Capítulo 1782: Chapter 1789: Zhao Gui Gets Injured (2)

“Whoosh——”

The arrow hit the horse’s hind leg with pinpoint accuracy. The horse stumbled and then broke into a gallop, but eventually collapsed with a “splash” on the ground.

After the horse fell, the person on its back was also thrown off, landing on the nearby grass like a lifeless doll, lying there silently.

Helan Hao put away the bow, galloped over on horseback, quickly dismounted, and hurried to Zhao Gui’s side. Seeing her lying motionless, he bent down in a panic to help her.

“How are you?”

He turned Zhao Gui over and saw her eyes closed, already completely fainted, with two thin trails of water still lingering on her face as pale as paper.

Had she been crying?

Helan Hao looked at those two crisp tear stains on her delicate little face, and for some reason, his heart suddenly stirred.

The woman before him lay there as delicate as a breeze, so fragile it seemed she might break with a touch, making him feel a sudden surge of protective instinct.

Perhaps it’s inherent in men to want to protect frail women, especially when faced with beautiful ones. Seeing Zhao Gui, so vulnerable and pitiable, Helan Hao, who was usually cold and hard-hearted, surprisingly felt a hint of compassion.

He placed Zhao Gui on the grass, gently patting her cheeks, calling out, “Hey, wake up. Are you okay?”

Zhao Gui remained unconscious, yet her sleeping beauty unwittingly captivated Helan Hao.

Frankly speaking, Zhao Gui’s appearance was extremely beautiful; otherwise, she wouldn’t have been chosen by Jin Guifei for adoption. She possessed an exquisitely fair goose egg face, two naturally green eyebrows, a straight, elegant nose, and a good-looking heart-shaped mouth. Although her lips were now a bit pale from fear, that mouth seemed quite suitable for……

Helan Hao stared at her face, his mind wandering, when he suddenly caught sight out of the corner of his eye of a red and black thing, writhing its one-foot-long body, crawling out from under Zhao Gui.

Snake!

Helan Hao was taken aback, and his amorous thoughts instantly vanished. Without thinking, he raised his foot and stomped the snake to death.

The snake’s body was red and black, probably a highly poisonous snake. Just now, when he flipped her over, she had been pressing against this venomous snake. Snakes have a strong tendency to attack and would never let go of someone who infringed upon its territory.

Damn it, she must have been bitten by the snake!

Helan Hao was agitated, his deep-set eyes scrutinizing her body. He certainly didn’t want her to be bitten to death by a poisonous snake. If she died from a snake bite, explaining to the Great Jin would be difficult, not to mention, losing such a beautiful woman would also be quite a pity…

The venomous snake wasn’t large, just over a foot long, but with sharp and slender teeth, which leave an extremely small wound, unlike the gory mess from a beast’s bite. Once a snake bites through the clothing, the wound is extremely difficult to locate.