Li Yueshu was startled and quickly reached for the medicine box beside her. "What happened to you?"
Xinghe's face was a little pale. He looked at Qin Moyuan pitifully. "Master, your subordinate has completed the mission."
Li Yueshu glanced at Qin Moyuan, said nothing, and quickly opened the medicine box.
With so many knife wounds, it would be troublesome if he accidentally got tetanus!
Although she didn't really like Chai Yang Xinghe because of Qin Moyuan, she couldn't just ignore such serious injuries.
Moreover, Xinghe had helped her once during the incident at the Li mansion.
Li Yueshu asked Xinghe to sit down and took out a tetanus injection from her space from behind him.
Xinghe saw nothing. Due to his wounds, he didn't even feel the needle prick.
Qin Moyuan, however, saw it, his eyes flashing.
A'shu was becoming less guarded in front of him. Did this mean she trusted him more?
As he was thinking, he saw Li Yueshu put away the injection and say, "Take off your clothes, I'll put medicine on you."
"Thank you, Madam!" Xinghe replied cheerfully and was about to unbutton his clothes.
"Cough cough!"
Qin Moyuan behind him suddenly coughed twice.
Xinghe's hand on his clothes paused, and his mind, unusually quick, came to a realization.
"No need to trouble Madam, I can do it myself!"
Without Qin Moyuan saying anything, he hurriedly got up from the stool, took the medicine from Li Yueshu's hand, and said, "My... my injuries are not serious, I can handle it myself."
After speaking, he turned and ran, as if pursued by a ghost.
Li Yueshu's hand was still in the motion of holding the medicine bottle. She couldn't help but twitch her lips as she watched his retreating figure.
She turned to the person beside her, her face full of confusion. "What did you make him do?"
Xinghe's martial arts were not low. To injure him to this extent, it must have been no simple mission.
Qin Moyuan's gaze was gentle, without any concealment. "Many people in Chongzhou want my life. When they learned I was here, they sent many assassins. I had Xinghe handle them."
Li Yueshu's eyebrows twitched slightly.
His words were simple, but considering how someone had lured them to Yunsu before, almost costing them their lives, it was a miracle that Xinghe had returned alive!
However, this also served as a reminder for her.
Given Qin Moyuan's status, countless people wanted him dead. Coupled with the need to repair his plot, his situation was likely more dangerous than Mother Mo's.
Thinking of this, Li Yueshu looked up at the man who was a head taller than her, wanting to speak but hesitating.
Qin Moyuan's attention was on her, and he naturally saw the worry in her eyes, his heart stirring slightly.
"A'shu, are you worried about me?"
Li Yueshu pursed her lips and gave him a glare, then buried her head in tidying the medicine box.
Watching her movements, Qin Moyuan's lips curled up with joy.
A'shu didn't deny it, which meant she admitted it!
Li Yueshu was completely unaware of the thoughts behind her. She was preoccupied with her own matters.
She opened a pharmacy and a restaurant. Even if she eventually gained her own connections and wealth, she still lacked her own power.
It seemed she needed to cultivate her own people, so that she would have someone to rely on if anything happened in the future.
Li Yueshu gradually formed an idea in her mind, but she didn't have enough energy to implement it yet.
...
After leaving the pharmacy, Li Yueshu went to attend to other matters.
Qin Moyuan wanted to follow her but eventually went to find Xinghe.
Chai Yang had not returned with him. Xinghe had likely returned specifically to report something to him.
Xinghe had already bandaged his wounds himself.
He had also fought on the battlefield with his master, so his wound-dressing skills were very proficient.
Seeing Qin Moyuan arrive, he bowed respectfully, his injured arm showing no signs of distress. "Master."
Qin Moyuan waved his hand, stopping him from bowing. "Where is Chai Yang?"
"He went to Shenxing Town." Xinghe's face was still a little pale. "The people we sent to find Ji Mo Bai sent a message that they didn't find any trace of him. He seems to have already left. However, we found the whereabouts of the Poison King of Pang Shan, and Chai Yang went to find him."
Qin Moyuan's expression darkened, and he suddenly remembered what Hong Dai had said earlier.
In that case, the Poison King of Pang Shan might indeed be related to Ji Mo Bai, possibly even closely, which was why he had rushed there with his injuries.
After a moment of thought, Qin Moyuan quietly ordered, "Continue to investigate Ji Mo Bai's whereabouts."
Since A'shu found the Crimson Flame Vine in the medical book he left behind, perhaps he had a way to cure A'yi's poison.
After speaking, he glanced at the wound on Xinghe's arm and said again, "Rest well for the time being and prepare to set off back to Chongzhou."
Xinghe knew his master was concerned about him and also knew that since he said this, he would no longer hold him accountable for his mistakes.
Although he still didn't understand what he had done to offend his master, it was a good thing that his master was not pursuing the matter!
Xinghe obeyed the order, changed out of his blood-stained clothes, and went to deliver the message.
Little did they know that Ji Mo Bai, whom they were looking for, was lying by the side of a road.
His eyes were covered with white gauze, and his white clothes were stained with dirt, making his noble appearance look disheveled.
Ji Mo Bai's face was pale, but his lips were tinged with a bluish hue, appearing to be deeply poisoned.
Man Xing was also disheveled, looking no better than a beggar on the street.
He took out a kettle from his old backpack and carefully fed Ji Mo Bai.
But Ji Mo Bai seemed to have completely fainted, unable to even perform the instinct of swallowing. The water he was fed all flowed out of his mouth.
Man Xing's nose stung, and his eyes turned redder.
"Young master, please wake up. What can I do to help you..."
His voice grew lower and lower, even with a hoarse sob.
He took out a red bead with tassels from his懷, and tears could no longer be held back from flowing from his eyes.
A'yi...
If Madam Shen were here, she would definitely be able to save the young master!
But he didn't know where they were, nor in which direction Tongmu County was. He couldn't even take the young master away from here.
He really didn't know what to do!
Just as Man Xing was sinking into despair, the sound of hooves suddenly rang out.
His heart panicked. He quickly put the bead back into his懷, wiped the tears from his face, and dragged Ji Mo Bai's body to hide.
But he was still a child. No matter how much strength he had, he couldn't drag a completely unconscious adult man.
The sound of hooves grew closer, and Man Xing became more and more flustered.
Please don't let that person catch up!
Man Xing prayed in his heart, looking in the direction of the hooves, he saw a group of guards with weapons escorting a luxurious carriage slowly approaching.
Man Xing immediately saw hope and quickly ran in front of the carriage to stop them. "Please save my young master!"
The coachman quickly pulled the reins. The sudden stop made the carriage shake violently.
A woman's slightly angry voice came from the carriage. "How are you driving? What if you hurt the young lady!"
Hearing the voice, Man Xing quickly shouted, "Please, young lady, have mercy and save my young master!"
The carriage was silent for a moment, then a fair hand lifted the curtain, revealing the faces of two women.
If Li Yueshu were here, she would surely recognize these two as Li Xiangru and her maid, Huai'er.