"My lord? My lord? Wake up!"
"Huh?" After an unknown amount of time, Tian Heng groggily woke up and, seeing two familiar faces before him, his heart skipped a beat. "I'm not dead?"
"My lord!" Upon seeing Tian Heng regain consciousness, the two men burst into tears of joy, choking back sobs as they said, "General, you didn't die! At the last moment, you were incredibly brave, wounding that beast Meng Hao. Plus, his deputy behind him realized what was happening in time and helped stop him, which allowed us to break through!"
"Like this?" Upon hearing this, Tian Heng dared not relax. He propped himself up and immediately saw a huge bloody hole in his chest!
Meng Hao really went all out!
Even now, recalling those scarlet eyes still sends chills down Tian Heng's spine. He remembers how that man was once his superior, a passionate warrior on the battlefield. How could he have become so twisted for the sake of power?
He believed that even if the princess was associating with demons, it was impossible to force a top-tier martial artist like Meng Hao to become like this in the capital. The only answer was that he himself could not resist temptation and had fallen into depravity.
"Where is this?" Tian Heng asked, puzzled.
"This is Lord Jiangnan!" The former deputy supported Tian Heng and said, "After the breakout, before you lost consciousness, you told us to retreat towards Jiangnan!"
"Huh? Did I say that?" Tian Heng was taken aback.
However, given that he was probably out of his mind at the time, he might actually have been able to say those words.
After all, the road to the West Sea is already extremely dangerous because of Meng Hao's presence. He is now a demon, and who knows if he has set other traps with other demons on the West Sea?
Breaking out to the West Sea is too risky, and the southeast and southwest are the directions from which the Princess led her army. Breaking out in those directions would most likely lead to running into those two fierce gods. It seems that the only way is to go to Jiangnan!
"Tsk"
Suddenly, Tian Heng sensed something was wrong and clutched his chest and head. Meng Hao's blow had been extremely heavy, but his bloodline possessed a strong regenerative ability, so why was the wound still bleeding profusely?
And why do I always feel like there's something inside my body trying to erode my brain?
"Sir?" Upon seeing this, the men quickly approached with concern.
But this startled Tian Heng, because he discovered that the eyes of his several deputies had, at some point, turned a terrifying crimson, just like Meng Hao's!
"Sir, your eyes?" The deputies, seeing Tian Heng's wariness, also involuntarily took a step back.
"Mine?" Tian Heng touched his eyes, clearly feeling an itch. He immediately remembered the information about the zombies that Wang Ye had brought.
Oh right, how could I forget? Those zombies have the ability to infect people. Meng Hao has clearly become a demon, and by injuring me, could he have infected me as well?
"Were you all injured by Meng Hao?" Tian Heng asked hurriedly.
Upon hearing this, the group exchanged glances, noticing each other's bloodshot eyes and pale faces. After a long while, they finally nodded to Tian Heng.
Upon seeing this, Tian Heng's heart sank to the bottom!
Could it be that we, too, are destined to become monsters?
Suddenly, as if remembering something, Tian Heng rummaged around at his waist and found a jade talisman that felt cold to the touch.
I never expected that the jade talisman wouldn't be lost after such a fierce fight!
It seems like it really is fate.
Tian Heng looked at the jade talisman and smiled bitterly. He didn't know if finding the other party at this time would be of any use, but since the other party had abducted his soldiers, he should at least care about them. Since he had come to Jiangnan, he might as well make contact and give it a try.
Thinking of this, he recalled the boy's quiet yet arrogant words from not long ago.
"If the general has nowhere else to go, he can use the jade token to come to Jiangnan to find me!"
That brat!
Tian Heng clutched his chest, coughed up a large mouthful of blood, and after regaining his senses, chuckled bitterly and murmured, "It really did come to his wish!"
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"Lord Shaoqing, where are we going?" On the other side, following Wang Ye onto the river, inside several warships that had been prepared in advance, all the soldiers were filled with trepidation.
After all, their actions seemed somewhat like those of deserters.
" Liuzhou!" Wang Ye smiled at the other party, " General Lan, there's no need to worry. Rest assured, it's absolutely safe here."
"Is that so?" Lan Xiang frowned as he looked at the frail-looking young man, his heart filled with vigilance. He didn't really trust this young man, but he knew very well what had happened. If they hadn't retreated, all of the Duke's soldiers would have been wiped out there.
"Oh?" Suddenly, Wang Ye realized something and took out a jade talisman from his waist.
Lan Xiang took a step back warily, looking at the other person. "What are you doing, sir?"
"Ah, this?" Wang Ye laughed, "This is a magical tool I used to contact the Duke of Duke of Qi. Hmm, I didn't expect to need it so soon."
He originally thought that Tian Heng would retreat to the West Sea first, and only consider Jiangnan when West Sea could not hold out. However, he did not expect that the other party would come directly to Jiangnan. It seems that the court's killing move for these dukes is really powerful.
"The Duke has arrived?" Lan Xiang asked excitedly. "Where is he?"
"I've already contacted someone to go and welcome the Duke."
"Who?"
"Prefect Chen Qing of Liuzhou!"
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"Is it Lord Duke of Qi?"
A warship approached, and a frail-looking scholar stood at the bow, making his several lieutenants extremely wary. Although the scholar appeared weak, the soldiers behind him were not. Their vigorous blood and energy made it clear to them that the men on board were elite soldiers who were no less than the direct bloodline soldiers of the Black Dragon Guard!
When did Liuzhou in Jiangnan develop such formidable soldiers?
Tian Heng, who had reached the bow of the ship, was also filled with doubt and uncertainty, but when he saw the person opposite him, he was taken aback. " Lord Chen?"
He recognized the man. At the funeral banquet of the Duke of Duke of Song, this young fellow, who had just become the son-in-law of the Great Jin, was quite the star, and was being courted by three forces!
"Greetings, Duke of Qi!" Chen Qing greeted with a smile and bowed. "I was originally leading men to support other prefectures when I received a message from Wang Ye, instructing me to come and meet you, Your Excellency. I hope I am not too late."
"Your Liuzhou can support other prefectures?" Tian Heng was surprised to hear this. Of the seven prefectures, Liuzhou should have been the least able to resist. After all, he remembered that after the Painted Skin Mister incident, the Liuzhou garrison was temporarily transferred away, leaving it with almost no defensive force.
However, according to Wang Ye's intelligence, it had held out, just like Nanyang and Nanming Prefecture.
The Duke of Qin sensed something was amiss and sent his deputy Wu You, to Liuzhou to investigate. Now it seems that Old Lu's worries were not unfounded; there really is a problem in Liuzhou!
"Well, haha, we temporarily conscripted some militia and barely managed to hold Liuzhou. Now, I heard from Wang Ye that the situation in the other prefectures is very bad, so I was thinking if I could help out."
"Militia?" Tian Heng looked speechlessly at the burly men behind Chen Qing. Judging from their clothes, they did indeed look like militiamen. Some of them didn't have proper armor, and some didn't. But judging from the powerful aura emanating from those soldiers, even his strongest bloodline soldiers might not be a match for them!
"That joke isn't funny at all, sir!"
"Not at all," Chen Qing chuckled, then looked at the other man's chest. "Your wound isn't in good condition, sir. It needs treatment quickly. Why don't you come to my ship first?"
"Come aboard your ship?" Tian Heng sneered. "If you have the means to save him, why not come aboard mine?"
"Alright then," Chen Qing said without objection. With a swift movement of his foot, a streak of green light flashed, and he flew directly onto Tian Heng and the others' warship.
Tian Heng was taken aback.
Because the other party had been too prominent in the capital, he had read their intelligence; they were supposedly from a commoner background, so how could they be a sorcerer?
Moreover, judging from this exquisite wind control ability, he is probably not a simple sorcerer. He is likely at the same level as First Rank sorcerers like Wang Ye and Fei Jun!
The key question is, does the other party really dare to come alone like this?
" Lord Chen, what a magnificent spirit!" Tian Heng exclaimed, squinting his eyes in praise after regaining his senses.
"What's so heroic about this?" Chen Qing said with amusement, "You make it sound like I'm here to harm you, sir."
Tian Heng: "."
The other deputies were also somewhat stunned upon hearing this; this man surnamed Chen's actions were rather unpredictable.
"Sir, may I take a look at your wound?"
"Thank you for your trouble Lord Chen." Tian Heng was secretly on guard, but on the surface he generously showed the location of his wound. After all, the other party dared to come alone, and if he didn't act magnanimously, he would lose face.
"The Duke is seriously injured," Chen Qing said after examining him carefully. "The Duke should have a strong self-healing ability, but the reason he can't stop the bleeding is because his body's qi and blood are fighting off the invading insects!"
Upon hearing this, Tian Heng's pupils contracted. " Lord Chen knows what those things inside my body are?"
"Of course I know," Chen Qing said with a smile. "After all, I've been fighting these living corpses infested with poisonous insects in this misty formation for more than half a year."
"May I ask, Lord Chen, is there any hope for my condition?"
"Have"
"There are?" Tian Heng's heart skipped a beat. He knew his body very well. The worms the other party mentioned were inside his body and could hardly be removed by his bloodline. He had already prepared for the worst. If he really turned into a zombie, he would definitely cut off his own head before that!
"Judging from your appearance, my lord and all the generals, you have only recently been infected. There is still a chance for you to be cured." As he spoke, Chen Qing took out a porcelain bottle, opened it, and a refreshing fragrance wafted out.
Everyone instinctively felt a longing for the liquid in that bottle!
"This medicine can temporarily suppress the poisonous insects in your bodies, generals. Please take it quickly."
Tian Heng frowned as he looked at the porcelain bottle, and his adjutant behind him quickly said, "General, let me try it first?"
"No need!" Tian Heng laughed as well. " Lord Chen is, after all, an official appointed by the imperial court. Would he harm us? Besides, given our situation, is it worth taking the risk of poisoning us?"
He then took the porcelain bottle from Chen Qing's hand and drank it down in a large gulp!
"General, you have quite the spirit!" Chen Qing frowned and said, "However, General, please drink slowly. There's only one bottle of medicine left. If you drink so heartily, I won't be able to give any more to your subordinates."
"Cough cough!" Tian Heng choked on Chen Qing's words, quickly spitting most of the liquid he had drunk back into the bottle, and handed it somewhat embarrassedly to the adjutant behind him. "Um... try to drink it sparingly."
Everyone: "."
"Cough! Lord Chen's medicine is truly miraculous!" Tian Heng ignored the strange looks from his lieutenants and changed the subject, saying, "I felt those things in my body calm down noticeably as soon as I took it. I just don't know how to get rid of them afterwards?"
"The cleanup must be carried out back in Liuzhou," Chen Qing said honestly. "However, I am preoccupied with urgent rescue matters and cannot take the generals back to Liuzhou for treatment for the time being. Please forgive me, Your Excellency."
"Insolence!" several lieutenants roared, "You pedantic scholar, don't you understand the difference between what's important and what's urgent? Rescuing the Duke is the most important thing right now!"
"Insolence!" Tian Heng interrupted his adjutant behind him, saying calmly, "I admire Lord Chen's concern for the common people. May I ask where you intend to send these Lord Chen to provide support?"
Nanyang.
"Huh?" Tian Heng choked again, looking at the other party with amusement. " Nanyang? Are you joking, sir?"
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