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Feng Shi went out to repair his dagger while the physician approached the bed, placing his medicine box on the small table at the bedside.
As the other party was a soldier, there was no need to observe formalities between men and women, so the physician sat directly beside the bed.
Gu Jiao's hands were tied together and rested on her own stomach.
The physician didn't dare untie Gu Jiao's ropes, so he proceeded to take Gu Jiao's pulse in this manner.
As he hadn’t the slightest idea beforehand, he was greatly startled.
"It's... It's..."
It’s a girl!
The physician shuddered involuntarily and stood up instinctively, only to have his hand suddenly grabbed by an ice-cold hand.
The physician opened his mouth wide , "Somebo——"
Before he could finish, a blade was suddenly pressed against his wrist, appearing out of nowhere in the girl’s hand.
The physician was left bewildered by this sequence of events!
What was going on?
Wasn't she nearly frozen to death?
How did she suddenly wake up?
Waking up was still fine, but where on earth did she get a blade to threaten his wrist!
Gu Jiao regained consciousness when Feng Shi was tying her up with the rope. She didn't know who the other person was, but since they were tying her up, she assumed they didn't intend to treat her kindly.
After Feng Shi left, she quietly retrieved the hidden blade from within the armor of her arm.
Speaking of which, this armor was crafted exceptionally well, able to conceal weapons everywhere. It was almost as if it were tailor-made for her.
Gu Jiao's gaze was as icy as her hand, and the physician's legs began to tremble.
Gu Jiao cast a meaningful glance toward the soldier outside the door.
Understanding her meaning, the physician nervously wiped his sweat, swallowed hard, and casually said to the soldier, "Little brother, could you help me fetch a bucket of hot water?"
The soldier wanted to retort, Why don't you go yourself?
But after all, he was a physician, and it wouldn't be wise to offend him. Therefore, he restrained his impatience and went to get the water.
As soon as the soldier left, Gu Jiao cut through the ropes and warned, "Don't make a sound! Otherwise, I'll cut your throat!"
The physician felt genuinely threatened.
Gu Jiao tied him up with the rope and stuffed a wad of cotton from the pillow into his mouth.
Then, she caught sight of the little medicine chest thrown in the burning brazier. Her eyes cooled, and she swiftly retrieved the medicine chest.
Luckily, it hadn't burned.
Gu Jiao walked over to close the door. The soldier was going to fetch an entire bucket of water, so he wouldn't return too soon but also wouldn't take too long. She didn't have much time left.
Her condition wasn't good.
Probably due to being frozen in the snow for too long, some complications had arisen and she was having trouble breathing.
She opened the little medicine chest, took out a blood pressure monitor, and checked her own blood pressure.
It was too high.
Cough!
Her throat suddenly itched, and she coughed up a frothy pink substance.
The physician sitting on the bed was once again shocked by this scene. He could somewhat tolerate her retrieving strange things from the box, but coughing up this kind of substance was alarming.
Th-this was a lung disease!
It was a common illness after being frozen, and it was essentially incurable!
Gu Jiao checked her blood pressure again, and this time, it was dropping rapidly.
It was acute pulmonary edema.
She would soon experience cardiogenic shock.
In a place like this, once she goes into shock, she would never wake up again.
Gu Jiao covered her mouth with a cloth and coughed up another mouthful of pink foam.
She was starting to exhibit symptoms similar to heart failure and was about to enter cardiogenic shock.
Her hands trembled uncontrollably.
Holding the cloth with one hand, she grabbed an epinephrine syringe with the other.
There wasn't time for an intravenous access, and even if there was, she couldn't administer it.
Gu Jiao directly grabbed the syringe, used her cloth-covered hand to pry open her armor, and forcefully plunged the syringe into her thigh!
…...
"Physician, your hot water is here." The soldier arrived at the door. "Huh? Why is the door closed?"
The soldier pushed the door open and spoke to the physician sitting on the stool, "Physician, here's your hot water."
"Bring it in." The physician said heavily.
The soldier curled his lip into a sneer, asking me to fetch water was one thing, but to also carry it inside? Don’t you have hands and feet or something?
This soldier had some distant relations with the steward beside Yi Wang and was generally more arrogant than regular soldiers.
If it weren't absolutely necessary, the physician wouldn't have wanted to command him.
The soldier placed the water on the ground beside the physician, not forgetting to glance at the State of Zhao soldier sleeping on the bed, asking, "Why hasn't he woken up yet?"
The physician spoke seriously, "After being frozen for so long, how could he just wake up? He needs treatment."
"Then treat him."
The soldier watched intently as the physician treated Gu Jiao.
The physician desperately gestured at him.
"What are you doing? Are your eyes twitching? Didn't His Lordship ask you to treat him? Hurry up and treat him!" The soldier said.
The physician clenched his teeth, "Yes, yes, yes!"
Just get out please!
If the soldier didn’t leave, the physician would have to let him see how he would revive a living dead.
This person was dug out from the snow, frozen together with Tian Lang's corpse. The soldier doubted this person could survive.
"Why haven't you treated him yet? Is it because you can't? Then I'll go tell Deputy General Feng and have him bring another physician here!"
As the soldier finished speaking, a silver needle shot past the physician's ear and hit the soldier's forehead. His eyes widened, and he fell backward.
Just as he was about to crash loudly onto the floor, Gu Jiao extended her foot to stop him, cushioning his fall gently.
The physician sighed quietly to himself.
"I warned you earlier, but you wouldn't listen."
Gu Jiao uncovered herself from the quilt and got up from the bed.
This time, Gu Jiao didn't threaten the physician with a blade because there was no need. After witnessing Gu Jiao stabbing herself with a needle and not only failing to kill herself but seemingly revitalizing herself instead, the physician regarded Gu Jiao as nothing short of miraculous.
"Where are my other belongings?" Gu Jiao asked the physician.
The physician shook his head like a rattle drum, "I-I don't know. But maybe... maybe Deputy General Feng took them. He was the one who brought you here."
Gu Jiao removed the silver needle and put it away.
"No one will come here for a while, right?" Gu Jiao inquired.
The physician waved his hand, "No, no. It's unlikely. This place is quite remote. It’s where the servants reside. But even if you recover, you won't be able to escape because there are many troops outside."
Physician: ...Why am I even warning her?
Gu Jiao opened the little medicine chest once more.
Besides using a potent cardiotonic injection to prevent cardiogenic shock, acute pulmonary edema also required the prompt removal of the edema fluid from the lungs.
Gu Jiao found a bottle of mannitol, started an IV drip for herself, and simultaneously extracted some information from the physician.
As it turned out, in the battle at Lingguan City, Yi Wang was indeed defeated. He then fled the city, taking the Imperial Son-in-law and five thousand troops with him overnight. They encountered her on the way, and it was the Imperial Son-in-law who brought her back.
The path Princess Ning'an took was arranged by the Imperial Son-in-law himself, so naturally, he was able to find her.
As for the Imperial Son-in-law's motives for bringing her along, it wasn’t difficult to guess. It wasn’t because the Imperial Son-in-law was compassionate, but Gu Jiao probably still held some value to him.
Gu Jiao mused, "So, this place is Yi Wang's stronghold?"
Physician: Can you stop asking now? I've said enough already, and I'll feel guilty!
"Yes." The physician answered, "It is indeed!"
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