Chapter 2353 Severely Injured Cheng Xian
Shu Yu was startled; the person lying on the ground was actually Cheng Xian.
Moreover, it seems that Chengxian has already fainted, and his clothes are covered in blood, clearly indicating that he has suffered serious injuries.
Ma Lu was closest to Cheng Xian; they were direct subordinates, but also friends. Therefore, upon seeing him lying on the ground in such a state, he was the first to rush forward, exclaiming, "Guardian Cheng Xian, what happened?"
Zhao Xi frowned, and after the rope on his hands was untied, he stepped forward and squatted down next to Cheng Xian to take his pulse.
Chengxian was indeed seriously injured; there were seven or eight wounds visible to the naked eye. He also had a high fever, and if he wasn't treated soon, he might not survive.
But even the most skilled cook can't cook without rice. Zhao Xi's medicine kit, medicine bag, and medicine bottles had all been confiscated, so no matter how skilled he was, there was nothing he could do.
but……
He glanced at Chengxian's bandaged wounds, then looked up at the people in the room and asked, "Do you have any medicine?"
The eldest son of the Cheng family, who was standing nearby, hurriedly said, "They did give us medicine, but it was only for external wounds and painkillers. They wouldn't give us anything else. We don't know anything about medicine, so we can only do some simple bandaging."
"Give me these two medicines first." The eldest daughter of the Cheng family immediately took the medicine bottles.
Zhao Xi unwrapped the bandages from Cheng Xian's body. Fortunately, the person who treated him was quite meticulous, but the wound had worsened somewhat in this kind of weather.
He needs a knife.
But the outsiders certainly wouldn't give him such a lethal weapon.
Zhao Xi looked up at the women in the room. All the hairpins on their heads were gone, and Shu Yu's hair ornaments had also been taken away.
Zhao Xi frowned, when a low voice suddenly came to his ear, "Do you want a knife?"
"You have one?" Zhao Xi looked at the person who had just spoken in surprise. It was the youngest son of Lord Cheng, who was fourteen or fifteen years old this year.
The latter nodded and took out a very small razor blade. "They couldn't take this. I kept it so that I could... to use it to commit suicide if I had no other choice."
He didn't say the last sentence aloud, but everyone around him knew what it meant.
Some of the timid and young children couldn't help but sob.
Zhao Xi patted the boy on the shoulder. "Give it to me." The blade may be small, but it's better than nothing.
He quickly began treating Chengxian's wounds.
While the others were busy in the corner and Cheng Daren couldn't help, he looked up at Shu Yu and asked about her situation.
"Is the county princess here to rescue the abbot of Dongqing Temple?"
Shu Yu shook her head. "Saving isn't quite the right word. I didn't know my master was in trouble at first." She picked out the parts she could talk about and gave a brief account. "We received a letter earlier from a girl we rescued from the black market in Changjin Prefecture. She said she saw people who looked like they were from the black market in the southwest. But this was just their speculation, so after we arrived in the capital, we gave the letter to Xiang Weinan and presented it to the Emperor."
Master Cheng frowned. "When did you receive such a letter?"
Late January.
"Six months ago?"
“Yes.” Shu Yu nodded. “The Emperor will definitely send someone to the Southwest to investigate. As for who he will send, it should be Lord Qi Lie.”
She continued, "After the matter was reported, we stopped paying attention to it, thinking that Lord Qi would handle it. Who knew that after my husband and I got married, we received a letter from my master saying that she was in the southwest and needed our help, so we came here."
(End of this chapter)
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