After the dog said that, the uncle was too embarrassed to argue back and didn't know what to say for a moment.
Jiang Jiuniang said directly, "The reason I brought you back today is because your injuries are too severe and cannot be cured in a short time. However, you can stay here without worry. Please feel free to ask if you need anything."
The uncle nodded, and Jiang Jiuniang continued, "However, before treating the illness, there are some questions I need to ask the doctor."
The uncle continued to nod, and then Jiang Jiuniang began to ask about his life, age, family background, and the origin of the injuries on his body.
Although it was somewhat offensive, this was, after all, a military camp, and ordinary people couldn't just come in easily. Leaving him here would be even more dangerous, so we had to find out the situation first.
Fortunately, the uncle was reasonable and didn't get angry. He honestly explained his situation.
The man's name is Fang Yong. He is a local from Huizhou City and is 43 years old this year.
His family was poor, so from a young age he worked for wealthy families to make a living. These old scars on his body were left from those wealthy families.
His last employer was the Chang family.
In other words, it was the place where Xun Wang lived when he was stationed here.
He was mainly in charge of the affairs of the outer courtyard of the King's sons. At first, it was easy. He just had to do his job every day. But then one day he overheard that the Chang family's identity had been discovered, and his nightmare began.
He was just a servant, and his masters had many ways to kill him, but they just didn't want him to die, so they tortured him in different ways every day for a whole year.
For a period of time, he was vomiting blood every day. His internal organs were probably damaged. His leg also became lame during that time. It's a miracle that he's still alive.
After hearing his story, Jiang Jiuniang was somewhat surprised, but seeing his injuries, she was not so surprised after all.
Why didn't those people kill him? Instead, they kept him alive and tortured him. It was mainly because they were colluding with the government at that time. Even if Fang Yonggan went to file a complaint, he would still face certain death.
At that time, his family was like local tyrants, so they acted with impunity.
"Understood, thank you for informing me, sir. I will now begin examining your wound."
Jiang Jiuniang nodded and told him to take off his clothes.
There was a brazier burning in the tent, so it wouldn't be too cold even if he took off his clothes. But it was the first time Fang Yong had taken off his clothes in front of two women, so he felt very uncomfortable and didn't dare to breathe loudly while lying on the bed.
"Sir, please don't be nervous, relax."
While comforting him, Jiang Jiuniang tapped his leg with a small wooden mallet and asked, "Can you feel anything here? Does it hurt?"
Fang Yong shook his head, feeling nothing at all.
Jiang Jiuniang tried harder, but still couldn't feel anything.
It wasn't until the fifth tap that Fang Yong hissed, indicating he was feeling something!
Jiang Jiuniang put away the small wooden mallet and smiled, "If it hurts, it can be treated, it just will be a little slower."
Then she underwent other examinations, which revealed varying degrees of damage to her internal organs. She would need to be kept healthy with medication, otherwise she wouldn't live much longer.
Furthermore, these tonics are very expensive.
Jiang Jiuniang explained the situation to Fang Yong, but didn't rush him to answer, telling him to give him one night to think it over.
After that, I started giving him acupuncture to treat his legs, and I didn't talk to him much. Instead, I kept teaching Peng Yuan about acupoints and acupuncture techniques.
At first, I didn't feel anything, but then it started to hurt, and it was a piercing pain. I broke out in a sweat.
Afterwards, Jiang Jiuniang arranged for someone to wipe his body, while she left with Peng Yuan and her son.
"Mother, Uncle is homeless on the street, he probably doesn't have money for medicine. Can I use my savings to help him?"
The dog looked up at her, its eyes filled with eagerness and expectation.
Jiang Jiuniang asked, "Can you help him for the rest of your life, including taking care of him in his old age and seeing him off in his final days?"
The dog paused; he hadn't thought that far ahead.
“Son, it’s better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish. You can help him, but you can’t help him unconditionally all the time. He did help you before, but you saved his life today, so we’re even. If you still want to spend money to buy him medicine, you’ll be a huge traitor.”
"We can be good people, but we can't be selfless saints who don't expect anything in return, understand?"
Jiang Jiuniang looked at Gou'er very seriously and felt that he was really not doing well and needed to be disciplined as soon as possible.
The dog asked again, "Then how can I help him?"
"How would I know you? He had a night to think it over, and so did you."
Jiang Jiuniang was very generous. She happened to walk to Qin Jian's tent. Peng Yuan waved goodbye to her, and she waved back.
Once they arrived at their own tent, Jiang Jiuniang told him to wash up and go to bed. She said he could think things through if he couldn't sleep, and he could tell her the next morning.
The dog nodded somewhat dejectedly. He knew his mother had been training him recently, but he felt she was letting go of too much, and he was struggling to keep up.
Unlike her son's gloom, Jiang Jiuniang was in a good mood. Lu Baichuan was still busy and hadn't returned yet, so she found some paper and pen and started writing a letter.
Write a letter home, and then write another letter to the Empress.
Yes, it was written for the Queen.
She wanted to do wool business with the royal family, so that the emperor could use the national treasury's money to benefit the soldiers and make money for her own private coffers.
But she couldn't tell the emperor directly, so she had to be tactful and talk to the empress. After all, if one of them knew, the other would know too.
After writing and sending the letter, she summoned a guard and instructed him, "Go and investigate the gentleman who was brought back today."
"yes."
Although Fang Yong revealed his background, he had previously served under Xun Wang, so who knew if he was safe?
She wouldn't stop her son from saving anyone he wanted to, but she also couldn't allow him to get hurt.
After finishing all that, Lu Baichuan returned. Jiang Jiuniang was washing up, so they washed up together.
"Didn't you get back a while ago? Why are you only washing up now?"
Lu Baichuan wrung out a towel for her to wipe her face and asked casually.
"Of course, we're doing something important!"
Jiang Jiuniang raised her chin and told her about her plan to get the Empress to do business with her.
“Our family has been making money all along, and we’ve brought so many people on board, but we’re deliberately ignoring the Queen. If we don’t do that, something bad will happen in the long run. Anyway, bringing them on board will only bring benefits and no harm, and it will also prevent this business from being taken away by others.”
The Lu family has attracted envy. If their business grows bigger in the future, people in the court will definitely have designs on them. If they want to consider the bigger picture, they will inevitably have to make concessions.
When Queen Ra entered the game, things changed. Who would dare to compete with the Queen for business?
Don't you want to live anymore?
Looking at her sly eyes, Lu Baichuan was incredibly moved. He picked her up and chuckled, "My wife is so clever, let me see what kind of brilliant mind she has!"
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