Chapter 128 Self-rescue
Chapter 128 Self-rescue
Cold streets, cold people, and hungry bodies.
Where is this place? It seems like she has been here before.
Looking down, I saw that my feet were dirty, red, and even covered with frostbite.
She didn't know where she was going, dragging her dizzy body. She walked and walked aimlessly.
Until she found a dilapidated temple, she felt a hint of warmth and hurried in, but the pain in her feet made her steps slow down.
She hid in the dilapidated temple and huddled in a corner, hugging her body tightly. She was so hungry and so cold. Will anyone help her?
Ah, no, there will be no one in this world to help her.
"Who was he? It turned out to be a stinking beggar!"
A fierce voice pulled her back from the dizzying hunger.
"Hey! I'm calling you! Can't you hear me?" The man came in a very vicious manner and grabbed her collar and lifted her up.
Unable to struggle, she could only plead weakly, "I'm... sorry. Please, please allow me to rest here for one night. I'll definitely leave the next day."
"You're so filthy and you still dare to ask me to stay here and rest? Get out of here!" Her body was thrown out of the dilapidated temple like a kite. She fell on the cold snow pile. Soon, her hands and feet were frozen stiff.
The man was still standing in front of the dilapidated temple, yelling at her: "Get out of here right now! Or I'll beat you to death!"
She struggled to get up from the freezing snowdrift, trembling. She could no longer feel the temperature on her body. Now she could not tell whether she was cold or hot.
That person was not someone she could afford to offend, so she could only turn around slowly and walk like a staggering old man. With every step she took, the excruciating pain of her broken skin would mix with her unconscious body. The double pain spread throughout her body, and she felt so miserable that she wanted to die.
Yeah, why doesn't she just die?
This thought has been lingering in her mind, but every time she thought about being able to find her sister, she felt that she had lived up to her mother's expectations.
A'niang has always hoped that she could love and protect her sister well.
Ever since her sister was taken away by the envoy from Zhongdu, she was sold to a place of prostitution by a sinister person. After she finally escaped, she encountered a place where a severe drought broke out. After she finally managed to hide and survive, she was hit by a snowstorm.
I heard that there are still terrible and life-threatening epidemics.
Sister, are you okay? Why didn’t you write me a letter after you left?
Is it true as those people said, that the envoy from Zhongdu asked you to go to Zhongdu to sacrifice you?
No, I have to find my sister and bring her back.
Can’t die yet. Can’t die.
"You stinky beggar! How dare you steal my buns! I'll beat you to death, I'll beat you to death!"
She fell on the snow pile and was beaten severely. Her whole body was in great pain, but she bit the bun in her mouth tightly and insisted on living!
It was not known how long the man had been beating her, but he had obviously vented his anger and kicked her in the stomach again. She felt excruciating pain, but she held on and swallowed the bun in her mouth.
Survival became her only belief in that life. Why was she so weak? If only she could become stronger, but how could she become stronger? No one could help her, and she seemed unable to help herself.
"You seem injured. Do you need my help?"
For the first time, someone didn't look at her with disgust and contempt, but asked her with a gentle and caring look if she needed help.
She was stunned and grateful.
When the man reached out his hand to her, she grasped it for some unknown reason... but an unprecedented fear surged from deep within her heart...
"no, do not want!"
Rong Su woke up from her dream in horror, and the terrified fear spread throughout her body, like a bone-eating insect gnawing at her bones, making her scared and panicked.
Apparently having heard Rong Su's shout, Shen Peiqing rushed in immediately and looked at her with a frown: "Are you okay?"
Seeing her covered in cold sweat and eyes filled with panic, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. It was the first time he saw her look like this. Could this crazy girl who was fearless have such an expression?
What on earth did she dream about that made her so scared?
Shen Peiqing turned around to get some hot water, soaked a handkerchief in it, wrung it dry, and used it to wipe the sweat from her forehead. As soon as he touched her, Rong Su suddenly came back to her senses, reached out and held his hand. They looked at each other and were both stunned.
Rong Su, who had regained her consciousness, took the handkerchief and wiped herself: "I'm fine. Uh!"
Shen Peiqing saw that she had wiped it herself and silently withdrew his hand. Hearing her dull cry of pain again, he said, "You'd better not move for now. I asked the doctor to check your legs. There are signs of tearing. It will take at least half a month to heal."
Torn legs? That's right, when she jumped down from the tree, her legs landed too firmly on the ground, and she didn't pay much attention at the time. Even though there were a lot of weeds on the ground to help her, her legs were still injured.
"It doesn't take half a month. Give me five days and I'll be fine." Rong Su would not rest for half a month. Half a month would delay many of her things.
Shen Peiqing understood that Rong Su wanted to heal him himself. He opened his mouth but didn't say anything in the end. He just said, "Lian Xin is at the inn."
Then she saw him go out. Rong Su withdrew her gaze and tried to move her legs again, but found that the piercing pain was unbearable. She gritted her teeth and barely managed to hold back from crying out.
Reaching out to feel for the silver needle on her body, Rong Su finally breathed a sigh of relief when she found it: "Fortunately, the silver needle is hidden in the innermost part, otherwise, if it is lost, it will be very difficult to deal with."
It takes a while to make a pair of suitable silver needles.
Holding the silver needle, Rong Su lifted the quilt and saw that her legs were bandaged. She lifted her trouser legs, rolled them up to her knees, and then slowly untied the bandage.
On the white legs, you can vaguely see some broken bloodstains showing through the snow-white skin.
There were also red, swollen and blackened knees, and even some bloodstains above the knees.
Rong Su twisted the handkerchief she used to wipe sweat into a ball and bit it, then leaned forward slightly and reached out to gently press her legs.
As soon as her fingers touched the skin on her legs, the tearing pain instantly attacked her nerves. The pain seemed to be gnawing at her whole body. She bit her handkerchief and almost cried out.
It hurts, it really hurts!
He clenched his fists tightly, his whole body was shaking, and his back was soaked.
But he had to adjust himself from the pain so that he could clearly judge the current injuries of his legs.
Enduring the severe pain, Rong Su began to diagnose the tearing of her legs. It seemed that the situation was worse than she thought, and there were even signs of breaking.
I couldn't help but laugh at myself: "This is really a bit bad. What if I really can't leave? What should I do?"
The door was suddenly pushed open from the outside again. Rong Su was stunned and turned around to see that it was Shen Peiqing. He was carrying a bowl of medicine soup and his eyes just happened to sweep across her legs.
He frowned and quickly closed the door to prevent the cold wind from blowing in. His voice was slightly colder: "Why did you untie the strips of cloth?"
"How can I treat you if you don't untie it?" Rong Su was in so much pain that she didn't have the mood to deal with Shen Peiqing. She took off the handkerchief she was biting and said in a bad tone, "I want to heal myself. You get out."
Shen Peiqing watched Rong Su stretch out her hand with difficulty, holding a silver needle, as if to prick a certain acupuncture point. He came forward with the medicine soup and said condescendingly: "This medicine is prescribed by the doctor, drink it."
She was feeling upset, and when she saw Shen Peiqing, the man who seemed to have not understood what she said, she looked at him coldly and angrily and said, "No. There is no medicine I can prescribe that will help me recover faster."
Shen Peiqing just looked at her quietly, and didn't get angry because of her bad attitude. Seeing this, she felt a little uncomfortable for some reason. She frowned and said coldly, "Don't hinder me."
Realizing that he couldn't get Rong Su to drink the medicine, he snatched the silver needle from her hand. Now, because of her injuries, she didn't have much strength, so he could easily snatch the thing from her hand with a little force.
Seeing that her silver needle was snatched away by Shen Peiqing, Rong Su was completely furious: "That's enough! Can you please stop bothering me so much!"
Shen Peiqing remained calm, showing no emotion at all, and said calmly, "Tell me which acupuncture point you want to pierce, and I'll help you."
Unexpectedly, he wanted to help her. Rong Su looked at Shen Peiqing with a strange look. Shen Peiqing also saw her eyes, and then his voice was so light that no emotion could be heard: "Your hands can't reach some acupuncture points. Is that right?"
What he said was not wrong. There were indeed some acupuncture points that her hands were not long enough to reach.
Holding back the frustration in her chest, and the fact that she could only rely on Shen Peiqing, Rong Su said in a cold voice: "Go down to Juxu. Go up to Juxu."
Shen Peiqing held the silver needle, looked serious, and accurately pierced the two acupuncture points she mentioned.
Rong Su was a little surprised when she saw this. The other party noticed her expression and explained to her calmly, "For those who learn martial arts, the first and most basic thing is to learn the meridians and acupuncture points of the human body. Once you understand the meridians of the human body, you can find the enemy's fatal point more accurately. A single move will determine victory."
So that's how it is. Rong Su thought about it and continued to name a few acupoints. This time, Shen Peiqing still pierced her very accurately.
A quarter of an hour passed, and finally all the acupuncture points that needed to be pierced were completed.
She felt a slight warmth at the place where she was stabbed, and the pain was relieved a little. Rong Su swallowed a breath of foul air.
Shen Peiqing was still a little persistent. He glanced at the medicine soup beside him and asked, "Are you really not going to drink the medicine?"
Unexpectedly, this man still didn't give up. Rong Su said coldly: "Bring me a pen. I'll write down some herbs. You go get them and bring them back to make a drink for me."
Seeing that Rong Su was really rude, Shen Peiqing didn't take it to heart. It would be better to say that he was not worried, but rather that he was a little happy that she treated him like this, as if he seemed to be very close to her.
"it is good."
He turned around and went out, and soon came back with paper and pen.
Rong Su took it and quickly wrote down several medicinal ingredients on it. After she finished, she handed it to him and instructed him, "Remember, you need eight bowls of water to boil it into one bowl of water. Get a few more."
Shen Peiqing took the prescription, nodded, and looked at her legs which were so white that it was dazzling. He was so focused on giving her acupuncture that he didn't think about anything else. Now he felt a little embarrassed and quickly looked away.
"How long will your needles last?"
Unexpectedly, he asked this. Rong Su answered truthfully, "It will take about half an hour. If I need to remove the needle, I can call Shitou or Lianxin."
Shen Peiqing immediately interrupted her seriously: "I will be back as soon as possible. Just call me when you want to remove the needle."
After saying that, he left with a serious look on his face.
Rong Su was speechless. What did he mean? Why did he pull out the needle and call him?
Forget it, Rong Su didn’t take it to heart. She started to think about things.
In my current situation, let alone rushing back to Xuancheng to attend the banquet, even leaving this room is a problem.
Just when I was at a loss, there was a knock on the door.
Hearing the sound of the door, Rong Su thought it was Shen Peiqing coming back, and couldn't help but be surprised. It was less than half a minute, and he came back so soon?
"Uh uh..."
Hearing this voice, Rong Su was stunned for a while, and then said softly: "Come in."
It was indeed Lianxin, but when Lianxin saw the scars on her legs, her eyes suddenly turned red and tears began to flow.
Seeing Lian Xin burst into tears after seeing her injuries, Rong Su suddenly felt overwhelmed and quickly said, "It's just a minor injury, why are you crying?"
Lian Xin sobbed and gestured with her hands: I'm the one who got you hurt. If it weren't for me, you wouldn't be hurt. It's my fault!
Rong Su sighed helplessly. Not wanting to discuss this issue with Lian Xin, she changed the subject: "Where are we now? Do you know?"
I was so focused on healing my leg that I forgot to ask Shen Peiqing.
Seeing that Rong Su didn't want to talk about this, Lian Xin felt even more guilty, but she still replied: I asked Brother Shitou, and this seems to be a small town not far from Xuancheng.
Upon hearing this, Rong Su thought, so they were not in Xuancheng. But that was true. The place where they met the bandits was still a long way from Xuancheng. Shen Peiqing could not walk far with her who was injured and unconscious, and Shi Tou who was also injured.
"By the way. How's Shitou's injury?"
Lianxin's eyes turned red again, and she obviously began to blame herself again: Brother Shitou has been examined by a doctor, and he has injuries on his waist and arms, and is lying down.
Seeing Lian Xin like this, Rong Suqian sighed, and then thought of something and asked, "Did you take the calligraphy that I asked you to keep before you got married?"
When Rong Su mentioned this, Lian Xin suddenly remembered and nodded: "Yes, I have it with me. But why does Sister Rong care so much about that calligraphy? If you like it, I can give it to you."
The words are of course very important, but they are related to your future destiny.
Of course, Rong Su would not tell Lian Xin about this.
"Please keep it well. I see that you have been very nervous about the calligraphy. It must be very important. I was afraid that after you left, the calligraphy would be taken away by Li Anguo, so I asked you to keep it well with you." Rong Su shook her head and said softly.
Seeing Rong Su helping her like this and caring about her even when she was injured, Lian Xin couldn't stop crying and gestured: "Thank you. And thank you for helping me escape from my uncle."
It seems that Lianxin has already learned about this incident from Shitou or Shen Peiqing.
"Nothing. I just don't like it."
But Lianxin was still crying, looking at her with worried and sad eyes.
Rong Su was extremely helpless. How could this girl cry so easily? Why were her tears more than a stream? It was really troublesome.
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