Qu Yunmie was injured and almost died. The situation in the army was far more turbulent than Gao Xunzhi had imagined. Gao Xunzhi could not even bother to visit Qu Yunmie now. He needed to find out what had happened in these three short days. However, Xiao Rong had lost interest in staying here any longer. He asked, "Where is Qu Yunmie?"
This was the second time he called out Qu Yunmie's name in front of everyone, but Gao Xunzhi and Agusega didn't seem to think there was anything wrong with it, and the same went for the others. Yuan Baifu looked around and found that only Wang Xinyong was as surprised as he was.
Jian Qiao had already stood up. He whispered, "Over here. I'll take you there."
Agusega took a few steps forward and said, "I'll go too."
After they both left, the tent fell silent for a moment. When Yuan Baifu was about to ask Gao Xunzhi something, Gao Xunzhi asked him first: "Those two corpses...are they really Qu Yue and Ishtar?"
Yuan Baifu pursed his lips, then nodded heavily.
When Xiao Rong stepped into Qu Yunmie's tent, he first smelled the smell of charcoal and a strong smell of medicine.
The big tent was surrounded tightly and the heat inside mixed with the two smells made Xiao Rong feel stuffy in his heart.
Qu Yunmie was lying on the bed inside. He was seriously injured and on the verge of death several times, but at this moment he looked okay.
The arrow shot at his collarbone, right at the gap between the armor. It is said that after Qu Yunmie was shot, he immediately pulled the arrow out of his flesh. The hook caused his skin to be torn and he was in great pain, but he still did it decisively because he found something wrong with the arrow. This was not the first time he was shot by an arrow, but it was the first time he felt a burning pain.
Jian Qiao was extremely grateful when he said this. Fortunately, the king was decisive. It was because there was not much poison left that he was able to save his life.
But even with such a small amount of poison, Qu Yunmie almost lost his life. This shows how much money the Xianbei people invested this time. They were determined to kill the king.
Agusejia looked at Qu Yunmie's injuries and shook her head slightly: "The pulse is still unstable. I brought another salted female ginseng. I will boil it into medicine later. Give it to him."
Jian Qiao was stunned for a moment. He said "oh" but was thinking in his heart, when will Agusega learn how to diagnose pulses? Doesn't she diagnose patients by touching bones and rolling eyeballs?
After putting away the medicine box, Agusega turned around and looked at Xiao Rong standing beside her but never approaching her. She pursed her lips, but didn't know what to say, so she just said something to make conversation: "I'll go boil the medicine."
Xiao Rong looked at her and nodded.
After Agusega left, the big tent fell silent. Jian Qiao didn't dare to speak for a moment. He was thinking about how to explain to reduce Xiao Rong's anger. At the same time, he secretly observed Xiao Rong with his peripheral vision, wanting to know how he felt now. But after this observation, Jian Qiao discovered something.
He looked at Xiao Rong in a daze: "Mr. Xiao, why do you look so pale--"
How can he be worse than the king who is seriously injured and unconscious?
At the same time, his reflex arc finally completed its work, and Jian Qiao remembered something else: "No military report has been sent out, why did Mr. Xiao suddenly come here? Could it be that something happened in Chenliu?!"
Xiao Rong ignored him. Looking at Qu Yunmie who seemed to be asleep, he asked Jian Qiao, "Has he been unconscious like this for the past few days?"
Jian Qiao shook his head: "He stopped waking up in the early hours of yesterday morning. The poison was very severe and the king suffered a lot."
Xiao Rong: "Really? That's great."
Jian Qiao: “…………”
After not seeing him for a while, Mr. Xiao became even more terrifying.
He felt that he didn't need to even think about explaining himself and should just tell the truth. Anyway, looking at Xiao Rong's current appearance, he probably wouldn't remember to settle the score with him.
Thinking of this, Jian Qiao spilled the beans: "When the king was shot, he was still conscious. He asked me not to tell you about this. He said that if he gets better, he would come and tell you in person. If he can't get better, then let me temporarily lead the Zhenbei Army, gather these hundreds of thousands of troops, and take everyone back to Chenliu. From now on, we will obey your orders, Mr. Xiao."
Xiao Rong finally lifted his eyelids and looked at him formally, but his reaction was totally different from what Jian Qiao had imagined: "Leave it to me, so what?"
Jian Qiao: "...So, that's why I didn't send the secret letter. This matter must not be known to anyone else. I'm also afraid that some people will interfere. If they learn of the king's last wish and attack you who left Chenliu after learning the news, then I won't be able to face the king in the future."
Xiao Rong looked at Jian Qiao, which made Jian Qiao feel very nervous. After a moment, Xiao Rong suddenly smiled. He always looked very good when he smiled, which could make all the monks stunned. Jian Qiao was no exception. His mind was shaken, and when he came back to his senses, he saw Xiao Rong looking at him coldly and said to him, "Get out."
Jian Qiao: “…”
Mr. Xiao is so weird. I’ll go ask Zhang Biezhi what’s going on later.
There was no one else around. Xiao Rong watched the curtain being lowered by Jian Qiao. After a while, he looked at Qu Yunmie lying on the bed.
He walked slowly forward and sat down next to Qu Yunmie. He stared at the cold and hard lines on Qu Yunmie's face, as if he was going to strangle him to death in the next second.
But he didn't do that. He just leaned back, hugged his arms tightly against his chest, and then lowered his eyes to cover the redness under his eyes. ...
Xiao Rong could feel through his own body whether Qu Yunmie was getting better, so he could also vaguely feel that Qu Yunmie should wake up in no more than two days.
For the past two days, he has been a hands-off boss, not caring about anything going on outside. He just sits in the big tent and stares at Qu Yunmie. To be honest, he is much better than Xiao Rong who is always on the road. At least he eats the food that Zhang Biezhi brings him, and when he is sleepy, he will lie down next to Qu Yunmie and take a nap. Gao Xunzhi thinks that Xiao Rong is simply the most obedient baby. He will not disturb him and just let him stay like this.
Two days later, Xiao Rong was sitting on the bed in a daze. As if he had sensed something, he suddenly looked up. Qu Yunmie, who had been silent for the past few days, slowly opened his eyes.
Without moving his fingers or muttering anything, he just calmly opened his eyes without even showing a confused look.
Xiao Rong looked at him, and he also looked at Xiao Rong.
Their complexions were both worse than each other, and they could have played refugees without any makeup. In the past, Xiao Rong would not allow others to see him in such a miserable state, but now he no longer cared.
They stared at each other in silence, and there was a silent entanglement. After an unknown amount of time, Xiao Rong lowered his eyes first.
He stood up and wanted to leave the tent where he had stayed for two days.
Just as he was about to walk away, his hand hanging by his side was suddenly grabbed by someone. Qu Yunmie's hands in good health were like pliers, but today his hands were weak and powerless. Xiao Rong could feel that he was trying very hard to hold on to him, so hard that his wrists were shaking.
After all, he was seriously ill and hadn't spoken for several days. Qu Yunmie's voice was terribly unpleasant.
"I've come back from the gates of hell...so don't hate me."
Xiao Rong seemed to be fixed in place, as if Qu Yunmie's words touched him, but in a flash, he twisted his wrist and easily broke free from Qu Yunmie's shackles. He strode away from here without looking back once.
The author has something to say:
Well, I have finished writing this scene. It is the sister chapter of Dancing with Swords Under the Moon. Vomiting Blood Under the Moon is followed by the nagging and quarreling between the young lovers. It does not count as a scene, so I did not break my promise (Devil Whisper: Don’t hate me either)
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