Chapter 150 The fallen star It was dusk in the afternoon. All enemy troops in Wuheng County were withdrawn. Upon seeing this, Gu Chan hurriedly ordered the two baby snakes to sacrifice spiritual mist to detoxify the people who were poisoned by the snake venom. The two baby snakes naturally did exactly as they were told. After dark, they covered the entire city with spiritual mist, which eliminated the snake venom in everyone's bodies. However, things did not develop as Gu Chan had expected. The snake venom was removed, but people still died slowly. All of those who died were elderly people in poor health and those who were frail and sick. On the third floor corridor at night. Gu Chan stood by the railing, listening to the cries in the city, and she finally shed tears of pain. "I'm sorry everyone, I wanted to save you, but I didn't expect to kill so many people. I am guilty."
"Buddha, Sanqing, Guanyin Bodhisattva, God! Please forgive me!" She muttered to herself while crying. At this time, Ma Zheng came to her side and whispered in her ear, "Boss, why are you crying?" "It's okay, I'm just sad that so many people died." Gu Chan hurriedly covered up. "Boss, don't be sad. It's better for everyone to die like this than to be tortured to death by the enemy. And it's because of you that the Rat Fairy came. Now that all the enemy troops have withdrawn from the city, everyone is safe. This is all thanks to you!" Ma Zheng whispered to comfort him. Gu Chan looked at him seriously and asked, "Let me ask you, if a hundred people died and a thousand people could be saved, what would you do?" "Then it will definitely save those one thousand people!" "But what if I don't want those 100 people to die?" "Boss, how can you have your cake and eat it too? If you want to gain something, you will lose something. That's life!" Ma Zheng suddenly seemed to have grown up and said such a philosophical statement. Gu Chan was so pleased when she heard this that she couldn't help but reach out and pat his little head. At this moment, he seemed to have a new understanding of the boy in front of him and felt that he would definitely have a bright future. Ma Zheng said again, "Let's go, Boss. Boss Shen asked me to come up and call you. It's time to pack up and leave the city." "Is everyone ready?" Gu Chan asked. "Well! You are the only one missing. Many people in the city have already left the city, and we are the last ones to leave." Ma Zheng explained. Gu Chan nodded without comment. After that, she was no longer sad and immediately went to pack her luggage with Ma Zheng. Half an hour later, more than thirty people in the clinic boarded a dozen horse-drawn carriages loaded with luggage and left. Gu Chan sat in the carriage, looking back at the empty clinic behind her, and couldn't help but sigh, "Goodbye, Chunfeng Clinic. You are my first asset after I traveled through time, and now I can only abandon you."
"Life is always like this. It's impossible to stay in one place forever. Maybe when I go to the Central Plains in the future, I can start a new career!" Comforting herself in this way, Gu Chan finally retracted her gaze and stopped thinking about the past. Let the past be the past! The road ahead is still long, and she must learn to keep looking forward. The next morning. When the first ray of sunlight in the morning shone into the county town, the entire county town was already empty, as if it had turned into a dead city overnight, with no one in it. By this time, tens of thousands of people in the city had already formed a long line and headed towards the Central Plains. There were no pursuers behind them, because Luo Changfeng was in a hurry to deal with his soldiers who were poisoned by snake venom. What made him helpless was that in his eyes, this plague directly led to the death of nearly 10,000 of his soldiers. By the time he met up with the Diyue Kingdom's army which was halfway there, the many skilled military doctors in the army worked together and finally brought the plague under control temporarily. Of course, they had no way to completely cure the powerful venom of the two baby snakes. They could only station troops at the border, temporarily stop attacking the Tiger Camp, and start controlling the snake venom instead. What Gu Chan didn't know was that this move of hers not only saved tens of thousands of people in Wuheng County, but also created a chance for the Tiger Army to catch its breath. At noon, inside the Tiger Army command building. At this time, Long Zhen was lying on a soft bed, his face as pale as paper. Many deputy generals of the Tiger Army stood in front of the bed. Xue Lihua sat beside the bed, holding Long Zhen's hands tightly with both hands, crying inconsolably. Long Zhen weakly reached out and took out the tiger talisman, handed it to Xue Lihua, and said weakly, "Generals, listen to my orders. Now I will pass the position of Border General to Xue Lihua. From now on, you all listen to her orders, break through with her, and escort all the people to retreat to the Central Plains." "Yes, General." All the generals responded in unison. Xue Lihua took the tiger talisman and held it tightly in her hand. She wiped the tears from her face and shouted angrily, "Come here, bring the traitor here. I will kill him in front of the general today and avenge him." "Yes." The two soldiers agreed, and immediately brought the bastard Huang Yue up and forced him to kneel in front of the bed. Huang Yue was not afraid at all. Instead, he stared at the dying Long Zhen on the bed and laughed triumphantly, "Long Zhen, Long Zhen, you are a great general of the Tiancang Kingdom, you never thought you would have such a miserable end today, right? You should have died on the battlefield, but you died in my hands in the end. This really makes me feel happy!" "You bastard, the general treated you well, why did you betray him and help the enemy poison him?" Xue Lihua stepped forward to question him angrily, raising her hand to slap Huang Yue's mean face. Huang Yue roared viciously, "Rebellion? How can you say that? Now that it has come to this, I am not afraid to tell you the truth. I am from the Diyue country and I came to the Tiger Army to lurk. It is a righteous act for me to kill him. What is wrong with that?" "Okay! You dog, I'm going to chop you off today." Xue Lihua was furious. She drew the long sword from her waist and was ready to chop off Huang Yue's head with one sword. But at this moment, a soldier ran in quickly and reported, "General Qibing, the enemy outside the camp sent a messenger, saying that if we release Huang Yue, the enemy will give up attacking the camp and let us withdraw to the Central Plains." "Let him go? Impossible, I must kill him today." Xue Lihua roared through gritted teeth. Long Zhen waved his hand to stop her and said, "Don't touch him. Go tell the enemy envoy that I, Long Zhen, agree to his exchange terms, but he will only release us after we retreat twenty miles." "Yes, General." The soldier responded and left to pass on the message. Xue Lihua looked back at Long Zhen and said with great sorrow, "General, we have to fight the enemy! How can we just retreat?" "It's useless. The enemy was too well prepared for this battle and we were defeated. If it weren't for Gu Chan's help, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to save those tens of thousands of civilians. It's all my fault for being too careless. Now the only thing I can do is to protect the backbone of the Tiger Army. When you return to the Central Plains to rest in the future, you will have a chance to fight back and retake the border." Long Zhen said with a pale face. After saying this, he coughed up a mouthful of blood, and immediately closed his eyes and died. Xue Lihua and others knelt on the ground and cried bitterly, in great pain.
Only Huang Yue was kneeling on the ground, laughing triumphantly. His ugly face made people want to tear him into pieces. (End of this chapter)