Chapter 369 The Real Treason
At this moment, Dugu Yu discovered that the arrows shot from above were not so dense. Someone went around behind the archers, raised his sword and slashed, completing a one-sided massacre.
When the arrows stopped falling, Dugu Yu, whose tense nerves suddenly relaxed, almost fell off the prison cart.
He tried to support himself with the sword in his hand, but the sword slipped out of his hand and fell to the ground.
"Your Majesty..."
"I'm fine, save Master Qin."
Ling Jingyu really put a lot of effort into Qin Shangshu's prison car. Every piece of wood on it was tightly wrapped with thick iron sheets.
At this time, the iron shell of the prison van was covered with marks from swords and knives.
Without the pressure from the archers, one of Dugu Yu's soldiers suddenly rushed under the prison cart, and then the bottom of the cart collapsed, and Qin Shangshu fell to the ground with him.
Several people worked together to overturn the prison car and finally got Minister Qin out.
Jin Feiang had already rushed over at this time, and with one sword he cut the shackles on Qin Shangshu's neck. Seeing the arrow in his leg, he frowned.
"Your Majesty, the others are already rushing out of the city. Let's go."
When Jin Feiang wanted to retreat quickly with Dugu Yu as planned, he found that his prince was in a very bad condition.
He was shocked, but he didn't show it. Instead, he ordered his men, "Take Minister Qin out of the city immediately. No matter what happens, don't delay!"
"yes!"
One person carried Qin Shangshu on his back, and the rest of the people who were less injured and still had fighting ability came over to protect them and surrounded them in the middle.
Dugu Yu was obviously not satisfied with this arrangement. "Jin Feiang, you will personally escort Lord Qin out of the city."
"But Your Majesty..."
"immediately!"
"yes!"
Jin Feiang could not disobey Dugu Yu's order, so he personally pointed out a few people and told them to protect the prince at all costs. Then he protected Qin Shangshu and continued to fight their way out of the siege.
All around Dugu Yu, the ground was covered with arrows, enough to fill more than a dozen sacks.
Even a machine would suffer from metal fatigue after prolonged high-intensity movements, not to mention that he was just a wounded flesh and blood body.
After Dugu Yu relaxed, his right hand kept shaking, completely out of his control. He tried to pick up the sword several times, but couldn't hold it at all.
Seeing this, the men were naturally extremely anxious. "Your Highness, you are injured. You must be treated immediately!"
At this time, another Yanling Army soldier, while repelling the surrounding troops, said, "The prison cart just passed by a pharmacy. Let's take the prince there first."
Dugu Yu was protected by his men when he arrived at the drugstore. The place was already in a mess and the boss, clerks and others had already fled for their lives.
But it doesn’t matter if there is no one here. The medicines here are still very complete, and they are very familiar with the medicine for injuries.
While Dugu Yu was firmly protecting the prison van, no one noticed anything wrong with him.
He is like a god who will never fall, and he is the backbone of everyone.
However, when they put the prince on the hospital bed and unbuttoned his collar and saw the scar on his shoulder, they suddenly realized that he had been seriously injured and had lost so much blood.
In response to this, Dugu Yu still had a cold expression without any emotion, as if he didn't feel any pain at all.
"Just sprinkle some hemostatic powder on it and bandage it casually. There's no time to waste!"
When they came in, many people saw them. At that time, the fighting outside the door was in full swing. It would not be long before the place would be surrounded.
At this time, the number of people rushing up to surround and kill him was definitely much greater than the number of people chasing after Minister Qin.
This is also the reason why Dugu Yu was unwilling to go with Minister Qin. He knew clearly that in Ling Jingyu's mind, although he and the Qin family were doomed to die, there was still a priority and an order of sequence.
In this order, he is much ahead of Minister Qin.
Ling Jingyu will concentrate his firepower on him. If he follows Qin Shangshu, it will only greatly increase his danger. The two of them will separate, distracting Ling Jingyu's troops and attention, and the chances of Qin Shangshu being able to leave the city smoothly will be greatly increased.
The person who treated Dugu Yu's injuries was named He Ming. He was a squadron leader in the Yanling Army and the person that Jin Feiang had just specially designated to protect the prince.
Seeing that Dugu Yu didn't care about his own health, he felt anxious and worried. In a state of desperation, he actually took the initiative to touch Dugu Yu's acupoints.
"I have no other choice. Once Your Highness recovers from his injuries, I will take the blame and accept your punishment!"
His bold move stunned the men who were protecting Dugu Yu. In the end, no one said a word.
He Ming also pressed several acupuncture points on Dugu Yu's body to help him stop the bleeding.
Looking at the prince's right hand that was still trembling even after being acupunctured, He Ming became more convinced that what he did was right.
Then he ordered his men, "Chu Xiao and Chu Lin stay to help, the others go out and guard. I want to dig out the arrowhead from the prince's shoulder. Don't let anyone come in and disturb me!"
"yes!"
Under normal circumstances, Dugu Yu would never be pinned down so easily. Even if he was really pinned down, he would have broken free on his own long ago.
But today, he couldn't even muster any strength. He was already overdrawn too badly.
The brothers Chu Xiao and Chu Lin quickly found liquor, medicine, and even needles and thread to suture the wounds, but they did not find anesthetics.
He Ming's hands trembled, and he finally looked at Dugu Yu and said, "Your Highness, please be patient."
He used strong liquor to disinfect the wounds on Dugu Yu's body and all the tools, and then used a dagger to cut open the wound on Dugu Yu's left shoulder.
The arrowhead that had broken into the flesh had penetrated very deeply because of Dugu Yu's constant movements after being injured, and had also worn away a large piece of flesh.
Dugu Yu had lost a lot of blood, and his face had gradually turned pale, and he even closed his eyes.
The Chu brothers couldn't bear to watch it, so they simply turned their heads away. He Ming, a seven-foot-tall man, couldn't help but have red eyes, but he still wielded the knife swiftly and dug out the arrowhead and the flesh that was crushed by the arrowhead.
They hadn't forgotten that the prince wasn't using any anesthetic to relieve the pain, and he had endured the pain of digging out the arrow and cutting his flesh...
He Ming moved very quickly. After suturing, he carefully applied medicine and then carefully wrapped it with gauze.
He was going to check if the prince had any other injuries. After all, judging by how tattered his clothes were, he should have been a sieve by now, and it was definitely not just his shoulders.
But when he was about to take off Dugu Yu's clothes for a closer inspection, Dugu Yu suddenly opened his eyes and ordered in a cold voice, "Untie my xuedao."
"Your Majesty..."
"I'm fine now. Now is not the time to recover!"
He Ming turned his head to take a look at the situation outside. The brothers were not as strong as iron. People were getting hurt or even dying every moment. And the longer they stayed here, the greater the danger. They might end up being caught in a trap.
"yes!"
He Ming finally chose to obey and untied Dugu Yu's ropes. He also took some medicine and tied it into a bag and carried it on his back. When they successfully left the city, it would surely be useful to his brothers.
Dugu Yu had just closed his eyes. Besides resting, he was also thinking a lot. He was thinking about what Minister Qin had just said to him. His tone clearly showed that he was making arrangements for his funeral arrangements.
He knew that their rescue operation today would not fail so badly, but Minister Qin still firmly believed that the Qin family would not survive for long.
Why? Because all under heaven belongs to the king!
As long as Ling Jingyu is still the emperor, the entire Qin family and the people in his Wuling Palace are true traitors. They will be wanted and hunted for the rest of their lives.
There is no place for them to stay in this big world. Even if they are rescued today, they will have to live in fear and have no peace in the future!
Minister Qin knew that they could not escape it. Even if they escaped it today, they would not be able to escape it one day.
That's why he said that Dugu Yu would not be allowed to take care of the Qin family's affairs in the future. He was able to save the Qin family once, so would he have to save them a second or third time?
That's why he let Dugu Yu take Qin Qingyao away, saying that he was traveling around the world, but it was obvious that he had no fixed place to live and was fleeing everywhere!
That's why Minister Qin was afraid of implicating Qin Qingsang, and said that Qin Qingyao and Qin Qingsang would be each other's only blood relatives from now on.
Dugu Yu understood this, so he couldn't leave yet.
He couldn't let Qin Qingyao hide in shame for the rest of her life, nor could he let her live in the pain and self-blame of having her family destroyed while she survived alone.
Therefore, if the Qin family is to be saved, Ling Jingyu must die!
Dugu Yu looked at his men and said, "Your mission has been completed. Leave the city immediately and reunite with Commander Jin!"
"What about you, Your Majesty?"
"I have things to do."
The purpose of the Yanling Army's visit today has been achieved. They are already Qin Yuelin's men and there is no need to follow him anymore.
What he was going to do now was to kill the king, which was a truly heinous crime punishable by the extermination of all ten clans.
Moreover, this was his own personal decision and his own business, and he didn't want to take risks with these brothers.
He Ming blurted out without even thinking, "I am willing to follow His Majesty and go through fire and water without hesitation!"
The two brothers of the Chu family also knelt on the ground, "We are willing to follow the prince!"
Dugu Yu frowned, looking serious and unkind, but before he could say anything, He Ming spoke first.
"Your Highness, we have followed you till now and are absolutely not afraid of death. No matter what you say today, we will not abandon you and leave alone. Otherwise, even if we successfully reunite with Commander Jin, we will not be able to explain to our brothers."
He added, "Even if General Qin were here today, he would never allow us to abandon the prince's only son and escape!"
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