Chapter 357: Caught by Bandits
"Master, my people finally followed us to this cave. Last night, Miss Xiao, Miss Xiao and the others were captured by bandits." Guo Sheng wished he could hang his head to the ground. They traveled all night long and finally found the place at dawn, only to discover that Xiao Jiuyue and the others had been captured by bandits!
"Master, there are thirty to fifty bandits. I see that Miss Xiao seems to be ill and is being carried away." A man knelt down and said, "Our people have followed them and know where Miss Xiao is."
"Let's go." Jun Lie's face was serious, and he quickly let someone lead the way.
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"Miss, you finally woke up!"
When Lian Xin saw Xiao Jiuyue finally wake up, she hugged her and tears flowed out like a river bursting its banks. Lian Xin choked up and said, "I'm glad that Miss is okay."
"Where is this?" Xiao Jiuyue opened his eyes, his head was dizzy and his body was weak. When he opened his mouth, he found that his voice was tearing with pain.
Lian Xin helped Xiao Jiuyue sit up, afraid that Xiao Jiuyue would get anxious and angry, and said, "After I changed your clothes yesterday, the young lady passed out. Hua Qing gave her medicine, but her condition hasn't improved at all, and her high fever hasn't subsided. We are all very worried."
"It's okay, having a fever is a normal process. It's gone now, hasn't it?" Xiao Jiuyue said soothingly, "I just got caught in the rain and got sick."
As far as I can remember, except for a serious illness when she first arrived in Hongdu, her health has been very good since then, and she has never even had a cold or cough. Who would have thought that this cold would come on so violently and she had a fever that made her dizzy.
'Squeak'
The door opened, and Luo Kui entered the room. Seeing Xiao Jiuyue had woken up, she hurried into the room with the medicine in her hand and said excitedly, "Miss, you're finally awake. The medicine is just ready, and you can drink it now."
As soon as the water spinach approached, Xiao Jiuyue smelled the bitter taste of the Chinese medicine.
"Miss, the medicine is just warm. You can drink it now. Only by drinking it will your illness be cured." Luo Kui held the medicine in front of Xiao Jiuyue. Her eyes were red and her eyelids were black. It was obvious that she had not slept all night.
"Thank you for your hard work." Xiao Jiuyue drank the medicine and asked again: "Where are we?"
"Miss, why don't you take some sleep after taking the medicine?" Lianxin changed the subject.
Xiao Jiuyue narrowed her eyes and looked at the house. She remembered that she was in a cave before. If she had come to Donglin County, it would definitely not be such a shabby house. She asked, "Could this be a bandit camp?"
The place where they were was not far from Shibazhai.
Lianxin's hand holding Xiao Jiuyue froze, and Luokui almost dropped the medicine bowl. They both looked at Xiao Jiuyue in shock. Luokui stuttered, "Miss, how did you know?"
"If this was an ordinary place, would you have hidden it from me?" Xiao Jiuyue leaned back against the mattress, her mouth filled with bitterness, which gradually cleared her chaotic mind. She asked, "Tell me, how did we get to this bandit village?"
"We were unlucky. We ran into bandits who were looking to profit from the dead." Luo Kui chattered, alternately angry and irritated. "The mudslide was terrible enough, but those bandits went straight for the money they brought with them. Some... even the bodies of those who were dead were not spared."
The corners of Xiao Jiuyue's mouth twitched. The bandits in the Eighteen Villages had no bottom line. Just look at how they robbed the people's food. If they were going to rob, they would rob the rich. Why would they rob ordinary people?
It is not surprising at all that these bandits would make money from the dead.
"Where's our cave? They just happened to come across it and wanted to rob us." Luo Kui just remembered this and became even more angry. "Miss, you don't know that Xu Dafu said he would go through fire and water, but when the bandits came, he ran away faster than rabbits!"
"If I had known this, I wouldn't have reminded them. They say one thing and do another behind the scenes." Luo Kui gritted her teeth in anger.
Lian Xin chuckled and said, "Luo Kui, those people don't look like the kind of people who would repay a favor. Do you still expect them to do that?"
"Miss, we originally wanted to fight with the other side, but Hua Qing said that Miss needed treatment. Follow her to the bandit village, there is a doctor who can treat her." Lian Xin said in a low voice: "Hua Qing read Miss's fortune and it is very auspicious."
Good luck?
Xiao Jiuyue was thinking about Hua Qing's fortune-telling skills when she suddenly remembered and asked, "Where's Hou Jian?"
"He's here too, but he's mute and is being watched by Jin Wen and Jin Wu. He's fine." Lian Xin lowered her voice and replied, "Miss, although we've arrived at the bandit camp, Hua Qing is telling fortunes. We're staying in the yard now, so we're safe for the time being."
"By the way, our mountain happens to be Brother Shan's territory." Luo Kui added.
"Well, that's good." After drinking the medicine, Xiao Jiuyue felt sleepy and fell into a deep sleep again after knowing that there was no danger.
Lianxin washed the handkerchief and put it on Xiao Jiuyue's forehead. The cool handkerchief felt very comfortable.
Luo Kui whispered, "I'll go make some soup to nourish the young lady."
"Be careful." Lianxin reminded that this was a bandit stronghold after all, so they had to be careful about everything.
Due to repeated high fever, Xiao Jiuyue, lying in bed, could not sleep well at all. Lianxin and Luokui stayed by her side all the time, while Donggui and Huaqing took turns guarding the door.
"No, Donggui, you stay here, I'll go find some medicine." Hua Qing really couldn't sit still. The eldest lady's illness required better medicinal materials, but there were too few good medicines in this bandit village.
"Be careful." Dong Gui reminded him, with worry in her eyes. She didn't know whether His Highness had received her carrier pigeon letter. What should she do if something happened to the eldest lady?
As the night deepened, Luo Kui and Lian Xin were driven away by Dong Gui, who said, "You have been on guard for a whole day and night. Tonight, I will take over."
"Hua Qing has gone to collect herbs, and I have to keep watch tonight. If you don't rest tonight and you also collapse, how will you take care of the young lady tomorrow?" Dong Gui directly blocked their words and said, "This is a bandit camp. We can't trust anyone else to take care of her except our own people."
Luo Kui and Lian Xin went to bed obediently. They needed to get enough rest so that they could take good care of the eldest lady.
Donggui closed the door and stood guard by Xiao Jiuyue's bed, changing Xiao Jiuyue's handkerchief from time to time, and touching Xiao Jiuyue's hands and forehead, fearing that the high fever would not subside. Hua Qing said that if the high fever did not subside, other methods would have to be used.
Suddenly, Donggui put down the handkerchief in her hand, picked up the dagger and walked towards the window cautiously. She turned around and looked towards Xiao Jiuyue's bed to make sure she was safe. Then she stared at the window cautiously. Anyone who dared to come in would die!
The window was pushed open and Dong Gui took action immediately. When he saw the person coming, Dong Gui's dagger changed direction instantly.
"Your Highness?" Dong Gui was stunned when she saw Jun Lie, who was soaked all over.
Jun Lie walked past her and quickly came to Xiao Jiuyue's bed.
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