Saving Someone in Passing (5)
T/N: Chapter sponsored by Gilly, Nøïr, and Madam Daim
After that doctor came and carefully examined the old master's body, he directly cried it was a miracle, saying that he's never encountered someone with this disease still being able to wake up before. Those in the past, even if they preserved their life, they still all became paralyzed. Afterwards, he asked which doctor had treated, and finally then did everyone recall Du Xiao Li and the others.
But they'd already left without a trace.
"Seeing the person leave, why didn't you all know to stop them? We still haven't thanked them!" The old madam was angered.
The middle-aged woman also noticed that Du Xiao Li and the others have left. Seeing the old madam that angry, she quickly consoled, "Mother, I saw them also heading in the direction of Fuyang. Let's go ask around in Fuyang and see if we can find them."
"It can only be like this." The old madam said with a sigh.
"Old madam, before those people left, they had this handed to this servant." A servant girl said and had the slip of paper handed to the old madam.
The middle-aged woman took it and opened it, saying: "Written on here are some things to let old master pay attention to normally, and also some fruits and vegetables that are beneficial to the body."
"That little miss is considerate. When we get back, let's try according to her words." The old madam said.
"Mother, on here also says that father is suited for traveling right now, says to let father rest here for a while before setting out again."
"Then we'll just wait a little longer before setting off again."
While they were resting, Du Xiao Li's party already entered Fuyang city and settled into the guest inn that Du Yun Han had long arranged for them.
Although this Du Yun Han didn't enter the capital together with Du Xiao Li and them, their eating and living along the way were all arranged nicely, letting them completely not worry at all.
After passing Fuyang, they'll arrive in Feng Ming's capital city, Phoenix city. Thinking that she still needed to sit another whole day in the horse carriage, Du Xiao Li felt uncomfortable all over.
(T/N: The name of their country 'Feng Ming' literally just means cry of a phoenix.)
Because they arrived at the guest inn rather early, Du Xiao Li and them all returned to their own rooms to rest. By evening, when they headed down to eat dinner, they encountered that group from the afternoon
"Miss, my family's old madam says to invite you all for a meal to express our gratitude." A servant girl was waiting at the stairway. After seeing Du Xiao Li and them come out, she bowed and said.
Du Xiao Li looked to Du Xiu Heng. Du Xiu Heng didn't have any objections, so they followed the servant girl to their private room. The others thus directly went downstairs to eat.
This inn was Fuyang city's largest and best guest inn. The first floor was for dining, the second floor was for private room dining, and the third and fourth floor were for lodging. Because there weren't that many rooms here, people without status weren't able to enter. Furthermore, the private rooms were very expensive. To eat a meal inside one, you would need to have 'the ability to stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw' level of wealth.
The servant girl brought Du Xiao Li and them into the private room and bowed towards the people inside, saying: "Old master, old madam, madam, that young master and miss is here."
When Du Xiao Li entered, there were already three people sitting at the table. Seeing Du Xiao Li and Du Xiu Heng, they said, "Little miss, quickly come sit."
Du Xiao Li bowed to each of them and said, "To have bothered you all like this, truly sorry for the inconvenience."
"What is there to inconvenience." The old madam smiled and said, "Today, you saved my family's old man, we can't even thank you enough."
"Indeed!" The madam also smiled and said, "Today, when you all left, mother even got angry at us. Luckily, the guards saw your horse carriage in the backyard, else we would still be looking for you all over the city right now!"
"It was nothing more than a lift of the hand, to have trouble old master, old madam, and madam to remember, Xiao Li feels rather apologetic inside." Du Xiao Li said.
"For you it may be just a lift of the hand, but for me, you've saved my life." The old master said, "You're called Xiao Li?"
"Yes, old master, I'm called Du Xiao Li. This is my older brother Du Xiu Heng." Du Xiao Li replied.
"My surname is Meng. You can just call me grandpa Meng." Meng Bo Wen said, "She's my old wife, you can just call her grandma Meng. This is my daughter-in-law, you can call her Aunty Meng."
The custom of this era was that as long as a woman married, then she'll have to use her husband family's surname.
Eh, the relationship got pulled closer this quick? However, she also didn't like calling out old master and old madam, thus followed Meng Bo Wen's words and called out, "Grandpa Meng, grandma Meng, Aunty Meng."
"Alright, let's eat while we chat." Meng old madam said.
"Right, right, right, eat while we chat, else the dishes will all get cold." Madam Meng said.
After Meng Bo Wen took the first bite, the others also began eating. Although Meng Bo Wen's whole family had an unconcealable 'government official' presence, they were still rather easy-going and chatted rather pleasantly with Du Xiao Li and Du Xiu Heng. Hearing that they were also going to the capital city, they thus invited them to travel together.
Du Xiao Li knew this was because they feared that Meng old master might collapse again on the road. Thinking that they needed to go anyways, she also just agreed.
Early morning of the next day, Du Xiao Li took Silver and Gold downstairs to eat breakfast very early. Seeing Gold and Silver, everyone were all frightened. The timid womenfolk even screamed out. With no other choice, Du Xiao LI could only have Ying Ge take them to the horse carriage to wait.
(T/N: Tbh I'm quite surprised they even let the wolves inside in the first place....)
After a while, Meng old master and party came down. Seeing Du Xiao Li, they walked over and sat at the same table. The servant girls had the prepared dishes carried up and served them in using breakfast.
By the time they finished eating breakfast, the horse carriages were already waiting outside. Seeing Silver sticking its head out of Du Xiu Heng's horse carrige, Meng Bo Wen and party still got startled.
Witnessing this, Du Xiao Li said, "I've been raising Silver since he was a pup, under normal circumstances, he won't bite people."
As for all other situation, this wasn't the case. For example, two years ago, someone came to her tangerine orchard to steal tangerine and got viciously bitten several times by Silver. If not for Du Xiao Li having Silver tamed very well, Silver would've directly had that person torn up and eaten!
"He really won't bite?" Madam Meng said as she patted her chest.
"It's not that he doesn't bite, but kind people like you all, he definitely won't bite. Rest assured." Du Xiao Li smilingly said. Afterwards, she climbed onto her own horse carriage.
Meng Bo Wen also went to the horse carriage in front, and the party grandly set out from the northern gate, continuing towards the capital city.
At noon, because there weren't any places to rest nearby, everyone thus ate some rations in their own horse carriage. Chang Feng and them were very familiar with this region, so they'd already prepared some when they were still at the inn this morning.
After eating, they continued on their way. Du Xiao Li suddenly remembered the grapes in the ice container. This container really was very magical. The ice cubes placed inside almost all didn't melt. The grapes inside also looked very fresh. She let Xia Yuan give some to the old madam and the others, while she herself leaned against the cushion and eating grapes. Suddenly the horse carriage stopped again. Du Xiao Li wondered if the old master had fallen ill again? Or perhaps, another patient appeared by the roadside again?
Du Xiao Li pulled open the window curtains to look. Unexpectedly, she'd guessed wrong. The old master didn't fall ill, and there weren't any sick people by the roadside either. Rather, someone had blocked their path.
"Miss, someone wants to assassinate." Xia Yuan looked out from the other side and said to Du Xiao Li.
Du Xiao Li nodded. She also could tell. Each and every one dressed entirely in black, their face also covered in a black cloth, like they were afraid people wouldn't know they were here to kill. "Just, don't know if they're here for us, or for grandpa Meng and the others. My guess is that they're here for us!"
The Meng family's bodyguard and the men in black faced off against one another. One among them said to the people in the horse carriage behind them, "Old master, old madam, madam, you all stay in the horse carriage and don't come out."
Yet, as a result, Meng old master pushed open the carriage door and said, "I sure want to see, who is it that wants to take this old man's life!"
The men in black on horseback looked to Meng old master and Meng old madam in the horse carriage and skeptically said, "Didn't they say it was a young man and a young girl? Why did it turn into an old man and an old woman?"
That person's voice was very small, but it was still heard by Du Xiao Li, who was three horse carriages away. She lifted her eyes and said, "Looks like they really are after us!"
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