"Sorrowful Crisp Breeze!" Ding Dian hurriedly covered his mouth and nose with his sleeve. "Pass around the antidote!" As he spoke, he took out a porcelain bottle, inhaled from it once, and passed it to the others nearby.
Sorrowful Crisp Breeze could be used against Wudang and against the Beggar's Clan, succeeding every time. But using it against an entire nation was a completely different matter.
The Song Dynasty and Western Xia had been at war for a century. The Imperial City Department and the First Rank Hall had clashed countless times, so they naturally knew the First Rank Hall's poisons inside and out. They had even gone to great lengths to obtain some antidotes.
This time, they were escorting the emperor, so security was at its highest level. Moreover, Zhao Gou had intended to lure the snake from its hole and knew full well that his enemies would stop at nothing to deal with him. Therefore, he had ordered the Imperial City Department to prepare solutions for all kinds of emergencies. Not only did they have antidotes for the First Rank Hall's Sorrowful Crisp Breeze, they even had some antidotes for the Mongol Empire's Ten Fragrance Soft Muscle Powder.
However, limited production capacity made it impossible to equip everyone with them. That was why so many guards on the outer perimeter had fallen.
"Wasn't Western Xia in the midst of civil strife? Why had they become involved?" Zhao Gou frowned deeply. Clearly, the situation before him had somewhat exceeded his expectations.
At that moment, two graceful figures slowly approached. Everyone hurriedly looked over. Anyone appearing here at such a time, even women, could not be left unguarded against.
One was an older woman dressed as a young matron, ravishingly beautiful and bewitchingly charming. The other was a young girl