"Madam Shen, this is a wound medicine I made myself. Its efficacy is better than yours."
Ji Mo Bai handed over the small porcelain bottle in his hand, speaking rather directly.
Ever since he came here, Li Yue Shu had never been stingy with him, allowing him free access to the pharmacy.
Therefore, he was well aware of what medicines Li Yue Shu had at home and their effects.
Li Yue Shu naturally did not refuse his kindness, reaching out to take the small porcelain bottle. "Thank you."
Ji Mo Bai smiled faintly, his other hand still holding Man Xing. "Man Xing said that Madam Shen's injury has already been treated. Does Young Master Shen's injury require any assistance?"
Li Yue Shu carefully shifted her arm, placing the medicine bottle on a nearby table.
The wound still hurt!
She looked up at Ji Mo Bai. "No need, he's not injured."
Ji Mo Bai was stunned, and unconsciously furrowed his brow. "How could that be?"
He looked surprised, but then seemed to understand something, a knowing expression on his face.
Li Yue Shu noticed his expression and a strange intuition suddenly arose in her heart.
She straightened her face. "Divine Doctor Ji Mo, have you remembered something?"
With no one else present, Li Yue Shu's address to him became more direct.
Ji Mo Bai was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "Man Xing, you go out for a bit."
As for his young master's command, Man Xing naturally would not refuse. After helping him sit down, he turned and went out.
As soon as he went out, he ran into Wei Zi Miao, who was walking towards him.
Wei Zi Miao looked at him with confusion. "Why aren't you staying by your young master's side?"
Man Xing looked up at him. "Young Master has something to discuss with Madam Shen and wants me to wait outside."
Upon hearing this, Wei Zi Miao instinctively looked up.
After all, it was a man and a woman alone, and the door was not closed. He saw the two people sitting opposite each other at a glance.
Li Yue Shu noticed his gaze and looked up.
Wei Zi Miao paused, then silently withdrew his gaze. "Man Xing, I've recently learned a new set of martial arts. Do you want to see?"
Boys naturally had a yearning for martial arts, so Man Xing nodded repeatedly and followed him.
Wei Zi Miao led him away, casually asking, "What are your young master and Madam Shen talking about? It looks like something important."
Man Xing was, after all, just a child and didn't notice anything amiss. He honestly replied, "I don't know. They suddenly started talking about Young Master Shen, and then they had something to discuss."
Wei Zi Miao's eyes flickered.
Talking about Shen Wei?
He looked back at the house behind him, his eyes reflecting a stream of light, and the smile on his lips became even more gentle.
...
Hearing the footsteps outside gradually recede, Ji Mo Bai finally turned to face Li Yue Shu.
"Madam Shen, do you remember that when I examined Young Master Shen before, I said that his current condition is either that he has forgotten it subconsciously, or, he is faking it."
The last two words struck Li Yue Shu's heart like a hammer.
If it were before, she would have unhesitatingly denied this possibility.
But now...
Li Yue Shu looked up at the person in front of her, her expression inscrutable. "Does Divine Doctor Ji Mo's words have another meaning?"
Ji Mo Bai tilted his head slightly and pointed to his ear. "I said, I can't see, but I can hear. The internal energy and footsteps of a martial artist are more steady and orderly than ordinary people."
"Unless there is a sudden incident, a person who has forgotten their martial arts would not change their internal energy and footsteps, unless..."
Unless he was faking it, and deliberately controlled his internal energy and footsteps, occasionally exposing himself.
Ji Mo Bai didn't say the latter part, but Li Yue Shu understood.
After a long silence, Li Yue Shu finally spoke. "Since you suspected it long ago, why didn't you tell me?"
Ji Mo Bai naturally heard the anger in her voice, but his expression remained calm. "I wanted to say it at the time, but before I could, didn't Madam Shen already have a conclusion?"
Li Yue Shu was stunned.
Indeed, at that time, Ji Mo Bai had mentioned two possibilities after the examination, and she had, without any thought, chosen to believe Shen Wei.
The atmosphere fell silent.
Seemingly feeling the oppressive atmosphere, Ji Mo Bai took the initiative to ask, "How did Madam Shen know?"
He knew Li Yue Shu's trust in Shen Wei well. Logically, she shouldn't have seen through it so without warning.
Li Yue Shu's gaze flickered. She didn't answer, but her mind replayed a scene she had seen before.
After she had removed the bullet from the masked man's forehead, she turned around and saw Shen Wei squatting down towards that masked man.
She saw him open his mouth and say something, saw the masked man's eyes widen in fear, and also saw him ruthlessly grip the masked man's neck.
That cold, numb expression was not at all the look of someone with dementia.
So, she asked him what he was doing, and he said, "I just saw this person move, is he still alive?"
He was lying!
Although his technique was exquisite, directly shattering the masked man's cervical vertebrae, leaving no trace of injury on the surface, he had underestimated her understanding of the human body.
She had always been a smart person, but because she had never suspected Shen Wei, she would subconsciously find other reasons to explain away many of the doubts surrounding him.
But once she found something wrong, many past details would be brought up by her.
Steward Li had personally come to deliver the deed of sale, the Zhang family had been tricked out of three hundred taels by her and then disappeared without a trace, Shen Wei was clearly fine but had not recovered for a long time, his occasional disappearances, his apparent foolishness yet controlled demeanor, and what Hong Dai had said before, that no one in Chongzhou knew that Old Xu had helped her...
All sorts of doubts now had an explanation.
Li Yue Shu's palm unconsciously tightened, and she only snapped back to reality when she felt pain in her palm.
She looked up at Ji Mo Bai, her voice slightly hoarse. "We hope that Divine Doctor Ji Mo can keep our conversation confidential."
Ji Mo Bai naturally wouldn't go around spreading such things, so he nodded in agreement.
...
At the same time, Shen Wei, whom the two were discussing, avoided everyone and summoned Chai Yang Xinghe.
"Go and investigate whether today's assassin was one of the Crown Prince's men, and also investigate his recent movements."
Xing He looked surprised. "Master was attacked by an assassin today?"
He and Chai Yang always stayed in the back mountain unless they had something to do, so they were unaware of the masked man.
Chai Yang, however, caught the implied meaning in Shen Wei's words. "Could it be that besides the Crown Prince, someone else has found out about Tong Mu County?"
Upon learning that the Crown Prince was investigating "Shen Wei," they knew that the Crown Prince would definitely find out about this place and would send assassins immediately.
But from the master's words, it seemed that today's assassin might not have been the Crown Prince?
Shen Wei did not speak, but the expression in his eyes deepened.
He had personally seen the masked man's knife avoid Li Yue Shu's vital points. They seemed to be in league, but Li Yue Shu had shown no mercy towards the masked man, and even...
Suddenly thinking of something, Shen Wei's expression changed slightly. "Withdraw the mission from Chi Yun Lou and cancel all investigations into Li Yue Shu."
As soon as these words were spoken, even the usually intelligent and composed Chai Yang couldn't help but show a surprised expression.