Jiang Suzhou subconsciously replied, "Okay."
After saying this, Jiang Suzhou realized what he had said. He couldn't help but be stunned and put down the book in his hand.
He had already explained everything to Huo Wujiu, and Huo Wujiu had promised to protect him in the future. He didn't need to show his presence in front of him, nor did he need to ask about his well-being.
But … …
Jiang Suzhou paused and was about to refuse when his gaze involuntarily drifted to the couch next to his bed.
The couch had already been tidied up without a single wrinkle. The bedding on it had also been put away.
It looked very thin, as if it was missing something.
Jiang Suzhou's gaze stopped in that direction. He suddenly felt that his bedroom was very big, so big that it was a bit empty.
He didn't say anything for a while. Instead, it was Meng Qianshan who revealed a pleasantly surprised expression.
Look! The prince is thinking of her when he sees this!
He only felt that his suggestion was wonderful. He grinned and didn't wait for Jiang Suzhou to say anything else. He turned around and found a robe for him to wear outside. He handed it to Jiang Suzhou, intending to help him put it on.
Jiang Suzhou's gaze fell on Meng Qianshan's hand.
After a moment, he secretly advised himself in his heart.
Forget it. Isn't it just going to Huo Wujiu's place to take a look? This is my territory. I can go wherever I want. There's no need to be overcautious.
With this thought, he stood up and put on the robe Meng Qianshan handed to him.
He didn't know why, but perhaps it was because the material of the robe was very comfortable. He didn't know why, but the moment he put on the robe, the gloominess and emptiness that he had felt all this morning seemed to recede a lot.
Jiang Suzhou looked out of the window.
I really should go out and bask in the sun. He thought to himself.
— —
Li Changning laid out the acupuncture tools in the medicine box one by one. He then asked Huo Wujiu to lie down on the bed and rolled up his trousers, revealing his unhealed legs.
Huo Wujiu's legs had recovered quite well, but the scars on the surface of his skin still looked frightening. With just one glance, Wei Kai's eyes turned red, and he turned his gaze to the side with difficulty.
Li Changning examined him and said, "General, the injury on your leg is not completely healed yet, so it will be easier to treat. If you wait for a year or so, I'm afraid that even if you're cured, you'll still suffer from a chronic illness. "
Huo Wujiu remained silent.
He knew that he owed Prince Jing this much.
If Imperial Prince Jing hadn't pretended to be ill and allowed Li Changning and Wei Kai to enter the estate, it would have been extremely difficult for them to meet. Even if Li Changning had the ability to cure him, it would take a long time, and he definitely wouldn't be able to achieve the results he was seeing now.
His father had taught him that unless it was absolutely necessary, he shouldn't owe others anything. The more he owed, the more entanglements he would have in the future, and the more he would be unable to control himself.
Owing someone a favor wasn't a good thing.
Huo Wujiu closed his eyes.
However, what he owed Imperial Prince Jing now was much less than he had imagined. To him, this small favor could be easily repaid in the future. On the contrary, the unrequited love he had previously thought was the most difficult thing to repay …
He should be happy, but he couldn't bring himself to be happy.
It was as if a bundle of strings that had bound him and upset him had suddenly been taken away, giving him too much freedom all of a sudden. He didn't feel relaxed. Instead, he felt an inexplicable sense of emptiness.
This kind of frivolous mood caused him to be vexed and confused.
Li Changning, who was beside the bed, was still talking to himself, "It's just that if you want your leg injury to be cured, you'll have to suffer a lot. From now on, I'll give you acupuncture and medicine every day. The acupuncture is to help you unblock your meridians and blood vessels, and the medicine is to help you reconstruct your broken meridians. "
After pausing for a moment, Li Changning continued, "It's just that reconstructing your meridians will cause you severe pain. I'm afraid it'll be painful for six to ten hours after I start using the medicine. After much consideration, I've decided to reduce the dosage by half. Although the speed will be slower, it won't be as torturous … "
However, Huo Wujiu interrupted him.
"There's no need," he said.
Li Changning was stunned.
Then, he hurriedly explained, "General, the pain of reconstructing your meridians is very different from other physical injuries. The degree of pain is no different from scraping your bones. Even if you're made of iron and steel, it'll still take your life to endure this pain every day! "
However, Huo Wujiu asked, "If you use normal medicine, how long will it take to cure it?"
Li Changning said, "At least twenty days, at most one month."
Then, Huo Wujiu asked, "How about half?"
Li Changning said, "It'll take about three months. But don't worry, General … "
Huo Wujiu interrupted him.
"Then it'll be fine," he said as he raised his eyes to look at Li Changning.
"I don't have that much free time to waste here," he said. "Just treat it. There's no need to reduce it by half."
Li Changning was a bit puzzled.
This … although Prince Jing's Estate wasn't a good place, it seemed to be calm and peaceful right now.
What was the General so anxious about?
When he looked at Huo Wujiu again, he saw that he had already closed his eyes and was beginning to rest.
Li Changning could only agree and turn around to arrange the silver needles.
However, he didn't see that Huo Wujiu, who was lying on the bed with his eyes closed, had his left hand hidden in his sleeve and was somewhat fidgety.
Naturally, he didn't have anything urgent to do.
Nan Jing wouldn't kill him for a while. Northern Liang had just established an imperial court and their treasury was empty. Other than him, they didn't have any good generals, so they didn't have the ability to save him in a short period of time.
However, he just wanted to quickly return Prince Jing's favor.
He thought that he was in a mess right now because he owed and was involved with Prince Jing. Presumably, after he paid off all of these debts, Huo Wujiu would return to being the original Huo Wujiu. He wouldn't be bothered by an irrelevant person every day to the point of wanting to kill someone.
— —
The sun gradually rose. Wei Kai stood guard by the small clay stove and was helping Li Changning look after the medicine.
He fanned the fire with his fan and occasionally glanced at the bed. He saw that their General's leg was gradually being pierced with silver needles. Each needle was faintly glowing under the sunlight.
Just looking at it from a distance made his hair stand on end.
How would it feel to have so many needles pierced into his body? Just imagining these things on his body made Wei Kai's hair stand on end.
However, he had always had a kind of blind confidence in his General, as if he believed in a god.
Ever since he started following their General, was there anything that their General couldn't do? Was there any obstacle that their General couldn't overcome?
Never.
Even if they were captured when they crossed the river, it was because there was a problem with the Northern Liang army, not because of their General.
When he thought of this, Wei Kai's mood became somewhat solemn.
Wu Qianfan.
He and Wu Qianfan had always been the old Marquis's men. After the Marquis died in battle, the two of them followed the General and could be said to be the General's right-hand men.
He was a bit stupid, but Wu Qianfan was much smarter than him. Wu Qianfan had always done things better than him.
Because of this, he followed the General on this river crossing and left the hundreds of thousands of soldiers to Wu Qianfan. According to their plan, they would first lead the troops to cross the river overnight and lie in ambush outside Nanjing City. Then, Wu Qianfan would lead the troops. After the main force crossed the river, the General would command the attack.
However, for some reason, Nanjing City had set up defenses in advance and trapped them south of the river. Wu Qianfan, who was supposed to lead the troops, had not been heard from.
Did something go wrong?
Wei Kai and Wu Qianfan were both orphans that the old Marquis had adopted at Yang Pass. They had grown up together and did not doubt Wu Qianfan's character at all. He tried his best to preserve his life and led the few remaining troops to gather information. He also kept looking for information from Northern Liang.
Perhaps they were ambushed when crossing the river, or the river's ebb and flow caused something to happen to them?
But he didn't get any information at all.
Wei Kai gradually became lost in thought as he stared at the medicine stove until a clear voice broke the silence in the room.
"His Highness Prince Jing is here," the maid came in to report.
Wei Kai was surprised and hurriedly looked at Li Changning. He saw that Li Changning was almost done with the needles and was looking at him.
He saw Li Changning wave at him.
Wei Kai hurriedly looked in the direction he was gesturing and saw that the medicine on the stove had begun to boil.
He hurriedly removed the medicine from the stove.
While they were busy, they heard footsteps at the door. They raised their heads and saw Prince Jing gracefully walk into the room, wrapped in a dark-colored cloak.
Wei Kai hurriedly followed Li Changning and bowed to him.
But before the two of them could kneel properly, Prince Jing waved his hand and said, "Rise. Do what you need to do. This prince was just bored and came to take a look."
Wei Kai snuck a glance at him.
He saw Prince Jing walk to the side of the bed. He only glanced at their general's leg before hurriedly looking away. Wei Kai saw that Prince Jing was clearly frightened by the silver needles in their prince's leg and didn't dare to look directly at them.
Wei Kai sneered in his heart.
Hmph, the nobles of Nanjing had always been like this. They were vicious and merciless, but they were also very timid. He didn't even know how many people he had harmed. In fact, he couldn't even bear to see blood.
She was indeed the most annoying paper tiger.
How was he like their general? He was injured and the needles were stuck in his leg, but his expression didn't change at all. He was still resting with his eyes closed …
Hm? General?
Wei Kai was very pleased with himself. His gaze couldn't help but fall on their general's face.
He saw that the general, who had been quietly closing his eyes, had opened his eyes at some point. Although his face was covered by the brocade curtain, Wei Kai happened to be standing in the corner and could see him through the gap in the curtain.
He saw that their general was looking at Prince Jing through the thick brocade curtain.
Wei Kai had never seen such a cold and condescending black eyes. He actually … actually had such an expression.
He seemed to be looking forward to seeing the other party, but at the same time, he wanted to hide his emotions. Although his face was expressionless, Wei Kai vaguely felt that he seemed to be somewhat happy, but also seemed to be mixed with a bit of resentment. After going through so many twists and turns, his gaze was especially deep.
Wei Kai was stunned.
At this moment, he heard Li Changning's voice.
"Silly boy, why are you in a daze?"
After lecturing Li Changning, Wei Kai came back to his senses. He saw that Li Changning had walked in front of him and taken away the medicine.
As he walked, Li Changning smiled and explained to Jiang Suzhou, "This is medicine for Madame's health. Madame has been staying in her room all day, so her body is somewhat weak. If we don't take this medicine, I'm afraid she won't be able to withstand this level of acupuncture … "
Wei Kai stood in place. His gaze drifted back to their general's face.
This time, the general was looking at him.
Those obsidian-like eyes were cold and hard. It was as if the deep twists and turns he saw just now were an illusion.
Just one look was enough to make Wei Kai wake up from his daze.
An illusion. He thought to himself.
It must be an illusion.
Their general was looking at Prince Jing. What other deeper meaning could there be?
Even if there was, there was a deeper meaning to it.
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