Xie Yushu was startled, then said confidently.
"What are you glaring at me for! I'm saving you, you know? If you glare at me again, I'll gouge your eyes out!"
The man closed his eyes briefly and said weakly...
"Thanks!"
"No need for thanks. Although your clothes are tattered, the fabric is quite good. Besides, in these days, everyone is starving and skin and bones, but you still have so much muscle on your body, so you are obviously not a poor person. I not only bandaged your external wounds, but also gave you a powerful antidote!"
My antidote is made with the gall bladder of a thousand-year-old red python, combined with thousand-year-old ginseng and various other precious medicinal herbs! It's very expensive! Since you're awake, it's clear my antidote is very effective. Give me the money for the medicine first! Thirty taels of silver!
The giant snake had been guarding the ginseng for so many years, and the ginseng had seeped into its very being, so the snake gallbladder could be considered to contain ginseng! Xie Yushu said this with a clear conscience!
"My money isn't here. It's in that grove of trees. Not far in, there's a crooked elm tree with a hole in it. Go look for it there!"
"You're lying to tell me to go find it myself? I'll go find it, and you'll sneak off to avoid responsibility?"
"If you don't believe me, then go with me behind my back!"
"Men and women shouldn't touch each other! Don't you know that, you're a grown man!"
"Even if you guard it, you won't get a single cent!"
"Fine, I'll go myself. You better not lie to me, or I'll slice you into pieces when I get back!"
Xie Yushu brandished her short sword threateningly. The cold glint of the blade made the man squint, and he simply closed his eyes and pretended to be dead!
Xie Yushu got up to find the crooked elm tree. It wasn't hard to find; she found it after a short while in the woods. Perhaps due to the terrain, the trees in this area weren't very good timber, all crooked and rotten. So there weren't many people nearby. Xie Yushu rubbed her hands together and climbed up in a few moments. Sure enough, there was a tree hole. She reached inside and pulled out a bundle. Underneath the bundle was a long, thin object. Xie Yushu couldn't help but think it looked like the long spear that Xiao Yi had wrapped in cloth!
Could it be a weapon? A sword, spear, halberd? Or perhaps an axe, hook, or fork?
Since he sent me to look for it, it means I can take a look! What if the money is in there? I'll check it out!
Wow! That's pretty heavy!
She opened the pocket and was greeted by a dazzling golden light that nearly blinded her!
Xie Yushu quickly used her bundle to cover herself.
"My goodness! A golden sword shell!"
She drew her sword to examine it; a flash of white light appeared, and exclaimed, "Hiss! It's just as good as her short dagger! Maybe she should just give up the money!"
Look at this! Such a huge ruby, set in the sword hilt! What a waste! And this dragon carving, all show and no substance…
Dragon pattern? Dragon pattern!
It seems only royalty in ancient times could use things with dragons on them! Oh my god! What's going on with that guy? Is this some kind of Kangxi Emperor's incognito visit?
Does a commoner like her deserve to be associated with royalty? Absolutely not!
Xie Yushu silently tied the pocket and put the sword back in its place; she hadn't seen anything!
Open the bundle next to you, take the silver, and leave!
Official robes? I didn't see any!
I closed my eyes, and I felt and felt it—two silver coins, such big pieces, probably fifty taels!
Xie Yushu opened her eyes with delight, intending to see what ancient silver looked like. It seemed that the silver here was ingots, flat... flat...
"What a load of rubbish!" Xie Yushu was stunned by the two tokens in her hand, one gold and one bronze! Her lips trembled with anger!
The gold plaque bears four large characters: "As if the Emperor were personally present!"
The bronze plaque bears the inscription "Left Vice Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate" in small characters in the center.
She remembered that in her history class, the left and right vice censors of the Censorate were officials of the third rank!
Recalling what the disaster victims said about hearing that the imperial court had sent people to provide disaster relief, but then nothing happened! Now, with this half-dead Left Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate appearing, she couldn't help but guess that the guy she had saved was an imperial envoy who had come specifically to investigate this matter!
Is it a small matter that the imperial court has lost an imperial envoy? So many people saw her drag the envoy away; do you think she can escape when the investigation begins?
Sigh! This is a very dangerous situation!
If we just run away and leave, that imperial envoy will likely die!
If they find out she didn't help someone in distress, he'll definitely be in big trouble. She's just an ordinary citizen here, and his family and men might take their anger out on her!
It's possible they won't be able to find her, and the imperial envoy's life or death, and what happens afterward, will be irrelevant to her! But the chances of that are extremely small, after all, the people in the imperial court aren't pushovers!
If she were to take charge, she might offend the corrupt local officials. If the imperial envoy couldn't handle the situation, she would be the first to suffer! Her family would also be implicated!
In a short moment, Xie Yushu's mind raced through a series of possible consequences. But considering her current predicament—her family was angry within the clan, and at Xiao Yi's house, the old lady and Xie Yujiao were constantly trying to bully her—and the fact that people were divided into different classes in ancient times, she had to plan for the future and take a gamble. Maybe she could turn her life around!
The half-dead imperial envoy dared to let her come and find the money herself, which means he must have been desperate and needed her help. That's why he deliberately revealed his identity to test her!
Xie Yushu put the things back where they were and rushed back to the man's side. Now that she knew his identity, it was better to move him to a safe place. Otherwise, he might be trampled to death by the fleeing disaster victims or discovered by her enemies, or she would have saved him for nothing!
The more she thought about it, the more worried she became. Xie Yushu rushed back, and thankfully the person was still sound asleep!
"Hey! Wake up!"
"You're back? Did you see anything?"
"Why choose me? I might not be able to help you with this!"
"Ahem! It seems I wasn't wrong about you after all!"
The man paused for a moment before speaking.
“I had no choice but to choose you. All my men are dead, and I only have half a life left. I can’t die here. I need help! That’s one reason.”
Secondly, although you are thin and look like a refugee, you are full of spirit and neither humble nor arrogant!
I collapsed at your feet, but you didn't panic. Your first aid was skillful and methodical. You remained calm and composed even with my gruesome wound. After bandaging me, you even considered how much to charge based on my condition. You were bold, meticulous, and independent!
Thirdly, the knife in your hand is no ordinary item, you know medicine, and you can easily produce precious antidote pills. That crooked tree is about three or four zhang tall. You were able to climb up it, find the item, guess my identity, and still dare to come back. You are definitely not an ordinary village girl. You have the ability to help me!
Fourth, and most importantly—when you look at the disaster victims, your eyes should show compassion! I bet—you're willing to help them!
"Oh! Thank you for your kind words, but I am just a village girl! Indeed, as you said, I cannot bear to see people displaced and starving. I hope that people will have plenty of food and clothing and live in peace and contentment!"
But even an imperial envoy like you was forced to the brink of death, and I'm just a lowly village girl...
Xie Yushu was interrupted before she could finish speaking.
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