The only response to Wei Yunlan was endless silence.
The man who was once lively and agile, like a mighty little tiger, now had dull eyes and looked as lifeless as a lifeless wooden doll.
"Azhi?" Wei Yunlan called again.
Still no response.
Another girl who got on the car with Miss Bai Si huddled her shoulders and whispered, "She, she was injured here..."
He pointed to the area near his temple.
Wei Yunlan only felt a buzzing sound in his head, and anger rose in his heart. No matter how serious the crime was, it would not be enough to hurt someone's head! Besides, what could Fourth Miss Bai do at such an age and with such a character?
Suppressing his anger, Wei Yunlan hurriedly ordered, "Ningshuang, go and call Mr. Yu over."
Doctor Yu came over quickly with a medicine box. After checking her pulse, he pulled apart Miss Bai's hair, which was as dry as weeds. As expected, a fingernail-sized piece of dried blood was found one inch above her temple. "Fortunately, the wound is here. If it was a little lower, her life might not be saved."
Wei Yunlan took a closer look and saw that the wound had already scabbed over. It was obvious that the injury had occurred quite some time ago. He was worried and asked, "Can this injury be cured?"
Doctor Yu did not answer for a moment. He frowned for a moment and then said, "External injuries are easy to treat, but I am not sure whether the patient can regain consciousness."
Wei Yunlan had already prepared when Doctor Yu did not answer immediately. He sighed softly, "Mr. Yu, please do your best. If you are missing any herbs, just tell me."
"I will give Miss Bai Si acupuncture first. She is very weak and must have not had a good sleep for several days."
"Okay, thank you for your help." Wei Yunlan led his men to make room in the carriage.
The maid who was bought together with Miss Bai Si also got off the carriage when she saw this.
When his eyes fell on her, Wei Yunlan noticed that there was a long tear on her sleeve, and many scars could be vaguely seen on her muddy arm.
Wei Yunlan stretched out her hand, but the little girl subconsciously took a step back and put her arms behind her back. Her body, which was thinner than that of Fourth Miss Bai, trembled visibly a few times.
Facing the wariness in the little girl's eyes, Wei Yunlan lowered his voice, "You are also injured, let me see your injury."
When their eyes met, there was no trace of disgust or criticism in Wei Yunlan's eyes.
The little girl was slightly stunned, and then she finally stretched out her arm carefully.
Wei Yunlan gently picked up the linen cloth that was stuck to his arm. When he saw the finger-long, almost rotten flesh underneath the rag, he couldn't help but gasp.
Ningshuang and Tingxue, who were standing by, also showed shock and pity in their eyes.
Ning Shuang: "Miss, shall I go get some water to clean her up?"
Wei Yunlan nodded gently, "Clean the area around the wound first, and let Mr. Yu take a look at the wound before treating it."
After giving the order, he looked down at the little girl in front of him whose height was only up to his chin and asked, "What's your name?"
"I...my parents call me San Ya." San Ya looked at the "young lady" in front of her who was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, and mustered up the courage to speak.
The voice was timid and sounded very young, perhaps two or three years younger than Fourth Miss Bai, only about ten years old.
At this age, he is just a teenager, but he has to endure such severe pain.
What a sin.
Wei Yunlan sighed inwardly for who knows how many times today, and then asked softly, "San Ya, do you know where you are from and why you were sold to the pawnbroker?"
"I... I'm from Xiangshui Village. There was a famine in the village and no one had enough food to eat. Uncle wanted to exchange us for food from the neighboring village." Sanya lowered her head and looked at her toes. "Grandpa didn't agree. He said the neighboring village was full of beasts and there was no way to survive there. So he sold us to human traffickers without telling Uncle."
San Ya didn't explain it clearly, but Wei Yunlan could vaguely guess the general situation.
The famine is so severe in some places in Huangzhou that people have no food to eat. When people are extremely hungry or even in danger of their lives, they can do anything terrible.
The "next village" that San Ya mentioned was probably already stained with human blood.
Even if it has not reached the point of eating two-legged sheep, it is probably not much different.
It is easy to imagine what would happen if a girl of San Ya's age was sent to that kind of place to exchange for food.
Compared to that, being sold to a trafficker is a relatively better outcome...
"You have sisters in your family, and they were also sold to the pawnbroker?"
“Da Ya and Er Ya…” San Ya lowered her head again and answered in panic: “They…they are no longer here.”
Wei Yunlan wanted to ask more questions, how did San Ya get injured, and what happened to Fourth Miss Bai's injury.
But San Ya was obviously lacking in energy and was very timid.
Just at this time, Doctor Yu opened the carriage curtain and came out. "Miss Bai Si has fallen asleep. Wait until she wakes up, and I will give her another acupuncture."
"Thank you, Mr. Yu." Wei Yunlan signaled San Ya beside him with his eyes, "Please help this girl, she is also seriously injured."
After asking Ningshuang and Tingxue to take care of San Ya, Wei Yunlan got on the carriage.
Fourth Miss Bai had indeed fallen asleep, but even with her eyes closed, her brows were still furrowed.
I don’t know what happened during the short half month of separation.
The Wei family's convoy did not continue to stay outside the gate of Lishui County.
After a while on the road, Ning Shuang came over from the back of the carriage and said, "Miss, I got some information from San Ya."
It turns out that the Xiangshui Village that San Ya mentioned is located in the Dan River area, which is currently the place with the most serious famine in the entire Huangzhou.
The three sisters of San Ya's family were originally sold to human traffickers together. The price was not as high as that in Lishui County. In Danhe, girls like them could only be sold for half a penny to one tael of silver each. The three sisters of San Ya's family were only sold for two taels and five pennies in total.
According to the market conditions in Huangzhou, the population could not be sold at a high price. The pawnbrokers who bought them wanted to take them to other states to sell them. However, just as they arrived at the east bank of the Dan River and met another team of pawnbrokers, they were blocked by a group of masked men.
The group of masked men were all armed. They ignored the human traffickers' words and started to rob people directly, snatching more than 20 young women from the human traffickers.
Among them were Daya and Erya, as well as the family of Fourth Lady Bai...
"Sanyah said that was when she met Fourth Miss Bai."
Ning Shuang took a deep breath and continued, "Miss Bai Si snatched a knife from the masked man and almost killed someone. The wound on her head was caused by the masked man at that time!"
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