Forensic Imperial Concubine by Erika Black

Chapter 776

"What's wrong?" asked Howard.
"Oh my God!" Diana turned her head away immediately and began to retch.
From the reaction of the people around him, Howard finally realized that something was terribly wrong on his back, but he
couldn't see anything. He could only see the horror in the eyes of others as they stared at his back with their dilated pupils.
"What on earth is wrong, Harper?" he asked anxiously.
"Fire starter!" Harper instructed the secret guards, ignoring Howard's question, as if she did not feel it was important to answer
him at the moment. Harper stretched out her hand. Without wasting a moment, one of the secret guards handed her a fire
starter. Harper blew the fire starter to light a fire from it. Then she put it straight to Howard's back. His back was covered with
blood-sucking insects. The scene was so gory and bloodcurdling that it made everyone go speechless. It seemed as if the
insects had been on his body for a long time because they had sucked so much blood that they had bloated. Their skin had
become thin as if it would break out any moment to let out the excess blood.
"Your Highness, what kind of insects are these?" asked a secret guard in a trembling voice.
"These are leeches. I should have been more cautious. I had forgotten that such hot and wet places like swamps are infested
with such bloodsucking insects. All of you, check each other's bodies for such leeches. If you find them, don't try to pull them out
with your hands. Instead, you should burn them with fire. When they feel hurt, they will fall from your body. Otherwise, their
poisonous tentacles will be left in your body. And if that happens, even I won't be able to save you."
The secret guards were left aghast to witness the dense covering of leeches on Howard's back. They had goose bumps all over
their bodies and their faces turned pale the moment Harper asked them to check each other. Immediately, they gathered in small
groups, took off their upper clothes quickly, and checked on each other. Leeches were found on the bodies of quite a few of
them. Fortunately, there were not so many as they were found on Howard's back.
When Howard saw the leeches falling to the ground from his back, he was freaked out too. Had it not been for Harper who had

made him take off his clothes to check if there was anything wrong with him, Howard wouldn't have even realized until all his
blood was sucked away.
After getting rid of the leeches on Howard's back, Harper passed a general instruction for everyone without considering anything.
She said, "Take off your pants and check your whole bodies to see if there is any leech left elsewhere. Take off all your clothes

to make sure that there

leeches dared not get close to her. However, a large part of her skin was exposed to the air, so she was likely to be bitten by some poisonous insects. Harper thought that it would be more troublesome if she was bitten by some unknown poisonous insect and got infected. "Brother, take off your coat and give it to her!" Harper waved her hand pointing towards Diana. She gestured Howard to make haste. Among all the men present there, only Howard wore a coat. The secret guards wore tight clothes, which made it easy for them to make a quick movement. After the leeches had been removed from Howard's body, his back was left dripping with blood. When he heard Harper's order, he took off his coat immediately and threw it at Diana. "No... Err... I don't need..." Diana stammered as the coat landed on her lap before she

what will happen if you get attacked by the poisonous insects of the swamp," Harper explained to Diana in a stern voice. Harper
then took a bottle of medicine and threw it to the secret guards. She took another bottle in her hand and approached Howard.
"Apply it to your wound," she ordered.
Howard reached out his hands for the medicine. Harper looked at him in a meaningful manner while handing over the medicine
to him. "Can you apply it by yourself?" asked Harper.
Howard turned towards the secret guards with the hope that he could avoid being touched by Harper once again. However, to
his dismay, he found that none of them was available to help him apply the medicine. Having no other option left, he turned back
and allowed Harper to apply the medicine on his back. Harper applied the medicine in a very rough and violent way. Howard
squirmed his face in pain, but dared not complain. After all, it was only because of his own negligence that he had landed up in
such an awkward situation.

medicine on the wounds, the secret guards took out the dry food they were carrying with them. But to their utter disappointment, they found that the food had gone bad after getting wet in the rain and could no longer be eaten. They turned to Harper and said, "Your Highness, please wait for a moment. We will find something to eat." "No, that's not necessary," Harper said, shaking her head. She looked around the place, then continued, "No need to wander around in this place. Otherwise, it's easy for you to get lost in such

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