Chapter 72: Very helpful
Early the next morning, Su Qing arrived at the back corner gate and saw a carriage parked there. The coachman saw Su Qing coming out, walked up to her with a smile, and introduced himself as the coachman of the Xu family, who came specially to pick her up.
Su Qing looked at the seal of the Yong'an Earl's Mansion on the carriage and nodded. Seeing that there was a person wearing a hat sitting on the shaft, Su Qing got on the carriage without thinking much.
After turning around the back street of Meng's house and entering the alley next to it, the curtain of the car was lifted up from the outside. Zhou Yu's face came closer and he stretched out a hand, inside which were two steaming buns wrapped in a piece of paper.
Su Qing exclaimed in surprise, "Why are you here? What's going on? Where are you taking me? Isn't this the carriage of the Yong'an Marquis's Mansion? You, you..." Zhou Yu looked at Su Qing's face, which was flushed due to nervousness, and his rare incoherent speech. His mood, which had been depressed for a few days, suddenly brightened up.
"Did you miss breakfast? Eat first and I'll tell you slowly." Su Qing took the buns from Zhou Yu. Although they had only met a few times and were not very familiar with each other, Su Qing felt inexplicably reassured about Zhou Yu.
"I borrowed you out in the name of the Yong'an Earl's Mansion."
Su Qing took a bite of the bun and asked why.
"It's Wu Hen. He's injured."
"Ah?" Su Qing held a bun in her mouth. Was that cool, cold-blooded guy injured?
"Is it serious? Is it severe?"
"Yes, it's serious, you'll see in a moment."
"But, you want me to go see him? How can I? I'm not a doctor."
"We cannot let anyone else know that Wu Hen was injured, so we cannot openly treat him. I will not tell you the details. The less you know, the safer you will be."
Su Qing rolled her eyes at Zhou Yu. She knew it was unsafe, but she still wanted me to do something. "Then what do you want me to do?"
"Before the doctor we are looking for arrives, I would like to ask for your help in changing Wu Hen's dressing. It will only take a few days."
"Me?" Su Qing pointed at himself.
"Yes, you saw that you bandaged me very well that day, and you didn't faint when you saw the wound and blood."
What, what kind of excuse is this? This kid, I helped him once but he is now relying on me for this.
"Where are your servants? Are there any available?"
Zhou Yu didn't expect Su Qing to ask this, and looked at him in surprise.
"Tell me, which family are you from? I have to know who I work for."
Zhou Yu shook his head helplessly. This girl was really smart. "Don't worry, I will tell you. It's not convenient to talk now. Eat quickly. We will be out of the city soon."
Su Qing did not hesitate any more. Zhou Yu had tricked her out with the help of the wife of the Yong'an Earl, so her identity must be extraordinary. But he actually took the trouble to borrow her to serve a patient, which proved that this young master had reasons for being unable to do so.
But no matter what the reason, Su Qing believed that Zhou Yu would not harm her. Just like Zhou Yu asked her to take care of someone important to him, he also trusted her. This is mutual trust, Su Qing thought dimly.
When Su Qing was regretting eating the two buns because of the shaking of the carriage, he heard the driver's sound of comforting the horse.
Zhou Yu’s face appeared in front of him again, “Here we are.”
Su Qing turned around, picked up her small bag, and opened the car curtain.
What comes into view is a farmyard, a straw adobe house, a fence surrounded by corn stalks, and two doors made of several wooden branches stacked together.
Su Qing looked at everything in front of him and felt his head in a mess, so he didn't notice at all that he jumped off the carriage with Zhou Yu's hand.
When Su Qing found out, both of them looked uncomfortable, but they didn't say anything. The guy who was driving just now turned around and smiled at Su Qing.
"Liuzi? Why is it you? It wasn't you when I got on the car just now?"
"Hehe, girl, you have a good memory. You still remember me. I changed it on the way, but you just didn't notice it." Liuzi said with a smile.
Liuzi had grown much taller than the last time I saw him, but his small eyes still sparkled with a mischievous look that was very befitting of his age.
"Pull the carriage to the back." Zhou Yu said as he pushed open the door covered with branches, which made a squeaking sound as they scraped across the ground.
Su Qing carried a small bag and followed Zhou Yu like a young wife, "Where is this?"
Zhou Yu didn't answer her, but pushed open the door that seemed to be about to fall. It was so dark inside that Su Qing had to adapt for a while before she could see clearly.
There was only a table of unclear color in the middle of the room, and a long bench on the side. A window more than one meter square faced the door, with a thick layer of window paper on it.
Su Qing was about to ask again when he suddenly heard a violent cough coming from the inner room. Zhou Yu lifted the door curtain and walked in, and Su Qing hurriedly followed.
This room was brighter than the previous one. There was a brick bed against the wall, on which a man was lying. A large man on the floor was pouring water into a basin from a large bowl. When he saw Zhou Yu coming in, he turned around and said, "Here you come."
Su Qing looked up and saw another familiar stranger, the big black man from the iron shop. The big black man said to Zhou Yu as if he hadn't seen Su Qing, "This won't work. If we can't contact Qing Ning, Wu Hen's life may not be saved."
What? This person is Wu Hen? How could he be injured like this? He can't be saved. Is he going to die? Su Qing looked at the lifeless man hiding on the kang, and the man with a cold expression appeared in his mind, the man who was holding himself and Zhou Yu and flying around like a chicken.
"Mingfu has already gone to look for him. He said before that he would be back in the next few days, so maybe he will be back soon. I went to Hongluo Temple to ask for some medicine, and Master Yuan Jing said that it would be okay to delay for a few days, but we must not move him." Zhou Yu walked up to Wu Hen and gently touched Wu Hen's forehead with his hand, looking worried.
"Didn't Wu Hen leave with Master Yue San? How is Master Yue San now?" asked the big black man.
Zhou Yu took back his hand from Wu Hen's forehead and turned around to say, "Third Brother Yue was slightly injured and is still in the south. He will be back in a while. Wu Hen was injured so badly because he was protecting him."
"Wang Xiaoer, do you want me to take care of Wu Hen here until Qing Ning, whom you just mentioned, comes?"
When Liuzi heard Su Qing calling Zhou Yu "Wang Xiaoer", he, who had just frowned and looked anxious, burst out laughing. The big black guy also stopped what he was doing, turned around and looked at Su Qing, with a smile in his eyes.
Zhou Yu addressed Su Qing as Wang Xiaoer very naturally, "Yes, we are all grown men with clumsy hands and feet. Brother Hei and Liuzi can't stay here all day, especially Brother Hei, the shop can't do without him. I also told you in the car just now, that Wu Hen's injury must not be known to other people, so it's not good to let others come." Zhou Yu walked closer to Su Qing and said.
"But I'm someone else too. Aren't you afraid that I'll tell others?" Su Qing looked at Wang Xiaoer, who was rarely talking to her seriously, and suddenly felt like he was caught up in a conspiracy.
"You won't. I believe you, and you're very capable. I told you that when you treated my wound last time, you weren't afraid and you bandaged it beautifully."
Before Su Qing could reply, Liuzi burst into laughter, "Brother Hei, Second Brother said it was beautiful. This is the first time I've heard of bandaging a wound being beautiful. Haha..."
The big black man raised his big hand like a palm leaf fan to Liuzi's head and said, "Go, boil some water."
Zhou Yu ignored Liu Zi's teasing and said seriously, "Because Wu Hen's bones were injured, he can't move. Besides, we can't let some people know that Wu Hen came back alive, so it's inconvenient to go to the city. It's just that the conditions here are not good, so I have to inconvenience you for a while."
Su Qing looked up at Zhou Yu and said, "Well, I won't be in danger, right?"
"What? What do you mean?" Zhou Yu was puzzled.
"That's right. Look, you're injured and you don't let anyone know. I can tell at a glance that you are doing something secret. You dragged me in. If someone finds out, then someone will..." Su Qing made a gesture of raising his hand and cutting with a knife.
Zhou Yu saw her big eyes staring at him steadily, her hands still in the same position, because she wanted to coordinate with his movements, her upper row of small white teeth were biting her lower lip tightly, revealing a fierce look on her face.
Zhou Yu's shoulders were shaking because of his laughter. How could Su Qing be so interesting? Every time he saw her, he felt so happy and joyful, as if the air was filled with the smell of happiness.
"No." Zhou Yu stretched out his hand and gently put down Su Qing's hand that was raised high as if to act as a machete. "As long as you don't tell anyone about this, no one will know about it. Will you tell anyone else?"
Su Qing looked at Zhou Yu's evil smile and shook his head. "Who would say nonsense? If I said nonsense, I would be killed by you before I am killed by the people chasing Brother Wu."
This time Zhou Yu couldn't hold back any longer and burst into laughter.
Su Qing snorted and ignored him, instead walking around Zhou Yu and heading towards Wu Hen on the kang.
He was wearing something similar to a nightgown, with some bloodstains on it, and a cloth bandage wrapped around his left leg.
"It was just found yesterday, so we only did some simple treatment. Liuzi will get some water and clean clothes in a while. As for the wound, I'll trouble you to help bandage it."
I found it yesterday, no wonder they came to pick me up so early in the morning.
Su Qing nodded obediently, put her small bag at the foot of the kang, rolled up her sleeves slightly, and began to undress Wu Hen.
After a while, Liuzi came in carrying two buckets of hot water.
"Come out first and let them change Wu Hen's clothes first."
Su Qing paused as she was about to help Wu Hen take off his underwear. Yes, this was ancient times, and if she continued to take off Wu Hen's underwear, it would be misunderstood.