This was the only way he could think of. Otherwise, if the two sides clashed at that time, they might even turn the Wu Gorge upside down.
Yi Qing had long thought about escaping, but Xiao Jinghan needed surgery and postoperative recovery. The crucial thing was that he had been in a coma. After his body recovered, they still had to check why he was in a coma. How could they escape like this?
"Don't worry. You don't need to worry about me. My junior sister looks fierce, but she won't do something like killing her fellow disciples," Wu Peng comforted Yi Qing.
Yi Qing ignored him and went over to check on Xiao Jinghan's condition. A slight fever was normal. Maybe because of the ice bed, Xiao Jinghan's vital signs were stable.
Yi Qing personally fed Xiao Jinghan medicine at night. After a day, the situation should have stabilized.
"Why hasn't he woken up yet?" Wu Min thought that the person should wake up after Yi Qing's surgery.
"He was seriously injured. There may be other problems that we haven't detected," Yi Qing was also curious.
Wu Min frowned. "Will he be in a coma for the rest of his life?"
Yi Qing had thought about this question. With such a serious injury and being in a coma for such a long time, it was very likely that he would become a vegetable. "It shouldn't be."
Wu Min felt a bit sorry. "I asked the Wu slaves to build an extra house beside yours. Then you can teach me anatomy and suture techniques."
"Okay," Yi Qing replied directly.
Yi Qing knew that the secret about Xiao Jinghan could no longer be hidden. When she returned to her residence, she gathered all their people together.
"Can we leave now?" Xue Miao'er thought that since the surgery was over, they should be able to leave.
"We still have to stay here for a while," Yi Qing looked around at them. "There's something that it's time to tell you."
Lu Tianxun looked at Yi Qing. Suddenly, his heart sank inexplicably.
"The person I've been treating is Xiao Jinghan," Yi Qing said directly.
Xue Miao'er was shocked. Gan Ermei lowered her head. Lu Tianxun looked enlightened.
"General?" Xue Miao'er couldn't believe it.
"Keep your voice down," Gan Ermei pulled Xue Miao'er.
"You knew too?" Xue Miao'er leaned over to Gan Ermei's ear.
"I just found out."
Xue Miao'er looked at Yi Qing aggrievedly. Gan Ermei knew, but she didn't. She wasn't the closest martial maid to the madam anymore.
Yi Qing ignored her and looked at Lu Tianxun. "I'm sorry."
"There's no need to be sorry," Lu Tianxun looked at Yi Qing. If that was the case, then all of Yi Qing's abnormalities could be explained. "Congratulations."
"Thank you."
"You want us to continue keeping this a secret, right?" Lu Tianxun guessed Yi Qing's intention.
"Yes," Yi Qing nodded. "Now the general is still in a coma and his body can't move around randomly. We have to stay here for a while."
"Madam, don't worry. I can keep my mouth shut," Xue Miao'er vowed.
"You'll go back to the capital tomorrow and guard the general's mansion for me," Yi Qing didn't distrust Xue Miao'er, but her personality was easy to arouse suspicion.
"I—" Xue Miao'er was a bit reluctant. "Okay."
"Since that's the case, it's not convenient for me to stay here anymore," Lu Tianxun didn't want Xiao Jinghan to misunderstand.
"I still have to trouble Dean Lu to stay," Yi Qing looked apologetic. "After all, the general is a man. To avoid arousing Wu Min's suspicion, it's sometimes inconvenient to take care of him. And others can't enter the Wu Gorge, so I have to trouble Dean Lu."
Lu Tianxun thought for a while and nodded. "I'm willing to serve."
Xiao Jinghan lay on the ice bed for another three days. After three days, his house was built, and the Wu slaves carried Xiao Jinghan over.
Wu Min also came over. She sized up the newly built wooden house. "Where's my wooden house?"
"It hasn't been built yet," Yi Qing took Wu Min out. "Look."
Wu Min saw a group of Wu slaves carrying wood. "What about Dean Lu's?"
"If you don't help us build wooden houses, we'll still live in the thatched cottages we had before."
Wu Min looked at the thatched cottages on one side. "Shabby." After saying that, she was about to leave. "I'm leaving the person to you. If he doesn't wake up, you'll be responsible."
Yi Qing didn't say a word.
Wu Min turned to look at Yi Qing. "What? Do you regret it?"
"It's not really regret. I also hope that all the patients I treat can be healthy. But if he can't wake up for such a long time, will I have to stay here forever?" Yi Qing looked like she was bargaining.
Wu Min sized up Yi Qing. "Then you'll stay here forever."
Previously, she didn't want others to disturb her. Yi Qing and the others had been quite well - behaved staying here and never disturbed her. She didn't mind them staying here.
Yi Qing watched Wu Min's back. She thought Wu Min would tell her to leave with her people, but unexpectedly, she was asked to stay.
"Tsk tsk tsk..." Wu Peng came over. "My junior sister might really let you all stay."
Yi Qing turned to look at Wu Peng.
Wu Peng took a step back. "I'll go out right away. I definitely won't talk nonsense."
Yi Qing thought Wu Peng was a liability. It was better to let him go out. "Continue to buy the medicinal materials I asked you to buy."
"How many medicinal materials do you have already?" Wu Peng couldn't quite understand.
Yi Qing didn't explain. Xiao Jinghan's injury was okay now, but he had been in a coma. Lying in bed for a long time would cause muscle atrophy. She had to use acupuncture and medicinal baths to maintain his physical functions.
Although Xiao Jinghan had been moved here, Wu Min's medicine hadn't stopped. It was easy to damage a person's vitality but difficult to replenish it.
It rained a lot in the southern border in summer. Although it wasn't stuffy in the ground crack, it was very humid. Yi Qing used charcoal to dry the things that Xiao Jinghan used.
Wu Min insisted on waiting for Lu Tianxun to bring her medicine and then coming over with him to learn medical skills from Yi Qing.
It could only be said that everyone had different talents. Wu Min wasn't as good at learning anatomy as Gan Ermei, but Yi Qing still patiently taught her.
In the blink of an eye, a month had passed. Xiao Jinghan's injury had almost completely healed, and even the scars had almost recovered, but he was still in a coma.
Wu Min was getting a bit impatient while dissecting a rabbit. Looking back, she saw Yi Qing massaging Xiao Jinghan who was lying on a lounge chair. Suddenly, a very strange thought popped into her mind: these two people were well - matched.
This thought made her even more impatient. "Ermei, take this rabbit to feed the insects."
Gan Ermei stood there motionless. She was still thinking about having rabbit for lunch.
"We'll have spicy diced rabbit for lunch," Lu Tianxun came over to help Gan Ermei out.
"Fish causes phlegm and meat causes internal heat. These things are just for gluttony and are not good for people," Wu Min sneered.
"Ermei, take the rabbit to the kitchen. Cut it into dices and marinate it with some yellow rice wine," Yi Qing thought Wu Min was just being picky.
"You're a doctor after all," Wu Min sat on a chair on one side with her arms crossed. She glanced at Xiao Jinghan lying on the lounge chair. "Will he really never wake up?"
In the mountains, time passed unnoticed. Wu Min had never cared about time before, but in this past month, she had started to care.
"If he doesn't wake up, won't you be disappointed?" Yi Qing covered Xiao Jinghan with a blanket.
"What do I have to be disappointed about?" Wu Min looked at the sky leisurely. "I've failed in making gu worms many times."