Chapter 184: Death Struggle
Ji Xuanyu looked out the window at the sky which was gradually turning white.
Isn't there a law of cause and effect and reincarnation in the universe?
He hurt her with his own hands time and time again, and pushed his beloved towards the other person with his own hands time and time again.
He thought everything he did was to bring him closer to her, but in fact, she was getting further away from him.
Ji Xuanyu took a deep breath and looked at Gu Huan lovingly: "Huan'er, I never thought of hurting you. Come here, I will tell you how to detoxify."
Gu Huan shook her head firmly: "I won't go over. If you really want to save me, just tell me directly."
Ji Xuanyu controlled his temper and said calmly, "This poison will make you feel so painful that you wish you were dead. Aren't you most afraid of pain? Every time you were abused by Aunt Pei, you would cry for a long time."
Gu Huan closed her eyes, then slowly opened them, letting herself calm down: "That was in the past."
That was in the previous life.
People have been dead for a while and are not afraid of anything anymore.
Ji Xuanyu looked at her in a daze. The familiar face he had thought about day and night now had a strange expression on his face.
What did Huan'er go through during the years he was away?
He did not regret choosing to follow Yifengtang, did not regret killing so many Daliang people, and did not regret playing the role of a lowly concubine and allowing himself to be humiliated in order to achieve his goals.
He can sacrifice everything to achieve his goal.
But now, when he saw the slender figure covered in blood and watched her leaning on another man's arms, regret surged up in his heart, almost suffocating him.
She stabbed him twice with her own hands.
After knowing that he was Ji Xuanyu, she stabbed him without hesitation. The wound on her chest still hurts a little to this day.
This would be more painful than if he died himself.
He squinted his eyes in pain, and when he opened them again, his tone was pleading.
"Huan'er, I am sorry for you. You can do whatever you want. You can be with him. Come here first and take some medicine to detoxify. Otherwise, you will die."
Mu Junyan sneered: "You are already a prisoner, what qualifications do you have to ask Huan'er to come over? If you have medicine, I will search you. You force her to come over, do you want to use her as a hostage?"
"You're talking nonsense! I'm not like you, disregarding her safety and using her as bait!" Ji Xuanyu roared.
Mu Junyan was too lazy to beat around the bush with him and went straight to the point: "Since you want to save her, why don't you just take out the antidote?"
Ji Xuanyu stared at the motionless Gu Huan, his heart feeling like it was being torn by a poisonous insect and being devoured bit by bit.
He wanted to use her as a hostage, but he wanted to take her with him even more.
Gu Huan's long curly eyelashes slowly drooped, and her heart was in pain.
Brother Ji finally changed.
He is no longer the old Brother Ji.
Ji Xuanyu suddenly smiled: "Huan'er, I left one last thing for you. Gu Wanru deserves to die. You will know when you go back."
Gu Huan opened her eyes wide and looked at him blankly.
He suddenly raised his bound hands and said, "Cut my blood, drink it, and you will be saved. All of you who are poisoned can drink my blood. None of you who have taken medicine can detoxify as well as my blood. Come, drink me dry and save your people."
Gu Huan raised her eyes suddenly: "You!"
Mu Junyan's eyes darkened: "Why?"
Ji Xuanyu smiled bitterly, "Yifengtang is a place where there is no such thing as foster father and foster son. This poison is used to control us. Each of us has this poison. So, we all take the antidote on time. It's just that the dose we are given each time is not enough to completely eliminate it. But I stole three of his pills, leaving one for you in case of emergency, and I ate the other two. Unfortunately, I don't know when the one I left for you was lost."
Gu Huan was heartbroken upon hearing this: "Then why do you still have to be so devoted to him?"
Ji Xuanyu looked up at her and said sadly, "I had no way out. I fell off the cliff and was almost shattered to pieces. He saved me and gave me life. He also gave me the opportunity for revenge. I also tried to get rid of this identity, but I am just a commoner. How can I fight against the Pei family? How can I fight against the Wenchang Marquisate?"
Gu Huan felt a pain in her heart and couldn't help crying: "Brother Ji... are you just seeking revenge for me?"
Mu Junyan's face was cold, and he gently stroked her arm to calm her down.
His tone was indifferent: "But you know in your heart how many Daliang officials and civilians you have killed. Do you think your so-called misery can offset their blood debt?"
Gu Huan's tears gradually stopped and she looked at Ji Xuanyu steadily.
Ji Xuanyu curled up in the corner, like a defeated dog.
"So, I let you drain my blood."
Gu Huan looked up at Mu Junyan.
He saw that she wanted to try.
"Akabane."
Akabane came in in response.
"Put a bowl of blood and let the sick brother drink it to try."
"yes."
Chi Yan pulled out the dagger from his waist, walked up to Ji Xuanyu, cut a hole in his wrist, let out a bowl of blood, then bandaged him and took the bowl of blood away.
He didn't frown during the whole process and stared at Gu Huan without blinking.
Gu Huan, who was embraced by Mu Junyan's long arms, didn't dare to look. She lowered her head, her flying eyelashes trembling with tears.
She clutched the man's collar tightly with both hands, her slender hands' knuckles turning white.
It turns out that she still cares about herself.
Ji Xuanyu lowered his eyes, a hint of cold rejection flashing across his eyes.
After a while, Akabane came in excitedly: "Master, it can detoxify, and the effect is very fast. The poisoned brother who was feeling uncomfortable all over his body soon felt better after drinking the blood."
Mu Junyan and Gu Huan looked up at Ji Xuanyu at the same time.
Mu Junyan said slowly: "You are guilty of treason and murder, and you will be sentenced to death. I will escort you to the capital and punish you according to the law. Considering that you volunteered to donate blood, even if you surrender, I will report to the emperor and leave your body intact."
Gu Huan's eyes turned red, she bit her lips tightly, and was unable to speak.
Ji Xuanyu laughed loudly: "What's the use of having an intact body? Even a noble person like you will end up as a cup of dirt after death. Won't an intact body also be eaten by insects and ants?"
Gu Huan was frightened by his smile.
She quietly tugged at Mu Junyan's sleeve, and they looked at each other, both noticing something strange.
"I have only one request, to stand on the wall of Shicheng County and look towards Daliang, where I will bleed to death."
Yifengtang was indeed very sinister. Many soldiers in Shicheng County were poisoned. When they fought with Mu's army, their blood splashed onto their mouths and noses, infecting them. At this moment, dozens of Mu's army soldiers were also poisoned.
The pills are gone, only the blood remains.
Gu Huan's eyes lit up: "Ziyuan, according to this, the blood of the people in Yifengtang should be able to detoxify."
Mu Junyan touched her face and whispered, "Do you want to save his life?"
Gu Huan's eyes turned red. "Punish him according to the law. I won't argue with you. But I think his blood alone might not be enough."
"Yes." Mu Junyan nodded and told Chiyu to try the blood of the captured and dead people from Yifengtang first to find the source of blood that could detoxify.
Ji Xuanyu struggled to stand up: "Let me stand on the city wall and take a look at Daliang. I want to kowtow and confess my guilt to Daliang."
Gu Huan was a little suspicious.
Mu Junyan nodded: "Okay." Ji Xuanyu's eyes lit up, revealing inexplicable excitement.
Akabane pulled him and walked out.
Mu Junyan asked in a low voice: "Do you want to follow or go back?"
"Let her go! I don't want to see her again." Ji Xuanyu suddenly turned around and said viciously.
Gu Huan frowned and held Mu Junyan's hand with her small hand: "You don't have to go either."
Ji Xuanyu coldly watched them staring at each other and said, "Duke Yong, I have a secret to tell you. It is related to your final victory. So, please follow me to the tower."
Gu Huan felt inexplicably nervous: "Don't go."
Mu Junyan touched her face soothingly: "It's okay, take a few prisoners from Yifengtang back to Juzhou City first. Juzhou City still needs you."
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