Chapter 386: Carriage Out of Control
Under the heavy snow, the number of pedestrians on the street has dropped sharply. Occasionally, there are a few passers-by walking in the snow, some wearing straw raincoats, some holding umbrellas, all in a hurry.
Instead, the occasional laughter of children on both sides of the street blended strangely with the slight squeaking of carriage wheels as they rolled over the snow on the street.
Xingxing was holding a hand warmer in the carriage, lazily lying on Mrs. Wei's lap, with the whispers of Mrs. Wei and Li Chunhua in her ears... All of this left a vague impression on Xingxing of the first snow in the capital.
The roads were difficult to travel on snowy days. Although the Yu family's carriage had been modified by Yu Siyang to have a good anti-skid effect, for safety reasons, Mrs. Wei still instructed the coachman to drive slower.
They leave early, but they are not afraid of leaving late. Safety is always the top priority.
However, despite how careful Mrs. Wei and the others were, they still encountered unexpected situations.
After all, the snow was thick and the road was slippery. Although Mrs. Wei and the others were careful, they could not stop the carelessness of others - an out-of-control carriage ran straight towards the Yu family's carriage from the alley!
The women in the carriage screamed in panic, and it was obvious that the driver could no longer control the carriage which was slipping out of control!
Xing Xing happened to stick her head out to look at the snow outside, and immediately shouted to her driver, "Move forward quickly!"
The Yu family's coachman whipped the horse almost subconsciously. The horse felt the pain and started to run away. The Yu family's carriage barely avoided the side impact!
As for the out-of-control carriage, it skidded all the way and crashed into the wall opposite the alley entrance, making a loud crashing sound!
Xingxing even heard someone screaming in the carriage!
The horse did not die on the spot, but was driven mad by the pain, and was pulling the broken carriage forward madly. The carriage was filled with the voices of women crying and shouting for help.
The out-of-control carriage barely avoided the Yu family's carriage and crashed into another store at the corner of the street. The few pedestrians on the road were frightened and screamed, dodging in all directions.
The horse finally crashed into the door of a tavern on the street.
It was still early in the morning and the restaurant had not yet opened. The out-of-control horse pushed the door open and fell twitching in the restaurant lobby.
The driver fell to the ground with his eyes wide open, blood gushing out of the back of his head. He was pinned down by the dead horse and looked to be dead.
The carriage was damaged in many places and fell to the ground. A woman dressed like a maid struggled to get out and stretched out a bloody hand, "Help...Help..."
Her body tilted and she fell to the ground, and it was unknown whether she was alive or dead.
Seeing this tragic situation, Mrs. Wei felt very upset! She felt like she had just survived a catastrophe.
Fortunately, they escaped, otherwise...
Of course, this thought only flashed through her mind. After all, Mrs. Wei could not care about anything else at the moment. She hurriedly got off the carriage and ran to the damaged carriage that was overturned in the lobby of the restaurant.
The coachman looked dead, but there must be someone else in the carriage. We had to save them first!
No one in the Yu family was idle. Even the Yu family's coachman parked the carriage on the side of the street and hurried over to help rescue the people in the carriage.
Several passers-by also hurried over to help.
Finally, four people were rescued from the carriage.
In addition to the maid who leaned out to ask for help at the beginning, there was another lady with her eyes tightly closed and some blood on her hair.
There was a girl next to her, also covered in blood, pale, and unconscious. Although she was still alive, she was obviously in a very bad condition.
There was also a little boy who was held tightly in the lady's arms. He was the least injured among the four people in the carriage, but no one knew where he was injured, and even his crying was as weak as a cat's meow.
The little boy was the only one awake among the four, but the lady held him tightly even though she was unconscious. A passerby helped Li Chunhua, and she finally took the little boy out of the lady's arms, trembling with tears.
Mrs. Wei said "What a sin" and quickly asked the maid to get a spare awning from the Yu family's carriage and wrap the little boy up.
The store next door opened earlier. Seeing this, they quickly brought out some hot water from their store and handed it to the little boy: "Drink some hot water first."
"Hurry up and go to the nearby clinic to ask a doctor over." Mrs. Wei did not forget to remind the driver.
The driver responded with a nod, and left in a hurry without even bothering to take the umbrella.
Xingxing was taking the pulse of the lady who looked the most seriously injured.
The lady was still unconscious, with a large stain of blood on her head, probably because her head hit the wall of the carriage when the horse lost control and crashed.
Xingxing took her pulse, and her little face suddenly changed and she cried out "Oh no!"
She looked under the lady's body, and sure enough, a large amount of blood was slowly oozing out from her!
It was winter and the lady wore thick clothes. The wound on her head was extremely serious, which attracted most of the attention. If Xingxing had not taken her pulse, no one would have discovered that the lady was pregnant and had a miscarriage!
Upon hearing the sound, Mrs. Wei and Li Chunhua looked over and their faces turned pale immediately.
They were all women, so they naturally knew at a glance that this was a miscarriage - and what's more, the lady was seriously injured and had a miscarriage at the same time, which was simply King Yan's death!
Xing Xing acted decisively and quickly took out a pill wrapped in oil paper from the sachet she carried with her and stuffed it into the woman's mouth.
Xingxing then hurried to check the pulse of the maid who seemed to be the second most seriously injured.
Xingxing breathed a sigh of relief.
The maid also suffered a blow to the head, but fortunately the injury would not be life-threatening as long as she took good care of herself.
Xingxing went to check the pulse of the unconscious girl again and found that she was also unconscious due to the collision in the carriage.
The maids and girls had no worries about their lives.
Xingxing finally breathed a sigh of relief, and hurried back to take the pulse of the little boy who was still awake but shivering.
The little boy had just been fed some hot water, but it didn't seem to help. He was still shaking violently all over and crying.
He looked to be about two or three years old, about half the age of Xu Ge'er. Xing Xing was worried that he had some internal injuries.
Fortunately, after Xingxing took the child's pulse, she found that the boy was just frightened. Apart from that, the pulse showed that the boy was not injured.
At this moment, the driver whose body was crushed by the dead horse was also rescued.
He seemed to die with his eyes open, looking very scary.
After taking one look at Li Chunhua, Mrs. Wei couldn't bear to look any further. Li Chunhua even turned her back, clasped her hands together, closed her eyes and muttered something, apparently praying to the gods in the sky.