bookrebus Chapter 389 Fire 2
Chapter 389 Fire 2
"It's all my fault. If I had been more careful and sent more people on patrol, the cotton wouldn't have been burned."
With a gloomy face, Gu Wan'er hugged Ye Jintang and burst into tears.
The yard where Gu Wan'er and Liuli lived was right next to the spinning workshop. As soon as she heard someone shouting that the cotton was on fire, she ran over barefoot.
But no matter how fast she ran, she couldn't outrun the fire in the cotton warehouse.
Seeing that all the cotton was about to be burned, Gu Wan'er desperately led people to rush into the warehouse, trying to move out some bales of cotton that had not been burned.
She knew very well that without this batch of cotton, their spinning workshop would have to stop working, which would greatly delay the task assigned to her by Ye Jintang.
"Cousin, you have done very well. If the cotton is gone, it is gone. As long as you are well, that's all that matters."
"Without cotton, our spinning workshop will have to stop working."
"How could that be? I'll have someone send more cotton over tomorrow."
"what?"
Gu Wan'er, who had just been hugging Ye Jintang and crying, suddenly raised her head and looked at Ye Jintang with disbelief.
"My lady, you didn't lie to me. Can you deliver the cotton tomorrow?"
"Of course, even if we don't have twenty carriages, we can always have ten. Don't worry, we won't be short of cotton."
"That's good, that's good, as long as the workshop doesn't stop working."
Gu Wan'er stopped crying instantly. She wiped her tears and continued, "My queen, there must be something fishy about the fire in the cotton warehouse this time."
"I haven't had much contact with cotton before, but the women in charge of the warehouse are all very experienced. We need to investigate carefully to see how the fire started in the warehouse. Cotton can't spontaneously combust for no reason."
"Well, you take a good rest. Let the prince investigate the cotton fire."
Ye Jintang comforted Gu Wan'er, and seeing that Steward Qi also came to help, she did not stay long. She gave a few instructions and came out with Liuli.
"Liuli, have you gone to see General Shi?"
Liuli shook her head. From the moment she saw Shi Bin risking his life to save Gu Wan'er, she was completely confused. She thought Shi Bin liked Gu Wan'er.
"I'd rather not go. The court doctor is here, and the injury on General Shi's arm will be properly treated."
After hearing Liuli say this, Ye Jintang was too tired to complain. It was obvious that Liuli was thinking about Shi Bin very much, but she refused to go to see him. She was really making things difficult for herself.
The two chatted for a few words, and then Ye Jintang and Xiao Mo left in a carriage.
In the carriage, Luzhu handed Ye Jintang a warm hand warmer and asked her to warm herself up quickly. Her hands were cold after walking outside just now.
"Jintang, you have so many good medicines, why didn't you give some to Shibin? He is a military commander and his arm was injured. I'm afraid he won't be able to use the sword for a long time."
As smart as Xiao Mo is, he noticed this little detail immediately.
"You don't need me to give it to you. Someone will deliver the medicine naturally."
Ye Jintang smiled mysteriously, and Xiao Mo was even more confused.
After Ye Jintang left, Liuli quietly went to inquire about Shi Bin's injury. When she saw that Ye Jintang did not give Shi Bin medicine, she thought that it was too late today and such a big thing happened that Ye Jintang had forgotten about it.
The sooner Shi Bin's burns are treated, the better the effect. She hesitated for only a moment and then took the initiative to go find Gu Wan'er.
"Sister Wan'er, General Shi just risked his life to save you from the sea of fire, why don't you go see him?"
Gu Waner, who had just finished washing up, nodded.
"I want to go see General Shi. Has Doctor Liu left now?"
"Just left."
"Oh, I'll go over now."
"This ointment is specially used to treat burns. Give it to General Shi and have him apply it on the wound. Soon the pain will go away."
Although Gu Wan'er didn't know much about medicine, she knew that burns would cause pain for a long time.
Shi Bin's arm was badly injured when he rescued her, and she didn't know whether the medicine Dr. Liu used to treat burns would work. If it didn't work, the one Liuli gave her would be just right, so she took the ointment from Liuli without thinking much.
"I'll go over to see General Shi now."
Liuli watched Gu Wan'er leave the house, feeling mixed emotions. She also wanted to go see Shi Bin to see how serious the injury on his arm was.
With a barely perceptible sigh, Liuli braved the cold wind to go to the warehouse. The warehouse was in a mess after being burned down by a fire, and she had to clean it up tonight. She was afraid that she would not be able to sleep.
Gu Wan'er and Shi Bin were not familiar with each other, so she didn't feel comfortable saying much when she went to see Shi Bin. She gave the ointment to Shi Bin and left.
As soon as she came out of Shi Bin's room, she met the butler Qiao head-on.
"Brother Qiao, I'm afraid I'm going to have to trouble you today. My mind is a mess right now and I can't do anything."
"They are just some chores. I can handle them by myself. Miss Gu, you were frightened today. You should go back and rest early. I have someone make some soothing soup and will send it to your room in a while."
"Thank you, Brother Qiao. I'll be leaving now."
Gu Wan'er bowed to Manager Qiao with a big smile on her face.
It seemed like the two of them were just having an ordinary conversation, but they both knew in their hearts that they cared about each other. However, due to their status, they could only keep their thoughts to themselves.
In the inner room, Zhu Da, the deputy general beside Shi Bin, opened the gauze and gently applied the ointment brought by Gu Waner on the burned area.
The ointment that Doctor Liu gave just now was really not very effective. Shi Bin had been applying the ointment for such a long time, but his arm was still aching and he couldn't fall asleep even if he wanted to.
"Hey, this ointment is good. It feels cool and comfortable when applied on the arm."
"That's great, as long as the pain stops for a while the General can get a good night's sleep."
"Hmm, why do I feel that this ointment tastes a little familiar?"
As Zhu Da applied more and more ointment, Shi Bin vaguely felt as if he had smelled this ointment somewhere before.
Because the ointment has a special smell. Most ointments have a strong smell of traditional Chinese medicine, but the ointment on his arm has a light floral scent.
After an unknown amount of time, the gauze on Shi Bin's arm was tied again. Zhu Da even brought him some calming soup. A memory from deep in Shi Bin's mind finally surfaced.
He and Lin Ruoyu were still young at that time. One year during the Lantern Festival, they went together to watch the lanterns. For some unknown reason, one of the large lanterns suddenly exploded.
Lin Ruoyu, who was standing relatively close to her, had a big blister on her cheek. When Doctor Lin was applying ointment to her, she said that the ointment smelled too bad and that when she grew up, she wanted to make all the ointments smell like balm.
Later, she seemed to have actually added spices to the ointment for treating burns.
It smelled exactly like the ointment he was using now.
Wait, Gu Waner just said that this ointment was given to her by Liuli.
Ever since the last incident at the Niu family, Shi Bin always felt that something was wrong, but there seemed to be a layer of fog in front of his eyes, making it difficult for him to see clearly what it was.
As one thing after another happened, Shi Bin felt that he was getting closer and closer to the truth.
Putting all the things together, his heart beat faster unconsciously.
He never believed that there would be coincidences in the world. If there were, there must be some connection.
Everything is inextricably linked to Liuli, but Shi Bin can't figure out what the connection is between Liuli and Lin Ruoyu?