"The fever has subsided. If it comes back later, give him the medicine."
"Hey, thank you, doctor."
At the door of the inn's guest room, Su Man sent the doctor out. It was already midnight, and it was late at night for the consultation. Su Man paid some extra consultation fees and sent the patient out safely.
I thought Asong would have to sleep all night with such a high fever, but I didn't expect Asong to wake up in less than an hour.
At that time, Ao Xi was leaning against the head of the bed with his arms folded, while Su Man was sitting on a chair, leaning on the table and taking a nap.
At the hour of Yin, Asong opened his eyes on the bed, and what he saw was not the dark cave. The long-lost soft touch under his body made him feel as if he was in the clouds.
"Am I dead?"
"not yet."
Asong turned his head suddenly, but the movement was so sudden that everything in front of him went dark. It took him a while to see the man in front of him clearly.
The man had dark skin and didn't look big and strong, but he had a fierce look and a long scar under his eye, which made him even scarier than the guards.
Asong shrank back into the bed desperately, "Who are you? What do you want to do to me?"
Ao Xi was both angry and amused, "Boy, is this how you treat your savior? Besides, what can I do to you?"
"you..."
"Let me do it."
Su Man rubbed her eyebrows, which were swollen and painful due to lack of rest, and took over Ao Xi's work.
Facing the gentle Su Man, Asong relaxed a little. Seeing Ao Xi walk aside, he lowered his voice and asked, "Sister, were you also captured?"
Ao Xi???
After a brief exchange, Asong realized that Suman and Aoxi were there to save him on behalf of his father.
At first he was skeptical, but when he saw the map in Su Man's hand, all his doubts were thrown behind him. A smile appeared on his pale face, "Dad, it was Dad who asked you to come and save me, right? Where is my dad?"
Facing this boy who was only thirteen or fourteen years old, Su Man felt a little reluctant, and her face, which was not even as big as a palm, was full of hope.
Just as Su Man was thinking about how to start, Ao Xi's voice interrupted them, "Your father is dead."
"What?"
Asong seemed to be unresponsive and looked at Ao Xi blankly, "What did you say? What happened to my dad?"
Su Man glanced at Ao Xi, but she didn't stop him.
Ao Xi said simply, "He was seriously injured by the guards on his way to escape. Before he died, he begged us to save you."
"How could this happen... Dad promised me he would come back... Dad won't die, he promised me..."
Asong kept shaking his head, but his eyes were red unconsciously.
Su Man stroked Asong's thin back and said, "He misses you very much. You must live well."
"Dad, is he serious?"
"Um."
"father!"
Asong threw himself into Suman's arms and cried loudly.
"Okay, everything will be fine."
Su Man whispered to comfort Asong, while Ao Xi beside her felt a lump in his throat.
You little bastard, hug me so tight.
Never mind, never mind. I'll let you go this time just because you're pitiful.
After Asong regained his composure, Suman asked softly, "Can you tell us how you and your father were taken there?"
Asong was still sobbing. Su Man was afraid that he would faint again due to excessive emotion, so she added, "If you are tired, we can talk about it tomorrow."
"No, I'm not tired."
Asong wiped away his tears with his sleeve and talked about his life before they came.
...
Asong's father was a blacksmith. Unlike those laborers who were either captured or bought from all over the country, his family was native to Huangkou County.
"What exactly happened in Huangkou County back then?" Su Man asked tentatively.
"I was still young at that time. I just remember that many people in the village fell ill. My mother also passed away at that time."
Asong said that those who contracted the plague had blue bodies and purple lips, and his mother was the same.
"Many people moved away at that time, but Dad stayed to take care of Mom, and then..."
As if he recalled something terrible, Asong's eyes were red and he looked frightened.
At that time, there were not many people left in the village after the plague and the so-called evil spirits came out of the mountains.
Some are very old, some have no relatives to turn to, and some, like Asong's father, stay to take care of their families.
At first, everyone was very scared. Once night fell, they would block the door and rarely go out even during the day.
But as the days passed, nothing happened, and everyone gradually relaxed their vigilance, until that day...
That day, Asong drank too much water during the day and got up at night. Suddenly, he heard some noise outside and saw the flicker of fire.
Asong became curious and stepped on a stool to look outside. Then, he saw a scene that he would never forget.
Two masked men grabbed his playmate Da Hu and cut his throat with a few strokes of the hook-like weapons in their hands.
Only then did he realize that the outside world had become a hell on earth.
Blood spread and corpses were everywhere.
Soon, Asong was also discovered. Those people originally wanted to do the same thing to him, but at the critical moment, they saw the iron furnace in the yard.
After hearing that Asong's father was a blacksmith, they kept Asong and his son, took them to the cave, and started working day and night.
...
Although it was only a few words, Su Man could still hear the fear in Asong's tone.
"Do you remember what those people were wearing?"
Asong nodded, "Remember, they all wore the same thing. It looked a lot like armor."
Hearing the word "armor", Su Man and Ao Xi looked at each other. Sure enough, their guess was correct. This matter was related to the government.
"But every time I say that, Dad will beat me."
When talking about his father, Asong hung his head and looked extremely depressed.
Su Man touched his head before asking, "Do you remember what kind of armor that was?"
"Remember, it's like this."
Ah Song gestured the shape of a vest on his chest and said, "Before their heads were covered, I secretly looked and saw that there was a word embroidered on their clothes."
"What word?"
Ah Song scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "I can't read, so I don't know how to read it, but I can draw it for you."
He drew stroke by stroke on the palm of his hand. When he finished the last stroke, Su Man blurted out, "Qi?"
It turned out to be the King of Qi.
Generally speaking, even if a prince was sent to a fiefdom, he would not have many soldiers at hand. However, because the King of Qi's fiefdom was located at the border with the Western Regions, in addition to the soldiers stationed at the border, he also left soldiers in Baiyun City to prevent the border from being lost and the other cities from being able to resist.
If the King of Qi mobilized his troops in the name of training, no... he didn't need any name at all. Such a big move didn't cause any waves. The officials around him must have been bribed by the King of Qi.
Thinking of his secret dealings with the Western Regions, Su Man suddenly felt a chill down her spine.
If the King of Qi really had ulterior motives and the border was lost, the rebels could attack directly, and chaos in the world would be inevitable.
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