Zhu Yanyi’s car drove straight into the Zhu Family Manor.
People were maintaining order here. As Zhu Yanyi stepped out, a dedicated staff member approached, saluted, and said, "Hello, Little Divine Doctor. We have arranged a room for your temporary clinic. Would you like to go now?"
"Since I am here to treat patients, I will go in immediately," Zhu Yanyi nodded with a smile.
Her professional ethics meant she would never delay matters casually. Although curing the Zhu family’s poison was simple, Zhu Yanyi did not want to resolve it too easily. She needed to put on a show, such as taking everyone’s pulse and prescribing different remedies.
She believed that even if she could treat everyone at once, she should take her time. Only by ending things perfectly could she justify her months of planning.
Zhu Yanyi arrived at the so-called temporary clinic. It was actually an empty house, but it had been cleaned thoroughly. Zhu Yanyi changed into her doctor’s uniform, sat down, and said to the staff, "Patients must queue up. Come in one by one. Do not rush. Since I have come to Zhu City, I will not leave until everyone is cured."
"Yes." Order had to be maintained. So, people lined up. The first person to enter was not Zhu Yongfu, but an ordinary villager.
Zhu Yanyi sneered inwardly. This Zhu Yongfu seemed very wary, probably fearing she would harm her. Unfortunately, she would never know that she never used阴谋 (secret plots). If she wanted to act, it would always be an open strategy.
Zhu Yanyi smiled and gestured for the villager to sit. She looked at her face, which had peach-blossom-shaped red spots. Zhu Yanyi was a bit impressed by Qu Zhong. Her own poisons usually just caused red spots, but Qu Zhong somehow made these spots look so beautiful.
"Please extend your hand. I need to take your pulse first," Zhu Yanyi said with a smile.
The villager immediately extended her hand. After taking her pulse, Zhu Yanyi nodded and said, "Does your village grow locust trees, camphor trees, peach trees, and grapes?"
"How did you know?" The villager looked at Zhu Yanyi in surprise.
Zhu Yanyi continued smiling, "Moreover, your locust trees are at least a hundred years old, the camphor trees at least two hundred, the peach trees at least fifty, and the grapes about ten years old."
The villager paused slightly. "I don’t know the exact age of the camphor and locust trees, but I have seen them since I was a child. The peach trees are also old. As for the grapes, I remember them by the well in the west of the village. They are indeed over ten years old."
Zhu Yanyi smiled lightly. "This is just a coincidence. These four plants are not poisonous themselves. If they were younger, there would be no effect. But because of this specific age combination, and the spread by wind, a new type of toxin was formed. It is called 'Mutual Support.' It is caused by the scent of these four plants."
"Why didn’t Uncle Jin Fu in our village get poisoned?" the villager asked curiously. "He should have been poisoned too."
"This poison requires specific timing and location. The timing is the age of the plants I mentioned. The location refers to the angle of sunlight later on. Generally, wind direction and sunlight change daily. But in a specific environment, the wind and light combined. This phenomenon happens only once in a thousand years. It happened here, so those present were poisoned. If I guess correctly, the one who was not poisoned was not in the village at that time."
Zhu Yanyi explained with a smile. It was all nonsense. After all, she had ordered Yan Aohan to administer the poison, so she could say whatever she wanted.
"Then we should cut down these plants," the villager said directly.
Zhu Yanyi shook her head. "Such an event may not happen once in a thousand years. This time, it was just bad luck. Wait until the poison is cured. The plants are innocent."
"Will this not happen again?" the villager asked again.
Without her poison, such problems would naturally not occur. "I just said, such an event happens once in a thousand years. It is harder to see than nine stars aligning. Whether this was bad luck or good luck is unknown. If you are still worried, have someone transplant the grapes to the fields outside. Do not move the plants over fifty years old. People say those plants have spirits."
Hearing this, the villager nodded, indicating he understood. But the urgent matter was still curing the poison.
"Can you cure it?" the villager asked.
Zhu Yanyi hummed. "Actually, when Dr. Qu came last time, she took your poison samples to Kyoto. So I already know the situation. I am taking your pulse now to determine the depth of the poisoning, and then I will prescribe medicine."
After speaking, Zhu Yanyi wrote a prescription for the villager. "This contains two doses. One is for internal use, and one is for bathing. The internal dose is smaller, and the bathing dose is larger. You will not confuse them."
After handing the prescription to the villager, Zhu Yanyi said, "Come back for a follow-up visit tomorrow."
"Okay." The villager took it and left.
As one left, another came in.
Zhu Yanyi’s speed in diagnosing patients was quite fast. By noon, when it was time to eat, she had seen about seventy people. The afternoon session would start after 1:30 PM, giving Zhu Yanyi a one-and-a-half-hour break.
Qin Tianxiang brought fast food to Zhu Yanyi.
Zhu Yanyi went aside to wash her hands and then started eating.
"Yanyi, are today’s patients easy to treat?" Qin Tianxiang asked.
"It is just an accidental poison. Not difficult. It will just take a few days. Basically, the poison will be cured within a week," Zhu Yanyi said with a smile.
She had not told anyone that she ordered Yan Aohan to administer the poison. Naturally, Qin Tianxiang did not know.
Qin Tianxiang simply believed that Zhu Yanyi had the ability to cure all the poison here.
Zhu Yanyi did not say anything extra, and Qin Tianxiang did not ask more.
As Zhu Yanyi was eating, Zhu Yongfu walked in with Zhu Shenfu.
Zhu Yongfu walked up to Zhu Yanyi and looked at her. Zhu Yanyi did not even lift her head. She only said, "Consultations start at 1:30 PM."
"Little Divine Doctor, I am Zhu Yongfu." Zhu Yongfu spoke first, his tone seeming particularly gentle. "You should still remember me, right?"
Zhu Yanyi glanced at Zhu Yongfu, tilted her head as if thinking, and then took a bite of her food. "I seem to have heard this name, but I don’t remember clearly. I remember there is no one named Zhu Yongfu in the Zhu Family of the Four Towns."