Chapter 26: Escort Agency Joins
"Knock knock knock!" There was a series of rapid knocks on the back door of the restaurant.
Xiangyu opened the door and saw Zhao Xiao holding a woman standing outside. The woman was covered with a cloak and her appearance could not be seen clearly. All that could be seen was a pair of hands exposed under the cloak, with twisted fingers and broken nails, covered with dried blood stains.
Xiangyu took a breath and said, "What happened?"
"Hurry up and call Yuzhu to go upstairs." Zhao Xiao carried her straight up to the second floor.
After a while, Song Yuzhu hurried up, pushed open the door of the conference room, and saw a strange woman lying unconscious on the table.
Zhao Xiao said: "Madam Sun was found in the military prostitute camp, and she was seriously injured."
Song Yuzhu hurriedly took his pulse, which was soft and weak, and hollow when pressed. It meant that he had suffered severe internal injuries!
"Hurry up and get someone to boil some hot water and bring two more quilts!"
"Hey!" Xiangyu hurried downstairs.
Zhao Xiao frowned: "Is there any cure?"
For the first time, Song Yuzhu showed a look of difficulty: "She has too many wounds on her body, I don't know exactly where she was injured." Skin injuries are easy to diagnose and treat, but if there are internal injuries, without X-rays and ultrasound, it is impossible to determine the specific situation by just taking the pulse.
Soon Xiangyu went upstairs carrying the bedding, found a clean table, spread the bed, and carried the person upstairs.
The woman was still unconscious, occasionally mumbling and weakly shouting: Husband, save me, or don't touch me...
Because Sun Niangzi was injured in a special place, Song Yuzhu asked everyone else to go out and only left Xiangyu to help.
Song Yuzhu first took out a life-saving ginseng pill from the medicine box and stuffed it under the woman's tongue, then took a deep breath and began to undress her.
The originally light yellow skirt was stained with blood and turned into gray-brown. It took the two of them a long time to take off the clothes.
Xiangyu only took one look and then turned her head away and sobbed. They were both women, and they could feel the pain more intensely.
If Master Zhu hadn't saved her that day, she would have been like this...
Song Yuzhu had undergone many surgeries in her previous life, and the worst case scenario she had seen was a car accident that crushed the lower body. But that was an accident after all, but Madam Sun was deliberately persecuted into this state!
He said in a trembling voice: "Help her clean herself first."
Xiangyu is a strong woman after all. If it were someone else, I'm afraid no one would dare to touch her.
A basin of hot water turned deep red. Lin Dayong brought up a bucket of water and scrubbed the person back and forth three or four times before he could barely clean him.
Song Yuzhu began to check the injuries on the woman's body. Ordinary skin injuries could basically be ignored, and the most serious injuries were on the lower body.
It was almost torn apart, which was a bit troublesome to deal with. Even after it was sutured, there would be sequelae. The second was the wound on her chest. Song Yuzhu felt with experience that at least four of her ribs were broken. I don't know if her internal organs were injured. Both legs were severely fractured, her fingers were broken, and her skull was fractured. It was hard to imagine what kind of inhuman experience she had experienced these days.
"Let's start with the most serious part." Song Yuzhu gave her acupuncture to relieve the pain, and then sutured her body. Xiangyu held the woman's wrist, tears streaming down her face.
Why do women have to suffer such humiliation? Thinking back to the past 18 years, I was sold to a music house when I was young, and I was hungry every day and was whipped. Later, I entered the palace, entertained Prince Qing, and was rewarded to a military officer. I had no choice. But why? Aren't they human beings? How are they worse than men?
It took more than an hour for Song Yuzhu to suture the wound. Xiangyu hurriedly went to find her own clothes and put them on her.
While the bone was being set, Madam Sun woke up from the pain. She looked at the people around her in confusion, then suddenly remembered something and struggled to hide.
Xiangyu hugged her and sobbed, "Don't be afraid, sister, it's okay, it's okay..."
"Ugh...ah! Wuuwu...ah!" Madam Sun screamed in fear, and Song Yuzhu realized that all her teeth had been knocked out...
He could no longer control himself, rushed out of the room and squatted at the stairs vomiting wildly.
Zhao Xiao quickly walked over to him and patted his back: "Yuzhu, how are you?"
Song Yuzhu's eyes were red, and she gritted her teeth and said fiercely: "They are worse than beasts! Don't these people have mothers? How could they treat her like this!"
Zhao Xiao pulled Song Yuzhu up and held him in his arms to comfort him: "Isn't that why we have to change everything?"
After a while, Song Yuzhu calmed down, pushed Zhao Xiao aside and said, "Send someone to notify Madam Sun's parents to come over. The Sun Family Escort Agency is well-connected, and with them joining us, the news about Xuanyi Tower will be much more convenient in the future."
"good!"
"Ah Xiao, we have to go faster, faster!"
Song Yuzhu wiped away her tears, her eyes becoming extremely determined: "As long as these beasts in power are still alive, there will be thousands and thousands of Sun Niangzi suffering from this purgatory-like pain. We must overthrow them!"
*
After Sun Biao and his wife received the news, they hurried over from the inn. Before going up to the second floor, although Xiangyu told them in advance that Sun's wife was seriously injured, they were still very excited when they actually saw their precious daughter.
Madam Sun fainted immediately. Although Head of Sun Biaotou did not faint, he stretched out his hands and didn't know where to hold his daughter.
Zhao Xiao said: "The daughter has been treated, but her injuries are too severe. I'm afraid she won't recover in a short time. She needs a long time to recuperate."
Sun Biao seemed not to hear her. He squatted beside his daughter's bed and whispered, "Niuniu, wake up. Dad is here to pick you up."
The person on the bed was motionless, and his bruised face was almost unrecognizable from its original appearance.
Sun Biao said softly, "Dad shouldn't have let you marry far away. It would have been great if I had found a husband for you to stay by my side."
Madam Sun's eyelids moved and tears flowed from the corners of her eyes.
Sun Biao raised his hand and gently wiped away his daughter's tears: "My dear girl, Dad ran so far to find you, and you are reluctant to open your eyes and look at me?"
Xiangyu turned around and wiped her tears, feeling mixed emotions. Poor parents in the world. Outsiders would feel so distressed seeing Madam Sun like this, and Mr. Sun must be feeling heartbroken at this moment.
Song Yuzhu used acupuncture to wake Madam Sun up. She ran to the bedside like crazy, hugged her and cried loudly: "My darling, my dear daughter!" She only had this one daughter, who had never even had sex before she got married. How... how did she become like this!
Xiangyu held her back and said, "Madam Sun, she is covered in wounds, you can't shake her like this!"
Madam Sun was so frightened that she withdrew her hands, but she could not stop crying. She pounded her chest, almost unable to breathe due to the heartache.
Sun Biao stood up, turned around and was about to walk out.
Song Yuzhu hurried forward to stop him: "Captain Sun, where are you going?"
Sun Biao was like an enraged old beast, panting heavily in his throat: "Don't stop me, I'm going to kill those beasts!"
"Who are you going to kill? The soldiers who bullied your daughter, or Yang Yuanqing who ordered the rape?"
"No matter who it is, as long as they have bullied my daughter, I will not let them go!"
Zhao Xiao whispered, "Can you kill them? Even if you sacrifice the entire escort agency, can you compete with Yang Yuanqing's 20,000 cavalry?"
Sun Biao was stunned, and in an instant he seemed to have aged more than ten years.
"Dad...Dad." A hoarse voice suddenly came from behind. Sun Biao turned around and found that his daughter had opened her eyes at some point.
"Niuniu!" Sun Biao burst into tears and ran to his daughter's side, "Dad is here, Dad is here."
"mother……"
Mrs. Sun cried so hard that she could no longer speak and she kept touching her daughter's hair over and over again.
Madam Sun struggled to get up, but was quickly stopped by Xiangyu: "Sister, you are too badly injured to move, lie down quickly."
Madam Sun took a few deep breaths and said, "Dad... I want to go home."
"Okay, Dad will take you back right away! Let's go back to Baoding Prefecture!" Sun Biao carefully picked up his daughter, as if he was holding a priceless treasure. After sending her to the carriage that had been prepared outside and settling his wife and daughter down, he returned to the restaurant and knelt down in front of Zhao Xiao.
"No, Master Sun, you are embarrassing me."
Sun Biao said, "I am so grateful to you for helping me rescue my daughter! I promised you a generous reward that day. Gold and silver are an insult to your status. If Master Xuanying doesn't mind, the Sun Family Escort Agency and its 27 branches will all be at your disposal!"
Zhao Xiao helped him up and said, "Then I respectfully welcome Chief Sun to join my Xuanyi Tower!"
*
The addition of the escort agency made the originally small Xuanyi Tower instantly become much more powerful. News from all over the world would be delivered every ten days, which greatly facilitated Song Yuzhu, who had been blind and deaf.
I learned from the escort agency that Shangjing was in chaos. Half a month ago, the eldest prince Yang Yuanchao ascended the throne without an imperial edict. Not only did he imprison a number of opposing ministers, he also imprisoned Queen Zhou and forced her to hand over the imperial seal.
Empress Zhou refused to hand over the imperial seal, so Yang Yuanchao locked her up in the cold palace and didn't give her any food. Unexpectedly, she actually starved to death...
After the second prince learned the news, he led 8,000 soldiers from Dingzhou to Shangjing overnight, under the banner of restoring order, to capture the traitor Yang Yuanchao.
On the other hand, the Fourth Prince was unwilling to give up and had always wanted to borrow the Seventh Prince's troops to fight back to Xuzhou and take back his fiefdom. He also promised Yang Yuanzhen that once he defeated Prince Qing, all the gold, silver and treasures accumulated in Xuzhou over the years would be given to him as a reward.
Although Yang Yuanzhen was tempted, he knew that he might not be Yang Yuanqing's opponent, so he never agreed. The four kings despised him for being timid and cowardly, and encouraged him to join forces with the fifth king to attack Yang Yuanqing.
At this time, Yang Yuanqing was already enjoying himself in Xuzhou and his violent and evil character became more and more serious!
Yang Yuanqing invented a heaven-defying thing called "Beauty Carriage." What is Beauty Carriage? It is to select seven well-proportioned and slender young women, let them wear skirts of the same color, put on saddles, and pull the carriage like animals to parade on the street.
The women had to pull the carriage while laughing and even stop to dance halfway. Yang Yuanqing sat in the carriage, enjoying the wine and delicious food. He was so happy.
If someone couldn't pull the string anymore, he would have them whipped severely, and he would not stop until the girls were covered in blood.
The people of Xuzhou were so frightened that those who had daughters at home did not dare to let them go out, for fear that they would be abducted and taken to the palace to be sacrificed.
In this dire situation, Xuanyi Tower launched its first assassination operation.
The target was Yang Yuanqing's right-hand man - Right General Yang Zhao.
*
This assassination was not a sudden decision, but was planned for a long time by Song Yuzhu and Zhao Xiao.
If we were to ask who Yang Yuanqing trusted the most in the army, it would definitely be Yang Zhao, who was the son of Prince Jian Yang Xuan and Yang Yuanqing's cousin.
The two were of similar age and had grown up together. Although Yang Yuanqing had a violent personality and could even slap his own brother, he had a very good relationship with Yang Zhao, who was also loyal to him.
When Yang Yuanqing was granted the title of Xizhou, Yang Zhao followed him without saying a word, bringing his servants with him, just to stay by Yang Yuanqing's side to protect him. This man was ruthless and helped the tyrant to do evil over the years, and Yang Yuanqing was quite capable of raising such a "good dog".
Having said that, when Yang Yuan went to Xizhou, he had no soldiers under his command. Grand Marshal Wei Huai took the initiative to hand over his military power. Yang Yuanqing did not treat him unfairly. He directly divided the army into two, one half led by Yang Zhao and the other half continued to be commanded by Wei Huai.
Except for Yang Zhaoqiang who cut off Yang Yuanqing's arm, he would not be a concern.
*
On the second floor of Louwailou, Song Yuzhu's face was red and her lips were pale. She coughed from time to time. She held a cup of honeysuckle tea in her hand and huddled in her cloak with no energy.
Every winter he would catch a severe cold and bronchitis, and this year was no exception. In previous years, Jiang Rong took good care of him, so he didn't feel that serious. But this year, without anyone to take care of him, he fell ill immediately.
In the morning, Song Quan helped him cook Guizhi Decoction. He started sweating after drinking it, but his throat still hurts a lot. Without modern special medicines and treatments, it would be good if he can get better in half a month.
"Knock knock." There was a knock on the door and Taoist Chang Ming walked in.
"Come on, sit down."
Taoist Priest Chang Ming nodded and found a seat that was neither too far nor too close and sat down.
"Mr. Xiaozhu is ill?"
"It's an old problem. It doesn't matter."
"I also know a little bit about pharmacology. If you don't mind, I'll help you take your pulse?"
Song Yuzhu smiled and stretched out her arm for him to take her pulse.
Chang Ming stroked his beard and shook his head, saying, "It's as fine as a string, heavy and extremely thin, and never breaks. Master Zhu has a congenital disease, and it's not easy to cure with medicine."
Song Yuzhu nodded: "The Taoist priest is right. I have been weak and sick since I was young. I have taken many medicines over the years but they are of no use."
Chang Ming hadn't finished speaking yet. People with this kind of pulse are probably not destined to live a long life. However, this statement was too offensive, so it was better not to say it.
"By the way, the last time you were looking for Miss Sun, did you use the Nine Palaces and Eight Diagrams method to find someone?"
"Exactly."
Song Yuzhu became interested and asked, "How did you deduce this? Can you calculate it for me?"
"Why not? But the hexagram cannot be empty, and the empty hexagram is not accurate."
Song Yuzhu took out a piece of silver from his waist and handed it to him: "Is this okay?"
"Hey, sure, sure!"
Chang Ming skillfully took out three copper coins from his pocket and handed them to Song Yuzhu: "You just need to silently recite what you want to ask in your heart, shake the copper coins in your palm and throw them out, shake them three times and that's it."
Song Yuzhu thought about it, grabbed the copper coin, held it in his palm, closed his eyes and shook it.
The coins rolled onto the table, two of them fell down while spinning, and one rolled for a long time before stopping at the other end of the table. All three coins came up positive, the second time the result was the same, and the third time it was still three positives.
Chang Ming was surprised and said, "It's actually the Qian Gua..."
"What is Qian Gua?"
"The Zhouyi hexagram says: Qian represents the sky, the circle, the ruler, the father, jade, gold, the great red, and a good horse..."① This hexagram means good luck and success... It's really rare. I wonder what Master Zhu wished for?"
"I……"
"Is the old Taoist trying to trick people again?" Liu Yanzi walked in with a smile, fanning herself. "Master Zhu, don't believe him. Last time he told me my fortune, he said I would be given an official title in the future, and he cheated me out of several taels of silver."
Chang Ming blushed and said, "When did I lie to you? If you don't want to believe me, then don't believe me. Don't slander me!"
After a while, Bai Yizhou also came in. Song Yuzhu clenched his fist and cleared his throat and said, "Master Xuanying is busy today and can't come, so I will pass on a message for him."
"Who wants to participate in this assassination mission?"
Chang Ming spoke first: "I'm not good at killing people, but if Lord Xuanying can use me, let me go. I can use poison and kill people without them being seen." After he finished speaking, Liu Yanzi and Bai Yizhou instinctively hid to the side.
Song Yuzhu: "Master, please stay. This mission is dangerous. If you encounter danger, I'm afraid you won't be able to escape unscathed."
Bai Yizhou said: "I'll go! If we are discovered, it won't be a loss to kill a few people!"
Song Yuzhu shook his head. Bai Yizhou was an upright man. It would be difficult for him to assassinate someone. He was more suitable to lead troops to fight on the battlefield.
In fact, the best candidate is Liu Yanzi. He is good at martial arts and hidden weapons and is cunning. If he fails, he can escape without any problem.
However, he kept fanning himself and pretending to be dead. After a while, when no one spoke, he asked tentatively, "I'll go?"
Song Yuzhu clapped his hands and said, "Young Master Liu is so righteous!"
(End of this chapter)
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