Don't be tempted, sir

Chapter 133 Strategy

Seeing him frowning and trying to swallow, Ah Wu hurriedly helped him. He turned back to look at the Qiang soldiers who were about to catch up. As long as the young master could survive, nothing else mattered. He comforted him softly, "Take your time. Once the young master swallows the antidote, we can save the young lady!"

The antidote flowed down Xuehua's throat, and Song Xiaoyuan fainted completely without any strength left.

“Brother Wu!” Tuoshi waited until dawn but no one showed up. He and his shadow guard disguised as a coachman led a camel to meet them, and they saw two people lying in the desert.

"Brother Wu, hurry up, let's go!"

The Qiang soldiers were getting closer and closer. Several people hurriedly helped Song Xiaoyuan onto the camel. Awu finally entrusted Tuoshi with the task: "Manager Tuo, please take the young master out of the desert! I will!" Awu and the remaining shadow guards stayed behind to resist the pursuing Qiang soldiers.

"Okay, okay, see you in Xianggu Town!" As the Qiang soldiers approached, Tuoshi said nothing more and hurriedly drove his camel away.

Several cities in the desert were sealed off, so Tuo Shi had to bypass them with the unconscious Song Xiaoyuan, walking in the cold desert without stopping for a moment to rush to the isolated town.

Shen Changjun led his troops to wait in Zhaosu, and wanted notices were posted all over the streets. When the saint learned that Song Xiaoyuan had escaped, she overturned the imperial table in anger and immediately ordered a hunt for Song Xiaoyuan.

The saint said that if he escaped, she would break his wings. The unconscious Shen Yining was awakened by the soldiers with water, and was pulled up and brought back to the Qiang Palace. Alianyi led his troops to Zhao Su, but he was unaware of this.

Along the way, whenever Shen Yining fainted, he would be splashed with water to wake him up. The cold desert made his clothes stick to his body and he shivered with cold. His leg disease also caused the forbidden soldiers to throw the embarrassed Shen Yining to the palace where the saint was. Shen Yining fell to the ground and the wound on his right shoulder was bleeding. The saint opened his clothes to check and sneered, "You were injured by the Red Moon Sword. What a farewell drama!"

Shen Yining fell to the ground without making a sound. The Saint pulled her up and looked at her: "I told him that I would break you if he escaped. Do you think he would really be willing to leave?"

"What do you want?" Shen Yining sat up with his hands.

"Of course, let him come back!"

"He won't come back..." Shen Yining must have been heartbroken when he thought of his determination at that time.

"He will definitely come back! He has been planning for half a month to take away the King of Loulan and lure Alianyi to the desert. He devoted himself to controlling the desert rebellion and opening the city to let the remaining Loulan forces infiltrate. Now your brother is protecting the King of Loulan and leading the army to recapture Loulan and you. He made all these plans just for you. The first plan successfully used Alianyi's hatred to take you to the desert. He could have saved a lot of trouble and taken you out without moving your brother's troops. It's a pity that you abandoned him! Now he will definitely implement the second plan, attacking my Loulan and Qiang Kingdom to make a feint to the east and attack in the west to take you away. So, he will definitely come!"

Shen Yining didn't know all this, she just wanted to get the antidote to save him. Now in this situation, Shen Yining panicked. She thought it was over but she didn't expect it to be like this.

The Saint looked at her panicked expression and stood up with a sneer: "It seems that the princess still knows nothing about him. He is very good at scheming, planning, coordinating strategies, controlling minds, and has strong abilities. He is responsible for all the shady things that the King of Liao wants to do, and he succeeds every time! Otherwise, what would I want him to do!"

Shen Yining stood up with difficulty: "Since the Saint Lady thinks so highly of Xiao Yuan, why did she let Alianyi hurt him like this!"

"Even though Alianyi injured him so badly, he was still able to plan such a situation. If he hadn't been injured to the point of being on the verge of death, I'm afraid he wouldn't have been able to stay alive until now!"

Shen Yining limped back: "Changqing used to be elegant and noble, but after coming here he turned into a sinister and cruel person named Alianyi. Don't even think about luring Xiaoyuan here again!" He thought that as long as he died, Xiaoyuan would be free.

The Saint Lady saw through her intention and reminded her with a cold smile: "Want to die? Princess, don't even think about this idea. If you die, I will hang you on the city gate. What do you think he will do? When I catch him, I will break his bones and make him unable to escape!"

Shen Yining blamed himself and felt desperate, and was thrown into a cold dungeon.

Tuoshi arrived two days later. The streets were full of wanted posters for Song Xiaoyuan. He could not stay in Guzhen anymore, so he had to buy a coffin and put the unconscious Song Xiaoyuan in it. When passing the checkpoint, he encountered the Aliani army, but the coffins were tightly closed and no one recognized each other. Tuoshi was a local merchant and did not arouse suspicion, so he passed the Guzhen checkpoint smoothly. The next day, Guzhen was also sealed off.

It was obvious that Zhaosu was going to be in chaos, so Tuoshi had to stay in a village outside Zhaosu city. Song Xiaoyuan had not woken up yet, but fortunately there was an old doctor in the village. Tuoshi invited the doctor late at night and opened the coffin lid for the doctor to treat him.

The doctor stopped and said: "Ah Lang, I'm afraid you have asked the wrong person. You need to ask a witch to treat a dead person."

Along the way, Tuo Shi thought Song Xiaoyuan was dead several times. He could not even feel his breath, but fortunately his body was still warm. Tuo Shi hurriedly explained: "No, no, it is precisely because the family members could not feel it that they put the coffin in order to calm his mind. My brother is not dead yet, please take a look, old doctor!"

There is indeed such a saying in the local area that if a sick person sleeps in a coffin and his soul is trapped, there may be a glimmer of hope for survival. The old doctor then stepped forward. Tuo Shi had put on a beard and a turban for Song Xiaoyuan in advance, and helped him up from his sleep in the coffin, and raised his hand to feel the doctor's pulse.

The doctor felt something while taking the patient's pulse and quickly withdrew his hand: "Ah Lang, this man... I have elderly and children at home, I can't save him."

Tuo Shi hurriedly helped Song Xiaoyuan to lean against the coffin, and stepped forward to stop the old doctor who was about to leave: "Old man, that's why you ask for help so late at night. If you can save him, please save him!"

The old doctor waved his hand and said, "No, no, no, I am really in a dilemma. The poison this person has been poisoned with is not simple. He must not be sick. This person... I dare not save him."

Now the Qiang soldiers have rushed to Zhaosu. Apart from knowing that Shen Changjun has escaped through the notice, there is no other news. The army is just waiting for Song Xiaoyuan's reply.

When Tuo Shi heard that he meant to save him, he clasped his fists and begged: "Old man, now that the country is destroyed and the family is ruined, we don't know what Loulan will look like tomorrow. He is indeed not my brother, but tomorrow's Loulan will all wait for him to wake up. Please save him if you have a way!"

The old doctor turned to look at Song Xiaoyuan who was leaning against the coffin. In fact, he was too deeply poisoned and couldn't breathe. The poisonous blood was stagnant in his heart and couldn't be resolved. If he delayed any longer, he would die. If he could save Loulan, then... Loulan would be there, and the whole family would be there!

"Carry him out." The old doctor spoke. When Tuo Shi heard it, he excitedly dragged Song Xiaoyuan out of the coffin. Fortunately, Tuo Shi was strong and it was not too difficult for him.

Song Xiaoyuan lay lifeless on the ground. The old doctor took his pulse again, wrote a prescription of herbal medicine for A Lianyi, and told him to make it thicker, because the poison was too cold, and only the cold-dispelling soup would ensure that he would wake up and not faint again.

Song Xiaoyuan's shirt was open and had been pierced with many stitches. The hideous wound on his left chest had now healed and scabbed, but it still looked very scary on his body.

Tuo Shi brought in the medicine and stood aside with a frown on his face. When the last injection was given, the old doctor turned the silver needle and Song Xiaoyuan reacted. He frowned and slowly opened his eyes, his deep red eyes with tears in the corners.

Tuo Shi put down the bowl and wanted to help him up, but the old doctor raised his hand to stop him and turned the other needles. Song Xiaoyuan took a deep breath, coughed up black blood, and trembled coldly.