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Lao Wei rushed forward emotionally and knelt on the ground, "General, I finally found you. Fortunately, you are safe and sound!"

All the other soldiers who moved after hearing the sound also came over, gathered quickly, and kneeled neatly in front of Han Tuo.

"I'm fine, how are you guys doing? Didn't you meet the Rong clan's interception?" Han Tuo asked with concern.

"General, what are you talking about? Did you forget the pincer attack last night? We successfully attacked the rear of the army according to your arrangement. We were about to meet up, but you suddenly rushed out and ran away. We thought You have other important matters, so you didn't have time to join us." Old Wei looked puzzled.

Han Tuo frowned, his eyes flashed, "You mean, I appeared at the foot of the mountain last night?"

"Really?" Old Wei thought for a while, then nodded, "I should have read it right, I did see the general's armor at that time, it's the only one in the world."

"That means you only saw the person wearing my clothes, but you didn't see that person's appearance." Han Tuo said with affirmation.

"This..." Lao Wei immediately sensed something was wrong when he heard what he said, and asked tentatively, "Could it be that the person who was flanked by the Rong tribe yesterday was not a general?"

"Hey, what are you talking about?" Hearing their conversation from the side, Keya couldn't help interjecting, "He has been sleeping since we came out of the cave, and he has been sleeping all day and night, including yesterday. You have never left my house, how could you appear on the battlefield, did you see the wrong person?"

"Keya!" The old man glared at her, signaling her not to interrupt casually.

Han Tuo keenly grasped the doubts in his words, "Did you find me in the cave?"

"Of course." Keya nodded, recalling the scene at that time, "When we found you, you were lying on the ground, covered with a white coat, the fire around you was almost extinguished, and you were unconscious, except I didn't see anyone else besides you."

"General, is there a problem?" Lao Wei saw that Han Tuo heard her words, and his expression was wrong.

"Huh~" Han Tuo let out a long breath and shook his head, "There is no rush on this matter, let's talk about it after returning to Daying."

He turned his head and looked at the old man and Ke Ya, "You two are Han's saviors. This time, Han will surely report to the fountain. It's just that there are Rong soldiers at the foot of the mountain, and there are so many people. Someone in the mountain rescued me, and he used this to retaliate, just in case, why don't you two stay with our army in Beilu City for a while, and return after the fighting subsides, what do you think?"

"Then trouble the general." Hearing what he said was reasonable, the old man nodded and agreed.

Ke Ya was very happy, she was already tired of looking at this white snow-capped mountain, and it was just right to change to another place.

Back at Beilu City, he joined the guards and soldiers. After a brief exchange of greetings, he called in a military doctor to diagnose and treat Han Tuo.

"Observing the general's complexion, the old man is a little weak, but after examining the pulse, he found that the general's pulse is heavy and strong, and it doesn't look like he has suffered a catastrophe and is weak."

"How is this possible? The general has been avoiding pursuers for nearly a month, and he is injured, mentally exhausted, and seriously ill. How can there be nothing wrong? Isn't that strange?"

The old military doctor stroked his beard and said solemnly, "In my opinion, there are two reasons for this situation: one is that the general is strong and strong, and minor injuries and illnesses are not enough to deplete his blood; I have taken a good medicine for nourishing qi and nourishing the body with excellent effects. Apart from these two reasons, the old man doesn’t know.”

After saying that, the military doctor wrote a prescription and left.

"General, what's going on?" Old Wei was full of doubts.

Han Tuo didn't answer his question, but told him to invite Keya and Dad in.

"It stands to reason that Mr. Han shouldn't disturb the rest of the two, but Mr. Han still has doubts about some things, so he can only invite the two of you over. I hope you two can answer truthfully, thank you." Han Tuo said sincerely.

The old man and Ke Ya looked at each other, and said seriously, "I don't know what the general wants to ask?"

"Can you please give a complete description of the process of rescuing Mr. Han? This matter is very important to Mr. Han."

The two nodded in unison.

Ke Ya was the first to speak and said, "That day, my father and I went hunting and planned to go to a nearby cave to take a rest. I just got into the cave when I saw you lying on the ground..."

Han Tuo and Lao Wei listened carefully.

Soon, after Ke Ya finished talking with her father, Han Tuo invited them back to their room to rest.

Han Tuo has been silent since they started talking, trying to recall how he felt when he was unconscious.

Fever all over, unconscious, shaking body, then lying on the ground, the side is very hot, and I am also very hot; the cold and moist touch across the cheeks, neck, and finally on the forehead; when thirsty, the softness on the lips The feeling, and the liquid flowing into the mouth... It was a figure whose face could not be seen clearly.

"General, general..."

Old Wei's voice came from next to his ear.

Han Tuo recovered from that vague memory.

"General, is there anything wrong with what they said?"

"I was not in the cave when I was unconscious, but under a certain tree in the forest..." Han Tuo told Lao Wei what happened before he became unconscious.

"Based on this, someone should have rescued the general from the forest, brought him to the cave, fed you medicine, changed your clothes before leaving, and finally acted as a bait to attract soldiers according to the original plan. The attention of the army, after seeing me coming, they quietly left, but who would do this?"

"I told you the plan in code words, has it been leaked?"

"This subordinate guarantees his life. No one except the lieutenant general and his subordinates will know about the plan, including Monkey and Daniel." Old Wei's expression was serious.

"..." Han Tuo didn't mean to blame him, and remained silent.

"By the way, I almost forgot," Lao Wei slapped his forehead suddenly, "General, that man was accompanied by hidden guards, several of them died in battle, and the bodies were brought back by us, do you think there will be clues on them? ?”

"Take me there quickly."

The two hurried to the place where the corpse was buried, because the weather was still cold and the corpse would not rot if placed in the snow.

The two looked carefully and found that there were no clues.

"I can't tell who raised the dark guard? Does the general have any clue?"

"Wearing white clothes, surrounded by a large number of hidden guards, carrying top-quality tonics, and able to guess my plan, in this Great Zhou Dynasty, there are not many people who can achieve the above four points." Han Tuo said quietly.

Lao Wei frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly opened his eyes wide, "Who is the general referring to?"

Han Tuo nodded.

Lao Wei quickly shook his head, "Impossible, absolutely impossible."

"Why is it impossible?" Han Tuo asked back.

"Because the defenders of Beilu City received news from the imperial capital this morning, the emperor was assassinated and seriously injured in Lingquan Temple, and his life and death are uncertain."

Han Tuo stood up suddenly, his eyes widened, and he roared, "What?"

Qingming woke up from a coma.

"Your Majesty, you're awake!" Keeping an eye on his situation, the commander of the dark guard immediately noticed that he was awake.

"Where is this place?" His vision gradually became clear, and Qingming looked at the surrounding furnishings.

Seeing that he was about to get up, the commander of the dark guard hurriedly held him down, "Your Majesty, please don't move, the wound will open."

He reminded him of the Qingmingjing, and only then did he dullly feel the sharp pain in his shoulder.

He remembered, his shoulder had been pierced by an arrow.

"How long have I been asleep?" Qing Ming asked while lying on the bed after drinking a glass of water.

"Back to the emperor, it's almost a week."

Qing Ming nodded, he felt it in a coma, "Have you received any news these days?"

"The dark guards who stayed in Beilu City sent news that General Han has returned to the city;"

"Aren't we in Beilu City now?"

"Yes, Beilu City is still under martial law. The emperor is too seriously injured to enter the city. Now he can only stay in this small town."

Qing Ming nodded, "Continue."

"And..." The commander of the dark guard hesitated, not knowing whether he should say it or not.

"What else?" Qingming heard his hesitant tone, turned to look at him, and frowned, "Why don't you say anything?"

"Your Majesty, there's news from the capital that...'Your Majesty' was seriously injured in an attack at Lingquan Temple, and his life or death is uncertain."

"!" Qing Ming ignored his injury for a moment, sat up, his face was pale, "Say it again!"

"..." The commander of the dark guard fell to his knees on the ground, silent.

"I'll let you tell!" Qing Ming roared.

"The 'emperor' accompanied the queen to Lingquan Temple to pray for blessings. While admiring the snow behind the mountain, he encountered a large number of assassins in black. When the guards arrived, he was seriously injured and fell to the ground. It seemed, it seemed, to protect the queen. After suffering such a serious injury, the 'Emperor' was sent to a nearby hospital in the suburbs of Beijing, and the imperial physician came in and out... This matter has already alarmed the Emperor who is out for fun."

Qingming listened to his words, the last blood on his face disappeared little by little, but his expression turned dark and gloomy. After a moment of silence, he said hoarsely: "Prepare the car, go back to Beijing."

"Your majesty, your injury..." The commander of the dark guard quickly raised his head, trying to stop him, but his whole body trembled from the cold eyes, and he didn't dare to say another word.

Seeing him leave the room, Qingming fell on the bed exhaustedly, with sudden pain in his right shoulder, slightly tilted his head, his white single clothes were already blood red.

Qingming glanced at it indifferently, then retracted his gaze, as if he didn't feel any pain.

On the day Qingming woke up, he immediately set off for Beijing.

It is now the end of March, and it will take fifteen days at the fastest to return to the Imperial Capital from Beilu City. Now it is the time when the snow melts in early spring. The previous blizzard has not yet cleared up, and the road is slippery and muddy. Slow down a lot.

In addition, Qingming's injury was not healed, it ruptured many times, he lost too much blood and fell into a coma, so he had to stop to see a doctor and take medicine to heal his injury.

This section of the road actually walked for a month.

It was already May [-]rd when we arrived at the other courtyard in the suburbs of Beijing.

It was half past midnight that night, and there was a circle of Ouchi guards outside the courtyard in the suburbs of Beijing, as if they were heavily guarded.

Qingming wore a black cloak to hide his figure and appearance, and the commander of the dark guard quietly entered the inner courtyard. Not long after, someone came out from the courtyard and opened the gate.

He stepped up and approached, and recognized the person who opened the door as Eunuch Hai, but he didn't stop walking, he didn't even ask anything, he went inside and rushed all the way to the ward.