He was answered by the sound of a guard falling to the ground and Sikong Zhan's cold words, "You dare to touch my people, you deserve to die!"
He had previously thought that it was Murong Shuo who was coming, so he naturally made sufficient preparations. Moreover, before leaving, Lin Jinghan specially gave him a lot of anti-poison pills - Prince Jingnan personally spent 100,000 taels to buy them, and they came in handy at this moment. A mere poisonous fog could not do anything to him!
The cold sword was placed on his neck, but Murong Qi still couldn't believe it. "No, it's impossible. I prepared the poison mist specially for you. There's no way you didn't get poisoned!"
"You should be thankful that your life is still useful, otherwise, based on what you have done, your head would have been chopped off long ago!" Sikong Zhan kicked Murong Qi, who flew backwards and fell to the ground, motionless.
"Notify Murong Shuo to bring the detoxifying herbs to redeem his brother within three days. Otherwise, wait for his brother's body to be collected." Sikong Zhan didn't even look at Murong Qi who was being dragged away like a chicken or a dog, and mounted his horse and galloped away.
Tang Xun was very capable. He organized people to disinfect the food and armor contaminated with drugs within one day. Before dark the next day, he asked Lin Jinghan to go and check.
Lin Jinghan looked at Tang Xun deeply, thinking: Anyone who can be relied upon by Sikong Zhan is indeed reliable. She smiled and said, "Commander Tang, don't worry. It's almost dark now. It won't be too late to check tomorrow. Is the prince back?" Everything is ready, except for the herbs.
As soon as he finished speaking, the Jingnan Army came to report that the prince had returned.
Tang Xun quickly turned to greet her, but noticed Lin Jinghan actually walking towards his tent. He asked in confusion, "Princess, aren't you going to greet the prince?" Hadn't the princess just been asking about the prince's condition? Why was she no longer anxious now that the prince had returned?
"No, I don't like to join in the fun." Lin Jinghan waved her hand, "Remember to tell the prince that I have prepared the antidote."
The antidote is ready? Everyone is saved?! This is great news!!! Tang Xun immediately rushed out.
Before Sikong Zhan got off his horse, he saw the usually calm Tang Xun running very fast. He waved to him from afar, calling him "Prince" and frowning: Is this Tang Xun sure that he is not possessed by Doctor Ran?
Tang Xun rushed to Sikong Zhan, breathless, and held the horse's head, "Prince, Your Majesty, the Princess, she..."
"What happened to her?" To make Tang Xun lose his composure like this, this woman must have been too desperate. What happened? Sikong Zhan was anxious and stared at Tang Xun, "Hurry up and tell me!"
"Princess, she, prepared the antidote..." Tang Xun hadn't caught his breath yet and spoke incoherently, and Sikong Zhan's mood fluctuated accordingly.
I hope nothing happened... Sikong Zhan breathed a sigh of relief and was very satisfied with the result. He asked where the princess was and rode his horse towards Lin Jinghan's tent.
Lin Jinghan spent the whole day today thinking about how to make the antidote herself without relying on the medical space. So many people were poisoned. If she relied on the medical space to make the antidote, it would be troublesome and slow, not to mention it would easily expose her secret.
When Sikong Zhan hurried over, he saw Lin Jinghan lazily lying on a recliner with her eyes closed, resting.
He dismounted from a distance and walked over quietly. Seeing a strand of hair hanging mischievously on her forehead, he squatted down subconsciously and reached out to push the hair up.
Lin Jinghan, lost in thought, was touched. She suddenly opened her eyes, blinked at the person before her, and asked, "Your Highness?" He came so soon? Didn't he need to discuss important matters with Tang Xun and the others first? Like, maybe going to Nanzhao to steal the herbs?
He quietly withdrew his hand, stood up, and looked down at her. "I heard you made an antidote?"
"Oh." So that's why he came here so hastily. Lin Jinghan suddenly understood, stood up, and handed him the medicine bottle, "Three pills in total."
Hold the medicine bottle tightly - these are not three pills, these are three lives!
"Thank you!" He pulled her into his arms—thank her for the three pills, and even more thank her for the anti-poison pill.
"It's too early to say thank you now." She tilted her head and looked at him, letting him hold her.
"When Your Highness gets the herbs and saves everyone, it will be too late for Your Highness to thank me. To thank me, you must take concrete action~~"
"Okay!" he promised solemnly.
Thinking of the important matter, she pushed him away and said, "Prince, do you have any herbs? I still need to study them."
"There are still some left. I'll send someone to pick them for you." Sniffing the fragrance that he hadn't smelled for two days, he took a deep breath, turned and left.
Sikong Zhan came and went quickly. Lin Jinghan shrugged her shoulders and continued to lie back in the recliner, communicating with the medical space about the steps to make the antidote.
Luyang City is a town bordering the Nanzhao Kingdom within the territory of the Donglin Kingdom. The peace envoys from Nanzhao have been in the city for several days, but have not yet set off for the capital. No one knows what their intention is. The mayor of Luyang City is so anxious that he goes to "send warmth" to the peace envoys three times a day, and urges them to leave quickly in his words and deeds.
Inside the post station, the maids and guards were on duty with utmost vigilance, glancing outside from time to time, as if they were hoping for someone to come back.
"Second brother, isn't third brother back yet?" In the room, a young girl was holding a bouquet of flowers, tearing the petals from time to time, and pouted at the man opposite.
"We've been stuck in this shabby place for so long, it's so boring. Plus, the sheriff comes to chase us away every day, it's so annoying."
The man across from me, dressed in a purple python robe and a jade crown holding his hair in a bun, had a face as sharp as a knife or an axe, but when he smiled, it seemed as if he could melt anyone's heart... Such a contradiction, yet yet an inexplicable harmony, as if he was meant to be this way...
"Huan'er, do you want to leave?" The man smiled gently, his eyes full of doting for his sister.
"Huan'er knows that the second brother is waiting for the third brother to come back, but the third brother has been away for quite some time. If he doesn't leave soon, the peace talks will be delayed..." The woman's eyes showed nostalgia. She hadn't seen him for a long time. That ruthless man, he almost forgot her, right?
The man knew his sister's feelings, but he did not expose them. Instead of opposing them, he was happy to see them succeed. "If there is still no news from the third brother today, we will set off early tomorrow morning."
The brother and sister chatted for a while, and then there was an urgent knock on the door. The man was displeased and frowned, "What's the matter?"
The person knocking on the door sensed the man's displeasure and, thinking of what he was about to report, he opened the door, knelt down, and presented a letter with both hands:
"Your Highness, there is news about the Third Prince."
The man was none other than the Crown Prince of Nanzhao Kingdom—Murong Shuo, and the woman was none other than the Princess of Nanzhao—Murong Huan.
Hearing this, Murong Shuo waved his hand and the letter in the guard's hand flew into his hand.
He opened it and read it carefully. After a moment, his brows knitted tightly together, and his gloomy face gave people a sense of oppression that made their breath stagnate. "You dare to challenge King Jingnan alone, Third Brother, you are very good!"
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