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When Lu Lingzhi woke up today, he was much more energetic than last night. Even his deputy general came to visit him and told him that the assassin had been rescued.
"… At that time, a few of us were interrogating the assassin. Suddenly, we heard an assassin's voice from outside. We were afraid that Master Hou would be hurt, so we only left two people behind and came over. When we realized that it was a diversion, Master Hou had already been rescued." Lu Lingzhi's deputy, Luo You, said.
"Looks like there are still a few fish that escaped the net." Lu Lingzhi leaned against the bed. "I know what that assassin looks like. I've been looking for him everywhere with the portrait. He's also severely injured, so I'm afraid he can't have gone far. It shouldn't be difficult to find him. He should still be with his accomplice. As long as we find him, we can find the others."
When Ye Zhen, who was boiling medicine by the door, heard this, she wished she could cripple Lu Lingzhi's hands so that he could not draw Tian Jiu's portrait.
Because of her arrival, Qi Jin handed over the task of boiling and changing the medicine to her. She was worried about the others, so Qi Jin went to study how to cure Lu Lingzhi of the remaining poison.
"Marquis, please speak. I'll draw it," said Lu Lingzhi's advisor.
"Alright!" Lu Lingzhi nodded and asked someone to bring a brush and ink. He described it while the military counselor drew it.
Because Ye Zhen hadn't seen Tian Jiu for a long time, she only had a faint impression of him. Now, listening to Lu Lingzhi's description, she was not sure whether it was him or not. She had to see the portrait to know.
"Marquis, is this the person?" The military counselor showed the portrait to Lu Lingzhi.
"That's right, that's him." Lu Lingzhi said in a low voice, "Make a few more copies of the portrait and send it to the capital. The Emperor will also order an investigation. Search the vicinity. Whether it is the village or the mountains, do not let go of any place."
Everyone responded loudly. "Yes, Marquis."
Ye Zhen came in with the medicine and said to Lu Lingzhi with a blank expression, "You just woke up. If you don't cherish your body, don't even drink the medicine."
"How can you speak to Marquis like that?" Other people didn't know that Ye Zhen was Lu Lingzhi's sister. They thought she was just a little doctor. Luo You, who was rude, immediately shouted at her.
"That's what I said. Do you have a problem with that?" Ye Zhen looked at him coldly, her eyes turning to the portrait on the table.
It really was Tian Jiu! Although she hadn't seen Tian Jiu for a long time, she could roughly recognize him. The person in the portrait was him.
"You!" Luo You wanted to teach this little girl a lesson.
Lu Lingzhi stopped him, "All of you leave, this is my sister, Princess Furong."
"…" Princess Furong? The Lu Clan seemed to have a lady who was conferred the title of princess. Could it be this young lady in front of him?
Ye Zhen was too lazy to pay attention to them. She walked over and put the medicine on the low table next to her. She looked at Lu Lingzhi coldly. "He's already injured like this. Why are you still looking for an assassin? Is he still waiting for you to catch him?"
Lu Lingzhi waved his hand and dismissed the deputy generals.
The men saluted Ye Zhen and hurried away with the portrait. It was not a joke to offend the princess.
"That assassin is injured. If the person who saved him still wants him to live, he won't run too far away. He will definitely stay and treat his injuries." Lu Lingzhi whispered, looking at Ye Zhen's face, thinking that she was concerned about him. "I'll listen to you and recuperate."
Ye Zhen didn't care whether Lu Lingzhi had a good recuperation or not. She was only worried about whether Tian Jiu would hide somewhere to recuperate as he said. What if he was caught by Lu Lingzhi's people?
"Take the medicine." Ye Zhen said faintly. These medicines were prescribed by Qi Jin. She had seen the dregs of the medicine. It did not help Lu Lingzhi's remaining poison at all. It only healed his wounds faster.
Lu Lingzhi looked at her with a smile. "It's really hard for you to let the princess cook medicine for me."
"I take care of you for my grandmother." Ye Zhen said indifferently. She already knew what poison he was suffering from. It was seven days of pain. As long as the remaining poison was not cleared, Lu Lingzhi would be tortured by the poison. It would attack every seven days, and each time it would be more severe than the last.
It seemed that Tian Jiu's intention was not to kill Lu Lingzhi, but to torture him and let him suffer for seven days.
The remaining poison of seven days of pain was not so easy to cure, not to mention that his shoulder was injured. She was afraid that the poison had already invaded his heart meridian. It was really unknown how he would be tortured in the end.
Lu Lingzhi smiled gently. "I'll write to my grandmother, otherwise, she must still be worried."
"We hid it from her and didn't tell her that you were poisoned." Ye Zhen said.
"Well, don't let grandmother know." Lu Lingzhi nodded.
Ye Zhen took the pen and ink that had not been put away, moved the kang table for him, and asked Lu Lingzhi to write a short letter.
"I'll write another letter and send it to my grandmother." Ye Zhen said lightly.
Lu Lingzhi nodded with a smile and drank all the medicine cooked by Ye Zhen. "Thank you."
"Why can you still smile?" Ye Zhen asked. He should have been tortured by seven days of pain, but he seemed to have nothing to do with it. Did he not feel any pain at all?
"It's already like this. Are you going to cry if you don't smile?" Lu Lingzhi asked, amused. "There's one more thing I want to thank you for. Fortunately, the medicine you gave me was not used up. Before Doctor Qi came, I applied your medicine, and it didn't hurt so much …"
Ye Zhen's face suddenly turned black. In order to let him fight in the western vassal state, she endured the pain and gave him the medicine with the spirit spring water, hoping that his fracture would heal as soon as possible.
She suddenly felt her heart, liver, and lungs hurt. This feeling of regret was too unbearable. If her injury medicine could cure his poison because of this …
"It's a pity that there's only a little left. It's gone after two days. Yao Yao, do you still have that medicine?" Lu Lingzhi asked.
"I will." Ye Zhen lowered her head and clenched her fists tightly. No wonder he didn't feel any pain. Was it her spirit spring water … that alleviated his poison?
Lu Lingzhi said, "I haven't had the medicine for the past two days. I always feel the pain in my wound."
Ye Zhen looked at his wound last night. The blood seemed to be poisonous. The medicine with the spirit spring water was not enough to cure his poison. It seemed that it only alleviated his pain for a few days.
Thinking of this, Ye Zhen felt better. She looked at Lu Lingzhi's handsome face and asked faintly, "Have you seen Ye Zhen?"
Lu Lingzhi raised his head and looked at her. "Why do you ask?"
"Yesterday, you mistook me for her. Are you … familiar with Ye Zhen?" Ye Zhen asked tentatively. She didn't expect that Lu Lingzhi would remember her.
"No." Lu Lingzhi looked away and said faintly, "I've seen her a few times before."
"I look like her, don't I?" Ye Zhen asked with a smile. "Many people say so, and some people mistook me for her and thought they saw a ghost."
Lu Lingzhi frowned. "Yao Yao, you are you, not anyone's substitute."
"I know, I'm just a little curious about Princess Qin." Ye Zhen looked at him with clear eyes. "Do you think I'm good-looking?"
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