30. Hostage-taking
"Huhu...... ...... "The young man gasped for breath and walked leisurely in the alleyway of the bluestone slab, blood hitting the ground intermittently. The setting sun pulled his rickety back plate into a slender one, and then he choked and fell hard, and did not move again. No one passed by in the remote alley, and in a short period of time, the light quietly escaped from the alley, and it was already dark, only the boy lay down in place, and even the blood stains gradually dried up. A person suddenly swayed out of the alley, and a person came out of the dark cracks, and this sassy body slowly came to the young man.
"Brother, brother, there seems to be someone in that alley!" Hu Yu kept pulling his brother Hu Fan and said with a nervous expression.
"Which alley is empty? Let's go, I'm going back late, Sister Yulu is going to blame me again. Hu Fan pulled Hu Yu to speed up his pace, not paying attention to his words.
"No, brother. There seemed to be a man lying on the ground in that alley. Look, there's blood on the ground. It could be someone who passed out from an injury. Hu Yu pulled Hu Fan back, Hu Fan was pulled by him like this, and his center of gravity fell to the ground unsteadily, and the herbs in the small bamboo basket behind him were all on the ground.
"Ouch, it's you who cause trouble every time!" he quickly got up and picked up the herb again, "Leave it alone, let's go." As he was collecting the herbs, he saw the brown blood stains on the ground, and his heart tightened. When he slowly looked at the alley, there was a dark shadow lying on the ground.
"Look, brother. Hu Yu shouted.
"Let's go, in case some bad guy ......" Hu Fan beat a drum in his heart.
"Let's go, brother, you coward!"
"Who said I was a coward!" Hu Fan moved towards the black shadow, his hands clutching the scythe that cut herbs. The dark alleys are full of unknowns, which is indeed a hidden danger for seven or eight-year-old children. Hu Yu was behind Hu Zhang, and every time Hu Fan took a step forward, the fear in his heart was greater. But when he promised Brother Yazhi to protect his younger brother and never back down, he mustered up his courage, and cold sweat broke out in the palms of his hand holding the sickle, and he rushed over with a rest.
At this moment, a man emerged from the dark alley, exposed to the last rays of the setting sun. Hu Fan saw a person suddenly appear, this person scared him a lot, he instinctively retreated, and hit Hu Yu, who was too late to react in the future, and the two people fell to the ground in response and threw the sickle out.
The man was unkempt and looked to be in his forties. Hu Fan glared at this person, it turned out to be a beggar, and his heart was put down. The beggar didn't say a word, staring at the two brothers of the Hu family. Suddenly, he walked up to Hu Fan and stretched out his hand to him, and Hu Fan quickly crawled over to pick up the sickle. But before he could reach his hands on the sickle, the unkempt beggar picked it up. Hu Fan was very frightened, tears slid down his face, and he protected Hu Yu in his arms.
"You guy is so bold! We are from the Qingren Medical Center! Killing us will not do you any good! Hmph! If you dare to kill us, Brother Yazhi will not let you go! Stinky beggar! Hmm...... Brother...... Why are you ......" Hu Yu shouted, and Hu Yu covered his mouth with his hand.
When the unkempt beggar heard Hu Yu's words, he was suddenly stunned for a while.
"Haha. Stinky beggar, you're scared! I'm telling you that Brother Yazhi is amazing...... You ...... a hundred No match for him...... Not...... My brother let go of me......"
Then the unkempt beggar came to them and stretched out his hand to Hu Fan, who closed his eyes tightly, waiting for the fatal blow. However, there was no movement in the middle of the ring, Hu Fan did not feel pain, he secretly opened his eyes, and the unkempt beggar walked over to the young man. Hu Yu let go of Hu Yu, and Hu Yu immediately glanced at Hu Yu, turned around and ran away. And when Hu Fan took a closer look, it turned out that the beggar had just taken some hemostatic herbs, broke them at will with a sickle, picked up a broken porcelain bowl and pounded it, and finally he applied the herbs to the young man's injured arm, and by the way ripped open his sleeve to bandage it. The boy lying on the ground "hummed ......" twice and opened his eyes in a daze. The unkempt beggar's movements were not superfluous, like an experienced doctor, which made Hu Zhang's heart tighten. He suddenly felt that this beggar was not simple, and he walked over. There was indeed a boy who looked to be fourteen or fifteen years old lying on the ground, with a headband wrapped around his head and covering his other eye. Hu Fan stepped forward to check on the unconscious boy, and the unkempt beggar got up and left after tending to the boy's wounds.
Hu Fan looked at the unkempt beggar and wanted to keep this person. "Uncle...... Wait!"
However, as if he had not heard, the unkempt beggar shook a short wooden stick and disappeared into the dark alleyway.
"Brother, brother, I brought Uncle Liu here. At this time, Hu Yu came back and took a few people from the medical hall with him. Uncle Liu saw the injured young man on the ground and hurriedly ordered someone to check it.
Hu Fan ignored them, just stared blankly at the dark alleyway.
The sky was completely dark, leaving a touch of orange and engulfed in dark blue.
Yazhi sat quietly in the study, holding a medical book in his hand. When his gaze took off the book, he put it down. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. Then a young girl came to him in a hurry.
"This is the needle you want. Nangong Yulu gave a bundle of acupuncture to Yazhi. Yazhi took the needle bag and didn't say a word. He didn't look at Nangong Yulu, his eyelids drooped, and he felt a trace of exhaustion.
"Thank you. Yazhi responded to her for a long time, "By the way, those two little guys, they rescued someone from the road, right?"
"Yes. A boy of fourteen or fifteen. My life was saved, but it took a while to fully recover. Nangong Yulu sat down: "It's all internal injuries, and the internal organs have also been damaged." The injuries were severe, but ......"
Yazhi looked up at her, "Is there anything strange?"
"It's as if someone had treated him. Otherwise, sending it to the hospital is already the end of the crossbow. Nangong Yulu said quietly.
"Really, I'll take a look. Yazhi got up after speaking. Suddenly, a cacophony from outside reached his ears. He hurriedly snatched the door out, but this time he went out, a trace of helplessness appeared on his face.
In the courtyard, Hu Fan protected the injured young man, while on the other side was Pu Cheng with a long sword in his hand.
"Wu Xiao, don't think about walking out of this medical hall today. Pu Cheng said word by word, full of seriousness, accompanied by hatred.
"This big brother, how can you be like this, this is the place to save people, please put away your weapons. Hu Fan was full of childish words, listening to the injured teenager laugh.
"What? do you want to take revenge?" the wounded boy laughed instead of being afraid. This young man is the one-eyed Wu Xiao. "Seeing that I'm injured, you have another chance, right? But if I stab you, you'll all fall to the ground. ”
"Hmph, don't talk nonsense, if you want to fight, you can fight!" Pu Cheng was angered by Wu Xiao and didn't want to say anything more, he just wanted the person in front of him to disappear.
"Put away your weapons, I'm not here to fight. Wu Xiao said, he felt that his body was not honorable and optimistic, seeing that Pu Cheng had no intention of retreating, in his plan, he did not count Pu Cheng's appearance, he was thinking about solving it quickly. Then Wu Xiao grabbed Hu Xi's shoulder with one hand, secretly took out a scimitar from behind him, and gently put it on Hu Xi's neck. Hu Fan was so frightened that he didn't dare to move, and his mouth trembled and read: "Brother Yazhi...... Save...... I ......", his tears flowed down and fell on the scimitar, reflecting his childish face.
At this time, Hu Yu came out of the room and saw this scene. Hu Fan was his only elder brother, and he rushed over in a hurry, crying and shouting: "You bastard! We saved you! You actually took revenge! You are a big villain!" Seeing this, Ya Zhi hugged the crying Hu Yu together.
"Wu Xiao, what do you mean by this?" Ya Zhi said coldly.