Yong County was the border of the Jing Kingdom, facing the Qi Kingdom across the river. There were many mountains around it, and most of the villages were built on the mountains.
The location was remote, and the people were poor. There were many bandits in the mountains. Not only did the bandits often go down the mountains to harm the villagers, but they also targeted the merchants who traveled between the Jing and Qi Kingdom.
The Blackwind Stronghold used to be a stronghold for a small group of bandits.
The name of the stronghold was domineering, but it was actually just a few small houses in the mountains. The number of bandits was less than twenty. A few months ago, they were blind enough to target a small caravan. They didn't expect the caravan to hire powerful guards. The twenty bandits were all killed, and their heads were hung on a tree. From then on, the Blackwind Stronghold only had a few small houses.
After being abandoned for a few months, the stronghold had a new owner at noon today.
At this time, in a clean room, the bald bandit said with a trembling voice, "Hero, we don't have a doctor here."
Li Yi touched Miss.Liu's forehead and looked at him. "Do you have wine?"
"I just moved here today, I don't have any …" The bald bandit said. Seeing that the hero's face darkened, he immediately nodded his head like a chick pecking rice. "Yes, there should be. I robbed a small caravan today, they definitely have some wine. I'll go get it immediately!"
After leaving the room and closing the door gently, the bald bandit let out a long sigh of relief.
This young man looked like a gentleman, but when he fought, how could he be so terrifying?!
A bandit came up and said in a low voice, "Boss, he's only one person, and he's a burden. Why don't we charge in and kill him with one strike each?"
The bald bandit smacked his head and scolded, "Shut up. Where are the people from the afternoon locked up? Take me there quickly!"
It was easy to rush in, and it was also easy for each of them to chop down. However, it was hard to say if they could defeat the young man together. Moreover, if they really killed him, who would cure the poison of the "Half-Step Upside Down with a Smile"?
If they didn't have the antidote after twenty-four hours, he would laugh non-stop, his whole body festering, his meridians broken, and his body exploding …
"In, in the innermost room!" The bandit knew that his boss was in a bad mood and didn't dare to provoke him again. He immediately said, "Boss, I'll take you there!"
…
"Boohoo … Miss, are we, are we going to die?" In a dilapidated room, there was a soft sobbing sound.
After a moment of silence, a young woman's voice rang out, "It's all my fault. If I hadn't been so stubborn, I wouldn't have been caught by these bandits."
In the corner, a big man's face turned red as he said, "Miss, please don't say that. It's all my fault, I didn't protect you well. That surnamed Bai was plotting against Miss, it was right for Miss not to be with him. If I had been more vigilant, I wouldn't have …"
The female voice paused for a moment, then said, "It doesn't matter. At that time, you won't be able to do anything."
Another young man said regretfully, "If they hadn't captured Miss, we, we wouldn't have been afraid of them!"
An old voice sighed and said: "Be quiet, don't let them hear us. Right now, we should be thinking about how to escape."
Bang!
Just as the old man finished speaking, the door was suddenly pushed open and a bald man walked in from outside.
After seeing the bald man in the light of the lamp, the sobbing servant girl immediately stopped crying and shrank back, her eyes filled with fear.
Seeing these people enter, the beautiful woman's expression also changed slightly.
The veins on the big man's forehead bulged and he said loudly, "If you have any problems, come at me, don't hurt my Miss!"
The bald bandit glanced at him and asked, "Do you have wine?"
The big man was stunned. Thinking that not only did this bald man want to sully the Miss, but he also wanted wine to liven things up, he immediately widened his eyes and said angrily, "If you want to kill me, do as you please. Don't you dare sully my Miss!"
"Are you f * cking crazy?!"
The bald bandit kicked the big man and said angrily, "I asked you if you have wine, what does that have to do with your Miss?"
The big man was stunned, "Didn't you want my Miss to suppress the stronghold?"
The bald bandit kicked him again and said, "Are you trying to kill me? Less nonsense, tell me, do you have wine?"
This time, he ran away from home because he couldn't stand being looked down upon at home. He swore that he wouldn't go back until he made a name for himself. When the time came, that tigress would look at him in a different light.
Before he made a name for himself, he already had a wife to suppress the stronghold. Wouldn't he be beaten to death by that tigress?
"The wine is in the second carriage," the beautiful woman said.
"Why didn't you say so earlier?"
The bald bandit glanced at her and walked out the door.
When he reached the door, he said again, "Don't think I didn't hear you just now. Don't think about running away. Send a letter home and pay a thousand … at least eight hundred taels of ransom, and I will let you go. Don't worry, before that, I won't touch a single hair of yours."
Hearing the door slam, the woman raised her head, a complicated expression on her face.
Eight hundred taels …
Did he know how much the goods in those two carriages were worth?
Just that piece of glazed ware alone was more than ten times that price. All the goods added together, it would be at least a hundred times that number …
The big man twisted his body and said softly, "Miss, don't worry, we will be able to leave very soon …"
He moved his wrist, a hint of sharpness faintly appearing in his palm.
…
"Hero, the wine is here!"
The bald bandit fawningly placed a jar of wine and two empty bowls on the table. Li Yi lowered his head to look at the porcelain bowls. The bald bandit immediately said, "I just bought it, it's clean!"
"Get out."
"Hero, the antidote …"
"Open your mouth."
The bald bandit was overjoyed and immediately opened his mouth.
Li Yi raised his hand and something flew into his mouth.
"Did you swallow it?" Li Yi looked at him and asked.
"Yes, I swallowed it, thank you, hero!" The bald bandit's face was full of joy. When he turned around, a sneer appeared on his face. He walked to the door and turned back to ask, "Hero, was that the antidote just now?"
"No."
The bald bandit's expression was startled.
Li Yi said lightly, "You ate two 'Half-step with a smile', now you only have twelve hours left."
"Still not leaving?" Li Yi looked back at him and asked, "Do you want another one?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the bald bandit disappeared from the house and closed the door.
Li Yi put the jar of wine and the empty bowls on the bed, and then put down the curtain beside the bed. He took an empty bowl and filled it with half a bowl of wine. After smelling it, he tore off a piece of his sleeve and dipped it in the wine. He lifted Miss.Liu's hand and carefully wiped her palm.
She was having a fever now, and there was no antipyretic, so she could only use the primitive method of physical cooling.
After wiping her palms, he rolled up her sleeves and wiped her arms, then her forehead, and her neck …
The evaporation of alcohol would take away a lot of heat. Her current situation was more serious than Ruoqing's at that time. Li Yi took off her shoes and socks, and wiped her feet and calves.
If he wanted the effect to be good, he had to wipe her chest and armpits. However, the person in front of him was Miss.Liu, not Ruyi, so he still had to pay attention to some boundaries.
Li Yi sat by the bed and reached out to touch her forehead. It was still a little hot. The servant's clothes were very tight, and the buttons were buttoned all the way to the neck, which was not good for heat dissipation. Li Yi frowned and unbuttoned her neck and chest.
When he unbuttoned the last button, he suddenly seemed to feel something. He raised his head and met Miss.Liu's clear eyes.
The atmosphere was momentarily heavy.
"You have a fever." Li Yi looked at her, waved the strip of cloth in his hand, and said, "Wipe it with alcohol, it can reduce the fever."
Miss.Liu raised her wrist and saw that her sleeves were almost down to her shoulders. She also felt a little cold on her calves and feet. She looked at Li Yi again.
Li Yi dipped the strip of cloth in the wine and gently wiped it on her forehead again. He said, "The situation is special now, so let's not bother about these things. Besides, there is an old saying that the sister-in-law's …"
"Of …"
"Of what?" She looked at Li Yi with bright eyes and asked.
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