In my dream of returning to the Tang Dynasty, I snatched Wu Zetian from my lap.

If you eat the wrong thing, the worst that will happen is diarrhea.

But if it works, he can recover and the crisis can be resolved.

Otherwise, they would have really been caught off guard and instead of being captured by pirates, they would have been forced into a ghost marriage by an old woman. If word got out, people would laugh their heads off.

A dignified prince of the Tang Dynasty traveled all the way to the East Sea, only to be captured and forced into a ghost marriage...

After a gluttonous feast, whether it was due to the effects of the intense suffocation and the stench, Li Yuanchang actually regained some of his strength.

He staggered to his feet, barely managed to find his sword, and then, supporting himself against the wall, slowly made his way to where the old woman had fainted.

If you have the strength, eliminate the person first to prevent future troubles.

But when he arrived in front of the old woman, he found a large pool of blood beneath her. The old woman's head had accidentally fallen to the ground, causing a large wound.

Li Yuanchang reached out his hand, only to find that the man had already stopped breathing.

"call!"

He exhaled a large breath of stale air and slowly slumped into a seat.

"I had no intention of killing you, but you had evil intentions first, so you are reaping what you sowed."

After making a slight adjustment, he found three bottles of ointment on the old woman's body. He didn't know what they were made of, but they didn't smell bad.

After hesitating for a while, he still didn't eat it. This place was a bit strange, as it raised a lot of poisonous creatures. If one of them was poisonous, it wouldn't be worth killing himself.

He used his knife to push off the ground, moving with difficulty to move outwards, and began searching for Huang Tu and the others with the only candle in hand.

All ten of them remained unconscious on the spot, without even moving.

Li Yuanchang checked their breathing and found that none of them had any problems. Some had even regained consciousness, but all of them were paralyzed in all four limbs and unable to move.

To be on the safe side, he stuffed some herbs into their mouths, poured cold water into their nostrils, and even cut their fingers with a knife.

Not knowing what the antidote was, this was all he could do.

Fortunately, their efforts paid off. After trying various methods, Huang Tu and the others gradually regained some strength and were able to stand up with difficulty.

But leaving like this is like throwing a lamb to the slaughter; if they encounter pirates, they'll be sent packing.

Li Yuanchang did not choose to flee the place immediately, but instead chose to wait.

"..."

One night passed.

The island of Tsushima was awakened by the gloomy sunlight, and the crowing of some roosters woke up the people sleeping on the floor inside the house.

Everyone carries a weapon in case of an accident.

Fortunately, the night passed peacefully.

"Your Highness, you've recovered!"

"We've recovered!"

Everyone was excited and, in unison, began to stretch their stiff arms and legs.

Li Yuanchang clenched his fist tightly, making a cracking sound. It felt so good to have regained his mobility.

"We almost got caught in a trap, ruined by an old woman!"

Ji'an apologized, "Your Highness, please forgive me. It was my oversight that led you all to this dangerous place."

Li Yuanchang shook his head: "Master, get up, this has nothing to do with you."

"Who would have thought this poison gas was so potent, so difficult to defend against? Even the Heavenly King himself would fall victim to it."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Ji'an clasped his hands together.

Li Yuanchang looked around and said, "Hurry up and pack our things. We need to take the herbs back as soon as possible. If we are late, Guo Chao and the others will be here soon."

"Large-scale battles will be inevitable at that time."

"yes!"

Huang Tu and the others quickly dispersed to continue collecting herbs, but this time, everyone was careful, covering their mouths and noses to avoid inhaling various poisonous gases.

Li Yuanchang then went to the house where the female corpse and the old woman were.

The old woman's body was completely stiff, curled up like a ball.

He felt no remorse, nor did he feel any deep hatred. Out of respect for the dead, he asked Huang Tu and the others to help bury the old woman and the girl's bodies together.

Let the grandmother and granddaughter rest together in peace.

So-called ghost marriages are nothing more than feudal superstition.

From then on, the obsession with this place was finally resolved.

Soon after, all the herbs had been collected, filling eight large baskets. Li Yuanchang led the team to return via the same route.

His original plan was to scout further to see where there was water or supplies, but there wasn't enough time, and he dared not go back.

If Guo Chao can't find anyone, he will definitely lead his army to attack.

Just as Huang Tu was about to pull open the bamboo door, Li Yuanchang suddenly pressed it down.

"Your Highness?"

The crowd crowded at the doorway, their eyes filled with confusion.

"Something seems off." Li Yuanchang frowned slightly, his expression calm.

"What's wrong?"

"It's so quiet. There were many locals outside just now, but now there's not a sound at all."

Upon hearing this, everyone listened attentively.

The sound of the wind blowing through the fallen leaves was almost audible, and the entire residential area was as quiet as a ghost town, which was obviously not quite right.

"It seems that's really true!"

Li Yuanchang made a shushing gesture.

Suddenly, the atmosphere inside the door became tense and delicate.

Li Yuanchang craned his neck and peered through the crack in the door. The muddy path, overgrown with moss and weeds, was deserted.

It was as if the entire local population had vanished into thin air.

Rows of bamboo houses, staggered one above the other, with some figures moving about in the distance.

Immediately afterwards, a pirate with a bun hairstyle raised his hand, and bows and arrows emerged from the fence and bamboo walls.

These bows and arrows are crudely made; the bow is made of bent bamboo, and the arrows are made of bone spurs. They are essentially the most primitive versions of bows and arrows.

At close range, it's difficult to kill someone unless you shoot them in the throat.

But these bone spurs came up covered in all sorts of slime, whether it was the venom of toads or snakes, or some kind of feces, no one knew.

Once this stuff gets into a wound, there's no effective treatment; it's basically a death sentence.

The moment he saw it, the pupils inside the door contracted sharply, and the hairs on Li Yuanchang's body tensed instantly.

"not good!"

"Get out of the way!!"

He let out a loud roar that shook the heavens and earth, and then lunged at the water vat on the left.

Huang Tu and the others reacted quickly, retreating rapidly to the left and right.

At the same time, a loud roar came from outside the door, accompanied by a series of piercing, whistling sounds.

Bang bang bang!

Click!

Arrows rained down like locusts upon the gate, shattering numerous jars and turning the spot where Li Yuanchang and the others had just stood into a honeycomb of arrows.

Boom!

The water vat in front of Li Yuanchang could no longer bear the weight and shattered with a crash. With nothing to hide from, he rolled on the ground repeatedly to avoid the arrows, eventually rolling all the way to the corner of the wall.

Several arrows nearly hit their targets.

Looking back, the small fish that had been jumping around in the water tank, which had been pierced by an arrow, were now floating belly up.

"poisonous!"

"Your Highness, what should we do? It looks like pirates, and there are quite a few of them!" Huang Tu said, looking down as he peeked through a hole in the wall at the outside.

"Damn it, how did they know we were in?" Li Yuanchang cursed. Everything had been fine on the way here, but they were surrounded and killed during the retreat.

"Go, go from behind!" Li Yuanchang grabbed Ji'an, who was powerless to even kill a chicken.

At this moment, we must race against time.

"yes!"

The guards dragged in debris to block the gate, and then began a rapid retreat along the cover.