The third tent didn't give them much time. Troops poured out in droves. Yingba simply lit three straw cakes simultaneously and threw them directly at the people. Instantly, thick smoke billowed from the center. Some collapsed from the poisoning, some coughed and wept, some fought hard, and of course, some tried to escape.
Xu Yixing took advantage of the chaos to ride on the horse that had been parked outside the tent. She kicked the horse's belly and rushed out immediately. She was not worried about Yingba. Instead, she was worried that if she stayed here, she would be used as a weak point. Anyway, the two of them had already taken the antidote, and she didn't believe that he couldn't beat those poisoned soft persimmons!
Just as she could see the road ahead clearly, she heard a whistling sound behind her. Instinctively, she leaned forward on her horse's back, and sure enough, an arrow grazed her scalp. Before she could even experience the aftermath of the catastrophe, the horse's hoof stumbled, and both she and her horse fell over. Only then did she realize she had miscalculated. She hadn't expected there to be someone skilled in archery in the group.
Before she could get up, she felt something heavy hitting her back. The scenery in front of her eyes gradually turned gray. The blood in her throat made it difficult for her to breathe. She held her breath for a moment and fainted.
"Puff!" A mouthful of blood spurted out, and Xu Yixing felt her chest loosen. The force blocking her throat disappeared, and even her breathing became much smoother. She opened her eyes, not knowing what to say to the scene before her.
He was in the carriage, and everywhere he looked was the blood he had just sprayed out, specks of blood, so scary. It was obvious that there was another person in the carriage. Xu Yixing turned his head to look, and saw that half of the person's face was covered in blood. It seemed that he had just faced him and was accidentally sprayed.
"Mr. Yao?" Xu Yixing's eyes widened, straining to discern the man's face through the red mark before confirming his identity. "No, why are you here? No, where am I? Is Lu Anyuan still alive?" She lunged forward, pressing down on Mr. Yao's already injured left arm.
"Injured! Injured! Get out of the way!" Mr. Yao felt that he was extremely unlucky to have encountered such a situation. He hadn't felt so miserable in a long time.
Xu Yixing quickly let go and sat up straight. He looked around awkwardly and saw that his left hand was indeed bandaged. "Your Majesty, is he still alive?"
"Alive, but probably not for long."
Xu Yixing ignored his sarcastic tone, and a terrifying thought emerged in his mind: "Could it be that the person living in the royal court...did he drink that milk?"
Thinking about it now, it was truly absurd! Who could have imagined that the Emperor of Great Xia was living in the royal tent? Not to mention Xu Yixing found it unbelievable, even if the news spread back to Great Xia, he would probably be ridiculed to death. The dignified Emperor of Great Xia hid in the royal tent and was poisoned to death by his own people. How absurd!
"Yes. He didn't drink it." Mr. Yao picked up a handkerchief and rubbed the blood off his face. He rolled his eyes in annoyance and said, "Do you think I would let him drink it without checking anything?"
"Oh..." Xu Yixing patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he hadn't killed him. Otherwise... Otherwise, he would have had no choice but to hang himself with a rope to apologize to him. "Then why do you say his life is in danger? And did you see my follower Yingba?"
"Yingba is fine, he is sleeping in another car. He was injured, it's complicated to explain, you can ask him yourself when you have a chance." Mr. Yao jumped off the carriage, and Xu Yixing followed him to another slightly more spacious car, which was Lu Anyuan's car.
But as soon as he opened the curtain, three unfriendly eyes glared at him simultaneously. Xu Yixing glanced at them one by one. Ada, Aer, and the man who bought milk all looked at him. Lying in the car was Lu Anyuan, his face pale and his eyes closed.
When Xu Yixing saw this, he immediately jumped into the car and wanted to go closer to him, but was stopped by the milk seller: "What are you doing!"
Xu Yixing glanced at Ah Da, who said reluctantly, "General Xia, it's okay."
"How can this be possible? This person disguised himself and put the poison into the jar. He is clearly a spy of the Hu people!"
"Hiss!" This time it wasn't Ah Da's turn to speak. Xu Yixing spoke up himself. "That was because you didn't investigate first. How could so many horses produce even a can of milk? You insisted on relying on others. Your inaction nearly caused a disaster. Now you refuse to repent and are still here blaming others. What? Do you think you can get away with it by biting me to death?"
With a clang, General Xia unsheathed his sword, and it was about to strike Xu Yixing's neck. Ah Er immediately intervened, his expression unkind. "General Xia, she's right. You should go to the front car. We're enough here."
"You!" General Xia's eyes widened with an expression of disbelief. He glared at Xu Yixing fiercely, jumped off the carriage, and the carriage continued to move forward.
"I didn't mean to poison you. I didn't know he lived in the royal court. I thought you were spies from Da Xia, so I wanted to take the opportunity to create chaos and poison you." Xu Yixing's explanation was the same as what Ah Da thought. He didn't approve of Xia Xiao going out in public, let alone buying milk. However, the master was really weak today, and he just wanted some supplements.
Seeing that the two did not stop him, Xu Yixing sat next to Lu Anyuan and carefully examined his body. The wound was on his chest and was bleeding. It was indeed very serious.
"What does Mr. Yao say about this injury?"
"We are doing our best to treat him."
"Then you... forget it. I don't want to know now. I've already seen that fake battlefield. Was it his idea that you wanted to create the illusion that the emperor was dead?"
Ah Da nodded and asked, "Why did you go there, and how did you get to the royal court?"
"Haha, you've fallen for your master's trick! Forget it, I don't want to bother with it. Where are we going now? My doctor is still in Sijiabao. If you can send a message to him, he will definitely be able to save Mr. Yao!"
Ah Da and Ah Er clasped their fists and saluted, their eyes bright with joy. "Great, we are going to meet up with General Qiu now. He should bring that doctor with him, right?"
Xu Yixing's eyes froze slightly: "Didn't you receive his letter?" He must have chased me when I was escaping, so why didn't he report it to us?
"Well... our original plan went awry, so the originally agreed delivery method and address have been invalidated. Now we can no longer receive any information from Master Wang and Sijiabao."
Xu Yixing lowered his head and saw that Lu Anyuan's lips were pale and even his face was covered with a dark aura, which showed that his injury was indeed serious. No wonder the information he received was so confusing that he couldn't sort out any clues. It must be because his original plan was disrupted.
"Where are we going?"
"We'll head west, crossing the grasslands and entering Daxia from Pingyun Pass."
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