Bai Xiangxiu couldn't care less about hiding herself anymore. She suddenly came out and shouted, "Be careful!"
Song Jiaoyue became even more careful when he heard this. He pulled the person beside him to his back, blocking two throwing knives.
However, the other knife stabbed into his stomach. He knelt on the ground with a frown.
The person on the other side raised another knife. Bai Xiangxiu didn't even think before running out. Her plan was to push the person away after he threw the knife.
However, who would have thought that her timing would be so good? The throwing knife seemed to have grown eyes as it stabbed into her shoulder.
It hurt. Bai Xiangxiu faced Song Jiaoyue and slowly fell down.
He caught her, his face full of shock.
Bai Xiangxiu felt like she was going to die. Before she died, she had to say something emotional. It wasn't easy to be in such close contact with the supporting male lead.
However, her injuries were too painful. She lay in his arms and said, "You're alright. That's great."
She really couldn't say anything else. However, she didn't think that her words would move Song Jiaoyue so much.
"Madame Xiu, Madame Xiu, you …" His hand was warm. He took it out to see that it was covered in blood.
This was her blood, the blood that she had used to block the knife for him.
He fiercely pulled out a knife from his body and threw it at the person from the jianghu.
He had been prepared to attack again, but Song Jiaoyue's attack had taken his life.
Song Jiaoyue wanted to take her away, but his expression became more and more confused.
At that moment, he saw Bai Xiangxiu, who was in so much pain that she couldn't speak, take out a medicine bottle. He opened it and saw that it was Red Pearl.
Red Pearl wasn't just a medicine for wounds, it could also cure hundreds of poisons. It was especially effective against knockout drugs.
It seemed that Prince must have told her about this. He hurriedly opened the bottle and smelled it. His mind immediately cleared up.
"Madame Xiu, I'll take you to find someone to treat you. Madame Xiu, Madame Xiu …" No matter how he called out, the beautiful woman didn't respond because she had completely fainted.
No, he couldn't let anything happen to her. He definitely couldn't let anything happen to her.
Song Jiaoyue felt his heart tremble at this moment. He carried her and returned to the convoy as fast as he could.
From afar, it seemed that Long Heng had brought people to receive them.
His heart relaxed and he almost fainted, but he couldn't.
If he hugged her like this, he was afraid that it would damage her reputation. She risked her life to save him. How could he let her be wronged?
Song Jiaoyue gritted his teeth and sent her back to her original carriage. Then, he walked a few steps away before finally falling to the ground.
Long Heng ran over to support him and anxiously asked, "Where are those people?"
"They're all dead. Madame Xiu is injured. Let's save her first." After saying this, he took care of something and closed his eyes.
Long Heng jumped in fright. After handing Song Jiaoyue to his subordinates, he walked over to the carriage to take a look. He saw Bai Xiangxiu lying there motionless, covered in blood. Her face was pale, and even her breathing seemed to have disappeared.
His heart ached and he hurriedly picked her up. If he'd known that something like this would happen, he definitely wouldn't have left her behind.
Who cared what outsiders said? It was fine as long as she was safe.
He also didn't care what others thought. Carrying her to a doctor was the most important thing. Who knew if she would bleed to death after this matter was taken care of?
Long Heng walked very quickly and arrived in town in the blink of an eye. He found a doctor.
He couldn't care less about the etiquette between men and women. After examining the wound, the old doctor trembled and said, "There's no danger to her life. The knife has already been pulled out. She just lost too much blood and needs to rest quietly. She can't be moved easily."
"If there's no danger, why hasn't she woken up yet?" Long Heng asked with a frown.
"Because of the excessive blood loss, I believe she will wake up in a while."
Just as the old doctor finished explaining, another patient came in. This time, it was his subordinate who brought Song Jiaoyue to seek medical treatment.
There was no other way. Both of them were seriously injured and couldn't wait to return to the capital.
After all, Song Jiaoyue was a man, and he knew martial arts, so he deliberately avoided his vital parts.
After fainting, he woke up in less than half an hour. After bandaging his wound, he could walk around the room.
Naturally, he had to ask about Bai Xiangxiu's injury first. He was relieved when he heard that her life wasn't in danger.
Just as he was relieved, Long Heng arrived. With a cold face, he said, "What happened?"
Jianghu revenge usually didn't involve family members, so the Song family was fine. They were just drugged.
But why was Bai Xiangxiu the only one who had a problem? Why was she stabbed in the back?
That knife was clearly a hidden weapon, so he didn't believe the matter was so simple.
For some reason, Song Jiaoyue felt guilty. He opened his mouth and said, "I implicated Madame Xiu because she went to give me Red Pearl."
"Red Pearl?
That's right, it can cure the drug.
But how did she know about this? I didn't tell her. "Long Heng furrowed his brows.
Song Jiaoyue was startled, then immediately understood how she knew.
Because of the Red Pearl on her nose, she hadn't been drugged.
Thus, she guessed in that instant that the Red Pearl could cure the drug. Such a clever woman was truly rare in the world.
"She guessed."
Song Jiaoyue smiled bitterly, then said, "She was unfortunately seen by an expert when she was chasing me, so she was stabbed."
"But because of this, I was able to recover from the Red Pearl and save my life."
He said with great sincerity, "This is all thanks to Madame Xiu, but this matter is too complicated. For the sake of her reputation, I can only tell others that she was implicated."
The words he'd said to Bai Xiangxiu before she fainted were like a curse, ringing in her ears even when he was unconscious.
It was the same now. It was as if time had stopped at that moment.
Long Heng said calmly, "You didn't do anything wrong. But I didn't think that a small jianghu person would have the guts to kill an official of the imperial court."
"I've already wiped out a dozen of his halls, and he came to kill me. It looks like he really doesn't want to live a peaceful life." Song Jiaoyue had been ordered by the imperial court to investigate a few fugitives, which was why he'd offended the jianghu people.
Long Heng glanced at him and said, "I'll lend you some troops this time."
"Ha, with your troops, they'll really be more obedient this time." His laughter shook his wound, and he couldn't help but frown in pain.
He thought of the injured and unconscious Madame Xiu. How much pain would she be in when she woke up?
Would a woman be able to endure it?
He frowned at this thought. At this time, a servant girl poked her head in and said, "Who is Sir Long? Your madame is awake, but she's been crying out in pain."
"What?"
Long Heng was very happy to hear this, but when he heard her cry out in pain, he panicked and quickly walked out to see her.
Song Jiaoyue was also worried, but he stayed behind after just two steps. He didn't have the right to go to her room.
It looked like he could only wait. As soon as he calmed down, he thought of what she'd said.
He hadn't paid attention to those words at the time, and he hadn't paid attention to them when he was nervous. But now that he thought about it, those words were filled with endless ambiguity.
Why would a woman say those words to him at such a dangerous time?
Could it be her?
Impossible, impossible. She was clearly Long Heng's concubine. He couldn't even think about her existence.