webnovelvip Chapter 25 Your Filial Piety Is a Bit Poisonous
Chapter 25 Your Filial Piety Is a Bit Poisonous
"Medicated wine?" Li Ergou's beady eyes narrowed sharply, and the veins on his neck bulged like earthworms. "You're talking nonsense! My mother got sick from taking that lousy Chinese medicine! You're just a shill hired by that quack doctor, aren't you? Believe me or not, I'll sue you too!"
The more he bluffed, the more obvious his guilty conscience became.
Wang Minyu ignored his shouts and calmly fixed his gaze on Li Ergou's dirty right hand.
A ring of black mud was embedded in the crease of his index fingernail, as if he had been digging in the soil.
The pungent smell that no one but Wang Minyu could detect was spreading and drifting in the air as Li Ergou excitedly waved his arms.
The skill of "intermediate-level medicinal herb identification" flashed through my mind.
High concentrations of alkaloid residues detected. Ingredients: Raw aconite root, raw aconite tuber, strychnine seed. State: Unprocessed, highly toxic.
"Rheumatoid arthritis, the pain is so bad on rainy days I feel like amputating my leg. I heard from the old folks in the village that this remedy is effective, so I went to the mountains to dig it up myself?" Wang Minyu's tone was calm, as if he were chatting casually. "Soaking raw aconite in high-proof liquor, it's definitely potent. When you drink it yourself, do you only dare to dip the tip of your chopsticks in to taste it?"
Li Ergou froze, his waving arm hanging in mid-air, his face instantly turning from liver red to deathly pale.
Did this guy install surveillance cameras in his house? He even knows how he takes his medicine?
"You...you're talking nonsense..." Her voice was clearly weak.
"The old lady had just recovered from a cold yesterday, and she was still weak. You figured that since this 'miracle wine' could cure your leg, it could definitely give her a 'boost' too. So, you poured her a full glass and watched her drink it." Wang Minyu took a step closer, his eyes as cold as ice shards in the dead of winter. "Am I right?"
The air in the ward felt like it had been sucked out.
Those relatives who had initially spoken up for them now looked at each other with surprise and disbelief in their eyes.
"Ergou, is what this person is saying... true?" The most outspoken aunt couldn't help but ask, her voice trembling.
"It's fake! It's all fake! He's spouting nonsense!" Li Ergou was still trying to hold on, but his legs were starting to tremble, and he didn't dare to look anyone in the eye.
"You won't admit it?" Wang Minyu scoffed, turning to the young doctor who was already stunned by the scolding. "Doctor, draw blood now and expedite the toxicology analysis, focusing on aconitine alkaloids. Also, call the police."
"Call...call the police?" The young doctor was still clueless.
"Yes, suspected of causing serious injury through negligence, and might even be charged with intentional homicide." Wang Minyu looked at Li Ergou, each word like a nail piercing into his flesh. "Three million in compensation, enough to fill your gambling debt hole and buy you a new car. You're really trying to rip me off."
"Ah—!" Li Ergou finally broke down, collapsing to the ground with a thud. He pointed at Wang Minyu and stammered "you you you" for a long time, but couldn't manage to utter a complete sentence.
"Quick! Nurse! Draw blood! Notify the security guard!" The young doctor finally reacted and shouted.
The ward instantly descended into chaos. The family's exclamations, Li Ergou's wails, and the clanging of the nurses' trolleys mingled together.
"Shut up, all of you!" Wang Minyu suddenly raised his voice. "You can arrest people later, save people first!"
He strode to the bedside and forcefully pried open the old woman's eyelids. Her pupils were already dilating, a sign of impending death.
"There's no specific antidote for aconitine poisoning. Conventional gastric lavage and laxatives are all too late now; the toxins have already entered the bloodstream." Wang Minyu spoke rapidly. "Heart arrhythmia has already occurred. If we delay for another two minutes, even a miracle won't save us."
"What should we do then? Put in a pacemaker?" The young doctor was sweating profusely with anxiety.
"No time." Wang Minyu pulled a brown paper packet from his pocket. "60 grams of licorice root, 60 grams of dried ginger, this is the powder. Mix 120 grams of honey with boiling water and drink. Immediately! Right now!"
"Traditional Chinese medicine?" The young doctor, who had just picked up the defibrillator, nearly dropped it upon hearing this. "Brother, you want me to administer traditional Chinese medicine at this time? This doesn't follow emergency procedures! Who will be responsible if something goes wrong?"
"What kind of time is this to be talking about procedures?" Wang Minyu shoved the medicine packet into his best friend Zhang Kai's hand. "Haven't you read the *Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Chamber*? Licorice root detoxifies all poisons, dried ginger protects the heart's yang energy. This is a life-saving formula that Zhang Zhongjing specially reserved for these reckless idiots! If anything goes wrong, I'll give you my life, okay?"
The young doctor was stunned by this imposing aura.
"Kai, go!" Wang Minyu didn't have time for words and kicked Zhang Kai in the butt.
"Yes, sir!" Zhang Kai grabbed the medicine packet and darted out of the ward like a rabbit.
The ward was eerily quiet, with only the piercing "beep-beep" sound of the monitor, as if it were counting down the days to life.
Li Ergou huddled in the corner, his face buried in his crotch, trembling like a leaf.
He's more afraid than anyone else now. If his mother really dies, whether he can get the three million is another matter, but he's definitely going to jail for sure.
Two minutes later, Zhang Kai rushed back with a stainless steel bowl, and the strong sweet and spicy smell instantly overpowered the smell of disinfectant.
"Feeding tube! Push it in directly!"
The nurse's hands were shaking a little, but her movements were still quite quick.
The brownish liquid of medicine slowly disappeared into the old woman's nasal cavity through the transparent tube.
Everyone held their breath, staring intently at the monitor.
A minute passed.
Two minutes passed.
The green curve representing a heartbeat continued to throb erratically, as if it were drunk, even stretching into a straight line a few times, triggering the alarm to blare.
"No! Ventricular fibrillation!" The young doctor's voice was hoarse from shouting. He grabbed the electrode pads and was about to rush forward. "Prepare for defibrillation!"
"Don't move!" Wang Minyu grabbed his wrist with surprising strength.
"You're insane! This is a human life!" The doctor's eyes were red.
"Wait a little longer." Wang Minyu stared at the curve, a fine layer of sweat beading on his forehead.
The effects of the medicine take time to dissipate, and the recovery of the heart's yang energy is an even more protracted battle.
Every second now is a battle against death.
Li Ergou peeked at the monitor through his fingers, and his lips twitched uncontrollably, unsure whether he wanted to cry or laugh.
Just as the young doctor was about to break free of his restraints to forcefully defibrillate—
"Drip... drip... drip..."
That chaotic, frenzied rhythm suddenly disappeared.
Instead, a faint but extremely regular pulsation sound was heard.
The green curve has stabilized.
Immediately afterwards, the blood pressure reading, which had been dropping to rock bottom, began to slowly climb back up.
60/40……70/50……80/60……
"Cough—cough cough!"
The old man on the hospital bed, who looked like a withered tree, heaved violently and let out a hoarse cough.
Her eyelids trembled, and she slowly opened them a crack.
"Water...I want to drink water..." Her voice was hoarse, like sandpaper scraping against a table, but to everyone else it sounded like heavenly music.
Alive!
He's actually alive!
The young doctor dropped the electrode pads from his hand with a clatter, looking at Wang Minyu as if he were some alien creature.
A bowl of ginger and honey soup can pull someone back from the brink of death? Is that scientific? It's not scientific at all, but it's very much in line with traditional Chinese medicine.
Li Ergou collapsed to the ground, a dark stain spreading between his legs, and a foul odor emanating from his crotch.
It's over, it's over.
Ignoring the shocked or admiring gazes around him, Wang Minyu walked to the bedside, bent down, and said softly, "Auntie, wake up. When your son gave you that glass of wine last night, didn't he tell you it was good stuff?"
The old lady's eyes were still somewhat unfocused. Upon hearing these words, turbid tears streamed down her cheeks and slid into her graying temples.
"Yeah... Er Gou said... it was to nourish my body... I thought it was a filial gesture from the child... so I drank it... who knew this filial piety... would burn my throat a bit..."
A hammer is fixed.
The truth came out.
Those relatives who were just about to beat and kill each other now looked at Li Ergou with even more ruthless eyes than they would at their father's killer.
Wang Minyu straightened up, patted the powder residue off his hands, pointed to the red-glowing camera in the corner, and gestured to Zhang Kai, who was already terrified.
"The evidence is conclusive, and we have both the statements and video recordings. Leave the rest to the police."
After saying that, he pulled off his white coat and casually draped it over his shoulder. Under the respectful gaze of the medical staff, he walked out of the ward with an air of indifference.
"Hey! Miracle doctor! You haven't left your name yet!" came the young doctor's voice from behind.
Wang Minyu didn't turn around, he just waved with his back turned.
"Renxin Pharmacy, specializing in treating all kinds of indigestion."