Chapter 108 Embroidered Uniform Guard
The carriage moved forward, but Ye Mingzhu couldn't help but lift the curtain and look back.
Baozan thought she was scared, so she lifted the carriage curtain and urged the driver, "Hurry up!"
The coachman responded and shouted "Giddy up!" He then lashed the horse with his whip, and the carriage suddenly sped up.
But for some reason, Ye Mingzhu's mood became more and more anxious. She gripped the car window tightly and stared unblinkingly at the place where she had just heard the fighting.
Suddenly, a dark figure flashed out from the dense forest and sped toward the carriage.
It's a swallow's branch!
"Stop!" Ye Mingzhu said immediately.
Under the puzzled gazes of Baozan and the others, the carriage moved forward for a while before slowly coming to a stop.
Yanzhi also arrived at the carriage.
Ignoring all decorum, Ye Mingzhu leaned halfway out and asked, "What's going on?"
"Reporting to Madam, it was two Imperial Guards who were being chased by a group of men in black," Yan Zhi said. "I took it upon myself to help them kill the men in black. But both of them are seriously injured, and if they don't receive treatment soon, they will most likely bleed to death."
Embroidered Uniform Guard?
After a few moments of thought, Ye Mingzhu decisively said, "Turn the car around and let's go back and take a look."
"Miss!" Baozan exclaimed anxiously, "What if the men in black have accomplices? I can't watch you put yourself in danger. What will we say when Master and Madam ask?!"
Ruyi's face turned pale, and she wanted to offer some advice.
Ye Mingzhu calmed down and instructed again, "I have a small estate nearby. Let's go there first. Yanzhi, you stay here and keep watch. I'll have the coachman come over later. You secretly bring the two seriously injured Imperial Guards back to the estate."
Yanzhi replied, "Yes!"
Baozan and Ruyi breathed a sigh of relief.
...
The Ye family are imperial merchants and have plenty of money.
When Ye Mingzhu got married, she brought a generous dowry, which included a manor with a hundred acres of fertile land and a hill nearby.
The carriage passed by in about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.
Before Ye Mingzhu got married, she learned to manage the household affairs and often visited the shops and estates under her name. After her rebirth, she also reorganized her properties and was quite familiar with this estate.
The carriage drove into the courtyard.
After getting off the carriage, Ye Mingzhu first instructed the driver to quickly fetch Yanzhi, and then ordered two maids responsible for guarding the house to prepare two clean guest rooms, one to boil water and the other to prepare water.
She then took out her medicine kit and began to count the medications.
Wound medicine and bandages are necessary.
We definitely need to use herbs that replenish qi and blood.
Fortunately, she had all of these in her medicine kit.
By the time Yanzhi returned with two critically wounded and dying Imperial Guards, Ye Mingzhu had also made preparations.
"Madam, I've brought the people back," Yanzhi asked. "Where should we settle them?"
"Settle them in the guest room," Ye Mingzhu said, instructing Baozan to lead the way.
Suddenly, she felt a deep gaze fall upon her, a gaze that seemed somewhat familiar. Her heart skipped a beat, and she turned to look at the carriage, only to find that the carriage curtains were completely drawn, as if the gaze she had just felt was merely her imagination.
strangeness.
Just then, a member of the Imperial Guard, covered in blood, struggled to get off the carriage.
He wore a black iron mask in the style of the Ghost Mask Army, his black robes were covered in grass and dust, and there was still blood on the corner of his lips, but he smiled and cupped his hands in thanks to her: "I am Gui San, thank you for saving me, Madam."
His eyes were gentle, and his voice was clear; he didn't look like a bloodthirsty person.
Ye Mingzhu nodded politely to him.
As they were talking, another member of the Imperial Guard got off the carriage.
He was half a head taller than Gui San, and he also wore a mask, so his true face was not visible.
But his gaze was cold and sharp. Although he was badly injured and needed to lean on his embroidered spring knife to stand, even a casual glance from him was imposing, cold and fierce, as if he were a demon who could suddenly strike and reap lives at any moment.
Unlike Gui San, he possessed a cold-blooded, bloodthirsty madness.
Just looking at it sent a chill down my spine.
“Miss…” Baozan called softly, her voice filled with fear.
Ye Mingzhu withdrew her gaze and comforted her, saying, "There are swallow branches and lotus feathers."
"Oh, right!" Baozan immediately felt relieved.
Yan Zhi and Lian Yu's martial prowess is beyond question, especially considering they were only dealing with two critically injured and dying Imperial Guards. Otherwise, Ye Mingzhu wouldn't have dared to save them so easily.
Besides, Sheng Yunche had previously given her two male bodyguards, who were now hiding in the shadows protecting her.
Ye Mingzhu had never dealt with them, but she knew they must be there.
Gui San spoke up: "Rest assured, everyone! Although we, the Embroidered Uniform Guard, have a bad reputation, we are by no means ungrateful or repaying kindness with enmity. We will certainly repay the life-saving grace you have shown us today in the future!"
The other Imperial Guard remained silent, as quiet as an unfathomable deep sea.
Ye Mingzhu looked over.
“He…” Gui San said with a smile, “Madam, he is mute, you can just call him Gui Yi.”
A mute?
Ye Mingzhu didn't mind and nodded, saying, "You two should rest well. I'll bandage your wounds later. After I leave the manor, you can continue to stay here to recuperate. I will instruct the servants to prepare meals and medicine for you. No need to repay me."
The two Imperial Guards settled into their guest room. Ye Mingzhu changed into clothes that were easier to work in, and Baozan assisted her in treating their wounds.
Gui San volunteered, "My injuries are relatively minor, so please, Madam, treat the mute first... cough cough, treat the mute first."
Ye Mingzhu nodded.
Gui sat on the round stool, his clothes soaked with blood, some of the fabric stuck to his skin. If he were to tear it directly, it would be excruciatingly painful; he would have to carefully cut it open with scissors.
As Ye Mingzhu removed his shirt, she couldn't help but feel a chill.
The man's body was covered with wounds of varying depths and sizes. He had been stabbed in the chest, just a finger's width away from injuring his heart. Even a celestial being would have been unable to save him, yet he remained calm as if nothing had happened.
She couldn't help but look up at him, meeting his calm and deep eyes, and felt a sudden flutter in her heart.
A familiar feeling welled up in my heart.
Ye Mingzhu thought for a moment and asked, "Sir, didn't you save a little girl who fell into the water at Huang'en Bridge many years ago?"
She gestured with her hand: "About this tall, a little girl of about seven years old."
Gui Yi thought for a moment, nodded, dipped his finger in tea and wrote "Mint Ice Candy" on the table, then looked at her as if seeking confirmation.
"It really is you?!" Ye Mingzhu's almond-shaped eyes lit up. "Yes, I'm the one you saved back then!"
With all these small details matching up, she had no more doubts.
No wonder she was so upset today; her savior had died.
Fortunately, she sent Yanzhi to investigate and rescue him. Otherwise, if she ever found out that she had let him die, she would regret it for the rest of her life.
"But how did you become mute? I remember you weren't before," Ye Mingzhu asked. "Did something happen to you?"
Ghost looked at her with calm, deep eyes.
Ye Mingzhu quickly explained, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to pry into your private affairs. I just wanted to know the reason for your aphasia, to see if I could help you with something. I don't know if it's convenient for you to say."
“What’s inconvenient about that?” Gui San suddenly burst out laughing, his voice barely audible. “He just bumped his head once while on a business trip, and became mute within two days.”
Ye Mingzhu suspected that Gui San and Gui Yi were either brothers or enemies, but he became very animated when talking about Gui Yi's injury.
But did he hit his head?
Ye Mingzhu looked at Gui Yi with a questioning gaze.
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