Plotting with You: The Forensic Scientist in Ancient Times!-Chapter 439 - 438: Blood Feast

"Ordinary people can barely take even one dose of these medicines," Yan Daoxin replied. After speaking, he realized Zhu Yu’s intention in asking him this.

Even if both chose to stay, the danger for Zhu Yu did not diminish in the slightest.

"How many doses have you taken?" Zhu Yu did not want Yan Daoxin to blame himself unduly, so she changed the topic and asked him directly.

No one in this world can foresee everything that is destined to happen. To fight against evil, one must inevitably face danger, and more often than not, under pressing circumstances, no one can genuinely produce a so-called "perfect plan" to solve the problem.

This was a truth she had understood in her past life.

"Four doses a day. After you were taken away, until Lu Qing and Lu Chao led people to capture those old witch’s cronies, about three days passed, and they delivered me no more than fifteen bowls of medicine," Yan Daoxin answered.

Zhu Yu was shocked, and quickly scrutinized Yan Daoxin again. But he had a fair complexion and looked quite handsome already, so one couldn’t tell if it was because of the medicine.

Yan Daoxin could guess what Zhu Yu was thinking, so he waved at her and patted his sleeve, saying, "Even Lu Qing knows about hiding a water bag up his sleeve, how could I not?

I did taste it to see what it was all about, but simply tasted it, most of it I managed to avoid.

But speaking of which, their brotherly arrival was quite timely. Had they delayed, my water bag would’ve been full, unable to hold more, and I would have had to drink it!"

After chatting for a while, Zhu Yu felt a little tired. Lu Qing took her back to her room to rest. Upon getting up, she remembered the spider she had specially brought back for Yan Daoxin and promptly called Lu Qing to fetch it from her room.

Yan Daoxin found the dead spiders very intriguing; they were a species he had never seen before, and although dead, they could still offer material for detailed research.

The part of the secret path filled with spiders had long been burned clean by Lu Qing’s urgent order, using alcohol and torches, and all the spiders inside had been reduced to black ash, making it difficult to find another one.

"Good, good, I must take this back and research it thoroughly!" Yan Daoxin carefully tucked the porcelain bottle containing the dead spiders into his chest and happily returned to his room.

Lu Qing took Zhu Yu back to her room, let her lie down, and then went back to Lu Chao.

"When do you plan to set out?" Lu Qing asked.

Lu Chao absentmindedly scraped the tea in his cup with the lid, "Zhu Yu seems to have recovered well, there’s not much requiring us here, and I think it’s best to return the men to Lu Jun sooner rather than later.

How about you? Where do you plan to go?"

Lu Qing smiled, "From Li State barracks, to Shuo Land, then to the Immortal Castle and Little Mountain Building, seeing so many dead warriors along the way, various seductive fragrances and poisons, their sincerity is evident. Wouldn’t it be a waste not to visit Fan Country, given the effort they’ve put in?"

"Are you the type who always acts according to others’ wishes?" Lu Chao smiled, clearly not believing Lu Qing had such a ’kind heart.’

"Recently heard things are unstable in the Capital, Lu Zhang hurried back in a haste, and is likely at his wits’ end now. The external arrangements seem to have been laid out long ago, not specifically for me, so I’m merely going with the flow, nothing to worry about.

The Jade Snowbird’s poison suddenly appears, definitely not a coincidence, the people behind this want to use it to attract my attention to certain information.

Given this, I naturally want to understand a bit, as the saying goes, know yourself, know your enemy, and you can win every battle. We were previously forced into a passive position. It’s something I dislike, it’s necessary to find the opportunity to turn the tide."

Lu Chao previously learned from the letters between the two about the Jade Snowbird incident. Yet, he couldn’t help but become more somber as he contemplated, nodded after careful thought: "Alright, just as you wish, but you must be prudent and avoid taking risks.

When I return, I have other plans too. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

Borrowing people from Lu Yan and Lu Jun all the time is not a long-term solution."

"This is not difficult. Since the world has quietly become chaotic, it’s reasonable for ordinary folks to have mutual watch communities to practice martial arts in their villages," Lu Qing stated, "It’s said the Jie people are brave, making the Holy Emperor cautious.

In reality, Jie Country doesn’t have a military advantage over Jin Country. Their situation is merely a display of the Jie people’s collective militarization, where everyday horse-riding and herding easily transform into warriors equipped with bows and curved swords at critical moments.

This is precisely what Jin Country’s people are lacking."

"You are indeed correct, yet organizing the locals for mutual watch is not difficult. The difficulty lies in who would teach them the means for mutual watch?" Lu Chao asked.

"After returning a hundred soldiers to Lu Jun, head west along his fiefdom to Qinzhou; Situ Jing has been demoted there. You could share a drink with him," Lu Qing suggested.

Lu Chao grasped the implication, he and Lu Qing had already discussed Situ Jing’s whereabouts, and Lu Qing bringing this up now was clearly purposeful.

Lu Qing understood from Lu Chao’s expression that he had comprehended, so he smiled slightly, raised his teacup to Lu Chao, who reciprocated. Without needing many words, their future plans were aligned in mutual tacit understanding.

The next morning, when Zhu Yu was still asleep, Lu Chao set out with his men. He had planned to leave sooner, and persuaded by Lu Qing, felt the urgency to proceed.

The group of bandits from Little Mountain Building was bound together, packed into two carriages, and taken along.

When Zhu Yu awoke, Lu Chao and his entourage had already left the city.

Yan Daoxin told Zhu Yu he saw Nanny Shi, the old witch, while sending off Lu Chao. The old witch had likely fed on the blood meals of the young ladies for sustenance, thus could maintain a vitality incongruent with her appearance despite her age.

After being captured and with the girls from the building settled elsewhere, she no longer had fresh blood meals, leading to her visibly weakening within a mere ten days. When loaded onto a carriage, her legs were frail and limp, unable to walk, akin to a skeleton draped with human skin.