Mei Dou opened her eyes in surprise, and blurted out: "... what?"
A small amount of blood came out from the incision, Yu Jinnian wiped it off with a clean cloth, raised his eyes to check Qing Huan's condition, saw that she was breathing smoothly and was in good spirits, then continued to work with his head down, cut the soft tissue on the surface, put down the With a single-edged knife, he stretched out his hand to the side and said, "Ji Hong, give me the double-ended hook."
Ji Hong handed over a four-inch hook.
The situation looked very bad. Fortunately, the blood vessel injury was not serious, and there was no other nerve injury, and the fracture was not multi-segmented. This made Yu Jinnian's heart hang in his throat back half a point. He patiently identified each blood vessel and muscle group, found the fracture point, exposed the fracture segment, and carefully reset and fixed the bone segment.
After that, the surrounding blood vessels and nerves must be carefully re-examined to eliminate all possible potential dangers, and finally the skin can be sutured.
Qing Huan closed her eyes and didn't dare to look down. She heard her heart pounding, as if she had never jumped so hard before, but it also germinated courage that she had never felt before. After a while, she opened her eyes, looked at the little girl Meidou who was even more nervous than her, and then said: "It is true that I let her go. But sister Xueqiao wanted to escape before, but she didn't want to escape." Afraid of hurting me, so I kept holding back and almost gave up this idea."
Mei Dou didn't understand: "Then why..." Why did he escape in the end
Before Mei Dou finished speaking, she continued: "A few days before Yuexi, sister Xueqiao suddenly got news from nowhere, saying that she had been looking for her relatives for many years, and that she had died in a landslide two years ago. There were four people in a car, all buried by the landslides, and there were no bones left... She looked very bad that day, and she didn't speak for a whole day, and in the afternoon, she suddenly asked me to ask Brother Nian to make moon cakes."
Hearing this, Yu Jinnian also remembered the matter that Xueqiao had entrusted him to set up the Clothes Tomb that day. Later, because of Ji Hong's illness, this matter was delayed—could it be that she already had some idea at that time? But if you want to escape, you can go to Lizhong after you settle down incognito. Why entrust this matter to someone who has no relatives or reasons for her.
Unless, she didn't want to escape, but...
"Brother Nian, did my sister entrust you with something that day?" Qing Huan asked abruptly.
Yu Jinnian was stunned for a moment, thinking that she was quite smart, so he could only vaguely say: "There is such a trivial matter."
"I knew it." Qing Huan smiled, and suddenly asked, "Brother Nian, can I raise my hand? I'm too nervous and numb."
"Ah... yes, just don't touch the injured leg."
Mei Dou also heard some bad feelings, and said sadly, "What's going on?"
Qing Huan slowly raised and lowered her hand, unfolded it and held it again, before she let out a long sigh and recalled: "On the eve of the moon, that guest insisted that Sister Xueqiao go to the house..."
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On that day, the city was filled with thousands of lights, silver toads, delicacies and delicious wines, and zithers clanging. On the high stage, singing and dancing continued all night, and under the moonlight, everyone was drunk with wine and food.
Although she was depressed and puzzled, Xueqiao went to the lord's mansion by car, held up a cup of wine, forced a smile, Qing Huan waited beside her, and silently bowed her head. After drinking for three rounds, half drunk at the banquet, the wives and ladies have already gone out for a moon tour, and only a group of men are left in the courtyard chatting and flattering each other.
What a group of drunken men can talk about is nothing more than money and beauty, but I don't know who took the lead first. Someone noticed Qing Huan behind Xueqiao, and a fat-faced and full-cheeked man pulled a few sour words Shiwen, then reached out to touch her face. She also knew that she was going to be listed to welcome guests in a year, but she just touched her face. If she couldn't bear this, how would she live in the future, so she lowered her head and did not move, and let him touch her. Unexpectedly, the master's hands were extremely irregular and his words were rough, so he couldn't be more happy, so he raised his hand to block him.
But this is terrible, the old man suddenly had a seizure, his eyes were red, his nostrils fluttered, and he said that she, a whore, dared to spoil the men's interest, so he called two servants to strip her naked and drag her into the house .
She was so frightened that she couldn't think of anything other than struggling hard for a while.
"Master," at this moment Xueqiao stood up suddenly, stood in front of her, put her torn clothes back together, and said with a smile, "This is just a faceless girl next to Xueqiao, who is young and hasn't learned the rules well. , you just let her go. Xueqiao will make up for you for ruining your interest, won’t you?"
The pig-faced man squinted and said, "How does Xueqiao plan to make up for it?"
Xueqiao said: "Naturally, Xueqiao can be as happy as the men can be."
"Okay." The pig-faced man laughed and waved his hand, "Drink two pots first!"
The long-spouted silver wine vessel was shiny after being wiped, and a blood-red gemstone was inlaid on the lid of the pot. On the eaves of the high platform, glass lamps reflected colorful colors on everyone's faces. Xueqiao reached out to fetch the flagon, without saying a word, she poured two jugs of strong wine with her head up, the liquor wet the skirt of her chest along the corner of her mouth, and the already thin skirt stuck to her skin tightly.
"Miss Xueqiao is really good at drinking!" The man put his hands on Xueqiao's shoulders and pulled her into his arms. He seemed to be happy, his face flushed, so he waved his hand to make the servant let go of Qing Huan. He spat, "You spoiler, get out!" He threw the empty wine vessel into her arms, and staggered towards the room with Xueqiao in his arms.
The wine was already warm, and the silver wine jug was still warm, Qing Huan hugged it and stood where it was, staring at Xueqiao's back, just like that.
The whole night, she stayed outside that room, and when she heard the movement in the room, she started coaxing each other with nice words, but gradually she became impatient with the smell of alcohol. After two or three, she seemed to move her hands, because she heard the crisp sound of slapping, and Xueqiao's cry of pain. Over and over again, intermittently, as if it were an endless nightmare.
She looked up at the glazed lamps on the eaves, she used to think that they were the most beautiful things in the world, but now she felt that they were shining brightly, twisted and weird.
After some time, the door finally opened. Xueqiao came out, she didn't seem to expect that Qing Huan would be waiting outside the door, she was stunned for a moment, then she smiled gently and said: "Let's go, let's go back."
Qing Huan looked up at her and said in shock, "Sister, your face..."
"Huh?" Xueqiao raised her hand and touched it, her finger was covered with blood, but she didn't have much reaction, she wiped it off, but said happily, "It's pretty good, isn't it?" He tore off a piece of clothing and tied it on his face to cover up the scars.
"But..." Her face was cut so long, what should she do in the future, how should Xueqiao survive in Yicui Pavilion? The more Qing Huan thought about it, the more frightened she became, her eyes became hot, and she cried, "It's all my fault, I shouldn't have hit him that way. Let's go to the hospital quickly, there will be no scars—"
"Qing Huan." Xueqiao turned her head and listened carefully, "Have you heard the sound of gongs and drums? There is a night market on He Street today. Go and see it. It's very lively. Why cry? It won't look good if you cry."
She is so weird today, Xueqiao seldom smiles—how beautiful is Xueqiao, she is just like Xuehua, a little bit cold, but also a little bit delicate, that's why she was named Xueqiao.
"..." Qing Huan lowered her head, tears still falling one after another, she followed Xueqiao silently, not knowing what to say. Misunderstood, she seemed to see a bright light flashing past Xueqiao's clothes, and quickly hid in her sleeves. She looked up at Xueqiao, and soon thought of something, her eyes widened in astonishment.
When we arrived at the street market, it was really lively and dizzying.
Xueqiao is so generous, and she and she bought pearl hairpins and wooden bracelets, handkerchiefs embroidered with poetry, a silk umbrella and a set of leaf plaques, all of which Qing Huan talked about all day but had no money to buy Son.
It's just that Qing Huan is not in the mood to play at the moment.
"Do you like this one?" Xueqiao put a stepper on her bun, "It seems that the color is a bit tacky."
Qing Huan didn't know where her courage came from, she suddenly opened her mouth and said, "Sister Xueqiao, let's go!"
Xueqiao was stunned for a while, then smiled again: "...What nonsense?"
Qing Huan said: "Go quickly, there are the most people here, and the city gate will not be closed tonight, if you run out now, you might be able to escape!"
"Where can I go, why, are you drunk too?" Xueqiao smiled.
Qing Huan looked at her, and suddenly pounced on her, reached out and took out something from her sleeve - it turned out to be a cold dagger with a little blood on it, maybe it was the one that cut her face. Qing Huan had only guessed whether Xueqiao was hiding a dagger, but now that she really confirmed it, she couldn't believe it.
Why did she steal someone's dagger, and what was she going to do with it
Xueqiao wanted to leave Yicui Pavilion for many years. She saved money desperately for this, and lived to save money, but in the end she found that she would never be able to redeem herself; she wanted to escape again, but an innocent girl was tied up beside her; After making a fortune and saying that she was going to redeem her, she kindled hope again, looking forward to that day with all her heart, but in the end this incident got into trouble, so she had to let it go.
Now, Xueqiao learned that her parents and brothers who had been separated due to disasters were long gone, and the last thought and last support in her heart also collapsed. She held this dagger only for, for—
Qing Huan didn't dare to think about it anymore, clutching the dagger, said anxiously: "If my sister is determined not to go back to Yicui Pavilion tonight, then why don't you try to escape! Even if you don't escape, even if you are caught back in the end It's not too late to use this dagger!"
Xueqiao: "..."
Qing Huan held her hand and said: "I grew up near here. I know that there are a few alleys that are very complicated. If we sneak in and run, they can't catch up with you. Go north, pass the Shoumen Bridge, It is the gate of the North City, where there are few people and few lights. There is a fork on the right hand side of the city to Jin County, keep running, don't stop. Sister, you treat me like a sister, just for me, let's go !"
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Mei Dou asked, "Why don't you leave?"
Qing Huan looked at the beam above her head, and pondered for a while: "What a silly Mei Dou, haven't I been arrested?"
The two of them did run away together that night, but they met a fork in a deep alley on the way, and she proposed to run separately. Xueqiao went in the direction she pointed, and she turned back... Escape together, can you escape? There are so many new girls in Yicui Pavilion every year, how few escape? Come back and beat him half to death, and beat him a few times, and he will be honest.
When she was caught by the people from Yicui Pavilion, she told a few lies and led them away. Perhaps in this way, Xueqiao can go a little farther and disappear completely, maybe it is.
I don't know if Xueqiao has run away now, but she hasn't been caught after so many days, so she must have run away...
Mei Dou thought for a while, and it seemed to be true, so she couldn't help but muttered: "It would be great if you could escape together."
Qing Huan pulled the corners of her mouth, as if she wanted to smile, but her body hurts, so she couldn't smile, so she could only lick her dry lips, and said with emotion: "Girls in Yicui Pavilion, which one doesn't want to go out? If it wasn't for being forced Helpless, as long as there is a little way, I will not make a living here."
Qing Huan looked at the scarlet birthmark on Mei Dou's face, but said, "Mei Dou, I really envy you."
Mei Dou lowered her head in shame: "I'm so ugly, how can I make sister Qing Huan envy you..."
It is ugly, so I envy.
If she and Xueqiao were both ugly girls, maybe they wouldn't be sold to Yicui Pavilion, and they wouldn't be in the current situation. They knew they didn't want to live like this, but they didn't have the courage to die. The more the better.
In the end, Xueqiao was disfigured and disappeared. She had a broken leg and her life was hanging by a thread. Although the price was high, she finally made a change.
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Yu Jinnian is meticulously stitching, tying knots, and doing the final cleaning. His one-handed knot is very beautiful, and he has practiced it specially. In Ji Hong's eyes, this knotting movement is like a flower, smooth and beautiful.
Tie the last knot, cut off the thread ends, spread the peach blossoms on the outside of the wound, and cover it with four or five layers of tissue paper. Finally, the injured leg was fixed with a plank so that it could not move freely. Kacha, after cutting off the cloth strips that fixed the board, he straightened up and let out a long sigh of relief. Only then did he feel that his whole body was sore, and the hand holding the scissors was so tired that he couldn't lift it.
"Okay?" Ji Hong asked, "Can I put my hand down?"
Yu Jinnian nodded: "Alright, I—"
Before the young man could finish speaking, Ji Hong suddenly took two steps forward and hugged him. The young man's body was already soaked in sweat, and his hands were wet. The boy seemed to be stiff for a moment, and then Ji Hong felt a weight on his body, and the body in his arms trembled faintly.
He patted Yu Jinnian on the back and said, "Jinnian, you are very powerful. I have never seen such a powerful doctor like you."
"Maybe it's because you don't know much." Yu Jinnian chuckled, he finally relaxed, put his chin on the man's shoulder, and leaned on it for a while. As if to reciprocate courtesy, he couldn't help but raised his hand and grabbed Ji Hong's back.
Ji Hong said softly: "You are so powerful, it is enough for Ji to see one."
Yu Jinnian smiled and said, "Really? Then you will be so short-sighted for the rest of your life."
The word "Lifetime", no matter how you hear it, has a sense of beauty for no reason, and these three words uttered from the mouth of a young man are even more wonderful. Ji Hong slightly turned his cheeks sideways, and the tip of his nose lightly rubbed against Yu Jinnian's auricles. His ears were soft and cool, making people love him so much that he even wanted to lick them to taste.
He said: "Ji is happy."
Yu Jinnian felt a tickle in his ear, and couldn't help laughing.
After this operation, everyone is exhausted. Although Qing Huan has done debridement and sutured fixation, the result is still not guaranteed, and Yu Jinnian himself is not completely sure that he will succeed, so he can only pray for God's mercy, so that this troubled little prostitute can recover!
Therefore, Qing Huan needed to continue to observe, so they vacated Sui Sui's small room for Qing Huan to live in temporarily. Yu Jinnian made a sling at the end of the bed with a soft wide strip of cloth to properly pull and fix Qing Huan's legs, so that the knees were slightly bent naturally, and the ankles should be kept perpendicular to the calf. This is not only helpful for wound recovery and swelling, but also conducive to future rehabilitation exercises.
Sui Sui watched them busy from behind the door. Although she was afraid of Ji Hong, she was not afraid of Mei Dou. She was also very interested in the birthmark on Mei Dou's face. Yu Jinnian What is this.
Yu Jinnian told her that because Sister Meidou lost her way accidentally, it was a mark left by her mother, so that Sister Meidou could use this mark to find her way home.
Sui Sui nodded half-understanding, then turned around and climbed onto Erniang's bed, asking Erniang to mark her quickly, so that she would never forget to go home when she was playing wildly outside.
Erniang laughed so badly that the sickness on her face was lightened a bit. She also knew that they had just done an unprecedented event, and after a quarrel, she urged them to go back to their rooms and sleep.
Mei Dou is the sweeping servant girl of Yicui Pavilion, and there are many maidservants similar to her in the pavilion, because they are cheap and ugly, so they are not as strict as the prostitutes in discipline, and sometimes one or two will go out to play, As long as no one said it, no one paid much attention. You Meidou volunteered to stay by the bedside to take care of Qing Huan, and Yu Jinnian and Ji Hong were finally able to go back to their room to rest.
After the two of them washed up, Yu Jinnian stretched out his hand to Ji Hong and said, "Hold on to you, I'm going to turn off the lights."
Ji Hong held him, and his eyes dimmed. Before he could get nervous, the bed next to him sank slightly, and a warm body appeared.
The moonlight was bright, and the eyes quickly adapted to the darkness, and gradually they could see some outlines.
Ji Hong turned his head sideways, tracing the shape of the boy with his eyes.
"Are you still afraid?" Yu Jinnian asked suddenly.
Ji Hongdao: "With you here, it's better."
Yu Jinnian said with a smile: "Then I am really honored!"
I was so excited that I couldn't fall asleep. After a while, Yu Jinnian turned around again and lay on his back looking at the top of the bed. His right hand was still firmly held by Ji Hong, so he moved his fingers slightly and pinched Ji Hong, like a sneaky signal, thinking See if he is asleep.
Ji Hong didn't sleep at all, so he asked him: "What's the matter?"
Yu Jinnian swung his feet under the quilt, and from time to time, they rubbed against Ji Hong's instep. He was just thinking about it in a bored way. The night was long and lonely. Hearing that Ji Hong was not asleep, he turned around and faced inside, stretching out his hands indiscriminately. Greeting Ji Hong's face a few times, he wondered, "Aren't you really asleep?"
Ji Hong's face was covered with fleshy paws, and he held back and said, "Light sleep, easy to wake up... Can't sleep?"
"Well, it's a little bit, I haven't woken up yet. I can't believe it, I actually had an operation." Yu Jinnian touched which was Ji Hong's nose and which was Ji Hong's eyes. Fingers crossed.
Ji Hong held down his flailing paws, and said helplessly, "Then you talk to me, and you will fall asleep after a while."
Yu Jinnian had this intention, and said with a smile, "Don't you think they are cute?"
"Huh?" Ji Hong frowned in the shadows, "Who, Xueqiao and Qinghuan?"
Yu Jinnian said: "Xueqiao, Qinghuan, Meidou..."
Ji Hong asked, "How do you say that?"
Yu Jinnian's hand was pressed under Ji Hong's palm, but he still refused to be honest, and flicked and flicked under it. Ji Hong's hand was as warm and cool as jade. He fumbled inside, and even felt a pen callus between his fingers. , Little Yuanyuan, they all went there to say hello.
While having a great time playing, he said: "Isn't it cute to pay back all of it just because I got a little love? Xueqiao treated Qing Huan just a little better than others, and Qing Huan just let it go." He desperately wanted to help Xueqiao escape; and Qing Huan only gave Mei Dou a few snacks and steamed buns, and Mei Dou was able to kowtow for her all over the medical clinics in Xin'an County; By giving Xueqiao two candied fruits, she will be able to trust me so much, and hand over all the wealth accumulated over the years to me."
"Isn't it cute?"
Ji Hong's palms were itchy from being scratched by the young man, and the itching went all the way to his heart. He clasped Yu Jinnian's five fingers with his backhand, squeezed them, and said, "The three of them are not the only ones who are willing to give everything because they have received a little care." indivual."
Yu Jinnian asked strangely: "Who else, there are people I don't know?"
"You will know." Ji Hong smiled softly, grabbed Yu Jinnian's hand by the pillow, put it away obediently, and said, "Okay, don't move around now, and close your eyes."
Yu Jinnian was not happy: "But I really can't sleep."
Ji Hong said: "You close your eyes, I will give you the speech book."
"Hmm... alright." Yu Jinnian lay down, closed his eyes, and put himself in a position to fall asleep honestly, and said solemnly, "Speak!"
Ji Hong asked: "What do you want to hear?"
Yu Jinnian excitedly said: "Are there any monsters? For example, black spiders fighting scorpions, Wen Bodhisattva wisely accepts six-armed boys."
"..." Ji Hong frowned, "This, Ji really doesn't know how to talk about it."
"Ah." Yu Jinnian was disappointed, and said again, "Well, it's about love between couples and phoenixes, swords, swords, shadows and knights' dreams!"
Ji Hong: "Wouldn't it be more difficult to fall asleep after listening to it?"
Yu Jinnian clicked his tongue and picked the one he least wanted to hear: "Okay, okay, celebrity anecdotes are fine!"
Ji Hong finally agreed. At first, Yu Jinnian thought he had to give Ji Hong a face no matter what he did, so he pricked up his ears, but he didn't expect Ji Hong to start talking about "the founding ministers desperate to die for Sheji" , so boring that people want to go to heaven.
Later, it was said that the first emperor searched for hermits from all over the world, and the prime minister worked hard to be the leader of the court.
Yu Jinnian couldn't bear it anymore, his eyes sank, and he simply "flyed up".