Chapter 38

That girl was Liu Wuer, the daughter of Kitchen Sister Liu, who had been best friends with Zhi Shao since she was a child.

Last time, Jia Cong was severely injured by Jia She for breaking the Purple Jade Seven Treasures Ruyi, and because his monthly allowance was deducted by Lady Xing, he didn't have enough money to buy fresh food from the kitchen to nourish his body.

It was thanks to Wuer secretly keeping things from the kitchen to help them that Jia Cong and Zhi Shao survived the difficulty.

These days, many servants were sent out of the city to find Jia Cong. Not long after Lai Da came out of the Rongqing Hall, the news that Jia Cong "met with misfortune" outside the city spread wildly in the Rongguo Prefecture.

Wuer was shocked when she heard the rumor, so she ran to the East Road Courtyard to report to Zhi Shao.

That day, Zhi Shao returned from the West City and naturally didn't see Jia Cong. Later, she heard that Guo Zhigui had returned, so she went to ask and learned that Jia Cong had been kidnapped by strong thieves halfway.

After returning, she cried in the room for a night, lived in a daze for two days, and Jia Cong still had no news. Her heart was half dead. Aunt Zhao came to persuade her for a long time before she ate something.

Wuer knew that Zhi Shao had served Jia Cong since she was a child, and the master and servant had always relied on each other. Hearing such bad news, she was afraid she would die of pain.

However, it was spreading throughout the prefecture now, and she would know sooner or later, so it was better for her to say it herself. She could also persuade her by her side, which would not fail the feelings of the past.

The female thief said coldly: "These days, I often see people dressed as servants appearing in this vicinity. Those are not people from the government, they should be people from your family, right?"

Although Wuer was also a servant born in the family, and her appearance was as outstanding as big maids like Xi Ren and Zi Juan.

But she had been physically weak since she was a child, taking medicine every few days, so she had never been assigned tasks by the prefecture, only helping her mother in the kitchen and doing some idle work.

The black wound medicine was very effective. The knife wound on the female thief's back was mostly healed. As long as she didn't move violently to tear the wound, it would be fine in six or seven days.

After applying the medicine, Jia Cong retreated to the cave wall, watching the female thief put on her clothes unhurriedly, and then slowly turned around and walked towards him, with the bright curved knife still in her right hand.

It was late now, and she thought about going back to add clothes. Her body was weak, and if she caught a cold, she would have to spend money on medicine for her old mother.

Jia Cong suddenly felt that something was wrong. At this moment, he would rather she knock him out like the previous few days.

"You just tie my hands and feet, why do you have to knock me out every time? At least I helped you apply medicine for a few days."

Saying this, he couldn't help but cough twice in a low voice. The sky was still cold today, and she was in a hurry when she went out, didn't wear enough clothes, and started coughing when she saw the wind just now.

"Isn't it more convenient to knock out and then tie hands and feet? You scholars are all black-hearted, smiling to your face and stabbing in the back. It's you that I'm guarding against."

When Jia Cong woke up again, he smelled the familiar aroma of meat in the cave. The female thief was roasting a mountain rabbit on the fire.

After a long time, Zhi Shao replied: "Don't worry, I will be fine. I'm still waiting for the Cong Sanye to return."

Jia Cong thought about being knocked out again after applying medicine, and hated her so much that his teeth itched, but when a scholar meets a soldier, he has no way to deal with it. He grabbed the mountain rabbit and ate a few mouthfuls, filling half his stomach.

"You must be fine. If Cong Sanye Cong returns and sees you, it will be good. If you have anything to say or want to eat, just tell me."

Wuer breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Zhi Shao listened to the last sentence she said. She still cared about Cong Sanye Cong in her heart.

Seeing that she said a lot of things, Zhi Shao was stunned, and there was no anger on her face, and she felt more worried in her heart.

Jia Cong thought that the Wu Jinrong she killed wasn't a scholar? Hearing her speak so viciously, it seemed she didn't like scholars at all.

The female thief untied his hands and feet and threw half a mountain rabbit to him: "After eating, apply medicine for me."

"Then I'll go first. You stay in the room more. If there's anything, let Aunt Zhao come to find me. I'll come to talk to you when I have time."

"Zhi Shao, don't be too flustered. Although Steward Lai said it was dangerous, he didn't see anyone, so it might not be an accident. Cong Sanye Cong is a good person and will surely turn bad luck into good luck."

"After I kill you, I will lead them to find you, and I won't let you be exposed in the wilderness."

Jia Cong's hair stood on end: "Why do you want to kill me? You can leave after your injury is healed. I didn't even see your face. I am no threat to you."

"You saw my body and touched me. Do you think I will let you live?"

Jia Cong's nose was almost crooked with anger. She actually used such an absurd reason to kill him: "It's unreasonable! You asked me to help you apply medicine, it's not that I wanted to see your body."

It was clearly a moment of life and death, but the conversation between the two was ambiguous and colorful, and the cave was filled with a strange atmosphere.

Jia Cong finally knew what was wrong. The female thief probably had planned to kill him long ago, but her injury was not light in the past few days, and she needed him to help her apply medicine.

As for the reason for killing, it was simply unreasonable. It seemed that such a thief woman killed people like chickens and didn't take human life seriously at all.

Among them was also the reason for killing him to silence him, saving him from revealing her whereabouts.

His right hand quietly clenched into a fist, his thumb stretched out from between his index and middle fingers, using this gesture to hit the Tanzhong acupoint on the human chest, which could instantly make people lose their ability to act, or even be fatal.

This was still heard from a famous bone-setting doctor in his previous life. He didn't know if the doctor was talking nonsense. In a life-and-death moment, he couldn't care about so much. He couldn't just wait for death.

The female thief walked to only one step away from him, and the curved knife in her hand was raised and slashed. Jia Cong's right hand almost simultaneously pounded into the center of her two breasts.

It wasn't that he wanted to take advantage of the female thief, but the Tanzhong acupoint was in this position.

How could the female thief expect that this half-grown boy would suddenly resist? Caught off guard, the knife stopped halfway.

Her left hand grabbed Jia Cong's right hand's pulse gate like lightning, and her heart was even more ashamed and angry. The position the boy attacked was actually so indecent.

Jia Cong only felt that his right hand was in heart-drilling pain, and the hand bone seemed to be broken.

At this time, the two were only half a step apart, and their faces were about to collide. Jia Cong clearly saw the female thief's clear and graceful eyes, which were a pair of very beautiful eyes.

It was just that they were now full of shame, anger, and murderous intent. The knife that stopped in mid-air slashed fiercely at Jia Cong's neck.

Jia Cong saw the knife light shining from the corner of his eyes, and was terrified in his heart, thinking that he hadn't dodged it after all, and was waiting to close his eyes and wait for death.

Suddenly he felt something strange, opened his eyes again, and the curved knife was lying beside his neck, but it didn't slash down. The cold air of the knife made the pores on his neck bloom.

The female thief stared at his face with a pair of eyes. Jia Cong could even see his own shadow in those eyes.

That day she robbed Jia Cong's carriage to save her life and didn't care to look at Jia Cong properly. After getting off the carriage, the sky was already dark, and she had been avoiding pursuers all the way, so she didn't care to look at him.

When she arrived in that cave, the light was dim, and although she looked at him, she didn't care too much in her heart.

Every time the two were closest, she was turning her back to let him apply medicine.

This was the first time the two looked at each other at such a close distance.

The female thief's face was covered tightly with a face towel, revealing only a pair of eyes, staring at Jia Cong's face and looking carefully, her eyes full of extreme surprise.

What surprised Jia Cong even more was that the woman actually let go of his hand, took a few steps back, picked up a burning branch from the fire, and approached to illuminate herself.

She still stared at his face, as if she could see a flower. Jia Cong touched his face awkwardly and didn't find anything strange.

Was this female thief crazy? What kind of mystery was she playing?

"Who exactly are you?"

"I am Jia Cong, the son of Jia She, the First-Class General of the Rongguo Prefecture."

The female thief stared at him, her eyes flickering, not knowing what she was thinking, or as if she was deciding something.

"I can not kill you, but if you reveal a word about the things these days, even if the courtyard wall of the Rongguo Prefecture is high, it can't stop me. Taking your life is as easy as turning over a hand."

Jia Cong saw that she suddenly changed her mind, was stunned for a moment, and felt a burst of joy for saving his life. At the same time, countless doubts rose in his heart, not knowing why she suddenly showed mercy under the knife.

He wouldn't be so bored as to think that he was handsome enough to make the female thief soft-hearted.

Forcibly stabilizing his chaotic mind, he said: "Don't worry, I will keep my mouth shut about the things these days. I don't want to get into trouble either."

As for saying that he didn't want to get into trouble, in fact, trouble had already gotten into him.

After Guo Zhigui returned, he would surely say that he was kidnapped by thieves. Jia She didn't care about his life or death, but Jia Zheng would surely report to the government and send people to search.

By then, he would return safely. How to explain the whole story would be a waste of tongue, and the news would surely spread to Zhou Junxing of the Tui Shi Yuan.

Involving the remnants of the Hidden Sect, this was a pit that was difficult to fill. Thinking of the headache, he couldn't help but look at the female thief.

(End of chapter)