Chapter 292 Accidental Injury
Chapter 292 Accidental Injury
Xiao Xia turned around and her face turned pale with fear. A clouded leopard appeared on the branch behind them. It slowly opened its bloody mouth and stared at the lone Cui sisters with red eyes. This was its territory and it would not tolerate hunters intruding into its territory.
Its spindle-like pupils shrank, and its cruel eyes stared at Cui Mei, who was even smaller. It suddenly yelled, and leaped from the tree towards Cui Mei's throat. Cui Mei was frightened silly, with only endless fear in her eyes.
It happened in a flash. Xiao Xia jumped up from his horse. He was acting completely on instinct. The clouded leopard did not give him time to think. Its claws were almost pressing on Cui Mei's thin neck.
Xiao Xia grabbed the clouded leopard's front paw, lowered his head and hit it hard, just hitting the clouded leopard's lower jaw. Both man and leopard fell off their horses.
The clouded leopard was knocked down by Xiao Xia. It roared and slapped Xiao Xia in the face. Its sharp claws were particularly frightening.
Xiao Xia dodged his head and his claws missed. The clouded leopard took the opportunity to twist its waist and break free from Xiao Xia's oppression. Just as it was about to jump away, Xiao Xia grabbed its tail and pulled it back.
The clouded leopard was furious and turned its head to bite Xiao Xia. Xiao Xia grabbed its neck with his left hand and knocked it down again.
At this time, Cui Yu reacted and hugged his trembling sister tightly, looking at the man and the leopard fighting for life and death six feet away in fear.
Xiao Xia's strength exploded, his left hand grasped the clouded leopard's neck like an iron clamp, and with his right hand he pulled out a dagger and fiercely stabbed it into the clouded leopard's heart. The moment the dagger pierced the clouded leopard's heart, the clouded leopard screamed in despair, "Ouch!" and swung its tail, "Snap!" It fiercely hit Xiao Xia's back and knocked Xiao Xia to the ground.
The clouded leopard turned over and took a few steps, but still fell headfirst to the ground and died.
In fact, all the fighting took place within a few seconds, and the warriors had no time to rescue.
They rushed over immediately, and Li Luming supported Xiao Xia and shouted, "Master!"
Xiao Xia gently waved his hands, signaling him not to move and to recover slowly. In desperation, Leopard whipped Xiao Xia's back with his tail like a steel whip. Fortunately, Xiao Xia was wearing leather armor, otherwise his spine would have been broken in two.
But this whip also hurt Xiao Xia badly. It was the most serious injury he had received since he learned martial arts. His latissimus dorsi was injured and he could not move for a while.
The warriors had no intention of hunting anymore, and quickly made a stretcher and carefully lifted Xiao Xia onto it. They packed up their things and headed for the camp.
Cui Yu and Cui Mei did not ride horses, but followed Xiao Xia. Cui Yu held Xiao Xia's hand and cried like a tearful person, but Cui Mei said nothing, but looked up and stared at Xiao Xia from time to time with a strange look in her eyes.
Xiao Xia felt severe pain in his back, but his mind was clear. He smiled and said, "No bones or muscles are injured. It's just a flesh wound. It will heal in a few days."
Having said that, he actually had no confidence in his heart. He had to be careful not to break his muscles and tendons, as that would definitely affect his strength. The ninth-rank master whipped him back to the sixth rank.
Although they carried back a large amount of prey, they also carried back a wounded person, who was the owner of the villa.
Princess Xiao was immediately anxious and said repeatedly: "Go to the county to find a famous doctor!"
Two warriors rode their horses and galloped towards the county, while the other warriors carried Xiao Xia up the mountain, and Xiao Qing followed them up the mountain crying.
After everyone left, Xiao Xia said to Xiao Qing, "You cut my shirt with scissors."
Xiaoqing quickly used a pair of scissors to cut open Xiao Xia's shirt, revealing her entire back, which was covered in a large red and swollen area. Xiaoqing couldn't help but burst into tears.
"Don't cry, listen to me, go find a celadon gourd in my horse bag!"
Xiao Qing quickly took out the celadon gourd from the horse bag. At this time, Cui Yu also came in quietly. Although Xiao Xia was not wearing a shirt, she didn't care about avoiding suspicion at this time. Her sister Cui Mei also followed in.
"The celadon gourd has been found, now what?"
Xiao Xia smiled at Cui Yu and said, "Then go find a bottle of wine and a bowl."
"I go!"
Cui Mei turned around and ran out. She happened to know where the wine was. Soon, she came back with a bottle of sake and a bowl.
Xiao Xia ordered, "Take four pills, two red and two green. Feed me the green pills, and dissolve the red pills in half a bowl of wine, then apply to the injured part of my back."
His wound didn't bleed, so he didn't need any medicine.
Cui Yu stepped forward to pour the wine and said to Xiao Qing: "You go and feed the medicine, I will make the wine!"
Xiaoqing stepped forward and squatted down to feed Cui Yu the medicine. Cui Yu put two red pills into the wine, and they dissolved instantly.
She didn't care about that and carefully used her small hands to evenly apply the medicinal wine on Xiao Xia's injured back.
Xiao Xia felt her delicate little hands gently caressing her back. Xiao Xia could sense that this was not just applying medicine, but also a hint of love. Xiao Xia secretly sighed, a blessing in disguise!
Xiao Xia secretly glanced at Cui Yu again, and saw that her face was full of tenderness and her eyes were shining brightly.
Could it be that this young lady was shocked by her broad shoulders and back?
Of course Xiao Xia was wrong. Cui Yu thought of the moment when her lover saved her sister, regardless of everything and putting his life at risk. She was so moved that she could hardly contain herself.
Xiao Xia suddenly discovered that Cui Mei was staring at his back, and there was a strange light in her eyes, which was the look that only a girl in love would have!
This won't do. Xiaomei is only twelve years old. How can there be such a strange light in her eyes? This is puppy love. It is absolutely not allowed and must be severely criticized.
Xiao Xia fell asleep unknowingly. When she woke up, it was already midnight. It was very quiet around her. The Cui sisters had already gone home, and only Xiao Qing was sitting beside the bed, dozing off.
Xiao Xia reached out and touched a familiar place. Xiao Qing woke up immediately. She quickly stood up and asked, "Sir, how do you feel?"
"It doesn't hurt anymore. Has the doctor been here?"
"He came, but he didn't see you. He just prescribed some medicine and left."
"Why?" Xiao Xia was stunned.
"Master, those pills you took are really effective. In just one hour, the redness and swelling on my back disappeared, and it's back to normal. That's why the doctor said there's no problem."
"Hey! What do you mean by no problem? These doctors are not competent. What if it's an internal injury?"
Xiao Xia tried hard to turn over slowly. It was indeed a little painful, but she could turn over successfully.
He sighed and said, "The injury on my back is a minor matter, but my illness is a major problem."
Xiaoqing's pretty face suddenly turned red. She knew very well what the young master meant by "my disease".
"Sir, this won't work! Your injury hasn't healed yet, so you can't do strenuous exercise. I can't hold you down either, so just bear with it!"
There are many prescriptions for treating my illness, and it does not necessarily require strenuous exercise.
Xiao Xia whispered a few words into Xiaoqing's ear, and Xiaoqing's face turned even redder, but she still nodded in agreement.
Xiao Xia was immediately happy. It was still better to be a concubine in ancient times! The master could give her whatever she wanted and she would never say no.
Xiaoqing turned around and locked the door, then came to Xiao Xia's bed, knelt in front of his body, gently lifted her hair, and lowered her head.
In another room, Cui Mei finally mustered up the courage to say to her sister: "Sister, I want to discuss something with you!"
"What do you want to discuss? Why aren't you sleeping so late?"
"Sister, besides the princess, doesn't the prince also have a concubine?"
"What's wrong?"
"I mean."
Cui Mei's face flushed red as she whispered, "What I mean is, when you become a princess, can you leave a place for me as a concubine?"
"What?" Cui Yu's eyes suddenly widened.
"I don't want to be separated from my sister! I want to be with her forever."
Cui Yu poked her on the forehead and said, "You are such a smart kid, what are you thinking?"
Cui Mei stammered, "Brother Xiao saved my life today, and I was thinking about how to repay him. Didn't the ancients say that if someone saves your life, you must repay them with your own body? I think we should respect the teachings of the ancients."
Cui Yu was both angry and amused. Which sage would say such nonsense? It was obviously her own thoughts, and she made up all kinds of excuses.
Cui Yu felt sorry for his sister being frightened, but he didn't want to criticize her. After all, she was still young and would forget about it after a while.
She smiled and said, "Alright! Alright! You are only twelve years old, why do you think so much?"
Cui Mei pursed her lips and muttered, "I just want to reserve a seat for Liang Di first."
(End of this chapter)