C292 surprise attack

"No one is looking for the patients who escaped?"

"There should be. I've heard that some soldiers have been sent out to search, but they've only been secretly searching. At the same time, they've been making announcements everywhere. Any suspicious cases have to be brought to the epidemic area for identification."

Gu Qingli nodded. "I understand. I'll be careful. You can go back."

Liu Yanyu looked around, "Where is your horse?"

Gu Qingli froze. She hadn't noticed this. Wandering looked around. Before coming here, she had indeed tied up her horse here. There were no inspections of livestock in the epidemic area, so she felt that it wasn't safe so she didn't bring her horse in.

From here, he could see the guards of the epidemic area from a distance. There was not a big area in the back, so he could see very clearly. There shouldn't be anyone who would steal horses. He didn't expect that there would be an accident.

Liu Yanyu hurried toward the nearest epidemic area guard and asked him. All of them shook their heads to indicate that they hadn't noticed.

Gu Qing Li walked down the path and gradually came to a narrow crossroad. The road was deserted and the ground on both sides was high. There were some precipitous cliffs on the sides, making it seem very dangerous.

She was so preoccupied with her own matters that she did not even care about losing her horse anymore. Unknowingly, she recalled the scene from that day at the Cheng Yang Inn. Her breathing gradually quickened, and her sleeves slightly trembled.

Many people jumped out from behind the craggy rocks and mountain forests. Some were dressed in rags, some had black spots all over their bodies, while some were dressed neatly. Their faces were full of hostility, and it seemed like they were not suited to each other at all, blending together and attacking Gu Qing Li at the same time.

Gu Qingli was startled and threw out a silver needle. She retreated a few steps, but found that her escape route was blocked.

A chaotic battle started. Gu Qing had no weapons left on him. Although the needles were powerful, they were few in number. She had never thought that she would have to deal with so many enemies. Although the opponent's attack power was not all that strong, but there were a lot of people. There were at least a dozen people surrounding them, and there were about a hundred people eyeing them covetously from outside the encirclement.

What was more shocking was that this was clearly a sneak attack. It was completely unlike the attacks of an epidemic patient. It wasn't surprising that the people who had made a move on her could make these people who looked like "mob" appear, but how could they make those who looked as if they were suffering from an epidemic disease do so?

As Gu Qing fought back, he thought about how the epidemic patients would attack people and gradually formed a conjecture. Perhaps, these people's attacks weren't just caused by the Gu worms' poison, but were manipulated from behind.

This thought made her more and more alarmed. She couldn't help but think of the 'Control Gu,' and her heart gradually turned cold.

The more needles she used, the less she had. With only her agile skills, she was able to subdue these people who carried weapons and even went berserk. Gradually, her physical strength began to run out as well. Due to the severe early pregnancy reaction recently, she ate less. Her body also became worse, cold sweat beading from her forehead and her limbs became weak.

Suddenly, her feet slipped and she weakly held on. Her arm was cut by a knife, and then her leg was stabbed again. Her movements were in a mess as she watched these people coming at her, some of them with skin that had already started festering and biting towards her.

With a "sou" sound, one arrow after another shot towards the plague patient. Each arrow was shot without end, and one person would fall with each arrow, causing the surrounding people to shift their attention away from Gu Qingli.

A group of men and horses on the road arrived. The leader was an extraordinary man in white clothes. His slender and flexible body was like a beam of white light as he jumped down from the horse. He swung the longbow in his hand backward, took out a sword, and charged into the crowd alone.

The people behind them dismounted and drew their weapons to join the battle.

Although there were only twenty or so people in this group, their fighting capabilities were not something that the motley group of people could compare to. Soon, they managed to subdue them.

Gu Qingli had already run out of strength. Unable to hold on any longer, her body fell limply to the ground.

Like a bolt of lightning, Gu Qingli only felt a cold breeze pass by her ear before she fell into a warm embrace, making her feel both relieved and sad. She subconsciously reached out her arms to hug him, asking in a low voice, "Xiu, is that you?"

Xiao Yi Xiu looked at her lifeless eyes and ignored the sounds of weapons clashing and battle cries around him. He lowered his head to kiss her eyes and replied softly and clearly, "It's me. Qing Li, don't worry. I'll take care of everything."

Gu Qingli heard the familiar voice and allowed herself to sink into darkness.

"Prince Mo, how should we punish them?"

Xiao Yixiu picked up Gu Qing Li and said coldly, "Take him back and detain him separately."

With a flash of green, Lu Linghui stood in front of the group and shook his head, "No, it won't do. There are too many people. If we enter the city, the risk is too great. We will be carefully interrogated."

"So what?" Xiao Yixiu glanced at them. If it weren't for the fact that he needed to track down the masterminds behind these people's actions, what he wanted to do the most now was to chop these people into pieces.

"Prince Mo!" "Don't be impulsive. This general knows that you love my wife very much, but this matter is too eye-catching. Leave it to this general to deal with. Take my wife back to the city first."

Xiao Yi Xiu took a deep breath and nodded. "That's fine too. We need to force out the people behind this, and then … there's no need to keep him alive."

"Don't we need to leave behind evidence?"

Xiao Yi Xiu shook his head. "No matter who the mastermind is, with their evidence, they're just talking nonsense. What can they do?"

Lu Linghui thought for a moment and immediately understood what he meant. He silently nodded his head. There were many epidemics within this group of people, and everyone knew that there was no difference in their aggression. How could they believe that they were being ordered to attack? As for those "thugs" who looked healthy, because of all the trouble they had caused, they had fought against the imperial soldiers a few times. It was just a violent massacre after the disaster.

Xiao Yixiu carried him onto the back of the horse and rode away, paying no attention to Liu Yanyu who was mixed in with the crowd nearby.

Of the twenty plus people, half of them were bodyguards brought by Xiao Yi Xiu, and the other half were the personal guards of Lu Linghui. As he took his men away, the rest were naturally his subordinates, but when they tied up the people they had captured, they suddenly realized that there was a stranger mixed in with them.

Liu Yanyu dodged to the side and said, "Don't do anything, I'm only here to save the wangfei."

"Stop." Lu Linghui walked up and sized Liu Yanyu up. He recognized him as a doctor who had been at the Prince Mo Residence for a long time and smiled at him.

However, Liu Yanyu did not recognize Lu Linghui. Every time he went through the secret passage, he would directly enter the secret chamber. In order to conceal his identity, he did not reveal himself in public with Xiao Yi. It was just that he was wearing his own clothes, which caused him to feel somewhat hesitant.

"Doctor Liu."

"You are …"

"Vice Commander Lu Linghui."

Liu Yanyu had also heard Xiao Yixiu's conversation with him. He looked at the captives and thought to himself, "I have an idea. Vice Commander Lu can be said to have been ordered to track down the fugitives. As a doctor, I can help you diagnose and differentiate an epidemic patient. "

Lu Linghui was a little surprised and immediately felt that this suggestion was not bad. He ordered someone to bring these prisoners back to the epidemic area.

Lu Linghui was only second to Xiao Yijin in the army camp, and no one doubted his actions, allowing him to enter easily.