Chapter 1125: Kang Jishou, it still has to be you (Part 2) [Requesting double monthly votes]
At times, Kang Jishou also felt quite helpless.
If Shen Tang weren't his master, he would have reported it to the authorities.
Over the years, whenever the Lord had something that displeased him, he would become suspicious and suspect that he was neglecting her again, leaving Kang Shi with a bitter pill to swallow and no way to express her suffering. Faced with the Lord's outburst once again, Kang Shi took a deep breath and forced out a stiff, fake smile.
"Your Majesty is overthinking it."
Kang Shi suppressed the urge to explode for the umpteenth time.
"You are blessed with great fortune and will surely be able to turn misfortune into good fortune."
His kind words earned him a suspicious look from his lord, almost making Kang Shi lose his guard. He was willing to gamble that his lord wouldn't be unlucky this time. Kang Kingdom's annexation of Gao Kingdom, absorbing the nation's fortune, couldn't even offset the tiny fraction of fortune consumed that day?
Haha, impossible, absolutely impossible!
Kang Shi was practically ready to write a guarantee to Shen Tang.
"...My lord, you can rest assured!"
As a result, that very night after saying those words, he received the devastating news that the Lord had choked on his food, vomited incessantly, and fallen into a coma.
Kang Shi, who was holding a bowl in his left hand and chopsticks in his right, was speechless.
He was stunned for a while before he regained his ability to speak.
He continued eating, showing no sign of getting up. While using his chopsticks to transfer pickled vegetables from the dish into his bowl, he inquired about the situation: "Is the lord alright? Has the army doctor come to see him?"
Despite being humiliated, this wasn't the first time the Lord had been unlucky. Based on his extensive experience, as the culprit, he couldn't rush over immediately. He had to wait until the Lord had recovered, gone through the "rage" and "roar" phases, and his anger had subsided somewhat before he went over. Otherwise, he'd be walking into the Lord's trap and would inevitably receive a severe scolding.
Kang Shi did not enjoy being criticized.
Well, he's not going there now.
The messenger soldier said, "The situation is not optimistic."
Clang! The bowl slammed onto the table.
*Snap!* The chopsticks slipped from my hand.
The soldier only caught a glimpse of a fleeting shadow as Kang Shi passed by, accompanied by a gust of wind. When he looked again, Kang Shi was nowhere to be seen. When Kang Shi arrived, Chu Yao and the others were already there, their faces frighteningly grim. The accompanying physicians and the high priest of the Gongxi tribe were also inside the tent. This scene terrified him; his heart nearly leaped out of his throat. "How is our lord?"
This is absolutely terrifying!
Chu Yao sighed deeply: "Still looking."
Seeing Kang Jishou's reaction, he guessed that this was related to the other party again, and for a moment he didn't know what expression to wear: "This time, the lord choked on a fish bone, and when he coughed too hard, he broke his ribs. The broken ribs pierced his lungs, which aggravated his vomiting and churning... The medical staff have removed the fish bone and reattached the broken bone, but for some reason, the lord still shows no signs of waking up..."
Kang Shi: "..."
He had heard of people breaking ribs from coughing.
He had also heard of people getting fish stuck in their throats.
But I've never heard of a martial artist with the courage and skill to reach the level of the Lord, choking on fish, coughing, or breaking ribs. You have to understand that with the Lord's physical condition, an ordinary person could chop her with an axe with all their might and she might not even bleed.
If this were recorded in the daily records, future generations would either doubt her abilities or suspect that the official was deliberately fabricating the story.
Despite his anxiety, Chu Yao did not forget to comfort his colleagues who had come to his aid.
"Don't worry, Qi Yuanliang will take care of everything."
Kang Shi: "..."
If Qi Shan knew that the emperor had lost his life by eating fish, he would overturn the gates of hell. More and more officials rushed to the scene upon hearing the news, and the physician Xinglin and Ji Moqiu emerged from the tent.
Chu Yao and Kang Shi hurriedly went to meet them and surrounded them.
When will our lord awaken?
The physician said, "He won't wake up anytime soon."
Chu Yao asked, "Where are you injured? Is it a serious injury?"
The physician looked at Ji Moqiu, who then took over the conversation, saying, "Your Highness's situation is somewhat special. I just entered her dream to search for her, looking from the first layer to the eighteenth, but I still couldn't find her. In the end, I discovered that the Path of the Scholar had gone out of control, sweeping her consciousness away to an unknown place. Right now, we can only wait for Your Highness to wake up on her own, or find the Path of the Scholar that has gone out of control."
Chu Yao's brows furrowed, and a murderous glint appeared in his eyes.
"So it's the remnants of the Gao Kingdom causing trouble?" The scholarly ways of the Kang Kingdom, devoid of any scholars, can induce dreams, but this is the Gao Kingdom!
Someone must have used the ways of scholars to plot against the emperor!
This trick wouldn't work on a normal day, but when the master's luck is at its lowest, the effect is hard to predict.
Chu Yao made a decision in the blink of an eye.
He coldly uttered four words: "Eliminate the remaining villains!"
Did I really give these filthy people face?
Instead of keeping a low profile, they want to stir up trouble?
Chu Yao even considered killing Wu Xian.
Don't be fooled by Wu Xian's apparent inability to extricate himself from the grief of losing his wife and son these past few days. Who can guarantee that this isn't just a smokescreen for him to cover up the deaths of Mi Kui and her son?
This concerns the Lord—
Better to kill a thousand innocent people than let one guilty person go free!
Before Chu Yao could speak, Ji Moqiu added, "Gu Yatai is His Highness's trusted confidant, so naturally he is not a remnant."
You mean Gu Wangchao?
Chu Yao's mind nearly went blank.
Looking around, I really couldn't see Gu Chi anywhere.
Chu Yao's murderous intent, like a lump of coal doused with cold water, burned even more fiercely after a brief period of calm. Why was Gu Wangchao also getting involved? He immediately sent people to find Gu Chi's whereabouts.
Ji Moqiu said, "It would be best to urge Attendant Ning again."
Chu Yao: "..."
What does this have to do with Ning Tunan? Among all the literary scholars, Ning Tunan is the least harmful minister to the emperor! Chu Yao had no choice but to call the people who had run away back.
Before long, Ning Yan and Gu Chi arrived almost one after the other.
Ning Yan arrived late because she lived far away.
Why is the other one also so late?
Gu Chi explained, "There was a slight mishap during my cultivation."
The negative emotions emanating from the disaster area were overwhelming, and Gu Chi couldn't escape to find peace and quiet. He could only replace sleep with cultivation to lessen the impact of these thoughts. Too many external thoughts easily distracted him, and it was common for his cultivation to be interrupted or go wrong. Each time, he needed to regulate his breathing for about 15 minutes to calm his restless state.
After he finished speaking, he keenly noticed that Chu Yao's expression seemed different from usual. Even his tone was much stiffer: "What's wrong?"
Gu Chi: "That's not something I can disclose."
Even among colleagues, probing into each other's cultivation practices is a reckless and provocative act. Gu Chi was dissatisfied with this overstepping of boundaries, not to mention Chu Yao's heart was filled with suppressed hostility.
Chu Yao emphasized, "Gu Wangchao!"
Gu Chi sensed a threat in his voice.
"Chu Wuhui, what's wrong with you today?" Gu Chi softened his voice. It wasn't that he was softening his temper; he just didn't want to escalate the conflict.
Chu Yao said, "This matter concerns the Lord."
Upon hearing this, Gu Chi's expression turned serious, and he no longer concealed anything.
Actually, it's nothing much; it's just another failed attempt to reach the state of perfection. Today's process was the same as countless times before. Gu Chi knew where the problem lay, and he knew he was destined to never reach the state of perfection in this lifetime, but he still refused to give up.
"that's all?"
Gu Chi laughed in exasperation: "What else can we do?"
Chu Yao's gaze swept over Ji Moqiu like a dragonfly skimming the water, finally landing on Gu Chi's face: "The High Priest of Ji Mo said that your way of the scholar has gone out of control, and you have dragged the Lord's consciousness away to who knows where."
Gu Chi initially thought this statement was absurd.
But soon, he could no longer laugh. He suddenly realized that the scene before him looked familiar—his lord had been seriously injured by Yunda on the battlefield in the northern desert, and he had trapped his lord in a dream while he was unconscious.
He couldn't help but look at Ji Moqiu for confirmation, and the latter nodded.
Gu Chi: "..."
Isn't this a case of injustice against me?
The way of the literati is out of control for 30% of the year.
How come the lord is being dragged into this misfortune this time?
Speaking of bad luck, Gu Chi turned his probing gaze toward Kang Shi.
Hehehe, the culprit is right here!
Kang Shi: "..."
Only Chu Yao remembered that Ning Yan was also implicated.
Ning Yan hadn't expected that she had anything to do with this.
I strongly suspect that Ji Moqiu made a mistake.
There's no way there could be a mistake; this matter really is related to Ning Yan. Ning Yan recently perfected the Path of the Scholar, and as her loyal follower, His Highness also gained the most basic ability of [Falsehood]. Chu Yao and the others all know about this, but they just can't understand how it could have caused their master to be unable to awaken…
Ji Moqiu said, "That's right."
That's where the problem lies.
【Illusory】Unlike ordinary avatars of literary energy, they not only possess a certain level of the original body's strength but can also transcend the limitations of literary energy and geographical distance, allowing them to operate outside the body for extended periods and serve the original body. They are both a part of the original body and independent of it.
If something happens to the main body, they will also be affected.
At this point, Chu Yao and the others understood.
They all stared at Kang Shi with deathly eyes.
The Lord hasn't had any bad luck these past few days. It's not that Kang Jishou isn't sick; it's clearly the Lord's "non-existent entity" that has taken the blame. Chu Yao raised a point of doubt: "But High Priest, the Lord has been busy lately and hasn't conjured up any 'non-existent entity'."
The Lord has little interest in [pure fabrication].
Even if she used an avatar to perform her work, it was done with ordinary incantations. Chu Yao was certain she hadn't used that ability.
Ning Yan could answer: "Even without activating the way of the literati, the fictitious will still reside in the Danfu Wengong in the form of literary energy."
In fact, fictitious and baseless things have always existed.
Therefore, these two suffered greatly in the Lord's Palace.
Ji Moqiu said, "Next is Gu Yatai."
Gu Chi's scholarly ways, though out of control, couldn't take away Shen Tang herself, but they could take away His Highness's fiction and illusory existence. If they were lucky, they would just be lost in someone's dream and could return when the dream's owner woke up; if they were unlucky, they would still be trapped when the dream's owner woke up.
Is it good luck or bad luck?
Hehehe, is that even a question?
Kang Shi: "..."
“Even so, the Lord should not remain unconscious.”
"Didn't they say that the fictitious elements took the blame for all the trouble?"
Ji Moqiu countered, "What if they can't hold on?"
After a few days of calm, I still almost died from a fishbone.
Everyone: "..."
Kang Shi: "..."
I wish I were Choi Sun-hyo, invisible as air!
Just as Kang Shi was suffering endless torment, Shen Tang's hoarse voice came from inside the tent: "What are you all standing outside for? Come in. This tent is sturdy enough not to collapse."
A gleam appeared in Kang Shi's eyes.
The Lord's voice is nothing short of heavenly music.
When everyone entered, Shen Tang had already sat up on his own, but his posture and expression were clearly different from his usual demeanor. Ji Moqiu, standing to the side, reacted even more noticeably, his body visibly stiff. Yet, Shen Tang still noticed him.
He waved to him and said, "Little friend, come here."
Chu Yao and the others realized that this was a sign of their master's kindness.
Ji Moqiu did as he was told, but his steps were a little slow, so Shan Nian pinched his cheek rather reluctantly: "Are you afraid of me?"
No.
"Hmph, lying." Shan Nian released her hand, leaving a clear red finger mark on Ji Moqiu's cheek, making his skin appear even more fair and white. "You call that little good-for-nothing 'Your Highness' all the time, but why don't you listen to me? You've even learned to lie? Children shouldn't lie, lying makes you a bad child."
Bad children should be punished.
Since he's been relatively well-behaved, I only pinched his cheek.
Do it again next time—
The smile, meant to convey kindness, was now laced with undisguised murderous intent.
"The bad kid failed and has to retake the course." Whether it's retaking an academic course or retaking a life course is a matter of opinion.
Chu Yao wasn't afraid of this somewhat strange master.
As a benevolent thought of the Lord, it is essentially the Lord, just another side of his personality—frank, straightforward, and genuinely endearing: "But the Lord has instructed you to convey a message?"
With a kind heart, sit cross-legged, elbows resting on knees, and hands supporting your face.
"Hmm, Chu Yaoyao is really smart; she guessed it right away."
Chu Yao hurriedly asked Shen Tang where she was at the moment.
Shan Nian said, "Sigh, she time-traveled."
"Time travel?"
What does this mean? Or did we travel through something?
"It's like being resurrected from a dead body."
"Resurrection through a corpse?"
"Don't worry, she'll be back once that little good-for-nothing number two, 'Zixu,' wakes up." Shan Nian was gentle with Chu Yao, but somewhat disrespectful to Chen Tang herself, not holding back even when criticizing herself. "At most... three days, right?"
Hearing the exact time, Chu Yao breathed a sigh of relief.
Three days isn't a long time.
Little did they know, Shen Tang had suffered greatly during those three days.
——
"Stop playing dead, get up!"
In her dazed state, Shen Tang felt someone kick her.
Not only did they kick him, but the other party also started cursing.
[Damn it, who kicked me?]
She winced in pain, curled up her legs, and weakly opened her eyes.
My eyes froze halfway open.
She felt inexplicably familiar with this beginning.
"No, this is just a repackaged version of the same thing?"
Once she saw the scene before her, her temper flared instantly! Especially when someone tossed a piece of bread next to her and told her, "Eat it quickly, so you can get on your way," her murderous intent boiled over. This scene was so familiar! Wasn't this exactly the opening sequence when she first transmigrated here?
After more than a decade of hard work, Kang Jishou unleashed his power, sending her back to square one with just a few fish bones? Kang Jishou, it has to be you! Shen Tang's mind was filled with a barrage of insults. She cursed Kang Shi once, and then cursed God the rest of the time: "What a bastard, does he even dare to let his mother save her game!"
After the roar, a commotion arose nearby, with people shouting "He's come back to life!"
The constables who were about to dispose of the body stopped in their tracks.
"Not dead? If you're not dead, then let's continue on our way!"
Just as the whip was about to fall, his head exploded.
Who are you talking to like that?
Let's do it again!
This time, she's going to show off some amazing moves!
As the bodies of the constables lay scattered on the ground, Shen Tang silently realized that things seemed to be different from what she had thought. This was not the right start!
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Tang Mei didn't time travel; it's just that after Zi Xu was infected by Kang Shi, he was trapped in the dream of a dying person and couldn't get out.
Without the burden of Zixu, the power of the plague exceeded Tang Mei's capacity. She was almost killed by a fishbone. While she was unconscious, she was forced to come over because of her connection with Zixu.
(End of this chapter)
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