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When the news that the three brothers of the Sang family committed suicide in prison due to fear of punishment reached the Yangcheng government office, Zhou Fuyin and others turned pale.
"How could Bailutai be so blatant in its actions?"
No one dared to respond to what Zhou Fuyin said.
After a while, Wei Tixia said, "The people sent out of the city by the Sang Mansion were intercepted by Bailutai. They must have obtained some serious evidence."
Zhou Fuyin was sweating profusely. He said, "The Sang family is finished. Completely finished! We can't hesitate any longer. Follow the documents and evidence brought by Lord Yan and confiscate them immediately!"
Yan Boren, who came to supervise the work, was already getting restless.
He felt something was wrong since the people from the Supervisory Office suddenly came out to take over the case early in the morning.
He wanted to return to the capital to discuss the matter with his father and sister, but the Censorate said he was an important witness and could not leave, so they detained him as well.
I waited anxiously until dusk, and saw in the dim twilight, several men wearing long cloaks, black soft armor, and long swords at their waists entered the government office one after another.
The leader was tall, with broad shoulders and a narrow waist. He had a high nose and slightly deep eye sockets. He had the appearance of a very handsome Beiliang man, but he was wearing the regular uniform of a military general from Sheng State.
There is no other person like him in the whole country. He must be Baili Hongyuan, the son of Princess Linglong and King Beiliang and the Supervisory Office.
Yan Boren wanted to go up to him and ask him how long he would be detained, but he was frightened by his cold expression and gloomy aura.
It was obvious that Baili Hongyuan was in a very bad mood at the moment.
When Zhou Fuyin heard the noise, he crawled out to greet him. Before he could finish his greetings, he threw a scroll into his arms.
"The people on the list will be taken away by the Supervisory Office for personal trial. You will decide the rest of the Sang family cases. Also, prepare a carriage quickly. I need it immediately!"
"Yes! I'll do it right away!"
Soon, the carriage carrying the unconscious Qin Yousi and Taoist Xiwei, escorted by Baili Hongyuan, Xin Chen and Gu Wu, returned to Beijing at a high speed.
Halfway through the journey, Qin Yousi vomited blood again and the team had to stop.
Looking at the bloodstains all over the carriage, Baili Hongyuan's eyes were bloodshot. He really couldn't bear to see her die in front of him again!
"Master, she can't make it to the capital like this. Is there any emergency solution?"
Seeing that this place was not far from Liuquan Mountain, Xiwei said, "I will go back to the temple to get the medicine. You guys continue on your way and meet at Mazhuang, fifty miles ahead."
Baili Hongyuan abandoned his horse and took the carriage, taking Qin Yousi from Xiwei's arms into his own hands.
After vomiting blood, Qin Yousi gradually woke up. Noticing the movement in his hands, Baili Hongyuan lowered his head and asked carefully, "Are you awake?"
Qin Yousi looked up at him, meeting his anxious and burning gaze. She smiled softly and comforted him, "Master Baili, I'm sorry. I'll compensate you with nice clothes later."
Baili Hongyuan breathed a sigh of relief as he still had the energy to joke about his clothes stained with vomited blood.
But he was in no mood to chat with Qin Yousi, and asked anxiously: "What medicine do you need? I will send someone to find it immediately."
Among this group of people, Qin Yousi has the best medical skills and he knows best how to use medicine for her body.
After Qin Yousi gave the prescription, he said, "In addition to these medicines, I... I also need to bleed. My body may not be able to withstand it, but my life will not be in danger. Don't be frightened, Lord Baili."
Her blood was poisonous. When she was young, Qin Yousi gave Sang Youzhi a blood transfusion to reduce the toxins in her blood.
Nowadays, when there are no blood donors, bloodletting is still an effective method, but it will cause great pain to the person.
After rushing all the way to Mazhuang, Xin Chen immediately went to the clinic to find the items and medicinal materials Qin Yousi needed.
Qin Yousi was preparing to bleed to remove the poison in the guest room. Because she was weak, pulse cutting and bloodletting were too dangerous, so she could only choose to bleed and cupping at the eight acupoints on her back.
But this cannot be done by one person.
After much deliberation, she approached Baili Hongyuan and asked, "Master, do you know how to do cupping?"
Baili Hongyuan has been studying medicine for the past few years. Although he is not an expert in medicine, he has mastered the basic skills.
Knowing that she needed help, Baili Hongyuan asked, "How do we do this?"
Qin Yousi pointed out eight acupuncture points on his back and said, "Prick these eight acupuncture points and use cupping to let the blood out."
"Okay." Baili Hongyuan's face was solemn. He quickly began to wash his hands and prepare items such as acupuncture needles and cupping.
Seeing how serious he was, Qin Yousi didn't want to bring up the differences between men and women, so she turned around silently, took off her coat, gathered her hair, and lay down on the bed.
Baili Hongyuan was ready and came to the bedside with his supplies. When he saw the fair but skinny back, he realized that he had overlooked a big problem.
"I... I was only thinking about curing the disease... I wasn't thoughtful enough..." There was a rare panic in his words.
Qin Yousi's face was also a little hot, but she felt better because she was lying down and didn't have to face Baili Hongyuan directly.
So, suppressing her shame, she said, "Don't say more. I came to you for help. It was an emergency and I had to act accordingly."
Baili Hongyuan took a deep breath, put aside all distracting thoughts, and used wooden chopsticks as fingers to mark the eight acupoints where Qin Yousi needed to bleed, then punctured them one by one and applied cupping.
Soon, the black blood was gradually sucked out of the acupoint by the cupping jar, and Qin Yousi's entire back turned purple and black, which was unbearable to look at.
After finishing this, Baili Hongyuan packed up his things and stood up to help her prepare the herbs that would be needed for the compress on the other side of the room.
To ease the awkwardness, Baili Hongyuan chatted with her, saying, "The girl Yu Huan who came with you will stay in Yangcheng to escort Madam Qin's coffin back to the capital. My people will also take care of it, so you don't have to worry."
"Okay, thank you."
Baili Hongyuan frowned, thinking about his worries while pounding the medicine. Compared with revenge for Qin, how to let her survive became his most anxious thing.
Although Qin Yousi couldn't see Baili Hongyuan's face, she knew very well how worried he was about her condition.
Looking back on these short three months, Baili Hongyuan had done so much for the Qin family, not to mention the long years before? She must have missed a lot.
Qin Yousi looked at his back and suddenly asked, "Master Baili, did you like my second cousin before?"
To Baili Hongyuan, these words were like asking him, "Do you like me?"
For the first time in his life, Baili Hongyuan felt that he was unable to handle such a situation.
Fortunately, his back was facing away from her, so he wouldn't reveal his nervous and embarrassed expression.
It took a long while before Qin Yousi heard his answer.
"yes."
Qin Yousi was moved and felt apologetic.
If she could avenge her great hatred with her broken body, it would be a blessing from heaven. How could she still be greedy for other things in the world?
Besides, given her condition, she probably won’t live long, right?
Qin Yousi didn't want him to be burdened by his emotions, and even more so, didn't want him to lose his love again...
She spoke in a soft and gentle voice, "Actually, my second cousin has a bad temper and is very competitive. She always wants to do something earth-shattering or revitalize the family to impress her parents. She only chooses men with good family backgrounds when marrying, so she got engaged to someone like Duan Zheng. She didn't know your intentions before, and she won't know them in the future. You don't have to do so much for the Qin family for her. She doesn't deserve it."
She was not talking about the love between young men and women, but about how it is difficult to repay a favor and continue a past relationship.
Baili Hongyuan smiled bitterly in his heart, he would misunderstand.
Qin Yousi refused to admit who she was in front of him, so how could she respond to his feelings?
Both of them were smart people and there was no need to expose the embarrassing truth, but they both understood the deeper meaning behind their words.
Baili Hongyuan could only say, "Miss Sang, don't worry too much. I'm investigating the Qin family's affairs for the public good and for the people, and for my own personal gain, to repay the Qin family for their cultivation of me. As for you... just think of it as a brother's care for his younger sister, just like Qin You'an cared for me back then."
After pounding the herbs, Baili Hongyuan returned to the bedside, his expression now calm. "Apply the medicine."
After the cupping jar was removed, pools of dirty blood flowed out from Qin Yousi's back. Baili Hongyuan wiped them off carefully, applied some herbal medicine and bandaged it up.
He never touched Qin Yousi during the whole process. His expression and eyes were clear, just like a considerate brother taking care of his seriously ill sister.
After Qin Yousi finished putting on his clothes, Baili Hongyuan stood up and said, "The secret guards will bring you dinner in a while. After eating, you can go to bed early. Taoist Xiwei should be able to meet up with us before tomorrow morning, and then we will return to the capital."
"Thank you, it's been a great pleasure." Qin Yousi thanked him again.
After leaving the room, Baili Hongyuan looked down at the blood basin in his hand, and his hands were shaking.
The dark blood dyed the water a deep red with a strange dark purple tint.
Even if he had one more chance, couldn't he save her?
While he was worried, an arrow flew in from the window of the inn. With a "whoosh", it was blocked by Baili Hongyuan with the copper basin in his hand.
The secret guards were alarmed, and Xin Chen immediately shouted, "There's an assassin! Protect the governor!"
Baili Hongyuan drew his sword and prepared to chase after him, but he found thick smoke coming out of the inn's kitchen and a fire spreading rapidly.
He returned to Qin Yousi's room, picked her up, hugged her and left.
Qin Yousi had just bled and was already dizzy and weak. Now he could only cling to him tightly, not daring to move.
As soon as we walked out of the inn lobby, arrows flew everywhere and the entire inn was surrounded.
Xin Chen brought the horse over and brandished his sword to help Baili Hongyuan deflect the arrows. "Master, go ahead. We'll cover your retreat!"
Now he is a sick person and is the weakest link in the team. Only when they leave can the secret guards be free.
Baili Hongyuan jumped onto the horse's back, shouted loudly, and rode out.
Qin Yousi was hidden under him, completely shielded, but she could still hear the sound of horse hooves coming one after another from behind. There were quite a few people chasing them.
She took out the protective "One Breath of Drunk" and stuffed it into Baili Hongyuan's hand: "Use this."
Baili Hongyuan was somewhat surprised. She was able to prepare this in a panic. She was really the same clever girl as before.
Baili Hongyuan had suffered from a bout of drunkenness before, so he knew how powerful this drug was.
He immediately rode his horse towards the upwind direction, and when he reached a narrow path, he turned around and sprinkled out the sleeping drug, and instantly both the man and the horse fell over.
The crisis was temporarily over, Baili Hongyuan did not dare to be careless, but instead frowned even more tightly.
Qin Yousi was puzzled and asked, "Who is it?"
Baili Hongyuan said, "Before leaving the capital, I received news that the most elite Xifeng Guards around the Marquis of Xichang had been dispatched back to the capital alone. I couldn't track down their whereabouts all the way back and forth, and I just thought they couldn't help but attack. But look at their clothes and weapons, they're just bandits. While the mantis stalks the cicada, the oriole is still behind!"
This was most likely a trap set by the West Wind Guards to separate him and the people from the Supervisory Office!
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