In my past life, I was buried alive! Reborn, I'll overturn the capital.

Chapter 116 Testing Medicine

After entering the tent, Qin Xuanyu looked at the mess on the table and the perfectly round pill lying in the middle, and looked at Jiang Qingyue with a puzzled expression.

"You've developed an antidote?" Looking at the current situation, it does seem somewhat plausible.

Jiang Qingyue nodded. "That's right. I didn't expect the ingredient for that poison to be the material of the stone wall. I made the right bet!"

Who would have thought that the Ghost Sect would display such a large antidote so openly outside?

If it weren't for the gentle breeze I felt as I got close, and my own sudden impulse, no one would have thought of it.

Qin Xuanyu couldn't help but chuckle.

Jiang Qingyue always seems to have good luck.

However, despite this, Jiang Qingyue still dared not risk Qin Xuanyu's life. "I need someone to try this medicine. After all, it's just theory without actual testing, so it's not safe enough."

"Give it to me." Qin Xuanyu said without hesitation, startling Jiang Qingyue who quickly grabbed the pill first. "Are you crazy!"

"No, I just believe you."

"But I don't trust myself." Jiang Qingyue gripped the pills tightly in her hand, guarding against him as if he were a thief.

The unconscious little expression that appeared made Qin Xuanyu chuckle. "Are you worried about me? Okay, I'll listen to you."

Seeing Qin Xuanyu looking at her with a smile in his eyes, his eyes reflecting her image, and hearing his suggestive tone, Jiang Qingyue felt her face inexplicably flush.

"Um... I'm going to find someone to test the drug on!" After saying that, Jiang Qingyue left quickly, as if something was chasing her.

Little did she know, Qin Xuanyu's expression softened even more after she turned around.

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Soon, at Jiang Qingyue's request, General Zuo brought over the soldier who was most severely poisoned.

Jiang Qingyue took out the pill in front of the soldier. "This is a newly developed antidote. In theory, it should work, but I haven't tested it. So the choice is yours. You can try it if you want, or I won't force you if you don't."

Jiang Qingyue explained the pros and cons to the soldier and let him make his own choice.

The soldier glanced at the pill in Jiang Qingyue's hand, took it without hesitation, and swallowed it.

There are only a few possibilities: either death, ineffectiveness, detoxification, or triggering new and more intractable problems—all leading to certain death. But if you don't try, there's only one path: death!

If that's the case, why not give it a try?

Jiang Qingyue couldn't help but secretly admire the soldier's courage. After spending these days in the army, she finally understood why the Gu family army was so invincible.

Jiang Qingyue couldn't help but be moved.

For the next two hours, Jiang Qingyue kept checking on the soldier's condition and took his pulse several times, finding that his pulse was becoming more and more stable.

Having weathered the most difficult period, Jiang Qingyue breathed a slight sigh of relief. "General Zuo, please arrange for a military doctor to watch over him and carefully examine any changes in his body. Call me if there are any."

This can be kept under surveillance, but we need to meet with the people Jiang Luofeng just captured.

Jiang Qingyue frowned as she looked at the plain-looking, even somewhat shifty-eyed person Jiang Luofeng had brought back.

Is this the emperor's man? The emperor's judgment is truly questionable.

"Tell me, where exactly did you take the General?" General Zuo demanded directly.

The man snorted coldly, his face arrogant. "I don't know what you're talking about. Let me tell you, even if you're government officials, you can't just arrest people like this. I'm going to report you to the prefectural government!"

"Sue us? You'd better be able to leave here first!" General Zuo, used to such people, scoffed.

“It’s no use.” Jiang Luofeng stepped forward and said softly to General Zuo and Jiang Qingyue, “We interrogated him as soon as we caught him, and even using both soft and hard tactics, we couldn’t get him to talk.”

General Zuo was not giving up. He waved his hand and ordered his men to continue to torture the man to extract a confession. However, no matter how many methods they used, the man remained silent and clenched his teeth.

For a time, no one could do anything about him.

Jiang Qingyue simply smiled slightly, then stepped forward, looking down at the man kneeling on the ground.

"It's alright if you don't talk, I won't torture you. I've just developed a poison that, once ingested, will cause excruciating pain, like being bitten by a thousand insects. It will take effect every hour, lasting for one hour at a time. It will make you wish you were dead. Do you want to try it?"

Upon hearing Jiang Qingyue's words, the man was taken aback, then revealed a fearless expression, "Come on, bring it on!"

Although he appeared indifferent, his heart was pounding. If life was truly worse than death, he'd rather be dead.

Jiang Qingyue sneered, then took out a pill. "Since that's the case, let's give it a try!"

As she spoke, Jiang Qingyue stepped forward with the pills in her hand.

The man looked terrified, shook his head repeatedly, and backed away.

However, he was pinned down by the soldiers and had nowhere to retreat.

He gritted his teeth and finally revealed a resolute expression.

Just as he was about to bite his tongue and commit suicide, Jiang Qingyue reacted quickly and dislocated his jaw, causing him to scream in pain.

"You want to bite your tongue and commit suicide? I was just waiting for that!"

He kept making "ah ah ah" sounds as if he wanted to say something, but because his jaw had been dislocated, he couldn't speak.

Without hesitation, Jiang Qingyue shoved the pill into his mouth, and after a few taps, the man was forced to swallow it.

After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Jiang Qingyue pushed his chin back in.

Then he felt a convulsive pain throughout his body.

At this moment, he no longer cared about biting his tongue to commit suicide. He was in so much pain that he rolled on the ground, and his screams were heard by the soldiers outside the tent.

The pain was like something gnawing at his bones, more agonizing than any so-called torture.

Before long, he was soaked in sweat, and his face changed from arrogant to dejected and desperate.

What's even more terrifying is that after taking this medicine, his mouth and tongue become numb, making it impossible for him to bite his tongue and commit suicide.

What exactly is this thing? Why is it so poisonous?

Time ticked by, and finally the man relented, looking at Jiang Qingyue with pleading eyes, "I...I'll talk..."

Jiang Qingyue understood immediately and took out silver needles, inserting them into several acupoints on his body. The man immediately felt his pain lessen considerably.

He took a long, deep breath. "I'll talk, I'll tell you everything..."