Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 926 - 924_1

Chapter 926: Chapter 924_1

The village where Huzi’s father lived wasn’t too far from the city. Under the moonlight, Wei Zhuang drove the carriage at breakneck speed, quickly arriving at the front door of the city’s finest clinic.

Before the carriage even came to a stop, Huzi’s mother leaped out and dashed to the clinic door like an arrow. She pounded on the door and cried out, "Help, doctor! Save him!"

Wei Zhuang and another man from the village carried Huzi’s father while the village chief tightly pressed against his head wound.

The three men all shouted together outside the door, "Doctor, save him! Please open the door! Help!"

"I’m coming! Stop knocking! Stop shouting! I’m coming! What’s all this noise at this hour?" A voice from inside replied after a while.

The door was then opened, and a pharmacy staff stepped out, "What is the emergency! All this fuss in the middle of the night..."

His voice cut off abruptly upon seeing Huzi’s father covered in blood, "Good heavens! What did he get himself into at this hour to be this badly injured! Did he rob someone? Who attacked him?"

"Doctor!" Huzi’s mother, seeing the pharmacy staff keep talking, pushed him aside and rushed into the clinic screaming, "Doctor! Doctor! Help!"

The village chief, driven to desperation by the sight of the injury, urgently asked the pharmacy staff, "Where is the doctor? Why hasn’t he shown up yet!"

The pharmacy staff shook his head, "You’re too late. The doctor was invited out for a consult an hour ago."

"What!" This was a bolt from the blue!

Upon hearing this, Huzi’s mother was also frantic, "What do we do then? Aren’t there any other doctors? When will he be back?"

"All the doctors in the clinic have left the city and can’t return immediately. There will be a young doctor on duty tomorrow morning, but he is not very proficient in treating external injuries."

Hearing this, Wei Zhuang suggested, "Let’s go and check other clinics!"

Seeing Huzi’s father severely injured, the pharmacy staffer advised, "I’ll help him apply some medicine to stop the bleeding while you find another doctor! It’s not a good idea for the blood to keep flowing like this! Since it’s late at night, doctors are usually not on duty in other clinics. It’s very likely that you won’t find a doctor until morning."

This pharmacy staffer was also kind-hearted, the kind of person you’d expect to work in a clinic.

The spirit of a healer is one of kindness.

The village chief nodded in gratitude, "Thank you, lad!"

"You can lay him on this bed first." The pharmacy staff lifted the curtain to a partition, pointing to a small bed inside.

It was specifically prepared for patients.

"All right!" The men carefully placed Huzi’s father on the small bed.

The pharmacy staff skillfully cleaned his wound, then sprinkled some medicine powder to stop the bleeding, and finally bandaged the wound.

Then he helped to clean the blood off his face and neck with a clean cloth.

The pharmacy staff wondered how much deep-seated hatred his attacker must have had to inflict such severe wounds.

Huzi’s mother, her eyes fixed on the large hole in Huzi’s father’s head, couldn’t help but let her tears flow.

"I’m done, you need to go and look for a doctor in another clinic now! I only know how to bandage, I don’t understand the rest."

The group thanked him, paid the consultation fee, and rushed to another doctor while carrying Huzi’s father.

Watching them leave, the pharmacy staffer shook his head. With such severe injuries, how could he possibly survive? It was likely that his chances were slim. He casually secured the door and then went back to sleep.

Wei Zhuang drove the carriage and visited several clinics, but none had a doctor available. Only one clinic had a relatively young doctor, who, upon seeing Huzi’s father’s injuries, admitted he was not capable of saving him and suggested they seek help elsewhere.

They were all feeling desperate!

As time passed, and the village chief felt the increasingly weak breaths of Huzi’s father, despair filled his heart.

He was the one who had proposed gathering the villagers to apprehend the person who deliberately killed the yellow dragon fruit saplings.

He was well aware of the character of Baozi’s parents. They wouldn’t dare to be truly hostile towards other villagers, but when it came to Huzi’s family, they could behave in any outrageous manner they pleased.

Huzi’s father shouldn’t have been involved in this matter! The village chief was filled with regret.

As the carriage passed the Garden Hotel, Huzi’s mother suddenly remembered Xiao’er’s medical skills. Xiao’er had cured Huzi’s father’s foot with her medicine!

"Stop!" Huzi’s mother shouted.

"Oh!" Wei Zhuang quickly halted the carriage. In reality, he had also thought about seeking help from Prince Rui and Princess Rui upon seeing the Garden Hotel.

They were royalty, after all, and must have medical experts at their disposal – not to mention, he had heard that the royal Jinchuang Ointment was very effective at stopping bleeding.

The village chief, however, was puzzled. He looked at Huzi’s mother, "What’s wrong? Why are we stopping?"

"I’m going to find the young lady and see if she can save my husband." With that, Huzi’s mother jumped from the carriage and ran into the Garden Hotel.

There’s always someone on duty at the hotel’s front desk throughout the night.

Huzi’s mother dashed directly inside. Her clothes were still stained with Huzi’s father’s blood. She burst into the hotel causing the dozing front desk manager to wake with a start, thinking he was seeing a ghost!

"Boss, I’m looking for the young lady and Young Master Shangguan. Could you please send a message for me?"

After calming himself, the manager frowned and looked at Huzi’s mother, whose face bore a look of desperate urgency. He asked, "We don’t have any guests by the name Shangguan staying here tonight."

Since the manager was on the night shift and wasn’t working during the day, he quite naturally had no idea that Huzi’s mother had been there during the day. So, he didn’t associate the name Shangguan with Shangguan Xuanyi.

"Either Yang Liu or Yang Mei will do! They can inform the young lady for me! Boss, I beg you! My husband is in mortal danger! Please send the message quickly!"

Yang Liu and Yang Mei? Weren’t those the names of the two maids assigned to their master?

"How do you know Young Master Shangguan and the young lady?" Since this matter involved his master, the manager felt the need to clarify things. Even though Huzi’s mother was fretting anxiously, he dared not inform the master without confirming the facts first.

"Young Master Shangguan and Young Master Shen saved my son’s life. The young lady generously provided many saplings for us to plant. She also gave a bottle of medicine to my husband! Boss, I beg you, please notify Yang Liu for me! I really need to see the young lady urgently! It’s a matter of life and death!"

Huzi’s mother knew that big households usually had maids on duty during the night, so either Yang Liu or Yang Mei must be awake.

When the manager heard it was a matter of life and death, and knowing that his master wouldn’t just randomly help someone or give away medicine, he hesitated before saying, "Okay, how shall I address you when I pass along your message, ma’am?"

"Call me Huzi’s mother! Just tell Yang Liu that it’s Huzi’s mother, she will understand!"

"Well, Huzi’s mother, please wait here."

The urgency conveyed by Huzi’s mother affected the manager. He called over a waiter who was also on nighttime duty and told him to go find Yang Liu, stating that Huzi’s mother had an urgent matter of life and death to discuss with the young lady.

The waiter hurried inside to deliver the message.

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