Chapter 123 Encountering a Wolf Pack]
Chen Fenghe hurriedly helped Zhang Yuan up and said with a smile, "Brother Zhang, my sister-in-law is pregnant. It's just that her body is weak, and she's not getting enough nutrition, so she fainted."
Zhang Yuan was stunned for a moment: "Xiao Feng, she is..."
Zhang Zhou listened from the side, crying and laughing at the same time. She raised her hand and slapped Zhang Yuan in the face, saying, "Stupid son! Your wife is pregnant! You're going to be a father! And you were so mean to your wife yesterday! If you dare to say something mean to your wife again, I'll teach you a lesson on behalf of your dead father!"
Zhang Yuan finally came to his senses, his sadness turning into joy: "I...I'm going to be a father? I really am going to be a father, Madam Shen! Thank you so much!"
Seeing the family so happy, Chen Fenghe felt that it was a happy occasion during their miserable exile. She couldn't help but feel much more cheerful. She smiled and said, "I'll prescribe a prescription for my sister-in-law to help with the pregnancy. It just so happens that the herbs I've collected along the way are readily available, so I should be able to make the necessary medicine. You can boil a brew for her every morning and evening. Also, don't let her get too tired, and she shouldn't be in any serious trouble."
After hearing this, Zhang Yuan could only nod.
Chen Fenghe immediately prescribed a prescription using herbs such as Atractylodes macrocephala, Angelica sinensis, White Peony Root, Eucommia ulmoides, Tangerine Peel, and some ginseng to nourish Qi, blood, and stabilize the fetus.
Ginseng is quite expensive, so she didn't tell Zhang Yuan, only saying that she used herbs like Atractylodes macrocephala and Angelica sinensis.
Zhang Yuan insisted on returning the money he had given her for pushing the cart as medical fees. Chen Fenghe refused to accept it and just smiled and said, "Brother Zhang, my sister-in-law has just gotten pregnant and needs nutrition right now. You should save this money and buy an old hen at the market to nourish my sister-in-law."
After hearing this, Zhang Yuan hesitated for a moment and said, “Then…from now on, I will push the cart, and Madam Shen will not have to pay me for pushing the cart anymore.”
Shen Fenghe did not refuse again.
After all, she also let Zhang Zhou and Tian ride in the car together, which was enough to offset Zhang Yuan's money for pushing the cart.
After this matter was settled, Chen Wu saw that the problem was resolved, so he told everyone to continue on their journey.
The snow is falling so heavily, we must get to town before dark.
Now we can’t pick wild vegetables on the road, and hunting has become much more difficult, so we mainly have to rely on spending money to buy various supplies.
It’s just that everyone is walking with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and they can’t walk faster.
Chen Fenghe took a few quick steps, found Chen Wu and Yuan Xun, and said, "Master Chen, can you wait a moment? I have a way to make it easier for everyone to walk and go faster."
After hearing this, Chen Wu immediately said, "Madam Shen, it's great that you have a solution. We have been delayed for so long because of the typhoid fever. We are about to miss the day to reach Qizhou City. I am afraid that we will be troubled again when the time comes."
Chen Fenghe said immediately, "This method is quite simple. Everyone, take some branches, pick the thicker ones, and plane them into thin slices. Try to make the bottom as smooth and flat as possible, and the front a little curved. Then tie them to your feet. Hold a stick in each hand and push on the snow like a boat. Then you can slide out. It should be much faster than walking."
What Chen Fenghe said is naturally something like a snowboard
After hearing this, Chen Wu immediately asked Yuan Xun and other officers to cut some branches to try it out first, and it actually worked!
It is difficult to control and you will fall if you are not careful.
However, even if you don't want to slide, there is a larger piece of wood under your feet, so you don't have to worry about sinking into the snow.
Everyone quickly tied pieces of wood or bark under their feet, and they walked much faster.
We soon arrived at the foot of a mountain. We didn't need to climb the mountain, but we had to cross the valley between two mountains.
Chen Wu turned around and said, "Everyone, try to be as nimble as possible when crossing the valley! Otherwise, if we alarm the wild animals in the mountains, we might all be killed here!"
When everyone heard that there were wild beasts, they dared not be negligent. They all trembled in fear for fear of making any noise.
But there are some who are not worrying. Qin Ziming, the grandson of the Qin family, saw that Shen Yichuan and the other two had a cart to ride from the beginning, and they didn't have to travel by themselves. Now even the adults were sitting on it, but he was not allowed to sit, so he started to make a fuss.
The Qin family didn't dare to provoke Chen Fenghe now, let alone ask for a cart for Qin Ziming. Qin Jian was so angry that he slapped her in the face and cursed, "You useless thing! How can you get the cart if it belongs to someone else? If you keep messing around, I'll throw you into the mountains to feed the wolves!"
Qin Ziming was slapped by his father. He was stunned for a moment, then burst into tears and sat down on the ground, rolling around.
After such a big commotion, an officer rushed over and lashed Qin Jian with a whip: "What are you arguing about! Don't you understand what I'm saying? Do you really want to attract wild beasts to kill us all?!"
Qin Jian's face twisted in pain, but he didn't dare to resist. He quickly ran over and covered his son's mouth.
Unfortunately, it's too late.
Chen Fenghe suddenly felt a sense of alertness, and she quickly looked towards the quiet mountains and forests around her.
In the blink of an eye, two huge monsters suddenly jumped out from the bushes on both sides and pounced on the two prisoners.
The two prisoners screamed "Ah" in fear, and their throats were torn open by the fangs, and blood spurted out!
Everyone was stunned by this scene, and then suddenly realized——
"Wolf! Wolf!" They screamed and ran away in fear.
It was two ferocious wolves that pounced on the two prisoners. After biting the throats of the two prey, they were not in a hurry to eat, but pounced on the third and fourth people without hesitation!
Obviously, they intend to take this opportunity to kill more prey to survive the winter!
At the same time, three or four smaller wolves jumped out from behind the bushes and attacked the exile team!
Chen Wu, Yuan Xun and other officers hurriedly took out their bows and arrows and shot at the wolves. However, in the chaos, they could not shoot accurately. After shooting for a long time, they only killed two smaller wolves.
On the cart, Shen Yichuan, Shen Qingxing and Xiao Yunhao were all scared and crying, but they were more sensible than Qin Ziming. They covered their mouths with their little hands and dared not make any sound, for fear that the sound would attract the attention of the wolves and pounce on them!
Qin Mengyue, with a pale face, held the three little ones in her arms. She was so frightened that her legs and feet went limp. She could only whisper, "Hao'er, Yichuan Xing'er, don't be afraid, don't be afraid..."
Zhang Zhou and Tian were so frightened that they held their heads and cried.
Chen Fenghe secretly took out a tranquilizer gun from the space and shot down a wolf that was rushing towards the cart.
Looking back, she saw that an officer had been knocked down by a wolf. She fired another shot, then rushed over to snatch the bow and arrow from his hand. She bent the bow and shot every arrow, each one hitting the wolf's throat directly. Each arrow was fatal, killing all the wolves that tried to pounce on the cart.
At this moment, she suddenly felt a chill on the back of her neck, and all the hairs on her body stood up!
She didn't even have time to look back before she saw a dark shadow above her head illuminated by the dim sunlight, quickly rushing towards her!
Damn it!
It was too late to turn around and shoot the arrow. She quickly took out the revolver from the space, pointed it at the air behind her, and was about to pull the trigger when a cold shout suddenly came from behind her.
"careful!"
Then, she was held in someone's arms and rolled to the side, avoiding the fatal attack from the wolf behind her!
However, the wolf was extremely ferocious. After missing the first attack, it immediately pounced again.
The man holding Chen Fenghe rolled over and pierced the wolf's throat with the sword in his hand. Blood poured down and covered both of them.
Chen Fenghe: “…”
She had already recognized the person who saved her, it was the masked Xiao Yunshuo.
But she could say that if he hadn't suddenly appeared, she could have killed the wolf with one shot, and she wouldn't have been covered in wolf blood...
Of course, if she fired a shot, she would have to explain the gunshot and the wound on the wolf.
Xiao Yunshuo killed the wild wolf, turned around to look at Chen Fenghe, and asked, "Are you okay?"
Chen Fenghe nodded quickly and said, "It's okay!"
As he said that, he pushed away Xiao Yunshuo who was half on top of him, picked up the bow and arrow and shot the wolf again.
Xiao Yunshuo: "..."
Why does he feel that his wife is stronger than him, a veteran in the battlefield?
However, there were more than a dozen wolves in the pack, and the two men had no time to waste on talking. They went to kill the wolves and rescue people separately.
Although Chen Wu, Yuan Xun and other officers had weapons in their hands, they could only barely save their lives and were already injured.
Suddenly, a wolf pounced towards Yuan Xun.
Yuan Xun slashed the wolf's front leg with a knife. The wolf roared in pain, but became even more ferocious and was about to bite Yuan Xun's throat.
Unfortunately, Yuan Xun's knife was stuck in the wolf's bones and couldn't be pulled out!
In a flash, an arrow pierced the wolf's throat. Then, a black shadow flew through the air and chopped off the wolf's head with a knife!
Yuan Xun survived the disaster and fell to the ground, gasping for breath and looking at the scene in shock.
He glanced in the direction the arrow came from and saw that it was shot by Shen Fenghe.
As for the black figure who chopped off the wolf's head, he was wearing a bamboo hat and had already gone to kill other wolves. Looking at his back, he felt as if he had seen him somewhere before...
Chen Wu rushed over and asked in a hoarse voice: "Yuan Xun, are you hurt?"
Yuan Xunxun came to his senses and nodded quickly, "It's okay!"
After saying that, he immediately got up, threw his quiver to Shen Fenghe, and said loudly: "Miss Shen, my quiver, catch it!"
Upon hearing this, Chen Fenghe swiftly took the quiver and put it on his back. He pulled out the arrow with his backhand, then bent the bow and shot it out. His movements were done in one smooth motion. It was as cool as it could be!
Yuan Xun couldn't help but stare in amazement for a moment, then he came to his senses and continued to fight with the wolves.
Because of the participation of Xiao Yunshuo and Yuan Xu, and the accuracy of Chen Fenghe's arrows, more than a dozen wolves were quickly killed.
However, five or six prisoners died, one officer died, and most of the others were injured, resulting in heavy casualties.
The survivors looked breathlessly at the people and wolves lying on the ground, dyeing the snow red.
Chen Wu noticed Xiao Yunshuo and Yuan Xu, and walked over. He was stunned to see that both of them were wearing conical hats and their faces were covered with black cloth.
However, Chen Wu had been an official escorting exiled prisoners for many years, and he had traveled far and wide and seen the world. He knew that outside the imperial court, there were many chivalrous men and bodyguards, or heroes who roamed the world.
These people enjoy settling scores and are unwilling to deal with the imperial court, so it is understandable that they are unwilling to show their true faces.
Chen Wu remained calm and clasped his fists, saying, "Thank you both for your help! My name is Chen Wu. What are your names?"
Yuan Xun looked at Yuan Xu fiercely from behind.
He felt as if he had seen these two people somewhere before, especially the one who had just chopped off the wolf's head...
Xiao Yunshuo clasped his fists in greeting and said, "My last name is Yun, and this is my attendant. We just happened to be passing by. It's just a small favor, nothing to mention."
Chen Wu heard this and said, "So it's Master Yun. It was a piece of cake for Master Yun, but it's a life-saving favor for us. I'm so grateful!"
Xiao Yunshuo said, "Master Chen, don't worry about it. Let's treat the wounded first and then talk about other things."
Chen Wu immediately said: "Exactly!"
Chen Wu took the uninjured or lightly injured people and carried the living people aside, and then gathered the people who were bitten to death and the bodies of the wolves together.
Chen Fenghe has already started checking everyone's injuries.
The most seriously injured was a woman. The wolf's claws had left five deep wounds on her shoulder, and blood was gushing out. The woman was unconscious due to excessive blood loss.
Chen Fenghe's eyes flashed, and she asked, "Does anyone have an embroidery needle?"
If such a deep wound is not sutured, relying solely on the small thistles and other things she collected in her space to stop the bleeding will be a drop in the bucket!
An exiled female prisoner said, "I...I have it!"
Chen Fenghe nodded, took it, and turned to Chen Wu and said, "Master Chen, could you please light a fire and boil some water right now?"
Yuan Xun didn't wait for Chen Wu to speak before he agreed, "I'll go!"
Xiao Yunshuo looked at the look in Yuan Xun's eyes when he looked at Chen Fenghe, and his dark eyes couldn't help but narrow.
"Young lady, if you need any help, please feel free to ask." Xiao Yunshuo said.
Chen Fenghe was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously looked up at Xiao Yunshuo.
But it soon became clear that pretending not to know each other was indeed the best option for them now.
At this moment, the embroidery needle was just brought over.
Chen Fenghe handed the needle to Xiao Yunshuo and said, "Can you help me bend the needle into a half-moon shape?"
Xiao Yunshuo took the needle, bent it, and handed it back to her.
Chen Fenghe added, "In addition to boiling water, we also need to heat another pot to boil the medicine."
Xiao Yunshuo nodded and helped Yuan Xu collect firewood to start a fire.
While everyone was not paying attention, Chen Fenghe took out a roll of mulberry bark thread from the space - this was something he had looted when he searched the Imperial Hospital before, and it was a thread commonly used for surgical sutures in ancient times.
A small injection of anesthetic was also taken out and injected into the injured woman's shoulder.
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