Abandoning a daughter never abandons, a medical concubine should be self-reliant

Chapter 2
This place is actually a cave hidden behind the water curtain of the waterfall. Inside the cave are a few simple utensils, a pile of firewood, an umbrella, and some herbs.Although the sparrow is small and has all five internal organs, Gao Qiji admired it secretly.

Li Siqi put down her basket and rummaged through to find herbs for stopping bleeding and removing stasis, then got up to find a pestle and mortar, and crushed the herbs in it.

Holding the herbs and the water bag, he returned to Gao Qiji's side and told him, "Take off your outer robe."

Gao Qiji frowned in displeasure and remained motionless. Li Siqi patiently explained: "I'll wash your wound and simply bandage it."

Gao Qiji did as he said.

Li Siqi used the little water left to clean Gao Qiji's wound briefly, applied herbal medicine, bent down and tore off a strip of cloth from the long skirt.

When they were entangled, the two were close at hand, breathing could be heard, and a unique feminine fragrance filled Gao Qiji's nose, not like the smell of rouge and gouache, but like a strange natural fragrance that was vaguely present.

Gao Qiji turned his head to the side unnaturally, Li Siqi concentrated on bandaging the wound, and didn't notice the other party's awkward behavior at all.

After treating the wound, Gao Qiji asked Li Siqi: "What do you want?"

"What?" Monk Zhang Er, Li Siqi, was puzzled.

"Remuneration." Gao Qiji said concisely.

"Then it's money, just give it as you see fit." Li Siqi replied indifferently.

Gao Qiji frowned, his cold eyes were like a bottomless pool, he pulled out a dagger from his boots: "I have no money."

The dagger was inlaid with a black agate, which looked extremely sharp, and Li Siqi's legs began to tremble again in fright. Just as she was about to say the words, "I don't want the medical fee," the other party said coldly, "This is for you."

Li Siqi couldn't help stroking her chest, thinking, big brother, can you take care of the listener's feelings when you speak, either cherish your words like gold, or pant for breath, it's really scaring people to death.

Alas, this person looks deep-minded and suspicious, he is a dangerous person, it is better to stay away as soon as possible.

Taking the dagger carefully and piously, Li Siqi suggested: "It's not suitable to stay here for a long time. This kind of sub-mountain is usually full of miasma at night. Let's leave quickly."

Gao Qiji didn't speak anymore, got up and put on his outer robe, the two of them held an umbrella and passed through the water curtain together, and left the cave entrance.

The grass outside the cave was in a mess, and a shattered umbrella lay quietly on the ground.It was Li Siqi's spare one outside the cave.

The afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on it, and it was crimson, as if it had been stained with a layer of bright red blood.Li Siqi looked a little dazzling, feeling inexplicably panicked.

After walking together for a while, just about to say goodbye to Gao Qiji, he saw a mist rising not far from the road ahead. The mist was strange and spreading to the surroundings at an extremely fast speed. It's miasma.

Recently, the army of Xia State has been harassing the border of Qi State. Gao Qiji, the second prince of Qi State, was ordered to send troops to crusade this time, but he has been unable to win. It is precisely because he was led to a valley by the opponent two days ago. The mountains are steep, the roads are narrow, and there are often poisonous snakes. Infested, more miasma filled the air.

Gao Qiji, who had been marching and fighting in the northern Central Plains before, encountered miasma for the first time. Even though he had experienced many battles and had rich combat experience, he was a little at a loss.Many soldiers were infected with the plague and faced the crisis of self-destruction without a fight.

Now encountering the miasma again, Gao Qiji's face is calm, but his heart is somewhat fluctuating.

Seeing this, Li Siqi didn't have time to think about it, and immediately took out a herb from the medicine basket, tore off a leaf and handed it to Gao Qiji: "This is yellow grass, which can cure miasma poison and avoid miasma. Take it in your mouth."

Gao Qiji refused to answer, Li Siqi guessed that the other party might be afraid of being poisoned, so she had to put it in her mouth first, then tore off a piece again, and said vaguely: "Hurry up, if you hesitate again, you will be poisoned."

But he saw that the other party took the leaf, quickly wiped it twice on his body, and quickly put it in his mouth.

Li Siqi also ignored Gao Qiji's mysterious operation, and walked forward first, followed by Gao Qiji, and the two passed through the miasma forest safely.

After leaving the forest, Li Siqi bid farewell to Gao Qiji, Gao Qiji thanked her, his eyes fell on the herb in her hand, and said, "Give this to me."

Li Siqi handed the yellow grass, smiled sweetly, showing two small dimples, "Here, it's getting late, my mother should be waiting, so let's go!" After finishing speaking, she left as if fleeing.

Gao Qiji looked at her back, and the corners of his mouth curled into a shallow arc, walking towards the barracks.

Li Siqi's footsteps were still brisk, but her eyes kept jumping inexplicably. Maybe she hadn't had a good rest recently and had no time to think, so she entered the village.

It was already dark, and Li Siqi saw flames in the direction of home from a distance, and there were noisy shouts and dogs barking, Li Siqi's heart skipped a beat, and she ran towards home quickly.

When they arrived, the mother's bedroom in the three tile-roofed houses of the house was burning, and the neighbor's village doctor, Uncle Xiao, was pouring water into the raging fire.However, there is wind, and the doors and windows are wide open, and the fire is extremely intense. This bucket of water is like a drop in the bucket, which is of no avail.

Seeing Li Siqi coming back, Uncle Xiao's daughter Xiao Hua told her anxiously: "Siqi, where have you been, Aunt Li is still trapped in the fire, what should I do?"

No time to answer, Li Siqi quickly rushed to her bedroom, picked up the quilt and soaked it in the water tank, regardless of Uncle Xiao and Xiao Hua's obstruction, she resolutely rushed into the flames.

At this time, other people in the village who discovered the fire arrived. The mountain village was sparsely populated, and each household lived far away.

When Li Siqi staggered out of the flames with her mother clutching the wet quilt on her back, her mother was already unconscious.

The fire was extinguished, and the three tile-roofed houses of their house were beyond recognition.The kind Uncle Xiao arranged them in his guest room.

Li Siqi's mother was still in a coma. Uncle Xiao checked her injuries, with tears in his eyes, full of sadness and helplessness: "Siqi, your mother could have escaped this disaster, but she has already escaped." , I don’t know why but turned back, alas…”

Li Siqi heard the words, tears fell down, she tugged at the hem of Uncle Xiao's clothes and kowtowed begging: "Uncle Xiao, you are so good at medicine, there must be a way, please, save my mother, please!"

Uncle Xiao couldn't help but shed tears, pulled her up, and said sadly: "The fire is fierce, the smoke is heavy, your mother was seriously burned, and the smoke poisoning was too deep, I can't recover, I'm afraid... I'm afraid I won't be able to last tonight, so you should stay with her."

After saying that, he walked out of the room and closed the door gently.

Li Siqi also knew that her mother inhaled too much smoke, her respiratory tract was burned, and her organs were failing, which is difficult to treat even in modern times, so she held her hand tightly, wanting to spend more time with her.

At this time, Xiao Hua pushed the door and entered, holding a bowl, walked to the bed lightly, and glanced at Aunt Li on the bed with his head, seeing that she was so angry that she didn't show any signs of waking up.

And Li Siqi, who was standing by the side, stared at the person on the bed intently, a little dazed, not aware of her arrival at all.

Sighing lightly, Xiao Hua said softly: "Siqi, I made a bowl of vegetable noodles, you can eat as much as you want, Aunt Li will feel distressed seeing you like this."

Only then did Li Siqi look at Xiao Hua, her voice was choked and hoarse: "Thank you, Ah Hua, you put it down first, go back and rest! I want to talk to my mother." After speaking, she turned her head and looked at Xiao Hua for a moment. Mother's face, as if afraid that she would disappear in the blink of an eye.

"Okay, remember to eat noodles." Xiao Hua reminded with red eyes, and when he turned and closed the door to leave, he didn't cover Yin Zhi's eyes.

(End of this chapter)