Chapter 352 I promise I won't look at anything indiscriminately

The temperature around him seemed to drop to freezing point, and his peach blossom eyes, which were tinged with moisture, surged with scarlet.

Yan Wenhong looked flustered when he saw Xie Qi approaching with a sullen face.

He never imagined that Xie Qi would find his secluded spot so quickly.

Seeing the undisguised murderous intent in Xie Qi's eyes, he wiped the water droplets from his face, his voice trembling with fear, "You, what do you want to do?"

Xie Qi's hand holding the sword was very steady, but no one knew the raging anger in his heart at this moment and the impulse to tear people to pieces.

"Which dirty hand did you touch her with?" His voice was tinged with blood.

Yan Wenhong was on high alert. "You can't touch me! I'm a wanted criminal by the imperial court, and I have a special imperial warrant. If you dare to touch me, His Majesty will definitely not forgive you!"

"Is that so?" Xie Qi sneered.

Zhizhi's injuries were quite serious, and he didn't want to waste time here with some trash.

With a swift movement, he severed Yan Wenhong's right arm with a single sword stroke.

"If you don't want to talk about it, then you don't have to." Xie Qi's long sword gleamed coldly.

Yan Wenhong never expected him to attack so suddenly. The intense pain made him scream in agony, wishing he could just faint.

"Xie Qi, how dare you treat me like this! The Prince of Xiang will not let you off the hook, and the Emperor will not let you off the hook!" He was still clinging to his last hope.

But Xie Qi has never been one to back down from trouble, especially since he had hurt Jiang Zhi.

With another sword strike, he severed Yan Wenhong's other arm.

"No matter what you have done to Zhizhi today, no fourth person will know."

Yan Wenhong rolled on the ground in pain, no longer daring to be defiant, "I didn't even have time..."

Unfortunately, before he could finish speaking, Xie Qi pierced his throat with a sword, silencing his last syllable.

Blood and foam surged up, Yan Wenhong's eyes widened, and he could not even struggle before he died.

Xie Qi drew his sword back into its sheath and kicked Yan Wenhong's corpse directly into the pool.

If it weren't for Zhizhi's serious injuries, he would never have let Yan Wenhong die so easily.

Without even glancing at Yan Wenhong, he strode back to Jiang Zhi's side and picked her up in his arms.

He gently wiped the water from her face, his voice trembling, "I'm sorry, Zhizhi, I'm late. I'll take you back."

Jiang Zhi leaned against him, finally unable to hold on any longer and fell into a coma.

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When Jiang Zhi woke up again, she felt like her whole body was in so much pain that it felt like it was about to fall apart.

It was already daylight when she found herself lying in a strange, simple room. The bed was neat and tidy, and there was no one around.

She moved her fingers, and the pain from her injuries made her gasp.

"Zhizhi, don't move around!" When Xie Qi brought his men in, he saw that Jiang Zhi had woken up and hurriedly went over to help her lie down.

"I've only given you basic first aid; you still need a doctor to examine you. Just lie still."

Xie Qi was followed by a doctor carrying a medicine box.

"Where is this place?" Jiang Zhi asked, only to find that her voice was frighteningly hoarse.

Xie Qi said, "This is a hunter's house at the foot of the mountain on the outskirts of the capital. Your injury should not be moved for the time being. We will return to the capital when you are almost fully recovered."

The doctor stepped forward and carefully took Jiang Zhi's pulse, then examined the injuries on her body.

Besides her face, arms, and neck, she had many other injuries that were inconvenient for the doctor to examine. The doctor could only prescribe medicine and leave two bottles of medicine for her to take internally and apply externally.

"Your wife's injuries are not serious, but the weather is hot now, so she can't be covered up. She needs to be cleaned and dressed every day to remove the blood and pus and keep the area dry. Otherwise, if the evil toxins enter her body, it will fester and become infected, which would be bad."

Xie Qi remembered and agreed.

After seeing the doctor off, he handed the prescription to the hunter and gave him a lot of money to help him get the medicine and prepare it.

"General Xie, I wonder how things are at the Shen residence? Are the Master and the others alright?" Jiang Zhi asked him with concern.

Xie Qi helped her lean against the headboard and poured her a glass of warm water. "Don't worry, I'll send someone back to deliver the message as soon as I bring you down from the mountain. Only the main house of the Shen residence was severely burned. Although Lord Shen is still unconscious, he is unharmed. Your maids have also been rescued by my men."

"You should stay here and focus on recovering. I'll take you back to Kyoto once you're able to move."

"What about the Crown Prince of Xiang..." she asked again.

"The Crown Prince has brought the situation under control. The Prince of Xiang's heir poisoned His Majesty, a crime that cannot be forgiven. He has been handed over to the Ministry of Justice and the Court of Judicial Review for processing. His Majesty, considering the Prince of Xiang's loyalty to the country, has not implicated anyone else in the Prince of Xiang's household."

Jiang Zhi breathed a sigh of relief, and her tense nerves relaxed.

Xie Qi put the teacup back, began to tie his sleeves, took the medicine for his injuries, and sat down on the couch.

"Zhizhi, let me clean your wound first. Last night, the conditions were simple, so I just gave you a quick bandage. The doctor just said to clean it thoroughly."

He said this while avoiding looking Jiang Zhi in the eye.

Jiang Zhi also realized what was happening.

Last night, when she came out of the pool, she was not only soaking wet, but also covered in injuries.

But now his clothes have been changed, and the wound on his thigh has been bandaged.

Xie Qi must have done all of this.

Her face flushed, and she stammered, "Maybe I should do it myself."

As she spoke, she reached out to take the medicine bottle from his hand.

But as soon as he made a move, he couldn't help but hiss, his forehead breaking out in a cold sweat from the pain.

"Don't move, don't move, I'll do it, I promise I won't look around..." Xie Qi's voice grew softer and softer.

Jiang Zhi had no other choice.

There were no maids to be found in this desolate place, and Xie Qi wouldn't trust anyone else to handle it.

Jiang Zhi was stabbed in the thigh by Yan Wenhong's dagger, so she needed to take off her pants.

Last night's events were urgent, and Jiang Zhi had fainted, so Xie Qi didn't think too much about it.

But now that Jiang Zhi was looking at him, he didn't know where to look.

He carefully pulled down her pants, then tried to cover her upper body with the blankets.

All that could be seen was a bandage around her fair, rounded thigh. It was a piece of cloth that Xie Qi had torn from the hem of his own clothes in the emergency, and there was already a faint trace of blood seeping out.

Xie Qi cleared his mind of distractions and slowly unwrapped the cloth, exposing the wound completely to his eyes.

His eyes flickered, and all his romantic thoughts vanished without a trace.

Jiang Zhi's wound was deep, with the skin and flesh turned outwards, and blood was still seeping out.

He suppressed his anger and first gently wiped away the dirt and blood around the wound with a clean, damp gauze, then took the medicine bottle.

"This medicine powder will stop bleeding and promote tissue regeneration, but it will be a little painful, so please bear with it."

Jiang Zhi nodded.

But then Xie Qi opened the bottle and, with a slight tremor, evenly sprinkled the powder onto the wound.

The moment the hand touched her skin, Jiang Zhi shuddered, clutching her sleeve tightly in pain. Before she could even cry out, Xie Qi brought his hand to her lips.

"If you can't resist biting me, don't hurt yourself."

Jiang Zhi shook her head to avoid it, took a few deep breaths to ease the pain, and then spoke in a hoarse voice, "Alright, General Xie, please continue."

Xie Qi frowned even more, but said nothing, and bandaged her wound again.

Jiang Zhi suddenly asked him, "By the way, does Lu Yuan know I'm here?"

Xie Qi paused in his act of bandaging her.