I started out with seven husbands, and I worked hard to support my family while crying.

Chapter 399: These two people are poisoned, not sick.

Pei Yan looked anxious and leaned close to Fang Xiaoxiao, lowering his voice to ask urgently, "Xiaoxiao, what exactly did you find out?"

Fang Xiaoxiao also lowered her voice, her brows furrowed, and muttered solemnly, "The two people on the bed are poisoned, not sick."

Upon hearing this, Pei Yan's pupils constricted sharply, his face filled with disbelief. He asked in disbelief, "Poisoned? How is that possible?"

The eldest daughter of the Wang family was already furious. She impatiently shouted, "Hmph, what are you two whispering about? If you don't know how to cure it, don't waste time here. Go back to your room and go to sleep. Don't make trouble!" She put her hands on her hips, her eyes wide open, looking fierce.

Fang Xiaoxiao, however, did not back down. Her gaze was firm and unwavering as she raised her voice and said loudly, "I'm sure your parents are poisoned, not sick!"

Upon hearing this, Wang's second daughter turned deathly pale and cried out in alarm, her lips trembling, "What? Poisoning? What... what are we going to do?"

Wang's eldest daughter still looked disdainful, pointing her finger fiercely at Fang Xiaoxiao's nose and cursing, "You ignorant and arrogant liar, stop spouting nonsense!"

Fang Xiaoxiao's eyes were sharp and fearless as she said decisively, "I can verify it with silver needles!"

Wang's eldest daughter stood with her hands firmly on her hips, her eyes wide with anger, and shouted, "No, absolutely not! Get out of here right now!"

Just then, disregarding the eldest daughter of the Wang family's objections, Fang Xiaoxiao reached into her bosom and took out a silver needle, insisting on using it to verify the claim.

A strange sound suddenly came from outside the window, as if something was stirring in the darkness.

Upon hearing the strange noise, Pei Yan tensed instantly and abruptly turned to look out the window. His eyes were sharp as an eagle's, fixed on every corner outside the window, but everything outside was calm and still, with nothing unusual in sight.

Seeing this, the eldest daughter of the Wang family took the opportunity to sway her hips and step forward, her face full of fawning smiles, and said in a coquettish voice, "Young master, what's wrong?" Her eyes were staring straight at Pei Yan, and her infatuated appearance was simply disgusting.

Pei Yan frowned in disgust and said coldly, "It's nothing." Then he turned to the eldest daughter of the Wang family and said in a serious tone, "Could you please have Fang Xiaoxiao use her silver needles to check on your parents?"

Upon hearing this, the eldest daughter of the Wang family nodded hurriedly and said with a look of infatuation, "I will listen to the young master. Whatever the young master says is what I will do."

Fang Xiaoxiao ignored her and began to examine the patient carefully. Her expression was focused as she skillfully probed the patient's body with silver needles. After a series of procedures, her face grew increasingly grave, and she confirmed, "The Wang family parents have been poisoned with a slow-acting poison."

Upon hearing this, Wang's second daughter turned pale with fright, her legs went weak, and she almost collapsed to the ground, crying out, "What are we going to do?"

The eldest daughter of the Wang family looked on in astonishment, her eyes wide, and shouted at the top of her lungs, "How is that possible? You're talking nonsense!"

Fang Xiaoxiao snorted coldly, too lazy to argue with her, and handed the blackened silver needle to the two of them, saying, "See for yourselves!"

Wang's eldest daughter stared at the silver needles for a long time, but couldn't figure it out. Yet she still stubbornly insisted, "There's something wrong with your silver needles. You must be the one doing this!"

Fang Xiaoxiao shook her head helplessly, her eyes full of disdain. Too lazy to explain to her anymore, she gently instructed the second daughter of the Wang family, "Take care of your parents first. I'll come over tomorrow." After saying that, she and Pei Yan turned and walked towards the room.

On the way back to the room, Pei Yan leaned close to Fang Xiaoxiao and whispered, "I just saw a bald monk outside the window."

Fang Xiaoxiao kept walking, her expression calm as still water, and said lightly, "It's normal for the bald monk to be monitoring us." After a brief pause, her gaze became deep, and she continued, "I suspect that this poison was likely spread through the water source."

A dazzling shooting star streaked across the night sky and vanished instantly into the endless darkness.

The next morning, as dawn broke, Pei Yan couldn't wait to get up and rush to the village's water source to check. He pursed his lips, his brows furrowed, his eyes filled with worry, and he muttered to himself, "We must find the source of the poisoning as soon as possible; we can't let more villagers suffer."

Inside the house, Fang Xiaoxiao was completely focused on preparing pills to slow the spread of poisoning, based on the condition of the Wang family's daughter and her parents. Her eyes were bright and focused, and her slender fingers skillfully manipulated various herbs and tools like nimble butterflies, oblivious to the fine beads of sweat forming on her forehead.

Just then, the eldest daughter of the Wang family stormed in. Hands on her hips, she saw Fang Xiaoxiao making pills, a sneer on her face, and she shrieked, "Hmph, you think you can make pills? I bet you're just wasting your time. You don't know anything about healing, yet you're putting on an act. Don't waste my family's herbs!"

Fang Xiaoxiao frowned slightly upon hearing this, but continued with her work as if she hadn't heard a thing, completely ignoring her.

Seeing that Fang Xiaoxiao remained silent, Wang's eldest daughter became even angrier. She stomped her foot, cursed, and turned to leave angrily.

A moment later, Wang's second daughter tiptoed in. Seeing Fang Xiaoxiao making medicine, her eyes gleamed with excitement and curiosity, and she cautiously asked, "Sister, can you really make effective pills?"

Fang Xiaoxiao kept working with her hands and replied with a smile, "Right now, I can only make pills to stop the spread of the poison. The specific antidote will have to be found out from the source of the poisoning."

Wang's second daughter nodded quickly, her eyes full of expectation, and said, "It's okay, as long as my parents can be saved, I'll be content."

While methodically making the pills, Fang Xiaoxiao chatted with the second daughter of the Wang family. She looked puzzled and asked softly, "Sister, why do bald monks come to your village to preach?"

Wang's second daughter sighed and replied, "The village chief called them."

Fang Xiaoxiao pressed further, "Then why did the village chief call them here?"

Wang's second daughter said helplessly, "Because many people in our village have the same strange illness as my parents, the village chief probably had no other choice but to try anything in desperation."

Upon hearing this, Fang Xiaoxiao felt a pang of anxiety and secretly thought, "This strange illness is most likely the work of those bald monks."

Thinking of this, Fang Xiaoxiao then asked, "When did the practice of going to Qingfeng Mountain to cultivate begin?"

Wang's second daughter tilted her head and thought for a moment before saying, "It started two years ago, and not everyone can go. It has to be a woman, and the head monk has to personally select her."