Chapter 754 – In the End, Red Stew Is Still Just Meat (2/2)
What shocked her, and what had even caused her to reveal a little heartache on her face, was that she could very clearly smell the scent of many medicinal ingredients in the lamb stew.
Angelica, gouji berry, cloves, golden eye grass, goat weed…
From this lamb stew, she could smell quite a few ingredients, and these were ingredients that she had smelled from a certain pill.
That Master Yang, who was newly arrived to the Sacred Hospital, had an even more unsightly expression.
Because his true identity was Doctor Yang, the doctor from Wenshui City who was employed by the Tang clan, and he had once personally analyzed this pill.
He was incredibly sure that the thirty-four ingredients mixed into this pot of lamb stew were the ingredients used to make the Cinnabar Pill! He turned once more to the black-clothed girl standing at the edge of the pavilion, and his eyes narrowed into cold blades, carrying a deep-rooted malice and fury, just like the words oozing out from between his teeth.
”Truly an extravagant way of doing things!”
To possess such a beautiful garden and pavilion so deep in the mountains and in the winter meant the owner was naturally unusual, not some ordinary wealthy scion.
But none of these facts was as shocking as this pot of lamb stew.
”What's wrong?” the general grimly asked after seeing the strange expression of the two.
Before An Hua had time to say anything, Master Yang lunged to the table, took up a pair of chopsticks, and rummaged through the leftover lamb stew in the pot. He then poured out a cup of wine, brought it to his nose, and sniffed it.
With just a single sniff, Master Yang's face went as red as the lamb stew in the pot.
He was not drunk, but furious. His angry body was trembling all over, causing the wine in the cup to spill out, just like the furious question spilling from his mouth.
”This is a reckless waste! You actually used these things that can save lives to stew meat and make wine!?”
The rest of the group finally understood and couldn't help but be shocked. The general turned gloomy while some people stared at the stew and wine pot on the table, their eyes aglow.
An Hua had already shaken off her shock, but she still felt her heartache, felt disappointment and sadness.
After learning of the Cinnabar Pill, she had made many speculations on that enigmatic master doctor. She felt that this person must be an aloof noble who disregarded the mundane world and cared not for fame, but…did such precious herbs that could help the soldiers on the frontlines escape from death and pain mean so little to this person? Was the Cinnabar Pill not a miracle that this person had painstakingly created to save all lives but some game they were playing with this world? Were they just a child playing house that ended up being mistaken for the real thing by bystanders? Did the high regard the common people gave to the Cinnabar Pill and her worship of this person not seem particularly laughable in that person's eyes?
Fine, even if it was all just a game to that person, to ordinary mortals like her who lived in the mundane world, this was still a matter that concerned life and death. An Hua gave a helpless sigh, burying her anguish, and asked the black-clothed girl, ”Might I ask, is my lady the master of the Cinnabar Pill?”
The black-clothed girl turned around, but did not answer the question, instead looking at Master Yang. Master Yang, upon realizing that this lamb stew and pot of wine might have contained the Cinnabar Pill, was completely caught up in the emotions of fury and incredulity and didn't even notice her stare.
No one could tell what the black-clothed girl was feeling. That young and elegant face of hers was forever devoid of emotion, an ancient slab of ice. Her voice was similarly chilling, but the meaning in her words was completely opposite of ice, brimming with passion, even rage. Of course, there was also a sense of absolute incredulity.
”Those filthy hands of yours actually dared to touch my sacred and inviolable wine and meat…this is truly a praiseworthy deed.”
Everyone, An Hua included, was flabbergasted at these words, not understanding what she meant. Master Yang finally came to his senses and looked at her in astonishment.
The black-clothed girl's eyes became exceptionally bright as she said, ”I haven't eaten human meat for a very long time. Thank you for giving me such a perfect reason.”