Chapter 2: Stitching the Emperor

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"I traveled back in time?" He felt something was wrong. The surroundings were too quiet.

His small clinic was next to the road, and even in the middle of the night, he could hear the sound of cars passing by, but now he felt as if he was in a vacuum.

He looked up at the clock hanging on the wall. The time stopped at twelve o'clock, but the stopwatch did not move.

He walked around and found that it was pitch black outside the window and he could not see anything. "Time is still here..."

He saw a small house symbol above him again. He pressed it and returned to the palace.

Fu Jiangyu also put his hand on his hand.

"It's already this late, and you're almost dying, yet you're still touching my hand?" Lin Baige couldn't help but complain.

When he realized what he was saying, he quickly pursed his lips and looked at Fu Jiangyu nervously.

Fu Jiangyu: "Don't be afraid, I will not die. I will stay by your side to protect you."

"Don't talk anymore and save some energy." Lin Baige quickly clicked on the sign again and returned to the small clinic. He took a medicine box with him before leaving.

I didn't expect that he could actually bring the imperial physician's medicine box into the small clinic. This means that he can also take things from the small clinic back, and no one will notice that he has left.

He quickly put the things needed for sewing into the medicine box. After returning, he said to Seventeen, "Let them step back and put down the bed curtains."

Upon hearing this, everyone retreated to the door, and the palace maid lowered the bed curtain, forming a small operating room separated from the outside.

He often sewed up the wounds of nearby hooligans who fought, and was very familiar with the procedure.

He disinfected Jiang Chenyu's wound first: "Relax, don't be nervous, I will heal you. The stitching scene is too bloody, you'd better not watch it."

Every time he treated a patient, he would comfort the patient in a gentle tone, and now he also habitually said soothing words.

After saying this, he wondered if he was out of luck. What if Fu Jiangyu saw through him?

He looked up nervously again and found that Fu Jiangyu was staring at him with love in his eyes. Only then did he feel relieved.

Maybe Fu Jiangyu was affected by the love-brain setting, and he would be brainless in front of him and couldn't realize that he was not the original owner.

He took out the anesthetic and gave Fu Jiangyu an injection.

Just as he was about to get stitches, an old man with a white beard rushed into the bed curtain.

Lin Baige remembered that there was only one old man with a white beard in the entire court, and he must be the Prime Minister, Lord Zhang.

Lord Zhang is not only the Prime Minister, but also Fu Jiangyu's teacher. He is a loyal and influential official.

Lin Xing had always wanted to overthrow Lord Zhang, but the late emperor issued an imperial decree before his death to preserve Lord Zhang's position. Otherwise, Lin Xing would have used the original owner to kill Lord Zhang long ago.

"What are you going to do?" Lord Zhang asked Lin Baige with an angry look in his eyes.

"I want to suture the emperor's wound." After Lin Baige said this, he turned around and asked Fu Jiangyu if the anesthetic had taken effect and whether it still hurt.

"Sewing!? Do you think the emperor is a piece of clothing or a quilt? If it's torn, just sew it up? This is human skin, how can it be sewn up?" Lord Zhang roared. Everyone heard what Lin Baige was going to do, and they all widened their eyes in shock.

However, this evil concubine never takes human life seriously. I heard that two days ago, a palace maid accidentally spilled tea and almost splashed it on him, so he asked the palace maid to scratch her face with the broken pieces of the cup.

If she doesn't do it, not only she but her whole family will die.

He didn't care about the lives of ordinary people, palace maids, and eunuchs, but who would have thought that he wouldn't even care about the emperor's life? He was really too bold, but this was also the result of the emperor's pampering.

"If he's not sewn up, he'll bleed to death." Lin Baige knew that Lord Zhang was worried about the emperor, and he also knew that Lord Zhang didn't believe him, but he had to sew it up quickly, so he could only ask Seventeen to quickly pull Lord Zhang out.

"I won't leave. You dare to sew me up? I'll have to die before you do." Seeing the imperial doctors being held down by the guards, Lord Zhang became even more convinced that Lin Baige was going to kill the emperor. He shouted at the guards, "You should arrest him, not the imperial doctors!"

"Let's see who dares!" Although Fu Jiangyu was injured, his words were still powerful.

In an instant, everyone inside and outside the hall knelt down. Even Lin Baige was startled, but Fu Jiangyu rubbed his head and comforted him: "Just go ahead and do it. No matter what you do, I will back you up."

"Your Majesty, no!" Lord Zhang knelt on the ground and kowtowed heavily, his forehead peeling. "If you continue to indulge him like this, you will only lose your life. Can you be worthy of our ancestors? Can you be worthy of the people of this country?"

Lin Baige winked at Seventeen and said, "Please ask Master Zhang to leave and ask the imperial physician to treat the wound on his head. Don't let anyone disturb me while I sew up the wound for His Majesty."

"You dare!" Lord Zhang was so angry that his eyes were bloodshot. No matter how reluctant he was, he was still an old man and was easily carried out by Seventeen.

The bed curtain was lowered again, Lin Baige put on gloves and began to sew.

Fu Jiangyu's wound looked scary. In ancient times when medical standards were low and there was no anesthesia, the pain was excruciating. Even if one could endure the pain, the wound would become inflamed and ulcerated. In this era when a cold could kill one, Fu Jiangyu's abdominal wound was very dangerous.

If it happened in the modern world, this wound would not be considered fatal with a few stitches and daily dressing changes, and the stitches could be removed in more than half a month.

By the way, I don’t know if the dagger is rusty. After the stitches are done, I’ll need a tetanus shot.

The weather was hot and humid, and he soon broke out in sweat. A hand reached out to wipe his sweat, and he thought it was a palace maid coming in to wipe his sweat. In such a bloody scene, the palace maid didn't say a word, which showed her courage.

But when he looked up, he saw Fu Jiangyu wiping his sweat.

"I'm stitching you up, don't move." Lin Baige thought to himself that his willpower was too strong. He watched others stitch his stomach up without changing his expression. Most people don't have this kind of mental strength.

"Okay, I won't move." Fu Jiangyu said in a doting tone.

Lin Baige complained in his heart, I gave you anesthesia, so you don’t feel any pain, and now you start talking endlessly.

Fortunately, Lin Baige was experienced and had sewn at least thirty or forty people, if not fifty or sixty. Their town was very chaotic, with gangsters fighting every few days. He had steady hands and was experienced, so he finished the job quickly.

He bandaged Fu Jiangyu's wound and finally breathed a sigh of relief. He put away all his things, opened the bed curtain, and saw that everyone outside was sticking their heads out to look inside. When they met Lin Baige's gaze, everyone hurriedly lowered their heads, trembling and not daring to look again.

Normally they didn't dare to be so unruly. They kept their heads down and didn't dare look around. If they accidentally made eye contact with the original owner, they would be beaten or scolded at best, or even lose their lives at worst.

But today the emperor was seriously injured, and Lin Baige took the needle and thread to sew up the emperor's stomach. This doesn't sound reliable. The emperor might die soon. If the emperor dies, won't the palace be in chaos?

The emperor has no children, but he has two younger brothers. If the two princes learn that the emperor is injured, will they bring people into the palace to kill him? If a fight breaks out, it will definitely affect these innocent palace maids and eunuchs.

If the guards hadn't been watching them, they would have scattered and quickly packed up their bags and fled.

"The emperor is fine now, clean up this place." Lin Baige gave instructions and suddenly thought of the original text. After the original owner killed the emperor and let Lin Xing go, the Fourth Prince led his troops into the palace in the middle of the night and occupied it.

In the original text, the Fourth Prince was a good-for-nothing with lofty ambitions. He had no ability but wanted the throne, and was instigated by Lin Xing to rebel. His soldiers were actually lent to him by Lin Xing.

They said they were lending it to him, but in fact they wanted the Fourth Prince to find a way to bring these enemy soldiers and generals disguised as ordinary people into the capital and hide them, so that the Fourth Prince could lead his troops to occupy the palace at the critical moment.

The whole country believed that the Fourth Prince had inherited the throne. The officials thought that those soldiers were private soldiers raised by the Fourth Prince and had no doubts. They were paralyzed by Lin Xing's plan and allowed those soldiers to be stationed in the capital openly.

When Lin Xing returned to the neighboring country, he led a large army to attack, forming a joint internal and external force.

Lin Xing did not kill the Fourth Prince, but let the Fourth Prince stay here and become a puppet prince.

The Fourth Prince is still very proud, thinking that this land belongs to him. In fact, he doesn't care about anything else except eating, drinking and having fun all day long. Lin Xing supports him and gives him the throne just to show off to the people of the world and the other two countries.

Let the people of the world think that he is kind, keep this prince, and let the four princes continue to govern their own lands. Let the kings of the other two countries see that even if they surrender, they can still do the same as before.

After Lin Xing unified the four kingdoms, he killed the four princes and the emperors of the other two countries.

Lin Baige looked at the sky. It was already evening. He estimated that in two hours, the Fourth Prince would lead the army given to him by Lin Xing into the palace.

Lin Xing's army consisted of two thousand men. Although it didn't seem like much, it played a huge role when the emperor died and the country was without a ruler. At least it made it impossible for the Fifth Prince to compete with the Fourth Prince.

Thinking of this, Lin Baige ran to the bed again. Fu Jiangyu closed his eyes and seemed to be asleep.

Fu Jiangyu has more than twenty secret guards, who have been sent by him to watch over Lin Xing, and the royal guards are also protecting the emperor's bedroom. Now the only army that can be quickly mobilized is the Imperial Guards.

The book states that the mobilization of the Imperial Guards requires the emperor's badge and military token, both of which are indispensable.

Fu Jiangyu should carry such an important thing with him.

He had just taken off his shirt. If it wasn't on his upper body, it would be in the pocket around his waist.

He reached out to grab the purse, but his hand was held by Fu Jiangyu.

"Time is urgent, Your Majesty, please lend me the military token of the Royal Guards." Lin Baige said.

"So you saved me because of this. If I die, what will you do?" Fu Jiangyu said firmly, "I've figured it out. I can give you anything, but I can't give you my life. If I die, who will protect you?"

Lin Baige didn't know why he changed his mind. He couldn't snatch it away by force. If Fu Jiangyu changed his attitude again and called the guards to stop him in the name of protecting him, they would all die.

Although he could also feed Fu Jiangyu some sleeping pills to make him fall asleep first and then secretly steal the military token, but doing so would make Fu Jiangyu lose his trust in him, and it would be difficult for him to treat Fu Jiangyu's wounds and feed him medicine in the future.

He had died before he traveled through time, and he would probably have to stay in ancient times for the rest of his life. He had to change Fu Jiangyu's opinion of him and let him know that he was a reliable person. Otherwise, Fu Jiangyu was worried that he would do something wrong, and might restrict all his actions for his safety.

He still has a lot to do, and he has to take it step by step.

"I asked you for the military token because I didn't want you to die. If the news of your injury gets out, your two brothers will definitely come to attack us. We're not fully prepared, and we'll still die. How can you protect me?" Lin Baige thought for a moment, "Since you're awake, just give the orders. Hurry and call in the leader of the Imperial Guards and have them surround the Fourth Prince's mansion."

He originally planned to give orders himself to let the Royal Guards set up an ambush, and then capture them all in one fell swoop after the Fourth Prince assembled his army.

But Fu Jiangyu refused to give him the military command now, so he could only let Fu Jiangyu give orders. He could not reveal too much, so he could only let him surround the Fourth Prince's Mansion first.

The Fourth Prince is a coward and very timid. If we scare him when the time comes, he will definitely tell us everything, and we can still catch him in one fell swoop.

"By the way, we must not only surround the Fourth Prince's Palace, but also the entire capital. No one should be allowed to enter or leave." He was worried that Lin Xing's army would flee after hearing the news that the Fourth Prince was trapped, so they had to be trapped in the city. He made up an excuse and said to Fu Jiangyu, "There are rebels everywhere outside. If the news of your injury gets out, those rebels will definitely come to attack us."

Lin Baige said this while secretly looking at Fu Jiangyu with a guilty conscience. It was the original owner who stabbed Fu Jiangyu, and the uprising was caused by the original owner's evil concubine. Now he has become the original owner, and he is the one who stabbed Fu Jiangyu, and the chaos in the world is also because of him. How can he not feel guilty?