mtl008 Chapter 463: Seeking Help from the Medicine House
Chapter 463: Seeking Help from the Medicine House
The spies sent by the general returned empty-handed, failing to find the rumored nobleman, but unexpectedly captured two suspicious foreigners.
"General, I found a strange empty bottle on these two sneaky foreigners."
The man holding the rope handed over a pitch-black medicine bottle. "According to this man, the bottle contains a powerful drug that can knock wild horses unconscious."
"He's still out and about at this hour, carrying drugs. He must be up to something shady."
The general waved his hand, indicating that he should give the two men a lesson first.
The skinny soldier was the first to bear the brunt of the attack. He rushed forward and gave each of the two tied-up strong men a loud slap in the face.
The Gentiles who were beaten naturally wanted to escape, and they struggled hard and almost broke free from their restraints.
The soldier kicked them viciously in the groin, and then started to complain first.
"General, these two foreign refugees don't seem convinced. Tell the brothers to teach them a lesson!"
The general thought about the suffering that the northwest border had suffered from invasions by foreign refugees since the beginning of the year, so he gently shook the black medicine bottle in front of the two men's noses.
Not long after, the two people who had been struggling just now stopped moving.
The thin soldier's eyes lit up. This was good stuff.
It’s a pity that the good things inside were most likely ruined by the disabled people in the cave.
With the general's order, the others did not hold back at all.
The Junggars are ambitious, and a war will come between the two sides sooner or later. Killing one more person now means facing one less enemy during the war.
The thin soldier targeted the vital parts of the men, and when the general called for a stop, only a faint breath was left of the two men on the ground.
"We have more important things to do. Let's throw these two burdens into the river to feed the fish."
"I obey my orders."
The thin soldier was about to step forward to help, but was pulled aside by a hand.
"You've never seen blood, so don't make a fuss."
"Boy, don't think I'm cruel. General Nian once said, 'A merciful army is not fit for war,' and I've always remembered that. I'm telling you today: from now on, if you encounter foreigners, you must kill them, or the people of the Qing will suffer."
"Thank you for your teachings, General. Tai will remember them for the rest of his life."
The thin soldier saluted respectfully and followed the large army to search everywhere, never complaining a word.
By daybreak, they had searched the assigned areas, but apart from the seven foreign refugees they had captured, they found no trace of the so-called noble man.
At the general's command, everyone spurred their horses towards the camp.
The skinny soldier who was at the end looked back at the place where he had stopped last night, whipped his horse's butt, and chased after the team that was running away in front.
A Jin, who was hiding in the dark, heard the sound of horse hooves gradually fading away, then he showed his head and rushed towards the small cave where he was hiding.
The master suspected that the emperor had ulterior motives in sending him on a tour of Yunnan and Tibet. After he encountered an accident, he refused to let him seek help from the nearest government office.
Ah Jin knew that his master was afraid of affecting Ling Yunfeng's plan, but when he asked his master not to show up and he went alone to replenish supplies, he was rejected.
Last night, in order to get in touch with the nearest contact point as soon as possible, the master resolutely decided to stay in the cave to recuperate, allowing him to go out to avoid being chased and searched by those who were chasing and searching.
A Jin saw more than one group of people searching everywhere. He hid and ran away until now and finally got rid of the people behind him and rushed back.
He touched the still warm pancake in his arms and couldn't help but quicken his pace.
The master only had three small fish left by him, which were not enough to fill his stomach.
When Ah Jin thought of the people who ambushed them on the shore that day, he was immediately filled with murderous intent.
This was the second time he suffered such a great loss. Once the assassins he notified arrived, they would definitely tear those damned refugees into pieces.
It was difficult to hide on the flat ground in broad daylight. When the nervous A Jin rushed to the vicinity of the cave, the sun had already risen.
He saw the messy horse hoof prints outside the cave and felt panicked.
A Jin quickly bent down and went into the cave. After taking a few steps, he smelled a strong smell of blood.
"Master! Master..."
When he saw the person lying on the ground, he was so scared that he almost stopped breathing.
A Jin placed his hand under Prince Guo's nose with trembling hands, and only breathed a sigh of relief when he felt the warm breath from his fingertips.
There is a smell of blood on the master, he must be injured somewhere.
A Jin took out the golden medicine from his bag and touched Prince Guo's leg.
As soon as he lifted up the robe, he discovered that his master's trousers had been taken off and there was dried blood between his legs.
A Jin only took a glance and was so shocked that he lost his voice.
Master, he...
He seemed to have forgotten that he could walk and crawled and searched quickly in the cave.
However, A Jin checked the cave inside and out, but could not find the piece that his master was missing.
More than an hour later, A Jin brought the still unconscious Prince Guo to a remote medicine house.
"Old sir, my young master has been attacked by refugees. Please take a look at him as soon as possible."
The old doctor with white hair and beard saw him carrying the person on his back and hurriedly invited the person in.
He explained while helping him support the person on his back.
"My dear warrior, this old medicine house only treats patients in the countryside. If your young master's condition is serious, it is better to go to the county town twenty miles away for treatment."
"Old doctor, my young master can't wait any longer. Please take a look at him first."
A Jin placed his master on the bamboo couch and casually took out a silver ingot.
“This is the consultation fee.”
The old doctor waved his hand and immediately lifted up the patient's bloodstained clothes. When he found the real wound, he couldn't stop shaking all over.
How could an ordinary person suffer such a sinister injury?
Where did this young man on the bed come from?
There was a man dressed as a warrior standing beside them, watching them intently, so the old doctor didn't dare to chase them away.
Under A Jin's watchful eyes, he had no choice but to clean the dried blood off the patient's body and apply the golden wound medicine again on the wound that was no longer bleeding.
Ah Jin asked hurriedly when he saw that he had finished his work.
"Old sir, how is my son?"
The old doctor shook his gray beard and sighed heavily.
"Brave man, does your young master have any children?"
Ah Jin thought of those people in the capital who could not speak out, and shook his head with a sullen face.
Seeing this, the old doctor's eyebrows seemed to have deepened. "Your young master has lost too much blood. I'll go get some blood-replenishing medicine."
"If a strong man can find the best meat, it will be more conducive to the patient's recovery."
"Old sir, my master and I were traveling here when we were attacked by bandits... Could you please tell me where we can buy some meat?"
A Jin was busy walking and didn't pay much attention to the surrounding environment.
He discovered this medicine house when he passed by in the middle of the night.
"There's a market ten miles to the east. You can go and have a look."
Not long after A Jin left the house, a group of ferocious-looking men knocked on the door of the thatched cottage loudly, shouting.
"Open the door quickly!"