Poison Doctor Roaming the Martial World

For several days in a row, Yang Jianwu spent her days running between the palace and the Ning Prince's residence, and in the evening she would cook a meal for Consort Qi, and the two would chat and have a heart-to-heart talk. Her days were quite leisurely and carefree.

As soon as Yang Jianwu stepped out of the palace gates that day, she saw Hongyun riding up to her. He stopped his horse and dismounted to greet her. “Miss Yang, something has happened at the military camp. My master requests that you make time to go there. I beg you.”

In the army, if there's a problem, you either go to the emperor or a general. How did they end up talking to him? Is he suffering from an acute illness?

"Do you know what happened?" No matter how urgent the situation, you must find out the details first before you can take appropriate action.

Hongyun quickly summarized the incident: yesterday, several finger-length, colorful insects were found in the mountains outside the camp. The patrolling soldiers found it unusual and sent two of them to investigate. When they were still a foot away from the insects, the colorful creatures tore through their trousers and burrowed into their bodies. The two men immediately fainted. When they woke up in the middle of the night, they were clutching their chests and crying for help. Finally, the insects emerged alive from their chests. The soldier who was tending to them had also been burrowed into his body by the insects and is still unconscious.

Yang Jianwu already had a guess in mind, but the situation was urgent and she didn't delay. "Does anyone in the Prince Ning's mansion know the way to the military camp?"

Hongyun hurriedly replied, "Yes, Hongdian just came from training outside, and he knows the way to the military camp." Remembering something, he immediately took out a token from his bosom and handed it to Yang Jianwu, "This is the token left by the master before he left. With this, no one in the Ning Prince's Mansion or the military camp will dare to stop you."

Yang Jianwu took the token, mounted Hongyun's horse, and said, "I'll ride this horse first. Go to the Ning Prince's residence and find Hongdian to have him lead the way to the military camp. Has your master assigned you any other tasks?"

Hongyun shook his head, "My master instructed me to ensure Miss Yang's safe arrival at the military camp, and has not given any further instructions yet."

Yang Jianwu took out her palace pass and a red jade inlaid silver bracelet and gave them to Hongyun. "Go to the Cold Palace quickly and find Consort Qi. Ask her to arrange for a fast horse. Later, take my two maids and go to the military camp to meet me."

Hongyun bowed and said, "Yes."

Yang Jianwu didn't delay any longer and quickly ran towards the Ning Prince's residence. When Hong Dian arrived at the residence, he heard that a Miss Yang had been coming to the Ning Prince's residence every day recently, and that she was allowed to enter the master's study. Everyone treated her as the future mistress of the house.

Having heard about the military camp, Hongdian waited at the manor gate. His master had instructed Hongyun to find Miss Yang and take her to the camp. Hongyun had left in a hurry, riding only one horse, making it impossible for the two of them to share a ride. Either he could find a horse for Miss Yang on the way, or Miss Yang could come to the Ning Prince's manor to find someone familiar with the route to the camp to guide her. If it was the second option, then waiting at the manor gate was the most time-efficient.

Before long, the sound of galloping hooves came, and the rider's speed was very skilled. Could it be Hongyun or someone else? Just then, a figure came into view, riding a horse and cracking the whip, laughing and roaming the world. Every glance, every frown, every gesture had a unique charm.

When Yang Jianwu rode to the front of the Ning Prince's mansion, she saw a guard waiting on horseback in front of the gate. She was a little stunned. "Hey~ Are you Hong Dian?"

Hong Dian snapped out of his daze. "Yes, is it Miss Yang?"

Yang Jianwu nodded, "Okay, lead the way to the military camp."

Hong Dian clasped his hands in a salute and said, "Yes, your subordinate is here waiting to take you to the military camp. Please, Miss Yang."

"Alright." Yang Jianwu immediately spurred his horse. This person is truly a contradiction. He can think of waiting in front of the mansion gate as brainless, but how come his reaction is so slow? No wonder he has to go for training.

Hongdian galloped up, half a horse's length ahead of Yang Jianwu, leading the way. If he knew that Yang Jianwu thought he was sent to training because of his slow reaction time, he would definitely protest his innocence. He would absolutely never admit that he had only been momentarily stunned. He was named "Hongdian" because of his quick thinking and physical reflexes, and quick reflexes were his pride.

The military camp was built around the capital, and there were regulations on the distance. It took the two of them half an hour to ride their horses to the outside of the camp. When Mo Ye heard that someone was riding towards the military camp, he guessed that Yang Jianwu had arrived, so he asked Hong Feng to wait at the gate.

“Miss Yang, my master instructed me to wait here.” Hongfeng stepped forward and bowed to Yang Jianwu.

Yang Jianwu nodded and said without further ado, "Lead the way."

"Yes." Hongfeng used his lightness skill to lead the way, and Yang Jianwu followed behind on horseback at a trot. They arrived at a heavily guarded camp, threw down the reins, and entered the camp.

Inside the tent, four or five doctors were gathered around two unconscious soldiers, discussing the matter. Mo Ye and Jing Nan sat to the side, waiting for the outcome of their discussion.

As soon as Yang Jianwu entered the tent, Mo Ye immediately greeted her, "Little Wu'er, thank you for making this trip. I wouldn't have bothered you if it weren't urgent."

Yang Jianwu understood. "It's alright, I understand. Let's check on the person first."

Mo Ye led his men to the unconscious soldiers. Yang Jianwu activated the spatial scanner to scan the two men and found worms wriggling in their chest cavities, which further confirmed her suspicions.

He then took the pulses of the two men and said, "Your Highness, take me to see the two soldiers who have already died."

Mo Ye, fearing that the sight of the two dead bodies would frighten Yang Jianwu, tried to stop her, but Yang Jianwu interrupted him directly, "I need to confirm some things, Your Highness, please don't waste any more time. If I'm not mistaken, these two have been unconscious for three hours. If the Gu worms cannot be removed within six hours, they will die from having their hearts devoured, just like the people who died before. Moreover, after the Gu worms have eaten their fill, they will find new hosts."

"what?"

"Gu insect?"

"How can this be!"

Those inside the tent paled upon hearing about the Gu worm. Mo Ye recalled the time he had shattered Yang Jianwu's clothes because of a Gu worm on him. Xiao Wu had kindly helped him remove it, but he had acted recklessly without understanding the situation. It was later confirmed that there was indeed a worm on his clothes at the time. Therefore, he now completely trusted Yang Jianwu's explanation that the colorful worm was a Gu worm. "Alright, this way."

Upon arriving at another tent, they found two bodies covered with white sheets. Because the cause of death had not been determined, the bodies had not been disposed of in time, and everything remained as it was.

Yang Jianwu lifted one of the corpses; its lips were bluish-purple, and its expression was one of extreme pain, indicating it had suffered greatly before death. The body already showed signs of livor mortis, but unlike ordinary livor mortis, its color was remarkably vibrant. The hole in the chest was very noticeable; upon closer inspection, small serrated edges could be seen, the result of insect gnaws.

Then they lifted up another body, which looked almost the same, except that the serrated edges on the chest of this body were a little larger than the previous one.

Yang Jianwu said with certainty, "It's a tracking Gu."

Mo Ye asked in confusion, "I remember you said that the red worm by the lake was a tracking Gu. This time, the one that appeared is colorful. Could it be that the Gu worm looks different?"

Thinking of the accident by the lake last time, Yang Jianwu's face flushed slightly. She had almost forgotten about it, but that stinky Mo Ye had to bring it up. Humph, how infuriating.