Chapter 28: The friendship between gentlemen is as pure as water
The carriage was stopped on the way back to the inn. When the butler lifted the curtain, he saw a pair of vicious dog-like eyes, as if they were about to find trouble at any time.
"Where's your young lady?" Ji Quan asked teasingly, glancing towards the academy. "Don't they say young ladies are not allowed in the academy?"
It was the first time for the butler to deal with such a difficult and sharp person. The other party did not play by the rules and was therefore difficult to deal with.
"The boss told me to take good care of your young lady and make sure nothing happens to her. If even a hair is missing, I'll be held responsible." At this point, the teasing expression on his face became even more unscrupulous, and his tone became more sarcastic. "I told the boss, I can't just tie that rich young lady to my belt. Besides, she has that sign, so she can go wherever she wants. Even if she wants to tear down the government office, who dares to stop her?"
The housekeeper thought that this person was indeed very cunning. If he offended him carelessly, there would be endless trouble. He maintained his courtesy and said, "I am sorry to trouble you, Master Ji, but the young lady knows how to act and will not cause any trouble for you, Master Ji."
"That's good. I was afraid that I couldn't serve your young lady." He said sarcastically and turned away.
The butler secretly breathed a sigh of relief, finally managing to deal with the other party.
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When it was time to take the medicine, Jiang Shen was a little surprised to see that the person who came in with the medicine bowl was Jiang Lan. He thought she had gone back with the housekeeper a long time ago.
"Why don't you go back?" Jiang Shen also guessed that she was planning to stay.
Her elder brother's reaction was much better than Jiang Lan had expected. She was afraid that he would get excited and start coughing again.
"Don't worry, big brother. I know how to take care of myself," Jiang Lan said as she came over with a bowl of medicine. "Mr. Bai said that big brother is getting better. I'll be fine here."
Jiang Shen opened his mouth but said nothing more.
After drinking the medicine, when Jiang Lan was about to leave with the empty medicine bowl, Jiang Shen suddenly called her "Second sister".
Jiang Lan turned around, thinking that her elder brother had changed his mind and wanted her to go back.
"Go to bed early." Jiang Shen's gentle expression was a little shy, as if he was not used to saying such intimate words.
Jiang Lan nodded and said with a smile: "Brother, please call me Lan'er from now on."
When she was about to reach the door of the room, she heard a voice of "Lan'er" behind her and smiled with her eyes curved.
After the afternoon horse riding and archery class, Xu Wen found Cui Yan and told him that Jiang Shen’s younger brother had arrived, the young man he had met in the morning.
When he learned that he was Jiang Shen's younger brother, Cui Yan's cold and arrogant expression became even more disdainful. He took a glance at him and saw that he looked like a girl and was obviously a coward.
"Brother Cui, why don't you go and see Brother Jiang? If Brother Jiang said something to his brother and his brother misunderstood, he might come to cause trouble for Brother Cui." Xu Wen said with a worried look on his face.
Cui Yan snorted coldly, "If he has the guts, come on. I want to see how brave he is."
If that spineless guy really had the guts to come and cause trouble for him, he would actually look at him with a new respect.
Jiang Lan, who was making her bed, sneezed and felt someone was scolding her behind her back.
After making the bed, she went to see Jiang Shen again. When she came out, she saw that the door of the opposite room was opened. Old Mr. Bai walked out and sighed. The condition of Mr. Lin did not seem optimistic.
In the morning, Mr. Bai said that he could get out of bed and walk a few steps. It seemed that he told a white lie to avoid worrying her elder brother.
When Jiang Lan came over, Mr. Bai no longer hid the truth from her. "Young Master Xiao Lin has a weak foundation to begin with, and this illness is so severe. I'm afraid he won't be able to hold on for much longer. Alas~" Mr. Bai sighed again, feeling quite regretful, and murmured, "If my disciple were here, perhaps there would be a way..."
"The old master's disciple," Jiang Lan paused and asked tactfully, "is he gone now?" She sighed silently in her heart: beauty is short-lived, and God is jealous of talented people...
Mr. Bai was stunned, then amused. "He's still alive and well. That kid is so heartless, he'll definitely outlive me, his master." He then praised, "That kid is the most talented doctor I've ever met. Others study medicine for ten years, but he can't match three months of reading medical books. I taught him for six months, and when there was nothing left to teach him, he left. I don't know where he went to travel. He didn't even write a letter. He has no conscience."
"Maybe he's in Zhangzhou," Jiang Lan glanced at the room across from her. She didn't want him to be gone. Her eldest brother, who was so reserved, had finally made a close friend. If he were gone, she couldn't imagine how much of a blow it would be to him. "What's the name of your disciple? I'll have someone look for him."
"The friendship between gentlemen is as pure as water," Mr. Bai said.
Hearing this strangely familiar sentence, Jiang Lan was startled, thinking that it couldn't be such a coincidence...
The next moment, the name Mr. Bai said confirmed her guess. It was such a coincidence.
The leaves are like water.
In her previous life, she had heard the saying that a gentleman's friendship is as pure as water, had heard the name Ye Rushui, and had even seen the real person.
At that time, she fainted on the roadside and was picked up by Qi Wuhan and taken back to the Marquis' Mansion. She then fell ill, and it was he who came to treat her.
She still clearly remembered what the other person looked like, not because she had a crush on him or had a secret crush on him, but because the other person's appearance was hard for anyone to forget.
His hair is silver-white, and he looks extremely charming and handsome. He also wears half a golden mask on one eye, as if he is from an alien land.
No one would think that he was a doctor at first sight, and would think that he was the top star in Nanfeng Hall who had run away.
But this way it will be easier to find him. Anyone who has seen him will definitely have an impression of him, and he can be recognized at a glance in the crowd.
She wrote a letter and planned to ask someone to deliver it to the housekeeper at the inn tomorrow.
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"Keep alive."
A masked man in black was surrounded by ten black-armored guards. He was the only one left, and all the men he brought with him had reported to the underworld.
The air was filled with the smell of blood, and the grass illuminated by the moonlight was stained red with blood.
Qi Wuhan's careless voice reached the ears of the man in black, but it was more terrifying than the King of Hell's death call.
It is better to die than to suffer torture at the hands of the other party. The man in black gritted his teeth, and the poison hidden between his teeth immediately burst. The poison spread rapidly, and the next moment he fell to the ground, spitting blood, his limbs twitching, and he was about to die.
A silver needle was inserted into the acupuncture point, and then two more injections, and the man in black stopped vomiting blood.
In the blink of an eye, the three silver needles were inserted into the three acupuncture points quickly, accurately and fiercely.
In less than the blink of an eye, another shot.
The man in black spat out a mouthful of black blood.
The poison was swallowed in vain.
The moonlight illuminated the silver-white hair, and half of the golden mask gleamed in the moonlight.
"How long can a person live?" Qi Wuhan asked slowly while waving his fan.
"If you hadn't killed him, you could have lived for decades." Ye Rushui said, his voice as cold as his name.
Qi Wuhan waved his hand, and two black-armored guards carried the man away.
"You go and interrogate him first," Qi Wuhan said to Ling Feng, "If he refuses to speak, then I will do it myself."
In the moonlight, those peach blossom eyes were emitting a dark and cold light, as if hiding a devil who would eat people without leaving any bones behind.
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