After Shen Jiazhen finished speaking, he pulled the hairpin off his head with his right hand and stabbed it hard into the second-in-command's wrist.
The second-in-command felt a sharp pain in his wrist and instinctively released Shen Jiazhen's hand.
"ah……"
“Shen Jiazhen…”
Shen Jiazhen screamed as his entire body plummeted downwards, but hearing Yi Huan's heart-wrenching cries for him in the end made it all worthwhile.
Without Shen Jiazhen, Yi Huan had no more scruples. She shot a hidden arrow straight at the second-in-command's body and leaped out with her long sword in hand.
The anesthetic from the hidden arrow didn't knock the second leader down so quickly. Yi Huan wanted to save Shen Jiazhen as soon as possible while using her sword to defend against the second leader.
But in order to kill Yi Huan, the second-in-command was willing to risk his life. He rushed over and was stabbed by Yi Huan's sword.
Even if the sword pierced through his body, he didn't hesitate to get close to Yi Huan and slashed Yi Huan's right arm hard.
If the anesthesia hadn't taken effect, Yi Huan's hand would probably have been ruined.
Nevertheless, he jumped into the river without saying a word. She was glad that the moon was bright tonight, so that the river wouldn't be so dark that people couldn't see anything.
Shen Jiazhen fell into the water, and as he closed his eyes, he could still see the moon reflected in the water. He died amidst such beauty and had no regrets.
I wonder how the people on the merchant ship are doing. Have Yi Huan and the others escaped danger? Without him as a burden, they should be able to deal with the pirates much more easily.
Shen Jiazhen couldn't swim, swallowed too much water, and her body kept sinking until she died.
He saw Yi Huan's hand reaching out to him. The old folks say that people will see the people they want to see before they die.
Yi Huan, like a fairy flying to the moon, grabbed his body and pressed her cherry lips to his.
He was on the verge of death, but finally he was able to take another breath.
His mind went blank. He didn't know how long he and Yi Huan had been underwater, only that Yi Huan had rescued him and brought him aboard the small boat.
"Miss, Miss, how are you? Are you alright?"
Shen Jiazhen did not get seasick. After boarding the small boat, he coughed for a while and coughed up all the water in his lungs.
Upon hearing Shi Shuang's words, he quickly turned to look at Yi Huan.
He didn't know it while he was in the water, but he only noticed it now that Yi Huan had a shocking knife wound on her right arm.
He went into the water to save him in that condition, and due to excessive blood loss, he fainted as soon as he came out.
"Yi Huan..."
Shen Jiazhen rushed to Shi Shuang and used his clothes to cover Yi Huan's still bleeding wounds.
"Quickly, bring all the medicine on the ship that can stop bleeding. Let's sail to the next town to find a doctor."
Shi Shuang and the others were all at a loss. Shen Jiazhen couldn't panic. He had to stay calm. He couldn't watch Yi Huan die like this.
Shi Shuang: "Someone, bring over the ginseng and the hemostatic medicine."
Although Shen Jiazhen did not understand medicine, he had always been physically weak and had taken a lot of herbal medicine since childhood, so he had some knowledge of herbs.
After half an hour, Yi Huan's bleeding finally stopped, but her clothes were completely soaked and she had to change them.
There were no women on the boat, so Shen Jiazhen squinted and helped Yi Huan change into a clean set of clothes.
At first, Shi Shuang also disagreed. Shen Jiazhen was, after all, a man, and their princess was of noble status; how could they...
However, if they did not do this, the princess's wound would not only become infected, but she might also catch a cold. No one on the ship dared to disrespect the princess, so only Shen Jiazhen could do this.
Shen Jiazhen's fingers inevitably touched Yi Huan's body. His heart pounded, his face turned as red as a peach, and even his neck was not spared.
“Yi Huan, although you are not the Princess Leyang whom I admire, you saved me and we had physical intimacy.”
I...I'll take responsibility for you. At worst, I'll give you half of the Shen family's assets.
As Shen Jiazhen spoke, he helped Yi Huan change her clothes. He knew Yi Huan wouldn't hear him, but saying it gave him some comfort.
The ship stopped at the next small town. In the middle of the night, Shen Jiazhen went to find a doctor for Yi Huan, who applied medicine and bandaged her up before he felt at ease.
Before dawn, Shen Jiazhen stayed by Yi Huan's side. He didn't know what he was thinking; he only knew that he was heartbroken if Yi Huan didn't wake up.
"Young Master Shen, why don't you go and rest for a while? The doctor and I are here with Miss."
Shi Shuang looked at Shen Jiazhen, who had fallen into the water. The doctor said that he was also in poor health and had toxins in his body.
He's the person Miss is supposed to protect; he absolutely cannot afford to have any more mishaps.
"Manager Shi, I'm fine. I'll stay here and watch over her."
They stayed in an inn in the small town, the room filled with the scent of medicine, including Yi Huan's medicine and the herbal decoction prescribed by the doctor for Shen Jiazhen.
"Alas! Miss is a woman of her word, and no one can persuade her otherwise."
Shen Jiazhen didn't know what Shi Shuang meant, but now he realized that he didn't understand Yi Huan at all.
They weren't the bandits from Dawangzhai. What did they do? Where were they from? What kind of business did they make?
"Manager Shi, thank you and Yi Huan for rescuing me from Dawang Village. I was so sorry that I mistook you for river bandits."
Shi Shuang waved his hand, saying that the incident at Dawangzhai was something they deliberately made Shen Jiazhen misunderstand.
"Young Master Shen, you're too kind. It was our young lady who saved you. She heard from those bandits that they had kidnapped you, so she wiped them out on her own."
Upon arriving at Dawangzhai, the young lady discovered that you, Young Master Shen, were poisoned. The young lady's medical skills are among the best in Nanning.
Although the young lady concealed her identity, she genuinely treated you with acupuncture and researched antidotes back in Dawang Village, which is why you are here now, healthy and well.
Shen Jiazhen looked at Yi Huan on the bed. Her face was completely pale, and seeing Yi Huan like this made his heart ache.
"So the medicine she forced me to drink in Dawangzhai was actually an antidote. I even misunderstood her and thought she was malicious..."
Regardless of Yi Huan's reasons for being so kind to him, Shen Jiazhen could not deny the undeniable fact that Yi Huan had rescued him from the bandit's den.
"Manager Shi, I see that your ship is laden with a lot of cargo. What kind of business does your young lady run?"
Shi's eyes darted away. The princess had forbidden them from revealing Young Master Shen's identity, and without the young lady's permission, they naturally dared not disclose it.
"We are just ordinary merchants, dealing in tea. If Young Master Shen wants to know, you should wait until our young lady wakes up and ask her yourself."
...
Yi Huan didn't wake up until the evening of the next day. When she opened her eyes, she saw Shen Jiazhen staring intently at her.
When she discovered this, Shen Jiazhen actually blushed.
"Yi Huan, you're awake. How are you feeling? Does your wound still hurt?"
"Help me up..."
Yi Huan winced in pain, looking at her bandaged arm, but the medical technique was making her heal too slowly.
"water……"
As soon as Yi Huan spoke, Shen Jiazhen immediately turned around and poured her a glass of water.
After drinking the water, Yi Huan regained some of her senses.
"Yi Huan, I've cooked some porridge. Wait here, I'll bring it to you now."
"Okay! Call Steward Shi up too, I have something to say to him."
"good!"
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