Chapter 837 Qiu Xiang is injured
Li Sanniang was standing in a blind spot from the outside. Holding a knife in her left hand and a gun in her right, she stood with her knees bent against the carriage wall, waiting for the next enemy to come with a knife.
"Third Sister!"
Old Ten, who was still holding his own against the three men in black, glanced around the carriage and called out worriedly, "Come here!"
Li San Niang didn't know how to answer, but Qiu Xiang, who was shielding Lu Zhu'er from the corner of the carriage, endured the pain and replied, "Tenth Brother, we're alright!"
Hearing Qiu Xiang's words, Lao Shi finally felt a little relieved. He then increased the force of his strikes and made them more cunning. He wanted to finish off the three people in front of him as soon as possible so that he could go and protect Li San Niang and the others.
The sound of galloping hooves grew closer, and Li Sanniang knew that the Imperial Guards were coming. She figured that the assassins lurking in the shadows, waiting for their chance to kill her, would finally be able to resist.
Who goes ahead?
"The Imperial Guards are here! Cease fire immediately!"
The Golden Guard, clad in golden armor and wielding a long spear, rode a tall horse and saw the severed carriage shaft, the leisurely horse beside it, and the carriage with only half a door remaining. He then shouted these words out loud.
Old Ten wanted to stop, but the three masked men in black wouldn't give him the chance.
Seeing that the four men fighting on the tenth brother's side ignored the warnings, the Imperial Guard directly ordered the archer beside him, "Draw your bows!"
"The Imperial Guards are here. Cease fire immediately!"
"Shoot them immediately if they don't stop!"
The moment the word "kill" from the Golden Guard landed, two black-clad men with exceptional agility leaped out from the shadows of the street lampposts.
They were incredibly fast, appearing in the blink of an eye.
With a clear objective, the two headed straight for the carriage where Li Sanniang was.
The "bang" was the sound of a gun sticking out from between the eyebrows of one of the men in black.
With a "whoosh," came the sound of an arrow being shot by an archer from the Imperial Guard; another man in black had an arrow stuck between his eyebrows.
Upon seeing this, the three men who were fighting with Lao Shi immediately slit their own throats before Lao Shi and the Jinwu Guards could react, and died.
Not only were they dead, but all three of them slit their throats at once.
Lao Shi quickly went forward to check her breathing. Once he confirmed that she was truly dead, he didn't care anymore and headed towards the carriage where Li San Niang was.
At this moment, several members of the Imperial Guard dismounted, and two of them directly blocked the Tenth Prince's path with their swords drawn. "The Imperial Guard is here. Who are you?"
The tenth brother quickly took out the Bad Guy's waist tag from his pocket. "I am a Bad Guy, and the person inside the carriage is Li, the Imperial Physician."
We were suddenly attacked by villains on our way home. Thank you all, Jinwu Guards!
"If it weren't for you all, we would probably be dead here today."
Still mounted on his tall horse and holding a long spear, the Imperial Guard took the bronze Bad Guy badge handed to him by his subordinate, examined it carefully, and confirmed that it was indeed a Bad Guy badge.
Just as the Imperial Guard was about to ask a question, four or five masked men in black, carrying knives, flew down from the rooftops on both sides of the street in a few quick movements.
The Imperial Guards were highly disciplined; as soon as the group of men in black appeared, the archers drew their bows again, while the others raised their swords in a standoff.
Old Ten turned around and saw that it was one of his own people.
"Brothers of the Golden Guard, these are our own people, our own people."
We just sent out a distress signal, and I'm sure the brothers from the Imperial Guards came after seeing it, right?
The leader of the thugs stepped forward, cupped his hands in greeting to the Imperial Guards, and then asked the tenth brother, "How is Third Sister? Is she alright?"
Old Ten hurriedly ran towards the carriage, calling out, "Third Sister, Third Sister, it's safe now. It's me, Old Ten. I'm coming in."
Once inside the carriage, Li Sanniang saw that it was Lao Shi (Old Ten), she put down the musket in her hand.
"What's wrong with Qiu Xiang?"
Seeing Qiu Xiang, who had fainted beside Lu Zhu'er, Lao Shi asked worriedly.
Have our people arrived yet?
The arrow was poisoned. I've already sealed Qiu Xiang's acupoints; I need to quickly remove the arrowhead and apply medicine to remove the poison and stop the bleeding.
Before the tenth brother could answer, the masked ruffian jumped onto the carriage and said from outside the door, "Third sister, I am the fifth brother. I have four of our men with me. Just tell me what you want."
"Is the surrounding area safe? Have all the people lurking in the shadows been eliminated?"
Finally, Li San Niang asked Lao Shi to watch over Lu Zhu'er and asked Lao Wu to find someone to carry Qiu Xiang down.
After getting off the carriage, Li Sanniang first greeted the arriving Imperial Guards.
"Thank you all for coming to my aid. I am Li Mingfang, a seventh-rank official of the Imperial Medical Bureau. The injured one is my eldest disciple, who was hit by a poisoned arrow."
"Saving lives is the priority. My home is just ahead. If the Imperial Guards don't mind, please come home with me. We'll save lives first, then we can talk about everything else."
The leader of the Imperial Guards, carrying a long spear, saw Qiu Xiang being carried down by the black-clad ruffians, clearly wounded by an arrow in her shoulder. He nodded, arranged for people to watch the scene and the body, and then called a few others to accompany him back to Li San Niang's house with her and the others.
Li San Niang's heart and eyes were completely focused on Qiu Xiang. When she returned home, she made Lu Zhu'er sit to the side, and dared not let Lu Zhu'er out of her sight again.
Lao Shi's observation was more thorough. He discovered that there were obvious signs of a fight in the house, and the thugs who had been secretly protecting Li San Niang were nowhere to be found.
After exchanging a glance, the fifth and tenth brothers were about to leave when the fifth brother pointed to one of the people who had come with him and sent him back to the Bad Guys Alliance to report the news.
Because Qiu Xiang was a woman, Li San Niang had Lao Shi move a screen from the side hall to block the view, and Lao Shi and the Jinwu Guards who had come with him waited outside the main hall.
Just as Li San Niang opened her medical kit and took out scissors to cut open Qiu Xiang's clothes after she had fainted, there was a knock on the door of Li San Niang's house.
"It must be Lady Linglan, the disciple of Third Sister. She happens to live not far away."
"We must have lit the lamps so she could see them, which is why she came over so late at night."
Upon opening the door, it was indeed Lily of the Valley.
"Tenth Brother, has Master returned? I saw the light was on, so I came to check."
When Linglan was led into the main hall, she first saw the Golden Guards sitting in chairs wearing golden armor, then she saw the Fifth Brother and his men, who were still dressed in black and masked, and then she smelled the strong smell of blood.
"Third Miss, Lady Linglan has arrived? Shall we let her in?"
Li San Niang was worried that she couldn't act alone, so she said, "Alright, let her in!"
Li San Niang looked up and saw Ling Lan, then, without bothering to explain, directly ordered, "Qiu Xiang is injured; the arrow is poisoned."
"Come on, help me cut this opening first, so I can remove the arrow and insert the needle."
After a flurry of activity, the arrowhead was removed and the bleeding stopped, but some residual poison had still seeped into the bloodstream.
"Have Lao Shi brew the medicine packets marked with the character 'Jia' on the third shelf of the medicine cabinet in my study."
"Yes, Master."
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