Qi Nuan was unaware of their conversation; she assumed the letter had already been sent out by Bai Jiao and the others.
These past few days, Qi Nuan has been going out for walks whenever she has free time. There is a grassland behind the mountain, with wildflowers blooming slowly in the breeze, swaying gracefully and emitting a faint fragrance.
The white, yellow, purple, and blue flowers, varying in height, are exceptionally beautiful in the meadow.
She sat on a high place, looking at the beautiful scenery in front of her and gazing into the distance.
I would occasionally stroll through this flowerbed and stop to pick some herbs.
Although she took life-saving pills immediately after being injured, her body was still too badly hurt. After several days of treatment, she can move around freely, but she feels tired after walking only a few steps.
Therefore, she could only rest for a while before walking again, and so on.
The boy did not follow behind her that day.
Qi Nuan had plenty of time to pick herbs. She carried her basket and slowly walked back. She was quite happy; today's harvest was very fruitful.
However, before she even reached the courtyard, she was grabbed by the person who came.
Qi Nuan tugged at his sleeve.
Wait a minute, slow down...
Qi Nuan was panting as the man kept pulling her down the mountain. He ignored her movements. Qi Nuan recognized him; he was from the mountain stronghold and seemed to be called Xu Qilang.
Xu Qilang's face was full of anxiety. Finally, after a short while, they arrived. Qi Nuan felt that if the journey had been any longer, she might have been exhausted to death on the way.
"Boss, the person has arrived."
The young man looked at Qi Nuan, who was leaning against the door frame and panting, and said to Xu Qilang, "What's the rush? Go help her."
Upon hearing this, Xu Qilang quickly went over.
Qi Nuan finally recovered. A faint smell of blood filled the air, and people were lying haphazardly on the ground and benches in the courtyard.
They were all injured.
Bai Jiao walked over and took the bamboo basket from Qi Nuan's hands.
"You know medicine, right?"
Qi Nuan nodded; she knew a little bit, but not much.
"Then come and help."
Qi Nuan followed Bai Jiao's footsteps.
Then she called Xu Qilang over and said, "Do whatever she tells you to do."
Upon seeing Xu Erniang, he brought out a pot of boiled water and said to her, "Give her the medicine box from my room."
Finally, he said to Qi Nuan, "Save the seriously injured first."
Qi Nuan nodded.
Bai Jiao then led two people to the back mountain, as he still needed to gather some herbs.
Qi Nuan looked at Xu Erniang, took the water from her, looked at her, used the water to clean the wounds of the injured, and then looked at her and said, "You should clean their wounds first."
Xu Erniang nodded. She had seen Bai Jiao treat their wounds before, so she quickly understood what Qi Nuan meant.
Qi Nuan took the medicine box handed to her by Xu Erniang and looked at its contents.
She walked to Ji Jin's side. At this time, the young man was also seriously injured, with a knife wound to his abdomen and an arrow stuck in his thigh.
Fortunately, the person seemed alright and was alert.
Qi Nuan kept writing words in the boy's palm.
The boy said to Xu Qilang, who was standing next to him, "Make a fire in the yard, and then bring over a few bottles of strong liquor."
Although Xu Qilang didn't understand, he did as the boy said.
Qi Nuan took a piece of white cloth that had been boiled and spread it on a small stool. She first demonstrated it herself to Xu Qilang, and then let Xu Qilang do it in the same way.
Xu Qilang wasn't very good at comprehension, but fortunately, the boy would occasionally add a few words of advice from the side.
They cooperated quite well.
Xu Qilang handed Qi Nuan scissors and a dagger that had been sterilized over the flames. Qi Nuan cut open the boy's clothes, pulled out the arrow from his thigh, sprinkled it with medicinal powder, and then bandaged it up.
He would treat the abdominal wound first, and then treat the wound of the next person.
Soon, the medicine in Bai Jiao's medicine box was used up. She looked at the herbs drying in the courtyard, asked someone to find a mortar and pestle, then took out several kinds of herbs and gestured for Xu Qilang to watch as she put the herbs into the mortar and pestle to crush them.
Then apply these herbs to other people's wounds and bandage them up.
Qi Nuan wiped the sweat from her brow, rested for a while, and then continued bandaging the injured person's wounds.
Seeing that cold sweat was already dripping from her forehead, and thinking of her health, Xu Erniang said to her, "Go and rest. Let me do it. I've already learned how to do it from the side."
The rest of the people only had minor injuries, and Qi Nuan nodded and didn't make things difficult for herself.
He sat to the side and watched Xu Erniang operate the equipment, then stepped forward to correct her if she made any mistakes.
This is the scene that Bai Jiao saw when he returned. He glanced around the courtyard and knew what had happened.
"Boss."
The others shouted in unison.
White focus lens.
He put down the herbs he had picked and watched Xu Erniang's actions without showing any emotion in his eyes.
Although they all suffered injuries, large and small, fortunately no one died, the thought of coming down the mountain empty-handed and injured made Bai Jiao's eyes darken.
Perhaps he should go down the mountain again.
After settling the injured people in, Bai Jiao said to Xu Erniang, "I will go down the mountain tomorrow. Please take good care of them."
"no."
Xu Erniang was agitated. "It's too dangerous to go down the mountain now. Let's wait until they've recovered from their injuries."
Seeing that Bai Jiao remained silent, she slowly continued, "If you weren't here, and someone were to attack, who do you think could hold us all back?"
Bai Jiao didn't speak for a while before saying, "Alright, let's talk about it after everyone's better."
Seeing Bai Jiao compromise, Xu Erniang breathed a sigh of relief, and then said, "How did Ji Jin get so badly injured again? Don't let him go down the mountain again."
"He did it to protect me."
Xu Erniang didn't speak again. After a while, she said, "Protecting you is what I should do..."
Bai Jiao interrupted her, "Alright, you don't need to tell me all this. Do you think I don't know what you're thinking?"
Xu Erniang laughed, "But this time we have to thank that girl. I think she's a good person, an honest child."
Bai Jiao nodded, "I will thank her."
Qi Nuan was resting in her room. The incident had taken some of her energy, but she had also recognized that the arrow in Ji Jin's leg belonged to the government. Had they done something wrong?
"Knock knock..."
A knock sounded at the door, and Qi Nuan got up and went to open it.
Bai Jiao was standing outside. Qi Nuan asked with her eyes, "What's the matter?"
"Thank you for today. I will cure your muteness, and you won't need to look for herbs yourself."
Qi Nuan nodded, but she didn't intend to give up on finding herbs herself, since no one was more reliable than herself.
She turned around, took out paper and pen, wrote a few words on the paper, and handed it to Bai Jiao.
Bai Jiao looked at the words on the paper. "Can you tell me what happened today?"
He looked at the girl, and the girl's eyes were also looking at him, clearly waiting for his answer.
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