Abandoned Concubine's Promotion

Chapter 918 Heart Eater Gu

Emperor Jing clutched his arm and looked towards the direction where the arrow was shot just now, Su Qinghan did the same, his expression was full of vigilance.

There was no movement in the forest, Su Qinghan ordered the soldiers to check the situation while being on guard.

"Your Majesty, are you alright, Your Majesty?" Just a moment ago, Kang Ninghai was pushed to the ground, and he froze there. Now that he came back to his senses, he quickly got up and came to the side of Emperor Jing.

"I'm fine." Clutching his arm, Emperor Jing responded, he turned his head to look at his arm, it was just scratched and bloody, but it didn't bother him.

"Your Majesty, the last general has neglected his duties. Please punish him." He was right next to the Emperor, but he was still injured. Su Qinghan turned around and knelt on the ground.

"Don't blame you, get up." Greeting Su Qinghan to get up, Emperor Jing looked towards the forest again, there was no movement there, presumably the person who shot the arrow had already fled.

"Your Majesty, shall we go back?" Some soldiers searched, and Su Qinghan said, Emperor Jing had an injury on his arm, although it was not serious, it had to be dealt with.

In response, Emperor Jing took Su Qinghan and Kang Ninghai back to the open space where they rested before.

"Your Majesty, are you alright?" Seeing Emperor Jing coming back with his arms covered, Xia Shi rushed up to greet him. Emperor Jing shook his head and sat on the ground.

Xia Shi knelt beside Emperor Jing, first checked the wound for Emperor Jing, and then checked the pulse. After confirming that there was nothing wrong, he applied medicine and bandaged the wound for Emperor Jing.

"How could there be an assassin here? Could it be someone from Qing or Wei?" The only things I could think of were these two countries, after all, they had just finished fighting.

This time, both the Qing Kingdom and the Wei Kingdom suffered heavy losses, and only Xing'an suffered the smallest loss. It is normal for the two countries to have resentment.

"I don't know if we can catch the thief. If we can catch him, we will find out after interrogating him."

After hearing Xia Shi's words, Su Qinghan's eyes turned to the forest. He escorted Emperor Jing back just now, and he couldn't go and arrest him himself.

"Be careful on the way back." After all, you have encountered an assassin, who knows if there will be another one in the future?
However, even if there are assassins, they are not afraid, unless it is when Emperor Jing is alone. However, such a situation will never happen again.

After the wound was bandaged, Emperor Jing followed the crowd and waited for the return of the soldiers. As expected, the soldiers got nothing.

"It's okay, we were unprepared, just be more careful next time." Seeing that the soldiers were unhappy, Emperor Jing began to comfort him. It was already meal time, and Emperor Jing followed the crowd to eat something.

Because it was only an arm injury, it was not serious. After eating and resting for a while, everyone went back on the road and headed back to the capital.

From the northwest frontier to the capital, it takes a long time to walk slowly. Before reaching a county, some soldiers will leave the team under the leadership of the lieutenant general.

The closer to the capital, the smaller the team, but even so, there are still a lot of soldiers left. After all, they brought a lot from the capital, and Emperor Jing himself had purple guards.

Fortunately, there were no more problems along the way, because Emperor Jing didn't stand alone, and there were many soldiers, so even if there were assassins, he didn't dare to come out blatantly.

However, even if the assassin didn't come out, it still made Su Qinghan and the others mess up.

On the seventh day after the assassination incident, Emperor Jing suddenly developed a high fever. Not only that, the wound that had almost recovered before suddenly festered.

Such a situation made Su Qinghan, Xia Shi and the others very anxious, especially Xia Shi, who never expected that such a situation would suddenly appear in Emperor Jing.

Compared with before, the team has shrunk a lot. At this time, the soldiers surrounded the forest, each on guard.

Xia Shi treated the wound for Emperor Jing and checked his pulse again. In the past few days, he watched the wound gradually heal. Although it was slow to heal due to the hot weather, it was indeed improving. No one expected that such a situation would suddenly appear.

Emperor Jing's complexion was very bad, and his eyes lost the usual expression. He leaned against the tree and looked at Xia Shi's frowning brows.

"Doctor Xia, how is my health?" Not only did they not expect it, Emperor Jing himself did not expect it to happen suddenly.

Due to the high fever, he had a splitting headache and his eyes were blurred, but he held on to prevent himself from passing out.

Xia Shi didn't immediately reply to Emperor Jing's words, he was checking Emperor Jing's pulse, seeing him like this, Emperor Jing didn't speak, just waited patiently.

After a while, Xia Shi withdrew his finger and looked at Su Qinghan with worry in his eyes.

"Doctor Xia, what's the matter with the emperor?" Su Qinghan knew about Emperor Jing's health. He had sparred with Emperor Jing before. Emperor Jing's kung fu is not weak, and his physical foundation is naturally good.

But suddenly, the emperor collapsed and had a high fever. Looking at his current appearance, he looked like a patient who had been ill for a long time.

There was a mistake at this juncture, and Su Qinghan was annoyed in his heart. He wished he could catch that assassin and interrogate him.

"Your Majesty, Marshal Su, your Majesty will have a high fever. It can be said that it is because of the injury on the arm, but it can also be said that it is not because of the injury on the arm."

What he said made Su Qinghan very confused, he stared at him, waiting for him to clarify.

"That's right, the injury on the emperor's arm is considered to be the origin. If it wasn't for this wound, this kind of thing would not have happened now. If I guessed correctly, the reason why the emperor would be like this is because of the arrow that injured the emperor."

"I'm afraid that the arrow was poisoned, or more precisely, it was Gu, so in the past few days, I have been hiding it from the lower officials, so that the lower officials didn't notice it."

"Nowadays, when the Gu worm attacks and the symptoms appear, the emperor will be like this. We must find a way as soon as possible to get rid of the Gu worm, otherwise..."

Su Qinghan and Kang Ninghai also understood the meaning behind Xia Shi's words.

"Then what should we do now? Can Imperial Physician Xia dispel Gu?" Su Qinghan looked at Xia Shi and asked, "What kind of Gu is this?"

"It should be the heart-eating Gu. Once this kind of Gu enters the human body, it will lie dormant for seven days, and it will attack after seven days. The infected person will develop a high fever, just like the emperor's current symptoms."

"Afterwards, the emperor may have hallucinations, and his whole body will suffer from unbearable pain. At most one month, the Heart-biting Gu will reach the person's heart and eat up the heart."

If the heart is gone, one will not be able to live, Xia Shi said, frowning even tighter.

"This kind of Gu worm, I have only heard of it, but have not solved it. Besides, in this kind of place, many things can't be found. It is best to find a way to send the emperor back to the capital as soon as possible."

After walking for so many days, there is still a certain distance from the capital. According to the current marching speed, it may take about ten days to reach the capital.

But according to Emperor Jing's current situation, he can't wait at all...

(End of this chapter)