Chapter 124 Stitches
Soon the water boiled. Chen Fenghe threw the needle and mulberry bark thread into the boiling water to disinfect them, then threaded the thread and carefully sewed up the woman.
After the wound was sewn up, the bleeding stopped. Chen Fenghe then took out some hemostatic drugs such as thistle and covered the wound with them, then bandaged it with cloth.
There were also two or three other people whose wounds needed stitches, while the rest just needed bandaging.
Chen Fenghe took out astragalus, peach kernel, phellodendron, Panax notoginseng and other medicines that promote wound healing from the space and put them into water to boil.
Along the way, she was collecting herbs, and no one else knew medicine, so everyone was unaware of her strength and did not have too many doubts.
The medicine was soon ready and each injured person was given a bowl.
Chen Wu was afraid that the smell of blood would attract other fierce wild animals such as tigers and bears, so he hastily dug a hole and buried the dead. He put more than a dozen wild wolves - the wolf meat could be taken to the market town to sell later - on Shen Fenghe's cart and led everyone to rush out of the valley.
Xiao Yunshuo and Yuan Xu claimed that they also wanted to leave the valley, so naturally they acted together.
Only after they left the valley and reached a safe place did everyone dare to stop and rest.
Chen Fenghe said, "Master Chen, everyone is badly injured and hungry. I think since we have killed so many wolves, why not take one out and make a pot of wolf meat soup so that everyone can eat before continuing on their journey."
Chen Wu also had the same idea and said, "Mrs. Shen, most of these wolves were shot to death by you with arrows, and the rest were killed by these two knights. How to deal with them is entirely up to Miss Shen and Master Yun. We have no reason to disagree."
Chen Fenghe smiled and said, "Thank you, Mr. Chen. I'll make the decision then. Do you have any objections?"
As she spoke, she looked at Xiao Yunshuo and Yuan Xu.
Xiao Yunshuo shook his head and said, "It's entirely up to you, young lady. We have no objection."
Immediately, everyone worked together to skin a wolf. The wolf skin naturally belonged to Chen Fenghe. After it was tanned, it could be used to make cold-proof clothing.
The four wolf legs were roasted directly over the fire, while the ribs and other parts of the meat were boiled in large chunks in water.
After a while, the air was filled with the aroma of meat.
Although some families who lost their loved ones were grieving, more people were hungry and stared at the meat eagerly.
There were four roasted wolf legs, one for Chen Fenghe, one for Xiao Yunshuo and one for Yuan Xu. There were more officials, so they were divided into two. After each of them got some of the cooked wolf meat, the rest was distributed to the other exiled prisoners.
Xiao Yunshuo glanced at Chen Fenghe, and walked with Yuan Xu to a place farther away from the crowd. Then he took the black cloth off his face and started eating.
Qin Mengyue was eating meat and glanced at Xiao Yunshuo inadvertently. Her body suddenly trembled and the bowl in her hand almost fell to the ground.
"Mom, what's wrong?" Chen Fenghe supported her and asked.
Qin Mengyue quickly retracted her gaze and forced a smile, saying, "No...it's nothing...it's just that my eyesight is a little blurry..."
Chen Fenghe followed her gaze and couldn't help but sigh slightly.
She had already guessed that Qin Mengyue was distracted because she thought Xiao Yunshuo looked familiar.
However, with so many eyes watching, I can't tell her the truth rashly.
Fortunately, she had already agreed with Xiao Yunshuo to confess to Qin Mengyue tonight, so she just had to endure for a few more hours.
After dinner, everyone set off again.
Seeing that Xiao Yunshuo and Yuan Xu had no intention of parting ways with them, Chen Wu couldn't help but become alert.
Could it be that these two people have other intentions?
If they were planning on robbing the criminals, then with the skills of these two men, even if all the officers joined together, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to withstand them.
Chen Wu had no choice but to walk over and test the waters: "Where are you going, Master Yun? We've walked this distance together, and I'm deeply grateful for your care. However, we've been walking most of the time, and I'm afraid we might miss your important business. I think we should say goodbye now..."
Xiao Yunshuo and Yuan Xu naturally understood that Chen Wu meant to order them to leave.
Xiao Yunshuo chuckled twice and said, "To be honest, our destination this time is Youzhou."
When Chen Wu heard the name of this place, alarm bells started to ring in his heart.
The place of exile where they were going to escort the prisoners was Youzhou!
He wouldn't believe that these two people had no intention of twisting his head off!
Seeing that Chen Wu was on guard, Yuan Xu stepped forward, took out a silver note worth one hundred taels from his sleeve, and quietly handed it to Chen Wu.
The silver notes were issued by the Gu family money house, which had branches in every prefecture, city, and county in Dayu. No matter where you went in Dayu, you could exchange them for silver at any time.
Chen Wu looked at the hundred taels of silver in front of him and was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a moment!
Yuan Xu smiled and said:
"Master Chen, to be honest, a close relative of our Yun family was exiled to Youzhou, and my son wanted to go and visit him. However, Youzhou is a key location for exiles from the imperial court. If we were discovered by the imperial court, we would be implicated. That's why we thought of taking advantage of Master Chen's favor. Master Chen, please don't worry. If we had malicious intentions and intended to rob the prisoners you were escorting, we could have easily escaped with them when we were attacked by the wolves. Master Chen couldn't have stopped us, right?"
The last sentence is true.
Chen Wu retracted his gaze, still looking at them suspiciously, and asked, "You...are you really not trying to kidnap the prisoner we are escorting?"
Xiao Yunshuo shook his head and said, "That's absolutely not my intention! The person I want to visit is already in Youzhou. I simply want to accompany Mr. Chen and his group and borrow his pass to enter Youzhou City. Once we're in Youzhou City, I'll reward you handsomely!"
Chen Wu lowered his head and took another look at the hundred-liang silver note.
This was the first time he had seen such a large amount of silver notes. If they were not trying to rob the prisoners they were escorting, then even if something went wrong in the future, they would not be blamed. This one hundred taels could be said to be a huge profit without any investment!
His salary for one year was only ten taels of silver, but this one hundred taels was his salary for ten years.
Of course, he also had to share it with other officials, so in the end, he would probably only have about twenty or thirty taels of silver in his hands, but that was still a lot!
What's more, Master Yun also promised another generous reward.
After a moment's hesitation, he secretly took the banknote, nodded, and said, "Since you two gentlemen say so, I will believe you for now. However, you two will accompany us. If you do anything unlawful, don't blame us for handling the matter impartially!"
Xiao Yunshuo smiled and said, "It's up to Mr. Chen to order."
Chen Fenghe watched Xiao Yunshuo and Chen Wu talking from afar. She originally thought that he and Yuan Xu would leave and follow the exile team secretly as before. However, she didn't expect that after they finished talking, they followed Chen Wu back to the exile team. She couldn't help but feel puzzled.
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