Chapter 6
Lu Ling and Qingdai have been assigned by Fang Qianqian to wash dishes and clothes these days. The weather is very cold, and Lu Ling's hands have many chilblains.
Not only Lu Ling, Qingdai also got frostbite on her hands.
There was no one in the tent now, and Lu Ling and Qingdai sat on the "bed" and applied medicine.
"Why does Fang Qianqian like to cause trouble for us?" Qingdai glanced outside, then turned back to applying medicine to Lu Ling. "In this cold weather, let her try washing clothes and dishes by the river every day."
"Hiss." Lu Ling suddenly made a sound.
"Sister, I'm sorry for hurting you." Qingdai said apologetically.
Qingdai already had frostbite on her hands, and her hands were shaking when she was helping Lu Ling apply medicine, so it was inevitable that she would touch the wound.
In addition, Qingdai has always been a carefree girl and doesn't take many things to heart.
Lu Ling shook his head to indicate that he was fine.
"Fortunately, Mr. Xie gave me the medicine, otherwise the young lady's hand would be difficult to heal." Qingdai helped Lu Ling apply the medicine and wanted to put the cork in the bottle.
Lu Ling took the medicine from Qingdai, held her hand and wanted to help her apply the medicine.
"Sister, just take this medicine. I'm fine." Qingdai withdrew her hand and refused.
Lu Ling did not allow any refusal and pulled Qingdai's hand over. While helping Qingdai apply medicine, he also lowered his head to blow on Qingdai's wound.
For a moment, no one spoke in the tent and the surroundings became quiet. Qingdai knew that her young lady was angry.
After applying the medicine, Lu Ling finally spoke, "Yuwang means well, but given the current situation, we should not accept anything from him, lest it implicate him and General Xie."
Qingdai lowered her head like a child who had done something wrong and said, "I understand. Next time Mr. Xie gives me something, I will definitely not take it."
Lu Ling comforted Qing Dai: "I don't mean to blame you, but there are so many people in the military camp and we don't know when we will become the target of public criticism."
Qingdai nodded, indicating that she understood.
This morning, it was dawn and Lu Ling was still asleep. Qingdai went out to relieve herself and met Xie Yuwang when she came back.
Xie Yuwang stopped Qingdai outside and gave her a bottle of medicine.
Xie Yuwang looked around and saw that no one was looking in his direction before he said to Qingdai, "I saw that my sister's hands had frostbite. I asked the military doctor for this medicine. You can try it on my sister."
Qingdai didn't think too much about it, she just felt sorry for her young lady, so she agreed.
Qingdai didn't expect that there were so many interests involved, but she didn't regret taking the bottle of medicine. At least the young lady didn't have to suffer.
"Hey, what is this?" A woman walked into the tent from outside.
The woman had a small cherry mouth, strong eyebrows and fair skin. Even when she was wearing linen clothes, one could tell her extraordinary temperament.
Lu Ling hurriedly hid the medicine and said, "Nothing."
"This is not your tent. What are you doing here?" Lu Ling asked the person in front of him.
"What can I come here for? Of course, to see if you are dead." The woman said in a pinched voice.
"Su Yun! Don't go too far!" Qingdai was angry and embarrassed.
With a "pop", Qingdai's right cheek turned red.
"Who do you think you are? How dare you call me by my name?" Su Yun glared at Qingdai.
"Su Yun, I know you have always disliked me, but you cannot humiliate the people around me." Lu Ling met Su Yun's gaze.
"I ask you to apologize to Qingdai now." Lu Ling made a "please" gesture.
Su Yun became even more angry. "What do you mean? You want me to apologize to a maid? That's ridiculous."
"Maid?" Lu Ling looked around. "Where are the maids here? Aren't we all slaves of this barracks, of Daliang?" Lu Ling sneered. "Do you still think you're a young lady in the capital?"
Su Yun exploded when he heard this. "If your father hadn't hidden weapons, how could my father have died? How could my mother and I have come to this wild place?"
"Lu Ling! I just hated you before, but now I don't hate you anymore, I hate you!" Su Yun's words fell into Lu Ling's ears, and every word was heartbreaking.
Su Yun left after he finished speaking.
"Qingdai." Lu Ling turned Qingdai's face and took a look.
"It's red, wait for me." After a while, Lu Ling returned to the tent with a piece of rag in his hand, which was still dripping with water.
"Come, let me reduce the swelling for you." Lu Ling applied the rag on Qingdai's face.
It turned out that there was a piece of ice in the rag.
It's been freezing these days, so ice is easy to find.
"Miss, let me do it myself. Don't let the injury on your hand get worse." Qingdai wanted to take the ice from Lu Ling's hand.
Her young lady had already been tortured in prison, and her old injuries had not yet healed and she had a sore. Now if she applied ice to her, it might only make the situation worse.
Lu Ling grabbed Qingdai's hand and stopped her from moving.
"It's nothing. You have a lot of sores on your hands. Apply medicine and don't touch ice again."
"I'm afraid that Su Yun will cause us trouble in the future because of what she said today. You should avoid her from now on." Lu Ling warned Qingdai.
Qingdai lay on the "bed" and said in confusion: "I really don't understand why she always goes against you."
"When she was five years old, she came to the Lu Mansion for the first time. She saw you holding a lantern, so she snatched it away from you. When she was seven years old, she and Madam Su came to the Lu Mansion for a banquet. She saw you had your own little cat, so she wanted to snatch it away from you."
Qing Dai became more and more excited as she spoke. She stood up and said excitedly, "And when you were ten years old, you started practicing martial arts. Su Yun found out and begged her father to find a master for her as well."
Lu Ling couldn't stand it anymore. Qingdai had always been loyal to her master. Although Lu Ling never regarded her as a servant, sometimes she couldn't close her mouth once she opened it.
Seeing that Qingdai was still chattering non-stop, Lu Ling increased the strength in his hands a little more, and Qingdai screamed in pain.
"Sister, are you trying to kill me?"
It looked quite painful, and Qingdai's eyes were half red.
Qing Dai felt that she had hit him too hard, but she wanted to laugh when she heard what Qing Dai said. "If you don't want to die, just lie down quietly and talk less."
"Sister, don't you think she's annoying?"
"So what if I hate her, so what if I don't hate her, she is still her, and we have our own lives, don't we?" Lu Ling said.
"Yeah, if she suddenly treats you well now, I'll still think she has bad intentions."
"You, I don't know what to say to you." Lu Ling tapped Qingdai's forehead.
Qingdai looked at Lu Ling, showing her teeth and smiling brightly.
People came into the tent one after another. Lu Ling and Qingdai shut up and lay down on the "bed" to sleep.
Fang Qianqian glanced at the two of them for a few seconds, said nothing, and lay down on the bed to sleep.
In the early morning, everything was quiet and the only sound in the military camp was the soldiers' training.
A curse came from the slave tent, waking up those who were still sleeping. Everyone rushed to the source of the sound, and the brave ones even opened the tent door, waiting to see the joke.
"Tell me, did you steal it?" Fang Qianqian pulled Lu Ling up and asked.
Lu Ling was confused and asked sleepily, "What did you steal? Is there something missing?"
Fang Qianqian pointed at Lu Ling and cursed, "You little thing, you dare to ask me what's missing?"
Lu Ling didn't expect to get such an answer. He confronted Fang Qianqian, raised his head and pointed his nose at Fang Qianqian, saying, "I know you don't like me, but you can't just frame others."
"I framed you?" Fang Qianqian just found it funny. "Weren't you the one staring at my hairpin that day? You even told me to keep it safe and not let anyone take it away. I didn't quite believe it at the time, but now I think it was you who was trying to steal my hairpin."
Qingdai listened for a long time and only now understood what Fang Qianqian meant.
"Fang Qianqian, don't make false accusations. My young lady has lived a life of luxury since she was a child. Does she really need your hairpin? Besides, how much is your hairpin worth? What do we need it for?"
Everyone in the tent echoed, "That's right. Everyone here grew up in a wealthy family. Who hasn't seen a hairpin before? What are you going to do with it?"
Fang Qianqian's face turned red and blue. Knowing that she couldn't refute it, she had to take a step forward, pull Lu Ling off the bed, and start searching.
Soon, Fang Qianqian took out a sandalwood hairpin from Lu Ling's bed.
Everyone was shocked. In all these years in the military camp, no one had ever committed theft. Now they heard that this person, who was the daughter of a former minister, actually did some petty thefts.
"You still say you didn't take it?" Fang Qianqian raised the hairpin high, "I'll let everyone know you today."
"Everyone, come and take a look. This Lu Ling stole things and refused to admit it. Everyone, be careful of him. Don't let him steal everything."
Lu Ling didn't say anything, just glanced outside the tent.
Seeing no one around, Lu Ling turned to look at Fang Qianqian. "Your hairpin was indeed found on my bed, but that doesn't prove I stole it. I deny that I stole your hairpin."
"We searched out the contents of your bed, but you still don't admit it. Then let's go to the general and have it cleared up." Fang Qianqian said as she was about to pull Lu Ling towards the main tent.
"It's not a good idea to ask the general to come for such a small matter." At this time, someone stopped Fang Qianqian.
"Yes." Everyone agreed.
"Why not?" Fang Qianqian asked, "Daliang has always been committed to cracking down on thieves. She stole my hairpin, so I must abide by the laws of Daliang and bring the thief to justice."
Fang Qianqian kept calling me a "thief," and Lu Ling became annoyed. "Manager Fang, you keep calling me a thief. So, when did I steal anything? What evidence do you have to prove that I stole anything?"
Fang Qianqian was not intimidated, and even said with a bit of pride: "The things must have been stolen last night when I went to wash up. When I entered the tent, I only saw you and Qingdai. The evidence is this hairpin in my hand."
Fang Qianqian pointed at the people next to her, looked around, and said, "They can all testify."
"There are witnesses and evidence, what else do you have to say?"
Before Lu Ling could speak, the person standing nearby watching the show spoke first, "We didn't see anything."
Then everyone dispersed.
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