flstandardbreds Chapter 157 Are You Too Arrogant?
Chapter 157 Are You Too Arrogant?
She? The Duke of Zhenguo?
Li Mingzhu said helplessly, "My Lord, you insist on going in to see the seriously ill person, and I can't stop you."
This is indeed what she can do.
Xiao Zhengdu's face darkened, and he asked the people around him, "Why hasn't the imperial physician from Jimin Hall arrived yet?"
He couldn't blame Lou Xiao, but he always found fault with others when he was unhappy. The guard quickly replied,
"Your Highness, please forgive me! I will send someone to hurry up immediately! I promise to bring the person to your Highness today!"
Li Mingzhu knew that the King of Youshan was in a bad mood, so he clasped his fists and said,
"I will go and ask His Excellency the Duke of Zhenguo to stop entering this filthy place!"
Xiao Zhengdu didn't say anything. He put his hands behind his back and watched her walk back.
He stood straight, his eyes fixed on the simple thatched gate, waiting for the appearance of some ungrateful guy.
At this moment, Lou Xiao had already pushed aside the guards who were blocking her, and under the frightened gazes of the crowd, she reached out and pressed on the festering wrist of the patient.
This was a shack with a terrible stench. In the discolored straw lay a humanoid creature that looked like an overripe fruit, rotting and moldy.
Every inch of my skin was covered in pustules, oozing sticky fluid, and I couldn't see my face.
The fingertips were black and hard, obviously necrotic.
And even so, people are still alive...life is worse than death.
The moment he saw her, his breathing became heavier, and his eyes turned towards her desperately, as if he had seen his only hope, with a pleading look on his face.
I want to live.
But Lou Xiao knew very well that she was not a doctor and she could not save the life of anyone present.
She squatted down and pressed her fingers on the flesh that was almost exposed. She didn't dare to look at the expectant eyes of the dying man.
He only fixed his eyes on the hay on which the bugs were crawling.
Er Liu wanted to say something behind her but stopped himself. In the end, he just stood there in silence, letting the people who were guarding and taking care of him stay away from him.
"Are you working in the mine in the forest?" Lou Xiao's voice was very low and sounded particularly gentle. "Have you ever dug for that... precious jade?"
The person lying down nodded with difficulty.
When she pulled her hand back, her fingertips were stained with an unknown sticky substance.
Er Liu pulled out a plain handkerchief from his sleeve and handed it to her. Lou Xiao rubbed it repeatedly in her hand and stood up.
"Where is the person who is taking care of them? Call him over because I have something to ask."
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When Xiao Zhengdu began to pace back and forth in annoyance, he finally saw the figure being invited out by Li Mingzhu.
She looked very calm, and walked away without looking back when Li Mingzhu said "Farewell, Your Excellency".
It was as if he didn't notice that he was such a big man standing there.
Xiao Zhengdu and Li Mingzhu looked at each other and immediately followed Lou Xiao. He was tall and had long legs, so he caught up with her in two steps and walked beside her.
"Are you feeling unwell? If you want to know something, just call the person over to ask. Why take the risk?"
Lou Xiao glanced at him sideways, "Some things, of course, are better confirmed in person."
She motioned for him to stay away, "If you're concerned about me touching a patient, we can talk about it after I go back to shower and change clothes."
Xiao Zhengdu felt a little uncomfortable, "What's wrong with you? If anyone dares to make you unhappy, just say it out and I'll give him a beating." Why are you acting weird towards me?
He didn't think it was his fault. He thought that the villagers looked down on her because of her plain clothes, or that Li Mingzhu had just said something unpleasant.
"The imperial physician will be here soon. We can tell you what's going on. Let him check your pulse..."
Xiao Zhengdu didn't have to tell anyone about her going to see the patient alone. Since it had already been done, for her safety, it wouldn't be wrong to let the imperial physician take a look afterwards.
"No... I don't think it's a disease, but more like some kind of injury after entering the mine..."
Perhaps they inhaled unknown toxic gas in the well, or accidentally ate contaminated food.
In short, the casualties were confined to the mine deep in the forest where the gems were unearthed.
No one was reported to have any symptoms at the other mine.
She kept giving excuses, and Xiao Zhengdu was a little annoyed. "I didn't expect that the Duke of Zhenguo is also good at medicine?"
Shaking her head, Lou Xiao also noticed his annoyance and calmed down a bit, "It's just a meridian probing that is required for martial arts practice. You should be able to do it too."
In fact, there is no point in being angry with Xiao Zhengdu. From his point of view, nothing he did was wrong.
"Really? I thought the Duke of Zhenguo was a reincarnated miracle doctor." Xiao Zhengdu's weird tone came out again.
Lou Xiao glanced at him and said, "Okay, I know I treated you badly, so please tone it down."
Unconvinced, Xiao Zhengdu snorted silently, "What's that smell? It was obviously you who started it...
We agreed to wait until the imperial physician arrives before we talk about it. If you go to see the patient alone, aren't you putting yourself in danger again?"
How can you blame me?
Even if a person is skilled and courageous, he cannot be so willful. No matter how proficient in martial arts, he is still a mortal. He will get sick and injured. No one can escape birth, aging, sickness and death.
"I know my limits..." Lou Xiao explained seriously, "I just have some guesses and I'm going to confirm them. I think it's very likely not a contagious disease, so there's no need to worry."
The two men walked slowly on the stone steps, with Er Liu and Xiao Zhengdu's followers hanging a few steps behind them. They didn't dare to listen to the bickering between their two masters.
"Lou Xiao, you are too conceited."
Xiao Zhengdu suddenly made a very serious comment, which stunned her completely.
"Me? Why do you say that?" She wanted to laugh, but Xiao Zhengdu didn't look joking, nor did he speak in a sarcastic tone.
So this is what he really thinks in his heart?
"Have you ever seen an epidemic? From civil officials and military commanders to peddlers and hawkers, the whole city was wailing, with almost no one left alive.
No one knows whether they will fall down next, or whether they can walk out of the closed city alive. "
He looked ahead with a blank look in his eyes, obviously recalling the past.
"In order to safely transport enough food and herbs into the city and appease the desperate people, we need a convincing enough person to personally escort them..."
Lou Xiao was silent for a while and then asked, "...is it you?"
"Of course not." Xiao Zhengdu sneered, "I am just a half-blood that no one cares about. No matter whether it is good or bad in the court, it is not my turn."
Without waiting for Lou Xiao to continue asking, he stared at her and revealed the answer, "It was the former King Cheng, and now Her Majesty the Queen."
His Majesty had gone through so much hardship along the way. Xiao Zhengdu had seen every step of the way.
"Even Your Majesty, at the beginning, he almost ..."
Xiao Zhengdu had said this and would not say any more.
But Lou Xiao already understood what he meant.
Your Majesty must have brought many experienced doctors to the city to provide assistance, and he must have been heavily protected.
Even so, he fell ill and almost couldn't return to the capital.
What's more, she...
No wonder Xiao Zhengdu is so careful.