On the Difficulties of Escape in Ancient Times

Chapter 377 Rescue 2
Xiao Xiao knew her own limitations. She thought that the old woman was able to jump over the desk in one leap, which showed that she was quite capable.

If she had a bow and arrow in her hand now, she could take advantage of the old woman's attention not being on her and launch a sneak attack on her.

Now without the bow and arrow in her hand, she was like a toothless tiger, useless.

So Xiao Xiao prepared to sneak away and go out to call for help.

As for whether she could rescue the person in time, she had no idea, but even if she couldn't save the person in time, she would definitely not let the old woman escape from the house.

Unexpectedly, when Miss Zhou saw that the situation was not good for her, she also thought of escaping and ran towards the door.

The old woman risked her life to kill Miss Zhou, so she must have been chasing her relentlessly.

I saw that the old woman's dagger was about to stab Miss Zhou's back.

At this critical moment, Xiao Xiao stepped on a brush that had fallen to the ground at some point. Her foot slipped and she uncontrollably fell towards the old woman.

"Ah..." Xiao Xiao hugged the old woman's calf and wanted to let go immediately, but out of the corner of her eye, she saw General Li running towards her.

She acted decisively, hugged the woman's calf tightly, and shouted at the top of her lungs, as if afraid that no one could hear her: "Young lady, run!"

Although this woman knows some martial arts, she was shaking with nervousness when she came in, which showed that she was not a specially trained killer.

Xiao Xiao felt that the old woman would not be so cruel as to kill her since she was innocent, and at most she would just stab her.

Besides, my cheap father-in-law is coming soon, so I must show off in front of him.

If I'm lucky, I'll be able to survive intact.

Unfortunately, her luck was neither good nor bad.

The old woman was caught by the grandmother, and seeing that Miss Zhou was about to run away, she stabbed Xiao Xiao's shoulder with the dagger in her hand in desperation, and then quickly pulled it out.

Blood fell along with the dagger, and Xiao Xiao screamed in pain.

Of course, feeling the pain, Xiao Xiao also let go of the hand that was holding the old woman.

But before the old woman could chase after Miss Zhou, General Li had already arrived. He kicked the old woman, causing her to fly out and hit the wall, then fall heavily back to the ground.

"Tie him up and go get a doctor." General Li saw that his eldest daughter-in-law's hands were covered in blood. As a man, it was difficult for him to go forward to check, so he could only shout outside: "Hurry up and get some help..."

The doctor, who was so frightened that he hid in the corner, dared to stand up tremblingly when he saw that the crisis was over: "General, I am the doctor."

General Li secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing that the doctor was still standing there, he glared at him anxiously and said, "Then why don't you come over quickly?"

The doctor said honestly, "I was frightened, and my legs felt weak as if I was stepping on cotton."

Then she comforted him: "Grandma's arm was injured, it's not fatal, why don't we go to the clinic and let the female doctor bandage it for her?"

The doctor regretted speaking out. He was not used to such dangerous situations. He was afraid that he would be implicated, and he was so frightened that he hasn't recovered yet.

He even felt that he needed a doctor at this moment.

His hands and legs were shaking and he felt weak all over. Of course he didn't dare to treat his grandmother rashly, for fear that the condition would get worse.

Xiao Xiao was still sympathetic to the doctor. In fact, she was also afraid of death. She was in so much pain that she cried and said, "Father, ask someone to get a doctor for me."

At this moment, she could understand her husband's mood very well, and now she also wanted to find a doctor from Jiuzhitang nearby to treat herself.

If General Li hadn't been here, she would have asked for a few more doctors to come for consultation. Before General Li could speak, Li Yan rushed in like a whirlwind and saw Xiao Xiao kneeling on the ground with tears in her eyes, covering her left shoulder with her right hand. Li could still see some bright red blood between her hands.

"Xiao Xiao!" Li Yan knelt down on one knee, carefully picked her up, and walked out quickly: "Don't be afraid, it's okay, we'll go see the doctor now."

Xiao Xiao's tears rolled down like pearls from a broken string: "It hurts so much, please hurry up, it hurts."

She was really in pain and was afraid that she would die from losing too much blood.

I am more worried about whether the old woman's dagger is poisonous? Is it clean? You know, there is no tetanus shot available now.
General Li watched helplessly as his eldest son came in and took away his eldest daughter-in-law without even a glance at himself.

When he saw his eldest daughter-in-law was injured, he was worried but not too nervous.

It's not like his son didn't know that, even with that wound, he could still pick up a knife and fight again if he were on the battlefield.

As military commanders, they have seen many such injuries.

They themselves had suffered much more serious injuries on the battlefield, yet their son remained calm.

However, his son and daughter-in-law are gone, so he is the only one who can clean up the mess.

He looked at Miss Zhou and said, "Miss, we didn't discipline you well enough and frightened you."

He glanced coldly at the tied-up woman and said, "Wait until I have found out clearly, and then I will come to apologize to the young lady."

But he also wondered, was his mother-in-law just bored or was she so bold that she wanted to harm the eldest daughter of the Zhou family?
Fortunately, the father and son had to return home temporarily today for some matters, otherwise it would be troublesome if the eldest daughter of the Zhou family died in their Li Mansion.

Miss Zhou was also afraid. She had been in danger before and was almost at the gate of hell.

What surprised her was that Xiao Xiao would try her best to save her.

Now, after hearing General Li's words, she looked at the old woman lying on the ground, but calmed down: "It's okay, I know what's going on."

After a pause, he continued, "I am sorry for causing trouble to my uncle. After I thank my great-grandmother, I will return to the Zhou family."

Seeing her calmness, General Li looked at her differently: "Okay."

After saying this, he signaled with his eyes to his soldiers to drag the old woman away.

Miss Zhou's maid was standing at the door holding a medicine jar. She couldn't understand why the study was in such a mess because she just went to get a new medicine jar.

Li Yan might not know all the doctors in Jiuzhitang, but Jiuzhitang was close to the general's mansion, and the doctors there would talk about all the dignitaries nearby in their spare time.

So when Li Yan appeared in the clinic holding Xiao Xiao, several doctors came up to him and asked in unison, "Young Master, why are you here?"

Li Yan quickly said, "My wife is injured and in great pain. You should treat her as soon as possible."

"This way, please." The doctor quickly took them to the inner room. When he was about to start, he looked at Li Yan and asked hesitantly, "Master, do you want to switch to a female doctor?"

Although the restrictions on sex have been relaxed a lot now, some wealthy families still care a lot about these things.

Li Yan suppressed his anger and said, "No, my wife is in great pain, please apply medicine to her quickly."

He decided to ask the doctor in the mansion to come back soon. It would be too inconvenient without a doctor in the mansion.

Like now, he was afraid that if he got angry with the doctor, the doctor would do something secretly, so he could only be polite.

The doctor was indeed very good at treating injuries like Xiao Xiao's. He cleaned the wound, took the pulse, applied medicine, and wrote a prescription, and it was done quickly.