Chapter 6 It is not easy to be brave and righteous No.36 Breaking the City
There are three evils in Xitai City: the corrupt and lawless Liu Futai, the murderous Gu Junshi, and the seven-day soul-breaking and life-destroying powder.
Without the ancient military advisor, killing Liu Futai would be a piece of cake; without the death powder, killing the ancient military advisor would not be difficult either.
"So it's best for me to take action. Young Master Han said that Liu Futai has always wanted to see my performance. Now that I'm dressed up and go there, I can definitely trick him into opening the city gate. Then I just need to assassinate Military Advisor Gu, kidnap Liu Futai, and then order the defenders of Xitai City to hand over power ."
"I don't allow it." Guoer said coldly.
"Yeah, I think it's too dangerous too." Chaochao held a piece of grass in his mouth and sat on the abandoned city wall. "It's because Military Advisor Gu is so cunning and suspicious that that sickly guy surnamed Han is in such a difficult situation. So many people can't kill him, and you're going to kill him just by going up there?"
"Hey, brother, you have to believe in my intelligence~~" I casually put my arm around Chaochao's shoulder (but due to the large size difference, I ended up hanging on his shoulder), and I put on the most credible look (in the eyes of the other party, I looked like some kind of small dog)... Chaochao was not defeated by my firm look, he said mercilessly:
"…IQ?"
"Yep."
"Do you have anything like that?"
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"Do you know who Mr. Han is?" Guoer asked with his head down, interrupting our stupid conversation.
"Well... I can probably guess it," I smiled and looked at Guo'er provocatively, "On the contrary, you should know it better than me, right?"
Guoer stopped talking, and his fighting power to obstruct me was immediately reduced by half.
When Mr. Han's servants delivered the clothes and musicians, I had already completely dealt with Chaochao, and obtained a surprise gift package from Chaochao, who was dressed as a woman!
A group of people planned the action plan in detail in the simple shack for the whole night. As the night deepened, I finally fell asleep in Chaochao's arms...
At dawn, I was awakened by unusually noisy voices. I sat up, rubbing my eyes in confusion, and was shocked to find that the simple shack was filled with people, blood, and medicine... Chaochao, in contrast to his playful and smiling appearance, sternly ordered everyone to boil water, boil medicine, and pass towels...
What's going on here?
I sat on the blanket in a daze, my eyes wandering around.
There was a sack in the corner of the room, and it was... moving? There was also a humming sound coming from it?!
Everyone came in and out with a solemn look on their faces, and the name that appeared most frequently was... Ah Hei?
The person surrounded by the crowd and being treated urgently by Chaochao is...Guo'er? !
Crackle!!
All the fragments combined into a clear picture in my mind like lightning! In the end, it was drowned out by Guoer's bloody and livid face... this... idiot!!
I quickly lifted the blanket and rushed to Guoer, grabbing him by the collar!
"Are you an idiot?! How dare you break into the city alone and rob people?! Do you know how many defenders there are in Xitai City?!!!! Are you crazy! Are you crazy? Huh?!"
"...If I don't go, you will go..." Guo Er closed his eyes, frowned and said softly, with cold sweat on his forehead...
"So I said take it slow! How can you force your way in at this time? You have to outsmart me, you know..." I stopped talking abruptly, because Guoer suddenly opened his eyes and looked at me with a look that could almost be called gentle...
I have seen men’s gentle gazes many times, the willful and twisted Xiao Shou, the occasionally gentle Fourth Prince, Luo Cheng who is always as gentle as the wind, Ying Ying who is as gentle as an elder brother... But at this moment, such an ordinary gentle gaze is inexplicably shocking!
With eyes wide open, I stood there in a daze, staring at Guoer's eyes stupidly. His breath mixed with the smell of blood and sweat enveloped me. For the first time, I realized that this soldier who had been standing silently behind me was a real man...
I was dragged aside in a daze, and Chaochao began to take care of Guoer's injuries in depth.
I stood outside the shabby shack, feeling restless. There was chaos everywhere, and rumors were flying everywhere. Some people said that Xitai City had changed hands, while others said that it had not. Some people said that the body of General Gu was hung on the city gate, while others said that it was chopped up in the city. Some people said that Ah Hei had kidnapped Liu Futai and ordered all the defenders of Xitai City to disarm, while others said that the defenders simply took the opportunity to rebel and looted Xitai City. None of this mattered. The most terrifying thing was that there was a rumor that Ah Hei had been poisoned by the Death Powder while breaking through the heavy defenses and killing General Gu, and the Death Powder had no antidote...
In the past, I always thought that the family members of patients who waited outside the emergency room without eating or drinking were very stupid. You said that the patient hasn't recovered yet, and you are ruining your own body. How not worth it?
Now, I finally understand what it means to be unable to eat! It's over. I am even more stupid than those patients' families!
At noon.
Master Han rushed to Xitai City with his army and quickly took control of the situation in the city.
When the sun sets.
The gates of Xitai City were wide open, and the defenders began to organize the refugees to enter the city in an orderly manner.
He kept his promise.
When it got dark, I leaned outside the shack, looking exhausted, holding my knees with my hands, hanging my head, and not wanting to do anything. Guoer was still unconscious, sometimes waking up and sometimes fainting, and Yingchao was busy boiling and testing medicine, and he didn't rest for a day.
"Miss Minmin, all the refugees have been settled in the city. Please move to a better hospital in the city."
I weakly looked up at Mr. Han, who was always thin and ethereal, but now he was followed by two teams of well-trained regular soldiers. I closed my eyes and shook my head, "Guo'er hasn't woken up yet..."
Master Han walked over to me and squatted down, saying softly, "I heard that you haven't had a drop of water all day. Your body won't be able to bear it if you continue like this. Anyway, eat something first."
The guard next to me quickly handed me the food box. I shook my head again, lowered my head and said nothing.
Young Master Han sighed helplessly, "Guard Yang has done a great deed this time, so naturally he will be rewarded... Don't worry, the Fourth Prince will definitely assign you better guards..."
"Guo'er is not a guard!" I raised my head to interrupt him, staring at Master Han fiercely. I gritted my teeth and said, "Your Highness the Sixth Prince, you have already got what you wanted. I just hope you will abide by the agreement and treat the refugees well. Besides, please don't bother me!"
"How... do you know that I am the Sixth Prince?"
"Are you the Sixth Prince?!" Yingchao's hoarse roar interrupted our conversation! He strode out of the shack and walked straight towards the Sixth Prince!
"Chaochao!" I stood up and rushed over, "How is Guo'er? Is his life in danger? Is he really poisoned?"
Chaochao looked solemn, hesitated for a moment, and sighed, "He was seriously injured, but these external injuries are nothing to me. The problem is the poison. He was indeed poisoned by the Death Powder. This poison was probably prepared by Military Advisor Gu himself. It is a mixture of many poisons. Although it is difficult to solve, as long as I find a sample of the poison in his house, I can prepare an antidote."
"Great..." My face suddenly brightened up! Great, it turns out it's not unsolvable, I knew it! How could it be a deadly poison with such a tacky name?
"The problem is, there is more than one kind of poison in his body." Chaochao held down my over-excited self and frowned.
A basin of cold water poured down from my head to my feet, and I froze in place with a chill all over my body. "What... do you mean?"
"Moreover, compared to the Death Powder he was just infected with, the poison in his body is much more powerful, has a latent time longer, and has penetrated deeper. It's just that he seemed to have an antidote or something to suppress the toxicity. Now that he has encountered the Death Powder, the two poisons have mixed to form a new poison... I don't know the antidote." Chaochao looked at me apologetically.
"What..." What do you mean? Has Guo'er been poisoned before? No, it should be said that Guo'er has always had poison in his body, but he has been suppressing it with antidotes regularly! In this case... it can only be... could it be...? !
I raised my head angrily!
Chaochao nodded slightly, "I think so too."
With a cold snort, he glanced at the Sixth Prince, "You ancient royals are really unscrupulous in order to control your subordinates' loyalty!"
"I don't agree with Fourth Brother's approach either, but... human hearts are hard to predict..." The Sixth Prince said softly with some sadness, and coughed again! A burly guard rushed over to support him, respectfully put medicine and a handkerchief on the ground, and helped the Sixth Prince cough out the blood clots. Then he glared at us with his bull eyes, "You know nothing! The Sixth Prince has never used poison to control us! We are all brothers who have followed the Sixth Prince through thick and thin! You..."
"Wen Biao!" The Sixth Prince shouted at the big man.
Chaochao suddenly said, "There are only a few kinds of secret poisons in the royal family. If the Fourth Prince has them, you should have them too. Can you give me the antidotes? In exchange, I can help you get better. How do you think?"
"If we find the antidote to that old poison, will Guo'er be saved?" My eyes lit up instantly!
"Let me give it a try. There's only a 60% chance..."
Sixty percent is fine too!
"You said you can cure His Highness's body?!" the big man asked in a gruff voice, with an anxious look on his face. This man is a loyal servant.
"Wen Biao!" The Sixth Prince called the big man and shook his head gently. "I am an expelled rebel. How can I have the qualifications to possess the royal secret medicine? As for my body lingering with illness..." He smiled bitterly, "This is all fate... The royal family has committed too many sins, and the people of the world have suffered too much. Maybe I am the retribution given by God... If I can wash away the bloody sins of the royal family by just lying in bed for more than 30 years, it would be too easy for me... What else is there to treat? Let it go..."
Everyone was stunned. The Sixth Prince sighed deeply. For a long time, no one spoke...
Why was someone like him born into the royal family?
Compassionate, caring for the people, too soft-hearted, too soft-hearted, too idealistic...
A man like him should be singing the majestic songs of birds in the world, not watching the officials fighting and killing each other in the darkest palace in the world...
How could a man with a poetic temperament like him be born in the palace? How could he escape a tragic life?
Chaochao suddenly pulled up his wrist and felt his pulse for a while, his brows furrowed tighter and tighter. Finally, he said, "Come with me," and slipped into the shack.
The Sixth Prince followed him in silently, and I followed him in too. Wen Biao also wanted to go in, but was stopped by the Sixth Prince, and he stayed outside the shack.
Sitting in the chair, Premier League cruelly stated the condition directly: "To put it simply, you won't live for more than five days."
I opened my eyes wide in shock and looked at the Sixth Prince in panic. He was surprisingly calm, smiling slightly and whispering, "I know..."
"If you let me help you recover, you can at least last half a year." Yingchao softened his tone.
The Sixth Prince shook his head...
After a long while, he suddenly turned to me and said, "Fourth brother is my biological brother."
"Eh?" Why are you talking about this suddenly?
"He loved me very much even though I was weak and sick. I have always admired my fourth brother." He suddenly lost himself in memories, his eyes drifting far away. "My fourth sister-in-law is also a good person. She supported my fourth brother and took care of me at the same time. How could I betray my fourth brother..."
The last sentence was muttered, almost inaudible... After a moment of silence, he continued, "My eldest brother took my fourth brother's family hostage and forced him to withdraw from the fight for the throne."
After another moment of silence, he gritted his teeth and said, "But Fourth Brother refused! He actually refused... Fourth Sister-in-law is also in there..."
So you turned against the Fourth Prince in order to protect his family, right?
"Then why are you doing this again..." asked the Premier League.
"Dead." His eyes were cold and dull. "Big brother... No, the emperor has been finding excuses to delay my visit to Fourth Brother's family for three months. By the time I found out, Fourth Sister-in-law had already led all the family members to commit suicide... Three months..."
This woman... doesn't want to hinder the Sixth Prince because of herself? Is she worried about the Sixth Prince's safety? Or does she not want to hinder her husband's great cause?
"Fourth sister-in-law left me a letter, hoping that I would continue to assist Fourth Brother..."
It seems to be the latter... This woman, treated like this, actually still loves the big fox? Women in ancient times were really incredible!
"Unfortunately, due to my health, I can no longer assist Fourth Brother... This time I went south and captured fourteen cities from Dongtai to Xitai. Fourth Brother's sphere of influence is in the southern border. With these fourteen cities, we can attack the capital Changle or rule the south of the Yangtze River. This can be considered as my last gift to Fourth Brother..."
"I see. If you capture a city, you have to send troops to guard it. So your remaining troops are not enough to capture Xitai City, so you have to rely on me to take advantage of you?"
"Not entirely..." The Sixth Prince looked at me in confusion, slowly reaching out his hand and touching my cheek, "You are very much like Fourth Sister-in-law, smart, alert, and far-sighted... but not as courageous as her." He smiled, as if remembering something in the past, and said lightly: "But it doesn't matter, you are still young, and you will naturally mature after being with Fourth Brother for a few years."
He touched my face again and sighed, "No, you are not like her. If she were half as lively and willful as you, this wouldn't be the result..."
Standing up shakily, the Sixth Prince leaned against the door frame, looked at the ground and said, "Fourth Brother's military camp is stationed in Rencheng, three hundred miles away. Go to the military camp with Wen Biao to get a fast horse and go find Fourth Brother. He was the one who poisoned me, so he must have the antidote. The situation in Xitai City is not stable yet, so I can't go with you. Now is not the time to make it clear to the world. On the surface, Fourth Brother and I are still enemies, so I'm afraid you have to rely on your own strength to move Fourth Brother over. Is that okay?"
Looking back at the half-unconscious Guo'er on the couch, I looked at the Sixth Prince firmly, "No problem!"
The Sixth Prince nodded, looked at me almost pleadingly, and said, "Before I die, I hope to see Fourth Brother again."
I was stunned and sighed helplessly: "I understand..."
The Sixth Prince lifted the door curtain and walked out. In the night, he looked even more lonely, thin and gaunt...
