Lin Chong's Women's Cuju Team

Chapter 146 Du Rushuang escorts Zhang Ruowen back to the escort agency

Wu Song sighed deeply, his heart filled with the pain of unrequited love. Meanwhile, the heartless woman was busy inside the Flying Eagle Escort Agency, wiping Zhang Ruowen's body and applying medicine. Du Rushuang felt extremely distressed looking at Zhang Ruowen's body covered in wounds.

Because Zhou Chengquan hated being betrayed, he had greatly admired and trusted Zhang Ruowen, believing him to be a skilled physician and meticulous. Therefore, Zhou Chengquan sent him to Zixiang Pavilion to assist Du Shiniang, where, besides Du Shiniang, Zhang Ruowen held the most power.

When Zhou Chengquan learned that Zhang Ruowen was an infiltrator in Zixiang Pavilion, he was a little scared. He was afraid that Zhang Ruowen had already obtained a lot of information about his power structure in the capital. Therefore, he went to arrest Zhang Ruowen himself and insisted on interrogating Zhang Ruowen together with Ning Weizhi.

Zhang Ruowen was so clever, how could he not see Zhou Chengquan's concerns and worries? No matter how Zhou Chengquan whipped him, he refused to reveal a single thing he knew about what Zhou Chengquan was doing in secret. Seeing that Zhang Ruowen didn't speak recklessly in front of Ning Weizhi, Zhou Chengquan only left him with more than a hundred lashes and a few burns, without subjecting him to severe torture.

Although Ning Weizhi knew Zhang Ruowen's identity from Ning Zhanyan beforehand, he didn't dare to openly protect his soon-to-be cousin-in-law in front of Zhou Chengquan. Moreover, Ning Weizhi noticed that Zhou Chengquan always avoided him during the interrogation of Zhang Ruowen, preventing him from getting close to the prisoner. He had some idea of ​​what was going on, but as someone who always remained neutral and didn't get involved in the factional struggles of the court, he was happy to remain ignorant.

Later, after Ning Weizhi learned that Zhang Ruowen and Lin Chong had been released by imperial decree, he wanted to personally drive them to the Flying Eagle Escort Agency. On the way, the Wolf King sent Mu Can and Bai He with more than twenty masked black men to snatch them, but they were stopped by Du Rushuang and a group of escorts.

Du Rushuang didn't want to hurt Mu Can and Bai He. Knowing they were Zhang Ruowen's confidants, she shouted at them, "Mu Can, Bai He, you two go back and give the Wolf King a message. Tell him I'll take good care of A-Wen and won't trouble him. We'll go see him again when A-Wen's injuries have healed in a few days."

“Sister Shuang’er, alright! I will report back to the Wolf King as you said, but Baihe still needs to go back with you to take care of Lord Yelü, so that the Wolf King will be at ease. I hope you won’t refuse!” Mu Can replied politely to Du Rushuang.

Du Rushuang thought for a moment and felt that Baihe was quite easygoing and lively, so it would be good for him to stay and take care of Zhang Ruowen. Therefore, she agreed to Mu Can's request. Seeing that Du Rushuang was willing to let him stay, Baihe directly kicked Ning Weizhi, who was temporarily acting as the coachman, off the carriage.

Seeing this, Ning Weizhi looked at Du Rushuang, whose face was sticking out of the car window, with a mix of amusement and exasperation, and said, "Shuang'er, do you not need your cousin to send your lover back?"

Du Rushuang said awkwardly to Ning Weizhi, "Cousin, I don't blame you for Awen's matter. I heard from the jailer that Zhou Chengquan did the beatings to him, so it has nothing to do with you. Besides, Baihe is just a child. He likes to be the coachman, so we won't trouble you to take us. Please go back!"

Ning Weizhi breathed a sigh of relief when Du Rushuang said she wasn't to blame him. He said to Du Rushuang, "Shuang'er, listen to your cousin's advice again. You must never work for the Wolf King again. Now that your lover has woken up, you must also persuade him to turn back as soon as possible. Otherwise, if he commits a crime again, I will definitely not show any mercy!"

"That high-ranking official surnamed Ning talks too much! Baihe doesn't like him, let's leave quickly!" Baihe glanced impatiently at Du Rushuang, and before she could agree, he swung his whip hard, urging the carriage to gallop away, leaving Ning Weizhi standing there cursing, "That kid is a lunatic!"

Back at the Flying Eagle Escort Agency, Du Rushuang instructed the agency's manager, Jiang Rufei (who had once been Ning Zhanyan's confidant in the Underworld Cave), to invite the best physician in the capital specializing in treating external injuries to treat Zhang Ruowen. She then instructed Bai He to prepare nourishing foods to help Zhang recover. With Ning Zhanyan's departure for the palace, many matters were left to Du Rushuang's discretion. Busy with various tasks at the agency, she didn't notice how quickly time had passed.

By afternoon, Du Rushuang hadn't even had a sip of water, and her lunch consisted of just two meat buns. She was about to ask her maid to make her some tea when she heard that Zhang Ruowen, who had been unconscious, had woken up. She rushed back to her room. Bai He was feeding Zhang Ruowen her medicine when he saw Du Rushuang arrive. He handed her the bowl, winked mischievously, and said, "Sister Shuang'er, I'll trouble you with feeding her the medicine."

Du Rushuang took the medicine bowl and carefully fed Zhang Ruowen spoonful by spoonful, barely daring to breathe. Before feeding him, she even carefully blew on the medicine to make sure it wasn't too hot for him. Zhang Ruowen rarely saw the female knight-errant Du so considerate and virtuous, and his gaze towards her became intense and filled with gratitude.

After Du Rushuang finished drinking the medicine, Zhang Ruowen grabbed her hand and pulled her halfway towards him, letting her lean against his chest. He then gently touched her left wrist to feel her pulse and asked softly, "Shuang'er, how do you feel now that the poison in your body has been neutralized? Do you still feel any discomfort?"

Du Rushuang was startled by the man's sudden action, almost dropping the bowl of medicine in her hand. She looked up and met his gaze, and after hearing his question, she replied coquettishly, "I'm perfectly fine, I feel no discomfort whatsoever! But you, you sacrificed half your strength to detoxify me, and almost got beaten to death by Zhou Chengquan! I..."

Du Rushuang didn't know what was wrong with her. Before she could finish speaking, she suddenly started sobbing. She couldn't help but hug Zhang Ruowen's strong waist tightly, burying her face in his chest and sobbing uncontrollably. Seeing this, Zhang Ruowen knew that the woman was worried about him and had lost control of her emotions. He quickly reached out and gently stroked Du Rushuang's hair, softly coaxing her, "Shuang'er, don't cry! I'm alright now, aren't I? Zhou Chengquan didn't torture me, I won't die for now. You can even let me go out and perform a sword dance for you."

"Yelü Wen! The doctor said you need to rest and are not allowed to get out of bed or move around." Du Rushuang looked at Zhang Ruowen with tearful eyes and warned him in a hoarse voice.

"So you don't want me to get out of bed? Then I'll do whatever Shuang'er says. You can't cry anymore, it breaks my heart to see you like this!" Zhang Ruowen said these words in an ambiguous tone, and then placed a kiss on the woman's lips at the right moment.

The man's familiar scent wafted over, tinged with the bitterness of medicine. Du Rushuang remembered how this man had almost lost his life to detoxify her, and her heart warmed. She couldn't help but tilt her head back and bite his lips, prying open his teeth for a kiss. Zhang Ruowen's eyes widened, and he plunged his tongue into her mouth, passionately entwining with hers. As they kissed passionately, they heard Bai He call out from outside, "Sister, Du Shiniang has somehow found her way to the escort agency, and she's outside requesting an audience."