Chapter 409: Where In The World Are You
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Mo Tu sat down on a chair and stretched out his hand to allow Su Ying to check his pulse.
Su Ying discovered that although Mo Tu looked fine on the surface, he had more serious internal injuries. However, it was hard to determine if these internal injuries had affected the nerves in the brain and caused his amnesia. She needed to take him into the interspatial store for further examination if she wanted to find out whether there was any major trauma to the brain.
“Do you often feel pain in your abdomen? Are there occasionally more serious symptoms of blood in the stool?”
Mo Tu was stunned by Su Ying’s direct questions.
Su Ying saw that his fair face had turned red and asked curiously, “What? Are you allergic?”
Mo Tu shook his head and averted his gaze as he replied, “No, I just feel a little hot. 1 have encountered those symptoms you mentioned.”
“Mm-hmm. That’s because there’s internal bleeding. There will be blood clots being discharged. Let’s use some hemostatic medicine to see if it can stop the bleeding. If the bleeding stops, we’ll do further treatment.”
Mo Tu wasn’t expecting Su Ying to really know medical skills. “Thank you.”
“Don’t mention it. I don’t like to owe others.”
“You have already repaid me by saving Que Que. I owe you this time. How should I address you, heroine?”
“Su Ying.”
Mo Tu cupped his fists at Su Ying and said, “Thank you, Heroine Su.”
“Words of thanks are not enough. From now on, you’ll take care of all the meals on the ship.” She didn’t want to eat dry food every day for one whole month while sailing against the current.
“No problem.”
Su Ying returned to the cabin and came out with a bottle of medicine in her hand. “This is to stop the bleeding. Take it once a day for seven days and let’s see the effect.”
“Alright.”
Su Ying yawned after speaking. “I’m going to sleep. You keep watch tonight.”
“Sure, Heroine Su. You can sleep in peace.”
Su Ying turned around and closed the door. She was indeed sleepy. She hadn’t had a good night’s sleep for the past two days. After locking the cabin door and windows, she entered the interspatial store. She didn’t like sleeping on the bed, as the undulation of the sea waves made her uncomfortable.
In the Chu State, within the Jing Prefecture…
Over the past month, almost everyone who came to Aquarius River could see one scene. Whether it was upstream or downstream, there would be people fishing for something in the river every day.
In the beginning, many commoners did not know what was going on.
However, after seeing it many times, the people of Jing Prefecture and even the people all across the Chu State knew that the Chu State’s Empress had tried to block the crack in the dam to save the people of Jing Prefecture but was washed away by the flood waters. Her whereabouts were still unknown. Those people were searching for the Chu State’s Empress.
Gradually, Su Ying’s story of saving people was written into articles by scholars and spread among the commoners. There were even wealthy merchants who offered to erect a statue of Su Ying so that tens of thousands of people could worship her and kowtow to her.
However, this proposal was rejected by the Imperial Court. The Emperor said that as long as the Empress was not found, the Empress must still be alive. Who would erect a statue to commemorate a living person?
On the bank of the Aquarius River, a skinny figure was searching back and forth along the river bank. He did not miss a single corner.
At first glance, his beard was unkempt and his two eyes were bloodshot. It was almost impossible to make out his original appearance.
Jiang Yang followed closely behind him on his horse with a look of utter helplessness on his face.
In the end, Zhang Shuming still failed to stop Xiao Jin. After delegating the matters in the capital, Xiao Jin became “sick.” Three days later, the “sick” Xiao Jin appeared in Jing Prefecture and had stayed until now.
“Master, why don’t you take a rest ahead? Your body won’t be able to hold on if you continue like this.” Jiang Yang rode his horse and stopped in front of Xiao Jin.
He couldn’t remember how long it had been since Xiao Jin had a good night’s sleep. He would only find a place to nap for a while when he was extremely tired and then continue searching.
Jiang Yang was very worried that Xiao Jin’s body would not be able to take it. He was also worried that the capital would not be able to give them much more time.
On the second day after Xiao Jin left the capital, Duke Jingguo went to attend the court session when he had still not completely recovered from his illness to stabilize the Imperial Court for Xiao Jin. However, Xiao Jin had only ascended the throne not long ago, and the central court was full of people with voracious ambitions. Although Duke Jingguo’s return to power could suppress those people to a certain extent, it was not a long-term solution.
Xiao Jin turned a deaf ear as he scanned the river surface with his eyes blazing like torches. From time to time, he would use the long pole to stir around in the water. After yielding nothing, he would continue to walk forward and search again.
“Master, you have to believe in the Empress. She is so powerful. It is very likely that she was washed away by the water to some place. Perhaps that place is too far away and the Empress will not be able to return for a while.”
When Xiao Jin heard this, he raised his eyes abruptly to look at him. “Jiang Yang, I told you that I’ll go back when it is time.” He had always had a hunch that Su Ying was still alive, and he would not be satisfied if he did not come here personally to look for her.
Jiang Yang frowned deeply. He didn’t even believe his own words. No one could possibly survive such a huge flash flood. He didn’t want to dash all hopes because he was afraid that Xiao Jin would take things too hard.
“Master, the mouth of Aquarius River leads to the sea. Perhaps the Empress has been washed out to sea.”
Xiao Jin’s expression froze suddenly. “What did you say?”
“The river mouth. The flood waters will eventually flow out to the sea. Is there a possibility that the Empress has also been washed out to the sea? The Empress may be currently thinking of a way to come back. But Master, you also know how far the sea is from here. It is futile for us to keep searching like this. Why don’t we send people to the river mouth to wait? Maybe they can ask around and get some news.”
Jiang Yang’s words were like a ray of light that enlightened Xiao Jin. He realized that he had actually forgotten this aspect.
From Zhu Lin’s description, he could tell how fast the flash flood was at that time. It was not impossible for Su Ying to be washed out to the sea.
“Immediately pass down my order. Get Wang Su to personally lead people to the mouth of Aquarius River to search for the Empress’s whereabouts.”
“Yes, Sir.”
Before Xiao Jin left the capital, he had told Duke Jingguo that he would return to the capital in half a month at most. Now, there was not much time left before the time frame he had agreed with Duke Jingguo was up.
Xiao Jin stared at the river water that had already become clear. “Su Ying, where in the world are you… You said before that no matter what happens, you won’t leave me…”
Achoo!
Su Ying suddenly sneezed and woke up.
She sat up on the operating table and left the interspatial store after she cleared her mind.
As soon as she came out, she heard someone knocking on the cabin door. Then she heard Que Que’s voice.
“Big Sister, Big Sister, are you awake? Big Sister, are you sleeping in?”
Su Ying walked over and opened the door.
“I’m awake.”
When she saw Su Ying open the door, a sweet smile appeared on Que Que’s face. “Big Sister, Big Brother has already cooked fish porridge. Let’s go and eat.”
“Wait a while. Let me wash my face first.”
Mo Tu did as he was told. He took care of all their meals and woke up early in the morning to start a fire to cook.
“Big Brother, Big Sister is awake.”
Mo Tu turned around when he heard the girl and placed a large bowl of fish porridge on the table. “Eat this first. There’s more in the pot if it’s not enough. I caught a big fish this morning. The meat of that kind of fish is the most delicious when used to make porridge.”
Que Que scooped out a bowl of fish porridge for Su Ying. “Big Sister, try it. Big Brother’s fish porridge is the best.”
Su Ying took the fish porridge and expressed her thanks before eating.
The fish meat had no bones, and the meat was particularly chewy. It was more delicious than any fish she had eaten before.
“Delicious. It tastes great.”
After receiving Su Ying’s nod of approval, Mo Tu also smiled. When he smiled, there were two shallow dimples at the corner of his mouth. He appeared a little… sweet?
That was what Su Ying thought at the time.
Mo Tu also scooped a bowl for himself and sat down on the chair. “It’s good that you guys like it. I’ll cook in different ways for all of you these few days..”