C65 She Had Come Prepared
Yu Longchen saw Mu Ruqing's face getting paler and paler under the moonlight. He called again and again, "Qing, Qing..." Mu Ruqing did not have any reaction.
They finally arrived at the village. They quickly ran to the room. They did not care about Miao Yingyu and Yuan Zhen asking and put Mu Ruqing on the bed.
She fiercely pulled Miao Yingyu over and left a bloody handprint on her sleeve. She ordered, "Quickly save her! Quickly!"
Yu Longchen looked at Mu Ruqing's hands that were covered in blood and shivered.
"Get out! Bring hot water!" Miao Yingyu knew that things were urgent, so she did not pretend and pushed the two of them out.
Miao Yingyu untied the half of her clothes that were stained red with blood and the wound on Mu Ruqing's back was covered with blood. The original color of the clothes could not be seen anymore. She used scissors to cut off her clothes and the wound was still bleeding. Mu Ruqing's breathing became weak and her face was completely bloodless.
"Where is the water?!" Miao Yingyu lifted the curtain and Yu Longchen quickly walked over with the water. Miao Yingyu took the water and entered the room.
Miao Yingyu took out the medicine and sprinkled it on the wound to stop the bleeding. Mu Ruqing grunted in pain. It was good that there was a reaction. She used a handkerchief to wipe away the blood on the side of the wound. On her fair back. There was a foot-long wound that was turning over his skin. The wound was a little deep, but fortunately, it did not hurt the vital parts!
He changed the water a few more times before truly wiping it clean. Miao Yingyu had two medicines on her.
"Hiss." Mu Ruqing started to snore hoarsely. Miao Yingyu looked at her and Mu Ruqing slightly opened her eyes and only asked, "Is he injured?"
Miao Yingyu was somewhat flustered and she twisted the handkerchief that had turned red and pouted, "You are still thinking about other people. You are about to die!"
"I... I am fine." Mu Ruqing curled the corner of her mouth and her tone became weak. Her expression was a little happy. She felt the pain from her back and closed her eyes in pain. She snorted again.
"Can you hold up a little? I will bandage you." Miao Yingyu asked gently and supported her shoulder.
"Yes." Mu Ruqing nodded with great effort and used all her strength to stand up with both hands. She took off her tattered and bloodied clothes and only wore her undergarments.
Miao Yingyu knew that she was almost out of strength. She wrapped it up as fast as she could and put on a thick undergarment for her.
After doing all this, Miao Yingyu wiped off the sweat on her head and covered her with the blanket before Mu Ruqing fell into a deep sleep.
Miao Yingyu once again checked her breath and her breathing was even. She then felt relieved and put away the dirty clothes.
Yu Longchen was now pacing at the door. His clothes were stained with Mu Ruqing's blood, and there was a missing piece in front of him. His eyes were anxious and self-blame, while Yuan Zhen's face was full of worry.
Seeing Miao Yingyu come out, Yu Longchen immediately rushed in. He looked at Mu Ruqing, whose face was pale and her hair was completely drenched. She looked like a doll without any thoughts, and there was only this person in his eyes.
Yuan Zhen looked at Miao Yingyu and turned his head to look at the room. "Are you alright?"
"Of course, I'm fine now. She only lost too much blood. The wound did not hurt her vital parts. "
"Okay." Yuan Zhen's expression relaxed a little, and his hands could also quietly stay there.
"Is the corpse dealt with? Has Mu Jun fallen asleep?" Miao Yingyu frowned and asked him.
"Yes." Yuan Zhen spoke weakly. He stood up at Mu Ruqing's door and paced around in the meeting room. Miao Yingyu did not understand, "Why don't you go in?"
"No." Yuan Zhen thought for a while and laughed at himself. He looked at her and said, "You can sleep in the tent. I will sleep on the tree."
"Tree?"
"It's fine. I often sleep. I am used to it. " Yuan Zhen said as he walked out. Miao Yingyu looked at his back and felt a little sad. She turned her eyes and did not say anything. She walked into the tent.
Yu Longchen took a stool from outside and sat by the bed. His eyes could not leave her for a moment. Hearing her soft breathing, his heart calmed down a little.
It was dawn and Mu Ruqing woke up. She slept on her stomach like this. Her neck suffered too much and she moved her neck. In the blink of an eye, she saw Yu Longchen's right hand supporting the edge of the bed and holding his head as he fell asleep.
Mu Ruqing looked at him carefully. Yu Longchen tilted his head and Mu Ruqing immediately closed her eyes.
Yu Longchen woke up and looked at her who was still sleeping. He reached out and touched her head, but it did not heat up. He needed to make something delicious to supplement her, so he thought about it and went out.
Just as he went to the kitchen downstairs, he saw Yuan Zhen busying himself inside. Yu Longchen walked straight to the stove and picked up the lid of the pot. The white and sparkling rice in the pot was rolling, as well as green vegetables and shredded meat.
"Let me do it." Yu Longchen opened his mouth and said.
"I have done it!" How could Yuan Zhen let him? He held the firewood in his hand and looked at him with a dark face.
"Were there any assassins here last night?" Yu Longchen suddenly remembered something. He had been too panicked last night. Although he had realized something was wrong, he did not have the energy to care about it.
"Yes." Yuan Zhen sat down and put the firewood into the stove. "We just came back and saw three or four people enter the house. Mu Jun got up to fight with them. We came in time. We caught them with five guards, but they committed suicide. Mu Jun's wound split open again."
Yu Longchen frowned. Last night, the first wave was to lure him away. The assassins' ultimate goal was Mu Jun.
"The porridge is ready." Yuan Zhen stirred the vegetable porridge in the pot. A wave of fragrance drifted over.
Yu Longchen scooped a bowl with a spoon and hurriedly carried it out. Yuan Zhen wanted to say something, but he shook his head helplessly and filled the entire bowl with congee.
Mu Ruqing had already woken up. She looked at Yu Longchen who walked in and saw that he did not speak.
"Hu," Yu Longchen scooped up a bowl of porridge to cool it and wanted to feed it to her. Mu Ruqing's voice was a little soft, "I will do it myself."
"Open your mouth." Yu Longchen's face was serious and did not allow her to refuse.
Outside the room, Miao Yingyu asked the guards to borrow a table from the villager's house. Otherwise, she did not even know where to place her bowl of rice. Yuan Zhen helped Mu Jun out.
Mu Jun could not see Mu Ruqing, so he was naturally puzzled. "Where's Qing?"
"She is still asleep." Miao Yingyu said with a calm face.
" Oh." Mu Jun answered. He ate and then looked up. "That's not right. She usually doesn't sleep so late."
"My young master, you can eat at ease. I am annoyed by the plague!" Miao Yingyu helplessly spread her hands.
Mu Jun smiled embarrassedly and did not say anything else. Mu Ruqing and Yu Longchen heard Mu Jun's voice, but his injuries were just right. If he got angry again, no one knew when he would be gone.
This matter was only concealed for a while, and Mu Jun discovered it. He felt heartache and blamed himself. Mu Ruqing quickly comforted him.
In the afternoon, Miao Yingyu and Yuan Zhen went out again to see the infected villagers. If they developed medicine, it would be a merit.
As Mu Jun and Mu Jun spoke, Yu Longchen finally remembered that it was time to change his clothes. He asked the guards to bring his clothes over and remove his dirty clothes from the tent in the courtyard. His strong muscles were exposed to the air, where the arrow had hit his right shoulder. Yu Longchen did not care when a small wound had been made on his shoulder. He wiped it with his hand.
He put on his clothes and suddenly remembered the token he had picked up last night. He took it out and placed it in his hand. Upon closer inspection, it was completely black. There were no words in front of him, only patterns on the side. He frowned. Why had he never seen this token before? He carefully put it away.
If Mu Ruqing saw it, she would know that this token was exactly the same as the one she was holding. She would definitely be happy that it had already surfaced, wouldn't she?
In a run-down house in the west of the village, all the villagers who were infected with the plague were placed inside. Miao Yingyu and Yuan Zhen were busy inside.
"Save me, I don't want to die."
"I don't want to die, please save us!" The villagers were crying nonstop.
There were only three people yesterday, and today there were four more.
"Two people have already died." Miao Yingyu was diagnosing one of them and her tone was regretful.
"If the medicine is effective today, then there is no need to worry." Yuan Zhen was on the other side, checking on a man.
"En." Miao Yingyu nodded and did not get distracted. Yuan Zhen suddenly raised his head and looked outside the door. He stared for a long time and did not find anything unusual. Could it be that he was seeing things?
Come here. In these three days, no matter how the medicine was used, the villagers could not recover. Instead, more and more people were infected.
Mu Ruqing's wound had already begun to heal, and Mu Jun was almost done recovering.
Yu Longchen knew about the matters in the village. He thought for a moment. If it was someone else... Of course, it would not easily make the wound turn for the better. The village's defense was too poor. When Miao Yingyu and Yuan Zhen were not around, there might be people attacking the villagers. It made them not turn for the better after a long time, and it was even more serious.
Since he could not do it here, then he definitely could not enter the military camp. If he couldn't do it, then he would have Mu Jun bring the medicine he developed back to the military camp to see if it would be effective.