Suspicion

There's a phrase used to describe achieving great success and reaching the highest official rank. "Becoming a prime minister and being granted a marquisate."

The prime minister is the prime minister, and the hou is the position occupied by Qu Nihou.

This is the highest achievement that non-royal lineage can attain; even a hereditary title is a prestigious and extraordinary one.

When Zhang Xuezhou used his Person-Fixing Technique, he had seen the high walls and courtyards that Chen Zhang remembered, but he never expected that this would directly involve a marquis.

Inheriting the benefits of their ancestors, these people's starting point is the ultimate goal of the rights pursued by everyone in the Han Kingdom except for the royal family.

As long as they don't commit any major mistakes, these people can continue to inherit their titles.

Such people possess immense power and extensive networks of connections, and their wealth is beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

Zhang Xuezhou thought Wei Shao'er had gone completely mad, actually stabbing someone like that.

At first, he thought that Wei Shao'er had only injured the child of some official, but he did not expect that Wei Shao'er would directly target the top.

If Marquis Qu Ni discovers anything amiss, this will be their death.

Compared to the young Chen Zhang, Qu Nihou's cultivation was extremely high, and Zhang Xuezhou had already stood in front of him in the short time it took to take a step.

"Divine Physician, please wait! My servant is utterly ungrateful; I beg you, Divine Physician, to heal him!"

Marquis Qu Ni bowed slightly in greeting.

He was tall and imposing, with a dignified and authoritative air about him.

Once his feet were firmly planted, he flicked his sleeve and retrieved the magical Law Treasure that had enabled him to levitate.

There aren't many Technique Method that can heal injuries, and even fewer that can cure injuries to the bones and meridians of the hand. Most people use pills to stop bleeding and ointments to stimulate muscle growth.

Many of the senior military doctors in the military region come from medical schools and are skilled in some form of wound healing.

But if we're talking about a cure-all, only the Northern Border Military Region can do it.

This is a medical system established by Li Guang, and the corresponding learning process is extremely rigorous. Even princes rarely come into contact with it, and there are rules for seeking treatment. Even Marquis Qu Ni would find it difficult to use the military medical services of the Northern Border Military Region, let alone ask Li Guang for help.

According to the information Chen Zhang obtained, the divine physician they were looking for possessed the ability to almost completely heal injuries.

These messages originated from some junior Union soldiers and involved dozens of people.

This piqued Qu Nihou's interest, and he eventually agreed to come and take a look.

He just didn't expect the other person to be such a slippery character, trying to slip away before even entering the door.

This made him very suspicious of whether this person had real skills or was just using some deceptive tricks to deceive people.

He called him a "miracle doctor," but what he was really thinking about was exposing Zhang Xuezhou's true colors, so that Chen Zhang would learn a lesson and not believe everyone he met.

Qu Nihou rolled up the sleeve of his right hand, revealing a section of his arm as well.

He also had a sword wound on his arm, but it was much less severe than Chen Zhang's injury. The white bandage was almost completely dry, with only a faint scent of ointment.

Wei Shao'er was able to overpower Chen Zhang because Chen Zhang's martial arts skills were inferior; Chen Zhang's excellence among young people was far from comparable to that of a prodigy like Wei Shao'er.

The reason why Qu Nihou was injured by Wei Shao'er was mainly because Technique Method generally have average close combat skills, and it is normal for them to be attacked when they are caught off guard. Moreover, when Chen Zhang was attacked, he also helped to protect his younger brother, which resulted in his arm being injured.

"Lord Marquis's injuries have been almost completely healed; there's no need for shortcuts using Technique Method," Zhang Xuezhou said after focusing his attention. "My cultivation is shallow; even treating someone of your profound cultivation like Lord Marquis would be difficult for me!"

"You only said it was difficult, so it's not incurable," Qu Nihou laughed. "Since you can cure it, then please treat me well. Ten taels of silver is no problem!"

Money, which is extremely difficult to obtain for those at the bottom of society, is certainly not a problem for marquis families.

Let alone healing injuries, the money that Marquis Qu Ni spent on hosting a banquet would be more than ten taels of silver, and the money involved in cultivation and social interactions would be even more.

If he could heal his hand injury, Qu Nihou would at least feel that the ten taels of silver were worthwhile.

If he cannot heal his hand injury, or if there are any hidden tricks in the Technique Method, then he shouldn't blame him for retaliating ruthlessly.

He is a marquis, not a three-year-old child who can be easily fooled. Deceiving the emperor is a serious crime, and the consequences of deceiving a marquis will not be good either.

He stretched out his arm, and two burly servants quickly emerged from the inn, holding swords and standing beside Zhang Xuezhou.

"Then I would trouble you, Lord Marquis, to remove these bandages from the wound, clean it thoroughly, and try your best to calm your surging Law Power, lest my spell fail!"

Zhang Xuezhou frowned several times, constantly estimating the difference in cultivation levels between Qu Nihou and Tiger Strength Demon King.

With each higher level of cultivation, the body's resistance to Law Power also increases, which weakens the effectiveness of Zhang Xuezhou's Technique Method.

If Supreme Purity True Technique is of average quality, it will be equally ineffective against cultivators with higher levels of cultivation.

Zhang Xuezhou was only thankful that his Supreme Purity True Technique was fairly reliable, and that the Yang Soul Dharma Body that had harmed him had provided amplification effects for his Technique Method.

This made Zhang Xuezhou reluctant to treat people like Qu Nihou, but he wasn't overly afraid of treating such people either.

In any case, if he repeats the spell, he might still have the ability to heal the opponent's injuries.

"My lord, you mustn't! This is a medicinal plaster that Physician Chunyu gave you to treat your wound. She specifically instructed you not to remove it until your wound has fully healed!"

A servant holding a sword whispered a reminder to Zhang Xuezhou, while another servant holding a knife glared at Zhang Xuezhou with hostility.

There are genuine skills in the world, and there are also Fake Technique.

Genuine skill is real ability, while Fake Technique is mainly based on technique and often involves deception and fraud.

The reason why Zhang Xuezhou is not trusted is simple: Zhang Xuezhou is not old, his cultivation level can be guessed, and his situation of being reduced to setting up a stall does make people suspect that he is a charlatan.

It's not so bad if it can't be cured; it's worse if it destroys the original medical methods.

After Zhang Xuezhou finished speaking, Qu Nihou couldn't help but frown slightly.

"Brother, if it's inconvenient for you to treat me, you can let me go first!" Chen Zhang said happily as he ran out of the inn. "My cultivation is shallow, so I'm easy to treat. I'll just find someone to apply another set of ointments when they run out!"

Marquis Qu Ni received one kind of treatment, while Chen Zhang, a member of a collateral branch of the Lineage, received another.

At least given Chen Zhang's status, it wouldn't be necessary for Physician Chunyu to intervene, and correspondingly, it wouldn't be that difficult to request other physicians of a lower rank.

"Fine!"

Qu Nihou finally nodded, letting Chen Zhang take the test first.

"Pay up!"

Zhang Xuezhou wasn't entirely confident in treating Qu Nihou, but treating Chen Zhang was simple and easy.

He asked for a consultation fee, which made Chen Zhang look at Qu Nihou with longing eyes.

"Go and fetch ten taels of silver!"

Qu Nihou gave the order in a calm voice, and the servant holding the sword immediately responded and headed towards the carriage outside the inn.

Ten seconds later, the servant arrived carrying a full-weight silver ingot.

"Go ahead and treat it, then take that silver ingot if you're so capable!"

Qu Nihou took the silver ingot and casually tossed it onto the square table in the guest room. The silver ingot landed steadily in the center of the table.

"Hopefully, we've run into a lucky benefactor!"

Zhang Xuezhou muttered something to himself, then greeted Chen Zhang with a smile.

After the shopkeeper brought him a basin of water, he tore off the white cloth that had been used to bandage Chen Zhang's arm and then washed away the blue ointment that had been applied to his arm.

A nearly two-inch-long, peeling wound was also revealed.

Although the wound has begun to scab over, inflammation, redness, swelling, and bleeding in some areas are inevitable, and there are even signs of pus formation in some places.

"This wound was inflicted by a short sword. This sword is thin, short, and incredibly sharp, and it must have been wrapped with something like silk threads. The traitor must have been hiding in a dark corner of our vision when he threw it from a distance, causing us to be injured," said Qu Nihou. "After making the move, the opponent must have blended into the crowd and moved away from the scene as the flow of people carried them away!"

Upon seeing the wound again, Qu Nihou couldn't help but describe the characteristics of the victim.

"Ouch, I heard that Tian Tian and Zhou Jiande were also stabbed," Chen Zhang cried out in pain.

"Yes, the families of Marquis Wu'an and Marquis Pingqu also suffered misfortune. Fortunately, that traitor may have had some reservations and did not go so far as to kill people in the street," Marquis Qu said, his eyes narrowing slightly.

Seeing Chen Zhang's cries of pain turn into comfortable sounds in a short moment, Qu Nihou, besides realizing that Zhang Xuezhou was a truly capable person, couldn't help but wonder if the reason for everyone's injuries was related to medical resources.

It was obvious that a wandering doctor wouldn't have the ability to have someone assassinate a member of a noble Aristocratic Clan, which led him to shift his suspicions to Li Guang, the head of the Weiyang Palace Chang'an City to protect the new emperor.