Origin

"Cinnabar?" Wu Zhongyuan said to himself. He was no stranger to cinnabar. It seemed to have been mentioned in the medical experience book left by his master. In addition, Taoist priests often used this thing to draw talismans.

Dean Wang continued, "Cinnabar has a calming effect. Western medicine does not contain this ingredient. It is only occasionally used in traditional Chinese medicine. However, cinnabar is poisonous, and even traditional Chinese medicine rarely uses it now."

"We all hope she wakes up soon. The function of cinnabar is to calm and soothe the nerves, but it's not right for the disease." Wu Zhongyuan looked at Dean Wang in confusion.

Dean Wang also wanted to clear up Wu Zhongyuan's doubts, but he couldn't figure it out himself.

At this moment, Wang Xinran said from the side, "Cinnabar has another use."

Wu Zhongyuan and Dean Wang turned to look at her at the same time. Wang Xinran said, "Taoist priests in the past would use it to refine elixirs. Ancient elixirs have been unearthed in ancient tombs such as Mawangdui and Wang Danhu, and we also know their ingredients. A test was conducted and there was cinnabar in it.”

After Wang Xinran finished speaking, Wu Zhongyuan suddenly understood, but he only "enlightened" by himself and did not dare to tell Wang Xinran the truth. Before that, he had given Zhao Ying three bottles of different pills in the middle-aged Taoist's bag and asked her to take them back for business. Now It seems that Zhao Ying and others may have tested their ingredients and determined their uses. Huang Ping may have taken one of the three elixirs.

While Wu Zhongyuan felt guilty, Dean Wang and Wang Xinran had reached a consensus. Huang Ping had an oxygen tube inserted and it was impossible to drink the thick concoction. It was very likely that someone had fed her an ancient elixir.

"What do you think?" Wang Xinran asked Wu Zhongyuan for his opinion.

"Huh? Yeah! It should be." Wu Zhongyuan nodded.

"What are you thinking about?" Wang Xinran keenly noticed that Wu Zhongyuan was distracted just now.

"I'm wondering if the person who is with Zhao Ying is my brother." Wu Zhongyuan did not shy away from Dean Wang. The clothing factory owner who was killed by Lin Qingming was from Huang County. This matter was quite big. Dean Wang It's impossible not to know.

Wang Xinran did not answer, but raised his hand to look at his watch.

Seeing this, Wu Zhongyuan knew that she did not want to say more here, so he thanked and said goodbye to Director Wang, went back to the ward to explain a few words to the old nurse, and then left the hospital with Wang Xinran.

There are no military hotels in Huang County, only a public guest house. The conditions are naturally not comparable to those in the provincial capital, but it is still okay and the environment is quite good. The most important thing is that the facilities are old and not many people come to stay. It is very quiet. It's not far from the library either.

As usual, it was still a room, but there was no suite in the guest house. There was only one bed in each room. Wu Zhongyuan was worried after entering the door. How would he sleep at night?

Wang Xinran remained silent on the way. The first thing he said after entering the door was, "Are you hiding something from me?"

"What did you say?" Wu Zhongyuan used rhetorical questions to gain time to think.

"How come your senior brother is with her?" Wang Xinran asked.

"I really don't know," Wu Zhongyuan shook his head, "I have no contact with my brother."

"Have your senior brother known her before?" Wang Xinran asked again.

"We met once, but we didn't talk, so we can't count it as acquaintance." Wu Zhongyuan said. Lin Qingming went to visit him at the university before and saw Zhao Ying. At that time, he reminded him that there was something wrong with Zhao Ying's eyes.

"Since they are not familiar with each other, why are they together?" Wang Xinran asked.

"Here we go again, you ask me, who's going to ask me?" Wu Zhongyuan shook his head.

Wang Xinran's problems are also bothering him.

Just as Wang Xinran was about to answer the call, there was a knock on the door. The knocks were long and short, taking it as some kind of code.

Wang Xinran stood up, walked over and opened the door. Two young men with crew heads walked in, each carrying a small black suitcase in their hands.

Wu Zhongyuan had never met these two people before, but Wang Xinran seemed to know them. After letting them in, he said, "Thank you for your hard work."

The two of them nodded to Wang Xinran. One of them opened the suitcase and took out a small square box wrapped in tinfoil and handed it to Wang Xinran.

Wang Xinran reached out and took it, tore off the tinfoil, opened the box, took out a piece of white jade and threw it to Wu Zhongyuan.

Wu Zhongyuan hurriedly caught it and took a closer look. It was Wu Qianshan's spiritual stone.

After the handover was completed, the two short-cut boys turned around and left without stopping, carrying their suitcases.

After Wang Xinran closed the door, Wu Zhongyuan asked, "Is the other small suitcase empty?"

"Yes," Wang Xinran nodded, "This is the way to transfer important items. Make sure nothing goes wrong."

"No wonder it's so slow." Wu Zhongyuan said. Wang Xinran asked the headquarters to send this spiritual stone seven or eight days ago, but it was not delivered until today.

"This stone is public property. To give it to you, you need to go through complicated procedures." Wang Xinran said.

Wu Zhongyuan did not answer, opened his backpack, and put several pieces of spiritual stones together, one for the middle-aged Taoist, one for Wu Zhui, one for Wu Qianshan, and one for Birdman. Now there were four in total.

Although they were in the same room, Wang Xinran never touched Wu Zhongyuan's things. It wasn't until Wu Zhongyuan took out the two books that originally belonged to the middle-aged Taoist from his bag to make room that she noticed that Wu Zhongyuan had brought two books and took them to read. He glanced at it and said, "Why are you studying these?"

"This is not mine, it belongs to the middle-aged Taoist wearing armor," Wu Zhongyuan said. "The tribe to which that person belongs is good at smelting metal to make armor. One of these two books is about prospecting, and the other is about metallurgy. He may feel that he can use it when he returns."

Wang Xinran put the two books back on the bed and returned to the subject, "It's impossible for your senior brother to take the initiative to find her. She should have taken the initiative to find your senior brother after she found out that you left with us."

"It's possible." Wu Zhongyuan said that if Zhao Ying went back, it would be impossible for the Yao woman not to tell her what happened in the past few days when she left.

"What do you think her purpose is?" Wang Xinran asked.

"Let me go back to find her." Wu Zhongyuan said. Although Wang Xinran was asking a question, he actually already had the answer in his heart.

"Yes," Wang Xinran said, "They came last night and we arrived today. It can't be such a coincidence. If my guess is correct, she should know where we are and even know our schedule. She expected You will definitely visit Huang Ping when you return to Huang County, so I deliberately left clues to tell you indirectly that your senior brother is with them now."

"Go on." Wu Zhongyuan tilted his head and looked at her.

Wu Zhongyuan asked her to continue, and Wang Xinran continued, "She should know that your senior brother is involved in a murder case, and she also knows that you and your senior brother have a good relationship. At the same time, she also knows that we have no power to pardon your senior brother, and she is tempting you. Cooperate with them, at least they won't arrest your senior brother."

Wu Zhongyuan was worried and remained silent.

Wang Xinran asked again, "Where did the pill she gave your sister-in-law come from?"

Wu Zhongyuan tilted his head and glanced at Wang Xinran, but still did not answer.

"Did you give it to her?" Wang Xinran asked.

"Why do you think so?" Wu Zhongyuan neither denied nor admitted.

Wang Xinran added, "Because this kind of elixir can only be preserved if it is buried in a tomb, and you once told me in the provincial capital hotel that the Taoist priest carried some gold from different eras with him. This gold is likely to come from different eras." Tomb, if the gold is not with you, it is naturally with her. Did you give her the elixir and the gold together?"

Wu Zhongyuan smiled, a bitter smile.

Looking at Wu Zhongyuan's expression, Wang Xinran knew that he had guessed correctly, and asked again, "How many pills are there in total?"

Wu Zhongyuan shook his head, "I don't know, there are three bottles, each bottle contains pills. I didn't count how many pills there were, and I don't know which one my sister-in-law took."

"You are so generous," Wang Xinran showed a look of contempt again, "What benefits did she give you?"

"She slept with me." Wu Zhongyuan said.

"Really?" Wang Xinran frowned.

"Isn't that what you mean?" Wu Zhongyuan took a deep breath.

Wang Xinran also knew that Wu Zhongyuan was choking her with his sarcastic words, and she understood that he was in a bad mood, so she stopped arguing with him, "Facts have proven that the pill she gave your sister-in-law is really effective. She will use this to blackmail your senior brother and force her to Your senior brother cooperates with them."

"She's not as despicable as you think." Wu Zhongyuan couldn't help but retort.

"Well, even if she doesn't hold your senior brother hostage, your senior brother will take the initiative to work for them in exchange for the pills in their hands." Wang Xinran said.

Wu Zhongyuan didn't answer because Wang Xinran said it was indeed the truth.

"What are you going to do now?" Wang Xinran asked.

Wu Zhongyuan did not answer the call. He thought for a long time and took out his mobile phone from his bag.

"What do you want to do?" Wang Xinran asked.

"I'll call her to see if my brother is with her..."

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