Chapter 9
Serious Injuries
The Jian Family was curious about the person Jian Qingqing picked up. Mother Jian swiftly pulled out a basket of hemostatic medicine, crushed it, and let Jian Dalang apply it to the man’s body.
Jian Qingqing also wanted to take a look, but was stopped outside the door by Jian Dalang.
“Why would a lady want to look at a grown man?”
“I’m still so young, it’s fine.”
“That won’t do either!”
Jian Qingqing quickly looked at her mother for help.
“Just let her go in. She’s still young. How would she know these things?”
Seeing that his wife had spoken, Father Jian did not stop her. Jian Qingqing smoothly went in.
The man was lying on a simple wooden bed. The mask on his face had already been taken off.
Jian Qingqing took a look and was immediately stunned.
The man, no, it should be said that he was a teenager. He looked like he was only 15 or 16 years old. The outline of his face was clear and smooth. His eyes were closed and his eyelashes were long and thin. His nose bridge was tall and straight. His lips, which had lost their color, were just right, he looked cold and noble.
Jian Qingqing looked at the teenager with infatuation.
When Father Jian saw Jian Qingqing’s gaze, his face darkened and he blocked her line of sight. “What are you looking at?”
Jian Qingqing came back to her senses and chuckled, trying to fool him. “Father, let’s wipe the blood off his body.”
When Mother Jian heard this, she went to fetch a basin of water.
When he untied the man’s clothes, he was shocked.
There was a cut on the young man’s body from his right shoulder blade to his left abdomen. His left shoulder had already been pierced and blood was still seeping out.
“Can… can he still live?”
In this era, even a little injury could kill a person, not to mention such a big wound.
Jian Qingqing quickly picked up his clothes that had been taken off and touched them. She found a secret bag with a few small porcelain jars in it.
According to the Wuxia dramas she had watched, this should be medicine for treating external injuries. She opened it and smelled it. One of the bottles was white powder, and the smell was similar to a modern medicine called ‘Yunnan Baiyao’.
This should be the medicine to stop bleeding. There were only a few herbs that were effective in stopping bleeding, so it was normal for the smell to be similar.
“Father, clean it for him and apply this medicine on it.”
Jian Dalang wiped away the blood around the wound and took the medicine to sprinkle it on it.
It had to be said that this medicine was really effective in stopping bleeding. In a short while, the bleeding stopped, but the small bottle of medicine was gone.
Jian Qingqing ordered her father again, “Father, apply that grass on him.”
Although the medicine was not very effective, it was better than nothing.
Stopping the bleeding was the first step. The most dangerous thing for an injured patient was a wound becoming inflamed because it would cause a high fever.
After all this, the sky had already darkened. Old Man Jian chased them out. “You guys go eat first. I’ll stay here and watch.”
After they finished eating, the sky had already turned completely dark. Only a patch of moonlight shone on the courtyard.
Old Man Jian found a piece of wood and placed it in the house.
“Xiao Hu, you and Xiao Ye sleep tonight. I’ll stay here and guard.”
Xiao Hu grunted in reply.
Jian Qingqing took the opportunity to sneak in and take a look at the young man. The young man was still in a deep sleep. She touched his forehead and let out a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he did not have a fever. Otherwise, all her efforts to save him would have been in vain.
Poor people tend to sleep early. After seeing the person, Jian Qingqing went back to her room to sleep. She did not see that after she left, the young man who was still in a deep sleep just a moment ago suddenly opened his eyes. His eyes were deep and sharp. They were not as harmless as when he was asleep.
The young man glanced around the room. The room was empty. There was not a single piece of furniture. It seemed that this was the home of the girl who had saved him.
After confirming that it was safe, the young man fell asleep again.