The sacred tree is about to pass, and the cannon fodder's wish countdown is coming

"We have medicine! We have medicine! His Majesty has sent Minister Lu's medicine. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can be saved!"

The imperial guards arrived at the border first, giving everyone great hope.

They didn't dare to delay at all and chose one of the medicines according to the instructions on the bottle and fed Qi Jin a pill.

Qi Jin suddenly felt a warm current surging through his body while he was in a daze. He slowly regained consciousness, but his eyelids felt as heavy as a thousand pounds and he couldn't open his eyes. He could only feel darkness.

My body is so stiff that I can't move, and now only my ears can hear.

"Military Doctor, how is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

"His Royal Highness's health has stabilized temporarily after taking the medicine, but this only treats the symptoms, not the root cause. His Royal Highness's condition is still not optimistic."

Everyone looked incredulous, "What's going on? The medicine isn't working? This is the medicine given to me by Minister Lu."

In their eyes, the medicine from Changping Village was unrivaled, unmatched by any other medicine. But now even this medicine was no longer effective, so...

They dared not even think about this idea.

General Xiao clenched his fists, took a deep breath to calm himself down, and then raised his questions reasonably.

"Could it be that the prince's injuries are too severe, so one pill is not effective enough?"

Junchen's eyes lit up after hearing this, "This is a possibility."

The military doctor called the soldier outside the tent and told him to feed the prince a pill every half hour.

There are only three pills left in the bottle, and they won't last long.

As time passed, everyone was at their wits' end.

The last pill had been given, and Qi Jin's condition had only stabilized a little, but the effect of the medicine soon wore off, and Qi Jin's pulse became weaker and weaker.

The military doctor shook his head and sighed, "I'll leave it to fate..."

"how come?"

Everyone cannot accept this result, but what can they do?

They tried various ideas before the imperial guards arrived, but without exception, the prince's condition became worse and worse. They thought that the arrival of the imperial guards could bring about a turning point, but the result was still unsatisfactory.

The one who blamed himself the most was General Xiao. He was the first one to lead Qi Jin to fight. As Qi Jin's brave uncle, he taught Qi Jin martial arts since he was a child, took care of his extracurricular life, and finally brought Qi Jin to the battlefield.

Qi Jin, who was still an unknown soldier at that time, had made many remarkable achievements. The two of them fought side by side and repelled countless enemies without any defeat. And every time he brought Qi Jin back to Beijing safely.

Because he promised his sister that he would let Qi Jin return home safely.

But this time, he was going to break his promise. He was sorry to his elder sister and couldn't even protect her only child.

General Xiao, who was nearly forty years old, was extremely sad. The huge emotional fluctuations made him feel dizzy and faint.

Everyone shouted in surprise and rushed over to catch General Xiao. "Deputy General Xiao, what's wrong with you?"

"Quickly carry Lieutenant General Xiao into the tent."

The military doctor immediately ordered the soldiers to carry General Xiao back to his tent, leaving a few soldiers to look after the prince.

……

Ever since Qi Jin regained consciousness, he had been hearing various voices: those of deputy generals, military doctors, and soldiers.

Listening to their conversation, he realized that it was Lu Shi who gave him the life-saving medicine, and that the news of his impending death was known throughout the capital...

It turns out that his medicine can't save him...

In a daze, he learned that his uncle had also fallen ill.

……

Finally, he was the only one left in the tent.

The border was extremely cold in November, so each tent was filled with charcoal fires and the beds were covered with thick quilts.

The supplies prepared by the capital for this battle were clearly quite complete. Among them, Qi Qian must be mentioned, as it was thanks to his generosity that the soldiers had no worries about food and drink.

But even though the charcoal fire was burning very brightly, Qi Jin still felt the chill piercing into his bones. It slowly spread all over his body, from head to toe, from inside to outside, until his whole body became stiff and finally numb to the point of complete unconsciousness.

Qi Jin thought that this might not be because of the cold weather, but because his body had burned out its last energy for his last chance of survival.

There had never been a clearer moment than this one when he realized that he was about to die.

I heard that before a person dies, all the memories of his life will go through his brain, and the last memory that flashes through his mind is the saddest and most difficult to let go of his life.

The images in my mind flashed, and what finally stopped was Lu Shi’s face.

He looked at her coldly, occasionally revealing a faint smile, which was very pretty...

He found himself obsessed with it, and felt secretly bitter. It seemed that the escape in the past few months had not worked, but instead made it take root deeper in his heart.

I wonder if he would be sad if I died? I think he would be. Although they had a falling out because of my unilateral lack of contact, the friendship they had for so long couldn't be faked.

Speaking of this, he felt like crying. He broke off his friendship with Lu Shi because of his marriage. Would he think that he was being pretentious and inexplicable?

At this moment, there were a lot of thoughts in my mind... It was good that I didn't confess my feelings to him, otherwise his death might have become a knot in Lu Shi's heart.

(Xiao Muyu: Cousin, you don’t care about my life or death at all.)

As Qi Jin thought about it, his brain gradually seemed to stop working, and the faint sound of wind and snow beside his ears gradually faded away.

Feeling a little sleepy, he thought, it’s about time…

Make a wish before you die: if he can still be alive, you will never let him go, and you will grab him into your arms even if you have to snatch him away.

If I could live...

Qi Jin slowly let himself go and gradually fell into darkness.

The wind and snow at midnight were particularly strong, with the wind whistling and the snow rustling, covering all traces.

Lu Shi came in the snow. The moment he lifted the tent, a cold wind blew in, blowing the charcoal fire in the tent even more fiercely. Lu Shi quickly lowered the tent curtain to block the cold wind out.

Phew, he finally made it. He was nearly frozen to death. It was a windy and snowy day. He was in a hurry and didn't even consider the severe cold at the border. He didn't even change his clothes. He just wore his inner clothes and put a cloak on the outside and went out.

The wind blew against him all the way, and the snow seeped through his clothes. Fortunately, he relied on the spiritual energy shield outside his body to make it here safely, otherwise he would have died of exhaustion or freezing on the way.

Alas, this horrible mortal body and this barren land made it impossible for him to use the treasures he had plundered from the divine realm. Either his body couldn't bear it, or this world couldn't bear it...

After complaining in his heart, Lu Shicai hurried to check on Qi Jin's condition.

Qi Jin is now stiff, like a popsicle, with only one breath left. If someone comes later, he will be dead.

I don't know what that group of people did. He gave him so many medicines but he didn't use them. Even if the medicines were not used for the right purpose, the spiritual power in the medicines was a good thing. At this time, he didn't have to worry about the efficacy of the medicines. The first priority was to keep his appointment.

That group of people didn't realize this either.

Alas, Lu Shi sighed. To be honest, it’s not their fault...

He was just a little angry. After all, if he had just arrived a step later, Qi Jin would not be here anymore...