"This is Qin Feng, Yulin Youwei, and also Jin Yu's savior!"
"This is the Ninth Young Master, Fan Renjie, from Jiexiu, Shanxi. The Fan family is the leader of the eight Shanxi merchants, and everyone in Shanxi knows about it!"
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Xue Jinyu stepped forward and introduced the two strangers to each other.
Only then did Qin Feng realize that the handsome young master in front of him turned out to be the famous one... No... to be more precise, he was the ninth son of the Fan family, the head of the eight notorious Shanxi merchants!
The Eight Shanxi Merchants refer to the eight major families of Shanxi merchants. Their current heads are: Fan Yongdou, Wang Dengku, Jin Liangyu, Wang Dayu, Liang Jiabin, Tian Shenglan, Zhai Tang, and Huang Yunfa.
These eight families, like the Xue family, were originally in the military supply business, transporting military supplies to the border troops in order to make profits.
However, as time went by, the eight major Shanxi merchants became more and more greedy, and were no longer satisfied with the small military supply business. In order to make more profits, they did something that would forget their ancestors and bring disaster to the country and the people, that is, to Mongolia and Jurchen Various ministries smuggle military supplies!
In the forty-seventh year of Wanli - the Battle of Sarhu, more than 100,000 Ming troops were completely defeated. Not only did they lose a large area of land in Liaodong, they also lost their military initiative!
After learning from the painful experience, the Ming court adjusted its countermeasures: while promoting a military defense policy, it built a four-hundred-mile Guanningjin defense line, which was built like a railway to block the attack of women's cavalry; at the same time, it implemented an economic blockade policy and strictly prohibited food and beverages. Salt, copper and iron, tea, porcelain...many materials were shipped out of customs, aiming to weaken and trap the Jurchens who were backward in production.
It must be said that this strategy is very clever. If executed successfully, it will be enough to achieve the purpose of defeating the enemy without fighting.
But ten years have passed, and the Jurchens have not weakened at all. On the contrary, they have become stronger and stronger, and they continue to attack the Ming Dynasty. One of the important reasons is that the eight major Shanxi merchants secretly provided them with a large amount of military supplies, so that they had no worries. !
Not only that, the eight major Shanxi merchants also provided many military and political secrets to the Jurchens, which combined to reveal the true and false inside the Central Plains, and later served as the leading party. To put it bluntly, the eight major Shanxi merchants were important in the demise of the Ming Empire. One of the promoters!
Of course, the eight major Shanxi merchants had always carried out their affair with Jurchens in secret. People in the world didn't know the truth and thought they were legitimate businessmen!
As for Fan Renjie, he was originally the ninth son of Fan Yongdou. Because of his clever mind and strong business talent, he was appointed as the heir to the family. Especially in recent years, Fan Yongdou has become old and frail and has slowly retreated to the second line. Give most of the power to your son!
In other words, it is this ninth son, Fan Renjie, who is now in charge of the specific affairs of the eight major Shanxi merchants!
Xue and Fan are both big businessmen. They have some business dealings and can be regarded as friends.
A few days ago, Fan Renjie brought people to the Suide area to discuss business. He learned that Xue Caishen was seriously ill, so he came to visit and gave him a lot of extremely expensive medicines and supplements. Although it had no effect, his heart was touching. That's why he was let into the back hall to entertain him!
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"Master Qin, nice to meet you!"
"Mr. Fan, nice to meet you!"
Fan Renjie is not only handsome, but also very polite and takes the initiative to salute!
Qin Feng returned the salute, looking pleasant, but in his heart, he had already labeled Mr. Fan Jiu as a 'traitor-cannot be trusted-be careful'!
"Jinyu, how is your father?"
"Oh, I've been unconscious all this time. Divine Doctor Zhao is keeping watch over me."
"Take me in and have a look!"
"good!"
Xue Jinyu did not hesitate and led Qin Feng into the back bedroom. Fan Renjie saw this, turned his eyes a few times, and followed him in.
There is a large carved nanmu canopy bed in the bedroom, on which lies an old man, about sixty years old, with his eyes closed, unconscious, breathing very weakly, and with a faint green aura on his face - he is the God of Wealth. Ye-Xue Renli!
Sitting next to him was an old man with white beard and hair, at least eighty years old. He was diagnosing Xue Caishen's pulse while shaking his head and sighing.
"Divine Doctor Zhao, how is my father's condition?"
"Alas, I am incompetent. I have tried all kinds of methods, but I can only find out that the evil thing has entered your body and corroded the internal organs, but I can't find out what the evil thing is, so I can't prescribe the right medicine. Now your pulse is extremely weak. I'm just afraid... I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on for a few more days!"
"Father...wuwu!"
The white-haired old man's surname is Zhao. He is the most famous doctor within hundreds of miles. He has been practicing medicine for more than sixty years and specializes in treating various difficult and complicated diseases. He has saved countless dying patients... Now even he is helpless, so what? There was really no hope. Xue Jinyu suddenly felt dizzy and almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, she was supported by the little maid, Lu Liu.
"Sister Jinyu, birth, old age, illness and death are human nature. Take it easy and don't be too sad, or you may break your body from crying... Don't worry, Brother Yu will be here in the future and you won't let you suffer any injustice!" Fan Renjie came over and comforted her heart-warmingly, and kept patting his chest and promising that no matter what difficulties the Xue family encountered in the future, the Fan family would definitely help.
After comforting Xue Jinyu, Fan Renjie comforted the dozen aunts, behaved appropriately and spoke warmly, quickly establishing a tall, kind and upright image!
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On the other side, Qin Feng stood still, just carefully checking Xue Caishen on the hospital bed. After thinking for a moment, he seemed to have thought of something: "Jin Yu, stop crying now and answer me a few questions: First, how is your father's health?"
"My father pays great attention to taking care of himself. He is always in good health and rarely suffers from minor illnesses!"
"Second question: Did your father become ill a month ago? First he suffered from low back pain, headache, trembling hands and feet, unsteady walking...then convulsions, tremors, hallucinations during the day, and constant nightmares at night?"
"Yes, that's it. How does Brother Feng know such details?"
"In this case, I can basically conclude that your father is not sick, but poisoned!"
"Ah, I was poisoned. How is this possible?"
Everyone present was shocked and felt incredible. You must know that the Xue family has been in business for many years, so it is inevitable that they will offend some people. In order to ensure safety, they have set many rules.
For example: before eating, you must use a silver needle to test the poison three times in a row, and then let the maid take a few bites to confirm that it is foolproof, and then the master will take it in. The same goes for drinking water and drinking.
Moreover, in recent months, Xue Jinyu has been eating with her father and drinking water from the same well. If her father was poisoned, why is Xue Jinyu safe?
At the same time, Dr. Zhao also asked: "Why did this little friend conclude that Mr. Xue was poisoned? Could it be that you are proficient in medical skills?"
"I don't dare to take it seriously. I only know a little bit about it, but I have read an ancient book, which records a poisoning condition that is exactly the same as Senior Xue's current appearance, so I dare to be sure!"
"Oh, what kind of poison is it?"
"Peacock Guts!"
Qin Feng lied. In fact, he did not understand medical skills, and he had never read any medical books, but he knew how to kill people!
The art of killing is ever-changing, not just beating and killing, but there are many more powerful and insidious methods, poisoning is one of them.
Qin Feng had received special training in this regard, so he could tell at a glance that Xue Caishen was poisoned, and it was the poison of peacock gall... To explain, peacock gall is not the gallbladder in the peacock's belly, but a kind of ore that is highly toxic and has other... It is green in color and is as big as a bird's gallbladder, hence its name.
However, peacock gall is generally hidden deep underground. In this era of backward mining technology, it is difficult to dig this kind of ore. If it is available, there are only two places: one is Yunnan, where there is a large amount of In the silver pits, when digging for silver ore, you can also dig up some peacock gall.
The second is Shanxi, where there are a large number of coal mine caves and there are opportunities to dig them.
Thinking of this, Qin Feng couldn't help but glance at Fan Renjie. This guy is from Shanxi and has a lot of minerals at home... Is it a coincidence?
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"Brother Feng, since you know this strange poison, do you have a way to detoxify it? As long as I can save my father's life, Jin Yu is willing to work as a slave and repay the great kindness!"
"Well..."
Qin Feng was a bit confused. The main component of peacock gall is basic copper sulfate. In the original world, he only needed to take a little general antidote orally, or go to the hospital for an intravenous drip and two bags of glucose solution and one gram of edetate. Disodium will be fine in half a day.
The problem is that it is the second year of Chongzhen reign in the Ming Dynasty, and science and technology are still very backward. There are no hospitals, no antidotes, and no glucose solution... It is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice!
what to do?
"Jin Yu, now that things have come to this, I will tell you the truth. There is indeed a way to detoxify, but it's a pity that I'm not very sure about it. If it's done improperly, your father's life can be killed immediately!"
"How sure are you?"
"Less than 30%!"
"ah!"
Xue Jinyu was shocked, and the joy that just appeared on her pretty face disappeared in an instant.
Less than 30% sure, this is too dangerous!
"Brother Feng, is there a more secure way? If we need any exotic flowers or rare medicinal materials, our Xue family will not hesitate to do so even if it costs tens of thousands of dollars!"
"I'm sorry, there really is no other way, and I dare to assert that my method is the only way in the world that can save your father. Whether you want to take this risk or not, you should make a decision quickly, otherwise it will be delayed. The longer time goes by, the worse your father's situation will be. We are still 30% sure, but if we delay it, we will only be 10% or 20% sure!"
A life and death problem was placed in front of Xue Jinyu!
Taking this risk, the hope of survival is less than 30%, but the risk of death is 70%.
If he doesn't take this risk, with his father's current situation, he can survive for at most three days. After three days, even if Daluo Jinxian descends to earth, there will be nothing he can do!
what to do?
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I wanted to discuss it with my aunts, but these women could only shed tears and couldn't come up with an idea at all.
At this time, Ninth Young Master Fan Renjie came over and said, "Sister Jinyu, between foolish brothers, life is at stake and we cannot take risks. It is better to wait a little longer. In three days, we may be able to find a better doctor, or Find a more reliable way to save Shibo... If it doesn't work anymore, it won't be too late to use Master Qin's method again!"
"It's true that it's not advisable to take risks, but... alas!"
After listening to Fan Renjie's persuasion, Xue Jinyu's will began to waver, but the longer the time went on, the less likely he was to receive treatment. What should he do?
When I was in a dilemma, there was a big chaos outside the dormitory, and someone was trying to break in...
