Chapter 898: The beloved cousin escaped from control (24)
"Cousin, how come you are here by chance?" Du Shichu asked Zhou Yizhuo with narrowed eyes.
Zhou Yizhu smiled tolerantly and said, "I want to go to Huguo Temple today to pray for my mother. She has been ill recently and has not gotten better after taking many medicines. I have no choice but to come and ask for Buddha's blessing."
"Really?" Du Shichu's tone was very skeptical. He looked at the servants behind him who were obviously prepared in advance. They were all tall and strong. When did a student need to bring so many martial arts people with him? What's more, they came to the very safe Huguo Temple.
Du Shichu sneered in his heart. The "bandits" also became impatient and said, "Have you finished your chatter? Pretty boy, if you know what's best for you, hand over the money and leave obediently..."
When he said this, Zhou Yizhu suddenly remembered his plan, so he pretended to be indignant and angrily said to the "robbers": "You criminals! How dare you do evil in broad daylight!"
Then he turned around again and said to Du Shichu gently: "Cousin, don't be afraid, I will protect you."
As he spoke, he drew out the long sword behind him and rode towards the robbers, shouting, "You evildoers! Today, let me punish the evil and promote the good, and put an end to your evil ways!"
Du Shichu folded his arms and watched his performance. As expected, those "bandits" cooperated with Zhou Yizhui and the people he brought with him and fought with them. It was quite a big fight.
Zhichun was so scared that she grabbed Du Shichu's hand and pulled her away from the "battlefield".
"Princess, I didn't expect that Young Master Zhou is so kind-hearted and brave. Did we misunderstand him before?" Zhichun calmed down and couldn't help but praise Zhou Yizhuo.
Du Shichu shook his head and said, "Little girl, you can't just look at the surface. What do you think of Zhou Yizhu's skills? What about those robbers?"
Zhichun didn't understand what Du Shichu said, but she was very obedient and began to observe the fight between Zhou Yizhuo and the robbers carefully.
Seeing this, even she, a layman who knows nothing about martial arts, felt that something seemed amiss: "Princess, why are these robbers so timid, as if they are afraid of hurting Young Master Zhou? They are robbers, how could they be afraid of hurting people? And after fighting for such a long time, no one on either side was injured. This fight is not fierce at all, just like what others say? A sparring match? Yes, it's almost the same as a sparring match, and they stop when they reach a certain point."
When Du Shichu heard Zhichun's words, he couldn't help laughing. He didn't expect that although this maid was simple and naive, she had a good eye. Didn't Zhou Yizhuo stop fighting with the bandits in a timely manner?
One by one, even if they were performing fighting scenes for her, tsk, should she say she was honored? Pah! Not honored at all, Du Shichu blinked, picked up a small stone from the ground, and then threw it with lightning speed, and the small stone flew to Zhou Yizhu's calf. In the blink of an eye, an extremely subtle "click" sound was heard, and Zhou Yizhu suddenly screamed and fell to the ground with a bang.
The "robber" who was "fighting" with him had a knife in his hand. When he saw him fall, he was unable to withdraw his knife, so the knife accidentally stabbed Zhou Yizhuo in the chest. Zhou Yizhuo screamed again, and the "robber" in front of him was so scared that he was stunned and dared not move.
The others also stopped. The "bandits" were stunned and looked at each other, not knowing what to do.
The people Zhou Yizhu brought with him didn't bother to fight with the others. They all ran to Zhou Yizhu in shock and checked his injuries:
"Master, how are you injured?"
"Master, you have a broken bone!"
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While they were in a mess and no one was paying attention to her, Du Shichu pressed the acupoints of all the "bandits" one by one at a speed that no one expected, as fast as lightning. Before they could even make a sound, they were immobilized and unable to move. Even the mute acupoints were sealed by Du Shichu.
Zhichun stared at Du Shichu as he finished what he had done, and asked in a low voice in astonishment, "Princess, when did you learn to press acupoints? Did you learn it from the prince when you were in the border town?"
"Yes, my father taught me martial arts before. I know common martial arts moves and acupressure." Du Shichu blinked, nodded without any guilt, and threw the blame to the long-deceased King Qi.
"Uncle Zhou, go back to the Huguo Temple now and ask the abbot to send someone to help escort these bandits to the government." Du Shichu instructed the coachman.
The coachman immediately agreed and ran quickly towards the Huguo Temple.
Zhou Yizu was also injured in two places, and the severe pain occupied all his attention. How could he remember to continue playing the role of "hero saving the beauty", let alone clean up the aftermath? The servants he brought with him naturally took his safety as their main purpose. This time, seeing that he was so badly injured, they were already very scared and worried, fearing that they would be punished by the Zhou family. Therefore, they did not notice that all the "robbers" were left behind by Du Shichu.
"Go find me a doctor!" Zhou Yizhui shouted in pain with cold sweat on his forehead.
"Young master, it's a remote place here and there's no doctor." A servant answered tremblingly.
"Where are the medicines? Is there any medicine for the wounds?" Zhou Yizhui asked again with gritted teeth and a pale face.
"Medicine for wounds? Yes, yes, yes! We have this!" Another servant's eyes lit up and he answered immediately, then took out a small packet of medicine powder from his arms.
"Hurry up and apply medicine to my chest!" Zhou Yizhui shouted impatiently. He covered his bleeding chest with one hand and his broken calf with the other. He felt unbearable pain from both injuries.
He had no idea how he got these two injuries. He was obviously very careful when fighting with the "robbers", but he suddenly broke his bones and was accidentally stabbed by a knife when he was caught off guard. It was totally unprovoked.
The servant had finally applied medicine to the knife wound on Zhou Yizhuo's chest, but he was unable to treat his fractured shin bone. After all, a fracture was not a minor injury, and simply applying medicine would not help. A specialized doctor was required to treat it.
"Master, why don't we go back?" a servant asked weakly.
"How do we go back? We all came here on horseback, so how can the young master ride a horse now?" another servant asked in a low voice, and everyone fell silent.
At this time, a clever male servant suddenly had an idea and said, "The princess has a carriage! We can ask the princess to lend it to our young master..."
Zhou Yizhu no longer cared about showing off in front of Du Shichu, and quickly looked around: "Where is the princess's cousin? Where is her cousin?"
Du Shichu watched in silence as they searched for her as if they had found a lifeline. She just stood there, and soon Zhou Yizhu saw her and shouted as if she had seen the light of hope: "Cousin!"
(End of this chapter)
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