"Miss...Miss..."
Shangguan Wanning was having dinner with Lu Xiangzi and Sun Jinyao when she vaguely heard a weak cry.
It seemed to be Midori's voice.
Didn't she go back? Could she be hallucinating?
Sun Jinyao and Lu Xiangzi heard it more clearly than Shangguan Wanning. Sun Jinyao stood up and walked out, and saw a person lying in the grass not far away.
"Midori?"
Shangguan Wanning came out and ran over quickly.
She helped Lu Tong up and leaned her against her body. She gently patted Lu Tong's cheek and found that her hair was messy, her lips were chapped, she looked haggard, and there were some small scratches on her arms.
"Don't worry, she just fainted from overwork and exhaustion. She will be fine after drinking a bowl of sugar water and taking a rest." Sun Jinyao said after taking Lu Tong's pulse.
"Brother Yao, could you please help me send her to my room?"
Sun Jinyao hesitated slightly, picked up Lutong and walked in.
Shangguan Wan Ning fetched a basin of clean water, cleaned Lu Tong's wound and applied medicine, muttering to herself: "This girl has been with me since she was a child. When has she ever suffered such hardship..."
Lutong slowly opened her eyes and saw Shangguan Wanning sitting beside the bed, wiping her cheek with a towel. She was immediately startled and sat up quickly.
"Miss...how can you do this for me...I deserve to die..."
Shangguan Wanning sighed and said, "Don't get excited, lie back down."
Lu Tong was still a little nervous, and after lying down, she held the quilt tightly.
"Lutong, what happened? Didn't you follow Brother Huo back to the capital?"
"Yes, but something happened on the way. Now Brother Huo is seriously injured, and Grape is taking care of him..."
Lu Tong recounted the incident in detail and added: "I took the token from our Prime Minister's Mansion to report to the authorities, and the authorities have already come to the post station to investigate. But no doctor can treat Brother Huo's injury, so I had to..."
"Okay, I got it. Have a good rest." Shangguan Wanning patted Lutong's forehead, "Don't worry, I'll take care of the rest."
Shangguan Wanning walked out of the room and saw Sun Jinyao leaning against the eaves alone, looking up at the sky in a daze.
"I think I should leave for a few days..." Shangguan Wanning said in a low voice.
Sun Jinyao heard her conversation with Lu Tong and nodded slightly. "I'll go with you."
Shangguan Wanning pondered for a moment, unable to make up her mind.
The abduction of a Turkic princess in the Central Plains was a major event and would certainly cause a huge uproar in the court.
She didn't want Sun Jinyao to be involved.
"You two should leave quickly... You've been making so much noise here for the past six months..." Lu Xiangzi came over, frowning and looking very unhappy.
Shangguan Wanning smiled and greeted him, holding Lu Xiangzi's arm and said with a smile: "Master, do you think I will never come back after I leave? When I cure Brother Huo, I will still have to come back to bother you."
Although Lu Xiangzi didn't say anything, his frown had already relaxed a lot. "Here, take it."
Shangguan Wanning took a small blue porcelain piece from Lu Xiangzi's hand. "Master, what is this?"
"Here is the medicine I made, it is very effective in treating internal injuries. Use it sparingly, there are only ten pills in total, six of which are here. Don't give it to just anyone, not everyone is worth saving, understand?"
"I know. Thank you, Master." Shangguan Wanning happily stuffed the medicine into her sleeve.
She knew that if Lu Xiangzi said that the medicine was good, it must have a very effective effect.
She and Sun Jinyao packed up simply and temporarily entrusted Lu Tong to Lu Xiangzi's care. They went down the mountain in the afternoon and rushed to the post station overnight.
It was three days later that Shangguan Wanning arrived at the post station. Huo Gang had deep internal strength and was able to get out of bed and walk around, but his Qi and blood were not flowing smoothly and he was unable to practice.
Shangguan Wanning gave Huo Gang a pill of the medicine prepared by Lu Xiangzi. Sun Jinyao helped him to accelerate the effect of the medicine by passing blood through his body. Two hours later, Huo Gang's complexion began to improve.
"Brother Huo, what's the situation here now?" Shangguan Wanning asked.
At this time, Grape came in with a few glasses of water and pastries. After placing them, she stood next to Shangguan Wanning.
"I heard that the county magistrate has reported the matter to the court and has begun investigating who Rhythm Brother Shuyan is."
"Any clues?"
"I don't know." Huo Gang shook his head.
Sun Jinyao took a sip of tea and said slowly, "It's really strange. Who on earth has the guts to kidnap a princess who came to the Central Plains for marriage? You know, by doing this, he is making an enemy of the entire court."
"I'm also very interested. When Brother Huo's injury gets better, let's go into the city and take a look."
Shangguan Wanning secretly calculated that it would not be long before the imperial court would send an imperial envoy to deal with the matter.
After all, she and Ge Shuyan have some friendship, and she doesn't want anything to happen to Ge Shuyan.
"I'm much better now. Why don't we set off at daybreak?"
Huo Gang didn't want to delay the trip, so he headed straight for the county town at daybreak.
When they arrived, the city gate had just opened. There was a constant stream of people coming in and out of the city gate, and this small county town was quite lively.
Shangguan Wanning arrived at the county government office. The magistrate saw Shangguan Wanning's business card and came out to greet her in person, muttering something in his heart.
In their remote place, no important figure had come for decades, but a princess came when he was in dire straits.
"Princess, please have some tea." The magistrate asked Shangguan Wanning to sit down at the top and asked flatteringly, "Princess, are you here to visit relatives or to have fun?"
"Neither. I just heard that the Turkic princess was kidnapped here, and I was curious, so I came here to ask about the situation. Mr. Magistrate, have you found out who kidnapped the princess?"
Speaking of this matter, the magistrate's face was full of worry.
"No need to check. The other party has already contacted me."
Sun Jinyao and Huo Gang looked at each other, both a little surprised.
"There is a high mountain not far from our county town. Because of its overlapping peaks, it is easy to defend but difficult to attack, so the local people call it Wanchong Mountain. There is a group of bandits on the mountain who rob people. The government has sent troops to encircle and suppress them many times but they have failed to capture them."
"About half a year ago, their old village chief passed away. I heard that a young man from outside inherited the position of village chief. Since then, all the people who leave our county can pass through the mountain safely."
"But I don't know what happened. He was so bold that he kidnapped the Turkic princess. Princess, what bad luck have I gotten into..." The magistrate spread his hands and was about to cry.
"Mr. Magistrate, you said that he contacted you on his own initiative, but did you tell me why he wanted to kidnap the Turkic princess?" Sun Jinyao asked curiously.
The magistrate mistook Sun Jinyao and Huo Gang for Shangguan Wanning's guards and replied, "He... requested the emperor to grant amnesty to the whole nation."
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