The moment she opened her eyes, she suddenly saw a strange man sleeping next to her. The woman was immediately startled and turned over to get up. Only then did she realize that she was still holding on to the man's shoulder with her left hand and a knife in her right hand.
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Jia Lian was alarmed and opened his eyes in a daze. When he saw the woman regaining consciousness, he felt as if he had been granted amnesty:
"Girl, let go of your hands. The skin and flesh on my shoulders are all scratched and the bones are cracked."
The woman immediately let go of her hand and looked at the blood stains on her five nails. She also looked at the five holes dug out on the shoulders of Jia Lian's sky blue satin cotton robe. The blood stains from inside also condensed into one piece. She guessed that it was
I suddenly felt guilty for my behavior when I was unconscious. I looked at my body anxiously and found that none of the clothes on my body belonged to me. I was shocked.
Trying to think back, my mind is filled with blood, and I can't help but feel a layer of cold sweat all over my body.
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Qingwen, who was on the bed next to her, was woken up by the sound of voices. When she opened her eyes, she saw that the woman had finally let go of her hand. She quickly got up and went over to see the injury on Jia Lian's shoulder. The pain made Jia Lian scream:
"Be gentle! The blood inside has clotted the clothes. It hurts."
Cornel also woke up, but just lay still:
"I acted like a hero last night, and now I'm yelling and screaming. I deserve it!"
Qingwen carefully tried to take off her clothes, but as expected, the clothes were stuck in one place by the solidified blood from the wound. After several attempts, she couldn't take them off, so she remembered the liquor she had used last night:
"The wine is good. I'll get some wine and rub it on it and it will melt."
Jia Lian was so frightened that he grabbed Qingwen tightly:
"My ancestors are staying! That wine is too strong and I can't bear it. Just go outside and get some hot rice wine."
Qingwen was confused and immediately said:
"Ah? This sister could bear it last night, but the second master can't bear it now?"
Juyu put her hands behind her head and immediately continued:
"Last night, I took advantage of others' danger, and the second master can certainly bear anything;
Now that people have woken up, since they can’t take advantage, how can the second master endure it?”
Fortunately, there was no need for Jia Lian to reply, Qingwen was the first to bear the brunt:
"Juyu, what you said doesn't make sense. Why did the Second Master take advantage of others when they were in danger?
Last night, you said you were stripping this girl and applying medicine. Didn't you just give her a knife and almost hit her on the head, and scare her away immediately?
If the second master wants to take advantage, he can't take advantage of someone with a knife in his hand.
Besides, while you are confused, holding a knife in one hand and grabbing someone's shoulder with the other and refusing to let go, it doesn't necessarily mean who is taking advantage of someone's danger."
Look, this girl’s pain is not in vain!
Originally, it was good to be here, but Qingwen is unable to stop the car. The following sentences...
"I stuck myself in the second master's arms and called him 'Dad', and the second master still suffered a loss.
If you don't come to help, I can't even pull him away, and I'm afraid that the knife in her hand will chop the second master in half.
If you turn back to your father and lose your life, won’t the second master be dead?"
Jia Lian quickly interrupted Qingwen to protect himself:
"Hurry up and get the rice wine, ancestor. My shoulder hurts so much that I can't even move it."
Qingwen responded, ran to the door, turned around and said to Zhuyu:
"Get up quickly and stop standing up.
I'll get the rice wine, and you can help Er Ye dissolve the blood scab. My hands were all worn out last night trying to saw off the broken knife."
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When Jia Lian saw Qingwen gone, he said to the woman:
"The girl was seriously injured and needs to take a good rest. So she will follow me southward on my boat. When we arrive in Yangzhou, I will find a place for her to stay. She will feel at ease.
I came from the capital. These are the two girls who followed me. Her name is Cornus officinalis, and the one who just left is named Qingwen.
The two of them are sharp-tongued and sharp-tongued. It was all thanks to them that they treated the girl's injury last night."
The woman saw that Jia Lian was gentle and elegant, but she didn't know whether he was an enemy or a friend. She just lowered her eyelids and said nothing.
Jia Lian had seen her cold appearance sitting on the bow of the boat, and he didn't care about her coldness at this time. He only said:
"Girl, just rest in peace and rest, call me if you need anything."
The woman closed her eyes slightly, but still said nothing.
Cornelia was so angry that she couldn't lie down anymore. She got out of bed, put on her clothes and came to Jia Lian's bedside to attack the woman:
"We saved you, you should at least say thank you..."
Being grabbed by Jia Lian:
"You didn't lie down until almost five o'clock last night. How about you lie down for a while?"
Cornelia was full of anger and immediately turned towards Jia Lian:
"Save people! Save people! What should you do if you save a wolf? You are Mr. Dongguo!"
She struggled hard and injured Jia Lian's shoulder, and she couldn't help but let out an "ouch".
Juyu hurriedly stepped forward to check. The more she looked, the angrier she became. She frowned and stamped her feet:
“Zhongshan wolves can’t bite people so hard!”
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The soft white cloth was dipped in warm rice wine, and the dried blood scabs were spread bit by bit, and finally the clothes were taken off bit by bit.
Juyu frowned and said: "You can dig it like this through a cotton robe. This is such a cruel attack."
Jia Lian looked at the five bloody holes dug out by nails on his shoulder. The surrounding areas were green and purple, and he felt sincerely:
"Has this girl practiced the 'Nine Yin White Bone Claw'?"
The woman was seriously injured, lying on the bed and watching quietly without saying a word.
But it aroused Dogwood's curiosity again:
"What is the 'Nine Yin White Bone Claw'?
Why haven’t I heard of it? Is it some kind of unique secret?"
As he spoke, he poured the red wound medicine on Jia Lian's wound as if it was free of charge.
Jia Lian almost jumped up in pain:
"Ouch! You can kill me if you want. Why do you bring salt to marinate it first and then kill it?"
Cornus officinalis held Jia Lian down with disdain on her face:
"What's the price of salt? What's the price of this medicine?
If I use this medicine to marinate you, you will be worth a lot of money."
Seeing that Jia Lian's lips turned white from pain, Zhu Yu relented again and coaxed him instead:
"Eh? The second master has been saved, why should I ask for the girl's name?"
Jia Lian bared his teeth and gasped:
"If someone wants to say it, they will naturally say it; if they don't want to say it, even if they ask, what they say may not be true."
Cornus officinalis curled her lips:
"Bah, if you don't ask, what will others say?
If you don’t repay your kindness, how will you be able to walk around the world in the future?”
When the woman on the bed heard this, her eyes flashed slightly and she said:
"What this girl said makes sense. My benefactor is also a transparent person. It's just that it's really not convenient for me to tell you my identity. If my benefactor doesn't mind, you can call me 'Ahe', He Miao's He.
May I ask your benefactor’s surname and name? The mountains are high and the rivers are long. I will definitely repay you in the future.”
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Just as I was talking about this, I suddenly heard a noise outside. It seemed that the boatman was yelling at people to get out of the way.
Qingwen came into the cabin with a basin and said to Jia Lian:
"It's strange, there are many boats coming outside, some big and some small, they just surround our boat and don't move away.
Just now I heard our boatman shouting, but the people in the boat didn't reply.
I saw that those boats all had plum blossom nails on their bows. I think they were all Caobang boats.
We don’t know the Cao Gang. Do they still want to steal our boat in this clear day?”
The woman on the bed suddenly opened her eyes and reached out to touch the knife. Jia Lian held her down and whispered:
"Lie peacefully, as long as I'm here, Caobang can't touch you."
When the woman heard this, a sharp look flashed in her eyes:
"Who are you?"
Jia Lian made a silence gesture to her, covered the woman with a quilt, and whispered in her ear:
"I'm not in Yan, I'm not in Cao. Since I saved you, I won't harm you."
The woman's eyes dimmed and she said calmly:
"Since you are neither in Yan nor Cao, my benefactor had better not wade into muddy waters.
Hand me over and you will be safe."
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Xing'er's voice came from outside the cabin door:
"Second Master, suddenly two official ships of the Cao Army came ahead, blocking our waterway and preventing our ships from moving forward.
They said that there was a robbery and murder on the river near here last night, and more than a dozen people died.
He also said that the murder suspect was also seriously injured, and people were being picked up within a radius of dozens of miles, cars were being searched, and boats were being searched.
Now they are forcing the boatman to anchor, and they want to use our boat on the gangplank to search for people, saying that anyone who resists will be charged with murder."
The woman grabbed Jia Lian's wrist and whispered:
"This is the Cao Gang colluding with the government. If they don't hand me over, I don't know what else they will do.
My benefactor saved my life. If I bring trouble to my benefactor again, I won’t be able to feel at ease even if I die.
Taking advantage of the daylight when there are many people, hand me over to them, and then my benefactor will take the overland route to Yangzhou, and everything will be fine."