Chapter 110 Zhou Congxian's Life Hangs by a Thread
"Ah Xun, you're finally back!"
Shuang'er threw herself into Wei Xun's arms. He froze for a moment, then raised his hand and gently patted her back.
"Don't be afraid, I'm here to save you."
Shuang'er shook her head, "Your injuries have only just healed. I was worried you might encounter too many bandits and suffer some misfortune..."
"They're just a few petty bandits; they can't do anything to me."
"What can I do to you?" Shuang'er glared at him. "Then who was that person who was almost dead before?!"
Zhou Congxian turned his gaze away from the two of them and looked at Yao Shisan.
He cleared his throat and said, "Actually, it was quite dangerous. I just..."
Yao Shisan was too lazy to listen to his nonsense, so she shook off his hand and put the hairpin back into her hair bun.
He turned around, bent down, picked up the already sleeping Fu'er, and put her in his arms.
Without even glancing at the group, she lifted the hem of her skirt and went to set up a table and benches, preparing to climb through the back window.
The houses in the village are all built high, and the windows are more than a meter high.
When she finally managed to climb up to the window, the others were already waiting for her behind her.
Um? ?
no.
How did they get out?
Yao Shisan looked back and saw that the room was empty.
She said, "That's why there wasn't a sound at all just now."
As if knowing what she was thinking, Shuang'er lowered her voice and said, "It was A-Xun who brought me flying from the rooftop."
Zhou Congxian handed Fu'er to Shuang'er and opened his arms to her.
"Jump, I'll catch you."
Yao Shisan gripped the window frame, glanced at Zhou Congxian with his outstretched hand, and then looked at Wei Xun, who was standing behind Shuang'er in a protective posture.
She gritted her teeth, glanced at the ground, and wondered if jumping down would break her leg.
Just as Shuang'er was about to urge her to jump, a dog in the village suddenly barked.
Yao Shisan was startled; saving his life was the priority!
Forget about Zhou Congxian, he's just a useful tool with kung fu skills!
She closed her eyes, gritted her teeth, and jumped.
After a startling sensation of falling, I landed in a cool embrace.
The next moment.
Her waist tightened, and the night around her rushed past.
Go any faster, and she felt like she was about to take off from the spot.
She was forced to hug Zhou Congxian's waist and glanced back.
Then a voice sounded from above, "Wei Xun's lightness skill is good. He won't be slower than me with Shuang'er and Fu'er."
Yao Shisan still didn't want to talk to him.
Passing through a rice paddy outside the village, two horses were tethered at the edge of a grove of trees.
"Mother."
Fu'er had also woken up. She rushed into her mother's arms, clutching her mother's clothes tightly with both hands.
"Good girl, Fu'er, your mother is here."
She held her daughter and gently comforted her.
"It's not safe here either, let's leave quickly."
Zhou Congxian helped the mother and daughter onto the horse.
"They're there!"
Several people turned around and saw more than a dozen torches lit up along the edge of the rice paddy.
The bandits have caught up.
"drive!"
The two horses shot off like arrows, their hooves ringing out clearly in the dead of night.
Then, the sound of horses' hooves followed behind.
Zhou Congxian's gaze sharpened, and he gripped the reins tightly with both hands.
He lowered his body slightly, sheltering the two figures, one large and one small, under his wings.
Unbeknownst to anyone, a pair of cold eyes were watching all of this from the nearby forest.
He slowly raised the bow and arrow in his hand and drew the bowstring taut.
Arrow feathers pierced the air.
It hit Zhou Congxian's right arm!
He groaned, his right arm giving way.
Yao Shisan subconsciously turned around and saw the arrow in his arm.
"You've been hit by an arrow!"
Zhou Congxian dared not pause for a moment; he gritted his teeth and handed the left reins to her.
"Don't be afraid, this little injury won't kill you."
He raised his hand and broke off the arrow fletching from his right arm, then took the reins.
His gaze grew even colder. "Giddy up!"
Yao Shisan turned around heavily and hugged her daughter tightly.
After a long pause, she spoke softly, "You can't die now. In the capital, you can't protect us because we're surrounded by powerful and wealthy people. Now, a group of bandits can't protect us either."
Zhou Congxian chuckled, "Jiang Shiyao, your tongue has gotten even sharper since you left the capital."
Yao Shisan ignored him and simply hugged his daughter even tighter.
Fu'er seemed to have been comforted.
At this moment, the little girl lifted her head from Ah's arms.
The biting wind whipped against her cheeks.
Her disheveled hair blurred her vision.
She saw it.
Her mother held her tightly.
And then there was her father, who held her and her mother protectively against his chest.
The first light of dawn.
Two horses galloped through the morning light.
Jiang Xingyao and his men were already waiting at the entrance of the county government office.
"Yao'er!"
Yao Shisan just handed his daughter to his brother.
The person who had been holding her from behind suddenly lost their grip and slid off the horse.
"Zhou Congxian!"
She hurriedly reached out and grabbed his arm, only to find it wet and sticky.
She raised her hand, which was covered in blood.
And her right shoulder, it turned out, had long been soaked in his blood.
Now that his shield is gone, I can feel the icy chill of being soaked through.
Only then did she see it.
Zhou Congxian was hit by two arrows.
One arrow to the right shoulder, one arrow to the right rear shoulder.
His right arm was soaked.
For such a long time, he didn't say anything.
"Quickly, carry him inside! Get a doctor!"
People outside the county government office hurriedly carried Zhou Congxian, who had completely lost consciousness, inside.
Zhou Congxian lay face down on the bed, his entire shoulders and back exposed.
The long arrow shaft trembled with the twitching of his muscles.
Yao Shisan had never seen Zhou Congxian like this before.
He was the heir apparent of the Duke of England, the son on whom the Duke placed the most hope.
The chosen ones of heaven.
When have I ever been so disheveled and dejected?
The doctor sighed, "I have never seen such a tricky arrow wound."
"The arrow was stuck in the shoulder bone; if he hadn't been careful, his right arm would have been ruined."
Wei Xun and Yao Shisan's faces turned deathly pale instantly.
They understood all too well how important a military officer's hand was!
Without his hands, Zhou Congxian's official career was completely over.
With no future, he became a discarded pawn in the eyes of the Duke's mansion.
Zhou Congxian was nothing.
Is it still Zhou Congxian?
Jiang Xingyao hadn't expected him to be so badly injured.
"Dr. Tang, how confident are you?"
Doctor Tang shook his head. "The arrow in the shoulder is only 30% effective."
The faces of everyone present darkened.
Doctor Tang then looked at Wei Xun and said, "Perhaps we can find the doctor who cured you."
“When I first met you, I took your pulse, and I wasn’t confident I could cure you.”
Wei Xun immediately stood up. "I'll go and bring Doctor Sun back."
“No.” Jiang Xingyao stopped him.
“You just came back from there. If you try again, not only will Dr. Sun not be able to come back, but you won’t be able to either.”
Officer Shi also said, "The bandits attacked not just one village, but three!"
"We still don't know exactly how many of them there are! The entire military force of Ding County is only 317 people, and the county government's direct archers number only 30."
He paused for a moment, then continued, "Aside from the forty-seven who have already died, we actually only have a little over two hundred men..."
Wei Xun tilted his head. "My life was given to me by the Crown Prince. I cannot stand idly by."
My gaze swept over Shuang'er, who was carrying water from the doorway.
He pursed his lips slightly, then his eyes flickered as he looked away.
A dilemma between loyalty and obligation.
Shuang'er paused for a moment, then walked in.
"Dr. Tang's water is here."
Doctor Tang tied his sleeves with his wrists. "I'll pull out the arrow from my back first, and the arrow from my shoulder needs to be removed as soon as possible."
"Such an injury will inevitably cause a high fever, and if it continues for a long time, it may endanger his life..."
"Pull them all out together."
Yao Shisan, who had been standing at the door, spoke up.
"Madam Jiang! He's only 30% sure!" Wei Xun frowned, so anxious that he even called out her old name.
Yao Shisan ignored him and continued to look at Doctor Tang.
"Is life more important, or is the future more important?"
Her lips were pressed into a thin line, and her eyes were slightly lowered. "So what if I lose my hand? So what if I lose my future?"
"At least, they're still alive, aren't they?"
Zhou Congxian woke up at some point.
His voice was so weak that it was barely a whisper.
"Do as she says."
"Your Highness." Wei Xun couldn't help but take two steps forward.
Zhou Congxian's forehead was covered in sweat, and his usually cold and hard lips softened.
"What's there to be afraid of? It's better to live a miserable life than to die a good death."
"If you can be a grain collector, why can't I be an accountant? Does my left hand really prevent me from using the abacus?"
His tone softened, and then he shifted his gaze from Wei Xun to the beautiful figure at the door.
Yao Shisan turned her head away so he wouldn't see her slightly reddened eyes.
"Who needs you to manage the accounts? Hurry up and get well and go back to the capital. My brother said long ago that this place is too small to accommodate a big Buddha like the young master."
Zhou Congxian smiled, then looked away.
"Pull it out."
He stuffed his sleeve into his mouth.
Doctor Tang rummaged through his medicine box and took out a celadon bottle, sprinkling the powder onto Zhou Congxian's wound.
The stinging pain from the wound made the muscles in his back twitch.
Then Doctor Tang took out a knife, heated it over a fire to cool it down, held the arrow fletching in one hand, and used the knife in the other to cut along the arrowhead.
A heavy, painful groan.
Zhou Congxian's face was completely bloodless, and his left hand, gripping the headboard, almost broke it!
Jiang Xingyao turned his head away, unable to bear it.
Fatty Xi, who is usually obedient and easy to take care of and rarely cries, suddenly burst into tears.
The small back courtyard was filled with the loud, high-pitched cries of infants.
Jiang Xingyao gave his sister a push, "There are so many of us here, go and comfort the child."
Yao Shisan stiffly turned and walked towards the next room.
Fu'er stood beside the wet nurse and gently touched the little belly of her chubby little brother.
"Little Fatty, Daddy loves you very much. Let's be quiet, okay? Little Fatty, your sister is here."
She gently touched Pangxi's little belly.
Just as her mother comforted her, she comforted little chubby Xi.
The little chubby girl, who had been crying incessantly, gradually calmed down with her older sister's comforting words.
Yao Shisan leaned against the door frame, looked at the two children, and finally a slight smile appeared on his lips.
"Your Highness!"
"You quack!"
Her lips froze instantly, and her fingers, gripping the doorframe, trembled uncontrollably.
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