Long Fei Ye was stunned by the sight of Chu Xifeng, but the man was even more shocked.
"Your Highness, you're injured!"
Chu Xifeng's heart lurched at the sight of the blood by His Highness Duke of Qin's lips and his ashen complexion. It was obvious that His Highness Duke of Qin had suffered severe internal injuries, or else he wouldn't be in such a state.
Chu Xifeng guessed that Duanmu Yao must have invited His Highness here because Tianshan Kenzō's men had shown up. But he never expected them to injure His Highness so badly!
It couldn't be the old Kenzō man who doted on His Highness, so who could it be?
Long Fei Ye's cold eyes flickered with impatience. Frightened, Chu Xifeng didn't dare to ask any more questions, but quickly handed over the crossbow he'd brought with him. He gave a concise account of Qin Wangfei's visit to the Gu Estate, the assassination attempt there, the betrayal of the imperial guards, and the commotion in the fireworks district.
Before Chu Xifeng could finish, Long Fei Ye had already crushed the crossbow in his hand. His face was so gloomy that it looked like water was about to drip from it.
"Your Highness, as this subordinate sees it, the Chu Clan was behind all this. It must have been Chu Tianyin who invited Duanmu Yao."
Chu Xifeng had already mulled over the matter multiple times. In the past, he'd found the Western Zhou imperial clan's rainbow signal flares from Su Xiaoyu's belongings. However, the Western Zhou imperial clan didn't have any influence in Tianning's capital city, but the Chu Clan did. Thus, the Chu Clan should have gotten the flares from the Duanmu siblings.
A year ago, Duanmu Yao had been crippled by the Western Zhou imperial clan and had remained in Tianshan Kenzō without making any moves. Now that she'd come down the mountain to find Long Fei Ye, it was clear that she was cooperating with the Chu Clan's plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain and plot against esteemed wangfei.
Long Fei Ye understood all of this at once. He had plenty of time to deal with these people, but the most important thing right now was to find Han Yunxi!
"Send all the men from the Hidden Pavilion to the fireworks district. Search every house carefully for your lordship!"
He gave the orders and left in a hurry, so fast that Chu Xifeng couldn't catch up to him on horseback. Unfortunately, his internal injuries were too severe, so he stopped in less than the time it took to brew a cup of tea to land on a tree trunk and spit up another mouthful of blood.
Who was Cang Qiuzi? He was the second most powerful man in charge of Tianshan Kenzō! Although Cloud Realm Cloud Realm's martial arts circles didn't have ranking tournaments, he was definitely the second strongest.
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Long Fei Ye didn't reply, but suddenly flew down from the tree. Long Fei Ye had no choice but to let him have his horse, which he mounted and galloped towards the southern gates.
According to Chu Xifeng's explanation, Long Fei Ye was 80 percent certain that Han Yunxi was still in the fireworks district.
The crossbowmen had used the spies in the Imperial Army to betray them. There was no doubt that they were determined to succeed in this assassination. However, they had chosen to take action in the hidden Gu Family and had chosen to withdraw their troops in the Fireworks Lane. From these two points, it could be seen that they were still very afraid of the Imperial Army in the Imperial City. Or rather, it could be said that they were afraid of Emperor Tianhui. They were afraid that the personal grudge of assassinating the Wangfei would be escalated to a major incident that would endanger the people of the Imperial City and threaten the Imperial Palace.
After the black-robed men broke into the brothel, they didn't make any other moves. Either Gu Qi Sha and Han Yunxi had been kidnapped by them, or they were still hiding in the brothel!
Long Fei Ye had always looked down on Gu Qi Sha, but this time he sincerely hoped that the man could protect Han Yunxi well.
Currently, the four gates of Tianning's capital city had long been sealed. Without Emperor Tianhui or the imperial guards' orders, no one was allowed to enter or leave. By the time Long Fei Ye reached the gates, it was already dark.
Long Tianmo and Mu Qingwu had spent half a day trying to create panic with the crossbow archers, while the other kept lying to Emperor Tianhui about the enemy. Although Emperor Tianhui could tell that the crown prince and the general's estate were taking advantage of the situation to exaggerate, the gunpowder incident in the black market made him uneasy. Thus, he ordered the entire city to be on guard and search for the assassins.
As soon as the guards on the city walls saw His Highness Duke of Qin, they all fell to their knees. But despite that, no one dared to open the gates.
"Open the gates immediately!" Long Fei Ye roared.
The guard captain was so frightened that he cried out, "Your Highness Duke of Qin, we've already sent someone to ask His Majesty for instructions. They'll be back very soon. May Your Highness remain calm!"
Would Long Fei Ye waste words with him? Obviously not. He leaped from his horse and flew straight to the city gates. Before the guards on the city walls could react, he had already landed in the city.
Seeing this, Chu Xifeng, who'd been chasing after him, jumped over the walls as well to lead the way to the red lantern district.
Less than an hour later, news of the Duke of Qin's return spread throughout the capital. Very soon, news of the Duke of Qin leading a large group of black-robed guards to search the red lantern district spread as well.
His Highness Duke of Qin couldn't be wrong about the location!
Thus, Emperor Tianhui didn't bother to punish Long Fei Ye for his crimes. He sent a large group of men to follow Long Fei Ye to search the red lantern district. Long Tianmo and Mu Qingwu, who were supposed to have left the capital, not only returned, but also sent men from other places to search for the red lantern district. A few imperial princes, a few aristocratic families, various dukes, marquises, the Baili Army, the capital governor, and even the justice courts sent men to search for the red lantern district.
Some of them truly wanted to find Han Yunxi, while others wanted to claim credit from Emperor Tianhui. Others wanted to curry favor with His Highness Duke of Qin. No matter what their motives were, all of them had gathered at the red lantern district for the sake of finding a single Han Yunxi.
It had to be said that Cloud Realm Continent's history had never seen such a tense situation in any of its capitals except for usurping the throne. Nor had so many forces gathered at the same time in the history of Cloud Realm Continent's brothels.
Tianning's capital city was already filled with fear and trepidation to begin with, but His Highness Duke of Qin's return had turned it into an uproar!
Long Fei Ye went straight to the brothel where Gu and Han Yunxi were hiding. Long Tianmo, Mu Qingwu, and the rest had also arrived with news.
By now, all of the guests had fled the place. Only the procuress, the girls, and a few pageboys remained.
"Imperial Qin Uncle."
"Your Highness Duke of Qin!"
… …
Everyone paid their respects, all of them wanting to report the situation. Long Fei Ye's internal injuries were severe, and he'd run all the way here. Blood and qi were roiling in his five viscera and six bowels, but he forced down the taste of blood in his throat. His face was pale white and cold.
He ignored the crowd and ordered the secret guards to surround the brothel and search carefully. He strode into the brothel and searched the rooms one by one. He didn't even miss the storage room and the small hall.
Seeing this, Long Tianmo and the rest followed suit, searching from different floors and directions.
Unlike the rough and simple kicks of the soldiers, they were silent and careful, afraid of alerting the enemy.
A tense atmosphere filled the entire brothel, but the people in the corner rooms on the top floor had no idea what was going on outside. Only then did they breathe a sigh of relief.
By now, Han Yunxi had finished treating Gu's wounds on his back. He had too many wounds, and five of them needed to be stitched up.
Fortunately, she'd moved quickly, and the hemostatic medicine in her medical pouch was effective enough to prevent him from losing too much blood. Of course, Gu's body was in excellent condition as well.
It had to be said that she'd expended a great deal of effort to bandage his wounds. These wounds were both small and numerous, so she could only stick gauze on them one by one and seal them with medical tape. Then she wrapped a layer of white gauze around them to protect them from causing unnecessary damage.
After she'd bandaged his wounds, Gu's originally well-built and well-defined upper body had become as bloated as a dumpling.
When everything was finally done, Han Yunxi sighed in relief and patted the 'dumpling' gently. "Hey, your body is unusually good. I thought you would've fainted before I finished treating your wounds."
"Haha, these wounds are nothing. A few more stabs won't be a problem," Gu said, pretending to be brave.
Han Yunxi snorted. In her opinion, Gu was already at his limit. If he didn't faint after a few more stabs, he must be a monster.
She tidied up the medical pouch and the blood stains, then asked casually, "I heard that you're the adopted son of the Medical Academy's First Elder, and that you were raised with medicine. Is that true?"
A trace of hatred flashed across Gu Qi Sha's eyes, but it quickly disappeared. He joked, "Why else would my body be so good?"
As he spoke, he prepared to turn over, but Han Yunxi gently pressed him down. "Don't move around!"
"These wounds will take at least two days to form a scab. Don't move around, there's too many wounds. You'll tear them apart if you move. If you bleed again, even the Medical Academy's First Elder won't be able to save you, "Han Yunxi said sternly as she pulled the covers over him.
"Alright, alright, I'll just lie there for two days." Gu Qishao secretly rejoiced. He was eager for Han Yunxi to make him lie on his stomach for half a month. That way, she'd be able to stay by his side for half a month.
Of course, he knew they couldn't stay here for long, but he figured that Long Fei Ye had been lured away by Duanmu Yao. With the imperial guards and Chu Xifeng's skills, they'd probably have to wait until tomorrow to search the area again.
Perfect, he could spend the night alone with his Poison lass. He still hadn't told her about the antidote for Broomcorn Millet Poison yet!
After making sure that Gu wasn't moving around, Han Yunxi got off the bed. She wanted to pour some hot water for Gu to drink and find some food.
She wasn't planning to go back so soon, because there were many things she needed to ask Gu Qi Sha. For example, why was he hiding his identity? Could he think of a way to help her find the person who'd bought the antidote for Broomcorn Millet Poison? Just what kind of grudge did he have with Medicine City? He had such shocking medical talents and spent so much time and effort to establish Medicine Ghost Valley. Why did he choose to do evil instead of doing good?
There was one more thing she remembered. When she'd been kidnapped by Jun Yi Xie's Poison Humans, this guy had saved her for a reason as well.
As soon as Han Yunxi got off the bed, Gu immediately noticed the arrow wound on her other shoulder!
Earlier, the two of them had been too busy avoiding the black-clothed experts to notice it. Later, Han Yunxi had been kneeling behind them the entire time and he hadn't noticed it. As for Han Yunxi, she'd been in a hurry to treat Gu's wound and had only relaxed now. She'd long forgotten about the pain and hadn't even noticed that her clothes were disheveled.
Now, she even got off the bed barefooted to pour some water.
How could Gu care about how beautiful her collarbone was or how pretty her jade feet were?
Looking at Han Yunxi's cold, stern face, Gu Qishao's heart felt like it had overturned a bottle of mixed feelings.
Ever since he'd teased her until her eyes had turned red, she'd been very serious and calm. But in reality, she was still worried about his injury.
After pouring the water, Han Yunxi took a sip to make sure it was warm before bringing it to Gu.
Gu suddenly sat up, startling Han Yunxi. "What are you doing?"
"Be good, don't move!"
Gu Qishao gently caressed the wound on her shoulder, but the door to the room suddenly flew open!
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