Xiao Yi was slightly stunned and said, "No, none of the families of the deceased mentioned any discomfort they had before their deaths.
Except... the victim from the case in the Western Capital. However, that victim had been ill for a while and had been secretly seeking treatment from doctors, which likely has little to do with the case."
Secretly seeking treatment?
Xu Jing blinked and asked, "Could it be that he was suffering from some secret illness?"
Xiao Yi did not hide anything and said, "The deceased in the Western Capital case had contracted syphilis some time ago and had been seeking treatment in secret. He was ashamed of it, so much so that even his wife was unaware of his illness, only a long-term follower knew about it."
Syphilis? In the ancient times, before the invention of penicillin, syphilis was akin to a terminal illness, and a rather disgraceful one at that.
