Tang Chen was no longer in a hurry to see Hong Yu. As long as she knew she had arrived safely in Qingliang Valley, she didn't need to worry too much. She could come later. She would stay here and take care of Wang Ruo while waiting for Hong Yu to arrive.
"Forget it, as long as she comes back safely, I'll ask her if she has anything to say. Go tell Yanzhou now and ask him to come see Wang Ruo when he's free. She woke up for a while just now, but she kept asking not to tell Yanzhou. Her condition is unstable now, and I'm worried that something might go wrong."
"Okay, I know."
Before she even reached the palace, someone told Hong Yu that Tang Chen was waiting for her at the Hot Spring Villa. When Hong Yu arrived at the villa and heard about Wang Ruo's situation, she became quite worried. The first thing she said when she saw Tang Chen was to ask about Wang Ruo's situation: "How is she?"
Tang Chen shook his head and said softly, "He's been unconscious for a whole day and night, and I can't even feed him ginseng soup."
After Hong Yu sat down beside the bed, she gently patted the back of Tang Chen's hand and told her not to worry too much: "Wasn't he fine when I left? How could he suddenly become like this?"
"If you knew the reason, there would be no need to be so flustered. Come on, let's talk outside." After saying that, Tang Chen called the maid who was serving outside into the house, and he pulled Hong Yu towards the pavilion.
As soon as he left the house, Tang Chen asked, "Weren't you captured by Shi Zairong? I was still looking for someone to rescue you when you came back."
Before Hong Yu came back, she knew Tang Chen would definitely ask her these questions, so she had already thought about how to respond. She didn't seem to be hiding anything from others. "I was caught, but I escaped on my own."
Everything else was fine, but Hong Yu had said before that she was dealing with a personal matter. How could this matter be related to Shi Zairong? "Why would you suddenly go there to look for him?"
Hong Yu explained helplessly, "It's all about the living dead. I heard from home a while ago that a Life-Breaking Gu had gone missing. I thought it might be related to these living dead that suddenly appeared, so I went to ask him if he had stolen it."
Hearing this, Tang Chen's brows, which had been relaxed, furrowed again, as if he could kill several flies in a minute: "Wait, what did you just say? What about the living dead? Why don't I understand?"
Hong Yu was slightly taken aback. Did she say something she shouldn't have? This incident of burning someone to death was already a hot topic in the capital. At the speed at which gossip spreads, Tang Chen shouldn't have had this expression on his face: "You, don't you know?"
Tang Chen shook his head seriously and replied, "I don't know. Tell me. Is it because I've been staying at home lately and haven't gone out? Why do I feel like I have no perception of what's happening outside?"
"It's like this..." Hong Yu didn't know if Wang Yanzhou had intentionally kept it a secret from Tang Chen or if he had other plans, but after thinking it over, she felt that Tang Chen should know about this. Firstly, if he went out in the future, he could be more cautious. Secondly, the matter of the living dead was not something that could be dealt with by just a few people. If it got out of hand, there would be no need to fight this battle.
Hong Yu told Tang Chen about what happened on the way to marry Jingji, as well as what he saw and heard after arriving in Jingji, and concluded: "It's probably just as I said. When we were on the way to marry Jingji, we also received news from the valley that the same thing happened, and there were also reports of Qinghe County. So, I thought you knew about it."
Considering what Hong Yu said, the fact that Wang Yanzhou hadn't been back for a while, and the fact that the military doctors who used to come to the palace every now and then suddenly stopped coming a month ago, it seems something really happened in the barracks. "I guess they've completely blocked the news, otherwise it's impossible for the palace to know nothing. So, what did you gain from this trip?"
Of course there were gains, but Tang Chen couldn't tell them all: "...The matter of the living dead should have been caused by Nanyue. However, the mastermind may not be Shi Zairong."
Tang Chen looked at Hong Yu meaningfully and smiled, then said, "Maybe? That's a clever word to use."
Hong Yu cleared his throat with two dry coughs before explaining slowly, "I heard from the Nanyue camp that the Life-Growing Gu was brought in by two mysterious individuals. Not long ago, they suddenly escaped with the insect, and we eventually found one of them. He said the insect and its controller were taken away by the Tianshu Tower."
"Tianshu Tower, it's Tianshu Tower again, their ambition is big enough; one Liang Kingdom is not enough, do they also want Nanyue and the whole world?" Tang Chen was a little confused. The power and resources in Tianshu Tower's hands before the rebellion were enough for them to help Nanyue attack Daliang from both inside and outside. Now he has to come up with so many tricks, but he doesn't think it's troublesome at all.
Besides, other things would be fine. They knew the escape route in advance and intercepted it mid-flight. With such magical powers, did Xiahou Qing intend to oppose Shi Zairong in the future? The key was the living dead. If he created an army, wouldn't it be like a live broadcast of the ancient Resident Evil before her?
The Huangfu family had always disliked the Tianshu Tower's behavior. However, the Huangfu family didn't want to be involved with the imperial court, so they didn't pay much attention to them. "Before, they were just ambitious, but now, they're almost capable of matching it."
Tang Chen also speculated: "I have an idea now. Do you think you can come back so easily? Maybe Shi Zairong realized that if some things are allowed to develop, they will not be resolved by South Vietnam, so he deliberately let you come back to let us know?"
Hong Yu followed up on her words and said, "That's indeed a possibility. Speaking of which, why haven't we seen Boss Hua yet? Shouldn't he be the most anxious right now?"
Tang Chen explained, "He said he had a friend who was good at medicine and was traveling nearby, so he went out to look for him."
Hong Yu saw how much Wang Ruo had aged overnight, and her symptoms were now fluctuating, which were somewhat similar to the symptoms of poisoning she had seen in the tree before. "Anyway, I can't help her now, so why not go in and see if she's better and see if I can find anything."
Tang Chen patted his forehead and suddenly realized, "Why didn't I think that Wang Ruo's sudden change might be related to the Gu worm. Let's go, let's go together!"
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