Chapter 8 Calling for help
Although she is only a first-year medical student taking online classes for half a semester, Lin Ruyu, who grew up playing with bones in the clinic since she was a child, still knows how to set bones.
Lin Ruyu gently untied the cloth strips on the dog's calf and removed the branches. She found that the dog's leg bones were not much thicker than a hemp pole and were not connected properly. Lin Ruyu motioned to Shen Ge and another boy named Shengzi. The beggar stepped forward and pressed down on the dog, which was sleeping after drinking the decoction. She held the dog's ankles with one hand and the bottom of his knees with the other, pulling and twisting them hard, and quickly restored his leg bones. Bit.
The dog yelled when he woke up from the pain, and then he grabbed the straw under his body tightly. Even though he was shaking in pain and sweating, he clenched his teeth and did not make a sound. He only carefully looked at the faces of Shen Ge and Lin Ruyu who was setting his bones.
Lin Ruyu, who has been an orphan for seventeen years, knows what the dog is thinking. But Lin Ruyu, who cannot save herself when crossing the river, can only help here. After fixing the wooden boards, Lin Ruyu said, "The bones have been connected, but Although the planks can be removed after a month and a half after a hundred days of straining the muscles and bones, I will try to walk with crutches for three months."
The dog lowered his head, clutching the straw tightly with both hands, and the gurgling sound in his stomach was so loud that the rain could not suppress it. The son next to him comforted him, "The dog will just sit on the roadside for the next three months and beg for food. The rest will I’ve taken care of everything!”
Shen Ge handed Gouzi a piece of thick flour pancake, rubbed her head, and then invited Lin Ruyu to come to the window to talk, "Last night, Yan Sigou from Ma Tou Mountain brought people into town, and they went to the Fulai Inn where the girl stayed. We had an empty day, and found Liu Dashen at dawn. We tricked him into telling us that you two brothers and sisters had escaped through the dog hole in the west wall, and then led people to chase them out. But there are still their spies in the city, girl. Be extremely careful when entering and exiting.”
This was consistent with the information she had heard. Lin Ruyu nodded and thanked her, "Is there any connection between the chief of Wusha Town and the bandits in Ma Tou Mountain?"
Shen Ge's sharp brows were filled with coldness, "Not only the chief of this town, but also the magistrate of Qi County has received a lot of benefits from them, so he turns a blind eye."
I understand, as expected, it is very difficult, and reporting to the official is useless. Lin Ruyu asked again, "My mother and brother were separated by bandits, and I don't know their whereabouts. If I want to find out the details of Ma Tou Mountain, where should I go?" who?"
The gang of bandits mostly blocked the road for money, but once they started killing people, they would not leave a single person alive. According to the news Shen Ge got last night, the remaining people were all dead. But they only heard about it, and they didn't See it in person.
Shen Ge's sharp brows brought a touch of gentleness, and he whispered, "Chen Jingcheng, the owner of Panorama Pawn Shop, should have this ability. He is a good character, and he is not in the same group as Yan Laogou's gang of bandits. The girl saved his people, he Even if he refuses to help the girl in vain, the girl's money spent on him will be more useful than spending it elsewhere."
"I understand, thank you." Lin Ruyu lowered her voice and asked, "If I want to use a fake identity to apply for two real road guides, who should I contact in the town and what is the approximate price?"
It is most taboo to talk deeply when making acquaintances. Shen Ge did not ask why Lin Ruyu wanted to set up a fake route, but just replied with a harmless smile, "I'm not talented, so I got into this trap. What identity does the girl want to go to?" Boundary?"
He has friendship with the little beggars and is familiar with all the local news and connections. Although Shen Ge is not old, he can indeed bear the title of "Brother Shen". Lin Ruyu also smiled and said, "Then I will help Brother Shen." Any identity is acceptable, as long as it can withstand interrogation. The reason is that my brother and I went to Xuanzhou City to look for relatives, and the relative we were looking for was my cousin, who lived in Liulian across Huaxiang in Xuanzhou City."
Lin Ruyu used her thin fingers to write on the dusty window sill the six words "Crossing Flower Lane to Liu Lian". In the little girl's memory, the Yu family and the Lin family were old friends, but Yu Liulian was a friend of the evil wolf An. A running dog from afar.
Looking at the neat small characters on the window sill, Shen Ge couldn't help but think of Mr. Shi who suddenly disappeared. A trace of sadness flashed in his eyes. After raising his hand to wipe the characters cleanly, three broken pieces of silver appeared in front of him. Under the silver was a Little white hands full of scratches.
Looking at this little hand, Shen Ge couldn't help but be stunned.
It was this little hand that had just clicked open the dog's leg and connected it to her with perfect accuracy. This little hand also sewed up the injury on the back of Fatty Chen's family like a torn piece of clothing.
Her technique just now was very skillful. This was by no means the first time she had set bones. She had such weird medical skills at such a young age? Could it be that what she said to scare Liu Da Scar was true, that she was really the poisonous woman of the Five Poisons Sect?
Shen Ge murmured in his heart, took the money, turned around, picked up his coir raincoat and went out.
Lin Ruyu took a step forward and reminded in a low voice, "I overheard the bandits in Ma Tou Mountain saying that the Wolong Embankment upstream will soon be unable to hold up."
There hasn't been much rain this year, so how could Wolong Embankment, which had just been built for a year, not be able to hold on? Shen Ge's mind was spinning a thousand times, but when he looked back at Lin Ruyu, he had a cute and harmless smile on his face, "Thank you very much."
In terms of appearance, Shen Ge was the best man Lin Ruyu had ever seen in her two lifetimes, and he also had the prettiest smile. Lin Ruyu, who had her heart gouged out once, secretly warned herself not to be disturbed by appearances anymore.
Lin Ruyu told Lin Dafu to hide, then put on a raincoat and went to the side hall, secretly took out a banknote that was kept close to her body and found it in the girl's belt, put it into her sleeve pocket, and pressed the address Shen Ge said , to find Chen Jingcheng.
The little beggar Lin Ruyu was called into the front hall by the Chen family's cook on the grounds that there was still some soup and rice left in the house.
In the living room, the man with tiger eyes and short beard lying on the couch saw that Lin Ruyu's clothes were much worse than when they met in the woods, so he didn't ask any questions and didn't dislike it. He tried his best to raise his body and give a fist-cup salute, and said gratefully, " Bao Li will never forget his benefactor's kindness in sending letters and saving lives. If the benefactor is in trouble, just ask him, and Bao will do his best to repay the favor."
After that, he explained, "Because Fourth Brother Chen and I are being hunted by our enemies, we cannot go to the door in person to welcome our benefactor into the house. It is disrespectful to invite our benefactor."
Chen Jingcheng also cupped his fists and bowed deeply, "Young lady acted righteously to rescue my brother-in-law. I, Chen Jingcheng, am extremely grateful."
Bao Li puts "delivering letters" before "saving lives", which shows that in his eyes, "his master wants to eat Fenghualou's crab roe buns" is more important than his life. This shows that his master's The situation was not optimistic either. He didn't even have to ask when he came to visit today, he just said, "Just ask me if you have anything to do", which made Lin Ruyu's anxious heart feel much more at ease.
After Bao Li said what he said, it would be inappropriate for him to come out with a banknote to ask them to do something. Lin Ruyu followed the etiquette in memory, raised her arms to shoulder level, palms down, right hand on top and left hand on bottom. He bowed his head slightly and bowed his knees slightly in return. After the ceremony, he returned to his straight face.
Chapter completed!