The carriage drove all the way to the gate of the general's mansion and stopped, and several people got off.
The general's mansion also looks grand and majestic, but because Zhao Litang rarely comes back to live here, it inevitably appears a bit deserted.
There weren't many servants in the mansion. When Jiang Yubai and his companions entered the mansion, no one came out to greet them.
Jiang Yubai seemed to have gotten used to it and led Shen Huan and Shen Shijiu to a courtyard to settle down.
At this time, Zhao Litang's subordinate Wu Quan arrived late with a few people.
"Doctor Jiang, the general just vomited some dirty blood. I'm afraid the poison has begun to spread. Please go and take a look!"
Jiang Yubai called out, "Master Shen?"
Shen Huan put down a few pieces of luggage and nodded.
—The pedestrians followed Wu Quan and hurried to Zhao Litang’s room.
**The person lying there had a pale face, his eyes were closed, and he looked lifeless. There were a few traces of blood on his lips.
Shen Huan realized that the situation was not good, so he quickly walked over and carefully examined Zhao Litang's injured arm.
Shen Shijiu also followed and helped Shen Huan.
Wu Quan looked at the backs of the master and his disciple and asked Jiang Yubai, "Doctor Jiang, who are these two?"
Jiang Yubai smiled mysteriously, "Master."
Shen Huan first removed the gauze bandage on Zhao Litang's arm. The bloody hole caused by the arrow was still bleeding, but it was all black blood. The color of the whole arm was a little wrong, showing a slightly purple-black color.
This must be Jiang Yubai's idea to drain the poisonous blood little by little, but after so many days, it has not been drained out, and the wound has not healed.
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Fortunately, Shen Huan had seen this rare poison before and had a way to cure it.
Shen Huan was somewhat curious and asked, "This poison is rare. I wonder how General Zhao poisoned the arrow?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the door of the room was pushed open, and a thin and frail figure stood at the door, holding a basin of hot water in his hand.
The man who came didn't look very old. He was wearing a loose robe, and his small body was shaking inside. He looked pretty.
He obviously didn't expect there would be so many people in the room. He stood at the door timidly, not knowing what to do.
Wu Quan glanced at the person at the door and said, "Yuenu, come in and put the water next to the bed."
Yue Nu walked in silently with her head down, put the water beside the bed, then looked up at Zhao Litang who was still unconscious lying on the bed.
Shen Shijiu saw that he seemed very worried, and whispered to comfort him, "Don't worry too much, Master is here, General Zhao will be fine."
Yue Nu nodded at Shen Shijiu.
Shen Shijiu discovered that there was a small crescent-shaped mark on his left cheek, just above his left eye, and it was a conspicuous reddish-brown color.
Seeing that Shen Jiujiu was staring at her birthmark, Yue Nu quickly lowered her head, turned around and hurried out the door.
Shen Shijiu looked at his back as he suddenly left and opened his mouth. He wanted to say that the little crescent moon was very beautiful, but Yue Nu seemed to think that the crescent moon was
It's like a mark that is too shameful to be seen.
After the door was closed again, Wu Quan answered Shen Huan's question.
"The general was shot with a poisonous arrow just to save that person..."
Zhao Litang led his troops back to the imperial capital and everything went smoothly along the way. However, on a trade road near the imperial capital, they encountered robbers robbing a caravan.
All the people in the caravan had been killed by the robbers, leaving only a child, who was surrounded by several robbers and no one knew what he was doing.
Zhao Litang shot the leader of the robbers with a feather arrow, and the other robbers were also killed by several soldiers.
The child huddled tremblingly behind the caravan's cargo, his clothes torn, and looked warily at Zhao Litang who dismounted and walked over.
"Don't be afraid."
Zhao Litang squatted down in front of him and looked at him at eye level.
"May I have your name?"
The child looked at Zhao Litang for a long while, and seemed to be frightened. He spoke timidly, "Yue, Yue Nu..."
"Where is home?" Zhao Litang put down the bow in his hand and spoke in a softer tone.
Yue Nu didn't say anything, just shook her head.
Zhao Litang thought he didn't trust him and didn't force him to answer.
At this moment, a robber who was lying next to Yue Nu suddenly moved, then stabbed towards Yue Nu with an arrow.
Zhao Litang only had time to stretch out his arm to block it, and the arrow pierced his arm. Then Zhao Litang pulled the arrow out violently and inserted it into the robber's head.
Yue Nu's eyes widened and blood splattered on his face. He was so scared that he dared not move.
Wu Quan hurried over to check on Zhao Litang's injuries.
"General, that's bad! The arrow is poisoned!"
Zhao Litang looked at his wound which was still bleeding, and then looked at the child with blood on his face.
"Let's go."
Zhao Litang and his entourage mounted their horses and the army began to march again.
From time to time, caravans would pass by on that trade route, and the child would be rescued.
But not long after the army left, a soldier ran to Zhao Litang's horse to report.
"General, the kid is following us."
Zhao Litang looked back and saw, as expected, a thin and small figure following at the end of the queue, who had to walk quickly to keep up with the speed of the army.
"Bring the person here."
The queue stopped temporarily for repair and the child was brought from the back of the queue to the front.
"What are you doing following behind?"
The child lowered his head and said nothing.
"Your name is..." Zhao Litang thought about it carefully, but still couldn't remember.
"Yue Nu." The child answered softly.
"Yue, slave." Zhao Litang repeated, "Are you a slave who sold himself?"
Yue Nu nodded, raised her hand to wipe her dirty face, but ended up making it even dirtier.
Zhao Litang ordered Wu Quan, "Get him a clean handkerchief."
Wu Quan handed the handkerchief over, Yue Nu took it carefully, and then looked at Zhao Litang without moving.
Zhao Litang raised his chin and said, "Wipe your face."
Yue Nu then started to wipe his face with a handkerchief, and he wiped it very seriously. He stopped only when his skin turned slightly red.
His face was clean, but the handkerchief became dirty. He folded the handkerchief carefully and handed it back to Zhao Litang.
Only then did Zhao Litang see the face of the person in front of him clearly. She was fair and pretty, but there was a very obvious crescent birthmark next to her left eye.
Some people may be very concerned about these strange birthmarks, and they think they are a symbol of bad luck.
But Zhao Litang didn't care.
He didn't take the handkerchief, "You keep it."
Then Zhao Litang turned around and mounted his horse neatly, "Go home, you don't have a master now, you are a free man, go back to your original home, don't follow me anymore."
After saying this, the horses galloped out, and the army also ran quickly to follow.
Dust flew all over the sky, blinding Yue Nu's eyes. He stood alone in the middle of the wide road, tears streaming down his face.
The army continued to march. Zhao Litang sat on the horse. The wound on his arm had been bandaged, but he felt more and more painful.
He was also accompanied by waves of dizziness, and finally his eyes went black and he fell off his horse.
"General!"
Wu Quan quickly called a halt to the army and asked everyone to stay on standby.
He knew some medical skills and took Zhao Litang's pulse, but he had never heard of this kind of poison and had no idea what to do.
We are not far from the imperial capital now. We should hurry back and ask Imperial Doctor Jiang to see us. Maybe he can find a solution.
But the general has fainted now and can't ride a horse at all.
"Make way! Make way!"
There were shouts from behind, accompanied by the neighing of horses.
—A carriage stumbled over and stopped next to Zhao Litang.
Yue Nu jumped off the carriage. As she was too weak to drive the carriage, it took her a while to do it. Her face was slightly red.
"Let... the general get on the carriage... this way... it will be faster..."
Wu Quan looked at him with doubt. Where did he, a kid, get the carriage
Yue Nu explained, "I can't ride a horse... I bought this carriage from a passing caravan, and I spent all my savings..."
He looked at Zhao Litang who had already fainted, his face filled with anxiety, and his eyes began to gleam with tears.
"The general is trying to save me, I know that, so I don't want anything to happen to the general... Please believe me, take the general back for treatment, otherwise it will be too late!"
Wu Quan also knew that time was urgent, so he carried Zhao Litang onto the carriage and then sat in the driver's seat himself.
"You go in and look after the general. I'll drive the carriage."
Yue Nu nodded and quickly climbed into the carriage. Then Wu Quan entrusted the army to another deputy general and drove the carriage back to the imperial capital.
Yue Nu sat in the carriage, feeling extremely guilty as she watched Zhao Litang's face grow increasingly paler.
He witnessed with his own eyes how those vicious robbers brutally killed all the people in the caravan. They also laughed at the crescent birthmark on his face and wanted to bully him.
Fortunately, General Zhao showed up in time and was injured while trying to save me. If something really happened to General Zhao...
Yue Nu didn't dare to think about it anymore.
He was sold to his current owner when he was young, and his parents have long since disappeared, so he has no home at all now.
He lived in fear in his master's house for eighteen years. Although he looked like a fifteen-year-old child, that was because he had not received enough nutrition since childhood, so his development was incomplete.
Having been a slave for so long, Yue Nu was best at observing people's expressions and being cautious. No one would ever lean over, look him in the eye and tell him
Therefore, General Zhao, nothing must happen!
After returning to the imperial capital, Jiang Yubai came to the general's mansion as ordered, and later Shen Huan and Shen Shijiu also came.
After hearing the whole story, Jiang Yubai let out two loud clicks of the tongue.
"I didn't expect General Zhao to be such a playboy."
Wu Quan's face changed. "Jiang, Doctor Jiang, why do you say that? The general is not that kind of person."
Jiang Yubai glanced at him and said, "Isn't that it? The person has followed me home, what else should I do? Follow him upstairs?" He pointed to the bedside.
Wu Quan was suddenly speechless. Doctor Jiang's ideas were always different from others.