"Brother?" Shen Qiu reached out and patted Shen Yue's shoulder worriedly. Shen Yue turned around and gave Shen Qiu a smile that was uglier than crying. "Qiu'er, maybe she regrets it?"
Chen Qiu patted Chen Yue's arm and said, "Brother, don't doubt your sweetheart. Trust is the foundation for you to overcome the difficulties in the future. If there is no trust between you, then there is no point in you being together."
Chen Yue glanced at Chen Qiu and said, "Okay, she said to wait for me for three days, so I will wait for her for three days. If I can't wait for her, I will go to her Honghe Village to find her. I have to know why she made an appointment with me and why I broke it."
"That's right." The three of them chatted and laughed as they returned to the general's mansion.
The next day, Chen Yue went to Honghe Cloth Shop earlier than the day before. He waited from dawn till the sun was at its highest point in the sky, but he never saw the figure he was waiting for.
At night, I thought about going back today, but I was afraid that Hongling might be delayed by something, and I would miss her as soon as I left. Two hours passed in this dilemma, and when I returned to the general's mansion, it was almost midnight.
The third day was the same, Hong Ling still did not show up at night. Shen Yue was more worried now. Although Hong Ling came from the underworld, people in the underworld value loyalty. She would not break the appointment without a reason. Even if she was unwilling, Shen Yue believed that she would definitely come to the appointment and tell him in person instead of letting him guess.
It was already very late, and Chen Yue still hadn't waited for Hong Ling, so she walked towards the city gate unconsciously. There was no curfew in the Great Yin Dynasty, but the gates of the border county would still be closed. This was the time when the two squads of soldiers changed guard.
"Who is there?" The moonlight was already very bright, but it was only visible and invisible among the dark clouds. The soldiers guarding the city could not see Chen Yue clearly, so they shouted.
"It's me" After being scolded, Shen Yue realized where she was.
"General? What brings you here so late at night?" The soldiers guarding the city naturally recognized him and asked.
"It's okay. I couldn't sleep, so I went out for a walk." Shen Yue responded casually and thought about turning around and going back.
"Knock, knock, knock." Suddenly, someone outside the city gate was banging on the door very hard. Shen Yue's heart suddenly tightened. For some reason, he felt that the person knocking on the door must be Hong Ling. Without waiting for the soldiers guarding the city to make a sound, Shen Yue walked to the city gate and said, "Find a rope. I will drop down from above and see if there is nothing wrong. I will make a sound. Don't open the city gate until you hear my voice." Although Shen Yue was very anxious, this was a border town after all, and he could not be careless.
Chen Yue went up to the city gate. Two soldiers pulled one end of the rope. Chen Yue let the rope go down, then slid down along the rope, and then looked at the city gate in the moonlight.
The city gate was too deep to see clearly, so Shen Yue walked in cautiously. Inside were the figures of two thin men, but there was no red color that she had been waiting for for a long time.
Shen Yue walked over, "General Shen? Do you know General Shen?" A weak girl's voice came.
Shen Yue quickly walked up to the two people, "I'm Shen Yue, who are you?"
"Chen... General Shen... hurry up and save the village chief." It was still that weak voice.
When Chen Yue heard the word "Village Leader" he immediately turned the man lying on the ground over. This man wasn't that man at all? It was Hong Ling, the woman he had been waiting for for three days.
After bringing Hong Ling and the girl back to the Shen Mansion, the Shen family members were already asleep. Shen Yue did not dare to disturb the elders and brought people directly to Shen Qiu.
"What's going on? What happened?" Chen Qiu and Ye Chen came out with their coats on. They saw Chen Yue carrying one child on her back and holding another in her hands. Her miserable appearance was really heartbreaking.
"It's Hongling, go find Brother Xiao for help!"
Chen Qiu asked Xing'er to help pick up Hongling, and then went to find Xiao Hang. Chunhong and Lvliu helped to boil water and find the medicine box.
When Xiao Hang came over, Chunhong and Lvliu helped the girl who could still speak to check it out first. After confirming that it was just an external injury, they washed the wound with hot water and applied medicine.
"Fortunately, we all followed the young lady to do this, otherwise we would have to wait for the doctor to come." Chunhong sighed as she bandaged the girl.
"By the way, I don't know your name yet. I can't keep calling you girl, can I?" Chunhong was quite outgoing and was quite curious about this girl who was covered in wounds and never spoke.
"My name is Hong Gu."
"Oh! Are you hungry? I'll find you something to eat?" Chunhong asked again.
"Okay" This time she simply said one word. Lvliu covered her mouth with her hands and smiled, then took Honggu's changed clothes and went out. Chunhong smiled awkwardly, "Then I'll find you something to eat. Don't worry, the girl will be fine. We have a very good doctor here."
When Xiao Hang came over, Chen Qiu and Xing'er had already helped Hong Ling change her clothes. She didn't have many external injuries, but she was still unconscious.
"Brother Xiao, thank you for your help!" Shen Yue's hands were still shaking. He started as a vanguard soldier at the age of fifteen and worked his way up to the position of vanguard general by killing people. Although he killed enemy soldiers, they were still human beings. Otherwise, he would not be able to convince his men just by relying on his father.
But now he was afraid. He was afraid that Hongling would never wake up again. This was the second time he felt powerless after the last time Chen Qiu was assassinated and gave birth to a child.
Xiao Hang gave him a reassuring look and went into the house. Ye Chen waited outside with Shen Yue, while Shen Qiu and Xing'er helped inside.
The more Xiao Hang examined her, the tighter his brows furrowed. Chen Qiu, watching from the side, felt his heart tighten as well. It was so hard for his brother to fall in love with someone, so he hoped nothing would happen! Xiao Hang took out a porcelain bottle from his arms, poured out a small pill, fed it to Hong Ling's mouth, lifted her chin, and saw that she swallowed it. "It's okay, she can still swallow."
"How is it?" Chen Qiu asked impatiently as Xiao Hang just let go of his hand.
Xiao Hang frowned and shook his head, "I can't cure her. She's been poisoned. I can only suppress the poison, but I can't completely cure it. I need Lan Yu to help."
Qi County is two thousand miles away from Kyoto. Will Lan Yu be able to arrive in a hurry once he arrives?
"Can she withstand the long-distance bumpy ride now?" Several people sat together to discuss what to do.
"No problem, someone sealed her acupoints, the poison won't spread, but it will only last for half a month." Xiao Hang raised the issue that several people were concerned about.
"Ms. Hong Gu, how did Hong Ling get poisoned? Who sealed her acupoints? Also, what exactly happened? Didn't Honghe Village submit to her when I left? Who did it?" Shen Yue asked several questions in one breath.
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