"The situation of Tule Haojia is a bit tricky," Mu Fengqie said to Jing Xunche about Tule Haojia's condition after returning to the mansion.
"A living dead?" Jing Xunche frowned in thought. He never expected Tule Haojia's condition to be so serious. "Have you considered the possibility of Gu worms?" If medicine couldn't detect the problem, maybe they could ask Lü Yun to take a look.
"It's not impossible. After Tule Haojia recovers a bit in a couple of days, I'll take Feng'er to have a look," Mu Fengqie remembered another possibility after being reminded by Jing Xunche.
Gu worms.
She had heard of a kind of Gu worm that could suck the nutrients from a person's body. However, this kind of Gu worm wouldn't wake up unless it was stimulated. On normal days, the person would seem just like an ordinary person.
But once it woke up, the nutrients in the person's body would be quickly sucked away. However, because the human body had a defense and protection system, the body would automatically fall into a deep sleep. The person would only wake up when the nutrients in the body reached the normal level.
However, all of this was just speculation for now. They would have to wait until Lü Yun took a look.
In the past few days, Mu Fengqie had been poring over ancient books, but she had never seen a case like Tule Haojia's. As the saying goes, different trades are like different mountains. Mu Fengqie went to find Lü Yun.
"Feng'er, have you ever seen a situation like this?" Mu Fengqie asked Lü Yun.
"I've only heard of it. I've never seen a real case like this," she had heard about it from her grandfather. However, her grandfather had never come across such a case. It was his senior brother who had dealt with it back then.
However, no one knew what had happened at that time. This matter wasn't recorded, but was passed down orally.
"My grandfather said that this kind of Gu worm comes in mother and child pairs. The one in Tule Haojia's body should be the child Gu. We need to find the mother Gu, but I still have to take a look first," she hoped it wasn't this kind of situation.
"Do you have time now? Let's go there now," if it was a nutrient-sucking Gu worm, then all the nutrients in Tule Haojia's body would have been sucked away.
"Okay, let's go, Sister Qie," Lü Yun knew the importance of the matter, so she followed Mu Fengqie in a carriage to Tule Haojia's residence.
"Princess Tianlin," Jian Yi was a bit surprised to see Mu Fengqie again, but he didn't say anything.
"I have some other ideas. Maybe I can save Tule Haojia, so I've brought someone here to take a look," Mu Fengqie said.
Hearing this, Jian Yi didn't dare to delay any longer. He immediately led Mu Fengqie and the others to a sunny room. They had returned in a hurry, so they hadn't had time to prepare properly. They could only prepare a clean room for Tule Haojia. Now, the sunlight shone into the room, making it warm and cozy.
Lü Yun felt the back of Tule Haojia's head. There was nothing wrong. Then she looked at his wounds. If a Gu worm had entered his body, there would definitely be some changes on the outside of his skin.
Since he had so many wounds on his body, there must be one that was different from the others. However, Lü Yun had looked at all of Tule Haojia's wounds, but she hadn't found anything suspicious. This was strange.
"Does he have any other wounds? No matter how big or small they are, I want to see them. Even if the wounds have already healed," Lü Yun looked at Jian Yi and asked.
"Yes, there are many wounds on the master's back, and there are also wounds on his toes," the wounds on his toes had already healed, but since this person wanted to know, he told her everything.
"Turn him over. I want to take a look," Lü Yun called Jian Yi over to help.
Jian Yi thought about the propriety between men and women, so he didn't let Mu Fengqie and the other woman do it. He carefully turned Tule Haojia over by himself.
"Miss, what exactly is wrong with my master?" His intuition told him that the woman brought by Princess Tianlin could save his master. His intuition had always been very accurate.
"I'm not sure yet. I'll tell you after I finish the examination," Lü Yun looked at the wounds on Tule Haojia's body on the bed. She looked at them carefully, but still found nothing. Suddenly, her gaze fell on Tule Haojia's feet.
Lü Yun took a white cloth and looked at Tule Haojia's toes. On his right big toe, she saw a suspicious spot.
Normally, when a wound healed, it would be pink because it was new flesh. However, his big toe had clearly been seriously injured, but no matter how well the wound healed, it couldn't have healed so quickly. It was exactly the same as the uninjured skin around it.
"Is this where he was injured?" Lü Yun felt the bump on Tule Haojia's big toe. Sure enough, she felt a sliding object.
"Yes, I bandaged all the master's wounds myself. I remember that the injury there was very serious," Jian Yi said.
Lü Yun looked at Mu Fengqie and nodded at her. She was sure that there was a Gu worm. It was very likely the nutrient-sucking Gu worm they had just discussed.
"Miss, have you found something? Is my master still alive?" Jian Yi looked at Lü Yun anxiously, with a glimmer of hope in the depths of his eyes.
"I'm sure your master became like this because he was poisoned by a kind of Gu worm. But I don't have a way to completely solve this problem yet. I need to go back and ask the elders in the clan," there were many elders in the clan, but they were old and didn't want to come out.
"Jian Yi thanks the miss and Princess Tianlin," Jian Yi knelt on the ground with a thud and kowtowed to Mu Fengqie and the others.
Lü Yun was so scared that she quickly hid behind Mu Fengqie. "If you want to thank us, do it properly. Don't kneel to me," she couldn't bear it.
Mu Fengqie originally wanted to take a step back, but she was held by Lü Yun and couldn't move. So she had to stand in front of Lü Yun and accept Jian Yi's kowtow. She was doomed. Wasn't Jian Yi much older than her? Would she lose years off her life?
Oh my god!
"That's right, Jian Yi, get up quickly. Taking good care of your master is the most important thing. We have something to do, so we'll leave first. We'll come back after we find a solution. Take care of yourself," after saying that, she pulled Lü Yun and ran away. If she didn't run, she was really afraid that Jian Yi would kneel on the ground and kowtow to them again. She couldn't bear it.
"Sister Qie, I'm going to take Mu Nan back to the stockade. Please talk to Marquis Zhongning on Mu Nan's behalf," Lü Yun said to Mu Fengqie after they came out of Jian Yi's place.
"Okay, be careful on your way. I'll talk to Jing Xunche," Mu Fengqie helped Lü Yun onto the carriage and then walked back on foot. Since the direction of Lü Yun's residence was opposite to hers, in order to save time for Lü Yun, she let her take the carriage back directly.