Chapter 267: Choose One of the Two, No Fear of Life or Death
"What? What did brother say?" Wen Ziduan opened his eyes and held He Zhaojun's hand tightly, refusing to let go.
He Zhaojun sighed, "Fourth Brother took advantage of the chaos to charge into the prefectural government and captured Zhao Kuangguo alive. By last night, he, the remaining He family members, and other officials in the city had the situation under control. The danger to Ba County has been resolved."
Wen Ziduan nodded. "What about the capital? Has Mrs. Huo found out who is behind this?"
He Zhaojun was stunned. She hadn't realized it yet, but Shaoshang was already Madam Huo. But then she thought, she hadn't said anything. These things were all pushed by someone in the court. Why would Wen Ziduan know?
"You, you know something now, but you don't want to tell me, right?" He Zhaojun was angry.
Wen Ziduan smiled and said, "I just received the news a few days ago and haven't had a chance to tell you. We have been separated for a long time, haven't we?" As he said that, he took out the documents and battle reports he had received recently and showed them to He Zhaojun.
Only then did He Zhaojun realize that at the same time everyone discovered the tragedy in Hangsha Village, Wen Ziduan had already submitted a memorial to Emperor Wen, requesting an imperial decree to send reinforcements. Emperor Wen issued five imperial decrees in a row, and people in the surrounding counties had already received secret reports and were awaiting Wen Ziduan's dispatch.
Emperor Wen's confidants had already discovered that Jin Jianxiong was secretly stationing troops, looting gold and silver, seizing military equipment, and allying with the Julan tribe with the intention of rebellion. All the garrisons in the surrounding counties, including Ba and Shu, would soon encircle Qianwei County.
Long Feibai finally stabilized Gu Guan's condition. Although he couldn't detoxify him due to limited medicinal materials on hand, he was able to delay the onset of the poison, allowing him to hold on until Dangyang Mountain.
"I saw that Lan Yan used such a powerful poison but did not prepare any antidote. Isn't he afraid of accidentally poisoning himself? Could it be that he has already taken the antidote?" He Zhaojun asked Long Feibai.
Long Feibai opened the jar beside him, which smelled of blood. "This is the blood taken from him. Even if it can't cure the poison, it can suppress the poison if given to Gu Guan."
However, it only lasted for an hour at a time. After a while, it was no longer effective. Gu Guan continued to gasp for breath and suffered extreme pain. By the time they reached Dangyang Mountain and entered the Qiang village, it was already dark.
Lan Yan had to conduct experiments, detoxify Gu Guan and Wen Ziduan, and provide blood for Long Feibai to research. She was imprisoned and her face had turned pale, obviously due to excessive blood loss.
"The antidote has been developed." Long Feibai walked into the tent expressionlessly. When Wen Ziduan and He Zhaojun heard this, their faces lit up with joy.
Wen Ziduan finally showed some courtesy to Long Feibai: "Then please help me and Gu Guan detoxify."
Long Feibai remained calm and said, "There's not enough medicine for one and a half people. Who of you can take half?"
He Zhaojun had stood up at this time: "What do you mean by not enough medicine? There are so many medicines in Gu Qiang, can't they even prepare two sets of medicine?" She couldn't imagine that either of the two people died of poisoning.
"Don't get excited, your life can be saved. However, Gu Guan's poison has spread throughout his body. If you want to survive, you must take a full dose of medicine."
"As for Wen Ziduan, if the operation goes smoothly, we just need to dig out the infected area and then remove the remaining poison. Half a set will be enough." Long Feibai said very confidently. He Zhaojun knew how powerful his medical skills were and believed in it without a doubt.
Long Feibai smiled and looked at Wen Ziduan: "What will your Highness choose? Let your guards die, or endure the pain of scraping bones to treat the poison."
Wen Ziduan didn't even frown: "Save Gu Guan."
"Even if there's a high probability that you'll die from massive bleeding during surgery, or from the pain, or from a postoperative infection, will you still choose this?"
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