When the gate guards of Lingao County saw the Gu family's carriage galloping from afar, they immediately and swiftly opened the fence blocking the road.

When the carriage got closer, they found a person hanging on the shaft of the carriage, who looked like a corpse.

"What...is going on?" The guards were confused by the scene before them.

But the Gu family's carriage showed no intention of stopping. The driver saw that the county town's gate had been opened, so he threw the reins and the carriage rushed into the county town like an arrow.

The guards looked at each other and saw the astonishment in each other's eyes.

However, they did not intend to stop the carriage to check, because a solemn and murderous atmosphere emanating from the carriage made them instinctively feel that things were not simple.

The carriage sped all the way and stopped just outside the gate of Gu's mansion.

Lin Qiu'er had been resting with her eyes closed until the carriage stopped, then she slowly opened her eyes.

Before she opened her eyes, Lin Nanye had carried Lin Nanyue off the carriage, then turned around and grabbed the man in black hanging on the shaft.

After Lin Qiuer jumped off the carriage, he followed her into the Gu Mansion.

On the way, they met Gu Anqing who had hurried over after receiving the news.

Gu Anqing looked anxious and asked with concern, "Miss Qiu'er, are you okay?"

Chang Qing, who was following behind, glanced at the three people. He thought that the only one who was injured should be Lin Nanyue, who was hanging on Lin Nanyue's shoulder.

"I'm fine, it's just that Fourth Brother was slightly injured by the men in black. Let's go back to the yard where we're staying and talk slowly." Lin Qiuer walked quickly towards the yard where they were staying and said to Gu Anqing at the same time.

Gu Anqing naturally had no objection and continued to ask, "Changqing said that you received a letter from a flying knife outside the blacksmith shop on Qingyang Street, and then you went out of the city to rescue Nanyue?"

Lin Qiu'er nodded, still feeling a lingering fear in her heart, her face turning pale as she said, "It's still unclear whether the person who sent me the message is an enemy or a friend. But in any case, it was because of the message he sent that I was able to save my fourth brother in time. I will remember this favor, and if I have the chance in the future, it won't hurt to help him."

"Hearing what Miss Qiu'er said, the situation must have been very thrilling." Gu Anqing said.

"It was indeed extremely thrilling. If it was a step later, the black-clothed man's sword might have pierced through this useless thing." Lin Nanye, who was walking behind, curled his lips, looking very disgusted. He carried Lin Nanyue on his shoulder, and the latter let out a slight groan.

Hearing the muffled groan, Lin Qiu'er turned around and warned, "Third brother, be careful. Fourth brother is really seriously injured this time. If you think he is not doing well, when he recovers, I can ask the Gu family's guards to come and practice with him. How about that?"

"This is a good idea." Lin Nanye raised the corners of his mouth, expressing his satisfaction.

Lin Nanyue was confused. Why did her third brother and younger sister treat her so unfriendlyly when she had just escaped a disaster? What did she do wrong?

Gu Anqing looked at Lin Nanyue and saw from the side that Lin Nanye was holding the man in black in his hand, and he didn't know whether he was dead or alive.

He asked uncertainly, "Is this the man in black who was chasing Nan Yue? Is he still alive?"

"Don't worry, Mr. Gu. The one in my hand is dead. But we already know all the information we need to know." Lin Nanye gave Gu Anqing a fake smile and shook the body of the man in black in his hand to prove that he was dead.

Gu Anqing looked serious, turned around and followed Lin Qiuer.

Soon, the group of five arrived at the courtyard where Lin Qiuer and the others were staying.

Lin Qiuer made a prompt decision and ordered Lin Nanye to take Lin Nanyue into the room to change clothes first, and then she would clean his wound.

Since last night, Lin Nanyue had been hiding in the mountains to escape for his life. His wounds had not been properly treated and were now red, swollen and oozing. If not treated in time, they would probably become inflamed tonight and even cause a high fever.

Just then, the old doctor got the news from somewhere and rushed over with a medicine box, pretending to be worried that there were not enough medicinal materials here, so he specially delivered the medicine.

Lin Qiuer knew it well, but she didn't expose him. She just opened the medicine box and looked through it.

She found a thin needle and twisted it gently with two fingers, and the needle was bent. Then she took out the catgut and threaded the needle.

"Don't you have any wine in here?" Lin Qiuer turned the entire box over but didn't find what she wanted, so she asked with some dissatisfaction.

The old doctor looked confused. This was a medicine box, not a wine basket in a tavern. He answered doubtfully, "Of course not. How could a doctor's medicine box contain wine?"

"What does Miss Qiu'er need wine for?" Gu Anqing didn't understand her intention, but immediately told his servants to get the best wine.

The servant moved quickly and soon returned with a pot of wine.

Lin Qiuer took the wine jug handed to her by the servant, uncorked it, sniffed it, and frowned slightly.

The alcohol concentration of this wine does not seem to be very high, but considering that this is already a good wine here, after all, she has tasted the so-called famous wine of the capital city from Wanfulou.

Then, she poured the wine onto a clean handkerchief and began to clean Lin Nanyue's wound.

She held him down with one hand and wiped the wound roughly with the other hand to clean out the dirt inside, then began to sew up the wound with a needle.

This series of actions caused the pain of the wine touching the wound and the needle piercing the skin to come over her again, and Lin Nanyue couldn't help but gasp.

However, he dared not and could not move, because not only was his younger sister holding him down, but his third brother also stretched out his hands and pressed on him, making him unable to move.

Lin Qiuer treated the wound skillfully, took out a bottle from her arms with ease, poured out a pill, carefully pinched it with her fingers, then gently crushed it into powder and sprinkled it evenly on the wound.

After everything was done, she took out a piece of clean white cloth from the old doctor's medicine box and carefully wrapped it around Lin Nanyue's wound.

After finishing all this, she waved to Lin Nanye and said softly, "That's enough, Third Brother. You can let go now."

Lin Nanye let go of his hand as he was told and stood up straight.

The old doctor, who had been watching nearby, came forward and examined the wound, which had already been bandaged.

He took a deep breath, and a faint medicinal fragrance came through the white cloth.

Before he could identify the ingredients contained in the medicinal fragrance, Lin Nanyue stretched out a finger and pushed him away without any hesitation, "Old man, you are very perverted."

The old doctor laughed dryly, and just as he was about to ask Lin Qiuer what the ingredients in the medicine were, he saw a pill falling from the sky into his arms. He hurriedly caught the pill and almost dropped it on the ground.

"I'll give you this pill. We have other things to do." Lin Qiu'er said lightly, showing her attitude of seeing the guest off.

Gu Anqing knew that Lin Qiu'er might be in a bad mood, so he apologized to the old doctor on her behalf, "Old doctor, Miss Qiu'er was a little rude just now because she was worried about her fourth brother's injury. Please forgive her."

The old doctor was cheerful and didn't care at all. He had already got the pills and was satisfied with everything.

"It's okay, it's okay. You guys are busy. I'm leaving now."

After saying that, he picked up the medicine box and ran away, as if he was afraid that Lin Qiuer would suddenly change her mind and ask him for the pills back.

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