The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#633 - Taking control

"Yes, there is, but they should have all received the news of Uritu's death by now. Those guys are all very smart and can sense danger in advance, so it won't be easy to find them now," said Registrar Luo.

Qi Wenren's face turned a little ugly after hearing this, but he still slurped the cold noodles in his hand, making a hissing sound. Then he asked Lu Jing, "Am I hopeless?"

"Not quite," Lu Jing said, "The other party has started to take action, which is a good thing. It means that our previous investigation direction was correct. It is because they were pushed too hard by us that they attacked you and Uritu."

"But now Uritu is dead, and the other well-informed guys in the city have also hidden themselves," Qi Wenren said, "How are we going to investigate next?"

"There's still one person," Lu Jing said, "The doctor you lost track of who treated Bu Bule should know something."

"But I don't know his name." Qi Wenren was a little embarrassed.

"It doesn't matter, I know several doctors in the palace." Registrar Luo said, "As long as you describe the person's appearance to me, I will know who it is."

"Uh, he's about five feet tall, with a round face and big ears, and a light yellow short beard on his cheeks…"

Before Qi Wenren finished speaking, Registrar Luo said, "It's Doctor Lu… Well, Doctor Lu is indeed very close to Anda Bini, so it's not surprising that he would help Anda Bini's son pass messages."

Lu Jing asked, "Where does he live?"

"In Yangchang Alley in the east of the city. The one with an old locust tree in front of the door is the one. It's less than an incense stick's distance from here."

Lu Jing was worried that what happened to Uritu would happen again, so after getting Doctor Lu's address from Registrar Luo, he immediately set off to go there.

Luo Yingying stepped forward and knocked on the door. After a while, a woman's voice came from inside, "Who is it?"

Luo Yingying said according to Lu Jing's instructions, "I am a maid in the palace. Lord Bu Bule is still feeling unwell after taking the medicine prescribed by Doctor Lu. I would like to ask Doctor Lu to go back for another diagnosis."

Silence fell behind the door. After a while, the woman's voice rang out again, "Doctor Lu just took off his clothes. Please wait a moment."

"Okay." Luo Yingying said and stood at the door.

On the other side of the courtyard door, a man was stepping on the back of a young apprentice, climbing over the courtyard wall of his own house.

Years of pampered life had made him a little fat, so he put in a lot of effort to climb up. Not having time to wipe his sweat, he hurriedly stretched one of his legs to the other side of the courtyard wall.

Then came the other leg. The man grabbed the top of the wall with both hands, hanging his body in mid-air, then straightened his legs to minimize the distance between himself and the ground, and then let go.

Although he had tried his best to find the right landing point, the angle of the fall was still a bit off, and his body leaned back subconsciously after landing.

Fortunately, at the next moment, a hand supported his back.

"Thank you." Doctor Lu, still in shock, thanked him repeatedly, but then he seemed to think of something, and his whole body stiffened.

"If you really want to thank me, why not treat me to a meal?" Lu Jing said lightly.

"This… that won't be necessary, right?" Doctor Lu chuckled dryly, "You just helped me a little."

"But if I hadn't helped you, you would have fallen."

"Falling isn't a big deal. I'm not too old, and I exercise regularly, so my body can withstand this fall."

Lu Jing shook his head, "This has nothing to do with age, because some falls can't be taken at any age."

Doctor Lu's expression changed drastically when he heard this. He looked around, seemingly wanting to ask the people around for help.

But then he saw Lu Jing reach out and lightly stroke his cheek. When he retracted his hand, there was already a tuft of hair in his palm.

"If you think the people coming to save you are faster than my sword, then you can shout as you please."

Doctor Lu said with a mournful face, "I'm just helping to pass a message for the sake of an old friend. I really don't know anything."

"What was the message?"

"I don't know."

"You don't know?"

Seeing that Lu Jing was about to reach out again, Doctor Lu hurriedly said, "I really don't know. Bu Bule only asked me to buy a pair of shoes at the market. This matter itself is a message."

"Who did he ask you to buy shoes from?"

"He didn't say, just asked me to pick a pair at random in the market."

Lu Jing raised his eyebrows, "Then why did you go to the bathhouse afterwards?"

"That was my own temporary idea, because… I always felt like someone was following me, so I took a bath in the bathhouse, wanting to wait for that person to leave."

"But after I came out, I still had the feeling of being watched, so I turned to Xian Shui Alley, where a rascal named Tata lived. His mother almost died of a sudden illness that year, and I saved her, so I have some friendship with him, and I wanted to ask him to deal with the person behind me."

"And then, he went and knocked out the person behind you?" Lu Jing continued to ask.

"No," Doctor Lu said, "I found Tata, but we went out for a walk and couldn't find the person following me. That guy just disappeared."

Doctor Lu swallowed after speaking, "I can swear that everything I said is true."

Lu Jing remained noncommittal, but just said again, "You should also know about the strange illness of the daughter of Chief Tongtu."

"I know, I went to see her too, but I have no clue." Doctor Lu said, "From the pulse, there is nothing wrong with her body at all. It's really strange."

"Have you ever seen anything similar happen to other people?"

"Don't be afraid, I didn't kill him," Lu Jing said.

Doctor Lu勉强勉强 a smile on his face, but then he heard Lu Jing say, "I'm worried that the person who killed Uritu will also盯上盯上 you."

"This… that's not possible, I don't know anything." Doctor Lu said nervously.

"Yes, that's why you've been able to live until now," Lu Jing said, "Otherwise, that person would have killed you before I came to see you."

Doctor Lu's heart, which was hanging in the air, was about to be put down when he heard Lu Jing continue, "But it doesn't matter, I can make the other side think you know something."

"What… what do you mean?" Doctor Lu's eyelids began to twitch. He had a bad feeling.

"That guy seems to like盯上 me, and always wants to be half a step faster than me. Since that's the case, then I'll play with him."