The warm spring sun slanted through the window wood and fell on the screen, reflecting the rugged and majestic figure behind it.
Xiao Yan sat on the four-legged couch with his robe open, his exposed waist already stained red with blood.
Madam Qin's face was extremely ugly: "Who did this? It's only half an inch away from the vital point. How dare you come back on horseback and risk your life?!"
"Just look at the injury and don't talk too much." Seeing the edge of the screen's embroidered skirt fluttering, Xiao Yan frowned: "I'm fine."
"nothing?"
Although Madam Qin had long been accustomed to his cold demeanor, she was still annoyed by his show of force.
She sneered, holding the white cloth in her hand and wrapping it around his waist three times harder. She heard Xiao Yan's breathing lag suddenly intensify, the muscles on her shoulders and back also tightened and trembled due to pain, and her lips lost their breath. When the blood turns red, fine cold sweat breaks out on the forehead.
Outside, Song Tangning couldn't see what was going on inside. She could only hear his sudden rapid breathing, and his eyes were red with anxiety: "Sister Qin, what's wrong with brother?"
"I can't die." Madam Qin sneered.
Song Tangning couldn't see Xiao Yan's injuries, nor did he know how badly he was injured, but his brother never showed his emotions to others, so how could he be so lighthearted when he could hurt him like this.
Her hands were still stained with blood when she helped the person over. Thinking of the large blood stain on his waist, Song Tangning raised her feet anxiously and wanted to go in, but was stopped by someone inside before she could pass the screen.
"Don't come in."
"Brother..."
"I'm fine." Xiao Yan took a breath and lowered his voice: "Ms. Qin is scaring you."
The white cloth was stained with blood, and the wound on the waist was hideous. How could a child with such a disheveled clothes casually look at it? Besides, how could a young lady see such bloody appearance?
He held it lightly in his hand to suppress the pain, and looked at the person beside him with his sword eyes: "Don't tease her, take a good look at the injury."
Madam Qin simply rolled her eyes. When she picked up Xiao Yan, he was so bloody that he almost died. Almost all his bones and blood were replaced, but he still managed to survive.
Listening to the little girl speaking outside, she was crying, and people were pacing back and forth uneasily across the screen. She didn't bother Xiao Yan anymore, and just used her hands and feet to bandage his wounds neatly, and waited until everything was taken care of. He was not angry: "The governor only has one life, so you should take it easy. If you really die, you will lose everything."
"As long as Madam Qin is here, I will be fine."
Madam Qin suddenly said angrily: "I'm just a doctor, not a god!"
Xiao Yan took Jinyun's hand and put on a clean inner coat, while whispering softly with pale lips: "To this governor, you are the Great Luo Immortal. There is no other Qin Miaoshou in the world."
Madam Qin: "..."
The flattery made her hold her breath in her chest, even if she had an attack or not.
Xiao Yan raised his hand to tie the belt around his waist. After Jinyun helped him to the side and sat down again, Song Tangning was allowed to come in.
The little girl almost trotted up to him, her skirt was pinched and wrinkled around her legs. Her eyes were red when she looked at him, and her face was mostly wet with tears.
Xiao Yan sighed softly: "I told you it's okay, why are you crying?"
"You are so rare that Miss Song feels sorry for you. Don't always try to make her happy and show off your strength."
Madam Qin did not give Governor Xiao any face. She was cleaning her hands and said to Song Tangning: "He was seriously injured. The knife deep in his waist was only half an inch away from killing him. The wound was close to his body." The ribs need to rest well, and the dressing must be changed frequently even if the weather is not too hot recently, otherwise it will be troublesome if it develops pus."
She shook off the water stains on her hands and became angry:
"He was injured earlier and his health is no better than that of ordinary people. He has been drinking the decoction off and on for many years and has not recovered. As a doctor, he has always turned a deaf ear to what I said. If I hadn't accidentally owed him a favor, I wouldn't be too lazy to treat a patient like him. heal."
Whether he lives or lives!
Song Tangning only thought that Mrs. Qin was saying that Xiao Yan was not as good as ordinary people after having been tortured by castration, and her heart tightened: "Sister Qin, give me the medicine for the wound, and I will take care of my brother."
Madam Qin sneered: "He is used to doing whatever he wants, it's strange that you can control him."
When Xiao Yan heard this, he stared at Madam Qin, and before he could say anything, he felt someone holding his sleeve.
Seeing the little girl's wet eyelashes, with tears hanging on them, she was about to cry. He let out a cold breath in his throat, his eyes softened, and he compromised helplessly: "Okay, you can take care of it. "
"Brother, do you keep what you say?"
"count."
Tang Ning's eyes were filled with water. She held his sleeve and turned to look at Madam Qin: "Sister Qin, I will watch over my brother and let him rest well. If there is anything about his injuries that needs attention, you can tell me everything." .”
Madam Qin looked surprised. This was the first time she saw Xiao Yan being submissive to someone. Is this Madam Song really trying to conquer everything?
It's not that Mrs. Qin really doesn't want to treat Xiao Yan, she just doesn't like that he doesn't cherish her body. Moreover, she knows more than others and knows how much Xiao Yan has been through in the past, so she has more and more headaches towards him now.
Now it's not easy for someone to take care of this stubborn donkey. How could Madam Qin miss it?
She pulled Song Tangning to the side and rambled on about the things that needed attention. Song Tangning memorized them carefully and imprinted them in her heart bit by bit.
Xiao Yan saw the little girl not far away with a sullen face as if she was asking about something shocking, afraid of missing anything, but he was being treated like a porcelain doll. He couldn't help but raise his forehead and said, "Is she caught?" I don’t know how much I told Tang Ning if I took the chance.”
Jinyun laughed softly: "Ms. Qin is also worried about the governor. The governor is seriously injured this time. It's better to stay in the mansion to recuperate in the past few days."
"There are a lot of things going on in the Privy Council, and the palace can't get rid of them. There's no time to recuperate."
Just as Xiao Yan spat, Song Tangning suddenly turned around and said, "But it's not impossible to stay in the house for a little longer..."
He was really afraid of her tears. At worst, the housekeeper would be busy again after she fell asleep.
Jinyun saw that it was rare for him to give in, so he couldn't help but purse his lips and snicker.
Xiao Yan coughed lowly, raised his head and glanced at him. After looking away, he started talking about the business: "How is the interrogation of those people caught outside the city today?"
Jinyun's smile faded: "They are all dead soldiers and cannot pry their mouths open."
Two of them died on the way home. Although the other two were still alive, their tongues had long been hanged, making it almost impossible to ask anything.
Xiao Yan had long thought that if he was sent to do something in the suburbs of Beijing, there would be no clues left. He was not surprised at all. He just sneered coldly: "That old guy Lu Chongyuan is still anxious after all."
Jinyun was shocked when he heard this: "Did the Governor say that today's assassination was sent by the Lu family?"
Xiao Yan's face was condensed: "Nine times out of ten."
The aristocratic family suffered a huge loss due to the previous corruption in grain supply. He forced Lu Chongyuan and others to cut off their own ends, which resulted in the loss of at least 60% of the business in the south.
It's okay to just throw the money into the water. The key is that the businesses that the family has been running for many years have been in trouble one after another. Not to mention other companies, even the Lu family can't bear it.
