Zhou Qionghua was a greedy person, and when she saw the fifty-tael silver note, she immediately decided to join in the corruption.
Jiang Mingfu, on the other hand, was terrified; his mind went completely blank from beginning to end.
Zhou Qionghua, however, asked, "How can I help you?"
"That's no nonsense. Take me to a nearby place to heal my wounds; they're severe. Also, you need to forge my identity. There are soldiers chasing me. Please." Hearing this, Zhou Qionghua nodded. "Do you have any silver notes on you?"
"How will you thank me after this is done?"
The assassin looked at the two men and said, "I'll give you a thousand taels of silver, as well as gold and jewels, and from now on you'll be true citizens of the capital. How about it?"
Zhou Qionghua turned her head and pondered for a moment, then nodded.
Just then, a group of people suddenly appeared outside the alley; they were a group of night patrol officers.
They appear to be hunting someone down.
When Zhou Qionghua saw the fierce-looking man arrive, she threw the blanket next to her onto the bamboo basket and warned him in a sinister tone, "Don't make a sound, or you'll surely die."
She acted as if nothing had happened, grabbed Jiang Mingfu's hand, and walked forward.
As the two approached, one of the soldiers, who appeared to be an officer, asked, "Where are you going? Have you seen this person? He is a notorious bandit wanted by the imperial court."
The man delivered a document.
Upon closer inspection, the two recognized the man as Grasshopper, a wicked bastard who had committed numerous atrocities, including burning and robbery. The imperial court had offered a reward of five hundred taels of silver for his capture.
To be honest, Jiang Mingfu was terrified. He looked timidly at the lifelike man in the portrait. Wasn't this the man he had just saved?
Zhou Qionghua, however, remained calm and said, "We didn't see him."
The leader didn't make things difficult for the two and went off to search in various places.
About fifteen minutes later, the group of soldiers had all disappeared. Zhou Qionghua then nudged Jiang Mingfu with her elbow and said in a low voice, "Let's go, let's see if that man is dead."
The two walked one after the other into the alley and headed straight for the bamboo baskets.
Thanks to Zhou Qionghua's previous protection, the soldiers naturally didn't notice this place, allowing this notorious bandit to slip through their net.
At that moment, Zhou Qionghua moved closer.
"Brave warrior, how are you feeling?"
Suddenly, a bloodied hand emerged from the bamboo basket, followed by a man's hoarse muttering, "I won't die. I can never repay your life-saving grace. I hope you will continue to help me. I will definitely repay your kindness in the future."
Zhou Qionghua realized that since she had already done such a thing, there was no way she could get away unscathed now.
It's better to "help people to the end".
“Master,” Zhou Qionghua said to Jiang Mingfu, “from this moment on he is your cousin. Now we will take him to the inn and then take him to the clinic for treatment at dawn tomorrow.”
The man said, "I am very grateful."
She had already fainted.
Seeing that the assassin was barely breathing, Jiang Mingfu frowned. "We're barely able to save ourselves right now, let alone save this half-dead guy. Isn't that just asking for trouble?"
"What do you know? You short-sighted fool. Just do what I tell you, stop nagging and dawdling."
Jiang Mingfu was a henpecked husband and always obeyed Zhou Qionghua's every word.
They fell silent immediately after being reprimanded.
They took the barely breathing man to an inn, where the two bathed and changed his clothes. They stayed up until late at night, and both were exhausted. Despite their exhaustion, they still gave the stranger some basic first aid.
Then he went to rest.
Zhou Qionghua woke up in less than half an hour.
"Find a clinic, but not one nearby; look for one further away."
"What?!" Jiang Mingfu frowned, lowered his voice, and gestured towards the dying man with his chin. "Are we really going to save him?"
"Just go if I tell you to, stop talking so much nonsense."
Everything was quickly arranged. Zhou Qionghua approached the bandits and said, "Brave man, you are now my husband's younger brother. We'll just say that you were bullied by evil people. You don't need to say anything. Let's go."
Zhou Qionghua coerced Jiang Mingfu into doing things.
Having been oppressed for many years, Jiang Mingfu naturally dared not disobey and took the man to the clinic.
The capital city was densely populated and powerful, and even medical appointments were often overcrowded.
In this way, there is no need to worry about the clinic leaking any secrets, and the busy doctors will not even ask about the patient's identity, background, or how the injury occurred.
The two settled the man in a nearby area to recuperate.
The medicine worked well, and the man woke up three days later.
"Thank you so much for your help, my dear couple," the assassin said gratefully, staring at the two of them. "If it weren't for you, I would have died a violent death long ago."
"Don't say that. You're a person who helps the weak and fights against injustice, and you're full of courage. We admire you so much, but now..." In reality, how much sincerity could Zhou Qionghua have in saving him?
All Zhou Qionghua cared about was how to get money from him.
After all... he's a cash cow right now.
Unfortunately, although this man was a villain, he was also kind-hearted.
He never imagined that Zhou Qionghua, who seemed like an honest and simple countrywoman, actually had a belly full of bad intentions.
“We also want to do everything we can to help you,” Zhou Qionghua sighed, “but how is that possible now? We have almost gone bankrupt trying to save you. Now the imperial court is arresting you everywhere. We spent money to pull strings and persuade a doctor to treat you. This is probably all we can do to help you.”
Upon hearing this, the man looked at the two of them intently. “That’s alright. In the capital, money always makes the world go round. I’ve accumulated quite a bit of gold and silver jewelry. I’ve rented a small house nearby. You can go and get it.”
Zhou Qionghua was secretly delighted. Good heavens, this really is a money tree.
She took the key and went to look for money. She returned shortly afterward with three hundred taels of silver.
In reality, they instructed the doctor to give their "brother" the cheapest medicine and to try to delay his recovery. To prolong the illness, Zhou Qionghua even diluted the medicine with water, which greatly reduced its effectiveness.
But the assassin had no idea what was going on.
He thought that Zhou Qionghua had indeed done everything in her power to help him.
After obtaining gold and silver jewelry from this person, Zhou Qionghua was full of ambition. She immediately bought herself new clothes and did not forget to buy things for Jiang Mingfu and Jiang Shixu.
Jiang Shixu was a lazy and good-for-nothing child. He was already ten years old, but he was not physically active and knew nothing about farming. He wanted whatever he wanted whenever he wanted.
Children raised under pampered conditions have high aspirations, and if Jiang Mingfu fails to satisfy even the slightest demand, they will inevitably cause a huge uproar.
Jiang Mingfu always granted every request, so the money was quickly squandered.
Jiang Mingfu always listened to Zhou Qionghua.
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