Chapter 181 Antidote
Gu Huan had already woken up and was being carried up with her hands tied.
Seeing Ji Xuanyu standing with his head down beside a middle-aged man, he felt a mixture of emotions.
Ji Xuanyu didn't dare to look at Gu Huan's eyes, and his mind was quickly thinking of a countermeasure.
The hall master looked Gu Huan up and down and said, "She is indeed a beauty. No wonder Mu Junyan, who has been unmarried for many years, has been attracted to her."
Gu Huan stared at him: "You want to use me to force the Duke of Yong? I'm afraid you are wrong! I am just a concubine, of humble status, not enough to make the Duke of Yong give in."
"A concubine can sometimes move a man's heart more than his wife."
The hall master smiled and looked at Ji Xuanyu: "Son, you take her to the city wall yourself and tell Mu Junyan that if he doesn't withdraw his troops, this woman will be pushed off the city wall and die in front of him."
Gu Huan was shocked and stared at Ji Xuanyu who was slowly walking towards her.
He held Gu Huan's arm and said coldly, "Let's go."
Gu Huan's eyes turned slightly red, she gritted her teeth, and struggled hard with her arms.
Ji Xuanyu was caught off guard and she broke free.
Gu Huan quickly pulled out the hairpin with her bound hands, aimed it at her own neck and was about to stab it.
Ji Xuanyu screamed "no" and held her hand tightly. Gu Huan's wrist was in so much pain that it almost broke. When her hand loosened, the hairpin fell to the ground.
Gu Huan raised her foot and kicked towards his knee. Ji Xuanyu didn't expect that she had this trick and she broke free again.
I watched her turn around and bang her head against the sharp door frame.
"Huan'er!" Ji Xuanyu screamed and rushed over, hugging her.
A stream of blood flowed from Gu Huan's forehead, and she fell limply into his arms and lost consciousness.
Ji Xuanyu was so upset that he wanted to cry. He pressed his handkerchief against her bleeding forehead and said, "Call the doctor, Lu Laosan, hurry up!"
The hall master looked at the two of them with a cold gaze.
He waved to Lu Lao San and said, "No need to call a doctor, drag the man to the city wall, and the guard as well."
Old San Lu looked at Ji Xuanyu who was hugging Gu Huan tightly with embarrassment.
"What? You don't listen to me? Do you want to betray the master too?" The hall master's face sank.
Lu Lao San was frightened and quickly stepped forward to pull Ji Xuanyu, whispering: "Young Master, Young Master, let go quickly, the hall master is watching."
Ji Xuanyu slowly raised his eyes, and his pair of bloodshot eyes made Lu Laosan's hair stand on end.
He said hoarsely, "I'll come in person."
Ji Xuanyu picked up Gu Huan and walked towards the city wall step by step.
There were bursts of heavy knocking sounds coming from the city gate, and it seemed that the gate was about to be smashed open.
The Mu family army used ladders, catapults, flaming weapons, bows and crossbows at the same time, and defeated the officers and soldiers of Shicheng County without any chance of fighting back.
The city was in chaos, with soldiers and civilians running around in panic.
Gu Huan, who had just woken up, suddenly reached out and snatched the bamboo tube hanging on Ji Xuanyu's waist and poured it into her mouth.
"Huan'er!" Ji Xuanyu screamed at the top of his lungs. He quickly put her down and started to open her mouth.
Ji Xuanyu panicked: "Spit it out quickly, spit it out quickly."
Gu Huan could feel something moving in her throat. She suppressed her nausea and swallowed hard, looking at Ji Xuanyu with red eyes.
"I've been poisoned and I can't survive. Brother Ji, are you still going to make mistakes?"
Ji Xuanyu was in agony: "Huan'er! I will ask the hall master to give you the antidote. The antidote is in the jade bottle hanging around the hall master's waist, don't be afraid."
Gu Huan was overjoyed because the antidote was with the hall master!
"Brother Ji..."
Gu Huan wanted to persuade him again, but suddenly her pupils shrank: "Akabane!"
Chiyu, who was escorted here, breathed a sigh of relief the moment he saw Gu Huan. He didn't say a word and was pushed up to the city wall.
The hall master followed with his men.
Ji Xuanyu gritted his teeth, grabbed Gu Huan's arm, dragged her up and walked directly to the city wall.
He wanted to find an opportunity to release Gu Huan, but he had to get the antidote first, so he wanted to paralyze the hall master.
The man in the hall shouted at the city: "Mu Junyan, your favorite concubine and general are in our hands. Moreover, the poison epidemic has broken out in Juzhou City and your Mu family army, right? You Mu family army can't hold on for long, why don't you talk about the conditions, give you the antidote, and let you live longer."
Gu Huan was pushed between the parapets by Ji Xuanyu, while Chiyu was pushed onto the mast on the city wall by Lu Laosan, who was about to tie him to the mast.
Gu Huan looked at Mu Junyan under the city with tears in her eyes.
He was riding on the horse, looking up at Gu Huan whose face was covered in blood, his eyes bloodshot.
Gu Huan screamed: "Ziyuan, leave me alone. I have taken poison and I can't survive!"
Mu Junyan's red eyes were blazing with anger: "What are your conditions!"
The hall master smiled triumphantly: "The Mu family army retreats ten miles. If you enter the city alone, I will return your woman and your beloved general to you."
"Okay!" Mu Junyan agreed without thinking.
Gu Huan was anxious: "Don't worry about me, I don't deserve to die! The antidote is with the hall master, he must be killed!"
Suddenly, Akabane broke free from his restraints and turned into a beam of light, heading straight for the hall master.
Everyone in Yifeng Hall was shocked and came to stop them.
Akabane fought fiercely with them alone.
Ji Xuanyu didn't expect such a change to happen, so he quickly let go of Gu Huan and whispered, "Come on, I'll take you away."
Gu Huan suddenly pulled out the dagger from Ji Xuanyu's waist and stabbed him in the thigh with great speed.
"sorry!"
Ji Xuanyu didn't expect her to be so agile. His thigh hurt so much that his legs went weak and he fell to his knees on the ground.
Gu Huan was closest to the hall master, and she pounced towards him with all her might.
Seeing this, Mu Junyan, who was below the city, waved his hand, and a group of black-armored guards behind him threw the creepers in their hands onto the city wall. Taking advantage of the chaos on the wall, everyone flew and reached the top of the wall in the blink of an eye.
Mu Junyan also climbed up the city wall. As soon as he landed on the ground, he saw the hall master grab Gu Huan's wrist and put the dagger in her hand against her throat.
A bloody mark had been left on Gu Huan's neck by the sharp dagger.
Mu Junyan drew his sword and pointed it at him: "Let her go, and I'll spare your life!"
The hall master screamed madly: "Mu Junyan, my family was destroyed because of the Daliang Emperor. I have no reconciliation with Daliang. If it weren't for you, I would have taken revenge long ago. Even if I die, I will drag you and your woman to hell!"
Gu Huan's neck was choked so that she couldn't speak, but her hand quietly reached for the hall master's waist.
Just now she saw the jade gourd hanging on his waist.
The hall master was confronting Mu Junyan and was completely unaware of Gu Huan's actions.
Mu Junyan looked at Gu Huan's hand and felt very anxious. If the hall master knew that she wanted to steal the medicine, he would definitely kill her.
He shouted, "I have seen through your trick long ago. Otherwise, how could my most capable general be captured by you? You are being too clever for your own good."
The hall master's attention was drawn, and he was stunned: "Did he let myself be caught on purpose?"
Mu Junyan sneered: "The epidemic in the city has been under control for a long time. No one in our army has been infected with the poison except Yuan Zhongyong and the people he brought with him. Your plan has failed."
The hall master was so angry that his face turned blue: "You lied to me!"
Mu Junyan smiled and said, "When have I, the great Duke of Yong, ever lied? Is it necessary to lie to a dying person like you? As for my concubine, she is just a bait I set up."
Gu Huan's hand had already touched the jade bottle, and she was about to grasp it and tear it off, but she froze when she heard the words.
Staring blankly at the person opposite.
The hall master frowned and glanced at the people of the Mu family army around him, and his eyes suddenly lit up: "You lied to me, you lied to me."
He pointed at two Mu family soldiers with strange expressions: "These two people's faces are flushed, and their steps are weak. They are obviously poisoned!"
He was so excited that he went crazy and screamed, "I have the antidote. If you kill Mu Junyan, I will give you the antidote."
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