Chapter 141 On the way to escape
"Sister, sister."
"Sister, wake up..."
Shen Ning was awakened by Shen Qingbai's voice. The moment she regained consciousness, she was confusedly wondering what Shen Qingbai wanted her to do. She wanted to sleep a little longer.
She wanted to let her consciousness sink into the darkness again, but Shen Qingbai's voice became more urgent, and he was still shaking her: "Sister, sister, wake up, sister..."
"Sister, wake up."
Shen Qingbai is so anxious, there must be something wrong.
Shen Ning struggled to open her eyes. She closed them subconsciously because of the blinding light, and then slowly opened them. Her vision gradually focused, and she saw Shen Qingbai with messy hair and a disheveled appearance.
Then, the memory came back...
Shen Ning sat up suddenly: "Qingbai, why are you here?"
She was swept away by the undercurrent in order to save Xie Yunqing, and Shen Qingbai was on the boat!
No, she seemed to hear Shen Qingbai's voice the moment she was swept away, so he jumped down by himself?
Shen Ning sat up and said angrily: "Do you have a pig brain? You jumped down in such a strong storm. Do you think you are strong enough? Are you looking for death?"
The boy shrank his head at her scolding and argued weakly, "May and the others also jumped, but I was the only one who found my sister. I...hiss..."
Shen Qingbai suddenly took a breath, and Shen Ning was shocked: "Are you injured?"
She hurriedly held the boy's shoulders and looked down from his head. When she saw Shen Qingbai's left leg lying on the ground at a strange angle, she realized that his leg was broken.
"How did you hurt your leg?"
Shen Ning climbed up and squatted in front of him. She reached out carefully, touched and pressed lightly, and found that Shen Qingbai had a fractured tibia in his lower leg.
Shen Qingbai said angrily: "I hit a reef, don't stay..."
"We need to fix it first. Don't move. I'll find something."
As Shen Ning spoke, she stood up and looked around, and then she realized that the two of them were at the edge of a silt beach next to the river. On one side was the silt left after the flood, and on the other side was the vast wilderness, with dead grass mixed with green grass and spring wildflowers.
There was a forest not far away. Shen Ning turned around and told Shen Qingbai: "Stay here, I'll find some sticks to fix your legs."
Shen Qingbai nodded: "Sister, be careful."
Shen Ning stood up and walked towards the woods.
Her clothes were still wet. Even though it was spring and the weather was getting warmer, Shen Ning sneezed uncontrollably several times when the wind blew.
It was obvious that she had just been dragged ashore by Shen Qingbai not long ago. Thinking of the young man jumping down with her, drifting all night, and not knowing how to protect her after she fell unconscious, and how he dragged her ashore with such a broken leg, Shen Ning felt a pang of pain in her heart.
When she arrived at the woods, she saw many ragged refugees in the forest. Some were sitting under the trees to rest, and some were peeling tree bark.
The weather has been bad since the summer harvest last year. Many places have suffered from disasters and refugees can be seen everywhere.
Although Shen Ning looked disheveled, it was clear that her clothes were different from those of the refugees. As soon as she walked into the woods, many people looked in her direction.
There was also a group of men staring at her face and body.
Chen Ning took out the palm-sized dagger from behind his boot, sharpened a wooden stick with an expressionless face and held it in his hand. Only then did those people look away in disappointment.
Then she found a wooden stick suitable for fixing her legs and two crutches and took them back with her.
The long skirt was a burden in the wild. Shen Ning used a sharp little dagger to cut off the skirt and used it as a rope to fix Shen Qingbai's broken leg. She then handed him two crutches and helped him up.
"Try using a cane."
Shen Ning supported Shen Qingbai and handed him the crutch: “Don’t drop your injured leg to the ground, walk slowly and don’t rush.”
Shen Qingbai hummed, supported himself with his crutches with both hands, jumped forward with one foot, then turned back and smiled at Shen Ning: "Sister, it's okay."
He was injured and was obviously in pain, but he didn't say a word. He smiled at Shen Ning with a pale face.
"Come on, let's just follow the road until we come across a town."
Shen Ning protected Shen Qingbai by the side, and the brother and sister slowly moved forward along the dirt road.
There is nothing in the wilderness, and only in the town can you find ways to treat injuries, rent a car, and pass on messages.
Shen Ning also knew that if something happened to the ship, Xiao Nanchen would definitely receive the news. Xu Zhiyi was also on the fleet, so there would definitely be people searching and rescuing along the way.
But she didn't know where she was washed up, nor when rescue would come, so she would rather rely on herself than wait for others.
Oh, and there’s the golden eagle.
Last night, there was a violent storm and it was pitch dark. Even the golden eagle might have lost her track. The whistle given by Xiao Nanchen was also lost in the water. It was unknown when the golden eagle would be able to find it.
Not long after they got on the road, the brother and sister met a group of refugees, and then learned from them that they were now in Qingzhou.
Qingzhou happened to be located between Xinzhou and Lanting where they fell into the water. They had traveled for several days with great difficulty, but half of the journey was rushed back overnight?
Because Shen Qingbai's leg was injured, the brother and sister were slow, and the wave of dozens of refugees quickly passed them and walked away.
By noon, the spring sunshine was exceptionally bright, and their clothes had dried by themselves, and they finally stopped shivering.
Seeing that Shen Qingbai's forehead was covered with sweat, Shen Ning helped him walk towards the stones on the side of the road: "Let's stop and rest for a while. This place is still far from the town. I'm afraid we will have to spend the night in the wild today."
Chen Ning was a little worried. Fortunately, she had just exchanged a hairpin for a fire starter from a refugee. At least she would have a fire at night. She could find some larger leaves or grooved stones to boil some hot water in an emergency, but food was a problem.
At this moment, a malicious voice suddenly sounded beside him.
"My dear, what happened? Do you need help?"
Shen Ning slowly turned her head and saw five or six men on the side of the road looking at her and Shen Qingbai. They were all dressed in rags, but their faces were full of ugliness and ruffianism.
Shen Qingbai's expression immediately turned cold, and he said directly: "Get out!"
But at this time, those people had already seen Shen Qingbai's broken leg.
There were only two people, the man had a broken leg, and only a slim and beautiful young lady was left. Isn't this a gift from God to them!
The men looked at each other, then walked directly towards Shen Ning, grinning as they walked: "When you go out, what will you do if you are alone? You follow us, and we will protect you from now on."
One of them seemed a little uneasy and whispered, "They don't dress like ordinary people. Let's not provoke the wrong people."
The leader sneered with a ferocious face: "What are you afraid of? It looks like the young lady is in trouble. If I could taste such a beautiful young lady in my lifetime, it would be worth dying for!"
After saying that, the leader walked directly towards Shen Ning.
But at this moment, two figures suddenly rushed to Shen Ning's side, and one of them directly blocked Shen Ning's way and shouted in a deep voice: "How dare you!"
It turned out to be Pei Yuanzhou and Li Yushi.
The two men looked very embarrassed. Li Yushi stood next to Chen Ning, while Pei Yuanzhou stood in front of her and scolded those people. However, those refugees who had obviously done a lot of bad things did not take Pei Yuanzhou, the thin scholar, seriously at all.
"court death!"
The vicious pockmarked man in the lead knocked Pei Yuanzhou to the ground with one punch. Blood immediately gushed out of Pei Yuanzhou's mouth. He struggled to get up. At this moment, he saw Shen Ning step past him and move forward.
Without shouting or threatening, she simply took out the palm-length dagger and stabbed it directly into the pockmarked man's chest.
The pockmarked man didn't even react at first. He thought that the young lady was so scared that she was ready to obey him. But just as he was about to reach out his hand, he suddenly realized something was wrong. He lowered his head in a daze and saw the beautiful young lady pull out the dagger without blinking.
A large amount of blood spurted out and then quickly flowed out.
"you……"
The pockmarked man subconsciously raised his hand to hit Chen Ning, but then he staggered back two steps and fell directly to the ground, gasping for breath, and frantically tried to press the wound on his chest.
But blood still kept flowing out from between his fingers...
"Save me, save me!" He turned around and shouted to his companions.
Shen Ning held the dagger and looked at those people quietly. Those people took a few steps back with horror on their faces, then turned around and ran away.
The pockmarked face fell to the ground, making a hoarse sound in his throat, and stretched out his hand towards Chen Ning.
Shen Ning took two steps back, then turned to Shen Qingbai and said, "Let's go, get out of here."
Shen Qingbai had already stood up, and Pei Yuanzhou and Li Yushi hurried to follow... Li Yushi supported Pei Yuanzhou and looked at Shen Ning with some concern.
Shen Ning's expression seemed calm, but the hand holding the dagger was very tense.
She had killed people with a bow and arrow before, but shooting an arrow from a distance was completely different from stabbing a dagger into someone's chest face to face.
But she had to do it.
The other side has a lot of people. If she doesn't scare them in the first place, she will definitely suffer if a fight breaks out later.
After taking a few deep breaths, Shen Ning calmed down, then turned to look at Pei Yuanzhou and Li Yushi: "Why are you here too?"
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