Everyone was startled and turned to look in the direction from which the arrow had come.
"Your Highness, I'm late." Xuan Li led a group of people and rushed up, surrounding all the assassins.
The battle situation has been reversed in an instant, and there is no need for Nan Wusi and Xiao Yi to take action again.
"Leave a few alive," Xiao Yi nodded to Xuan Li and gave the order.
"Yes," Xuan Li replied.
The group of assassins was quickly subdued, leaving a few alive for Xiao Yi to interrogate.
However, at this moment, Namo Yu collapsed.
"Second Brother!" Nan Wusi called out anxiously. After touching Nan Wuyu's forehead, he said, "Oh no, my second brother has a fever. We need to find a doctor to treat him right away."
“Miss Nan, please don’t worry. We have someone here who knows medicine. They can take a look at Lord Nan first.” Xuan Li was afraid that Xiao Yi would get hurt, so she brought their physician with her.
Then Nan Wusi saw a woman with a cold and beautiful appearance walk out from Xuan Li's group.
After examining Nan Wuyu's wound, she shook her head. "I'm sorry, Your Highness, Miss Nan, I cannot treat him. Lord Nan's wound has become infected and suppurating; he may die at any moment..."
"How could this happen?" Nan Wusi muttered to himself, his eyes glazed over.
"Is fate truly unchangeable?" Nan Wusi now doubted everything she had done. Was all her efforts in vain, and was her attempt to change her family's fate just wishful thinking?
"What if we cut off the entire festering area?" Nan Wusi suddenly remembered that there seemed to be such a saying.
"This..." The woman was surprised, but she knew it was absolutely impossible.
“If we do that, Lord Nan will probably die even faster.” The woman looked at Nan Wusi with a troubled expression.
"Let's send Lord Nan down the mountain first, and then I'll find a doctor to see you, shall we?" Xiao Yi knew that Nan Wusi would not be able to accept this outcome, so he could only offer this temporary consolation.
"Okay." Hope rekindled in Nan Wusi's heart. If one doctor can't cure it, someone else can.
But she forgot that this was an era without medical equipment and antibiotics, where infected wounds usually meant certain death.
After descending the mountain, they settled in the stronghold of Xuanli's organization in Wanbo Prefecture.
As Xiao Yi had said, he invited all the doctors in the prefecture, including the physician from the prefectural governor's residence.
However, after examining the man, all the doctors shook their heads, saying that they were too inexperienced to treat him.
Nan Wusi's initial hope gradually turned into despair, and eventually she became somewhat numb. She just sat blankly by Nan Wuyu's bedside, watching Nan Wuyu lying on the bed sweating profusely.
There was nothing Xiao Yi could do but look in Nan Wusi's direction with heartache, sigh, and leave.
At this point, Xiao Yi's only option was to pry open the mouths of those assassins in order to avenge Lord Nan and give Nan Wusi an explanation.
"Xuan Li, how is the situation now?"
"Your Highness, no one has spoken yet." Xuan Li and his men locked the assassins in the interrogation room and subjected them to constant torture and forced confessions.
"They're really stubborn." Xiao Yi snorted coldly. "Splitting them up and trying to trick them."
"Yes." Xuan Li left quickly.
When Xiao Yi went to Nan Wuyu's room again, he found that Nan Wusi was still the same as when he left.
Ye Zi also advised from the side, "Miss, why don't you go and rest for a while? I'll stay and watch over you."
Ye Zi felt sorry for both her young master and her young mistress, but unfortunately, she had no way to help them.
Nan Wusi shook her head without saying anything; she was unwilling to leave like this.
Seeing Nan Wusi's stubborn expression, Ye Zi could only secretly wipe away her tears. She hadn't expected that she would be unharmed, while the young master who had fled into the mountains would return lying down, and the young lady would also be injured.
"Your Highness Prince Yi, please try to persuade our young lady as well." Ye Zi immediately sought help from Xiao Yi after seeing him arrive.
"Ye Zi, you may step back now," Xiao Yi said to Ye Zi.
"Okay." Ye Zi stepped back and stood guard at the door after hearing this.
"Did you get the answer?" Nan Wusi asked without turning his head.
"Not yet, but soon," Xiao Yi replied.
"I thought I was well prepared and that nothing would happen to my second brother."
"But I was too naive. If anything happens to my second brother, I will make sure that the person behind this suffers a terrible death." Nan Wusi turned around, his eyes red, and said to Xiao Yi word by word.
"Okay, I'll help you." Although Xiao Yi couldn't see Nan Wusi's expression, he could sense her emotions, just like when he wanted revenge.
"Xiao Yi, I'd like to spend some time alone with my second brother," Nan Wusi said.
"Alright." Xiao Yi turned and walked out of the room, saying to Ye Zi at the door, "Close the door and let Miss Nan spend some time alone with Lord Nan."
"Yes, Your Highness." Ye Zi obediently closed the door gently.
"Second brother, second brother." Nan Wusi kept calling out Nan Wuyu's name.
After an unknown amount of time, Nan Wuyu slowly opened his eyes.
"Little sister," Nan Wuyu called out in a hoarse voice.
"Second Brother, you're awake!" Nan Wusi exclaimed with delight. "How are you feeling?"
"Not good." Nan Wuyu lay on the bed, looking at Nan Wusi who looked haggard, and felt a pang of heartache.
"If I don't make it through this, little sister, you shouldn't stay in the capital. Go directly to our parents." Nan Wuyu knew that his little sister didn't want to get involved in these troubles. Only by going to their parents' side could she continue to be that carefree little girl.
"Second brother, what nonsense are you talking about? What do you mean you can't get through it? Don't talk nonsense!" Nan Wusi was in tears. She didn't want to hear Nan Wuyu say anything that sounded like his last words.
"Second brother knows his situation is terrible right now, so don't be too sad. Everyone has to die eventually." Nan Wuyu tried to raise his hand to touch Nan Wusi's cheek and wipe away her tears.
"Don't cry, or you won't be pretty." Nan Wuyu gave a faint smile.
"It doesn't matter if I'm not pretty, as long as my second brother can get better, I don't care if I become ugly." Nan Wusi shook her head while crying. Although she had only spent a few months with Nan Wuyu, he was her second brother who loved her very much and thought of her in everything. He was the brother she truly acknowledged from the bottom of her heart.
"Silly little sister, your second brother can't bear to see you become ugly." Nan Wuyu felt a warmth in his heart. His lovely little sister. It's a pity that he can no longer watch her grow up.
Nan Wuyu knew that his wound had become infected and was beyond saving. So many of the Nan family's soldiers had died in the same way.
"Host, I have a way." At this moment, Xiao Ba's heavenly voice rang in Nan Wusi's mind.
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