Spring comes to the desperate place

Chapter 371: Leaving an orphan at the end of life

The two were still hesitating about how to tell King Linyuan about this matter, but when they reached the entrance of Tianchi, they heard people inside shouting heartbreakingly, "Prince."

Song Chunlin and Gu Fengyue's expressions were startled. They jumped off their horses at the same time and ran straight in.

The entrance was no different from the last time Song Chunlin came, except that there were a few more people, and quite a few people even appeared out of nowhere. Song Chunlin and Gu Fengyue pushed through the crowd and saw King Linyuan who was surrounded in the center.

King Linyuan led his army in a hard battle for ten days and he was already injured. He had only been hastily treated these days. Now the wound was festered and inflamed. As soon as Song Chunlin saw his face, he knew that he must have a severe infection. If he was not treated in time, he would really die.

"Where's the doctor on the mountain? Where's the military doctor?"

"The military doctor died at the foot of the mountain. The prince has more than a dozen wounds of varying sizes on his body. I'm afraid... wuwuwu"

"Stop howling. Come on, give him some water."

"You can't drink the water!" A man suddenly rushed out from the side and knocked the water bag out of Song Chunlin's hand. The only remaining spiritual spring water in the bag fell to the ground.

Gu Fengyue glared at the man. The man shrank back, but then straightened his chest and looked straight into Gu Fengyue's eyes.

"My master taught me before he died that people with wounds that won't stop bleeding can't drink water. Drinking too much water will make the blood thinner, making it harder to stop bleeding, and people will die faster."

Song Chunlin stopped Gu Fengyue from teaching him a lesson. He held the water bag and told the man, "This is not ordinary water. It is mixed with a life-saving elixir. I fed the prince water just to keep him alive."

The man still seemed unconvinced, and then someone hurriedly pulled him away.

"Don't pull me."

"Please stop talking. Didn't you hear Young Master Song say that it was something that could save lives? You just knocked over so many of them. What if the remaining ones are not enough to save the prince's life?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the man's face turned pale instantly and he stammered incoherently. The others no longer paid attention to him and instead focused their attention on Song Chunlin and the prince.

With the help of Gu Fengyue, Song Chunlin finally managed to feed King Linyuan the last sip of spiritual spring water. This sip was the only one Song Chunlin had. He drank the spiritual spring water as water last night. Normally, the spiritual spring water was accumulated drop by drop. Before Song Chunlin came, he left a lot of it in Bai Ta City for Gu Fengyue to use. He drank so much last night. Now the spiritual spring pool is empty, and there is only half a bag left in the water bag.

Fortunately, Gu Fengyue still had some spiritual spring water on him. The spiritual spring water he brought had been distributed to other people in Linyuan City. He only had the last small bottle on him. Song Chunlin fed the whole bottle to King Linyuan. King Linyuan finally woke up slowly, but his eyes were wandering and he seemed not yet fully awake.

When everyone saw that King Linyuan had really woken up, they all cried for joy and busily brought a stretcher, preparing to take King Linyuan down the mountain for treatment.

Halfway through, King Linyuan seemed to have regained some consciousness. He looked around but did not see the person he wanted to see.

They waited until they carried the people back to Prince Linyuan's Palace. Even though Prince Linyuan was slow-witted, he noticed something different around him.

The palace physician had been sent to the front line and had not yet returned. When King Linyuan's men came back, they gathered all the doctors in Linyuan City and ordered them to heal King Linyuan's wounds.

It was not until this moment that Gu Fengyue saw how serious the injuries on King Linyuan's body were. There were three cuts deep enough to see the bones. Torn skin and flesh could be considered minor injuries. There was almost no intact skin and flesh on his chest and back. In addition, without timely treatment, several wounds had begun to rot. It was a miracle that King Linyuan could still hold on until now with such severe ulcers.

Thinking that before this, this man had insisted on standing at the entrance of Tianchi and fighting bloody battles with the barbarians, Gu Fengyue couldn't help but respect King Linyuan.

The rest of the Gu family army who were waiting outside saw the doctor bringing out basin after basin of blood, but there was no sound in the room. They didn't know if they had fainted from the pain.

The doctors tried their best but could only simply clean King Linyuan's wounds, and for those areas that had already been rotten, they could only scrape off the rotten flesh with a knife.

In order to prevent King Linyuan from being too sad, Song Chunlin took out an anesthetic from the space. He had collected a small amount of this stuff, so he rarely used it.

After being anesthetized, King Linyuan's expression was obviously much more relaxed. Song Chunlin signaled to the doctors to quickly scrape off the rotten flesh.

The wound was much more corrupted than anyone had imagined, and even the experienced doctors' hands were shaking slightly as they held the knife.

"This is too deep. If we scrape off all the flesh, only bones will be left of the prince..."

"Scrape it off." King Linyuan said. Song Chunlin didn't dare to give him too much anesthetic. He was still conscious. Seeing that the doctors didn't dare to do it, he gave the order decisively.

The owner was no longer afraid, so the doctors became ruthless and with their knives they scraped away all the rotten parts, revealing the white bones underneath.

Looking at the exposed bones, everyone present had a gloomy face. Even the bones had begun to turn black, and King Linyuan was probably not going to live long.

Song Chunlin and Gu Fengyue also realized that such a serious infection could not be cured unless he took a bath in the spiritual spring water.

But King Linyuan's vital signs had reached a critical point at this time, and he was still able to speak clearly, all thanks to the spiritual spring water that Song Chunlin had given him.

It’s not enough, this is not enough. Song Chunlin closed his eyes and communicated with Dabao in the space, asking him if he had any more spiritual spring water.

Dabao held a small cup of spiritual spring water that he had collected with great difficulty, and told Song Chunlin with some embarrassment: "Master, this is all I have for now."

"Better than nothing." Song Chunlin took out the glass of water, walked in front of King Linyuan, and poured the water into him without caring about King Linyuan's reaction.

After drinking a cup of spiritual spring water, King Linyuan's life was saved.

It took the doctors more than an hour to scrape away all the dead flesh on King Linyuan's wound. Song Chunlin then provided hydrogen peroxide to disinfect the wound, and finally sprinkled medicinal powder on it. The powder came from the space and was made by grinding medicinal herbs that grew with the spiritual energy of the space. The effect was immediate and the bleeding stopped almost the moment it was sprinkled on.

But neither the medicinal powder nor the spiritual spring water could replenish the large amount of blood that King Linyuan had lost. Song Chunlin and Gu Fengyue walked out of the house together. The group of doctors were standing in the yard. When they saw them come out, they saluted carefully.

"Sima Gu, as for this young master, I will no longer hide it. With an injury as serious as the prince's, I'm afraid he won't survive tonight."

Gu Fengyue: "Everyone, be careful with your words. Is there really no other way now?"

Several doctors shook their heads collectively: "It's not that we can't think of a solution, but the prince's injury has been delayed for too long. The wound has become so ulcerated that even the Golden Immortal can't save him."

Seeing that all the doctors were in such a difficult situation, Gu Fengyue understood a little bit about it. He did not make things difficult for them, but waved his hand and let them go.

After sending the doctor away, Gu Fengyue looked at Song Chunlin, only to see Song Chunlin slowly shaking his head at him.

"I can give him all kinds of anti-infective and anti-inflammatory drugs, but I'm not a real doctor after all, so I can only try my best to save him."

After a while, the two people with heavy hearts returned to the house again. King Linyuan in the house had been helped by servants to change into clean and comfortable clothes. If it weren't for his pale face and sunken chest, no one would have guessed that a layer of flesh on his body had been scraped off.

Seeing the two people coming in, King Linyuan smiled bitterly.

"I'm sorry to make you laugh. I was not like this before."

When Song Chunlin heard him say this, he couldn't help but think of the first time he met King Linyuan. At that time, he had not yet married. Standing at the city gate, King Linyuan was so beautiful under the scorching sun that there was an atmosphere of roses all around him. He almost took Song Chunlin's soul away. At that time, Gu Fengyue was even jealous of him.

"Come to think of it, why haven't you two gotten married yet? My wife even mentioned earlier that she would marry my son to your family in the future... ahem."

"Your Highness, don't get excited. The doctor said you can't get too excited."

King Linyuan raised his hand with difficulty, signaling the other party to stay calm.

"Where is my wife? Why don't they come over?" King Linyuan asked the servants around him. No one present spoke. King Linyuan was not a fool. He had made some guesses when he came back. Now everyone's reaction only confirmed his guesses.

He closed his eyes and opened them again.

"Was it three days ago when you sent for help?"

His confidant was standing next to him. He immediately knelt down when he heard what was said. The others also knelt on the ground when they saw this.

"I'm sorry, I was incompetent and failed to protect the ladies."

King Linyuan was slightly stunned. After a brief moment of shock, a bitter smile appeared on his face.

"So that's how it is, so that's how it is." After saying that, he raised his hands to cover his face and eyes, but failed to hide the tears that kept falling.

"My Lord, please don't get excited."

"How can I not be excited... cough cough... cough cough cough~" King Linyuan began to cough loudly. Because of his movements, the wounds on his body were torn open, revealing spots of bright red on the snow-white gauze.

After a flurry of activity, King Linyuan finally calmed down. His confidant wanted to call the doctor back to re-bandage the wound, but was stopped by King Linyuan.

"No need. I know my own body well." King Linyuan wiped his face and looked at Gu Fengyue again.

"Sima Gu, I want to know, has my son escaped?"

Gu Fengyue nodded and said, "Go out. Your youngest son is now in Baita City. I have hidden him. When you get better, father and son can meet again."

King Linyuan smiled bitterly: "I can't get better. I am already very satisfied that my son can escape. However, I have another unreasonable request."

"Your Majesty, please speak."

"I would like to ask you to be my son's master. I wonder if Sima Gu is willing."

For a moment, everyone's eyes in the room fell on Gu Fengyue. Gu Fengyue didn't think for long before agreeing to King Linyuan's request.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will definitely teach him as if he were my own son."

King Linyuan seemed to be relieved after receiving Gu Fengyue's assurance.

"That's good. As long as you agree to it. Thank you, Sima Gu. I'm afraid no one can protect the child after I leave. You, the Gu family, always keep your words. With your guarantee, I can feel more at ease." As King Linyuan spoke, his eyes began to unfocus again. Others immediately realized that King Linyuan was in a dying state.

The confidant lay beside him, shouting at the top of his lungs: "Your Highness, you can't sleep yet. The young master hasn't come back yet. Please hold on a little longer. I will go to Baita City and bring the young master back immediately."

King Linyuan shook his head with difficulty: "Let him stay over there, it's safer over there. The barbarians will not give up, they will definitely come back. You, listen to my orders. After I die, if the barbarians have not been completely repelled, don't announce my death. Just tell the outside world that I am recovering from my injuries. All affairs in the military camp will be arranged by Sima Gu. The rest of you must not disobey Sima Gu's orders. Do you understand?"

The confidant couldn't stop crying, but still trembled and answered: "Yes, I will definitely listen to Sima Gu. Please take care of yourself, Your Majesty. You will definitely get better."

King Linyuan shook his head slightly: "Don't deceive yourself. Now there is only that one child left in the palace. Will he be scared when he comes back..."

"Yes, yes, the young master will be scared when he faces this huge palace alone. Just hold on a little longer, and I will find you the best doctor and the best medicine. You will definitely be blessed."

Gu Fengyue couldn't bear it, he looked at Song Chunlin, and Song Chunlin held his hand silently.

At this point, everyone has understood that King Linyuan has lost all the will to live. His request to Gu Fengyue to accept him as a disciple was actually a disguised way of entrusting his son to his care.

"Gu Fengyue, tell His Majesty that I lived up to His Majesty's trust and that I defended Linyuan City."

"Yes, Your Majesty, you have done a great job. You have not only defended Linyuan City, but also Tianchi Lake, and even the countless people of Dajing. You are a true hero."

King Linyuan seemed very satisfied and he smiled slowly.

"Please help me, help me write a memorial to tell the emperor that I did not, did not desert the battlefield... I am going to find my wives, they are waiting for me. Please, Your Majesty, for the sake of the loyal and brave people in my Linyuan Palace, treat my son well, treat my son well..." The voice of King Linyuan gradually became smaller and finally could not be heard at all.

Gu Fengyue raised his hand with difficulty and felt the other person's breath, only to find that he had no breath at all and had passed away.

"Your Highness!" The confidant let out the first cry of grief, and then immediately covered his mouth to prevent himself from making any further sound.

Everyone in the room was sobbing. Even though they were sad, they didn't dare cry too loudly, for fear that the news of the prince's death would leak out and ruin his final plan.