Shangguan Wanning felt that something was not right, but if she didn’t follow Doctor Wang’s advice, how would she explain it to the people in the concentration camp?
All three were waiting for her to make the final decision.
In order to buy time, she had no choice but to agree.
However, things did not develop as smoothly as they had imagined.
The death toll in the concentration camp began to rise sharply, and the lie of so-called recovery and return home was soon exposed.
When the poison takes effect, the poisoned person will vomit black blood, all his internal organs will melt, and finally he will turn into a pool of blood and die.
Many people witnessed the horrific scene when the poisoning led to death. People in the concentration camp began to collapse emotionally and the situation became out of control.
"Princess, it's bad, someone escaped..."
When the soldiers came in to report, Shangguan Wanning, Doctor Wang and others immediately put down their medical skills and ran out of the tent. They saw a group of poisoned people fighting with the guards, trying to rush out of the concentration camp.
"Princess, please, let us go..."
A young woman knelt in front of Shangguan Wanning and begged bitterly: "I know that my disease cannot be cured... But I want to see my husband and child again before I die... Please, help us be together."
"Princess, please... help us."
Everyone knelt in front of Shangguan Wanning.
Seeing the sorrow and despair on their faces, Shangguan Wanning's heart softened immediately.
She helped the young woman up and said sadly, "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry. The emperor asked me to heal your illness, but I didn't expect..."
"I understand that you want to go home to see your family. I won't stop you. I will continue to stay here to develop drugs, and I hope you can come back as soon as possible after visiting your family. Don't give up."
"Princess..." Doctor Wang stepped forward and whispered in Shangguan Wanning's ear, "It was the emperor's intention to keep them in the concentration camp. What if..."
"Don't worry, if the emperor blames you, I will take the responsibility."
When Doctor Wang heard Shangguan Wanning say this, he no longer raised any objections.
Shangguan Wanning also gave each person a few taels of silver for travel expenses from the funds allocated by Xiao Yujue.
The entire concentration camp was empty in an instant.
Shangguan Wanning and others actually had more time to develop an antidote.
As the night grew darker, Shangguan Wanning had been reading medical books all day and her eyes were sore and painful.
She stood up and walked to the hillside, looked up at the bright moon, her mind full of thoughts.
"Master, where are you? If you were here, maybe this situation wouldn't be the case."
Shangguan Wanning lowered her head, feeling sad.
Suddenly, a shrill scream was heard from a distance.
She shuddered all over and immediately ran towards the source of the sound.
A figure passed by her head and a cold light flashed. She stopped involuntarily and subconsciously used her arm to block it.
As the sound of weapons clashing rang in my ears, a group of men in black rushed into the concentration camp and fought with the soldiers.
Shangguan Wanning was surrounded by swords and sabers.
She looked around. Although the number of men in black was not too large, each of them was well-trained and had great martial arts skills.
"Miss, run."
Li Qiao and Zhou Shan ran towards Shangguan Wanning in a panic, and they pulled her out of the camp.
Shangguan Wanning secretly felt fortunate that she had released the civilians in the concentration camp during the day, otherwise there would have been heavy casualties and the consequences would have been disastrous.
"Where is Doctor Wang?" Shangguan Wanning asked while running.
"I didn't see him. Maybe he's hiding..."
Shangguan Wanning was a little worried, but under the circumstances it was impossible for them to go back and look for him, so they could only escape from danger temporarily.
However, escaping from danger was not as easy as Shangguan Wanning had imagined.
Li Qiao and Zhou Shan were both weak scholars. The three of them were caught up by the men in black before they ran far.
Zhou Shan picked up a stick from the ground and hit the man in black.
"Brother Li, please take the young lady away quickly."
As soon as he finished speaking, the man in black slashed at Zhou Shan's arm with a knife.
Shangguan Wanning watched helplessly as Zhou Shan's arm was chopped off and blood gushed out.
"Doctor Zhou..."
Shangguan Wanning was about to go forward to check on Zhou Shan's condition, but was pushed away by Li Qiao.
"Miss, please leave quickly, otherwise Brother Zhou's sacrifice will be in vain."
While the soldiers were catching up, Li Qiao picked up a stick on the ground as a defense, turned around and shouted at Shangguan Wanning: "Run..."
Shangguan Wanning was a little confused. She didn't want to abandon her companions at the critical moment of life and death, but she couldn't help at all if she stayed.
She looked at Li Qiao who was desperately trying to delay time for her, gritted her teeth and ran towards the woods ahead.
There was plenty of cover there, and the light was dim at night, so maybe we could find a hiding place and escape the disaster.
The sounds of fighting behind me became quieter and quieter, until they could no longer be heard at all. Only the sound of the wind whistling past my ears remained.
"ah!"
Shangguan Wanning suddenly felt something under her feet and fell to the ground. Her palm was cut by small stones and blood gushed out instantly.
She endured the pain and struggled to get up, looking back to see the thing that tripped her...
It looks like a pair of human legs.
Shangguan Wanning was terrified. She took a deep breath and mustered up the courage to push aside the bushes.
Sure enough, there was a person lying there.
Moreover, this person is a patient who left the concentration camp today.
Could it be the poison?
wrong!
A person who is poisoned would turn into a pool of blood, but he didn't.
Shangguan Wanning immediately went forward to check and found that the man had been stabbed in the throat by a sword and died from excessive blood loss.
A feeling of uneasiness suddenly flowed through her heart.
She took out a handkerchief and covered the dead man's face, then endured the severe pain and continued to move forward to find a hiding place.
The moonlight was dim, making it almost impossible for Shangguan Wanning to see the road ahead.
She walked carefully.
Soon, countless fears surged in Shangguan Wanning's heart, making her back feel cold.
Because as she walked along, she saw more and more dead bodies.
All patients who left the concentration camp.
Why, kill these people?
The more Shangguan Wanning thought about it, the more puzzled she felt.
She found a cave and hid there all night long. She didn't dare come out until dawn when the sun was shining brightly.
She was worried about Zhou Shan and Li Qiao, whose lives and deaths were unknown due to her efforts to cover them. After thinking it over again and again, she quietly sneaked back to the concentration camp.
In the distance, she saw wisps of smoke rising.
What caught the eye was a scorched earth and ruins.
Looking at the charred bodies lying on the ground, she could no longer tell who was who.
However, the tent where she lived was not burned.
A melodious flute sound was heard, and Shangguan Wanning's heart skipped a beat.
The sound of the flute was so familiar, as if there was a special magic calling her to come closer step by step.
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