anything."
"Can't you find any reason at all?"
The doctor shook his head and sighed, "I believe the young marquis has also taken his wife to see the imperial physician. Judging from her pulse, she is in good health."
"A healthy person would vomit blood? Would he fall into a coma?"
"Young Marquis, please seek help from someone else."
Walking out of the clinic with heavy steps, Wen Zhu stepped forward hesitantly, "Master, all the doctors who can treat have seen the disease, should we...?"
"Return to the Marquis' Mansion."
After settling Qin Miaoxi down, Lu Qingchen pulled Wen Zhu to a corner and said, "Give me the things."
Wen Zhu was stunned and spoke in shock.
"Master, you're not going to give the things to Madam, are you?"
Lu Qingchen was too lazy to talk nonsense with him and directly took out a porcelain bottle from his arms.
Wen Zhu quickly grabbed his hand and tried to dissuade him, "Master, you gave the medicine to Madam, what will you do?"
"Mind your own business, I will naturally have my own way."
"But there is only one medicine that can cure all poisons. If..."
"Then go and find the Poison King now."
He grabbed Wen Zhu's wrist and broke free with a little force, "My wife is very important to me."
Wen Zhu saw the seriousness in his eyes, "Don't worry, Master. I will definitely find the Poison King and get the antidote."
The sound of the door closing blocked out the figure in the room, and the air became heavy again.
Lu Qingchen quickly walked to Qin Miaoxi's bedside and stuffed the pills in the porcelain bottle into her mouth without hesitation.
The pill melted in her mouth, and a gentle sound was heard by Qin Miaoxi's ears.
"You will definitely get better."