Chapter 210 Lu Shengling wakes up
Lu Shengling's eyes gradually became clear. He scanned the tent and finally landed on Yan Rao. He asked in a hoarse voice:
"Why is General Ben here?"
Yan Rao's breathing stagnated, and he asked tentatively:
"You don't know?"
After saying this, she glanced vaguely at the man's neck, lowered her eyes, and replied:
"The general has been missing for two days. This morning, I was cleaning the general's tent as usual. When I came in, I saw you lying on the couch. Could it be that... you didn't come back by yourself?"
Missing for two days.
These four words made Lu Shengling's pupils shrink suddenly.
Recalling the vaguely remembered scene, he looked at Yan Rao eagerly and confirmed:
"Su Yuan, where is Lady Su? Is she still here?"
Yan Rao frowned and said:
"Lady Su left Liuyundu three days ago. She must have left the desert now. Why are you asking her?"
A look of disbelief flashed across Lu Shengling's eyes, and he struggled to half-sit up with his sore and weak body.
He slightly pulled open the sleeve of his right arm, staring at the smooth forearm, and his body swayed as if he had been hit hard:
"Impossible, absolutely impossible..."
Looking at Lu Shengling's distraught look, especially hearing him mention Su Yuan many times.
Yan Rao suddenly had an idea and rubbed the cool jade pendant with her hand hidden under her sleeve.
I was so flustered just now that I didn't notice it, but now I'm reminded of it.
Yan Rao finally remembered.
She seemed to have seen this purple jade pendant before.
Lord Su, who was in charge of grain, loved to wear purple clothes. When she went to greet him at the city gate when they first met, it seemed that Su Yuan was wearing this around his waist.
And Su Yuan has the documents for customs clearance.
Maybe she didn't go far after leaving the city, and it's possible that she rescued the general and sent him back quietly.
Thinking of this, Yan Rao's eyes darkened instantly, and her eyelids slowly lifted to look at Lu Shengling on the bed.
Pretending not to notice the man's misbehavior, she changed the subject:
"General, I heard from your soldiers that you suddenly lost your way on the battlefield, rode out of the army and disappeared without a trace in a short while. Why did that happen?"
Hearing this, Lu Shengling's dull eyes regained some spirit and he recalled the strange things on the battlefield.
His eyes darkened and he ordered:
"Go and call the military doctor."
Yan Rao nodded and said "yes", then strode out of the general's tent.
About a cup of tea passed.
The military doctor came into the tent with a medicine box. She closed her eyes slightly and felt Lu Shengling's pulse, frowning and saying:
"General, you have been poisoned by the Yin Yang Flower. This poison has hallucinogenic and aphrodisiac effects. Yin is the suppressant and Yang is the inducer. Although it has been cured, there is still some residual poison in your body. Wait for me to prescribe you a few prescriptions for detoxification. You will be fine after drinking them for a few days."
There was a sour pain in Lu Shengling's eyes, and his lips trembled as he repeated a few words:
"The hallucination has been resolved..."
As he spoke, he began to laugh grimly, his laughter mixed with despair and pain.
Perhaps because he laughed for too long, Lu Shengling felt pain in his chest and his breathing became rapid.
He pressed the painful spot with his slender fingers, and his lowered eyes felt cold and suddenly chilled.
A deep and cold voice sounded faintly:
"Doctor Cao, where can I find the Yin Yang Flower? What is the meaning of Yin and Yang?"
Doctor Cao lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then replied:
"Well... this Yin Yang flower grows in the desert. As for the saying, it's OK to eat either the flower stem or the flower leaves, but they can't be taken together."
"The general's food is specially tested for poison. This time, I guess someone gave you a flower beforehand and then made you eat it. In this case, the silver needles could not detect the poison, and the induction period was as long as half a day. The person who poisoned you can get rid of suspicion."
Lu Shengling narrowed his eyes and asked back with a long tone:
"Half a day—?"
His thoughts quickly went back to two days ago.
No, it should be three days ago.
It was the Hundred Flowers Festival that day, and it wasn’t meal time.
He and Su Yuan had dinner in the afternoon and evening, then went to the inner city together and did not eat anything until midnight.
Except, except...
Before leaving for the battle, apart from the farewell wine brought by his aunt Lu Hanyi, he did not touch anything in the military camp.
Lu Shengling subconsciously clenched the quilt under his hands, squeezing until his fingertips turned white, and then he relaxed for a moment.
He glanced at Doctor Cao beside the couch, and spoke in a low and light voice, with a kind of suppressed, cold brutality:
"You go down."
"yes."
After Cao's military doctor left the general's tent, Lu Shengling's brows showed a hint of disgust, and he ordered in a cold voice:
"Yan Rao, there is a sand cave under the sand dunes in the southeast corner. Take some people to see if there are any suspicious people."
Yan Rao's eyes flickered and she nodded:
"I will do it right away."
…………
Three days later.
The dusk grew darker, and slowly the sky became as dark as a crow.
Outside the general's tent.
Yan Rao glanced at the blurry shadow behind the screen through the gap in the tent cloth and reported in a low voice:
"General, I took people to the place you mentioned and searched for a few days. No suspicious people were found, but, but..."
At this point, she paused deliberately, her voice clearly cautious:
"I found a crazy woman nearby. She looked like a deserter. When I found her, she was still mumbling about things under the bed. Her behavior was extremely obscene."
"I originally wanted to bring her back, but this woman must have misunderstood us when she saw us. She thought I was a deserter and she killed herself right in front of me."
In the bathtub separated by a screen, Lu Shengling's black hair cascaded down, and his pale cheeks were flushed red by the steaming white mist.
After listening to Yan Rao's words.
His rubbing movements paused, his eyes moved down to stare at the snow-white skin on his shoulder that was rubbed red and bleeding, his glass eyes were calm but crystal tears flowed silently.
Lu Shengling closed his eyes sadly, and said in a voice as light as a feather:
"knew."
Yan Rao, who was outside the tent, barely heard the man's words. A cold light flashed in her eyes, and she continued:
"Also, I asked the soldiers guarding the city, and they all said that they saw the general come back on his own. The Yin-Yang Flower has a hallucinogenic effect, and perhaps it confused your mind, causing the general to forget."
Lu Shengling slowly stepped out of the bathtub, and tiny drops of water slid down the man's sexy white waist and hips.
He picked up a towel and wiped his body while saying:
"Well, you can leave now."
Yan Rao achieved his goal and didn't say anything more.
She nodded and was about to leave.
Suddenly, a soldier ran over from a distance, bowed to Yan Rao, and said anxiously:
"Deputy General Yan, the Mingwei Army is attacking the city at night. The commander is here. Please report to General Lu as soon as possible."
Yan Rao's eyebrows jumped, and he rushed into the tent and said:
"General, the enemy is attacking."
Lu Shengling grabbed his robe and threw it on, "Got it. I'll go right away. You go and gather the troops to guard the city gate."
"yes."
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