diskusbooks Chapter 634 Obtaining the Antidote!
Chapter 634 Obtaining the Antidote!
The antidote has been verified; it is genuine.
The Lu family immediately got up to take their leave and went back to their residence to give Madam Lu the medicine. Incidentally, Lu Shaofeng also visited Lu Shaohua's courtyard.
Fifteen minutes later, Lu Shaofeng finally emerged, his brow furrowed with some hesitation.
That evening, Lu Shaohua went to the courtyard of the second master of the Lu family. The uncle and nephew drank and chatted happily.
After several rounds of drinks, Master Lu was already somewhat unable to hold his liquor.
"I'm old, I can't compare to you young people anymore. I'm no good." After saying that, he waved his hands repeatedly and laughed heartily.
Lu Shaohua merely echoed a few words, his hands trembling slightly, and a hint of tension flashing in his eyes from time to time.
Soon, Master Lu was so drunk that he was unconscious, and Lu Shaohua took the opportunity to remove the seal from his body and hurriedly left the mansion.
Before handing the item to the mysterious man in black, Lu Shaohua was quite clever. "I brought the item, but where's the antidote?"
The man in black narrowed his eyes. "How would I know if what the Second Young Master has is real or fake?"
"Hmph! I'm just a weak scholar, even if I'm not, once I have the antidote, do you think I can outrun you?"
The man in black thought it made sense, nodded, and first tossed the small bottle in his hand to him.
Lu Shaohua took it and sniffed it; the smell seemed the same as yesterday. However, he still asked very cautiously, "How do I know if your antidote is real or fake? I'm not a doctor!"
"Don't worry, Second Young Master. Since you helped me complete the task, I will naturally keep my word."
Lu Shaohua hesitated for a moment, but now, he was afraid he had no choice but to hand the things over to him.
Gritting his teeth, he mustered his courage again and asked, "If this antidote doesn't work, how am I supposed to find you?"
The man in black scoffed, "What an idiot!"
If she had really given him a fake antidote, why would she have told him where she was hiding?
"Don't worry, do you think someone like you is worth my trouble to make a fake antidote?"
Lu Shaohua thought about it and agreed. After all, the other person's martial arts skills were extremely powerful, at least many times more powerful than his own.
"I'll leave your things here. I'm leaving now. Don't forget what you said."
"Wait!"
As the man in black spoke, he immediately threw something else at him, "This is a fake. Take it back and put it on Master Lu's person. That way, you won't be implicated."
"Didn't you say you could get it back tomorrow morning?" Lu Shaohua asked, somewhat displeased. "Or are you saying you never intended to return it?"
"What are you thinking? I'm just worried that Master Lu is very wary. What if he wakes up in the morning and finds it's gone? Wouldn't that be troublesome?"
Lu Shaohua looked at him suspiciously, then paused for a moment. "You'd better keep your promise. Although I don't know what you're planning, I can roughly guess. Are you trying to use this to extract cash from the Lu family?"
"You're clever, but don't worry, Second Young Master, this small personal seal alone won't yield much silver. Think about it, is it more important to exchange some material possessions for your mother's safety?"
Lu Shaohua's expression changed, but he eventually put the things down on the ground, looked at him warily, slowly turned around, took a deep breath, and quickly left.
The man in black raised an eyebrow, not in a hurry. He snapped his fingers, and another man in black came out and picked up the item from the ground. After peeling back the layers of the handkerchief wrapping it, they found inside Master Lu's personal seal.
"Yes, sir, it is true."
The man in black nodded. "Let's go. With this, we can explain things to our master."
"My lord, shall we return to the capital immediately?"
"No, Master has already given instructions. We will go directly to Jiangnan."
"If we go directly to Jiangnan, wouldn't we be able to get a large sum of money right away? Sir, if we go straight back to Jiangnan, what if the seal is discovered by the second master of the Lu family?"
"Don't worry, with that fake one here, he won't notice it anytime soon. Even if he does, they obviously can't outrun us. Let's go and see how much silver we can get out of him. Right now, what our master needs most is silver."
Soon, Lu Shaohua returned to his residence and properly put away the fake seal for the Second Master Lu.
At that moment, Lu Shaohua was unaware that a dark figure had disappeared from the Lu residence and headed towards the outskirts of the city.
After the dark figure disappeared, a few moments later, several men in black appeared in the Lu residence. When they pulled down their masks, the one in the lead was none other than Zi Yi.
"Thank you for your hard work, Second Young Master. We were all on tenterhooks just now. If you hadn't put this fake one away properly for the Second Master, they would have immediately suspected that the one you took out was also fake."
Lu Shaohua shook his head, still shaken. "This is the antidote. I'll have to trouble the Princess and Young Master Zhao to check whether it's real or fake."
Zi nodded, took the small bottle, and quickly left.
The next day, Madam Lu's complexion had improved somewhat. After examining her pulse, the imperial physician said that although the poison had been neutralized, it had remained in her body for too long. Therefore, he feared that she would suffer from abdominal pain and dizziness in the future. Moreover, if she did not take proper care of herself, it might affect other things as well.
In any case, their lives are no longer in danger for the time being.
Young Master Lu finally breathed a sigh of relief; these two trips hadn't been in vain!
"Anuan, what do you think of Madam Lu's current physical condition? How long can she hold on?"
As Zhao Zihe wrote the prescription, he asked with some concern, "Even if my prescription works, I think she can only last another six months at most. Do you have a better method?"
Mu Xin Nuan shook her head, "Given her current condition, it's already a miracle she's alive. If we hadn't given her a calming pill first, even with the antidote, it would have been useless."
“Anuan, Young Master Lu’s performance this time has truly exceeded my expectations. He has grown up after all, and he is no longer so simple-minded. He actually thought of having He Xiangling send someone to the Prince’s Mansion. If it weren’t for his performance this time, I think Master Lu would have been quite heartbroken.”
"Yes, after all, stealing the seal from the Second Master is a big deal. I asked around, and with his personal seal, they can mobilize up to 200,000 taels of silver in Jiangnan, and another 100,000 shi of grain. I think their purpose is probably not just silver."
Zhao Ziyi: "You mean, they came for the grain?"