Lin Ruyu took Dafu and Aheng back to the temple, closed the temple door tightly, and returned to the east courtyard to see her mother.

When Mrs. Fang saw that her daughter had returned safely, she felt relieved. She scolded with a straight face, "We agreed to go collect medicine together last night. Why did you go there secretly? Don't say you met a bad person. You lost your way in the woods, what should you do?"

"My daughter has realized her mistake, mother, don't be angry." Lin Ruyu stepped forward and gently grabbed her mother's sleeve, and apologized obediently.

In the eyes of her mother, Lin Ruyu is a little girl who has never been out at the age of fourteen and needs to be taken care of everywhere; but Lin Ruyu herself feels that she is seventeen years old and an adult who can protect herself. There are four people in the family, and her mother is ill. , Ah Heng is too young, and Brother Dafu doesn't recognize herbal medicine, so last night, Lin Ruyu made up her mind to get up early and go out to collect herbs by herself.

Fang didn't understand her daughter's thoughts. Seeing that her shoes and trouser legs were covered with mud, she sighed and said, "Go back and wash it quickly, mother..."

"Second sister!" Shengzi ran out of the west courtyard in a hurry, "My brother has a fever and is confused!"

Hearing that Shen Ge's condition was getting worse, Lin Ruyu couldn't care less and said quickly, "Mom, let's go over and see Shen Ge?"

Fang ordered, "Dafu and Aheng stay, cook porridge by the fire, and then wash the herbs in the basket with cold water."

Five-year-old A Heng responded sensibly, "Okay."

When the mother and daughter entered the east wing of the west courtyard, they found that Shen Ge's face had been burned red and he was unconscious. Fang raised her hand to test the temperature of Shen Ge's forehead and said worriedly, "This won't work. We must reduce his fever as soon as possible." , let’s go back and make medicine.”

There is no wine or ice in the temple. You cannot reduce fever by wiping it. It also takes time to boil the medicine. What should we do now? Lin Ruyu immediately thought of a way, "Yes, I picked up some antipyretic medicine. Mom, let's go back and boil it." Medicine?"

After returning to the east courtyard, Lin Ruyu used the excuse of going back to her room to change shoes, took a sewing needle and quickly came out, saying to her mother, "Mom, my daughter will ask if the wound on Shen Ge's arm has suppurated. If it does, You have to add swelling-reducing herbs and boil it together."

"Let Dafu..."

Before Fang could finish her words, her daughter had already ran out in a hurry.

The door to the main room in the west courtyard was still closed. Lin Ruyu ran into Shen Ge's room and said in a low voice, "It's too late to take medicine now. I'm going to bleed Shen Ge to bring down the fever. Third uncle, Uncle Hong, you block the door so no one can come in and see it." .”

Can bloodletting reduce fever? Uncle San was a little dumbfounded.

Seeing the needle in Lin Ruyu's hand, Chen Hong thought of Mr. Bao who was saved by her, and pulled Ma Qinglin to guard the door.

After scalding the needle in hot water to disinfect it, and wiping clean Shen Ge's red-hot hands with a damp cloth, Lin Ruyu did not hesitate to use the needle tip to prick the Shang Yang, Sishao, Shaoshang, and Shaoze points on his hands. Release a small amount of blood beads.

When she was in the orphanage, Lin Ruyu saw the dean use this method to reduce the fever of a child who had a high fever and fainted. Afterwards, she asked the dean for advice, and the dean explained that bloodletting can reduce blood congestion and release the heat evil in the blood vessels to achieve the purpose of reducing fever. .

Sure enough, Shen Ge woke up not long after the bloodletting. He opened his eyes drowsily and saw Lin Ruyu sitting next to him, opening his mouth but making no sound.

When Lin Ruyu saw that he was awake, a smile appeared on her face, "You have a fever, don't be afraid. I collected the herbs and the fever will subside soon."

Shen Ge has never been sick in his whole life, so when he fell ill, he hated himself for being useless, and on the other hand, he felt extremely uncomfortable. His whole body hurt now, especially his head, which felt like it was going to explode. But seeing Lin Ruyu's smiling face and hearing her voice, Shen Ge's restlessness and pain miraculously disappeared. He believed in Lin Ruyu from the bottom of his heart. If Lin Ruyu said that he would be fine soon, then he would definitely be fine.

Because he was speechless, Shen Ge had no choice but to grin and show it to Lin Ruyu. Unexpectedly, when he grinned, a few drops of blood appeared on his lips that were dry due to fever.

Lin Ruyu saw it and said quickly, "Shengzi, bring the warm water over and ask your brother to drink more water."

After settling Shen Ge, Lin Ruyu walked to Ma Sanshu and Chen Hong, lowered her voice and said, "When I went out to collect herbs, I saw two young and strong men walking up the mountain. After hearing the voices of my eldest brother and A Heng talking, They just lurked in the woods and didn't move."

Chen Hong asked in a low voice, "What do those two people look like and what clothes are they wearing?"

"I couldn't see clearly from a distance. They were wearing tight-fitting clothes..."

After Lin Ruyu described the clothes and stature of the two men, Chen Hong struck his right hand with his left fist and said excitedly, "These two people must be here to assassinate An Ziyuan!"

What he saw at the foot of Ma Tou Mountain was that the person who assassinated An Ziyuan was dressed like this.

That couldn't be better. Lin Ruyu lowered her voice and said to Uncle Ma again, "An Ziyuan and the others will probably set off after breakfast. Third Uncle will try to hold off Uncle Fang and let him go at the end to avoid being affected."

Uncle Ma nodded, "I'll leave you with Ge'er's medicine. If you go out and pretend to be more serious, An Ziyuan will think that Ge'er is hopeless."

"The stab wound on Shen Ge's arm has suppurated and needs medicine. After An Ziyuan leaves, I have to trouble my third uncle to go to the sunken ship to retrieve Shen Ge's bundle weighed with stones. There is something in it that Master Bao gave me. Good medicine for knife wounds." After Lin Ruyu finished speaking, she left the east wing and returned to the east courtyard.

Before taking a few steps, I heard An Ziyuan call, "Miss Lin."

Lin Ruyu stopped and pretended to wipe her tears with a handkerchief, then turned around and held back her breath before saluting, "Mr. An."

Seeing Dao Lin Ruyu crying because of Shen Ge, a storm brewed in An Ziyuan's eyes, and he asked "Worriedly", "Girl, what is this?"

Lin Ruyu dipped her handkerchief into the corners of her eyes again, lowered her head and pretended to cheer up and change the subject, "My dear friend, you haven't eaten yet? The porridge cooked by my mother will be ready soon. I'll bring it to you right away."

After saying that, Lin Ruyu turned around and ran out of the yard quickly.

After her delicate back disappeared, An Ziyuan turned to look at the east wing. When he saw Shen Ge lying unconscious on the bed, and the little boy named Shengzi stood by Shen Ge's bed and wiped his tears, the look in his eyes Only then did the murderous aura dissipate.

Just as An Ziyuan was sizing up Chen Hong, Ma Qinglin quickly walked out of the room, clasped his fists and saluted, and begged, "Mr. An, are you up? The wound on Shen Ge's body is red, swollen and suppurating. Do you have any medicine to treat the wound?"

Of course, An Ziyuan had medicine, otherwise the wound on his leg would not have healed so quickly. But using medicine to save Shen Ge? Don't even think about it!

An Ziyuan shook his head guiltily, "I hurriedly escaped from the flood and left all my luggage on the boat. Brother Shen...?"

Uncle Ma San sighed, "This kid has been burning all night, and he's all confused... eh..."

Fang Jiayin became anxious when he heard that Shen Ge was dying, but there was nothing he could do.

After a while, Dafu brought rice porridge and side dishes to the west courtyard, and then a bowl of dark medicinal soup.

The child was brought back to the east wing to feed Shen Ge, and then he cried at the top of his lungs and shouted, "Uncle, come quickly, the medicine can't be fed in."

Uncle Ma hurriedly returned to the wing, and Fang Jiayin quickly followed in. An Ziyuan curled the corner of his mouth almost invisible, and turned around to go back to the house.

An Fengchun put the food on the table and lowered his voice and said, "Master, we have to go, something may happen later."
Chapter completed!