famous eldest daughter

Chapter 176 Taking Medicine
Sweat mixed with tears, he finally moved into the cave step by step and slowly laid Xiao Yu down. Gu Yuqing's entire arms and legs seemed to be broken.

He collapsed beside Xiao Yu, his chest heaving violently, gasping for air, like a fish lacking oxygen.

But looking at Xiao Yu's increasingly pale face and his body that gradually began to tremble, Gu Yuqing had to take a strong breath and, with the last bit of strength, staggered out of the cave, looked around for some hay and carried it back to Xiao Yu. Just use it as a quilt, cover your body, turn back and leave again.

There should still be some time before dawn. Ji Xiang Ruyi didn't know when she would be able to bring in reinforcements to rescue her. Those killers in black might appear at any time. She had to find some anti-inflammatory and analgesic herbs to treat knife wounds.

After covering the entrance of the cave with weeds, Gu Yuqing took the horse and left.

It wasn't that she wanted to ride away, but the horse was really eye-catching, and leaving it there would be tantamount to exposing Xiao Yu who was hiding in the cave.

Fortunately, the moonlight was bright tonight, and he could still distinguish the shapes of the herbs on the ground with this clear light. However, he had no sharp blade in his hand, so Gu Yuqing had to dig with bare hands.

There are countless gravels on the ground, the soil is quite hard, and there are many weeds and wildflowers with sharp thorns growing next to the herbs. However, after only four or five herbs were dug out, Gu Yuqing's ten fingers were dripping with blood, and the backs of her hands and arms were all scratched. mark.

Her thin lips pursed tightly, as if Gu Yuqing couldn't feel the heart-piercing pain, her hands kept moving, and whenever she saw a herb, she would dig it out with all her strength.

It wasn't until the small bundle made from the torn off skirt was filled with a bag of herbs, enough for Xiao Yu to use three or five times, that Gu Yuqing breathed a sigh of relief, took the horse and turned back.

She didn't dare to leave the horse outside the cave, and she was not good at controlling the horse. It took almost a lot of effort to lure the horse into the cave with a handful of grass.

At this time, Xiao Yu's whole body was already burning hot, he was trembling, and he was mumbling nonsense words unique to those who have a fever.

Vaguely, Gu Yuqing gradually realized that he was constantly chanting a name.

Ah Qing, Ah Qing, Ah Qing...

The muffled voice made Gu Yuqing's heart feel as if someone had tightly grasped it and squeezed it hard. It hurt so much that she couldn't breathe, and her tears flowed silently like a bursting dam.

There were no pots and pans in the cave, no pots and pestles for grinding medicine, let alone a handful of water to clean the soil-laden herbs.

It's just that at this time, there's no point in getting those things!
After sorting through the collected herbs, Gu Yuqing only roughly knocked the soil on the stone wall a few times, then stuffed the whole herb into his mouth, used his teeth as a pestle, and stirred it with his tongue. , grind the herbs mixed with soil and gravel.

From time to time, sand would bite her teeth. She didn't know whether it was pain in her fingers, teeth, or something else. Her tears became more and more intense.

After chewing the herbs, and placing a lump of green paste on a huge leaf on the side, Gu Yuqing turned Xiao Yu's body and made him lie on his side.

He also didn't care about the moral constraints such as men and women's defense against intimacy, so he tore a bigger hole in Xiao Yu's brocade robe that was cut open by a knife a few times.

With a hiss, the clothes were torn, revealing a deep wound inside. The old blood had condensed into brown, mixed with the clothes and stuck to the wound, and new blood was still seeping out.

A long wound hurt Gu Yuqing's eyes.

Taking a deep breath, Gu Yuqing raised her hand to wipe away the tears that blurred her eyes. She turned around and picked up the leaves on the side of her hand. She picked up the paste with her fingers and applied it to Xiao Yu bit by bit.

When her fingers touched his hot back, Gu Yuqing's heart couldn't help but tremble.

Not sure whether it was the sting of the medicine or the pain of the wound, Xiao Yu groaned in confusion.

Gu Yuqing murmured to herself as she applied the medicine, "Okay, okay, it'll be fine after applying the medicine. The pain will disappear soon."

The muttering seemed to comfort Xiao Yu, but more like comforting his worried and trembling heart.

Finally, a leaf of medicinal paste was applied thickly on Xiao Yu's back, and Gu Yuqing fell headlong beside Xiao Yu, feeling as angry as a gossamer.

After resting for about a cup of tea, Gu Yuqing gritted her teeth and climbed up again, continuing to chew herbs.

The medicine on the wound can only reduce inflammation. If you want to reduce fever and relieve pain, you have to take it orally.

The fever-reducing medicine was just a bit bitter, but Gu Yuqing could bear it. But as soon as the pain-relieving medicine was taken into her mouth, before she could chew it a few more times, Gu Yuqing's mouth became numb. If she chewed more, it would completely disappear. He could only chew mechanically until his cheeks ached.

However, the medicine had been chewed, but how to get Xiao Yu to take it became a headache for Gu Yuqing.

He was dazed and unconscious, and there was no way to wake him up and let him swallow on his own. This hot body couldn't bear it for a moment. One more moment of delay would be one more moment of risk.

……

When Gu Yuqing was worried, she suddenly remembered that long and domineering kiss. She looked at Xiao Yu, then at the herbal paste on the leaves, then at Xiao Yu, then at the herbal paste... back and forth several times. He frowned and loosened his biting lips, as if he had made a difficult decision, took the herb and put it in his mouth again.

With a red face, he crawled to Xiao Yu's side and leaned down.

……

One mouthful after another, all the medicinal paste on the leaves was finally finished, but Gu Yuqing didn't feel sleepy at all.

Because he did not dare to let Xiao Yu's injured back touch the ground, Gu Yuqing leaned against the wall and sat next to Xiao Yu, supporting his back with her legs to prevent him from turning over.

As soon as I sat down, I realized that my whole body hurt as if I had been beaten severely.

With his head against the wall, and a pair of black and white eyes looking through the sparse gaps in the hole, Gu Yuqing saw twinkling stars on the dark sky, jumping and shining brightly.

It was clear that the two were in a desperate situation, but Gu Yuqing's heart felt particularly stable, and before she knew it, she fell into a deep sleep and even had a long dream.

In the dream, like all the little girls of the same age, she was wearing a beautiful dress, walking among the flowers filled with fragrance, holding a fan, fluttering butterflies and laughing. The butterflies were in pairs, flying up and down. When she was about to flutter, the butterflies flew away. Suddenly it fell into Xiao Yu's hands. Xiao Yu looked at her with a smile, his eyes full of tenderness and honey.

It's just that the dream changed, and two little fat men ran up to her with short legs, raised their heads and held her hand, and kept shouting: "Sister, sister..."

In the dream, Gu Yuqing desperately wanted to see clearly who was calling her sister, but she couldn't see the child's face clearly. When she was about to bend down to take a closer look, the two little fat men suddenly disappeared.

Gu Yuqing was sweating profusely and looking around...

"A Qing, A Qing..." Just as he was feeling anxious and uneasy, he suddenly felt someone pushing on his shoulder. Gu Yuqing suddenly opened his eyes and saw Xiao Yu's handsome face in front of him looking at her solemnly. There was already someone outside. It was bright daylight.

(End of this chapter)