Zhou Quan saw Prince Xiao Jingyun suddenly fall.
He stepped forward and caught Xiao Jingyun before he fell to the ground. In an instant, he found that Xiao Jingyun had his eyes closed and his teeth clenched. He shouted several times in a row but there was no response.
Zhou Quan felt a little panicked and said to the guard guarding the door, "Hurry up and call the doctor."
With little effort, the old doctor with white beard and hair hurried over. After an examination, he cupped his fist and saluted Zhou Quan, "Captain Zhou, His Royal Highness must have been poisoned!"
Upon hearing that he was poisoned, Zhou Quan's eyes widened and he immediately said to the guard, "Go and catch the cook!"
The cook was soon captured. When he saw Zhou Quan, the cook knelt down with a grunt.
"Captain Zhou, I am wronged, wrongly accused. I, I have been with the prince for more than ten years. How could I harm the prince?"
After hearing these words, Zhou Quan thought for a moment and sighed, yes, these people present have been with the prince for more than ten years, and they don't have to wait until today if they want to take action.
Suddenly Zhou Quan came to his senses, turned around, and carefully unbuttoned Prince Xiao Jingyun's clothes.
Soon Zhou Quan discovered the clues. There is a slight red color on Prince Xiao Jingyun's chest, which is different from the rest.
Zhou Quan made a gesture, and the old doctor came up and pressed his hand lightly a few times. Then he took out a sharp knife from the medicine box, and slightly picked at the red dot. Then he took a magnet and placed it on it. After a few fiddles, three needles as thin as cow hair were quickly sucked out.
"Captain, look, this is the key to the prince's poisoning."
Looking at these three ox-hair needles, Zhou Quan felt a chill in his heart. The tips of the ox-hair needles had turned black and were obviously poisonous.
"Old man, maybe you can tell what kind of poison this is?"
The imperial doctor shook his head, "It's not an ordinary thing, I'm afraid it's the work of a person in the world."
Zhou Quan felt helpless when he heard about the Jianghu people. He scratched his head, and suddenly he figured out something.
Last night, the Great Earth Kingdom was completely defeated. Hundreds of thousands of people retreated into the city in chaos. Immediately afterwards, Prince Xiao Jingyun was poisoned. There must be a connection.
After thinking for a while, Zhou Quan said to the old doctor, "Don't tell anyone about the prince's poisoning. If anyone asks you, just say that your highness, the prince, caught a cold occasionally and will be fine in two or three days."
The old doctor bowed and left, Zhou Quan immediately ordered someone to invite Du Bai.
Du Bai came in and was shocked when he saw the appearance of Prince Xiao Jingyun.
"General Du, this is probably the work of spies who sneaked into the city."
"So I'll leave it to the general to defend the city these days."
Du Bai looked solemn and said, "We can hide it from our subordinates, but we can't hide it from the Emperor. I think it's better to tell the Emperor in advance."
Zhou Quan thought for a while and nodded slightly, "Okay, then we will send a message to the emperor immediately!"
Xiao An actually stayed quite comfortably in Phoenix Mountain these past few days. Although the Great Earth Kingdom surrounded Wannian City, the news that kept coming was good news, including how many enemy troops Du Bai had killed.
So at noon these two days, Xiao An also ordered two side dishes to be prepared and drank two glasses of them happily. After drinking, he was leaning against the stove and taking a nap, when a sound of footsteps woke him up.
Bai Han hurriedly walked in, "Your Majesty, there is news from Wannian City that the prince had an accident and was injured by a poisonous needle. He is now unconscious."
Upon hearing this, Xiao An's expression paused, and a trace of surprise clearly flashed in his eyes.
"This, how is this possible? Didn't we get good news yesterday? Du Bai killed two more enemy generals."
Bai Han also bowed helplessly, "Your Majesty, this subordinate doesn't know, but this is the news that came. By the way, the enemy troops were suddenly besieged on all sides last night, and General Du Bai has led his troops to withdraw into the city."
After hearing these words, Xiao An suddenly stood up from the chair, and the hand warmer in his arms fell to the ground.
"How is this possible? Yesterday, it was obvious..."
Halfway through speaking, Xiao An sat down dejectedly.
"I should have thought of it a long time ago. The Four Spirits and Bagua array are useless. How can a hundred thousand people fight against the opponent's four to five million people? It's not a bad thing to retreat to the city."
Of course, it's useless to say this now. Xiao An muttered to himself, then looked up at Bai Han, "What does Zhou Quan's letter mean?"
"Your Majesty, Zhou Quan clearly stated in the letter that he and Du Bai are at their wits' end and would like to ask the Emperor to take charge of the overall situation..."
Xiao An thought for a moment, then his eyes suddenly widened, "Quick, send an order to all the prefectures immediately, and send famous doctors to Wannian City to treat Jing Yun immediately!"
Bai Han agreed and turned around and went out.
Although he knew that even if a miracle doctor came, how to get into the city would still be a big problem, but he had to complete the first step now.
Soon all kinds of news spread in all directions.
At the same time, Bai Han also wrote a special reply to Zhou Quan, asking him to search in Wannian City to see if he could find a doctor with good medical skills to treat Xiao Jingyun.
After receiving Bai Han's reply, Zhou Quan was very hesitant. If he searched extensively in the city, he might cause confusion.
He once again brought Du Bai to discuss the matter. After hearing this, Du Bai said to Zhou Quan, "It's hard for me to decide on this matter. Otherwise, the two of us will go see Mr. Liu, and we will listen to his opinion." .”
Upon hearing this, Zhou Quan still had some hesitation. He knew the emperor's attitude towards Liu Xiangnan.
It was obvious that Du Bai was also aware of Zhou Quan's concerns. He said in a deep voice, "Zhou Quan, I know, you have concerns about this matter, but now the safety of the Crown Prince and Wannian City is more important than anything else. If the old Marquis can do something about it, That……"
Du Bai's words were very reserved, but Zhou Quan listened to them. That is, the safety of the country is above all else. As long as the prince can be rescued, what if Liu Xiangnan comes back?
Moreover, if Liu Xiangnan comes forward now, the morale of the military will be more stable. Why not kill two birds with one stone? Having made up his mind, Zhou Quan followed Du Bai, and the two of them rushed to the inn together.
In the post house, Liu Xiangnan was reciting Buddhist scriptures. A young novice monk came in and bowed to him, "Brother Huikong, here comes a man named Zhou Quan and a man named Du Bai. They want to see you."
Liu Xiangnan looked at the young monk and smiled slightly, "Then you come with me to meet the guests."
Upon hearing this, the young monk waved his hands repeatedly.
"I won't go, I won't go. By the way, I still have to recite sutras. After saying that, he ran away in a hurry. Liu Xiangnan smiled and shook his head, "This child is still so afraid of meeting strangers. "
Liu Xiangnan arranged his clothes and came to the door of the post house to see Zhou Quan and Du Bai.
When Du Bai saw Liu Xiangnan coming out, he lifted up his clothes and knelt on the ground, "Du Bai pays homage to the Marquis."
Liu Xiangnan's face darkened, "This benefactor doesn't have any marquis here. He is a poor monk named Huikong."
