Chapter 922: Poisoning
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The guards and guards guarding Hangu Pass finally rushed to the mouth of the valley with their soldiers to remove the falling rocks in the valley.
But all I saw was a messy scene.
I don't know how many corpses and horses have collapsed in the valley one mile long from the mouth of the valley, the corpses and stumps and broken arms are scattered all over the valley, hundreds of carriages have overturned and overturned, blood and water mixed with sand and gravel are still gathering and flowing, and the chaotic crowd at the mouth of the valley has long been scattered, the bandits have fled and do not know where to go, dozens of corpses and countless people covered in blood and screaming are still closed on the thorny grass and cement road.
Then came the terrible news that made them extremely frightened, Qinghe Hou was ambushed in the valley, his subordinates suffered heavy casualties, and Qinghe Hou himself was assassinated by an arrow, and he was already unconscious due to severe poison.
Chen Xu had already been found by Yu Wuya and others near the valley after sucking blood and bandaging a few horses that had escaped and had no owner, and then took Jiang Chuyue to return to Xianyang in a group of teenagers and guards to find good doctors for treatment, while Xiao He, Liu Bang, Cao Shen and others stayed to deal with the aftermath.
The distance from Hangu Pass to Xianyang is more than 500 miles, the guards in front of them are holding the tokens of the Qinghe Marquis Mansion and shouting to open the way, dozens of uninjured guards and teenagers are escorted on horseback with knives and guns, and the caravans and pedestrians who pass along the way all hurriedly ride their horses and stop on the side of the road, and soon after waiting for Chen Xu and others to pass, there is an extremely shocking news from the direction of Hangu Pass.
The Marquis of Qinghe was ambushed by bandits at Hangu Pass, and he was poisoned by arrows and fell unconscious.
This news was like a thunderbolt that shocked everyone on the Eastern Road, and countless merchants and pedestrians even left their goods carriages and drove their horses to chase after Qinghehou, all wanting to find out the news more clearly.
The carriage galloped on the flat Dongfang Road, and arrived near Huayin County an hour later, at this time, not only Chen Xu's situation did not improve in the slightest, but also the water that sucked out the poisonous blood also began to be groggy, Yu Wuya had to arrange for the convoy to stop in the service area near Huayin County, and look for a doctor on the spot for treatment.
After learning that the Marquis of Qinghe was ambushed at Hangu Pass and was dying in Huayin, a group of officials in Huayin County suddenly became devastated, and quickly summoned the famous doctors and Taoists in the county to go to the service area for diagnosis and treatment, and at the same time hurriedly sent the news that might cause chaos in the world to the county seat and Xianyang for 400 miles.
But after dozens of local doctors and Taoists in Huayin County observed the diagnosis of the wound, they all shook their heads and sighed, although they also prescribed countless prescriptions to grab the medicine and decoction, but after an hour, Chen Xu still did not show half a sign of improvement.
Only one of the Fang Shi recognized that the arrows that shot Jiang Chuyue and Chen Xu might have the juice of aconitum grass smeared on them.
And as soon as he heard that it was aconitum grass, even Yu Wuya's heart trembled and his face turned pale.
The toxicity of aconitum grass is studied in later generations with chemical components, and the main component of toxicity is aconitine, which is a strong neurotoxin, which has the toxicity of strongly damaging the heart muscle and kidneys, and will soon destroy the immune function of internal organs after entering the bloodstream, and a few milligrams can cause death.
Although doctors of this era did not know the composition of aconitine, they all knew that aconitum was highly toxic.
Therefore, after Chen Xuzhong's poison, everyone was helpless, so they could only keep pouring Chen Xu with various detoxifying decoctions.
However, the only good news was because it was dealt with in a timely manner at that time, and there were not many toxins entering Chen Xu's body, and almost all the long arrows were blocked by Jiang Chuyue's body, and Chen Xu's body was only half an inch deep wound, but even this small wound still had toxins entering his body.
"Senior brother, put ...... Give this Pei Yuan Dan to your husband! ”
Shui gently handed the small jade bottle containing Pei Yuandan from her pocket to Yu Wuya, at this time she could no longer sit cross-legged and could only lie on the couch, but she also took a lot of decoctions, the situation looked much better than Chen Xu, but it was obvious that she had symptoms of poisoning, her face was pale, her lips were dry, and her beautiful eyes were dim at this time, and she lost her usual agility.
"Sister Shui, Pei Yuandan is not detoxifying, this is a waste, and Chen Xu is not in danger of his life at the moment, he will wake up after a few days of coma at most." Xia Zijin couldn't help but persuade.
"No, I can't watch my husband suffer this big sin, if it weren't for the gentle goodbye, he wouldn't have gone around looking for me, and he wouldn't have suffered this injury, although Pei Yuan Dan is not detoxifying, but it has the effect of dredging the meridians and consolidating Pei Yuan, at least it can let the husband get rid of the toxins in his body as soon as possible, as long as the husband is fine, there is nothing else to ask for gently!" The water was short of breath and was already a little drowsy when he spoke.
"Alas~ Okay, I'll take it to Engong!"
Yu Wuya also showed pity on his face, and took Pei Yuan Dan and quickly went to feed Chen Xu.
Although this Pei Yuan Dan is full of all kinds of envy and yearning, but it is an item given by the master to his junior sister, if he takes it and cooperates with the Taoist internal recipe to cultivate, his skill will be greatly improved, and people with good qualifications can ascend to the sky in one step to break through the innate realm and become a great sect master who is not weaker than Huang Shigong, but if it is taken by ordinary people who do not understand the cultivation of internal breath, it is at most equivalent to a medicine to strengthen the body, not to mention that Chen Xu is poisoned and injured at the moment, and the absorption of the medicine will be greatly reduced. It is estimated that it will allow him to excrete toxins some time in advance, and the effect of strengthening the body may not be too great.
But since the junior sister insisted, Yu Wuya naturally would not forcibly dissuade her.
After all, Chen Xu woke up a day earlier, he could also rest assured a day earlier, there are still more than three hundred miles away from Xianyang, and the situation on the road is unknown, so as not to have many dreams at night, as for the reason why this pill was given to his junior sister, Yu Wuya can naturally guess a few points, but there is not much thought to discuss this matter at the moment.
Chen Xu was groggy as if he was falling into an ice cave, cold and numb all over his body, and at the same time, he felt as if his internal organs were being roasted in a blazing fire, and his soul was scorched when he died, and sometimes he was awake and sometimes unconscious, even when he was awake, his soul was blurry and messy, as if he was in an extremely terrifying hell, full of bloody corpses and pupil ghosts constantly circling around and roaring, pounced on him and kept biting, as if he wanted to tear his soul to pieces, but he struggled and screamed no matter what, but it was always like being pressed in ice water, unable to open his eyes and mouth, and could only struggle helplessly.
Chen Xu, who had taken Pei Yuandan, trembled slightly on the couch, his body, hands and feet twitched slightly from time to time, and Yu Wuya sat next to him and looked at Chen Xu with his eyes unblinking.
When Chen Xu finally spurted out a mouthful of blood with all the strength of his body, he felt that his body was freed from the pain of ice and fire, and after being much more relaxed, he opened his eyes and found that he was already in a closed room, the lamp and candle on the desk were shaking, the layout of the room seemed to be a little familiar, and Yu Wuya was sitting cross-legged on the chair next to him meditating.
"Eun Gong is awake!" At the same time that Chen Xu woke up, Yu Wuya also opened his eyes and hurriedly asked.
"This ...... What is this place? Chen Xu looked at the room dizzily, although he woke up, he still felt like he was stuffed with a ball of cotton in his chest, and the wound was painful and numb, and his body was in a cold sweat when he moved slightly.
"Eun Gong, we're home!"
"Back to Xianyang?" Chen Xu stayed for half a minute.
"Well, the arrow that shot Jiang Chuyue and Engong was highly poisonous, and Engong was in a coma after being poisoned, so I left Xiao He, Liu Bang and others in Hanguguan to deal with the aftermath, and returned to Xianyang with Engong in advance......"
Yu Wuya briefly told Chen Xu what happened after he was poisoned and unconscious, but he omitted the matter of Pei Yuandan, because Shui gently told him not to say it.
After hearing this, Chen Xu was naturally chilled for a while, and instantly knew a little more about the poisonous methods used by the people of the Qin Dynasty, and heard the poisonous weed of aconitum grass from Yu Wuya's mouth, Chen Xu is no stranger to aconitum grass, he crossed the second grandfather is a traditional Chinese medicine, and naturally he will distinguish all kinds of herbs, and aconitum grass is said to be a poisonous weed, in fact, it is also a medicine, which can treat rheumatism and reduce swelling and relieve pain, and aconitum grass has a wide range of growth, and it is often heard that there are cattle and sheep who eat aconitum grass and die in the countryside.
Chen Xu left Xianyang alive, but his life and death were uncertain when he came back, and the book of Huayin County was rushed to Xianyang, so on the way before Chen Xu returned to Xianyang, Shaofu ordered Zhao Wei to personally take a group of imperial doctors to Huayin to meet Chen Xu, but they met in Weinan, and then naturally stopped to diagnose and check the injury, and the accompanying imperial doctor already knew that the long arrow was soaked in the poison of aconitum grass, so after the consultation, he prescribed an antidote prescription to take the decoction, and Chen Xu originally ate a Peiyuan Dan, The body's resistance is also increasing, so when he arrived in Weinan, Chen Xu's condition was actually slowly improving, and after the same poisoned water gently took the decoction of the imperial doctor, the situation also began to improve, so after staying in Weinan for half a day, under the escort of the forbidden army brought by Zhao Wei along the way, Chen Xu returned to the Qinghe Marquis Mansion in Xianyang on the evening of the third day after the ambush.
The news that Chen Xu was ambushed and poisoned by arrows and fell into a coma had reached the Hou Mansion early yesterday morning, and soon swept through Xianyang like a hurricane, Ying Shiyan, Meng Wan and Fan Caiying naturally howled, and the entire Hou Mansion cried for a long time, and passers-by wept when they heard it, especially when Chen Xu returned to the Hou Mansion and was carried off the carriage with his eyes closed with blood stains, several women almost fainted from crying.
Fortunately, Yu Wuya and Shui Qingrou came back at the same time, and after a busy arrangement of chickens and dogs, the crying of the Hou Mansion slowly stopped, and a group of imperial doctors and imperial doctors went in and out of the Hou Mansion like a marquee, until they felt that Chen Xu's condition was indeed stable, Zhao Wei left two imperial doctors to take care of them carefully, and the rest were sent back to the palace, and the Hou Mansion finally quieted down.
At this time, it was already the middle of the night, and after spending a few hours in grief and sadness, Ying Shiyan and Meng Wan Fan Caiying were all persuaded by Yu Wuya to sleep, so there was only Yu Wuya alone in the room at this time, and there were a few maids outside, but they all fell into a peaceful sleep.
"How's Gentle doing now?" Chen Xu supported his arms and wanted to get up, but his whole body was weak and weak, and his head hurt as if he had been knocked on a hammer, and he didn't dare to move after taking a breath of cool air.
"Engong rest assured, the junior sister is no longer in a big problem after taking the detoxification decoction, and it will only take a few days to recover, but Engong is very deeply poisoned this time, I'm afraid it will take several months to fully recover, you have a good rest, maybe you can get out of bed tomorrow." Yu Wuya said.
"Okay!" Chen Xu had no choice but to close his eyes, although there were all kinds of strange sounds in his head, he had to start thinking about the consequences of this incident and the matters that needed to be arranged in advance.
He already knew that it was the Ji brothers who ambushed him, and the culprit was Xiang, and the purpose of Xiang's assassination Chen Xu could roughly guess a few points, that is, he might feel that the more he went on, the more hopeless he became, so they jumped over the wall and took the risk to kill him, and then provoked chaos in the world, and then took the opportunity to start an incident.
If Xiang knew that he was not too harmed in the ambush, then Xiang might continue to hide in Wuzhong or even simply scatter incognito, according to Xiang's ability, there are too many Chu people who are willing to shelter them, and even many officials, if Xiang is hiding, it is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack to find them in such a primitive and wild country, where transportation is inconvenient, communication is not developed, and there are only more than 20 million people.
Zhang Liang assassinated the emperor, and he didn't catch a fart for three years, which is the best evidence.
The assassin who killed the emperor couldn't be caught, let alone the person who killed him, the Great Qin Land was vast and sparsely populated, and the immortals couldn't be found if they drilled into the deep mountains and old forests, and if there were still gentry officials to protect and get a few fake identities, there was basically no possibility of finding them.
Going on a long trip or simply saying that it is more difficult and time-consuming to go from one county to another than a trip to the country in later generations.
Therefore, Chen Xu can't keep the Xiang family to hide in Tibet, but to wipe it out, before going to Wuzhong, Chen Xu may still have the idea of subduing the Xiang family, but after seeing the Xiang family, Chen Xu's idea is very weak, this time he was assassinated, Chen Xu has completely listed the Xiang family as a target that must be eradicated.
As for Xiang Yu...... Chen Xu was still a little entangled, after all, Xiang Yu and Xiang Jing were here to stop the assassination of him, although Xiang Yu did not succeed, but when the time came, he still needed to make plans, if Xiang Yu did not participate, maybe he could be let go, because if it was not for Xiang Jing to go to Langya to find Chen Xu this time, Chen Xu knew that he would definitely not be able to escape this catastrophe, maybe he would be killed in the valley, because he saw the young man dressed as him being shot to the ground at that time, and he didn't know whether the young man was alive or dead.
If you want to completely eradicate the Xiang family, then you must make the Xiang family think that he is indeed seriously injured and died, and then he can jump out and rebel.
But as long as he rebels, then he has the best chance of catching them all.
Otherwise, even if the Xiang clan is still rampant and domineering in Wuzhong, it is impossible for the imperial court to arrest all the Xiang clans without charge, which will inevitably make all the nobles of the Six Kingdoms panic, and there will inevitably be chaos at that time.
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