When Ji Yunshu entered and spoke these words, people didn’t feel she was flattering or pandering—it truly carried a sense of admiration.

When Wen Cong heard her name, his eyes moved slightly, and his brow furrowed a bit, though it was barely noticeable. Looking at her standing before him, he felt this young lady gave a very comfortable impression. Her entire being carried a light, refined air. At first glance, she was different from ordinary women, giving people a sense of affability while also revealing a certain nobility. If someone claimed such a person was just an ordinary woman, Wen Cong would absolutely not believe it.

He said, “What divine physician—that’s just what others casually say.”

Ji Yunshu smiled gracefully, looking extremely lovely. After she sat down, Wen Che asked her, “Miss Ji, some incidents have occurred at the manor these past two days, so we’ve neglected you. I hope you’ll forgive us.”

“Why would Young Master Wen say such a thing? On the contrary, you’ve been concerned about my illness on my behalf. It’s I who should thank you for your thoughtfulness.”

“Today my uncle just came out from seclusion. We told him about what happened on the journey, and he’s already agreed to treat you.”

“Thank you!”

Wen Cong still stared at Ji Yunshu, suddenly asking, “Miss, is your name Ji Yunshu?”

Hm? She had clearly just said so—why confirm again? Ji Yunshu was naturally perceptive, and Wen Cong’s gaze fixed on her was truly quite strange, forcing her to think more deeply. But though she had doubts in her heart, she couldn’t ask anything to his face, so she could only nod in response, “Yes, this humble woman is called Ji Yunshu.”

Wen Cong made an “mm” sound, his expression suddenly darkening. But not wanting to appear too obvious, he concealed the gloom in his eyes, then instructed Wen Che and Wen Yu, “You two should return first. Just leave Miss Ji here.”

This wasn’t strange—when Wen Cong examined patients, he didn’t like having extra people around, so naturally he would dismiss others. So the Wen brothers said nothing, only telling Ji Yunshu to feel at ease, then left.

Only Wen Cong and Ji Yunshu remained in the room.

“Miss Ji, please extend your hand.”

Ji Yunshu placed her hand on the table for him to take her pulse. After examining her for a short while, Wen Cong frowned, remaining silent for a long time, only muttering something unintelligible under his breath. Then he said, “Miss Ji, your cold syndrome has existed for many years now. Only recently when you came in contact with water was it triggered, injury upon injury, causing all your internal organs to be affected by the cold. This is why you sometimes feel weak and dizzy. But actually, cold syndrome comes in many varieties, only your type of cold syndrome…”

He hesitated, leaving his words unfinished.

Ji Yunshu was clear about her own body. She said, “Divine Physician Wen, please speak frankly.”

“Given your current physical condition, I’m afraid if the cold syndrome isn’t eliminated, you’ll be troubled by it for the rest of your life.”

“I naturally understand that. Over the years, I’ve grown accustomed to it.” She appeared to take everything lightly, not too concerned about her illness. Having endured for so many years, she naturally felt it was nothing serious. Even if she died, what of it? Perhaps it was because of her indifferent temperament that she viewed such ailments so lightly, because what her heart cared about most now… was Jingrong!

Even if she had to suffer from cold syndrome her entire life, she only wanted to be by Jingrong’s side.

Because only this way could all pain and illness become nothing—unimportant!

Seeing her like this, Wen Cong truly didn’t understand. In Qujiang, everyone knew he was a divine physician. If they could obtain his treatment, everyone would wish they could kneel on the ground and beg him. Yet this woman before him seemed unconcerned, appearing to see through worldly affairs. Perhaps because of this, Wen Cong became even more curious about her—who exactly was this woman? He asked himself this many times in secret.

“Though your cold syndrome is an illness, since I promised my two nephews to help you, I will certainly help you eradicate this disease.” He said with certainty.

Ji Yunshu was slightly stunned. Even Muruo back in the day couldn’t eradicate the cold syndrome in her body, so she had harbored no hope at all.

“It can truly be eliminated?”

“You don’t believe my words?”

“Of course not. It’s just that this illness has followed me for many years. I’ve long since given up hope. I originally thought Divine Physician Wen could only suppress the cold syndrome in my body, but I didn’t expect you to use the word ‘eradicate,’ so I was somewhat surprised.”

Wen Cong smiled, “Miss, you are Wen Yu’s lifesaver, which naturally makes you our Wen family’s lifesaver. I will certainly use all my knowledge to help you, so you need not worry. It will just take some time, but I can definitely eliminate it.”

“Then I thank you in advance.”

“No need to be polite.” Wen Cong didn’t forget to explain the situation. “However, such a major incident has occurred at the manor these past two days. I’m afraid I’ll have to wait until we return to Yanjing City before slowly treating you. But I guarantee I will cure you, so you need not worry.”

Ji Yunshu wasn’t worried at all, because she wouldn’t stay long in Qujiang. As soon as she found Jingrong, she would leave this place. But naturally she couldn’t speak of these matters now—proper thanks were still due.

Suddenly—

She remembered the other purpose for coming here and quietly took out the black particles she had brought, seizing this opportunity.

“Divine Physician Wen, I have a matter I’d like to ask of you.”

Wen Cong became extremely agreeable before her, his tone and expression becoming much gentler, reaching a state of granting whatever was asked. He said, “Miss Ji, please speak freely about whatever matter you have.”

She then placed a handkerchief from her hand on the table and pushed it over, saying, “Could you please look at what these black particles inside are? I previously asked a physician at the manor to look at them, but the physician couldn’t determine anything. So thinking I was coming to see you, I brought this item along. I trouble you to help.”

On the silk cloth lay several black, tiny granular particles, extremely small. If not placed on lighter-colored fabric, one couldn’t see these fine things at all.

Wen Cong’s eyes suddenly narrowed. He reached out and pinched those things between his fingertips, examining them carefully. He seemed unable to determine what they were either. Then he brought them to his nose and smelled them. The scent was somewhat like rotting corpse, yet also somewhat like chives, somewhere between the two, making one feel somewhat nauseous when smelling it…

Ji Yunshu asked, “Can you tell what it is?”

Wen Cong didn’t speak. Then his fingertips moved a few times, the black particles crumbled, ground into powder. He seemed to know what this was now, only he wasn’t quite certain yet. The next moment, he placed the powder in his hand into the cup before him. As soon as the powder was sprinkled in, it dissolved extremely quickly in the water. What was strange was that those black powder particles suddenly changed color the moment they touched the water, gradually turning red bit by bit, causing the entire cup of water to become red…

This?

Ji Yunshu was completely baffled, not understanding what this thing actually was. Why was it so magical?

Wen Cong already knew. He said, “This is granulated mountain seed grass.”

“What is mountain seed grass?”

“It’s a medicinal herb!”

“Can it be bought at any medicine shop?”

Though Wen Cong didn’t understand why she suddenly asked this, he still replied in a deep voice, “Indeed it can all be purchased. This type of mountain seed grass is actually specifically used to treat heart deficiency symptoms. But the mountain seed grass in medicine shops is powder form, meant to be added directly to medicinal decoctions. However, as you saw, the mountain seed grass you gave me has been made into granules, and thin heart leaves that can turn water red have been added. Once these leaves are mixed with mountain seed grass, they become a slow-acting poison that devours the heart. Once dogs come in contact with it, they lose their nature and become extremely frenzied, even becoming fierce. In mild cases they’ll bark incessantly, in severe cases there’s danger of them gnawing and devouring things.”

Eh!

Ji Yunshu understood, her expression suddenly darkening. So the culprit, in order to destroy evidence, deliberately sprinkled mountain seed grass on the corpse to make the dogs at the manor go frenzied, then have them gnaw the corpse clean. Such methods were simply insane and cruel.

Wen Cong asked her, “Miss Ji, where did you get this thing?”

She couldn’t very well say she discovered it when examining Wang Huai’s corpse. After a slight pause, she could only tell him, “I obtained this by chance, but never knew what it was. It troubled my heart for a long time. Thinking that since I was coming to see you, I brought it along intending to ask you.” Her tone sounded very calm, seeming to carry no trace of lying…