Don't disturb me, I won't be a concubine

The thieves and bandits fled away in a flash.

Tan Hao held the medicine box and said angrily: "These people only know how to take advantage of the situation. When the country is in crisis, why don't they go and fight the Beidi people? What kind of ability is it to bully their own people?"

"Senior brother, Maofeng, are you injured?" Dong Jiafu asked the two of them.

"I am fine."

"I just got a little skin injury, it's nothing serious."

Tan Hao glanced at Dong Jiafu's leg and said, "Miss Dong, is your leg injured?"

"Oh, I just bumped into something, nothing serious. Since everyone is fine, let's continue on our way."

"Please wait a moment, girl. The carriage has been turned upside down by those people. I'll go and clean it up." Mao Feng said.

Tan Hao glanced at Cui Qiyan and Dong Jiafu and said, "I'll go with you and check your injuries while I'm at it."

After the two walked away, Cui Qiyan faced Dong Jiafu, "Afu, I'm sorry. I should have listened to you when you came to the Duke's Mansion to find me that day. If I had known you were coming to Xizhou, I would never have let you come alone and encounter something like what happened just now."

Dong Jiafu smiled faintly, "How can I be alone? I have my senior brother and Maofeng with me."

"You know that's not what I meant."

"Yes, I know, but if you just follow me like this, what will happen to the affairs of the court?"

"Nothing will happen if I am missing from the court, but it's different for you. If anything happens to you, I will never forgive myself." Cui Qi Yan felt scared when he thought of what happened just now.

"I just went to tell you that day, and I never thought of asking you to come to Xizhou with me. After all, you have your responsibilities. It was indeed an accident that we encountered that group of bandits just now. We have had a smooth journey so far."

Dong Jiafu said this with the intention of comforting him, but Cui Qiyan felt even more guilty after hearing it.

"It's all my fault. I didn't do well enough and wasn't with you when you needed me the most."

Just as Dong Jiafu was about to speak, Tan Hao waved over and said, "Miss Dong, the carriage is ready, we can go now."

"coming."

Dong Jiafu forgot that she had an injury on her leg and nearly fell down when she took a step forward. Then her body felt lighter and Cui Qiyan grabbed her waist and picked her up.

"You are injured. I will take you there."

Seeing this, Tan Hao and Mao Feng, who were standing next to the carriage, didn't know where to look for a moment.

Cui Qiyan carried Dong Jiafu to the carriage, turned around and asked Tan Hao, "Can you ride a horse?"

Tan Hao was stunned for a moment, then quickly reacted, "Yes, a little bit. I'll go ride the horse, Master Cui, you can take the carriage."

"Thank you."

Cui Qiyan asked Ji Bai to watch over Tan Hao riding the horse while he got on the carriage.

Dong Jiafu heard everything they said outside. Anyway, her senior brother and Mao Feng should have guessed the relationship between Cui Qiyan and her, so there was no need to hide it.

Cui Qiyan squatted down in front of her and said, "Let me see the wound on your leg."

Dong Jiafu rolled up her left trouser leg and saw a swelling on her calf.

"Does it hurt a lot?" Cui Qi Yan raised his head and asked.

"I won't feel the pain if I don't move." Dong Jiafu can endure pain better than most people.

Cui Qiyan took the medicine box and found the medicine for treating the wound.

"Bear with it." Cui Qiyan dissolved the ointment in his palm and gently applied it to her wound.

His palms were a little rough, but he helped her rub the bruises on her legs very well.

After applying the medicine, Cui Qi Yan straightened her trouser legs and sat down opposite her.

"I came in a hurry and didn't ask for details. Is my aunt's illness serious?"

"When we were in Mobei, the cold air entered her body and has already invaded her lungs. If the cold air is not forced out quickly, her health will deteriorate."

"Meng Dong didn't explain clearly what medicine is not available in the capital and must be found in Xizhou?"

"The snow spirit grass is unique to Xizhou. Master said that we need to use the snow spirit grass that has been picked within twelve hours to make medicine. There is no other way except to come to Xizhou in person."

Cui Qiyan wanted to say that he could ask someone to make the trip for her, so she wouldn't have to come in person. But it was too late to say that now.

"With the Northern Di invading, I'm afraid there will be unrest in Xizhou City. But don't worry, I will definitely find the Snow Spirit Grass for you."

Dong Jiafu nodded, "I have discussed this with my senior brother. He will go to collect herbs tomorrow, and I will go to various clinics in the city to ask for them."

"I'll accompany you, and let Ji Bai follow Tan Hao."

"That's fine. Senior brother doesn't know Kung Fu, and Ji Bai is here to protect his safety."

After a moment of silence, Cui Qiyan whispered, "Afu, I know Qin Fangsui went to see you. Thank you for believing me and not being provoked by her."

Dong Jiafu was a little surprised. She didn't expect him to know so quickly. After thinking about it, she asked, "Did my second brother tell you?"

Qin Fangsui couldn't tell him because only a few people knew about this. Since he knew the content of the conversation, it could only be his second brother.

Cui Qiyan nodded and said, "Three days after you left Beijing, I came back from my work and went to your house to look for you. I met your second brother there."

"Afu, I did go out with Qin Fangsui quite frequently a few days ago, but I was just fulfilling my promise. What the Qin family's shopkeeper said was all false. The only person I want to marry is you."

"Promise? What promise?" Dong Jiafu asked puzzledly.

Cui Qiyan quickly explained: "I didn't get engaged to her at the beginning, so I promised to do something for her to make up for it. Her grandmother took the property of her family and gave it to the second family to manage. The second family held on to their property and embezzled a lot of money from it. She asked me to take back her property for her."

"I investigated intermittently for half a year, and only helped her get her property back a while ago. She said she was afraid that the shop owners would not obey her, so she asked me to go with her to take back the shop. I thought that if I could help her get things done as soon as possible, I wouldn't owe her anything in the future, so I agreed to her request, which led to the misunderstanding of the shop owners."

"So that's how it is." Although Dong Jiafu believed him, she had always kept this matter in her heart, especially when she saw them together in the restaurant that day.

Now that I know the reason, I feel relieved.

"I thought I had made it very clear to her that after I helped her with this matter, I would no longer have anything to do with her in private matters. I didn't expect that she would want to destroy the relationship between us."

Cui Qiyan was still angry at this moment, "Don't worry, before I came to find you, I had already talked it out with her completely, and in front of my grandmother, mother, and aunts."

Dong Jiafu was surprised, "Wouldn't it be embarrassing for her?"

"You're still thinking about her. What she said at the time broke my grandmother's heart."

"What's going on?"

"My grandmother took great pains to find a marriage for her. She said that my grandmother only said she loved her, but in reality she didn't want to treat her like her own granddaughter. The man she found for her didn't work in the capital, so she was left alone at such a young age. My sisters' husbands are all in the capital, and they mentioned my uncle, saying that it would be difficult for him to be transferred back to the capital if he was working outside the capital."

"Is she crazy? How could she say such things to the old lady?" Dong Jiafu couldn't believe it.