Chapter 9: The injured youth

　　Shen Baiyu was puzzled.

　　At this time in her previous life, she was punished by her father to kneel in the ancestral hall for a whole night, accompanied by Feicui and Manchun. She has never met any bloody man.

　　"Jade, hold the lamp."

　　Jade picked up the lantern, Manchun took out two kitchen knives from the kitchen, and a master and two servants cautiously approached the dog hole in the backyard. The leaves of the plum blossom tree in the backyard have fallen off, but there are still a few remaining plum blossoms on the branches, and a faint fragrance floats late at night. Dahuang stopped barking and was lying next to the dog hole wagging his tail.

　　Next to it lay a young man in black clothes. He was thin and his black hair was messy and his appearance could not be seen clearly. His frame was not small, he was probably taller than King Chen.

　　The young man is still conscious and can still move.

　　He stretched out his bloody fingers towards Shen Baiyu: "Save me..."

　　The bloody finger was pretty good-looking, thin and slender with well-defined joints.

　　Baimeiyuan is located in the most remote southwest corner of Jiangjun Mansion. Outside the courtyard is a private orchard, which is rarely visited. This injured young man must have escaped from the orchard and got into Baimei Courtyard through the dog hole.

　　"Miss, let's save him, he's almost dead!" Jade is a kind girl, and when she saw the bloody young man, she immediately became kind-hearted.

　　After a pause, Jade couldn't hide his excitement and was eager to give it a try: "The protagonists in the storybook fell in love, and the opportunity was that the girl saved the injured boy! Miss, you saved him, and you may have found a good husband for yourself."

　　Jade is a loyal reader of the storybook "A Dream in the Pear Garden".

　　"A Dream in the Lioruan" tells the story of a noble daughter who rescued an actor by chance, and the two finally got married after many twists and turns. The lingering, pathos and twists and turns of love in the novel have attracted the yearning of countless aristocratic ladies.

　　Shen Baiyu gathered up his cloak and glanced at the injured young man with disgust: "Manchun, Jade, push him out of the dog hole."

　　Manchun: "Okay."

　　Jade: "Miss, he is injured!"

　　Manchun glared at Jade in annoyance: "Damn girl, if you don't do something quickly, we will be in big trouble if we attract the night guards outside the yard."

　　The two girls used two strong sticks as tools to push the injured young man away like goods.

　　The young man was still conscious and did not expect to be treated like this. His eyes widened inadvertently and he looked at Shen Baiyu in disbelief. From his angle, he could only see Shen Baiyu's thin chin, the girl holding a lantern, her eyes colder than the wind on a March night.

　　The two girls, Manchun and Feicui, were very strong and quickly pushed the young man out of the dog hole.

　　Shen Baiyu: "Find a wooden board to block the dog hole, and move gently. Let the craftsmen in the house mend the dog hole tomorrow."

　　Manchun: "I will take care of it immediately."

　　Find a big wooden board and seal the dog hole.

　　Shen Baiyu went back to the house to sleep.

　　She would not save people casually. A stranger with unknown origins and covered in blood had a really suspicious identity and might be a wanted criminal. Shen Zhenshan is in charge of the Dongwu Guards that protect the capital. If the General's Office colludes with wanted criminals, the Shen family will definitely be in trouble.

　　Before Shen Baiyu was covered with quilt, a dog barked suddenly from the backyard.

　　Jade ran in: "Miss, that man overturned the board and climbed in again!"

　　Shen Baiyu: "Push it out."

　　Jade and Manchun picked up the stick and pushed the person out of the dog hole.

　　As soon as Shen Baiyu closed his eyes, Jade's voice came from outside the curtains again: "Miss, he...he climbed in again..."

　　Shen Baiyu turned over: "Push it out."

　　After burning the incense, Jade ran in again: "Miss...he climbed in..."

　　After repeating this cycle for more than ten times, Shen Baiyu finally sat up. It's endless!

　　Shen Baiyu put on a thick fox fur, covered the warm Tang Pozi with her hands, and braved the cold wind to go to the dog hole in the backyard to check the situation.

　　The young man in black was shivering from the cold, and the blood on his body had solidified. He still crawled into the yard tenaciously, hard, and hard. He had a strong will to survive.

　　Shen Baiyu asked him: "Still alive?"

　　The young man's voice was hoarse: "Yeah."

　　Shen Baiyu: "I have no obligation to save you."

　　Young man: "I know."

　　Shen Baiyu: "I will save you, but you must not harm me."

　　Young man: "Okay."

　　Baimeiyuan is very small. Apart from the main room and two small side rooms, there is only a narrow kitchen and utility room. Manchun spread old quilts in the utility room. Feicui helped the injured young man in and ran to find some clean old clothes.

　　The young man was like an invincible cockroach, covered in wounds but still maintaining his will and clarity. Shen Baiyu threw the golden sore medicine to him: "Apply the medicine yourself."

　　The young man glanced at Shen Baiyu, as if he was sizing it up, but he seemed surprised: "Yes."

　　Shen Baiyu: "I will take you out of the city early tomorrow morning."

　　Young man: "Yeah."

　　Shen Baiyu clearly realized that this was a very smart man who cherished his words like gold and had a strong will. This also made Shen Baiyu even more vigilant. This person was destined to have an extraordinary origin and must not be involved with him.

　　She is not the silly heroine in the storybook.

　　Shen Baiyu temporarily settled the strange young man and asked Feicui to put a brazier in the utility room before returning to the house to continue sleeping.

　　The young man's face was full of dirt, but his eyes were as deep as ink, looking at Shen Baiyu's leaving back without any trace, thoughtfully.

　　The young man murmured: "It's not as expected."

　　This third lady seems to be quite smart.

　　...

　　...

　　At night, the general's mansion was quiet.

　　In the main room, Shen Zhenshan was waiting on the bed, but his wife had not returned to the bed yet.

　　He sat up and complained: "Madam, you have been busier than me these past two days."

　　Mrs. Tantai was leaning on the small desk in front of the collapse, looking at the account books, feeling dizzy after reading them. She said gloomily: "It's not because of the affairs of the house. The third girl doesn't care about the house. I have to look at everything in the house. I'm so tired." "

　　Before Tantai came out of the cabinet, she was the pampered daughter of the Tantai family. She was cared for by her parents and brothers. After learning the skills of a housekeeper for a few days, she thought she had mastered the art.

　　After leaving the court, Tantai married Shen Zhenshan, who loved his wife as much as she loved her. After the marriage, the old lady of the Shen family took care of the chores in the back house, while the Tantai family focused entirely on her husband and children, so she was considered carefree.

　　After the death of the old lady, Shen Baiyu has skillfully taken over the housekeeper's job. It can be said that the Tantai family has lived for most of his life and has almost never managed a house. He doesn't even know the number of farms and real estate shops in the General's Mansion.

　　Now that Shen Baiyu is ill and needs to rest, Tantai is forced to take the position of housekeeper. Looking at the piles of account books and the dizzying amount of money expenses, I realized the trouble of being the head of the family.

　　But troubles were troubles, and Tantai was used to being pampered, and too heavy responsibilities were placed on her shoulders, so she began to feel timid and complain. She would also blame Shen Baiyu when she had been waiting for a long time without even reading an account book.

　　What diseases do you get at such a young age? This made my mother work hard day and night to take care of the house.

　　Shen Zhenshan couldn't see that his wife was working hard, so he pinched Tantai's shoulders diligently: "Since the housekeeper is working hard, let's leave it alone for now. After the third girl recovers from her illness in a few days, let her take care of the house."

　　Mrs. Tantai lowered her eyes sadly: "Three girls have become more and more ignorant recently."