Master's Chief Disciple

Chapter 392: Fatal Details

An hour later, a lot of toxins in his body were excreted, and Song Yunmo immediately went into the inner room after noticing it.

"The medicinal bath is ready."

But he found that they were not in the inner room. He suddenly realized something and quickly ran to the bathing pool. He saw that Mu Huayan had already unbuttoned his shirt for him.

"You go and rest and I'll do it."

"you sure?"

He took it and Lu Ci nodded confidently. But she showed a worried look and glanced at the bathtub. The medicinal properties of this herb are not something that ordinary people can endure.

So he took out a pill and stuffed it into his mouth, and patiently explained to him that he had to go into the water with him to help him expel the remaining toxins in his body.

He also had to keep an eye on his physical condition and slowly infuse the medicine into his body, while he himself had to endure the cleansing of the medicine and protect his body from being corroded by the poisonous gas.

Lu Ci was already a quasi-Immortal Emperor, and Mu Huayan was still worried about him. If he failed to cure her and got himself involved, wouldn't that be a loss?

There was a strong smell of vinegar in the air. Song Yunmo's face darkened. He wished that the patient was himself.

"You go out, I'll be here."

Mu Huayan took Lu Ci from his hands and helped him into the bathtub. Song Yunmo was stunned for a while and then leaned against the pillar beside him, gritting his teeth in anger. The vinegar jar was enough to pickle a lot of sauerkraut.

About an hour later, when the medicinal bath was over, Lu Ci woke up, but his eyes were still tightly closed. He asked weakly, "Who... are you? Where am I...?"

Mu Huayan helped him out of the bathtub, and Song Yunmo, who was facing away, handed him a large bathrobe.

After she put it on, she walked into the outer hall and touched the ring lightly, then changed into a new set of clothes.

Song Yunmo happened to be supporting Lu Ci and came to the outer hall. Mu Huayan swallowed a fairy fruit before she spoke, "City Lord Lu, do you still remember me?"

A familiar voice rushed into his ears, but he couldn't remember it. He tried to move his eyelids for a long time but they didn't open.

Then he raised his hand and gently stroked his eyes as if he was relieved.

"You are... Miss Mu."

"Well, you are safe now. I have taken you away from Ziyou City."

Although it was pitch dark now, he could still use his spiritual sense to detect objects and people. "Where is this place? I, I am not in Beiyao Continent anymore?"

He began to panic and waved his hands around. When he stumbled, he grabbed the door frame. Mu Huayan hurried forward to support him and wanted to explain, but she didn't dare to say that they were in the palace, for fear that he would have a stress reaction.

He suddenly became a little emotional, threw off his restraints and walked out the door, "I can't leave Ziyou City. If I leave, what will happen to the people in the city?"

"The lives of tens of millions of people in the city are in his hands. How can I abandon them?"

As he finished speaking, tears of blood fell from his eyes. His already weak body made him spit out a mouthful of blood. Not long after, he felt dizzy and then fainted.

"City Lord Lu!"

When Mu Huayan was healing him, she discovered that he was replaying the torture scene over and over again in his deep consciousness.

She felt as if she was there, and it was unforgettable. Although Chu Mingchuan sent away many of his men when he broke into the City Lord's Mansion, one person still could not save everyone. He was accidentally injured and fell to the ground.

He was stabbed several more times while desperately resisting. Even when he was seriously injured, he was still thinking about how to protect and send away the remaining people in the City Lord's Mansion.

When he was caught, Chu Mingchuan would whip him with a magic whip over and over again or keep ordering his subordinates to feed him poison.

Many Dharma protectors were brutally killed in front of him. Not only was his body tortured, but his spirit also suffered over and over again.

Finally, they captured him and brought him to a tall building and ordered him to make the people in the city obey him, otherwise they would be killed.

Lu Ci was unwilling to do so at first, so Chu Mingchuan ordered his men to kill many people in the city.

Under duress, he had no choice but to give the order and declare that he was already a member of Chu Yundidu.

Therefore, they also had to obey Chu Yundi's orders, otherwise they would be regarded as traitors and killed without mercy. After that, he became insane several times.

Locked in the cell, he had to look at the dead bodies of his companions day and night, and the tragic scenes of his companions being tortured kept replaying in his mind, but he could only watch helplessly without being able to help.

During his struggles and tortures, he tried to dig out his eyes many times but was held down by the guards. Finally, Chu Mingchuan relieved his pain and dug out his eyes.

Chu Mingchuan swaggered into the Beiyao Continent with a large number of troops and killed many monks who blocked his way.

The Ziyou City, which was caught off guard at the beginning, was in chaos. Finally, after learning that Lu Ci had surrendered, they put down their weapons and stopped resisting.

Mu Huayan stood up with a slight tremor in her body, and the murderous intent in her eyes rolled out. Song Yunmo stepped forward and gently touched her shoulder, and then the murderous intent was retracted.

"How are you going to accommodate him?"

After a while, he woke up but his emotions were still out of control. He kept muttering that he had to go back to be a hostage, otherwise the lives of the people in the city would be in danger.

"City Lord Lu, calm down and listen to me first."

But he started to scream like crazy and almost hurt Mu Huayan. Song Yunmo had no choice but to step forward and tie him up and throw him roughly on the couch.

In order to prevent him from shouting again, she tore the bed sheet to cover his mouth. After Mu Huayan explained the plan to him in detail, he calmed down and stopped making noise.

But sooner or later they will find out that the person imprisoned is not Lu Ci, so they have to clear out the enemy in Ziyou City before that and take back the control of the city.

"And your task now is to recover from your injuries in peace."

But when Song Yunmo knew that Mu Huayan would live in Chuxiayuan from today onwards, he was unwilling in his heart, "What? You want to live with him? I don't agree."

Mu Huayan ignored her and went straight into the inner room. When Song Yunmo followed her in, he was turned away. "It's almost night, Your Majesty, please go back."

He simply moved to the side room of Chuxiayuan, while Lu Ci lived in the side room on the right. The regent king had been worried about not being able to find him and was now extremely anxious.

After nightfall, he received a message from the Regent and had to go back to Chengzheng Palace to deal with the memorials. When Mu Huayan wanted to discuss something with him, she couldn't find him.

He had no choice but to disguise himself as Gu Qingtang and go to Tingzhu Palace to look for him. He learned from the guards that he was not in the palace, so he went to Chengzheng Palace to look for him.

When I was almost at Chengzheng Palace, I thought it would be better to wait for the Regent to come out before asking him, so I waited in the pavilion beside the path for him to appear.

About an hour later, she saw the Regent King come out but Song Yunmo did not come out, so she stopped him and tried to ask, "Regent King, please stay. Qingtang wants to ask you something."

Mu Jing raised an eyebrow and looked at her in confusion. She grabbed the hem of her skirt and asked with some embarrassment, "How was the maidservant next to Chu Mengyan dealt with in the first place?"

"And how did His Majesty deal with Chu Mengyan?"

Seeing that the Regent hesitated to reply, she explained that it was too late and she did not want to bother His Majesty. She just happened to see him passing by so she asked.

"This is a matter between his harem. Why does the imperial concubine think I would know about this?"

So the Regent left in a hurry, saying he had to deal with urgent matters, so she had no choice but to go in and find him.

She knocked lightly on the door frame and walked into the hall, while he kept his head down reviewing the memorials. "Didn't I tell you not to rush me anymore?"

But when he looked up and found that it was her, his eyes softened immediately and he put down the pen in his hand, "You're here."

"I came back in such a hurry that I didn't have time to ask you about Chu Mengyan."

"I ordered her personal maid to be imprisoned. As for Chu Mengyan, I only confined her to her house for half a month."

"Originally I wanted to kick her maid out of the palace, but after much thought I decided it would be more appropriate to put her in a cage."

After receiving the answer, Gu Qingtang planned to leave, but at this time the eunuch came to Chengzheng Hall and said that the imprisoned palace maid was dead, and even her soul was broken.

"Have you found out how she died?"

"Your Majesty, please calm down. According to my inference, it is very likely that he took poison in advance or planted a restriction in his soul."

"You should step back first."

"Yes, I am resigning."

Gu Qingtang originally wanted to search for the maid's memory, but he didn't expect that she was dead. This showed that she was staying with Chu Mengyan intentionally.

In other words, she was Chu Mingchuan's spy planted in the palace, which meant that their every move had been reported back to Chu Mingchuan for a long time.

"!!!"

The plan was flawless, but in the end, they still overlooked a small detail that could be fatal. Mu Huayan and the others never doubted the most inconspicuous maid beside Chu Mengyan, but instead kept their eyes on Chu Mengyan.

Then Mu Huayan remembered that Chu Mengyan had a personal maid by her side. Seeing that she was about to leave, Song Yunmo quickly spoke to try to keep her, "It seems that we have to stay up all night to finish reviewing all the memorials."

Gu Qingtang paused and struggled in her heart, but after a moment she resolutely walked out of the door. A figure hurriedly passed by her. It was the maid who took care of Chu Mengyan.

"Your servant pays respect to His Majesty."

Song Yunmo looked up and then continued to review the memorials. After a moment, he realized something and put down his pen.

This maid was the palace maid he sent to take care of Chu Mengyan.

Seeing the maid's anxious look, he asked impatiently, "What's the matter?"

"Empress Zhaoyi is weak and is now lying in the medicine pool to recover from her injuries."

The maid didn't dare to look up the whole time. Seeing that he didn't say anything, she was even more frightened in her heart. "Your Majesty, please calm down. It's my fault that I didn't take good care of the queen."

He was not angry but just didn't want to pay attention. He wanted to ask the maid to find Doctor Yuan to check on her, but it was already late at night and Madam Yuan was not in the palace.

After thinking it over again and again, he couldn't let Chu Mengyan die, otherwise the enemy would definitely take the opportunity to attack them. Moreover, Chu Mengyan was ill, so the Emperor had to go and visit her.

"You go back first, I will go see her later."