Chapter 104: To add insult to injury
When Su Jin woke up again, it was only half an hour before she fainted.
She closed her eyes and, as usual, reached out to subconsciously touch the people around her.
However, his hand was cold.
She suddenly reflected that Xiao Yan had already returned to the capital.
"Awake?" Someone spoke softly, his voice was like the first snow he saw last night, gentle and cold, "I cooked some porridge for you, get up and drink it." ”
Su Jin opened his eyes and saw that he was lying in a relatively intact shack, except that a hole seemed to have been burned by fire on the top of his head, and at this moment he could see withered plum blossoms on the high branches.
Lu Jun's face was as usual on his side, sitting on the side, his ruddy lips, crystal eyebrows and eyes, with his white and flawless clothes, made his temperament more and more dusty.
She rubbed her temples and got up, and found that she was covered with the fox fur that Lu Xuan had worn that day.
Su Jin took the porridge and said in a hoarse voice, "The fierce artillery last night was almost scattered all over the city, and your shed was only broken with a hole, which shows that it was a good choice." ”
Lu Jun smiled, seeing her raise her hand to drink porridge, as if she remembered something, she changed the topic with a complicated expression, "By the way, have you eaten anything inappropriate recently?" I doubt you...... Hit the Gu. ”
"Gu?" Su Jin didn't raise his head, "What is the performance of Zhong Gu?" ”
"Gu worms are different, the situation is different." Lu Jun said, "I saw a mark on your wrist last night, which is very similar to a Gu poison I have seen, but I can't be sure, but you vomit blood and fall into a coma, the symptoms are consistent with one of them, and the color is dark, I am sure that this is a Gu worm." ”
Su Jin lowered his eyes and looked at the red crescent marks on his wrist, the light red of last night had deepened, as if he had been burned red, and was silent for a moment, "I see." ”
It seems that both she and Xiao Yan were tricked by this Luo Cheng before, and the antidote he gave was only temporarily suppressed, and as soon as the effect of the medicine passed, it would attack again.
"This Gu is too poisonous, once it attacks, the color must be deepened once, until it is purple and red, and it will be poisoned to death." Lu Jun frowned, "How could you fall for such a Gu?" ”
So scary?
Su Jin touched his face and was about to speak, when he looked up and saw Chai De coming over with a solemn face.
"Lu Xiang, I just counted the number of people in Cloud City," he licked his chapped lips, "The people of Cloud City have suffered heavy casualties, even if they were rescued yesterday, most of them were too seriously injured, and they ...... this morning Now it seems that more than half of the people in the city have died. ”
"Let the people bury those corpses as soon as possible," Lu Jun's expression was indifferent, "Count the list and number of people who have passed away and report them to the imperial court, and see if you can ask Your Majesty to allocate a sum of money to relieve one or two." ”
"Yes!" Chai De responded, and his tone became even heavier, "There are two more things that need to be known to the two adults. ”
He frowned and lowered his voice, "First of all, after last night's battle, the elite soldiers I brought were also seriously damaged, and now they can only use ten people, even if they are available in the city, they are not able to resist the Tamur army, this is the first priority." ”
"Another piece?" Lu Jun seemed to have expected it a long time ago, and raised his eyes, "But it has something to do with food?" ”
"Not bad." Chai De nodded, "Cloud City is located in a remote area, and the local food supply is insufficient, thanks to the import, but last night there was too much movement, and the only nearby Wangcheng City that can conduct economic exchanges with it has closed the city gate and cut off the food delivery. ”
Su Jin suddenly took a breath of cold air.
The combat effectiveness is insufficient, the food is not enough, this situation is tantamount to making matters worse for Cloud City, which is now in a bad situation!
She furrowed her brow, "How long will we have more food to eat?" ”
"Up to ...... Three days. ”
Lu Jun sank his eyebrows, "General Chai, these two things must be kept secret!" ”
"Of course I know that." Chad looked solemn.
Ever since Yu Ming challenged and was killed, there had been a sense of fear in the air in Cloud City.
No one said it, but everyone felt it.
Because of Yu Ming's rash advance and sudden rebellion, the people have begun to doubt whether they can get the protection from the imperial court.
They were afraid that the city would not be able to hold it, that Su Jin would give up on them, and that Yuncheng would be erased from the map of Great Wei and that they would never be able to find a trace again.
This kind of fear, even if Xiao Yan killed two birds with one stone and repelled King Tamur Khan, it only calmed everyone down temporarily, and then the siege of the city last night was brought up again and dispersed.
Cloud City has already been riddled with holes, and if such news spreads out at this moment, I am afraid that it will shake the already unstable people's hearts, cause panic, and an uncontrollable situation.
After Chai De finished talking to them about this matter, he went to deal with other things, and for a while, only Su Jin and Lu Jun sat silently.
"You don't have to worry too much." Lu Jun spoke, "The more ups and downs your mood is at the moment, the more I'm afraid that it will stimulate the attack of Gu poison." ”
"I know," Su Jin nodded, got up and moved his wrist, "I fainted last night, I don't know, is the prisoner in the prison okay?" ”
"Some people were injured, but it didn't affect them." When Lu Jun saw her get up, he also got up and put the big coat on her, "I'll take you to see?" ”
"Yes, but," Su Jin nodded, pushing away Lu Jun, who was suddenly approaching to tie a belt for her, and smiled at him.
"Although you know my secret, it doesn't mean that I have to appear weak in front of you, I have hands, and I will tie the belt, so I don't bother you."
"Aren't you afraid that I will tell Your Majesty?"
"That's your freedom, I can't interfere, but if you dare to say it, I won't sit still," Su Jin raised the hem of his clothes to him, "I'll put on the clothes first, thank you." ”
Lu Jun lowered his eyes, looked at the girl who had already stepped out, and smiled for a while.
Su Jin is an interesting person.
Because the surroundings of Cloud City are now closed or there are enemies, the prisoners have nowhere to escape, so the county order asked them to take the leg cuffs to fight everywhere and do some hard work, and when Su Jin came over, he saw Luo Cheng bending over to carry wood for a family.
"City Lord Luo!" Su Jin raised her voice.
He didn't seem to be injured, only his face was a little black and gray, and when he heard Su Jin's voice, he turned his head and looked up very indifferently.
"Oh, Master Su, don't come unharmed?"
"It's okay, it's not as you like, I'm not dead yet." Su Jin leaned against the trunk of the tree beside him, clasped his hands on his chest, and raised his eyebrows at him, "Mingren don't say secret words, you know what I'm here for." ”
"What are you here for?" Luo Cheng suddenly smiled, "I really don't understand this." ”
"Don't understand?" Su Jin raised her eyebrows, "I really don't understand?" ”
"I really don't understand." Luo Cheng made an innocent expression.
"Okay, I don't understand you!" Su Jin's face changed suddenly, and he hit him in the eye socket with a punch, and when he saw him fall to the ground and roll over with an "oops", he immediately chased after him, "If you don't understand, I'll hit you until you understand!" Take out the antidote to grandpa! ”
"Su Jin!" Luo Cheng reacted and avoided her, wheezing on the ground, "It's okay to give you an antidote, but I have the conditions!" ”
"Conditions?" Su Jin didn't listen at all, and chased after him with a piece of wood, "You dare to put forward conditions for poisoning me, see if grandpa lets you know what despair is!" ”
This man, madman!
Luo Cheng was shocked and hurriedly ran away, but the handcuffs under his feet were not flexible, dragging him to the ground immediately, and he was beaten by Su Jin.
"Say it one last time," Su Jin was tired, he sat on the side and gasped, and stretched his finger to him, "Antidote!" ”
"For you, I have the conditions," Luo Cheng coughed, "Let me out of the city!" ”
"Dreaming!" Su Jin snorted coldly.
"Su Jin, it's not me who is dreaming." Luo Cheng suddenly smiled weirdly, took out a small bottle from his arms and poured out one.
"It's the antidote, but it's the only one." He suddenly pinched the pill with his backhand, crushed it into powder in Su Jin's gradually gloomy face, and threw it on the ground.
"Yo, the only one is gone," he smiled proudly, "now in the whole world, only I have a recipe, if you let me out of the city, I will write it down for you." ”
"To tell the truth, I'm not afraid of offending you at this moment, I have already borne the charge of treason and collaboration with the enemy, I am only afraid that the death penalty will not escape, and only by leaving Dawei can I have a chance of survival."
"Let you out of town?" Su Jin suddenly burst out laughing, "If I'm not mistaken, you also have credit for this war, right?" Did you write a letter or did you send someone to your Khan? ”
"Both." Luo Cheng didn't shy away from it, nodded and admitted, "It's because of me that they can arrive so quickly." ”
"Whew!" Su Jin's face suddenly changed, and he kicked over, "What do you think you did?" If you hadn't secretly reported the news and assassinated the eighth prince, there would be no war today, and if you didn't start a war, Cloud City wouldn't be what it is today! ”
"Su Jin, you think well!" Luo Cheng dodged and suddenly lowered his voice, "If you secretly let me out of the city, you can also get the antidote, wouldn't it be cost-effective?" What are the people of Cloud City, they are just ants who have been given up by His Majesty, how can you do it alone, isn't it ridiculous to care so much? ”
"It's ridiculous." Su Jin looked at him for a long time, then suddenly blinked and straightened up, "But, I mean you." ”
"A man shall be as low as dust, and shall not be twisted like maggots." Su Jin no longer glanced at Luo Cheng, who had a changed expression, and got up to leave, "Instead of hiding behind the ugliness and acquiescing to the ugliness and struggling to survive, it is better to use my life to uphold justice, abandon the darkness, and let a villain like you be empty forever!" ”
Not far away, Lu Jun stood under the tree, and sighed slightly when he saw her so stubborn but so firm back.
At the moment, he felt that it was not a good thing to be too stubborn.
He stared at the antidote powder on the ground, his fingers tapping lightly on the wall beside him, and his tone was extremely low.
"Go and quietly collect those medicinal powders, find someone to take a look, and give me the recipe and the antidote."
He thought for a moment and added, "No delay. ”
Suddenly there was a sound of rubble on the roof, as if a cat had stepped on the eaves, and then someone whispered, "Yes, master!" ”
Hearing this, he seemed to have just reacted to what he had just said, and watched Su Jin's figure disappear into the corner of the street in silence.
He was a little confused, and he didn't know why he had made this decision suddenly.
Is it exploitation? So why send your own men to dispense medicine for her?
That...... Is it worried?
Lu Jun suddenly sneered.
How can it be? How could a person like him worry about a woman, wouldn't that mean showing his weakness to the enemy and killing himself?
He put his hands behind his back and walked in the opposite direction to Su Jin.
He dispensed medicine for Su Jin, but because she still had the value of use, and he couldn't explain to Xiao Yan when she died, as for other feelings......
Lu Jun suppressed the surging emotions in his heart, and replaced it with a smiling but very detached expression in the past.
There won't be, and there can't be.