Chapter 1148 Newcomer
Manbao touched his face and said with a smile: "It's okay, just apply some medicine and it will be fine in a few days."
They briefly exchanged information on both sides. Seeing the Minister of Justice approaching, Xiang Chang and Daji stood up and walked out very obediently. However, before leaving, Daji stuffed a large bag of silver into Bai Shan's pocket and whispered, "If the food is not good, or if you need hot water or something that can't be dispatched, use the silver to buy it."
Bai Shan understood and quietly hid the silver that was stuffed into his pocket.
Manbao took a look and thought that there was no need to be so careful, as she had plenty of money.
Daji and the others went back to report, and Manbao and Baishan immediately picked out the herbs to make medicine.
The guards were too lazy to pay too much attention to them. They brought them two buckets of water and turned a blind eye to let them toss and turn in the cell. Of course, the food, wooden basins and other things sent by the Bai family were also delivered.
Bai Shan cleaned up the cell. There were only three quilts, so he directly laid one on Xiang Chao and asked the yamen runners to help lift him onto the quilt. Then he carefully lifted Xiang Chao, who had just been washed and applied with medicine, onto the quilt, covered the wound and medicine powder with a layer of linen, and carefully covered him with the quilt.
It was also the first time that Xiang Chao met them. He thought that the two of them were young and lived a wealthy life, so they would be spoiled, but he didn't expect them to be so capable.
Of all the housework, Manbao was best at making a fire, so she only had to stir it three times to get the fire started.
She breathed a sigh of relief and slowly lit the firewood that was brought in. Then she remembered that she had not put the medicine into the medicine pot yet. She hurriedly picked up the medicine pot that was not yet hot, put in the herbs and poured in water.
In order to facilitate talking and observation, Xiang Chao was asked to lie down with his head facing outwards and watch, and silently took back his previous sentence.
Bai Shan wiped the table in the middle of the cell with disgust, but finally found that it could not be cleaned no matter how hard he wiped. He had no choice but to cut a piece of linen and spread it on the table.
Manbao couldn't help but say after seeing this: "What a waste!"
Bai Shan insisted: "This is for the sake of our appetite for a long time to come, and it is also for health."
Manbao reluctantly accepted his excuse, but the two still quarreled a lot.
Bai Shan disliked that she threw her used things everywhere. Manbao thought that he had not finished using his things and would need them again soon, so he cleaned them up for her in a blink of an eye, which made it very inconvenient for her to use them.
There were clearly only three people in the cell, and one of them was lying motionless, yet the two of them managed to live like a family.
The guards who were taking a break from eating dinner outside couldn't help but walk over to take a look, and then said in surprise: "They are in good spirits even though they are already in the prison."
"There's no tomorrow after today. It's better to be happy than to cry, right?"
"Hey, he may not look that big, but he's quite courageous."
"It's more than just a small matter. This is simply going to break the law. Don't you see what day it is today? Even if it's an ordinary family, they're accusing someone's youngest son at their mother's birthday party..."
"Ahem." The Vice Minister of Justice appeared behind them without them noticing. Everyone was startled and immediately stood up to salute. When they stood up, they realized that there was the Minister behind him. They immediately lowered their heads and bent over again.
The Minister of Justice scolded: "You have nothing to do, don't you? If I hear you gossiping again..."
Everyone hurriedly lowered their heads to indicate that they didn't dare anymore. The Vice Minister of Justice then stepped aside and invited Shangshu Feng and the others in.
Only then did everyone see that there were still many people standing at the dim entrance. As soon as they made way, more people continued to come in.
After a while, someone carried in a bloody person on a wooden board, and Wei Zhi also came in with him.
The group went straight into the depths of the sky prison and found Bai Shan and the others.
Wei Zhi glanced at the jar emitting the smell of medicine, then at the young man and girl who were sitting around the table, eating and occasionally feeding Xiang Chao, which had been moved to the edge of the kang. He suddenly smiled, pointed at the people on the wooden board and Shangshu Feng, and said, "I think this room is big enough. After all, there are only a few rooms in the prison. Why not lock them all up together? That way, the Ministry of Justice can keep an eye on them."
Minister Feng: ...Now that things have come to this, can he still refuse?
However, he glanced at the person lying on the wooden board and shook his head slightly. He was afraid that even if Zhou Man was there, this person would not live long.
The three people who were eating were stunned at the sudden appearance of this group of people. However, their surprise was only for a moment. Bai Shan and Man Bao were the first to react. They immediately stood up and looked at the person lying on the wooden board. "Were they the ones brought out from the palace?"
Wei Zhi nodded, "Yes, of the three, he is the only one still alive."
Xiang Chao's expression changed slightly. He propped himself up and asked, "Who is it? Is it the Second Young Master?"
Wei Zhi looked at Shangshu Feng. Shangshu Feng had the cell opened and a wooden board was carried in. The person on it was covered in blood and even his fingers were not intact, but there were not many injuries on his face. Xiang Chao recognized him at once.
Tears streamed down his face as he suppressed his tears, "Second Young Master, Second Young Master, Doctor Zhou, please save him, please save him. He is the hope of our clan, our only legitimate heir. Sixth Master didn't agree to let him go in person. He should have stopped him, he should have stopped him..."
Manbao squatted down and felt his pulse. After a while, she looked up and said, "His heart meridians are not injured. He can be saved. But even if he is saved, his current injuries will leave him with lifelong disabilities."
Xiang Chao could no longer feel the pain in his back. He almost sat up. He wiped his tears and sat up, nodding, "As long as I can survive, it's fine."
Wei Zhi then said, "What herbs do you need? Doctor Zhou can just write a prescription and give it to Minister Feng. Your family should have someone guarding outside, right?"
Manbao nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes."
She looked at Minister Feng with sparkling eyes, "Then I'll have to trouble you, Minister Feng."
Wei Zhi also smiled and said to Minister Feng, "Minister Feng, it's just a small favor. It shouldn't be difficult, right?"
Minister Feng said expressionlessly, "Young Doctor Zhou, I thought they only needed to deliver the herbs once. The Heavenly Prison is not like any other place. This is not a medical clinic after all."
It was already a violation for him to let them contact the outside world once, and he did it again, and it would be repeated indefinitely. He was not stupid.
Wei Zhi coughed lightly and whispered in Minister Feng's ear, "This is also what Your Majesty meant."
Minister Feng glanced at him and said, "Then bring me your Majesty's handwritten letter, or let me hear your Majesty's oral instructions, otherwise I will not agree."
He glanced at the current cell, motioned Wei Zhi to look at the people and things inside, and whispered, "In this case, I have been partial. I know you sympathize with them, and I sympathize with them too, but don't overdo things. If you break the rules too much, it won't be called breaking the rules anymore."
That's called having ulterior motives, it's called rebellion!
Wei Zhi then pondered for a moment and said, "I will ask for the letter from His Majesty."
Minister Feng then stopped talking.
Well, today's update is here. Today is New Year's Eve. I wish you all a happy Spring Festival! In the Year of the Rat, you are the most beautiful, the richest, and the most talented.
(End of this chapter)
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