Chapter 496 How serious do you want your injury to be?
Following the shout, the soldiers guarding outside Li Xian's tent immediately became alert. They looked in the direction where the voice came from, and saw several black figures passing by like the wind, quickly approaching the tent behind them.
The soldiers outside Li Xian's tent were immediately shocked.
The fact that they could defend here was enough to prove that they were loyal to Li Xian, so they also knew that the camp in the rear would not allow any mistakes.
Li Xian was very cautious. In order to prevent anyone from stealing secrets, there were not many truly important things in his commander-in-chief's tent. Instead, the tent in the rear contained many maps of important military affairs, the commander-in-chief's seal, and his personal letters.
Of course there were people guarding the place, but even so, the guards did not dare to be careless - these men in black went straight to the tent, and it was obvious that they knew something and came prepared!
The Korean public has always been very strict in managing the army. If anything goes wrong there, they will not escape punishment! Under such circumstances, the guards in front of Li Xian's tent did not dare to be negligent and hurried over to check the situation.
The incident happened suddenly, and they subconsciously believed that the assassins came for the confidential items in the rear camp. On the other hand, there was nothing important in the commander's tent, so they just rushed to the place where the incident happened.
There was indeed nothing important in Li Xian's tent, but there was someone there -
The big tent was separated from the outside by a floor-to-ceiling screen. Outside was where Li Xian usually handled military affairs and discussed matters with his subordinates, and behind the screen was where he rested. At this moment, the woman in blue sitting behind the screen next to the low table stopped pounding the medicine and listened attentively to the noise coming from outside the tent.
She heard someone walking into the tent, stood up silently and alertly, walked out from behind the low table, and looked out through the gap in the hollow carved screen. She vaguely saw that the person who walked in was a soldier in ordinary military uniform.
Allan then asked: "What happened outside?"
"I heard there was an assassin." The soldier answered in a pleasant boyish tone. He continued to walk towards the screen while speaking. His steps were not hurried, but they did not seem respectful either. Instead, he had a sense of calmness and casualness that was inconsistent with his status.
Allan frowned quickly: "Who are you?"
At this time, the figure had walked around the screen and came over. When he stopped, his eyes fell on her: "It really is you, Allan."
These words, which sounded like words from an old acquaintance, made Arlan's face change slightly. She looked at the person who came and could tell at a glance that the other person had concealed his original appearance, so it was difficult to tell his true appearance for a while.
But by now she had already realized that the other person was a woman!
Alan was puzzled, but he instinctively sensed the danger. Just as he was about to call for help, he saw the other party raise his right hand, and a string of silver bells fell from his hand: "Why have you stayed with the enemy who destroyed your clan all these years?"
Arlan was suddenly confused - that was a common thing among her tribe!
Is it her tribe that is looking for her? She subconsciously took a step forward: "Are you also from the Wang tribe?!"
The Wang tribe was a tribe under the jurisdiction of the Nanzhao Kingdom. In the war with Dasheng, they were almost wiped out.
Therefore, when Allan, who had been alone for many years, suddenly saw something from his tribe, and felt that this might be a member of the tribe who survived that year, his heart was moved for a moment.
Seeing that the other party did not answer, she moved closer again and asked in a low voice: "What is your name? How did you find this place?"
The girl who had concealed her appearance put away the string of silver bells, and took out something from her waist with her other hand and handed it to him: "You will understand when you see this."
Arlan approached doubtfully, and in just a short moment, his eyes changed several times.
She gradually saw clearly that the other person was holding a bamboo tube, but she needed to take it to identify what was inside the bamboo tube.
Arlan approached the girl, as if she was going to take the bamboo tube from her hand. However, the next moment, she suddenly raised her outstretched hand, and a silver needle appeared between her fingers, piercing the side of the girl's neck! The girl's expression did not change. She quickly retracted her hand holding the bamboo tube, bent her elbow and raised it, using her forearm to block Arlan's wrist attack.
She responded very quickly, as if she had expected Allan to suddenly attack.
Arlan was shocked by the force and took a step back. The silver needle in his hand fell and his face changed drastically. When he was about to make another move, he saw that the girl had approached quickly and raised her right hand holding the silver bell. The silver bell rang slightly, and a palm wind came and hit the back of her neck neatly and heavily.
Allan only had time to let out a muffled groan before he fell to the ground along with the discarded silver bells and fainted.
Chang Suining walked over, raised his hand and kicked away the poisoned hidden weapon that Allan had just taken out, and gave pertinent advice: "When you go out, it's not enough to just know how to use poison. You also need to practice your skills and your brain."
As he spoke, he raised his hand.
The next moment, two figures also wearing ordinary military uniforms stepped forward quickly. One of them took out a prepared sack and shook it, while the other one skillfully tied Allan's hands and feet and blocked his mouth, and quickly stuffed him into the sack.
Soon, a soldier pushing a cart "happened" to pass by the tent door, and the sacks were thrown onto the cart and quickly transported away.
At this moment, a clear and penetrating bird song suddenly sounded. The bird song sounded extremely realistic and ordinary people would not notice anything unusual.
The moment the birdsong sounded, outside the tent in the rear, a group of a dozen assassins saw more and more soldiers being alarmed and surrounding this place, and seemed to be unable to defeat them, so they began to retreat.
When retreating, the leader gritted his teeth in frustration, lowered his voice, and angrily said to his companions beside him: "... Today we can't return empty-handed. I heard that Xiao Min is seriously ill. You all should follow me to take advantage of the chaos to kill that bastard!"
His voice was not loud, but it "just happened" to be heard by a wounded soldier who fell at his feet.
Seeing them retreating quickly, they were heading towards the deputy commander's tent. The soldier immediately said, "Quick... they are going to assassinate General Xiao!"
"?" Li Xian's group of confidants were stunned when they heard this, hesitated for a moment, and then chased after him to check the situation.
At this time, suspicious traces of assassins appeared in several other places in the military camp. Because Li Xiangang had ordered 50,000 soldiers to leave the camp, most of the remaining soldiers were recuperating from illness, and the patrolling soldiers were also distracted by the movements everywhere, Xiao Min's tent was in crisis.
The assassins broke into Xiao Min's tent with extraordinary ease.
When Li Xian's confidants were about to arrive, they could only hear the sounds of fighting in the tent from afar.
The assassins were all masked and were lying on the ground in a mess.
The only assassin standing was He Wuhu. He picked up the half bucket of chicken blood prepared in Xiao Min's tent and splashed it wantonly. He greeted Xiao Min who was sitting beside the couch and said, "General Xiao, my master asked me to ask you a question. How is your recovery now?"
Xiao Min, who was only wearing a shirt, said, "Thank you for your concern, envoy. I am almost well now."
"That's good!" He Wuhu said, and poured all the remaining chicken blood on Xiao Min: "Thank you for your concern today!"
"..." Xiao Min wiped his face silently: "It's my job."
At this time, Li Xian's confidants were about to rush into the tent and tentatively shouted, "General Xiao!"
He Wuhu let out a shrill scream and fell down suddenly. He reached out to grab the leg of the soldier next to him and whispered, "Please take my knife with you..."
As he spoke, his eyes rolled up and his head tilted stiffly to one side.
When Li Xian's men rushed in from outside the tent, they saw the bloody scene in the tent. The leader looked at the assassins lying on the ground and was slightly surprised. It was obvious during the fight just now that these assassins were all very skilled. How come they were all killed in Xiao Min's tent so quickly? The leading lieutenant was suspicious: "General Xiao, these assassins..."
"I want to ask you, how did these assassins sneak into the army in broad daylight!" Xiao Min's deputy general asked angrily, "Is the defense of the army under your charge so lax and careless?"
The leader was about to frown when he heard the other party say, "Or is there something else going on?"
The leading captain's expression changed slightly: "What does Deputy General Ao mean?"
"I'll ask you this question!" Xiao Min's deputy general asked word by word, "General Xiao has been ill for many days. He was ordered by the commander-in-chief to come to the Tanzhou camp two days ago. It's only been two days, how come an assassin broke into the camp and killed him? And since you were chasing the assassin, why did you come so late?"
After these words were spoken, the expressions of the soldiers in that row changed.
They admitted that they had deliberately slowed down a bit in the process of chasing here... but these assassins had nothing to do with them! Seeing Xiao Min covering his bloody arm, his face pale and forbearingly pursing his lips, as if he was about to turn hostile in the next moment, the captain thought about it for a few times and finally swallowed the unpleasant words - the commander was not in the army, if they had a conflict with Xiao Min's men, they would not be able to gain any advantage at all.
Deputy General Ao pressed on with every word, looking like he was ready to draw his sword at any moment: "You must give an explanation for what happened today!"
The captain: "..."
What the hell can he give?
Under this aggressive questioning, they could not care about much else. Seeing that there was no one alive on the ground, the captain was very troubled for a moment. He gritted his teeth and endured it. He could only say: "... This matter must be thoroughly investigated, but General Xiao looks seriously injured. Let's go and ask the military doctor first!"
Deputy General Ao sneered: "Our general only wants Doctor Zhao, and he would never dare to use other doctors now!"
Hearing these sarcastic words, the captain patiently replied "yes" and retreated with his men.
"Hurry." Seeing the pedestrian leave, Xiao Min's forbearance disappeared and he hurriedly urged him.
Deputy General Ao understood and, with his confidants in the tent, quickly collected the "corpses" of He Wuhu and others.
Soon, two carriages drove out from behind the military camp.
After the carriage drove out of the military camp, Chang Suining, who was sitting diagonally beside the shaft, bent one leg and hung the other leg over the edge of the carriage. He looked behind him and saw no trace of pursuers, so he casually took off the hot soldier's hat on his head and felt much cooler.
At this time, He Wuhu, dressed in black, poked his head out of the carriage and grinned, "Sir!"
"You did a great job." Chang Suining smiled at him and saw that a large piece of flesh was broken on his face. He asked, "Is anyone seriously injured?"
They only had a few people in total, and although they looked large and powerful, most of the noise was made with the help of Xiao Min's people.
"Don't worry, sir, everything is fine!" As He Wuhu spoke, the wound on his face moved, and he grimaced in pain, saying, "This wound of mine was accidentally scratched when General Xiao's men dragged me down..."
This injury is unnecessary.
He Wuhu said, puffing out his chest proudly: "Don't worry, sir. I didn't even frown at the time, and didn't reveal any flaws!"
Qi Hu also poked his head out and nodded to testify: "Yes, I saw it at the time. The boss was hit so hard, but he didn't react at all... At first glance, he really looked like a dead body that had just died!"
He Wuhu raised his thick eyebrows proudly, but actually he was not without any reaction at all. He squeezed his buttocks tightly in pain, but it was not visible on the outside.
wrong……
He Wuhu suddenly looked at Qihu and slapped him: "...Why are you staring at me instead of acting well?"
"I just secretly used one eye to make a tiny crack!"
He Wuhu said angrily: "You bad guy, I'm going to beat you up right now, and I guarantee you can act better than anyone else!"
Qihu quickly admitted his mistake and begged for mercy, retreated into the carriage, and asked Chang Ren for protection.
There were also many bumps and bruises on Chang Ren's face, all of which were left when he was dragged out of Xiao Min's tent.
At this time, Doctor Zhao in Xiao Min's tent was bandaging Xiao Min's non-existent wound, and asked quietly: "General Xiao, how serious do you think your injury is?"
They should discuss their excuses first, so that he would have a clear idea when someone asks him about it later.
Xiao Min thought about it and said implicitly: "30%."
It’s hard to control if it’s too heavy. 30% is just right and won’t affect your daily activities.
Doctor Zhao nodded in agreement, packed up his medicine box, and left.
The bloodstains in Xiao Min's tent were quickly cleaned up. Not long after, Vice General Ao came back from outside and whispered, "General, the person has left safely."
Xiao Min breathed a sigh of relief.
Today's plans were all discussed in advance. Envoy Chang Jie deliberately had people come to his tent to kill a lot of people... or it would be more appropriate to say a lot of people died - in addition to making it easier to escape, it was also to allow him to have enough excuses to clear himself later.
These explanations certainly could not dispel Li Xian's suspicions. Even the captain would notice something was wrong after he calmed down. But as long as it seemed reasonable, Li Xian could not do anything to him if he could not find evidence.
As for the emotions behind Li Xianming's face...even if today's incident hadn't happened, Li Xian's dissatisfaction with him would have always existed, and he didn't care if it increased.
All in all, I hope everything goes well today. I hope all the efforts will not be in vain, and the plague can be resolved as soon as possible, so that no one will die from it.
…
Outside the city of Mianzhou, Qiao Yumian had been busy for many days and had lost a lot of weight. Only then did she know: "... Commander Hao said that Ningning went to arrest someone herself?"
After hearing Shepherd's Purse nod, Qiao Yunmian felt a black screen before her eyes. She had no idea about such things. The only thing she could imagine was Ning Ning breaking into the huge army alone to catch someone. Her hands were shaking for a moment: "Will there be any mistakes..."
Shepherd's Purse: "Originally, there might have been a couple of mistakes—"
Seeing Qiao Yumian's face suddenly turn two points paler, She Cai smiled and said quickly: "But the master said that if she goes in person, this mistake will not happen again!"
"..." Qiao Yumian opened her mouth slightly, and just when she was about to ask something else, she heard a child crying, "Doctor Qiao!"
Qiao Yumian turned around: "Little Jacket——"
Xiaoao cried so hard that her tears and snot became a mess, and she looked helpless: "Doctor Qiao, everyone says that Mr. Zuo is dying! Please save him again!"
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