Chapter 405 - Chapter 405: Triggering the Cold Poison
Chapter 405: Triggering the Cold Poison
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Su Binglan heard Luo Jin’an’s voice and looked up at him. She noticed his cold expression, and the aura around him had changed.
‘Does he recognize the jade pendant?’
Su Binglan explained everything to her husband, “I brought the pendant back from Willow Village, and…”
Luo Jin’an looked at the pendant and said, “So, is the person in the portrait the owner of her pendant?”
“Yes, is there something wrong with that?” Su Binglan asked. She knew there was something off about her husband’s expression.
Luo Jin’an said, “A spy was in the army three years ago among people who transported food. One of them had a jade pendant like this. However, he was in disguise at the time.
“I was fighting at the border while one of my subordinates was in charge of the battalion. When something happened, I looked for clues, deducted them, and discovered more details.
“My people said the culprit had a jade pendant with him. Someone sketched what the pendant looked like, but the information about the owner was false.
If this is what the person looks like, it’ll make it easier for me to find him.”
Luo Jin’an gave a simple explanation, his expression somewhat solemn. His demeanor had changed when he recalled the past. Emotions welled up in his heart, and then he started coughing.
“Cough, cough! Ahem!” It was heart-wrenching to hear.
Su Binglan became anxious when she saw her husband like that. At that moment, Luo Jin’an looked meager, so Su Binglan quickly reached out to support him and take his pulse.
Her expression instantly changed. “Stop thinking and worrying about the past. You must rest.”
Luo Jin’an had gotten so anxious that his cold poison had begun to act up again. He said while shaking his head, “It’s okay.”
He could not keep calm as memories from the war three years ago filled his mind. His eyes were bloodshot, and he could faintly smell the thick stench of blood when he breathed.
Su Binglan looked at her husband under the candlelight and noticed his picturesque eyes turn blood-red. She was shocked and uttered, “Jin’an.”
Luo Jin’an seemed unaware that his wife had called his name, so Su Binglan said, “Husband?”
Perhaps that brought Luo Jin’an back to his senses before he coughed a few more times and said to Su Binglan, “I can’t control my emotions sometimes and lose my rationality and consciousness.”
Thus, Luo Jin’an dared not recall what had happened three years ago. The more he thought about it, the more he would lose control of his emotions. No one around him could understand how brutal that war was except for Luo Jin’an. After all, the Wei family were his relatives, who had all died.
He closed his eyes and coughed while Su Binglan’s heart clenched. At that moment, she could feel her husband’s heart aching. “Stop thinking about those things. I’ll brew some medicine for you.”
With that, she ran off to the kitchen.
Luo Jin’an wanted to stop his wife, but his cold poisoning showed signs of acting up, and his body became fragile. The poison caused his potent inner energy to stay stagnant, unable to disperse.
The cold air kept drilling through his body, making him feel tremendous pain.
However, he looked like he could not feel it because he did not make a sound. Still, delicate beads of sweat formed on his forehead. It was bizarre as he felt cold yet was sweating. It was evident he was in great pain.
After finding the ingredients, Su Binglan prepared to brew the medicine However, seeing her husband like that, she could only use her acupuncture skills to help stabilize his physical condition. Immediately after, she continued to brew the medicine.
It was not until Luo Jin’an drank it that his condition improved. Su Binglan immediately heaved a sigh of relief when she noticed she had suppressed his cold poisoning.
“You can’t afford to have major emotional fluctuations, or your internal energy will trigger the poison.” Since Luo Jin’an remained silent, Su Binglan continued, “I know you’re thinking about the war, but you must become healthy to take revenge.
“I’ll go to the county administrator tomorrow and get people to investigate this person.”
Luo Jin’an held his wife’s hand and shook his head weakly, saying, “I’ll do it. That person is a spy from the enemy country, so I want to investigate this secretly. We can’t afford to shake the grass and alert the snake yet.”
Su Binglan could only nod and agree when she saw her husband’s determination.
Luo Jin’an seemed to have thought of something and said, “I might need to leave again for a while.”
“You’re going on a journey again?” Even Su Binglan felt it was too sudden, but she knew Luo Jin’an had many responsibilities and a tremendous weight on his shoulders.
Everything was somewhat mysterious to her. She had only intended to help the Taos but not her husband indirectly.
“Yes.” Luo Jin’an nodded. “I’ll leave tonight.”
After all, some things were more urgent than others.
“B-But, your body is still unstable.” Su Binglan became anxious seeing her husband like that. She frowned, her eyes full of worry.
Luo Jin’an combed his wife’s hair gently before saying, “Don’t worry. I’ll be alright.”
“How can you say that? You don’t know how severe your condition is.”
Luo Jin’an’s physical condition had already exceeded her expectations. The situation had become severe, and the cold poison might kill him if it acted up again.
Su Binglan did not even dare to think about that. She realized she did not want anything to happen to her husband.
Luo Jin’an understood the look in Su Binglan’s eyes, but there were some things he had to do. He said, “I’ve placed guards hidden in plain sight to protect me.”
Su Binglan looked at his determined expression and opened her mouth to say something. However, she ultimately decided against it because she could understand how he felt. She knew he would feel uneasy if he did not deal with
things.
Luo Jin’an took a flute, went to the courtyard, and started playing it. Then a man in black landed in the yard silently. “Master.”
“I have an urgent mission for you to take me back,” Luo Jin’an said.
“Yes, Master.”
Luo Jin’an seemed uneasy, so he turned and said to Su Binglan, “Don’t worry.
I’ll return as soon as possible.”
Su Binglan’s heart clenched as she said, “You must be careful. If anything happens, get your guards to inform me. I’ll try to figure out what I can do, but I’ll help you whenever possible.”
“All right,” Luo Jin’an said in a low and hoarse voice, “You must take care of yourself too. Stop exhausting yourself and rest.”
He could not help but advise his wife..