Chapter 43: A Cure of the Plague
The night is quiet and deep, the moon is cold and the stars are sparse, and a cool breeze blows slightly.
Cangyun Guochen Palace, the gate is closed, and two teams of masked people wearing armor are neatly lined up in the courtyard, ready to go.
Chu Muchen stood at the front and looked at them with a cold face, his face was like a beautiful jade under the moonlight, floating out of the dust, but he didn't have the bohemian and uninhibited of the past, he had always been cynical, he just wanted to live as he wanted, and he didn't care about the government, and now, he had to show his maturity and calmness, he couldn't let his imperial brother make that wrong decision and sit idly by. Murong Lingche is certainly not to be underestimated, but in comparison, Jing Ge Emperor Qianfeng Haoye's ambition is greater, if this conspiracy is inseparable from him, then it is impossible for Cangyun Kingdom to retreat after that, so he must do something now, even if the Imperial Brotherhood is furious, he must go.
Clear eyes looked at the sky, and then looked at his secret guards, and the majestic voice pierced the sky, "Listen, this time I went to the border to support the Ziling army, for the sake of the safety of my country, and you must complete the task." Let's go! β
Chu Muchen led his secret guard battalion to the border overnight, and on the second night, when he arrived at Xiao Luoyu's camp, the scene was chaotic, corpses were all over the field, and there were burning fires everywhere, and the Ziling army was fighting to the death with a group of black-clothed people, and immediately ordered to help Xiao Luoyu retreat from the enemy.
Because most of the Ziling soldiers were infected with the plague, they were obviously powerless in the process of dealing with the people in black, and there were countless casualties, after Chu Muchen's secret guard participated in the battle, the situation gradually eased, and the battle between the three forces was fierce, and with the passage of time, the situation was slowly reversed, seeing the people in black fall one by one, suddenly a figure flew from the sky, and selectively sprinkled some powder over their heads, and the man in black immediately fell to the ground and died.
Xiao Luoyu saw that someone came to help them, and although he was physically and mentally exhausted at the moment, he also walked up to Chu Muchen and thanked him, "Under Xiao Luoyu, thank you for your rescue." β
"Major General Xiao is polite, I just want to thank you, I'm afraid it's indispensable to leave the immortal doctor." Chu Muchen stood in place in purple clothes, he looked extremely handsome under the firelight, the title of "the most beautiful man in the world" was not for nothing, and his clear voice crossed the night sky, "What, don't you plan to show up?" β
After finishing speaking, a black shadow in the night fell smoothly beside them, dressed in white, with a graceful demeanor, "King Chen really has good eyesight." β
"Don't dare to be. Just a few days, don't come unharmed? He opened the fan in his hand and waved it on his chest.
"One qiΔ is good. On the contrary, King Chen looked more majestic than before. β
"You are Chu Muchen, the Chen King of Cangyun Country?" Xiao Luoyu finally interjected on the side, "Thank you King Chen for coming to support." β
"General Xiao doesn't have to be too polite, since your army has sent an envoy to ask our country to send troops to support, how can this king not help. Moreover, this king is also an old acquaintance with your Princess Ling, is she okay? He knew he shouldn't have brought her up at this time, but he just wanted to know if she was okay.
Hearing Chu Muchen mention that woman, Li Wuxian on the side also turned his attention to Xiao Luoyu.
Xiao Luoyu was stunned for a moment, King Cangyun Guochen actually asked him about Princess Ling's situation, although he felt strange, he also said it, maybe it was just out of concern for a friend, "King Ling is very good to her, they are very happy." No one noticed the loneliness in his eyes when he said this.
There was a wry smile on the corner of Chu Muchen's mouth, obviously he already knew the result, but he still didn't give up, and couldn't help but hurt himself again, "That's it, it's good." Turning to look at Liwuxian, "Is Li's divine doctor here for the plague?" β
"Exactly."
Nothing to lose? Xiao Luoyu suddenly remembered that he was the one who used the disguise technique to pretend to be Xiao Luoyu and poison his father before, although Che had explained it to him, he still resented him, "It's you?" You were the one who poisoned my father last time? β
"Yes, indeed. But there is a reason for the incident, and I ask Major General Xiao to forgive me. "It is indeed harmless to leave Wuxian, and it is not his intention to poison Xiao Yan, he is guilty of Xiao Luoyu.
Snorted coldly, "Can a sentence that has a reason offset the damage you have caused us?" β
"I really can't, so I came here to make up for it."
"Major General Xiao, please say a word to King Rongben. The previous incident in the Valley of Dreams, this king was also present, although there was no death, but it is understandable, since it did not cause much impact later, it is better to let go of this grievance, turn the conflict into a jade silk, wouldn't it be better for everyone to be happy? β
Xiao Luoyu didn't plan to care about it anymore, since Chu Muchen gave him a step down, how could there be any reason not to go down, "Since King Chen has spoken, then he won't care anymore." I hope that the Divine Doctor can completely eradicate the plague here. β
"I'll do my best." He went to the master's former residence before, and moved the ashes of the master and his wife to the Youmeng Valley for burial according to the master's wishes, and when he came out, he happened to hear that the Ziling army stationed next to the Youmeng Valley was infected with the plague, so he came quickly, hoping that after solving the epidemic here, he would have time to rush to treat Murong Lingche's army.
Xiao Luoyu arranged a place to live for Chu Muchen to rest first, and then took Li Wuxian to check on the soldiers infected with the plague.
After carefully examining them for them, he was shocked, wasn't this kind of plague exactly what he had refined before? looked stunned, could it be him? I didn't expect that the root cause was because of myself, and I sighed, so I had to equip the antidote overnight, hoping to alleviate the sins on my body.
"General Xiao, the origin of this plague is a colorless and odorless powdery solid, which ordinary people can't detect at all. Since not all of you have been infected, and you must not have been thrown into the river, please think carefully about what the sick soldiers have eaten lately, and find out the source of the plague..."
"General, I remember, when we were out on patrol that day, Er Fat suddenly found a hare, and while he was chasing, an arrow suddenly flew over and stuck straight into the hare's body, and then we didn't think much about it, so we roasted the hare and ate it, and then fell ill that night...", said a soldier in the sick area.
"Could the plague be on that arrow?" Xiao Luoyu looked at Li Wuxian, hoping to get his answer.
"There is a possibility that when this powder is sprinkled on an arrow and then shot into the body of a hare, it slowly spreads throughout the body, and when people eat its flesh, they will be infected with the plague."
"I see, no wonder I can't find the source of the plague after searching for so long..."
He was busy all night, and prepared the medicinal materials he carried with him into an antidote, but because the medicinal materials were not enough, he could only treat some people first, and the rest would be dispensed when he came back after collecting the medicine.
After daybreak, Li Wuxian first distributed the prepared antidote to some of the soldiers, isolated them to another camp, and then went up the mountain to collect the medicine.
Xiao Luoyu's sad face for many days finally had a smile, looking at the soldiers who were gradually getting better, his heart that had been nervous for a long time finally eased, and now he only hoped that he could finish treating the remaining soldiers as much as possible, and then go to Che's camp.
"General, Ling Xuan asks to see you." Soldiers outside the camp came in to report.
"Please."
After Ling Xuan walked in and explained his intentions, he found that he was a step late, and the prince asked him to bring secret guards to protect General Xiao's army from being attacked, if it weren't for the help of King Chen of Cangyun Kingdom, I am afraid the consequences would be unimaginable. However, now that he learned that there was a solution to the plague, he didn't make a trip in vain.
"After the divine doctor comes back and finishes dispensing the antidote, let him go with you to Che's camp, and you now fly the pigeon to tell SΓΉ Che first, so that he will not continue to get angry."
"Thank you for the reminder, the major general, I'll go here."