TGFH Chapter 2: Detoxification Methods

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       After a night of heavy rain, the forest was filled with mist the next day. Some animals had already gone out to look for food, and the chirping of birds made the scene quite lively, but the cave was still silent.

　　Xiao Yiran had practiced martial arts for many years, so he was naturally very alert. The moment he woke up, he noticed something was wrong. He immediately sat up and looked for his sword, but found that it was not with him, and his wounds had been bandaged.

　　"Well... you finally woke up?"

　　A voice came from behind him. Xiao Yiran turned around silently and saw the man who came in to avoid the rain yesterday leaning against the wall, yawning and talking to him with a smile.

       The one yawning was naturally Bai Yi, who had been busy all night. Seeing that Xiao Yiran was awake, he smiled and walked to Xiao Yiran's side. "I was going to go down the mountain when the rain stopped, but you were in critical condition yesterday. As a doctor, I couldn't leave without you being like that. Please don't blame me for being rude to you."

　　Thinking of the bandaged wound on his body, Xiao Yiran had already guessed that it was the other party who saved him. Although he frowned, he still politely said in a deep voice, "Thank you."

　　"You don't have to thank me. I just bandaged your external wounds. You still have to rely on yourself to treat the internal injuries. I can't do anything about it. As for the poison you were poisoned with..." Bai Yi shook his head and smiled bitterly, "I am not a good doctor and don't know how to detoxify. I can only use other medicines to suppress the toxicity for you first."

　　Xiao Yiran knew that he was poisoned. When he encountered an ambush on the way back to Beijing, Xiao Yiran knew that he had fallen into a trap. He thought that the secret report must be false, and there should be no incident in Beijing for the time being. The other party seemed to have expected that he would not be able to rest assured and would return to Beijing to confirm it in person, so they sent experts to ambush him halfway, using both poison and martial arts, and were determined to kill him.

    Although he escaped, his whereabouts were exposed, so he would be in trouble if he returned to the capital. But now, it would be inappropriate to rush back to the Huaiding battlefield. With the abilities of Mo Yan and Xiao Mo, the army might have already triumphed. It would be best to meet up with the army halfway and return to Beijing together. Thinking of this, Xiao Yiran decided to go to Yunxia City first to meet up with the army on their way back, and in the way, find Yun Mo's antidote.

    

　　He nodded to show that he understood. Xiao Yiran was about to get up and pack up when suddenly a pair of hands pressed him down again. A magnified face appeared in front of him. "Are you ready to leave now?"

　 Xiao Yiran was stunned for a moment. The person in front of him had an ordinary appearance and a gentle temperament. At this time, he frowned and asked him, which made him feel uncomfortable. Putting aside the unknown emotions in his heart, Xiao Yiran silently nodded again. 

　　Bai Yi shook his head when he saw this, and said disapprovingly, "Although I don't know what your urgent matter is, after all, you are my patient, and I have to remind you that with your current injury, if you hurry on your way now, I'm afraid you will collapse before you reach your destination."

        Seeing Xiao Yiran's puzzled look, Bai Yi paused and explained to him, "You used your internal energy to suppress the poison before, but the poison spread when you were seriously injured and unconscious yesterday. Although I am suppressing it with the properties of medicine, it has not yet detoxified you. Your injuries have not healed yet, and forcibly suppressing it with internal energy may be counterproductive. If you don't suppress the poison with the power of medicine, the poison will inevitably spread faster, and the consequences are hard to predict. It's better for you to recuperate here first, and it won't be too late to leave after your injuries are healed."

　　"How many days is feasible?"

　　"Your injuries should be almost healed after half a month of recuperation. As for the poison... I can help you suppress it within half a month, and then find a way to detoxify it when your injuries recover."

　　Xiao Yiran frowned. It would take about one and a half months to get from here to Yunxia City. If delayed for another half a month, there is a possibility that he would miss the army returning to the capital.

       "There is someone in Yunxia City who can detoxify me."

　　"Yunxia City... is it the genius doctor Yun Mozhi?" Seeing Xiao Yiran nod, Bai Yi thought for a moment, "I think you have something urgent to attend to. I can increase the dosage for you. If your body can bear it, you can rest for five days and then set off. But you need me to go with you so that I can suppress the toxicity for you at any time."

　　“…”

　　Seeing Xiao Yiran remained silent, Bai Yi smiled slightly, "My last name is Bai and my given name is Yi. I live at the foot of the mountain and I'm a doctor. You can rest assured. If I needed to harm you, I could have done it last night. I'm helping you now because you're a patient I've treated before, and doctors tend to finish what they start and what they finish... In addition, I've heard of the name of the miracle doctor for a long time. Since you and the miracle doctor know each other, I will help you along the way, but I also hope that the young man can help introduce the miracle doctor to me. Bai Yi has some questions for the miracle doctor."

       Xiao Yiran looked at Bai Yi and saw the other's sincere eyes. He was silent for a while, finally closed his eyes, and lay down in obedience to the hands pressing on his shoulders.

　　When Bai saw Xiao Yiran lying down, he realized that he agreed with his opinion. The corners of his mouth curled up, he clapped his hands and stood up.

　　"Since you agree, I will go back and pack up before coming back. It is not advisable for you to move around these few days, so you can rest here first. I will be back soon."

　　"Yes, thank you."

　　…

　　Bai Yi's home was in the village at the foot of the mountain. It was still early when he returned home. After tidying himself up, Bai Yi remembered Xiao Yiran's bloodstained black clothes. He was afraid that he could not wear them for the time being, so he prepared a set of clean clothes for Xiao Yiran to take with him, and also prepared a set of bedding.

        Afterwards, Bai Yi took out the herbs needed to suppress the toxicity for Xiao Yiran. Due to the circumstances yesterday, Bai Yi had fed Xiao Yiran the herbs directly with their original leaves. However, Chinese medicine is more effective after being decocted, so after slightly adjusting the amount of herbs, Bai Yi still decocted the medicine on the stove and cooked some porridge at the same time.

　　After decocting the medicine, Bai Yi filled the medicine pot and put it into the food basket together with the white porridge, then took the packed clothes and bedding and walked up the mountain.

　　In fact, as a doctor, although he was looking forward to the opportunity to communicate with the genius doctor Yun Mozhi, the man on the mountain had an unknown origin and was seriously injured, so he might be not a simple person. With Bai Yi's personality and previous style of doing things, he would definitely not want to get involved in such troublesome matters.

      But last night when he saw that man lying on the ground with a pale face and a frown on his face as if he was in pain, Bai Yi really couldn't bear to leave him there.

　　Today, when Bai Yi learned that this man was going to rush on his journey despite his injuries, he was even a little unhappy. Bai Yi did not like this attitude of not cherishing his own life, and was originally planning to go back and not care about this man anymore.

　　But seeing the man's thoughtful expression and determined eyes, he once again couldn't bear to see that man die in vain, so he spoke up to stop him, and then offered to accompany the man to Yunxia City.

　　Although Bai Yi has a gentle temperament, he is not a person who likes to meddle in other people's affairs. He has seen a lot of life and death since he was a child when he followed his father Bai Gui to study medicine. The life and death of people who have only known each other for a day is not something Bai Yi cares about, but when he saw that the man was seriously injured but did not say a word and was still persistent in his goal, he felt a little admiration.

       Moreover, after a night, Bai Yi also understood that his sudden appearance yesterday was not a good thing for a man who was seriously injured for unknown reasons and hiding in the cave. If that person was worried about his whereabouts being exposed, he could have killed him at that time, but he did not do it in the end.

　　Therefore, even though that person was always cold and spoke very little, Bai Yi felt that he should not be a villain.

　　As he was thinking, Bai Yi had already reached the cave. As soon as he entered the cave, he saw that the man was already sitting cross-legged, as if he was practicing internal energy to heal his injuries.

       Bai Yi gently put down the things in his hands one by one, found a place to sit down and waited without making any sound to disturb him.

　　Not long after, Xiao Yiran slowly opened his eyes.

　　"I cooked some porridge and brought it to you. You haven't eaten for two days. Drink some porridge first, and then take the medicine."

　　Bai Yi served the porridge to him, then poured out the medicine from the medicine pot, blew it cool and put it aside. Xiao Yiran took the porridge and whispered thank you.

　　After Xiao Yiran finished drinking all the medicine, Bai Yi nodded with satisfaction, cleaned up the dishes, and took out the prepared clothes and bed quilt. "It's damp in the mountains. You should be careful when you rest here these few days, otherwise you will catch a cold and it will affect your injuries. I think your clothes need to be washed first. You should change into this set of clean clothes first, so you will be more comfortable."

　　This time Xiao Yiran didn't move, but frowned.

　　Bai Yi spread the quilt on the floor first, then stuffed the clothes in his hand into Xiao Yiran's hand, "These clothes are my old clothes, they are all clean. Don't worry, I will help you wash and mend the clothes when you change them, and you can change them back."

　　Xiao Yiran was silent for a moment and nodded. He took off the black clothes and was about to change into the old clothes handed to him by Bai Yi, but was stopped by Bai Yi again, "I almost forgot. I just bandaged you yesterday. Let me change the medicine for you now."

　　As he spoke, Bai Yi took the initiative to untie the cloth strips wrapped around Xiao Yiran's body, threw the tattered clothes aside, changed the medicine and re-bandaged it, then helped Xiao Yiran put on his clothes.

　　After everything was cleaned up, Bai Yi was about to get up when he unexpectedly discovered that Xiao Yiran, who had been silent and lowered his head without resisting, was slightly stiff. Bai Yi, who just reacted at this time, felt a little embarrassed.

       As a doctor, it is natural for Bai Yi to bandage wounds, but just now he took the initiative to take off people's clothes, touched them and applied medicine, which was indeed a little intimate. Bai Yi blushed and coughed twice to adjust himself. When he saw Xiao Yiran looking up at him expressionlessly, he lowered his head to organize the medicine box to hide the blush on his face, "You only need to change the medicine every three to four days for external injuries. If you feel uncomfortable, tell me and I'll take a look. As for the toxicity in your body, I will temporarily control it with medicine so that it will not occur, but if you use internal energy to heal your injuries, remember to be careful not to attract the toxicity in your body."

       Xiao Yiran nodded and continued to close his eyes and regulate his breathing.

　　The heat on Bai Yi's face subsided a little. He sat aside and picked up the black clothes that Xiao Yiran had taken off. The clothes were made of high-quality material and workmanship. They were obviously not of the same grade as the coarse cloth clothes that Bai Yi usually wore. After a rough inspection, he found that in addition to being full of blood, there were also many tear marks from knife scratches on the clothes.

　　Taking out the sewing kit he always carried with him from his bosom, Bai Yi began to mend the torn skin on his clothes.

…

　　Half an hour later, Bai Yi bit off the last thread in his hand, shook out the clothes and observed them for a while. After making sure that there were no other damaged parts, he put them away. In a blink of an eye, he saw Xiao Yiran, who had somehow recovered from his breathing problems, staring at him.

　　Touching his face, Bai Yi asked in confusion, "Huh? Is there something on my face?"

　　Xiao Yiran shook his head and asked in a low voice, "Can you sew?"

　　Bai Yi finally realized what Xiao Yiran was looking at and smiled indifferently, "People in the mountains have few clothes, and they often sew and wear them themselves, so they know how to do it. But your clothes haven't been washed yet, so don't wear them for the time being." Bai Yi folded the clothes and put them away, "I'll go back later and come back in the evening."

       Xiao Yiran retracted his gaze, "No need."

　　Bai Yi discovered that Xiao Yiran really didn't like to talk. His sentence rarely had more than ten words. Fortunately, he could still understand what this person meant, otherwise communication would have been difficult.

　　"I'm a doctor. You have to listen to me for the next five days. Otherwise, I won't be responsible if you die on the road."

　　"…………" Xiao Yiran frowned. After all, he had a special status and was not used to obeying others in everything.

　　"You have to take two doses of this medicine a day. After all, it's not convenient to decoct medicine in the cave. I have to go back and prepare the next dose for you." Bai Yi still opened his mouth to explain. Seeing that Xiao Yiran had no more objections, he nodded with satisfaction, got up and went outside the cave to pick up some dry branches.

         During this day's interaction, Bai Yi suddenly found that he was no longer afraid of this person. Even though he had threatened him with a sword against his neck yesterday, he now felt that although he looked cold and m*rderous, he was still very cooperative. As a doctor, it is always a happy thing to meet an obedient patient.

　　Back in the cave, Bai Yi placed dry branches next to the fire from last night, "It's very cold in the mountains at night. If I come back late, you can light the fire when the sun goes down."

　　"Okay." It was still a short word. Although Xiao Yiran had a noble status since childhood and was rarely ordered to do anything, he was not a playboy who would not listen to others. He chose to obey the orders of the doctor who saved his life.

        After packing up his things, Bai Yi prepared to go down the mountain and go back to boil some medicine before coming back.

　　"By the way, I still don't know your name, young man?"

　　“…”

　　"Well... forget it if it's inconvenient to say."

　　Bai Yi smiled and stopped asking questions.

　　"...Xiao Yiran"

　　Bai Yi walked to the cave entrance, and a low voice came out again, just like the words "leave when the rain stops" yesterday, but this time Bai Yi didn't feel the chill. Laughing secretly at himself for making up more and more things in his mind, Bai Yi shook his head, responded to the person in the cave, and walked out of the cave.

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