Eighty-fourth bowl of soup (seven)
Their journey has been uneventful until one day Lance is suddenly injured and comes back. It was his turn to buy daily necessities that day, and Joe was supposed to go with him, but when he met a woman kneeling in front of the pharmacy with her child in her arms, she begged the boss for help. They have done this kind of thing alone many times, but what he didn't expect was that when he returned to the boat, Lance hadn't come back yet!
Just when they were about to disembark to find it, Lance came back. His face was flushed and he was short of breath, his right hand was tightly pressing on his abdomen, and his white shirt was covered with blood, which turned out to be a serious injury. After Joe's examination, he found that the wound and the amount of bleeding were not a problem. The biggest problem was that Lance was poisoned. The weapon that injured him was poisoned, and it must be detoxified immediately, otherwise his body and limbs will be paralyzed over time and the whole person will be useless!
However, the medical equipment on board is not enough to perform surgery - most importantly, they lack the antidote blindly.
This medicine is called Blue Leaf Flower, and it is only available in the Kangsi Empire, which is far away from here.
That was Nick's hometown, and it was also the place he had fled for ten years and never returned.
Qing Huan didn't know what happened in the past. All she knew was the news that Nick was a traitor and a collaborator. The people of the Kang Si Kingdom used to adore and adore him, but now they hate him so much. Nick's wanted notices are posted all over the streets and alleys. If they go to the Kingdom of Kance, they will definitely land. The guards of the kingdom will check them closely. Although there is no requirement for foreign ships to dock, they will check them carefully.
But the blue-leaved flowers can only be found on a mountain outside the capital of the Kang Si Empire that is like spring all the year round. And this kind of words still have flowering period after picking, and they will wither within three days. If you want to wait outside the borders of the Kang Si Empire, rush from the border to the capital, pick blue leaves and flowers, and then come back, the round trip time is definitely not enough. In that case, even if Lance could live, he would be completely useless.
Qing Huan sat on the edge of the bed, changing Lance's soaked towel again and again, while Joe was dealing with his abdominal wound, while Owen and Nick were arguing: "Are you crazy? Go back to that place, Do you want to die?"
"Come on, I'm the captain and I have the final say."
"If you want to die, don't drag us down!" Owen lost his usual smile and said angrily, "If you are discovered, we won't be able to escape, can't you just listen to others?"
Nick opened his hand and walked to the bed: "How is Lance?"
"It's not life-threatening for the time being. But we don't have much time. Ten days, ten days at most, if he doesn't get blue leaf flowers within ten days, he will..." Joe didn't say the rest, but everyone understood. The atmosphere in the cabin was dignified. They were happy when they docked in the morning, but who knew it would become like this when they came back. "Nick, I think what Owen said is right, you can't go, let us go, you are waiting outside the borders of the Kance Empire to pick us up. The blue leaf flower is the national flower of the Kance Empire, it is very precious, if you show up too Very troublesome."
Nick pursed his thin lips without saying a word. Qing Huan noticed that the knuckles of his fingers holding the handle of the knife were slightly white, and one could imagine the pain and depression in his heart. For Nick, that should be a past that he doesn't want to recall. "Let's go together."
"Miss Ching Huan?" Owen shouted in shock, "If Nick goes—"
"It could have killed Lance, right?" Qing Huan pointed to the wound on Lance's body, "Joe said that the other party should have avoided the vitals on purpose."
"you mean… "
"I have read several medical books by Joe, and when it mentioned blue leaf flowers, it said that the leaves are highly poisonous, and the petals can detoxify. Since blue leaf flowers are unique plants in the Kans Empire, the poison in Lance It must also be from the Kance Empire." She looked at Nick, who looked at Lance who was unconscious on the bed with a blank expression, his eyes were deep. "They probably want to force Nick to return home."
"Then it won't be what they want!" Owen said in a deep voice, "Even if Miss Qing Huan said it, I can't agree to let Nick go back to China!"
"He has to go back." Qing Huan said calmly, "If he doesn't go back, Lance will die."
Nick said lightly: "After so many years, it's time to end. I won't die so easily, don't worry, we'll change course now." Then he said to Qing Huan, "I'm sorry, it may take some time to send you home. It's been a while."
"It's okay." Qing Huan smiled, "I want all of you to take me home together, not one less."
Owen wanted to object again, but Qing Huan took his own initiative to take his hand, and he suddenly went limp, looking at Qing Huan helplessly, forgetting any principle or persistence. Qing Huan kissed him lightly on the cheek, and said softly: "This is the captain's business, let the captain decide for himself, okay?"
Owen's bones were crisp: "Okay~~~"
Joe: "..." Then what's the point of your previous persistence? !
"Then it's settled. First change the course and go to the Constance Empire. After picking the blue leaves and flowers, Lance will be healed, and we will go to the East together." Qing Huan took off the towel on Lance's forehead and washed it, wrung it dry Put it on again, showing a gentle smile: "I don't want this trip to end so soon."
Everyone looked at Nick, who watched Nick take a few steps back, dripping with cold sweat: "What... what are you doing!"
Owen laughed: "Master Captain, we have been sailing on this sea together for ten years. You know everything about us well. Now should you tell us your story? I don't believe any lies about betraying the motherland and assassinating the emperor." .”
Anyone can do such a thing, but Nick will never. Even if Owen thinks that Nick looks very obtrusive, he is lazy, sleepy, grumpy and unlovable, but this guy is a real good guy.
Nick's Adam's apple rolled twice: "...it's a long story."
"Let's make a long story short, tell us, at least let us have a solid foundation in our hearts. When Joe said that you were going to die when he met you, why are the people from the Constance Empire still looking for you?" Joe couldn't figure this out. I understand, to deal with a traitor who assassinated the emperor, it is of course necessary to kill Nick, but it shouldn't be like this, right? The arrest warrant can be issued as usual, and the hunting guards can be dispatched as usual, but this attitude of not letting go of death does not seem like a just sanction, but rather... a guilty conscience.
Nick was so annoyed by them that he had no choice but to tell his own affairs concisely. Everyone was dumbfounded after listening to it, and Owen looked at him with eyes full of respect: "...I didn't expect our captain to be not only a good old man, but also a bad good man..." Can you bear that kind of thing? Still go away silently? ! In other words, he would have hacked the other party to death!
Nick said impatiently: "It's all in the past, I don't want to mention it again."
Qing Huan also imagined many possibilities, but she really didn't expect the truth to be like this. The corners of her mouth twitched slightly: "Nick is really... a nice guy."
Nick became angry after being teased by them: "Besides, I will kill you!"
"Huh?! Cut us off?! Including Miss Qing Huan?" Owen was furious, "Is this the attitude of a gentleman? Nick, you idiot dare to talk to Miss Qing Huan like this, I can't spare you!"
It didn't take long for the two of them to fight as usual. Joe couldn't stand it and threw two scalpels into the battle, and then Nick and Owen stopped in shock, each on the head. Qing Huan pursed her lips and snickered, and from the corner of her eye, she saw Lance open his eyes: "Lance! You're awake!"
This time, he stopped talking and scolding, Lance couldn't realize where he was for a few seconds after he woke up, and he sighed sadly until he saw a few familiar big faces approaching: "...how are you guys?" .”
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What's the reaction? ?
"Hey." Lance sighed again, "I was injured anyway... You guys should be quiet, I'm going to kill you idiots."
"Lance, how are you feeling? Does the wound hurt? Are you hungry? Do you want a drink?"
Facing Qing Huan, Lance's disgust instantly turned into a smile: "Oh, Miss Qing Huan, I am indeed a little thirsty... please give me a glass of water."
Qiao helped him up, and Qing Huan fed him with a water glass. Owen, who was watching, twisted his handkerchief enviously and jealously, "Damn it! I also want... to be fed water as gently as Miss Qing Huan!" What's more, Miss Qing Huan is still holding that guy Lance's shoulder with one hand!
After drinking a glass of water, Lance felt that his throat was getting better, so he said angrily, "I'm careless, I followed the other party's way."
It turned out that after he separated from Joe, he met an old man who was beaten with a child. The vegetable market was crowded with people but no one stood out, and there were quite a few onlookers. After Lance stopped the perpetrator, he was about to help the old man up, but the other party took out a dagger and stabbed him at lightning speed, while the crying child hugged him tightly. After all, he failed to kill the child, so he could only leave in a hurry. On the way, he felt dizzy, hot, hot, and confused. He only vaguely remembered that he was back on the boat, and then he didn't remember anything.
He also heard all the conversation between Nick and them just now, but his eyelids were very heavy and he couldn't open them. Now it's much better. Lance said optimistically: "At least there is a way to detoxify. Even if I can't get rid of it, I won't die. Then I will have to trouble you to take care of me for the rest of my life."
Nick sneered: "Who will take care of your big trouble."
"That's right, do you want Miss Qing Huan to hug you and give you water, food, and twisting towels? It's a beautiful idea!" Owen glared at him.
Joe also smiled and refused: "Sorry, I don't want to have a patient that I can't cure."
They talked one after another, and Qing Huan kept laughing with her chin propped on one hand.
What a group of... gentle people.