Daqian Night Emperor

Chapter 326 Wounded Barracks

"Where is this taking me?"

After Zhao Nishang agreed to Zhao Guanxiang's request, Zhao Guanxiang took her out of the county magistrate's mansion and brought her to the back of the mansion.

Originally this place was a residential market, but now it is filled with patrolling officials and guards. From time to time, sharp roars can be heard from some courtyards.

"Ahhhh!!!"

Zhao Guanxiang looked around and explained to Zhao Nishang: "The wounded soldiers camp."

Zhao Nishang was a little surprised: "Wounded soldiers? So many?"

"Some time ago, I dug up the body of an evil god worshipped by the Church of the Savior. I had to fight a really hard battle with him, so naturally there were more casualties."

Zhao Guanxiang said as he walked towards a courtyard of the wounded camp. "Fortunately, the evil god has been taken into the Demon Suppression Tower by General Ling. However, many of the colleagues who fought against the evil god that day were affected by the evil god's strange power and lost their minds. Third sister is good at medicine, please see if there is a way to treat them."

As he spoke, he came to the gate of a courtyard, took a deep breath, pushed the door open and walked in.

As soon as the door was opened, a figure suddenly stood up in the courtyard.

"Captain Zhao."

The voice was hoarse, but if you listened carefully it was not difficult to distinguish that it was Zhao Guanxiang's left servant Zhang Juzheng.

Zhang Juzheng no longer had the meticulous look of a scholar in the past. His face looked rather haggard, and his chin was untidy. It was obvious that he had not had a good rest for several days.

While he was greeting Zhao Guanxiang, the shrill roar was still ringing in the house.

Zhao Guanxiang couldn't help but look towards the house, his eyes fell on the locked door, and asked, "Zhang Lushuai, is Brother Gao... feeling better?"

Zhang Juzheng's face darkened upon hearing this. He shook his head and said, "It's even worse than the previous two days. I'm much less awake in a day."

Only then did he notice the person standing next to Zhao Guanxiang, and asked in surprise: "Who is this?"

Zhao Guanxiang explained, "This is a doctor I found in the city. I wanted to show him to Brother Gao."

"Alas, this..."

Zhang Juzheng sighed repeatedly, and hesitated to speak. Finally, he waved his sleeves and said, "Forget it, let's go and take a look."

He had no hope at all in the so-called "doctor" that Zhao Guanxiang had found.

Among the imperial envoys, there was an imperial physician from the Imperial Medical Bureau, who had been sent by General Ling to take a look, but wasn't he still helpless?
Even the imperial physician of the Imperial Medical Bureau can’t help. How can Zhao Guanxiang, who is desperate and trying all kinds of medical treatments, just grab a random doctor from the street and expect him to be able to help?

But Zhang Juzheng was trying his best to save the situation as it couldn't get any worse than it was now.

Everyone waited in the yard for a while, until the inhuman roar in the house gradually subsided and was replaced by one "ouch" sound after another.

"Brother Gao should be sober now."

As Zhang Juzheng spoke, he walked towards the door with the key, opened the locked door, and turned sideways to let everyone in.

Inside the house, the smell was not very pleasant.

Faint light came in from the window, and a figure could be vaguely seen being tied up to a pillar.

When Gao He saw Zhang Juzheng, he weakly cursed: "Zhang Juzheng, you are not a son of man! Who told you to tie me up with a dead pig? Untie me quickly, it hurts so much!"

Zhang Juzheng's eyes turned red, and he quickly responded and went to untie Gao He.

As soon as the restraints on Gao He's hands and feet were untied, he fell limply to the ground. Fortunately, Zhang Juzheng was quick to support him.

"Brother Gao, this is the doctor Captain Zhao invited from outside. He is here to see you."

He helped Gao He to sit down beside the bed, and then introduced Gao He to the people around Zhao Guanxiang.

Hearing this, Gao He looked at Zhao Guanxiang and said with a wry smile: "Cub Tiger, why are you wasting your energy? I know my body best. There is no hope of saving me." Zhao Guanxiang said expressionlessly: "Whether I can be saved or not is not up to you. The doctor has the final say!"

Then he looked at Zhao Nishang, his eyes full of help.

Zhao Nishang gave him a look, telling him to be at ease, then walked in front of Gao He and stretched out her hand: "Take my pulse."

……

After a moment, Zhao Nishang withdrew her hand.

Zhang Juzheng asked expectantly, "Doctor, how is it?"

Zhao Nishang shook her head, and the light in Zhang Juzheng's eyes suddenly dimmed.

Gao He at the side smiled weakly: "I told you, don't waste your energy. Cub Tiger, I only have one wish, please help me get home, I miss my mother."

Zhao Guanxiang suddenly became agitated and shouted, "Shut up. If you want your mother to wait, go meet her yourself. What are you talking to me about?"

He seemed unwilling to stay in the room any longer, and he and Zhao Nishang left the room one after another.

In the courtyard, Zhao Guanxiang turned his back to her for a long time, then turned around and asked, "Sister, is there really no hope?"

Zhao Nishang could tell that his voice had become a little strange, but she still shook her head: "This is not something that can be solved by medical skills. The most I can do is prescribe some tranquilizers for him to make him less painful when his madness attacks."

She advised: "You should send this servant back to Kyoto as soon as possible. I think the imperial master in your prison will be able to find a solution."

Zhao Guanxiang sighed and said, "In that case, we have no choice but to let Lao Gao and Lieutenant General Zhang return to Beijing to report on their work."

"You don't have to worry too much. I will write a letter to my godfather and tell him about it. Maybe he can help me."

Zhao Nishang could see the affection between Zhao Guanxiang and her two servants, and couldn't help but say something to comfort him.

But in reality, even if my godfather has the ability to help, would he really do it for an unrelated person?
Zhao Nishang wasn't quite sure either.

……

"Guan Xiang, do you know the governor of Dongyang County, Lu Huaishen?"

After coming out of the wounded soldiers' camp, Zhao Nishang asked Zhao Guanxiang about a key person.

Zhao Guanxiang nodded: "Your Majesty's father-in-law, and also the grandfather of his adoptive father's wife's family, I naturally pay attention to him."

"Is there any way to get closer to this person?"

Zhao Guanxiang shook his head and said, "It's unlikely. This person is now an important witness in the Jingzhou case. He has evidence that all the officials in Jingzhou are colluding with the Salvation Church. Now he lives in the same courtyard with several imperial envoys. Even I can't get close to him."

That being said, it is a tricky situation.

Zhao Nishang said helplessly: "It seems that Lu Huaishen cannot be contacted for the time being. What about those officials who committed crimes?"

"We killed a bunch of them, but some important ones are still in prison?"

"Is there any way for me to go and ask questions?"

"It's a little difficult, but I can try it once or twice..."

While the brother and sister were talking, they saw a group of people walking towards the county magistrate's mansion not far away in a heroic and confident manner.

Zhao Guanxiang stopped and wondered, "Who are those people? How dare they break into the imperial envoy's residence?"

Zhao Nishang took a quick glance and quickly noticed the identity of the leader: "Lin Wenxu? These are Prime Minister Wu's men!"

(End of this chapter)