Chapter 5 - 5. Suspicion (1/1)
Hong er POV
While I am preparing to wash the dishes, I heard a sound but when I ask who is it, there is no one. Maybe it is the wind being naughty again. the kitchen is quite far from the other section, if it isn't meal time, there were no one except me at the kitchen. After I stayed here for 18 months, I realized that the nature have different personalities based on the location. The wind here are quite childish and naughty, they always tease whenever I sleep. But they are harmless.
After I finished everything, I heard a knock and when I look over, I saw there is a boy standing in front of the door. I have to look up because he is taller than me, he kept staring at me, I was confused. Maybe he is shy, then I look at his body, I realized that his clothes were covered in blood. I immediately went to one of the drawer and took the medicine box. My kitchen became some kind of infirmary to the soldiers, they came here if they have external injury, but if they have internal injury, they will go to the physician.
The first time I asked him, he didn't reply. Then I asked him for the second time, he suddenly grab my hand and place it on his chest. Hm? Injury at heart is really risky, how can they practice this dangerously?! I quickly told him to take off his shirt while I take out an anesthetic pill and bandages. I turned around and checked his body. He got a nice body for a kid but there is something more important. After I saw his body in perfect state, I start to think again. Clogged blood? Coronary artery disease? Dilated cardiomyopathy? Even though I know the types, I don't know how to treat it.
”What do you feel?” ”My heart suddenly sped up and it is throbbing.” Is it Arrhythmia? ( Arrhythmia is an irregular heartbeat). Aiya that is really bad. I told him to go to find the physician but he said that he only need me? Da ge( big bro) didn't I say that I can't treat internal injury. I tell him gain that I only can treat external injury but he only look at me with a weird expression.
Liu Weisheng ( Da Qi's Crown Prince/ the boy) POV
She is smart but dense to the hell. I sighed and I look at her again, I saw her bangs is covering her eyes. When I try to touch her bangs, a hand suddenly approach me, I jumped away and unsheathe my sword. When I focused again, I realized that it is the little girl. With kitchen knife on her right hand, she is on defense stance. Oh? She can use Bei Zhou's martial arts? Is she on the same side as them?
” Who are you?” the girl asked. ” Why do you want to know?” I replied. ” Why should I tell you? Just answer, who are you?” This girl got a big guts for her little body but her hand is trembling non stop. Just like a kitten trembling while baring her teeth.
” I came here to inform you that the soldiers are taken down.” Let see which side she is from. ( what he mean is by looking at her reaction). A smile crept up to her face, she put down her hands. ” Oh, I want to apologize for my previous behavior. Are you new here?”. Is she asking me am I a new slave? ” uh, yeah.” ”ohh, so that's why you don't know anything. Here is kitchen and infirmary but I only treat external injury. Only soldiers can come here, slaves didn't get food, they only drink water to survive. Of course the slaves won't get treated if they got injured, that's why I start to suspect you.”
I can't help but curious, ” But why don't you attack me at that time?”. ” oohh, that is because everyone at here knew me. If you look at my eyes you will get contracted by a disease. So I thought that you were send here to kill me, hahahaha.”
Hm? There are that kind of disease? Maybe I will go ask imperial physician when I go back. ” What is your name?” her voice brought me back from my thought. ” Sheng er” I shouldn't reveal my identity yet. ” Yours?”, ”Mine is Hong er, see you again” she smiled and walked out.
Third person POV
After Hong er walked out, two figures appeared beside Weisheng, ” Your Highness”. Weisheng raised his hand and the two bow once then retreat. He walked out of the kitchen and followed Hong er.
Hong er walked towards the middle of training field. While she was on her way toward the training field, she saw many corpse laying on the ground, blood is everywhere. Her face hold a slight smile, 'granny, the people who had harmed you are dead.'
*FLASHBACK*
Hong er POV
When I was serving the food like usual, a loud voice sound out ” Really man, all the village here are poor. Especially the last one, that old woman's house is emptier than my pocket. She gripped something on her hand even after I stabbed her. I was too angry that I wrecked all her house.”
All my body froze, my hand shaking. I look at the soldier with eyes full of hatred, my murderous gaze was noticed by him. He looked at me and throw me with his tray full of food. ” WHAT THE F.U.C.K ARE YOU LOOKING?” he shouted at me. I kept glaring at him, the hot soup on my face can't compare to the hatred in my heart. I was dragged outside and flogged 20 times, but my heart hurt much more knowing that the killer of granny is living under the same sky with me.
*FLASHBACK END*