Jiaochu

Chapter 537 Miracle Doctor
Although the whereabouts of Yancheng has been determined, the situation in the southern border is still a mystery.

When it was getting dark, only Lu Ming came back, and he was seriously injured. There was a bloody claw mark on his chest, the same injury that Yan Fei had suffered in Qingzhou City before. This bloody claw mark was poisonous. If the poison could not be detoxified in time, his life would be in danger.

There happened to be a miracle doctor visiting the mansion, so Liu Jin asked someone to send Lu Ming to the doctor.

When Yan Fei saw the bloody claw mark, he knew it was the army that had attacked Qingzhou City before. Thinking of the person who saved him, a complex emotion arose in his heart. He immediately gathered his thoughts and brought up the matter of Qingzhou City again. He suspected that Lu Fen and Lu Yan had also come to the southern border this time. After Lu Fen rescued his brother Lu Yan from Dingcheng, the two of them disappeared, and Yue'er and Liu Yao also disappeared.

"What exactly is that army?" Ye Xingye was the first to ask.

Yan Fei slowly uttered three words, "The living dead."

Ye Xingye shuddered suddenly and asked what the living dead were. Yan Fei said that they looked like living people, but in fact they had lost their minds and became zombies, so they were called living dead.

Before in Xiuzhou City, when Yan Fei went to see Zhenpo alone for a medical consultation, he asked Zhenpo about the army. Zhenpo said that it was a forbidden technique in the village, using poison to refine people, which was extremely evil. The clan leaders of all generations strictly prohibited the people in the village from practicing this technique. Once they violated the technique, their poison would be abolished, expelled from the village and left to fend for themselves. Wu Peng was crossed out from the family tree by the clan leader because he studied this forbidden technique, and he escaped before the poison master sent by the clan leader went to catch him.

After that, Wu Peng went to work for Jinyi Hou to continue studying forbidden techniques. After the fall of the previous dynasty, Wu Peng disappeared, but later reappeared in the capital, and is still in that small incense shop. After returning from the rebellion in Xiuzhou, Yan Fei went to see Wu Peng and asked about Yue'er and her brother. He suspected that Wu Peng had secretly arranged for the two to enter the village ten years ago.

Wu Peng said that he could not remember clearly what happened ten years ago, but he did remember that there was such a brother and sister. As for whether the sister was called Yue'er, he could not remember. The two were living on the streets at that time. The brother stole a steamed bun and was caught by the stall owner and was severely beaten. The sister was sick and had no money to buy medicine. He felt sorry for the two, so he took them in and taught them some skills so that they could defend themselves. Later, the two left. As for whether they returned to the village, he didn't know. He said that the brother and sister were talented, and asked about their recent situation.

Yan Fei said that after the brother and sister left the village, they went to Xiuzhou City and took refuge in Liu Mansion. Wu Peng only said it was a pity, and said nothing else. He asked Yan Fei if he wanted to know the weakness of the living dead. Yan Fei said that the living dead were afraid of light and could not move during the day. He deduced this from the attack on Qingzhou City. Wu Peng smiled and said that it was not necessarily the case. Those who were afraid of light were failures. He then said in a ghostly tone that the real living dead could not be killed.

Wu Peng asked Yan Fei to do him a favor and he would tell him how to subdue the real living dead. Yan Fei weighed the pros and cons and agreed. Wu Peng said that there was a treasure in Yinyue Village, which was passed down by the first clan leader and guarded by successive clan leaders for generations, but the treasure was stolen by the daughter of the previous clan leader. After stealing the treasure, the woman became one of the four assassins under Jinyi Hou, Mei Ji. Later, she entered the palace and became the favorite concubine of King Xia, Die Fei.

Yan Fei knew that Concubine Die was Madam Zi who was with Qiu Yu and disappeared after she appeared in the capital. After Wu Peng told him what the treasure was, Yan Fei knew where Madam Zi had gone. The Concubine Zi in Dong Zhou was Madam Zi, and the gift she gave to Ye Lingxi was the treasure, the mermaid flute that Yinyue Village had guarded for generations.

It is rumored that it was created by a mermaid, who can play fairy music and magic music and control all living things in the world.

Yan Fei told all this to Ye Lingxi. They had agreed to study the flute under a ginkgo tree. He had also heard her playing the flute, which attracted birds around. As he listened, he leaned against the tree and took a nap and had a sweet dream. When he woke up, he saw her squatting in front of him, smiling like a cunning little fox. He asked him what she dreamed about, but he was too embarrassed to say it. He asked her what song she played, and she raised her hand and whispered, saying it was a secret.

Later, she went to the north, and the secret was buried under the ginkgo tree in the fallen leaves that piled up year after year, and no one cared about it...

Yan Fei gathered his thoughts and said that it was getting dark and the enemy might launch an attack at night, so they had to prepare early. General Yan sent a message to the soldiers in the barracks to strengthen their vigilance at night, and Liu Jin also asked people to prepare enough kerosene on the tower, so that if the army appeared, they would use fire to attack.

When it was dark, there was still no news from the two tracking Dragon Shadow Guards.

Late at night, there was nothing unusual outside the city.

Ye Xingye was still on the city wall, on night duty with the soldiers guarding the city. Yan Fei, as his personal bodyguard, naturally had to follow him. A general invited the two of them to go over and warm themselves by the fire.

Bright flames danced in their pupils, and they both looked a little sad. Ye Xingye asked for something to talk about, "Is Lingxi okay?"

Yan Fei hummed, the firelight dancing in his pupils, as if turning into a blurry red light. After his vision refocused, he picked up the tongs and poked the fire. The fire burned even more vigorously, and the sparks floated towards the dark night sky. From a distance, they looked like tiny fireflies flying up from the city wall.

Ye Xingye looked up at the cold and bright starry sky above his head. In his eyes, those stars gathered into a person's face. The face became clearer and clearer. He was staring at it in a trance when the light of the torch flashed over here. He first noticed that Yan Fei stood up, and then he saw two soldiers guarding the city holding torches and shining them down the city wall, as if someone was coming.

When the other party entered the range of the torch, Ye Xingye asked loudly who he was. The man did not answer, but walked forward with his head down, his steps disorderly, as if he would fall down at any time. He turned a deaf ear to the warnings from the city wall, and walked forward with his last bit of strength. When he was almost at the city gate, he could no longer hold on and fell to the ground. He crawled over with his two bloody hands, raised his hands and slapped on the city gate with all his strength. After slapping it twice, he no longer had the strength to raise his hands.

After a while, the city gate slowly opened a crack, and the light of the torch shone through the crack. A voice asked him who he was. He squeezed out two words from his weak throat, "Mu Qi". Ye Xingye was shocked and immediately ordered people to open the city gate and carry the man in.

"Hold on, the doctor will be here soon." Ye Xingye saw that Mu Qi was barely breathing and was afraid that he would not survive. Yan Fei checked Mu Qi's injuries and gave him a secret medicine from the Dragon Shadow Guards, which was also a life-saving pill from the Dragon Shadow Guards. As long as he was not poisoned or possessed by evil spirits, he could save his life by taking it.

After taking the life-saving pill, Mu Qi's breathing became smoother, and he spoke intermittently about the situation in the palace. When two soldiers arrived with the miracle doctor, Mu Qi had already finished speaking.

I never thought that this miracle doctor was Bai Hu. He traveled here two months ago and became famous because he cured a patient with a stubborn disease when he first came to the city. Later, he was invited by Liu Jin to be a guest in his mansion.

When Bai Hu was bandaging Mu Qi's wound, Yan Fei could tell at a glance that it was a sword wound, but the shape of the wound was a little strange. He picked up Mu Qi's sword, pulled it out, took a look at it, and then put the sword back in its place.

Ye Xingye's mind was on what Mu Qi had just said, and he was extremely anxious.

Just after King Pingnan sent someone to send the envoy from Qi to the capital, Tuan Jie'er disappeared the next day. In the morning, Tuan Jie'er was playing in the yard. When she found that she was not in the yard, it was already late. She searched the whole mansion for her but couldn't find her.

Prince Pingnan and Meng Tianlan took people to look for him outside, but it was already dark and neither of them came back, nor did they send anyone back to report the incident. Princess Pingnan was worried that something had happened, so she asked Mu Qi to ask General Fang for help. Meng Jingxiu also wanted to go, so Princess Pingnan told them to be careful.

After leaving the palace, Mu Qi heard a strange bell sound and his vision gradually became blurred. When he regained consciousness, he found a masked strange man in front of him, who drew his sword and attacked him. His sword-drawing moves were exactly the same as his. The two fought for a whole night before he killed the other. Before he could catch his breath, another strange man came to kill him. He killed one after another, but in the end he could not swing the sword anymore. The sword stabbed at him, and he was powerless to block it. When the sword stabbed him, he heard the strange bell sound again and immediately lost consciousness.

When he woke up again, he found it was still night and there was a city in front of him. He had only one thought in his mind: to go to the city.

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After Bai Hu bandaged Mu Qi's wound, Ye Xingye and Yan Fei were gone.

In less than half a quarter of an hour, a general guarding the city rushed to Prince Jin's mansion and reported the news of the two people leaving the city to Liu Jin and General Yan.

"His Highness said that he would act carefully and nothing would happen with the Dragon Shadow Guards around, so the old general doesn't need to worry."

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