After all, Pang Shao was not young. Furthermore, he was a civil official who could not lift a chair, so his strength was even weaker.
He kicked the wheelchair. The wheelchair swayed, but it did not move at all.
The surroundings suddenly quieted down.
The sneer from the wheelchair was especially obvious.
Pang Shao looked down and saw Huo Wujiu, who was sitting in the wheelchair, looking up lazily at him.
The sneer was from him.
Pang Shao glared at him angrily. His anger was written all over his face.
The surrounding guards did not dare to watch the show anymore. They quickly rushed forward and pulled Huo Wujiu out of the wheelchair and threw him to the ground.
The dull sound of a body falling to the ground finally eased Pang Shao's anger.
Everyone saw it too.
Huo Wujiu's legs could not move at all, let alone exert any strength. He was thrown to the ground by the guard. His legs even got stuck in the wheelchair, causing it to flip over.
Everyone could see that he could not use his legs at all.
Normally, Pang Shao would continue to search the area after finding that there was nothing wrong with him. However, just now, Huo Wujiu's casual voice and gaze had ignited all of Pang Shao's anger that had accumulated for an entire night.
For a moment, he lost some of his rationality.
He looked down at Huo Wujiu, who had fallen heavily to the ground. While he felt a little refreshed, he was also dissatisfied with his silence.
A person who should have been lowered to the ground shouldn't have such a strong backbone.
Pang Shao slowly walked forward and stepped on Huo Wujiu's leg.
The angle he chose was extremely tricky. It was the exact spot where Huo Wujiu's meridians were severed when he was tortured. Although a few months had passed, the injury did not heal so quickly. For a moment, everyone could even smell the faint scent of blood.
Wei Kai, who was pinned to the side by the guards, clenched his fists with red eyes. He wanted to struggle, but he knew that he couldn't expose himself at this moment.
However, Pang Shao, who was stepping on Huo Wujiu's leg, did not pay attention to him.
He stared fixedly at Huo Wujiu, who was lying on the ground. He watched as Huo Wujiu's face turned pale, the meridians in his neck bulged, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
He could feel that the muscles under his feet seemed to have lost their vitality. Even when he stepped on them, he could not feel any tension.
His leg was clearly crippled, but that was not what he cared about at the moment.
What he wanted to see was Huo Wujiu screaming in pain.
However, even though Huo Wujiu's shoulders were trembling, he didn't even raise his head, let alone make a sound.
This made Pang Shao unhappy.
He kept exerting force with his feet and even stomped on Huo Wujiu's leg.
However, Huo Wujiu still did not make a sound.
Pang Shao felt a fire burning in his chest. The fire kept dancing, but it made him even more annoyed.
Suddenly, he lifted his leg and stomped on Huo Wujiu's wound again.
However, at this moment, he heard the voice of his successor behind him.
"Official Pang, what are you doing?"
This was the first time his successor had addressed him in such a distant manner. His voice was filled with displeasure.
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His successor did not say this because he was humiliating Huo Wujiu.
Instead, it was because the people behind him were the civil and military officials from the banquet earlier. Everyone had heard what Pang Shao was going to do when the servant said those words. As they looked at each other, they saw Prince Jing panicking. He said that his innocence had been tainted and that he wanted to confront Pang Shao.
Not only did he want to confront Pang Shao, but he also insisted that the civil and military officials go together to see what kind of evidence Pang Shao would find that would taint his innocence. Naturally, his successor could not refuse Prince Jing's suicidal attitude. He had no choice but to brace himself and bring the officials along.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, this scene was witnessed.
It would have been fine if Prince Jing had just rummaged through the items, but everyone saw him stomping on Huo Wujiu's broken leg with a ferocious expression as he vented his anger on the crippled man.
It was extremely humiliating.
The successor glared at Pang Shao. On the other side, Pang Shao hurriedly retracted his foot and turned around to look at his successor.
"Your Majesty's judgment! I only suspected that Huo Wujiu's legs were not completely broken, so I … I … "
"So, Official Pang, did you find out anything?"
Before Hou Zhu could speak, Jiang Suizhou suddenly stood out from the side.
For a moment, everyone's eyes fell on him.
Jiang Suizhou stared coldly at Pang Shao.
"Did his legs move?" Jiang Suizhou asked word by word.
Pang Shao was speechless for a moment.
Jiang Suizhou did not want to give him a chance to speak either.
"Since you wanted to investigate, why didn't you use the imperial physician behind you?" Jiang Suizhou continued to interrogate him. "Moreover, Imperial Brother saw with his own eyes that his legs were broken. The imperial physician had already treated him, and there was nothing he could do. Now that you're here, are you suspecting that Imperial Brother is giving this useless piece of trash a chance to live? Or have I found a deity with ulterior motives to cure this cripple? "
His cold voice echoed in the quiet room. Perhaps it was because he spoke in a hurry, but in the end, he was out of breath. Before he finished speaking, he started coughing.
Meng Qianshan, who was being held down by the imperial guards, quickly struggled. However, the two pairs of hands clamped down on his arms like iron. He could not break free at all.
His master's expression was cold. He stopped coughing and looked at Pang Shao fiercely. "I feel disgusted just by looking at this useless piece of trash. If you want to kill him, you can take him away. Don't use him to slander me."
Pang Shao hurriedly looked at the successor.
He saw that the successor was frowning. His face was full of impatience and irritation. He did not look at him.
The successor was very annoyed at this moment.
It was fine if Prince Jing was not dead. He could still play with him. Moreover, his body was getting more and more useless. He did not have many years left to live. To him, this was just a disappointment. However, Pang Shao's actions made him feel like he had lost all face.
Pang Shao made such a farce and was seen by so many courtiers that he had to see every day. It made him seem like he, Pang Shao, was irritable and incompetent. If this was the case, it would make him seem incompetent when he appointed Prince Jing in the future.
The successor felt that his interest in traveling had been greatly ruined. It made him feel very annoyed.
"Your Majesty …" Pang Shao hurriedly said.
The successor glanced at him disinterestedly. Then, he flicked his sleeves and turned to leave.
Pang Shao hurriedly followed the successor with the other courtiers.
Jiang Suzhou stood in the distance and did not move. He watched as the high-ranking officials and imperial guards followed behind Jiang Sunheng and left.
The door to the courtyard was closed again.
Only then did he turn his head and look at Huo Wujiu.
Huo Wujiu watched the group of people disperse. It was not until they were far away that he was sure that this place was safe again. He raised his head and looked at Jiang Suzhou. Before he could say anything, he saw that Jiang Suzhou had also lowered his head and was looking at him.
He saw that His Highness Prince Jing's eyes, which had been cold and sharp just a moment ago, were now slightly red and watery. It seemed like he had coughed a lot.
Huo Wujiu's Adam's apple bobbed. He was about to tell Prince Jing that he was fine.
However, Jiang Suzhou took a deep breath and turned his head to look at Meng Qianshan, who had rushed to his side. He forced his voice to be calm and said slowly, "Everyone, leave and close the door."
Huo Wujiu knew that it was because there were too many people in the courtyard.
Meng Qianshan looked at him worriedly, but didn't dare to disobey him. He hurriedly dragged Wei Kai, who kept looking back at him with every step, out of the courtyard.
The moment the door was closed, Huo Wujiu saw Jiang Suzhou quickly walk over to him. He squatted down and grabbed his arm.
"Are you alright?" He heard Jiang Suzhou's voice tremble slightly. His eyes were watery as he stared at him. "Your leg has just recovered. Are you hurt again? Can you stand up?"
For a moment, Huo Wujiu didn't know which question to answer first.
"I'm fine. Don't be afraid." He paused and raised his hand to smooth out Jiang Suzhou's hair.
"But I smell blood on you."
Hearing Jiang Suzhou's words, Huo Wujiu hurriedly reached out and pulled Jiang Suzhou to stand up.
He softly and slowly comforted him, "I'm fine. It's just the wound on my shoulder that's all. The medicine Li Changning gave me was to be taken orally. My meridians are already healed, so it won't be easy for anything to happen to me. My leg is perfectly fine. I'm fine. "
Jiang Suzhou hurriedly looked at Huo Wujiu's shoulder.
He saw that his robe had long been soaked in blood. It was now a dark color.
When he was knocked to the ground just now, his wound had been torn open.
Ever since he fell to the ground, he had been lying on the ground, covering his wound very well. In addition, Pang Shao was furious. Everyone's gaze was only on his leg, so no one noticed it.
However, this was nothing to Huo Wujiu.
Pang Shao came prepared. Not only did he bring soldiers, but he also brought an imperial physician. His legs were already healed. If he let the imperial physician take a look, he would definitely be exposed. In addition, he heard voices coming from outside the courtyard. It sounded like there were many people. Therefore, he chose to provoke Pang Shao into attacking him in a fit of rage. This way, he could avoid letting the imperial physician take his pulse.
To him, it was just a small wound. It was worth it.
However, Jiang Suzhou clearly didn't think so.
He raised his hand. He wanted to touch Jiang Suzhou, but he was afraid of hurting him again. His hand hung in the air and he didn't dare to move forward.
He only felt the tip of his nose sting.
He knew that this wound was caused by Huo Wujiu saving his life. Pang Shao abused him like this not because Huo Wujiu was an enemy, but because he didn't die in Jiang Suzhou.
It was all because of him.
For some reason, this knowledge made Jiang Suzhou feel especially uncomfortable. Huo Wujiu was already healed. He could have left, but now, because of him, so much trouble had happened.
His heart was extremely stuffy, and he felt waves of pain, to the point where it was unbearable.
"It's my fault," he whispered after a moment.
This time, Huo Wujiu heard the choking in his voice.
Huo Wujiu was instantly flustered.
Wasn't it a big deal? Why did he feel wronged?
He hurriedly said, "It's not your fault. I'm really fine. It's not a big injury. It's not life-threatening. Besides, even if he didn't touch me just now, he would have torn it when he was sleeping at night. It's not a big deal. "
Jiang Suzhou raised his head. He could barely hold back the tears in his eyes.
"The imperial physicians here are unreliable. There are no other physicians here. We can't stay here any longer." His voice choked up even more. He took a deep breath, as if trying to hold back his tears and make his tone sound calm, but the effect was not good.
"We'll go home tomorrow," he said.
Huo Wujiu felt as if a string in his heart had been plucked hard.
His heart ached and swelled. He clearly felt sorry for the person in front of him. His heart ached so much that he was flustered. However, he inexplicably felt that his heart was filled with something. It was hot and tight, as if something had finally found a place to settle down.
He was about to speak when he saw Jiang Suzhou blink. A drop of uncontrollable tear rolled down his cheek, causing his eyelashes to tremble.
Huo Wujiu could not hold it in anymore.
He raised his uninjured arm and placed his hand on the back of Jiang Suzhou's neck. He pulled him forward and pressed one hand into his embrace.
"Okay," he said softly. "We'll go home tomorrow."
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