Mr. Gu saw that Yang Guo wasn’t speaking, and he also breathed a sigh of relief. This matter should be resolvable.
Gu Chengyu noticed that at this mont, Gu Chengyi’s gaze seed a bit distracted, but there were bloodshot eyes. What’s going on?
Sothing’s not right!
"Second brother?" Gu Chengyi called out loudly, startling everyone present.
With a solemn expression, Gu Chengyu got up from his chair, walked over to Gu Chengyi, and brushed aside the hair covering his face.
Looking this closely, things seed even more off. Normally, Gu Chengyu doing this would make Gu Chengyi uncomfortable with such intimate gestures.
But he showed no reaction now, just staring blankly at the floor.
Gu Chengyu shook him, he then seed to respond, turning his head left and right, his expression turning pained.
Gu Chengyu stood up, "Ming Mo! Quickly go call Doctor Li."
Gu Chengyi knew a bit about dicine, but this way, it seed like he was poisoned?
"Yes!" Ming Mo was stunned and then imdiately took off.
"What’s going on? Xiao Bao!" Mr. Gu also noticed that sothing was wrong with the second brother and hurried over to Gu Chengyi, wanting to see what’s going on.
"Dad! Don’t touch second brother. Ming Yan, you close the door, no one here is allowed to leave."
It seed like Gu Chengyi was poisoned, but who could have done it? It couldn’t be the Gu Family, so it either had to be Wang Yue or the Yang Family.
The Yang Family had no reason to do so, they wanted silver. Besides, if they wanted Gu Chengyi dead, why use such a complex poison? Simply drowning in a pig cage would be easier, wouldn’t it?
As for Wang Yue, he couldn’t figure it out either. The two were just having a pleasant ti, she had no motive!
Looking at Wang Yue again, her confused expression didn’t seem fake. Could this be a coincidence? Maybe Gu Chengyi accidentally ingested sothing toxic, which couldn’t be ruled out.
This poison, why does it look like sothing similar to Five Stone Powder? At this point, they could only wait for Doctor Li’s verdict.
The Yang Family mbers panicked when they saw that Gu Chengyu wanted to close the door. They were in the Gu Family Ancestral Hall; did Gu Chengyu plan to do sothing to them?
"What do you want to do? Don’t do anything rash! There are lots of villagers outside! Gu Chengyu, you’re a scholar, don’t throw away your future!"
The Yang Clan Leader glanced around, the hall was filled with Gu Family mbers, while his Yang Family only had four or five people.
Initially, Gu Chengyi and others were tied up in the old Yang residence, but since his place was small and they wanted to seek justice, they moved to the Gu Family Ancestral Hall, never expecting that these people would go mad and want to kill them?
The Yang Clan Leader’s shout unnerved the Yang Family mbers; they saw swords in the hands of Ming Mo and Ming Yan.
Ming Yan went to close the door, and the Yang Family mbers hurried to stop him, with Yang rushing especially fast, wanting to break out.
Ming Yan wasn’t about to give them that chance. He shut the door quickly, then blocked it.
"Gu Chengyu! No, Gu, you mustn’t act rashly! Can’t we just leave it alone?"
The Yang Clan Leader was about to cry, never expecting Gu Chengyu to be so ruthless! He wanted to kill over a disagreent.
"Let us out!" Yang and Yang the Second shouted in fear, and everyone else panicked.
Before, seeing him sit quietly, they thought he was a naive child, but who knew he was a ruthless thug?
"Ming Yan!" Gu Chengyu couldn’t be bothered and signaled to Ming Yan to intimidate them.
He found that sotis force worked best against such nagging; words would be wasted.
Ming Yan imdiately understood, drew his sword, and struck a chair in the hall, splitting it in two.
The Yang Family mbers gasped and then quickly covered their mouths, retreating to a corner, silent.
Gu Chengyu nodded in satisfaction, realizing that when reason failed, force was necessary. Indeed, it was quiet now.
Uncle Gu was also frightened by Gu Chengyu’s actions and took a while to recover.
"Xiao Bao! What’s wrong with your second brother?"
Uncle Gu was also puzzled about Gu Chengyi’s sudden change. What kind of illness was this? They’d never seen it before.
"Xiao Bao! What’s really wrong with your second brother?" Mr. Gu was getting anxious; after all, it was his son, and he couldn’t ignore it.
"Dad! We must wait for Doctor Li’s explanation. I’m not skilled in dicine, but I can tell second brother likely ingested sothing toxic."
Gu Chengyu also understood Mr. Gu’s anxiety. Though he’d been sitting quietly without moving or speaking, it was because he was there.
His father wouldn’t watch his second brother die, so eventually, he’d ask for help to save him.
Gu Chengyi seed to be in less pain now, the shaking of his head had lessened.
The villagers outside were buzzing with discussion, "What’s going on? Why did they close the door?"
"Are they negotiating over the silver? The Yang Family is really cashing in; they’ve grabbed a big piece of at!"
"I don’t think so. Who knows what’s going on inside? Would they close the door over a silver negotiation? Besides, did you see? The follower who just went out belongs to Gu, right? Don’t know what they’re up to."
"Nothing to see now that the door’s closed. Let’s go, let’s go."
Those impatient couldn’t wait, and seeing nothing, they prepared to leave.
"Quick, it’s inside." Ming Mo raced in, dragging Doctor Li, pointing at the Gu Family Ancestral Hall as they reached the courtyard gate.
"Huh? Doctor Li’s here too! This is really strange! Did a fight break out inside? Tch, tch!"
Doctor Li, carrying a dicine box, was out of breath, "Slow down, slow down, I, an old man, can’t keep up with you young fellows."
Ming Mo then rembered, took the dicine box from Doctor Li, and led him to knock on the ancestral hall’s door.
He also wondered why the door was closed, but the villagers were still outside, so presumably, the people inside hadn’t left.
Ming Yan opened a crack, and seeing it was Ming Mo, let them in.
"Brother Li! Quickly look at my second brother, we don’t know what’s wrong."
As soon as Mr. Gu saw him, he hurried up to greet them.
Doctor Li took a deep breath, said nothing, walked over to kneel before Gu Chengyi, and began checking his pulse.
The Yang Family mbers only now realized Gu Chengyi was ill? But why close the door if he’s ill?
Doctor Li felt the pulse for a while, his expression heavy, his thick brows furrowed. Then he examined Gu Chengyi’s eyes and closely observed his complexion.
"He’s been poisoned." Doctor Li was sowhat renowned in his youth and had dealt with such matters for affluent families, so he was quite experienced.
"What?" Mr. Gu was shocked, as were Uncle Gu and the Yang Family mbers. Everyone gathered around.
"May I ask, Uncle Li, what kind of poison?"
This confird Gu Chengyu’s earlier suspicions, though he wasn’t familiar with the poisons here.
"This is unclear as well, he hasn’t ingested much, likely taking a little at intervals, but it has been about a month."
Doctor Li had so familiarity with this drug, but having not dealt with it for a while, he couldn’t recall and would need to check his notes.
Or, if he could obtain the poison and sll it, he might be able to determine sothing.
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