I became a fox girl and was captured by the True Dragon Saint

The guard nodded, realizing that the matter was of great importance, and quickly opened a crack in the door and crawled in, trotting towards where the prefect was.

The prefect was standing beside the bed, looking at the man on the bed with a serious look.

"Miracle doctor..."

He was about to say something when the guard knocked on the door.

"Enter."

"Sir!" The guard knelt on one knee and reported, "A group of merchants from Chang'an were just arrested at the city gate. Among them was Yilan, who said that only she could save the great hero Taibai..."

"..."

The air was so quiet that it was a little awkward. The guard looked up and saw the prefect's gloomy expression and the doctor's half-smile.

The prefect glanced at the miracle doctor and suddenly became furious and asked, "You believe this excuse to get away with it?"

The guard blushed: "I am guilty! But I thought this information was very important, so..."

"Get out! Don't bother me with this kind of thing again!"

"Yes Yes……"

The guard walked out of the prefect's residence dejectedly, bending over, and only had time to steal a glance at the figure lying on the sickbed.

The figure had a strange expression on his face, as if there were silk threads wrapped around his body, which were purple and black in color.

The guard was doubtful, but he could only nod and leave the mansion, then walked towards the gate angrily.

"You idiot! If you hadn't made a fuss about the prisoner, I wouldn't have been scolded by the prefect!" The guard gave the sergeant a slap on the head as he walked out.

Wu Chang was stunned: "This shouldn't be the case. Tell me what's going on..."

The guard looked a little strange when talking about what happened just now. He couldn't help but lower his voice quietly: "It's true that something is wrong. According to the prefect's previous temperament, even if the news came from the prisoners, he would go to see them in person and then make a judgment. But this time he didn't mention a word about the meeting and directly denied the information on the spot."

"Weird."

"Well, that's strange." The guard felt a headache. "However, how can we, a bunch of soldiers, figure out the people above? Maybe he just believes in the miracle doctor... Anyway, we don't need to worry about this matter. Anyway, the prefect is handling it personally, and Master Taibai will be fine."

"Um……"

"Oh, by the way," the guard suddenly patted the sergeant on the shoulder, coughed dryly and turned his head away, "Actually, I don't like you because Miss Wang said you are older than me..."

"..."

The sergeant's mouth twitched as he turned around and led his horse away.

Although the prefect was handling the matter personally, a fog arose in his heart.

Although the sergeant is not a formal official, those who can become one are at least no longer ordinary soldiers and at least have a certain level of thinking ability.

He didn't trust Yi Lan who came from Chang'an. He initially thought that she was just saying it to escape the suffering of prison... But if he thought about it casually, he would know that if she made such nonsense and ended up harming the life of Master Taibai, it would be more than just a simple matter of prison.

She dared to say loudly in public that she could cure Master Taibai. She was definitely mentally prepared and had the confidence to do so, so she dared to speak.

Anyone who heard this kind of news would at least waver and try to confirm the possibility, but the prefect, who was always smart, did not do so.

Then, either the prefect had known her for a long time and knew that she was fake.

Either that or the prefect absolutely, absolutely, absolutely, absolutely trusts the miracle doctor around him one hundred percent.

But... the miracle doctor...

Wu Chang remembered that when the prefect was sick before, he never invited any miracle doctor. Even when he was seriously ill, he just went to the clinic for a check-up.

Chengdu Prefecture is a special economic zone that the imperial court pays close attention to. The prefect is investigated for corruption every few days, so he is extremely honest. How can he afford to hire a miracle doctor?

Where did this miracle doctor come from? Why did the prefect trust him so much?

Something is wrong!

The sergeant gritted his teeth and stopped.

His heart was beating wildly and anxiously.

He knew that as a small sergeant, these things were completely beyond his consideration.

A soldier's duty is simply to obey. If he continues to think deeply and disobeys the order of the prefect, it will be a serious crime!

However, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that there was a dark cloud hanging over Jinguan City, and lightning was striking his heart, making him tremble with fear.

"Help me look after the horse."

The sergeant temporarily left the horse in the stable of an inn, then turned around and ran towards the prefect's residence!

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27. Snooping

The sergeant decided to secretly see what was going on in the mansion.

According to what the young doctor Lan said, Mr. Bai will develop obvious symptoms next.

If I had the chance to see Hero Bai, perhaps I would be able to confirm the truthfulness of what Xiao Yilan said.

It was almost dark, and as soon as it got dark, he climbed over the wall into the mansion to see it with his own eyes.

Although this involves huge risks, once discovered, it would be difficult for him to defend himself...but this is the only way to confirm the safety of Master Taibai!

If it was anyone else, it would definitely not be enough to make him take such a crazy risk. But this time, it was the hero Taibai who was in danger!

He can't fall! No matter who falls, he can't fall!

It is the duty and responsibility of every citizen of Shenzhou to assist the Qinglian Sword Sect in its operations and protect Hero Taibai!

Now, it's your turn to fulfill your responsibilities.

The sky was rapidly getting dark, and the crickets at the foot of the wall were putting on a unique concert as usual.

It seems that not only is the weather getting warmer early this year, but even the crickets are chirping earlier.

The sergeant couldn't help but wonder in his heart - the house filled with dark shadows was surprisingly quiet, even the woman fetching water and the servants were nowhere to be seen.

Hero Taibai's room seemed to be sealed, with no one going in or out.

He took a step forward and half of his body lay on the wall.

The crickets around him suddenly stopped chirping, which made the sergeant even more uneasy.

But in the end he gritted his teeth, turned over and jumped lightly to the ground.

He had been to the residence of the prefect of Chengdu Prefecture, where he had served as a guard before, so he knew the handover of guards here very well.

Easily avoiding the patrolling guards, the sergeant used the rockery and trees as cover and nimbly approached the room of Hero Taibai step by step.

The windows of the room were transparent glass windows, but the room was covered tightly with curtains, so that the sergeant could not find a gap to peek in.

He could only vaguely hear the heart-wrenching and painful breathing sounds coming from the room. The sound was very heavy, and the person breathing felt as if a stone weighing dozens of kilograms was pressing on his chest.

No, I have to see the symptoms that Xiao Yilan described with my own eyes to confirm them.

Just listening to the sound is not enough.

The sergeant made up his mind, thinking that no one had been in or out here for half a day, and judging from the sounds in the room, there seemed to be no one else there.

Even if I venture in to take a look, it shouldn't be too dangerous.

Then...

"Squeak-"

He placed his hand on the door and applied gentle force, causing the wooden door to make a loud friction sound.

At this extremely tense moment, the sergeant felt that his sanity was about to be ground to pieces by this voice.

Fortunately, the sound was not too loud.

He leaned sideways into the room through the small gap, tiptoed out from the side of the door curtain and looked at the bed.

Under the dim candlelight, the person on the bed was trembling in pain.

The sound of heavy breathing was indeed coming from him...and it was undoubtedly Taibai Swordsman!

The sergeant's heart was pounding wildly and he was so nervous that his throat almost jumped out.

He saw with his own eyes that there were black threads moving on the face of Taibai Xia, and his whole body was bulging with purple-black veins, and those were exactly the bulging veins that Xiao Yilan had mentioned!

What's worse is that some symptoms seem to have occurred prematurely, and Master Taibai is obviously having difficulty breathing at this moment.

But he was already so seriously injured, and there was no one to take care of him!

Where is the miracle doctor that the prefect invited? Where is the miracle doctor that was promised?

The wood beside the bed had been almost scraped into pieces by the suffering man. His nails were bleeding and he was obviously in great pain.

But in the entire prefect's house, there was no one to serve him or relieve his pain!

This is more than just a problem; it's a huge problem!

The sergeant slowly retreated. Now that he had a clear view of the situation inside the mansion, he had to find Xiao Yilan for help and release her as soon as possible.

If the mastermind finds her first and kills her to silence her, then it will be all over!

Hero Taibai is the backbone of the empire’s fighting power. He is not only the spokesperson for romance, but also, together with Lady Gongsun, the spokesperson for the military power of the Tang Dynasty.

Now that Gongsun Da Niang is missing, if Hero Taibai falls, the empire will be filled with smoke of war and countless lives will be lost!

This is no longer a responsibility and task that a mere sergeant like him can undertake, but... this responsibility has fallen on his head, and as a hero of the Tang Dynasty, he must shoulder the responsibility!

"Have you seen enough?"

The teasing voice so close to him frightened the sergeant so much that he staggered and almost vomited his internal organs.

In the shadow of the door curtain, a strange face appeared without anyone noticing!

His face was full of wrinkles, and his arms and neck were covered with tattoos of southern Xinjiang totems.

A disgusting white worm crawled across his cheek, twisted and turned, drilled into his eye, and disappeared at the edge of his deep eye socket.

The sergeant thought something was wrong.

He turned around and tried to run, but found a long whip like lightning coming towards him with a hissing sound in the darkness of the corner!

He drew his sword and slashed, but the strength he gained from years of military service only produced a few sparks, and was unable to stop the force of the whip!

"Zi-"

Accompanied by a sharp pain in his neck and a strange tingling sensation, the sergeant pinched the long whip in fear - the whip was strangely cold, covered with scales, and twisted to strangle his neck.

That's a snake.

The fangs had penetrated his artery deeply and precisely, and he immediately began to feel dizzy.

But the man next to him seemed to think that he was not dying fast enough, so he pulled out a dagger and stabbed him in the heart again and again.

The purple-black dagger pierced his body again and again.

The sergeant fell to the ground, his eyes wide open.

The man continued to cut his body with the dagger, enjoying the pleasure of blood splattering.

The sergeant's body had long since died. He stretched one hand out towards the outside of the house. When he fell, a broken copper coin in his hand flew out without anyone noticing and sank silently into the grass.

...Unfortunately, no one noticed it, but that doesn’t mean that things other than humans didn’t notice it.

The dark yellow poisonous snake twisted and slid away from the sergeant's dead body, swimming into the grass, and its fangs strung up the copper coin.

It slowly returned to the wrinkled-faced man with the coin in its mouth.

The man sneered and glanced at the copper coin.

There was no information pattern or writing on it.

Then why did he risk his life to throw it out as a way of leaving behind intelligence?

"That is to say, someone can recognize this coin and understand what you want to express, right?"

"You and your accomplices will appear in the mansion..."

"Or maybe he is already in the mansion."

"Oh... Too bad, you don't have a chance."

The man grabbed the sergeant's feet and dragged his body into the room.

He glanced at Li Bai who was lying in pain on the bed, and a sinister smile of complacency appeared at the corner of his mouth.