Zi'an felt that an atmosphere of despair had already enveloped the Murong Dynasty and Murong Jie. If he failed to find a way to control the spread of the epidemic, his position as regent would be over.
By then, there will be new chaos in the situation in the DPRK.
If there is chaos in the court, then the country will be in chaos. At that time, the great powers and barbarians will seize the opportunity to invade.
Moreover, the epidemic has now broken out in three places and has not yet reached its peak. Once the epidemic is not under control, it is likely to break out in other places. At that time, no matter how capable Murong Jie is, he will not be able to prevent the situation from taking a sharp turn for the worse.
Zi'an held his hand, not knowing what to say, and could only say weakly: "It will pass, there is a solution to every problem."
Murong Jie stared at her and said, "Don't worry, leave the capital immediately tomorrow. Otherwise, once you are used by others and enter this vicious circle, I will be controlled by others everywhere."
Zi'an knew his worries, and he could easily guess that he would be implicated in this matter.
"Okay, I'll leave tomorrow." Zi'an agreed.
However, she was really worried. Could he withstand the situation in the capital
The two held hands tightly, but had nothing to say.
Military and national affairs were not something that a woman like her, who had traveled through time, could interfere with, and she couldn't change anything.
I just hope I don't become a burden to him.
The two came to a small courtyard in the suburbs of Beijing, and before they entered, they heard strange noises coming from inside.
Murong Jie and Zi'an looked at each other and walked in quickly.
Ni Rong and Wang Dasao rushed out from inside, both of them looked panicked. The guards stationed here rushed in, and shrill sounds were heard from inside.
When the two saw the bloody teeth marks on the backs of Ni Rong and Wang Dasao's hands, their hearts sank.
"Oh my God!" Zi'an was shocked, "He woke up?"
Murong Jie rushed in quickly.
This is impossible. She has clearly sealed his meridians. He has entered a state of suspended animation and there is no way he can wake up.
Ni Rong's face was pale. He walked to the well to wash the wound on his hand. His body was trembling slightly, and he was obviously trying hard to suppress his fear.
Mrs. Wang sat down on the ground and let the blood flow from her hands.
Zi'an walked up to her and took her to the well to wash her wound.
Murong Jie dragged out Wang Yu, who was tied up again, pushed him into a cage, and immediately put him in a daze.
There was also a guard inside who was bitten so badly that one of his ears was gone, and he walked out covered in blood.
Fortunately, Zi'an brought a medicine box with him and cleaned his wound.
There was no sound at all, it was terribly dead silent.
The three people here are all waiting to die.
Murong Jie checked Ni Rong's wound. Both Ni Rong and Wang Dasao were bitten on their hands. The wounds were not deep, but blood was already oozing out.
"Your Highness, I'm fine!" Ni Rong said, but his voice was trembling.
There was no expression on Murong Jie's face. He checked Ni Rong's hands over and over again, and then continued to rinse them with water until Ni Rong's hands turned white.
Mrs. Wang couldn't hold back her tears and said, "What about my mother-in-law? How can she live in the future if she can't see?"
Zi'an felt so upset after hearing this that tears almost came out.
She had no way to cure the virus, which meant she had no way to save these people.
Instead, Ni Rong comforted Mrs. Wang, "Don't worry, if we die, General Su will take care of your mother-in-law."
Mrs. Wang wiped away her tears, looked at Wang Yu who had fallen into a coma, and murmured, "Well, well, my whole family is gone, and there is no point in me living. It's better for me to die."
Ni Rong suddenly looked up at Zi An and asked, "If I cut off my hand, can I still live?"
Zian shook his head, "I don't know."
If the virus had not invaded too quickly, it might have been okay to cut off the hand immediately after being bitten, but now it has been washed for so long, if the virus spreads, even cutting off the hand will be of no help.
Murong Jie said in a deep voice: "It's useless. Someone from the Huimin Office reported that someone in Shitou Village was bitten and had his hand chopped off, but he still got sick."
Ni Rong lowered his eyes to hide his disappointment, "Oh, is that so? That's good, at least the body is intact."
Zi'an bandaged the guard and felt very uncomfortable.
If she hadn't said before that she wanted to seal Wang Yu's meridians, he would have remained in the cage all the time, and perhaps he would not have been there last night, and three more lives would not have been lost.
To put it bluntly, these three people died because of her self-righteousness.
My throat felt like it was blocked by a ball of cotton wool and I couldn't even say sorry.
She knew that the voices of blame would come eventually.
Sure enough, after Wang Dasao finished crying, she looked at Zi'an with resentment, "General Su said that you are a great doctor, and we all believed you. You said that he wouldn't move in the next two days, and we all believed you. It's you who killed us."
Ni Rong quickly scolded, "Sister Wang, don't talk nonsense. Don't blame the young lady. She just came to treat Wang Yu with good intentions."
A breeze blew by, causing the wind lantern in the yard to flicker. No one spoke at the scene, and even seemed to be holding their breath.
Finally, it was Ni Rong who stood up and told the guards who were not doing anything wrong, "Go out and build a few iron cages overnight, and quickly."
The guards looked at Murong Jie silently. Murong Jie's eyes were very gloomy, but he said nothing.
The guard bowed and left.
Zi'an sat in front of the porch, covering his face with his hands.
Murong Jie sat down and gently hugged her shoulders, "You didn't mean it, don't blame yourself."
Zi'an looked up at him and choked up, "You should blame me. I know you care about Ni Rong a lot, but I killed him."
Murong Jie was silent for a moment, "Don't think about it, go back early and leave the capital tomorrow."
Zi'an shook his head slowly, "No, I'm not leaving."
She couldn't leave now. What would it mean if she just walked away like this
Ni Rong's brother had died in the last assassination attempt. If something happened to Ni Rong this time, she would be the eternal sinner of their Ni family.
"You can't help much if you stay here, so you'd better leave." Murong Jie said.
"No, I'll just stay here." Zi'an pleaded, "To be honest, I didn't say I wanted to leave before, and I won't leave now."
"Zi'an, don't be stubborn. If you stay in the capital, you will only be taken advantage of. Then, I won't be able to protect you." Murong Jie said upset.
He already knew that the Queen Mother intended to send her to the epidemic area, and once she entered the epidemic area, it would not be easy for her to get out.
If this is a complete conspiracy, their goal is first to get rid of Zian.
Zi'an wanted to insist, but Murong Jie said coldly: "If you are useful in the capital, I will not let you go, but look at what you have done now? If you leave earlier, Ni Rong and the others will not be in trouble."
After saying that, he stood up and said, "You go back first. Tomorrow morning, I will ask Xiao Tuo to take you away."
(End of this chapter)