So Fu Yueli and Fu Baiheng wrote a letter and sent it back to Shangjing, saying that they wanted to request the emperor's order to attack Wutan, but in fact it was just a notification.
At the celebration banquet for the great victory over Wutan, everyone was in high spirits, except Shi Mingyue, Fu Yueli, Lu Lingyan, Tong Di, and Fu Baiheng, who did not show any sign of being excited.
The party was coming to an end and most people had left, leaving only the five of them.
Shi Mingyue had a few drinks, and having worked with Fu Baiheng for a while now, she wasn't as wary of him as before, so she asked, "Back in Taizhou City, Xu Ziling wasn't innocent, was he?"
Fu Baiheng was a little surprised that she would bring up something that happened so long ago, but this was indeed a doubt in Shi Mingyue's mind, and she wanted to confirm it.
"She did conspire with Du Ruzhen to arrest those people." Fu Baiheng thought about it and decided to tell the truth.
Fu Yueli suddenly asked: "You are exonerating her because you want to use her for your own benefit, right?"
"Not bad." Fu Baiheng admitted.
Shi Mingyue asked, "Does she have a grudge against Du Ruzhen?"
"Yes." This time it was Tongdi who answered.
Next, Tong Di recounted a series of events that he had witnessed. Although he was kept in the dark about some of the things at the time, he guessed them later.
The story begins with Xu Ziling's father, Xu Tiandong. The origin of the story would be considered absurd if anyone were to tell it to others. Du Ruzhen's wife was pregnant and was due to give birth. However, something went wrong on the day of delivery, and Mrs. Du suffered a difficult labor.
Difficult childbirth has always been a big problem for women. It is equivalent to walking through the gates of hell, and no one can tell whether they will live or die.
The midwife was helpless in the face of Mrs. Du's difficult labor, so Du Ruzhen had to seek help from Xu Tiandong.
Xu Tiandong was known as a miracle doctor, and naturally, he could cure any difficult illness. He went to the Du residence and not only saved Mrs. Du's life, but also the life of her child. Du Ruzhen should have thanked Xu Tiandong, but she didn't. While rescuing Mrs. Du from childbirth, Xu Tiandong not only saw her body but also touched it. Du Ruzhen was deeply troubled by this, unable to bear the thought of his woman being seen naked by another man, and so he couldn't get over it.
Du Ruzhen's advisor, perceptive and discerning, saw this and offered him a legitimate lesson. He found a patient suffering from high blood pressure and, having purchased pomelos from the south, offered them to the patient. Since pomelos were a rare commodity throughout Zhao State, ordinary people couldn't afford them, let alone the impoverished patient. So, Xu Tiandong was busy that day in the clinic, and after prescribing the patient's blood pressure medication, he didn't remind him to avoid pomelos.
Because of this, the patient took the antihypertensive medication prescribed by Xu Tiandong while eating grapefruit, which caused his heart rate to drop and he died suddenly. He was living alone at the time, and no one found him in time, so he died.
His family then blackmailed Xu Tiandong, arguing that he had failed to fulfill his duty as a doctor and warn his patient, leading to his death. Of course, the patient's family's unreasonable behavior was orchestrated by Du Ruzhen and his lawyer. During the trial, Du Ruzhen feigned a charade and spared Xu Tiandong from imprisonment, only allowing him to be beaten with twenty lashes of the cane. But for a man in his forties or fifties, twenty lashes of the cane could have been enough to kill him.
Xu Tiandong often blamed himself for killing someone due to his momentary negligence. Finally, one day, he couldn't bear it anymore and hanged himself.
In fact, Xu Ziling has always lived separately from Xu Tiandong because she and Xu Tiandong have different ideas. Xu Tiandong does not agree with her idea of studying immortality. He believes that human aging and death are common sense and should not be reversed. The ultimate result of trying to reverse it is only failure and madness.
But even so, Xu Ziling and Xu Tiandong still have a father-daughter relationship. After learning the news of her father's suicide, Xu Ziling returned to the Xu family pharmacy. While treating the patient, she found out the truth that the patient died from eating grapefruit.
Xu Ziling, determined to exact revenge, exploited Du Ruzhen's terminal illness to deceive him into accepting a kidney transplant, a false promise. She intended to give Du Ruzhen hope, only to leave him utterly disappointed. She planned to stage a major missing persons case, which would surely attract the attention of the imperial court, prompting an investigation. This would leave Du Ruzhen in agony, and ultimately, she would kill him.
After Tong Di finished speaking, Shi Mingyue, Fu Yueli and Lu Lingyan were all silent. They had never guessed that things would turn out like this at first.
Fu Baiheng added one last point: "Xu Ziling didn't kill Du Ruzhen, he just took his eyeballs." It was when he followed Xu Ziling to Xu Tiandong's grave that he learned what had happened.
Because Xu Ziling placed Du Ruzhen's eyeballs in front of Xu Tiandong's tombstone, Xu Tiandong suffered a disaster because he looked at Mrs. Xu's body, so Xu Ziling wanted to take Du Ruzhen's eyeballs for revenge.
Soon the imperial edict from the capital arrived, and the emperor ordered the country to mobilize elite troops to go to Xinzhou, vowing to destroy Wutan this time.
Half a month later, the elite troops of each state arrived. Fu Yueli ordered the first attack on Fuhua City, which bordered Wutan and Zhao State. After seven days and six nights of unremitting attacks, Fuhua City was captured.
The people of Wutan were horrified and hurriedly sent a letter of surrender. Fu Yueli only made one suggestion to the envoy: send Xu Ziling, and Zhao would immediately stop the siege.
But at this juncture, Wutan was unable to hand over the people.
Because Xu Ziling had already left the Wutan Army and stepped into the depths of the Ulan Buh Desert.
After confirming the news, Fu Yueli and others led their men into the Ulan Buk Desert.
Shi Mingyue must keep up this time, because she had been to the Ulan Buk Desert in that dream, and she was at least familiar with the terrain.
But Fu Yueli initially firmly disagreed with her going with them, because women's physical strength is limited after all, and the physical strength needed to be consumed in the desert is quite large, so it would be very dangerous for her to go in.
But Shi Mingyue insisted again and again, so Fu Yueli had no choice but to take her with him.
But this time the team entered the desert well prepared. At least their equipment was much better than what Shi Mingyue had in her dream. They had a camel caravan and brought enough water and food.
The sky was filled with yellow sand that day and the weather was not very good. Fu Yueli and others actually did not plan to go deep into the Ulan Buk Desert. They were planning to search for Xu Ziling's whereabouts first. If they really couldn't find him, they didn't plan to take the risk of entering the desert.
But they learned a piece of news that Xu Ziling had obtained a map to the ancient city under the Ulan Buh Desert.
According to people who have visited the ancient city under the desert, the city is well preserved, with plants and underground water sources, and people can survive in it.
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