The princess only wants to survive, and the cold-faced king of hell begs for mercy

Finally, in a dizzying moment, Zhao Qiyan could no longer support the weight of his body and fell off the horse in a daze.

Yun Shang was horrified when she saw this and subconsciously reached out to grab him, but it was in vain.

Just like that, the two of them fell into the turbulent river below.

At the same time, Qi Chuan, who was fleeing with Zhao Qiyan, was unfortunately hit by an arrow.

Seeing Zhao Qiyan and Yun Shang both falling into the water, their lives uncertain, Qi Chuan gritted his teeth, made up his mind, and simply grabbed Zhuo Fang beside him, and jumped without hesitation, jumping into the fast-flowing river.

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Beishan Village.

A group of women and girls were washing clothes on the big rocks by the river.

"Look, what is that?"

"Oh, it looks like several people."

"Isn't he dead?"

"I'll ask my man to come over and take a look."

As she spoke, an aunt hurried back to the village not far from the river and brought over a few strong men.

The men used long bamboo poles to rescue the two people floating in the river.

The aunt took a look and said, "There is a girl here."

As she spoke, she went forward to check the girl's breath. Feeling that she was still moving, she was pleasantly surprised, "This girl is still alive."

"This man is alive too."

Yun Shang opened her eyes in a daze and saw a roof made of thatch and wood. She turned her head and found herself lying on a kang. She was the only one in the whole room.

The room was dim, the windows letting in little light, and she couldn't tell whether it was day or night.

Yun Shang slowly sat up. She had fainted after hitting a rock in the river, and her head still hurt a little.

But it seemed that she was not dead yet, she just didn't know whether they were safe or not.

She was only wearing a white inner garment at the moment, and her clothes were folded and placed on the kang. It seemed that the person who saved her was not a bad person.

She got out of bed, put on her shoes, put on her clothes, opened the door and went out.

In the yard, an auntie in a simple short grey coat was sitting on a small stool picking beans. Upon hearing the sound, she turned around and looked over. "Hey, girl, are you awake?"

Yun Shang nodded at her, "Aunt, was it you who saved me?"

"Have you seen the person who was with me?"

Yun Shang was afraid that they would be separated by the current and only she would be saved.

The aunt paused and said, "Yes, he did. When we found you two, the man was still holding your hand tightly."

"It's just that he's seriously injured and hasn't woken up yet. It's hard to say whether he will ever wake up. We're a small village, and there's no good doctor. He can only rely on himself to get through this."

As she spoke, the aunt started gossiping again, "Hey, little girl, who is that man to you?"

"Are you two lovers who eloped? Or perhaps you committed suicide together?"

Seeing her aunt's gossipy spirit burning, Yun Shang hurriedly explained, "Aunt, please take me to see him. He is my husband. We are husband and wife. We were robbed by bandits on the way and that's why we got into trouble."

"Oh, so that's it. Bandits are indeed hateful."

Zhao Qiyan was placed in another villager's home. The arrow wound on his shoulder was very serious and became infected after being soaked in water. The wound looked horrifying.

He was running a high fever and looked like he wasn't going to make it.

Yun Shang was extremely anxious. She reached out to pull out the hairpin on her head, hoping to exchange it for some money to see a doctor and buy some good medicine.

But when she felt the empty space on her head, she realized that her hair was disheveled and there was nothing on her head.

The aunt saw Yun Shang touching her hair and knew that she was probably looking for a hairpin or something. "When we found you, your hair was all messed up, there was nothing left."

"Your husband still has a jade pendant on him. Are you looking for something to exchange for money? Can I have this jade pendant in exchange?"

Yun Shang took the jade pendant and took a look at it. It was just a decorative jade pendant, not very eye-catching. She shook her aunt's hand gratefully and said, "Thank you so much! You saved us and returned our things. You are really kind people."

"When we are safe in the future, we will definitely repay you."

The aunt scratched her head in embarrassment. "We are all farmers. How could we have seen such a precious thing? Even if we could steal it, we wouldn't dare to sell it."

"What's more, people can steal things, but they can't steal their consciences."

Yunchang handed the jade pendant to her aunt's husband, a tall, dark, honest farmer. "Brother, please take this jade pendant to the town and pawn it. We may need to redeem it later."

"Please use the money you've pawned to hire a doctor for my husband and ask him to prescribe the best medicine. If the money isn't enough, I'll find another way. I must save his life."

The farmer's surname was Liu. He nodded and said, "Well, don't worry, sister. I'll hitch the ox cart and go to town right away."

While waiting for the doctor to come, Yun Shang did not dare to be idle. She borrowed a handkerchief and white wine from this family and wiped Zhao Qiyan's body over and over again to help him reduce his temperature and fever.

He then used a red-hot knife to clean the ulcer on the wound and poured some white wine on it.

If a person is awake, the pain is so piercing that he will definitely faint from it.

Zhao Qiyan was unconscious at this time. Despite the pain, he only groaned a few times and then fell into a deeper coma.

When the doctor arrived, Yun Shang had already done a simple job treating the wound. The doctor looked at her with appreciation and said, "You did a good job. You knew how to clean the wound and disinfect it with alcohol. You're quite smart."

Yun Shang smiled slightly, feeling her efforts were not in vain. "I was afraid he wouldn't be able to hold on until you came, so I took matters into my own hands. Doctor, please take a look. What should I do if his fever won't go away?"

The doctor placed his fingers on Zhao Qiyan's wrist and after a moment, said, "Your husband is in good health. The most serious injury right now is his shoulder wound."

"Once the wound is treated, the fever will naturally subside."

After the doctor re-treated the wound, he took out the medicine he had brought with him and said, "I listened to the injury on the way and prepared the medicine in advance. It's quite suitable for his condition. Let's boil it up and give it to him."

"Come back to me tomorrow and I'll change the prescription."

Yun Shang thanked the doctor profusely and sent him off. Brother Liu handed her a purse and said, "Sister, this is the money left from pawning your jade pendant. I'm returning it to you. Your jade pendant is very valuable. You got a lot of silver from pawning it."

"Thank you, Brother Liu." Yun Shang took the purse and counted it. There were fifty taels of silver and some small change in it.

She took one look and knew that Brother Liu had been cheated by the pawnshop clerk. None of the jade pendants on Zhao Qiyan were cheap. They were worth more than 500 taels. Even if the ones he pawned while alive were not as much as the ones he pawned after death, they were at least 200 taels.