The General Is As Urgent As Law

The assassin first glanced at Zhou Xiao's cold face with some fear, but he didn't seem to want to speak.Zhou Xiao's sword had already cut his skin, and blood started to bleed.His voice was extremely cold, and he threatened: "If you don't say anything, I will chop off your fingers one by one, and then your toes... I have plenty of ways to make you die if you can't survive!"

Zhou Xiao's reaction at this moment was completely different from usual, especially the chill in his words, which made the four people who were watching by him a little scared.Unexpectedly, the amiable Zhou Xiao would have such a side.

But the assassin was probably ordered to die, and the look he looked at Zhou Xiao changed from fear to loathing.

Immediately afterwards, before Zhou Xiao could torture him, the man suddenly fell to the ground, bleeding from the corner of his mouth, and stopped moving.Zhou Xiao quickly put away his sword and went up to sniff the assassin.

"died."

Guo Linchong immediately followed and groped around the two corpses to see if there was anything available.

Jiang Ye was puzzled by this, and asked in a low voice, "How did he die?"

"Suicide." Wei Lin kept his eyes on Guo Linchong's movements, and replied without turning his head.

"How did you commit suicide?" Jiang also continued to ask.

Wei Lin was a little impatient, but turned his face away, and patiently explained to Jiang Ye: "If it is an assassin who has been ordered to die, he usually hides poison on his body before leaving. It’s over. Usually, the poison that sees blood and seals the throat is hidden in the nails or teeth, and once captured, lick the nails, or bite the poison hidden in the mouth to commit suicide.”

"That's it..." Jiang Ye had never heard of such a thing, so he had increased his knowledge, "You really know a lot."

"It's okay." Wei Lin turned back to see if they found any results.

It's a pity that there was nothing on the two corpses, Zhou Xiao angrily asked Steward Zhang to throw the corpses out for disposal, while she looked around worriedly outside the door.

"Vice General Zhou won't go in?" Min Qiu asked.

Zhou Xiao shook her head: "You can come in and out of the general's residence at will. Now that the doctor and Ziqin are inside, it won't help if we go in."

When Guo Linchong heard this, he thought of someone: "I'm going to fetch the military doctor now."

"Is that the military doctor?" Zhou Xiao asked, "Zhong Yi?"

Guo Linchong nodded quickly: "That's right, it's Zhong Yi, I'll go now."

"Go back quickly!"

Jiang also felt that the people in front of him, who were getting along day and night, seemed to be hiding deeper than the other.Guo Linchong was not there when Mingming came with him, but when he left Xue Changfeng's bedroom, Guo Linchong was there again; Wei Lin's mother obviously had something to do with Xue Changfeng, why on earth did Wei Lin become a beggar; Zhou Xiao also knew Zhong Yi, and it seemed He is still very sure of Zhong Yi's medical skills... Many questions are circling in Jiang Ye's mind. He knows that this is not the time to ask, and it is like the matter of Wei Lin.

He has been hiding his family background in the military camp, but he never thought that everyone has their own secrets, and each of them seems to be more shocking than him, a "rich man who joins the army".

As a result, on the night of Xue Ziqin's wedding, not only did he not have a bridal chamber, but he was so nervous until dawn that the assassin assassinated General Xue.No one in the whole house could rest in peace, Xue Ziqin and the doctor stayed in Xue Changfeng's room all the time, and the doctor left in the middle of the night.

Jiang Ye and Wei Lin had already lost their energy by midnight. Seeing that the two lieutenants were guarding outside and Guo Linchong hadn't returned, they didn't dare to go back to rest, so they had to lean against the pillars of the corridor to rest.The sound of the doctor pushing open the door awakened the two of them, and they heard the doctor sigh and explain to Xue Ziqin: "It's old and incompetent. The general has never seen the poison on the general, so I can only give acupuncture to delay the general's death." The poison is attacking the heart, but I am afraid it won't last until noon."

Xue Ziqin said anxiously: "Is there no other way? Doctor, you have to think of a way!"

The doctor shook his head and said: "Hey...the old man really has no choice. If he can find the poisoner and give him the antidote, then he will be saved..." "The poisoner is dead, so the antidote is definitely gone. " Xue Ziqin interrupted without waiting for the doctor to finish.

"Don't worry, general. The general is the pillar of the country. When it is dawn, General Xue will invite the imperial physician in the palace. Maybe there will be a way. The old man is really powerless..."

Hearing what the doctor said, Xue Ziqin knew that it would be useless to talk too much. If he could save him, he would definitely save him. If he couldn't, it would be futile for him to continue talking to the doctor.

"Zhou Xiao, help me see the doctor."

"Okay." Zhou Xiao stepped forward to meet the doctor, and then sent the doctor out.

Guo Linchong went to pick up Zhong Yi, they had already reported to Xue Ziqin.Seeing that an hour and a half had passed, Xue Ziqin still couldn't help but annoyed, "Did that trash Guo Linchong elope with Zhong Yi?"

Before the words were finished, Guo Linchong had already walked in through the gate, holding Zhong Yi's sleeve with one hand.Zhong Yi kept complaining: "Don't drag me, is there anyone who treats military doctors like this? Oh, I will go by myself. You young people don't know how to respect the old and love the young..."

"General, don't wrong me, I can go back and forth on two legs, it's already fast!" Guo Linchong said, handing Zhong Yi over to Xue Ziqin.

"Okay, okay, go away." Xue Ziqin also grabbed Zhong Yi's shirt, ignoring Zhong Yi's resistance, "Hurry up, the old man is going to die!"

"Xiao Xue, you are wrong, how can you say that your father is going to die?" Zhong Yi was still talking, and Wei Lin noticed the sound of Xiao Xue.Wei Lin looked up at the scene, wanting to wait for Xue Ziqin to get angry, or not to allow Zhong Yi to call out like that, but Xue Ziqin didn't respond, he just heard him say impatiently: "I know, I know, Uncle Zhong, hurry up!"

"Zhong, Uncle Zhong?" Wei Lin repeated in surprise.

Fortunately, no one heard except Jiang Ye.

Not only Wei Lin was surprised, but Jiang also widened his eyes in surprise.

This Zhong Yi was usually in the barracks, and he called General Xue in a proper manner, so why did he now look like Xue Ziqin's elder?

But at this moment, everyone's thoughts were on Xue Changfeng, and no one would come to answer their doubts.

Despite Zhong Yi's nagging, Xue Ziqin forced him into the room, and then closed the door vigorously.

Zhong Yi entered the room, and he never stopped talking. He sat on the edge of Xue Changfeng's couch, reached out and shook Xue Changfeng's hand, began to sound his pulse, and his expression immediately became dignified.

Xue Ziqin didn't dare to vent his anger, for fear of disturbing Zhong Yi.

On the couch, Xue Changfeng's face was pale, his lips were purple and black, very frightening.Zhong Yi sounded his pulse first, then opened Xue Changfeng's eyelids with his hands, and then reached out to touch Xue Changfeng's back neck, armpits and other parts.After a careful inspection, he asked without raising his head, "Is the hidden weapon still there?"

"Yes." Xue Ziqin quickly took the diamond-shaped dart and handed it to Zhong Yi.Zhong Yi looked at it carefully, touched the dried blood on it with his hand, and put the tip of his nose to smell it.There was no smell on the dart, and there was no trace of poisoning on the part of the dart that was not stained with blood. Zhong Yi had an idea in his heart, and called Xue Ziqin again: "Water!"

Xue Ziqin did as he was told, and came over with a bowl of clear water.Zhong Yi stretched out his index finger and dipped it in clear water, daubed it on the diamond-shaped dart, and sniffed it carefully.

"Great hand!" Zhong Yi said with a sneer.

"What do you mean?"

"This poison is colorless and tasteless. I guessed it, but I really didn't expect it. This poison is extracted from a kind of flower unique to the territory of the Dongming tribe in the north of Qinchuan. Those who are poisoned by this poison will feel hot and cold all over their bodies. , Qi and blood reversed, if you can't last half a day, you will definitely die."

"How did you know..." "This poison has a characteristic, it will have a fragrance when dissolved in water." Zhong Yi said, "But don't worry, this little poison will not trouble me."

"Then please, Uncle Zhong!"

Zhong Yi nodded, took out bottles and cans from the medicine box he carried with him, and started to move, ordering while doing it: "You ask someone to prepare some red dates and boil them into date paste."

"it is good."

Xue Ziqin immediately left the room after responding.

Zhong Yi sighed self-consciously, and shook his head: "Look at you, you are old, and you can even fall into this kind of plot."

Although he looked careless, Zhong Yi's movements in his hands were not in the slightest.He first sealed several acupoints with silver needles, then pricked Xue Changfeng's ten fingers, and purple-black blood flowed out from the cut, until the blood gradually turned red, he released the needles and switched to other acupoints.

After the wound was healed, he pinched Xue Changfeng again.Xue Changfeng slowly opened his eyes, his vision was not yet clear, he only heard the voice of an old acquaintance shouting: "Open your mouth, hold it in your mouth."

He opened his mouth subconsciously, and felt a piece of bitter medicine stuffed into his mouth, he swallowed it as he said, at this moment he didn't have the strength to speak at all.

Zhong Yi seemed to know what he was going to say, and spoke first: "Well, don't thank me, I can't completely cure this poison, and the danger of life is gone, but if you don't take care of it for half a year, I'm afraid you will lose ten years of life. .”

"The assassin used the poison from the land of Qin Chuan. I reckon it was a scapegoat, but it's hard to say. After all, Qin Chuan is the territory under Qin Mu's jurisdiction. Although he has always been aloof from the world, the matter of establishing a reserve has already caused a lot of quarrels. There is a lot of fuss, and it is not impossible to talk about different intentions. You have to wait until you recover to find out." Zhong Yi said, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and put the bottles back one by one. In the medicine box, "Have you seen that kid, Wei Lin?"

Xue Changfeng blinked his eyes in response.

"As soon as I saw him, I knew it was Yueyang's child. He looked exactly like Yueyang." Zhong Yi sighed, "Forget about her, the child is already so old, what are you still thinking about?"

Xue Changfeng didn't respond.

Zhong Yi also knew his temper, so he stopped talking about this matter: "Okay, okay, I will prescribe medicine later, you should be able to talk after drinking the medicine, but you will still be weak. Don't swallow this medicine, you can't take it, I was woken up in the middle of the night to save your life, I have to go to sleep, what's the matter, we can talk about it tomorrow."

Xue Changfeng blinked again.

Zhong Yi also nodded, turned and went out.

Xue Ziqin was about to come in, when he saw Zhong Yi coming out, he asked anxiously, "How is it?"

"I said Xiaoxue, you don't worry about anyone, and you can't worry about Uncle Zhong, right?" Zhong Yi smiled triumphantly, "Take me to the study, and prescribe medicine for your father, and your life will be safe , just have to rest for half a year."

"Okay, here, I'll take you there."

With Xue Changfeng turning the corner, the five people staring at the door can finally go back to the room to rest.Zhong Yi just prescribed the medicine, and after explaining clearly, he went back to the outskirts camp early on the grounds that he wanted to go back to look after his little apprentice.

Jiang finally went back to Xiangcheng, and he didn't return all night last night, so he went home to rest. He wanted to spend more time with his parents when he had free time, and when he went out next time, he didn't know when he would be back.

Xue Ziqin and Zhou Xiao took turns taking care of Xue Changfeng each day.

The newly married Princess Yun was out of luck, she stayed at the mansion for several days and never saw her husband again.

The emperor also sent people to greet him, and many civil and military officials heard about this and sent people to bring various supplements.These things made Xue Ziqin very busy, and he had to take care of Xue Changfeng.

Fortunately, Zhong Yi's medical skills are still very good. Within five days, Xue Changfeng's spirit has improved a lot, and he will no longer fall asleep all day long.

On the fifth day, someone sent a letter to Xue's residence.

When the servant received the letter, he only heard from the sender that it was sent by the right minister, and it must be handed over to General Xue, and then the sender disappeared.

Xue Ziqin was feeding Xue Changfeng medicine spoon by spoon, when the servant suddenly knocked on the door and shouted loudly: "General, a letter from the right minister."

Before that, Xue Ziqin had never taken care of anyone, and even the skill of feeding medicine was learned from Zhou Xiao little by little, so Xue Changfeng gave him a lot of embarrassment.

Now that someone came, Xue Ziqin came in in response, put the medicine on the table, and reached out to receive the letter from the servant.

Xue Changfeng coughed twice, his voice was hoarse due to his weakness, and asked, "Did the Prime Minister come in person?"

"No, it's a face-to-face servant."

Xue Ziqin wanted to take it apart directly to see the content first, but Xue Changfeng interrupted him before the action started: "Huh?"

"Look, look." Xue Ziqin carefully handed the letter to Xue Changfeng again.

What was written in the letter, Xue Ziqin couldn't see it, but Xue Changfeng read the letter with a bad face, but he could see it clearly, probably the right prime minister Yuanzhi wrote nothing good.

Xue Changfeng read it quickly, and then handed the letter to Xue Ziqin: "Burn it."

"what?"

"I set you on fire."

"Okay." Xue Ziqin had no choice but to light the letter and throw it on the ground in front of Xue Changfeng, watching it burn to ashes.

Xue Changfeng didn't speak for a long time, and Xue Ziqin didn't dare to ask more questions.

Usually he dared to contradict one or two, but it was just a matter of being beaten, but now he was afraid that if he pissed off the old man with his words and deeds, he would be charged with a serious crime.

Thinking about it, he picked up the medicine again and prepared to feed it to Xue Changfeng.

But Xue Changfeng said suddenly: "You take your people, and the people I lent you before, to Qianyu directly in two days."

"What do you mean?"

"General Dingbei, I asked you to do it, will you do it?"

"Do! Of course!"