Mein erster Ehemann nach der Transmigration

Kapitel 51

How could this be? A scholar's residence, and moreover, He Ziyuan's own home, how could such a thing happen? Madam Wu was so anxious and angry that her lips were trembling. She hurriedly ordered a maid to carry over the medicine box and led Su Chen and the others into the inner room.

After quickly washing his entire body, Su Chen changed his clothes. Madam Wu hurriedly washed the wounds on his palms with herbs. Seeing that medicine had been applied, she used a silver hairpin to pick up a small amount and smelled it. Her expression was one of surprise and uncertainty, but she still gently lifted a small porcelain bottle from the bottom of her medicine box and applied the medicine to Su Chen using a square piece of warm jade. She carefully inquired about all the wounds and applied medicine to each one before finally feeling relieved.

Su Chen suppressed the pain for a long time, not daring to cry out because it was Wu Shi in front of her. Only after she turned around did a few tears fall, which she quickly wiped away.

Wu turned around and searched in the cabinet for a long time before taking out a small pill. After Su Chen swallowed it with tea, he felt much better, and tears welled up in his eyes.

Seeing her somber expression, Su Chen's heart sank. Trembling, he asked, "Mother, my hand... is it hopeless?"

Ms. Wu, who had been looking sad and helpless, smiled when she heard her speak. "With proper treatment for a month or two, you'll be fine. But you can't use your hands too much force in the future, and you need to rest well during this time."

Seeing that Su Chen was unharmed, she was relieved, but then asked, "How did you manage to run into such a person? He brought a sharp knife to the study; what was he planning to do? It's fortunate you ran fast. If something had happened, how would you have treated me?"

"The thief ran away because my brother and the others came." Su Chen knew she couldn't lie about this. No one would believe a young girl like herself could outrun a strong thief. She omitted some details of what happened that night and explained it from the beginning. Madam Wu immediately frowned and scolded, "What kind of young lady is you, alone in the study in the middle of the night?! Don't the maids and servants in the room know what's going on? Luckily nothing serious happened this time. What would you have done if that thief had had any ill intentions?!" Su Chen lowered her head, and the madam continued, "What exactly were you doing in the study in the middle of the night?"

Su Chen simply lowered her head. She knew she had to find a reason at this moment. So she carefully said, "Mother said that a daughter in the capital must be proficient in poetry, literature, music, and painting. I really don't remember anything at all." Because of the pain in her body, her eyes were filled with tears even without pinching her thigh. She raised her head and said softly, "The day before yesterday, I went to a grand banquet in the palace. I saw that the young ladies from other places were all proficient in everything, but I wasn't very skilled in any of them. I was very sad, so I wanted to study hard in my study. I don't know how, but I fell asleep. I never thought I would encounter something like this..."

Madam Wu sighed softly, looking at Su Chen, unsure whether she believed him or not. After a while, she asked again, "Where did you get the Seven Treasures Ointment? I don't remember the rest of the ointment being stored outside. Wasn't it all kept here with me?"

What is Seven Treasures Ointment...? Su Chen followed Wu's gaze to his right hand. He then replied, "Is this the ointment I used to wipe the floor? I was caught by my brother and Brother Cui halfway through. It was when they came that the thief ran away. Later, Brother Cui applied the ointment for me."

Madam Wu's expression relaxed considerably. She said, "They really are family friends. Luckily, he had this medicine with him. And luckily, he was willing to use it. Otherwise, I don't know what would have happened to your hand." She put away the medicine box. After a pause, she said, "You should stay with your mother for now. The other room was probably burned down too."

She watched Su Chen fall asleep. Then she spent a long time instructing the maids and servants, telling them what to do and what to do. She left Granny Sun behind and led a few people to find He Ziyuan.

He Su Chen tossed and turned all night. She would fall asleep only to be startled awake again, constantly worrying about whether someone would come in, or if she would encounter assassins again. Eventually, listening to Granny Sun's rhythmic snoring, she finally drifted off to sleep as dawn broke. Between her sleep and wakefulness, she felt like she hadn't done something. The next day, after washing and grooming herself, she still couldn't remember what it was.

Neither Wu nor He Ziyuan were home that night.

After breakfast, the maids cleared away the things. Granny Sun looked at Su Chen's hands, which he couldn't even hold chopsticks, with heartache and sighed, "I told you to behave and stay put, but you've never been obedient since you were little. You're always unhappy unless you cause some trouble every now and then. Now that your hands are injured, are you happy?"

Su Chen felt ashamed and said awkwardly, "I didn't know it would turn out like this."

Granny Sun shook her head and looked at her, "I don't know what you two siblings are playing at. You hurt your hand, and he went to chase the villains and hurt his foot too."

He Su Shi injured his foot?!

Su Chen finally remembered that she had forgotten something... He Su Shi, who had gone to chase after the thief, she hadn't received any news from him and had completely forgotten about him...

Why would I forget? Su Chen cried out inwardly, and hurriedly asked, "How is my brother? Is he alright? Has a doctor been called? Has Mother examined him?"

Granny Sun said, "It's alright, he'll come to see you in a little while, and you'll know then."

Hearing that he could walk again, Su Chen was relieved.

Sure enough, He Su Shi limped in shortly afterward. He greeted Granny Sun and, seeing He Su Chen leaning against a chair with her left arm around her, asked in a deep voice, "Is my sister alright? Is she alright?"

Su Chen turned his head and saw that it was He Su Shi. He smiled and raised his right hand, which he couldn't even see, and said, "Do you think it's serious or not?"

He Sushi also smiled, "Mencius said, 'When Heaven is about to place a great responsibility on a person, it will first test his mind, exhaust his muscles and bones, and starve his body...'"

Su Chen replied irritably, "...emptying one's body and disrupting one's actions are what make one's mind swayed and one more patient, thus increasing one's abilities. I can recite it too!"

Seeing that the two siblings seemed to have something to say, Granny Sun withdrew, followed by the other maids. Once the room was empty, Su Chen tossed aside the book in his hand and asked anxiously, "What happened when you chased after them yesterday? Did you find out who that person was? Where are they? What happened to your leg?"

"Don't rush, let me explain slowly." He Su sat down and poured himself a cup of tea. "If I had known, I should have gone to military school back then." He said, half-jokingly and half-sarcastically, "Military school allows you to learn both academics and martial arts, which would have been much more convenient here."

Su Chen glared at him, then sat up straight and listened to his explanation.

In fact, He Su Shi was quite capable in both long-distance and short-distance running, but it was too late when he chased after him the night before. He could only follow his silhouette and make guesses as he went. The closer he got to the fire, the more he could not find him when he reached the west wing.

He was unlucky; he seemed to see something similar and wanted to rush over to take a closer look, but coincidentally, a beam fell down, bumped into something, and bent over, falling right in front of him. He Su Shi reacted too quickly, and the consequence of reacting too quickly was that he quickly pulled his foot back, resulting in him tragically losing his balance and falling.

“It’s definitely not a comminuted fracture,” He Su said seriously.

Su Chen suppressed a laugh and said, "So you didn't catch him? So he got away?"

He Su put down his teacup and said, "He knows this place very well. Better than I do."

The two of them immediately fell silent.

There are several possibilities for why the visitor is more familiar with him than He Su Shi. It's normal for He Su Shi to be unfamiliar with the visitor since he hasn't been here long. However, if the visitor is more familiar with him than the host, there are only two possibilities.

One reason is that he was very familiar with the He family's residence and often visited it.

Firstly, he had done his homework very well. He remembered the layout of the mansion he was about to enter and exit clearly, and he arrived at the dead of night when everyone was exhausted shortly after the grand banquet. Furthermore, his reasons, identity, and intentions were all unclear. It was truly quite a challenge.

Even if this person is very strong, he still needs someone who is very familiar with the He family to help him.

He Su Shi added, "He has people to help him." He carefully said, "The fire in the west wing was brought over by the fire brigade. They found that tar had been added to the houses and poured on them to burn the ground." He sighed, "Fortunately, no one was injured, although almost a whole row of courtyards were burned down."

Su Chen felt her teeth chattering. She gritted her teeth and said, "This is He Ziyuan's underworld residence. Next door there's a nobleman, a minister, and the mother of a privy councilor. Have those people gone mad?!"

He Su Shi smiled bitterly: "He Ziyuan and Wu Shi went out and didn't come back all night."

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Su Chen looked at him in astonishment. He continued, "The imperial decree should be issued around tomorrow or the day after. Emperor Huizong should know the reason. Things have gotten to this point, involving Cui Shiran and the neighboring nobleman. It seems it can't be delayed any longer." After he finished speaking, he suddenly remembered something, quickly pulled Su Chen's hand close to his face to look at it, and closed his eyes, saying, "How did it get like this?"

Su Chen said in a drawn-out, miserable tone, "Who do you think killed him?"

To be honest, if He Su Shi hadn't been in such a hurry for her to find the distribution locations of various teas, she wouldn't have been staying in the study until the middle of the night. If she hadn't been in the study, at most the study would have been in a mess the next day, and she wouldn't have been covered in injuries. She squinted and said, "I heard from Granny Sun that He Su Chen secretly went to the study to steal her uncle's memorials when she was a child? What happened?"

He Su was surprised, shifted his position, and said, "How does she still remember?"

Su Chen immediately understood and kicked her, "You sent her? I knew it! How could a little girl of a few years old go to her uncle's study to peek at the memorials! You're so mean! You didn't go yourself, but sent your own sister!"

He Su Shi carefully dodged a little, not daring to dodge too much, and touched his nose, saying, "I didn't want to either. I should at least know some current events, right? At that time, I hadn't entered the state school yet, and the teachers at home wouldn't talk about anything related to politics. If I went to the study and got caught, I certainly wouldn't be as easy to talk to as a little girl who got caught. You weren't really punished later, were you? At most, you just got scolded by the nanny."