CHAPTER 174: CHAPTER 174 GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS

"Manager Chu is truly heroic."

"He has always regarded the elder master with great respect. He personally delivered the elder master’s meals every day."

"It’s such a pity for Manager Chu to die young."

A group of servants shook their heads and sighed with regret.

"Elder master saved by Chu Yuan?"

Upon hearing this, Chu Tianyi immediately felt something was amiss.

No one knew better than Chu Tianyi how Chu Yuan felt about Chu Beiqing; Chu Yuan would rather wish Chu Beiqing dead than save him.

Chu Tianyi’s face grew stern as he walked over to Chu Beiqing.

Chu Beiqing’s clothes were ragged, his face and nose covered in dust, with a look of confusion.

Chu Tianyi pretended to care, helping Chu Beiqing up, his sleeve hiding his hand as it tightly grasped Chu Beiqing’s wrist.

"Big brother, you must be frightened. Was it Chu Yuan who saved you?"

His eyes glinted with malicious intent.

"Chi... Chi..."

Upon seeing Chu Tianyi, Silly Chu shrank his neck and mumbled unclearly, repeating only two words.

"Father, remember, if someone comes to interrogate you later, just say the word ’Chi’. Don’t say any other word."

Though Silly Chu was simple-minded, he always listened to his precious daughter.

Xin Lin’s words were deeply ingrained in his mind.

So even though his hand was in great pain, he did not beg for mercy or make any sound, just kept muttering the word "Chi".

"Chi... Mystical Book? The Mystical Medicine Book, Chu Beiqing, have you remembered where it’s hidden?"

Chu Tianyi’s face changed dramatically.

The Mystical Medicine Book, the treasure he had been dreamingly pursuing.

The Mystical Medicine Book in Chu Beiqing’s hands was the culmination of his Medical Skill. Although Chu Tianyi had taken Chu Tianyi’s position, and even his wife, he had never found that book.

Could it be that after the shock, Chu Beiqing remembered the whereabouts of the Mystical Medicine Book, which is why Chu Yuan, against his usual behavior, saved Chu Beiqing then rushed back into the fire?

"Speak, where exactly is the Mystical Medicine Book?"

Chu Tianyi’s expression was grotesque, his grip on Chu Beiqing’s hand tighter.

"Second brother, what are you doing? Can’t you see big brother is shocked? Whatever you want to ask, wait until big brother has calmed down."

Others from the Imperial Doctor Mansion, having heard of the fire, rushed over as well.

Chu Zhaonan, from the third branch, strode forward. Holding an important position in the Ministry of War and being a vice general, he had always looked upon Chu Tianyi with disdain.

Chu Zhaonan stepped forward, pushing Chu Tianyi aside, and consoled Chu Beiqing in a deep voice. Chu Beiqing, however, kept repeating the word "Chi".

Having heard this, a gleam of greed flashed in Chu Zhaonan’s eyes, but he swiftly concealed it without a trace.

An hour later, the fire was extinguished.

Chu Yuan’s charred corpse was carried out.

Chu Tianyi quickly stepped forward to inspect, but the body was so severely damaged that he could not find out anything.

Chu Tianyi noticed the ashes of a book-like object in Chu Yuan’s arms.

Chu Tianyi’s face darkened, and he remained silent for a long time.

He wasn’t mourning the death of Chu Yuan—Chu Yuan was merely a dog to him.

Rather, it was the lost opportunity to find out about the Mystical Medicine Book from Chu Beiqing.

Soon, once Chu Beiqing’s poisoning took effect, no one in the world would know the whereabouts of the Mystical Medicine Book.

He must think of a method to make Chu Beiqing speak again.

"Second master, congratulations, the young miss has had a breakthrough and has successfully become a martial master!"

Chu Miaoyun’s maid came forward with joy written all over her face.

Miao Yun had made a breakthrough.

Upon hearing this, Chu Tianyi’s face relaxed a bit. He didn’t even glance at the burnt courtyard or Chu Yuan’s corpse and quickly went to see Chu Miaoyun.