"No Wedding Unless Enemies and Lovers" 《不是冤家不拜堂》Chapter 138

 Ji Ling Xue: I really got it randomly right, it turns out, this was the answer to the missing girls in the capital city, virgin girl's blood can treat the poison, this was the first time she heard of it.

Yuchi Gong Ru once again pinched Ji Ling Xue's chin, making her look at him, then said: "Tell me, what has this prince been poisoned with, why is it only virgin girl's blood can control it?"

Ji Ling Xue thought about it: "It's a qinghua type of poison, only virgin girl's blood can control it."

Ji Ling Xue ridiculed in her mind: haha, making up a name, there's no way I can't fool you! 

Yuchi Gong Ru was distracted, he didn't know what he was poisoned with, the day the poison acted up, he had just reached the market entrance of Dongqi, it was already deep into the night, he felt his whole body was weak and sore, cold sweat covered his forehead, his mouth was very dry.

He walked into the market body swaying, it was at that moment a girl of around thirteen years old appeared in front of him, pleasant and pretty, he suddenly felt his mouth dry up even more, he surged forward and grabbed that girl to a hidden place, the first time he drank blood it made him feel very alive, at the same time he felt depressed as to whether he was suffering from a weird illness.

The next day he found a doctor to take his pulse but it wasn't possible to diagnose, afterwards he started to snatch up girls in the prime of their youth walking alone as a reserve.

Yuchi Gong Ru regained his thoughts, staring into Ji Ling Xue's eyes asking: "How can this qinghua poison be cured?"

Maybe because Yuchi Gong Ru's expression was too dark, it made the hairs on Ji Ling Xue's scalp rise, she really was plotting against a tiger for its skin.

Ji Ling Xue stuck out a finger waving it about, suddenly a "rumble...." was heard, Ji Ling Xue's face turned red, covering her growling stomach, she awkwardly said: "My stomach is too hungry, I can't think."

Ji Ling Xue blinked, smiling sweetly, looking like if you can't curry favour with me don't think I'll help you with your poison.

Yuchi Gong Ru had already gotten used to Ji Ling Xue's behaviour, and didn't find it strange, this time he needed a favour from her, and couldn't continue to threaten Ji Ling Xue, immediately calling for someone to bring roasted lamb and steamed bread.

Sitting on the soft padded chair, Ji Ling Xue moved her head taking in a deep breath, the fragrant scent of lamb entered her lungs, making her five viscera and six bowels immediately feel hungry. 

True happiness was to eat one's fill. Ji Ling Xue gorged herself without a care, Yuchi Gong Ru's lips twitched as he watched from the side, he always thought women from the central plain were reserved and ate slowly, he didn't expect her to be so forthright.

Having her fill of food and drink, Ji Ling Xue belched in content, of course, Yuchi Gong Ru had watched her throughout, making her almost choke. 

Yuchi Gong Ru said: "Can you tell me now?"

The poison was acting up quicker and quicker, each time it flared up it didn't behave regularly, he also needed even more virgin girl's blood.

After his poison has been detoxified, he will seek firm revenge on Ru Ge that repulsive fellow.

Ji Ling Xue nodded, while she was eating she had thought of a plan, she stuck out five fingers and said five kinds of herbs to clear internal heat and relive fever, "Of course, the ten herbs stated by Jiqi, and need a guiding herb to make it work."

Yuchi Gong Ru asked: "What guiding herb?"

He was the majestic third prince of Dayan, what can he not get, as long as it's on this earth, he could find it.

Ji Ling Xue said: "Gotu kola."

Yuchi Gong Ru frowned, he had never heard that herb could detoxify, glancing Ji Ling Xue up and down, "You're not talking rubbish right, you want to wait for an opportunity to escape, what gotu kola, this prince has never heard of it."

Ji Ling Xue rolled her eyes: "You haven't heard of it, that's because you're ignorant and inexperienced, among us poison experts, gotu kola is a very rare detoxify herb, it grows in wintry conditions, blooming once every three years, the flower is a transparent white."

Yuchi Gong Ru dubiously looked at Ji Ling Xue, seeing Ji Ling Xue's eyes were clear, filled with confidence without avoiding his eyes, she didn't look like she was lying, the paranoid Yuchi Gong Ru believed her to some degree, "Where is it?"

Ji Ling Xue said: "On the wintery mountains of Dongqi, don't look at me like that, we don't know about your Dayan terrain, how should I know if you have such a thing, if you're worried I'll run off while looking for the gotu kola then send your men to search."

Yuchi Gong Ru nodded, raising a finger, a guard in black immediately entered, taking Ji Ling Xue back to the steel carriage.

Inside the carriage Lian Xin and other girls were huddled together shivering not daring to sleep, tonight two people were taken out, tomorrow it would be them, but they didn't want to die.

The steel carriage door creaked open, Ji Ling Xue was pushed inside the carriage, the door was once again locked.

Lian Xin pulled on Ji Ling Xue, after looking her over, she wrote on her palm: Are you alright?

Ji Ling Xue shook her head, writing back on her palm: Don't worry, I'm well.

Lian Xin: You are the first to be taken away and could safely come back, where did they take you?

Ji Ling Xue: I went to see a pervert, that pervert has been poisoned, he gave me food to eat so I would help him detoxify.

Lian Xin: It's good you're fine, the night seems to be very long...

Prince Chen, two days had already passed, Xiao Yi Chen still had no news of Ji Ling Xue, ever since she was taken by Yuchi Gong Ru that night, the horse had rushed over the cliff, he had lost trace of Ji Ling Xue and Yuchi Gong Ru, he was not prepared for this, it really wasn't easy to find him, what's more there was another faceless female corpse case, the deceased were wearing the clothes of Ji Ling Xue the exact night she disappeared.

However he didn't believe Ji Ling Xue was dead, it was only a distraction laid out by Yuchi Gong Ru, this time Yuchi Gong Ru had succeeded, the emperor on hearing the victim of the second faceless female corpse case might be princess Chen, he had immediately summoned Xiao Yi Chen into the palace, the brothers had discussed this for an entire afternoon.

As the emperor was also following the case of faceless corpses closely, he was pressured into turning every house upside down in the capital, finally near to a coffin home at the western city they found a secret tunnel, following the tunnel, the exit led them surprisingly outside of the city, in other words the murderer could sneak around quietly, entering the city without anyone noticing then quietly leaving.

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With this clue, Xiao Yi Chen continued with it, he was amazed to find under the strict gateway village there was also a secret tunnel.

 

Just as Xiao Yi Chen was close to finding out where the tunnel leads to, he heard a rumour, from west of the gateway village the tunnel led to Beiling in Dayan, towards the east it was the vast boundless sea.

Recently someone had offered a high price of gotu kola in Beiling, this flower was transparent as glass, under the sunlight it showed seven colours, it could detoxify hundreds of poisons. 

Xiao Yi Chen found the miracle doctor Bai Mo to ask: "Do you know gotu kola can detoxify poisons?"

Bai Mo scratched his head, he raised his head to look at the clouds in the sky thinking for a while: "Gotu kola...I haven't heard it's flower can detoxify, gotu kola sounds expensive and amazing, but it's just a grass which grows from the ground under snow...prince, where did you hear this rumour?"

"Beiling." Xiao Yi Chen expressionlessly said.

Bai Mo pinched his chin, frowning he contemplated; "Prince, I think we should take a look at Beiling, for someone to offer such a high price for it, they must be highly poisoned, he is offering such a reward for a non-existent flower, it's clear the person who offered the cure deliberately did so, their purpose is not to help that person, the rumour has now reached us, it shows the person who has been poisoned for some time..." Bai Mo spoke as he counted his fingers.

Xiao Yi Chen said: "It happened the same time as the faceless corpse cases, do you think this is too much of a coincidence?"

Bai Mo nodded, "Since prince can't find the culprit in the capital, and that these last few days have been calm, based on the murderer's behaviour, it's been too long, perhaps the murderer has already left Dongqi."

Xiao Yi Chen nodded, "This prince also thinks so, it feels like we've overturned every grass and stone in Dongqi over the last ten days, but there is still no clue of the murderer, there is only reason why they have completely disappeared, that is they're already no longer in Dongqi."

Bai Mo clapped his hand and nodded: "Precisely that reason, prince take me along this time, there's no harm in me being by prince's side, hehe." He was very interested in the person who said gotu kola can detoxify, he had to take a look.

Xiao Yi Chen nodded, the two of the were in sync, and were too lazy to ask the emperor, finding two horses they rushed to Dongling.

Somewhere in a cave on Dongling's mountain, Ji Ling Xue was once again taken out of the carriage, she had been kept in the dark space all along, Ji Ling Xue who had not seen the sun in so long, narrowed her eyes not used to it, using her hands to block her eyes, the air was filled with the scent of fresh grass, the faint sound of running water entered her ears, Ji Ling Xue took in a deep breath, finally feeling alive again, it felt good to have sunshine.

Third prince Yuchi Gong Ru with a grey complexion sat on a stone bathing under the sun, two days had already passed, his patience had reached it's limit, this woman Ji Ling Xue can't be lying to him again right, he had put out such a high reward and sent so many people out to look for it yet they couldn't find a single plant?

These past few days, the poison had been acting out more and more, even though virgin girl's blood slowed it down, but he was still in terrible pain.

Ji Ling Xue adapted to the light then turned to look around, she met Yuchi Gong Ru's impatient gaze, under such a glance, she was already used to it, Ji Ling Xue shrugged her shoulders not knowing what was wrong and worked over.

Yuchi Gong Ru said: "Princess, have you been sleeping well in that dark carriage, do you know how many days have passed?"

Ji Ling Xue said: "Two days."

Because only she, Lian Xin, and a quiet girl in blue remained in the carriage.

Yuchi Gong Ru snorted: "Since you know, tell this prince, why can't the plant you said can cure a hundred poisons cannot be found?"

Ji Ling Xue smiled: "That is those commoners cannot find it, you think gotu kola is something you can find on the streets, some people haven't even heard of it."

Yuchi Gong Ru had nothing to say, his subordinates did indeed report as Ji Ling Xue had said.

Making a fist, Yuchi Gong Ru said: "This prince's time is limited, I can't wait long, you take this prince to look for it."

Ji Ling Xue nodded, pointing in the direction of the carriage: "Take them along." The carriage simply couldn't travel through the mountain, with Lian Xian and the other, when the time was right they could escape.