Shang Shixu was really angry inside. He was angry with himself for not being able to protect his wife properly, and also angry with those who hurt Lin Jingmo. His temper had always been to retaliate without mercy, but what was more important at this moment was that
...Lin Jingmo’s injuries.
He stretched out his hand and gently pulled Lin Jingmo's face away, and said: "If you still remember that I am your husband, then what else can you care about? Lin Jingmo, don't you feel pain?"
Lin Jingmo's face was pulled away, but he turned back stubbornly and said: "It hurts a lot, I'm going to die from the pain! But..."
Shang Shixu gently took off her coat from behind, with a distressed look on his face, and said softly: "What else is there? Be obedient and turn around."
Lin Jingmo could see the tenderness in his eyes, and for some reason she felt a trace of guilt in her heart, so she obediently turned her head and lay on the bed.
The silk inner coat was untied, revealing the smooth and flawless skin on the back. In stark contrast, there were several horizontal blood stains from whipping.
Shang Shixu looked at the cracked scars on Lin Jingmo's back. Because of his anger, his big hands began to tremble uncontrollably. He didn't dare to touch them with his hands, so he took the silk from the medicine bottle and lightly dipped it in the powder to help her.
Wipe the scar.
Shang Shixu's fingertips swept over Lin Jingmo's scar through the silk cloth. The cool touch of the medicine instantly replaced the burning pain. When he realized that he was naked at the moment, Lin Jingmo turned his head in embarrassment.
Buried into the pillow, the smell of shriveled buckwheat in the pillow reminded Lin Jingmo of Shang Shixu again. She turned her head slightly and glanced at Shang Shixu subconsciously.
Lin Jingmo thought that Shang Shixu's eyes had been focused on her scars, so he started to stare at his face openly. Unexpectedly, he suddenly said at this moment: "What are you looking at?"
Lin Jingmo was so frightened by him that she quickly turned her head and pouted angrily. She didn't know what Shang Shixu was angry about.
Because she didn't know that Shang Shixu had never been afraid of anything in his life. He could lose everything for some purpose. But at that moment, his cold black eyes clearly showed timidity. He didn't want anyone to lose it.
He wouldn't want anyone to know his secrets and see through his ordinaryness, even Lin Jingmo.
After giving Lin Jingmo the medicine, Shang Shixu's eyes trembled slightly. He looked at Lin Jingmo, but was startled.
Lin Jingmo's face turned red due to shyness. Shang Shixu shook his head helplessly, stretched out his hand to cover her with the clean underwear he had just taken out: "Doesn't it hurt?"
Lin Jingmo replied: "It hurts."
Shang Shixu lowered his eyelids and couldn't see clearly what he was thinking: "It would have hurt so much for anyone else. Madam, you still have time to be shy?"
Lin Jingmo pulled on the undershirt that was still on her body and said with some reasoning: "It hurts so much, and I'm so shy to be shy. Who told you not to allow Mother Li to come in!"
Suddenly remembering something, Lin Jingmo turned to look at Shang Shixu again, met his eyes inadvertently, and quickly looked away and said: "There was a girl who fell down the street this morning. I don't know how injured she was. I look like this.
It seems that I won’t be able to get up for a few days. How about I ask my husband to go to Jingzhao Mansion to inquire?”
Shang Shixu raised his eyes coldly: "If you can't take care of your own affairs, why bother with so many things?"
Lin Jingmo said: "I personally saw her fall downstairs this morning and made sure she was okay. How can I say it's not my fault?"
"Is this why you were arrested and sent to prison?" Shang Shixu said angrily: "What did you do when you got up so early and ran to the street? You hurt yourself all over!"
Lin Jingmo murmured unconvincedly: "That's not because I woke up early and found that I was sleeping next to you..."
"What are you talking about?" Shang Shixu pretended not to hear clearly and asked again.
"Nothing." Lin Jingmo replied angrily, suddenly recalling what he saw and heard in prison, and asked again: "Does your husband know the Minister of War?"
Shang Shixu's eyes flickered, and he asked without answering for a while: "Does it still hurt?"
Lin Jingmo was a little at a loss when he was asked, and his mind was full of thoughts: Why is he so concerned about my injury?
She couldn't help but smile on her face, and replied softly: "My husband's medicine is very effective. Now the wound feels ice cold, and it is much better."
"Then have a good rest and don't think too much." After that, Shang Shixu resealed the medicine bottle with silk, took out another pill from another medicine bottle and fed it into Lin Jingmo's mouth, and then took it
The water asked Lin Jingmo to take the pills.
Lin Jingmo swallowed it obediently, and Shang Shixu couldn't help but ask: "Do you know what you are eating? Just swallow it?"
Hearing this, Lin Jingmo opened his mouth and stuck out his tongue, smiled mischievously, and said, "Well, I swallowed it."
Shang Shixu raised his hand and held her chin: "Aren't you afraid it's poison?"
Lin Jingmo stared at his big watery eyes, with a sincere look on his face, feeling that it was unbelievable what Shang Shixu asked: "I'm not stupid, you are my husband, how could you feed me poison?"
Shang Shixu bent down and slowly approached Lin Jingmo's face. She could even clearly see the down on his face. The two stared at each other for a long time. Lin Jingmo swallowed nervously and looked at his lips subconsciously.
……
"Fool, what are you thinking about?" Shang Shixu released her chin and straightened up.
Lin Jingmo frowned slightly, pursed his lips and said, "What can you think of?"
Shang Shixu sat by the bed and patted her head gently, covering her eyes with his palms. Lin Jingmo's eyes suddenly went dark.
Just listen to Shang Shixu say: "I'm afraid you won't be able to sleep because of the pain. The pill just now is a sleep aid, so sleep well."
……
Lin Jingmo lay on the bed for three days, applying medicine to the wound, and the scars slowly formed. She felt that her life was uneventful. Only mother Li took care of her every day, but Shang Shixu did not come back. p>
Sometimes she wonders, is it because Shang Shixu hates her because she occupies the magpie's nest, so he never comes back?
Every time I think about this, I can't help but feel a little disappointed, and I secretly retort in my heart: Who asked him to carry me to the side courtyard where he lives! I didn't ask for it!
But every time I recall the day when Shang Shixu found her and held her in his arms, her warm and intimate look, I can't help but feel like a little deer running around in my heart, feeling flustered and feeling hot.
What she didn't know was that Shang Shixu worked vigorously and resolutely. In the past three days, he had gone through the Ministry of Commerce's roster and detailed records of the Jingzhao Mansion. Not only had he found out that Li Zheng, the commander of the inspection department who whipped him, had embezzled money from the palace, but also several
Those jailers who had seen Lin Jingmo being beaten but did not stop him were also implicated one after another, and in just three days, they were all imprisoned.
It's just that he didn't follow Lin Jingmo's instructions to take care of the poor woman who fell from the building, nor did he go to trouble Zhang Shangshu and his eldest son.
After all, the emperor will send people to the north soon, and it is definitely not the best idea to offend Zhang Yiqian at this moment.