Abandoned Woman Busy Farming

Chapter 2274: Chapter 2273: Mysterious Dwelling

If the master were here, what would she do? She should be much calmer than him, right?

Jianqi tried hard to calm down, but Yizi’s voice and smile kept appearing in his mind, making it impossible for him to stay calm.

”Jianqi! Have you found her?” Bai Ruozhu’s voice called from the cliff, using her inner strength to make it travel farther.

Jianqi instinctively looked up and noticed something unusual under a tree not far away. He hurriedly approached, jumped onto the tree, and aimed the torch upwards. To his shock, someone was lying among the intertwined branches!

”Yizi!” Jianqi became excited, his hand holding the torch trembling slightly. He quickly planted the torch into the ground and jumped onto the tree to bring Yizi down.

”Yizi, wake up!” Jianqi dared not shake Yizi, unsure of her current condition, so he could only call out to her repeatedly by her ear. Unfortunately, Yizi remained unconscious and couldn’t respond to him.

Jianqi dared not delay and carried Yizi toward the cliff.

Coming down alone was already difficult for him; now with someone to carry, climbing became even harder. He had no choice but to tie Yizi to his back. Yet, Yizi’s internal organs might be injured, so he had to be careful when moving her to avoid aggravating her wounds.

Suddenly, there was a noise from the cliff edge, followed by Bai Ruozhu’s voice, ”Jianqi? Did you find Yizi?”

Jianqi’s face lit up with joy, ”Master, she’s here!”

The master was skilled in medicine, so with her arrival, Yizi would be saved.

Bai Ruozhu hurried over and saw Yizi in Jianqi’s arms.

”Lay her flat on the ground first, be careful.” Bai Ruozhu instructed quickly.

Jianqi complied and feared that the ground was too cold, so he hastily took off his outer garment and laid it on one side, then placed Yizi onto it.

Bai Ruozhu squatted down to examine Yizi and found her internal organs had suffered an impact, but it wasn’t too serious.

”Not...” She started to speak but suddenly stopped. This was Jianqi’s own doing; he couldn’t get off that easily now.

”There are no herbs for treating injuries; go and search the surroundings for any useful herbal medicine,” Bai Ruozhu said.

Jianqi agreed and hurried off to find herbs, while Bai Ruozhu took out silver needles and administered acupuncture to Yizi; soon, Yizi woke up.

Bai Ruozhu gestured for her to remain silent, whispering, ”Don’t speak; let that thick-headed Jianqi worry about you for a bit longer.”

Yizi looked slightly bewildered, and Bai Ruozhu smiled at her, ”It’s okay, sleep a bit more; it will help with your recovery.”

After speaking, she pressed Yizi’s sleep acupoint, putting her back to sleep.

In fact, Yizi wasn’t severely injured because the branches cushioned her fall and she had set up a defensive array, resulting in minimal scratches on her body. However, the high fall did impact her internal organs, causing breathlessness for a while.

Bai Ruozhu administered further acupuncture to regulate her Qi, then put away the silver needles.

Jianqi returned just in time, having gathered many herbs, but few usable as medicine.

”Master, are these okay? Should I head up to fetch some medicine?” Jianqi asked.

”She’s not lightly injured, but I’ve already administered acupuncture to stabilize her condition. Let’s take her up first before discussing further.” Bai Ruozhu said.

”How severe is it? When will she wake up?” Jianqi asked.

Bai Ruozhu shook her head, ”It’s hard to say, and her spine sustained an impact; whether she can walk again is still uncertain.”

”What?” Jianqi’s face turned ashen, ”How could this be? Yuan Licheng wasn’t even injured.”

”Don’t think about anything else; take good care of her. I’ll do my best to treat her.” Bai Ruozhu sighed.

Jianqi fell silent while Bai Ruozhu helped him support Yizi and tied her to his back for the climb up.

Climbing up the mountain is easier than descending, and though Jianqi carried Yizi, it took him only half the time it took to come down.

Bai Ruozhu prepared to climb up using a rope when Xiaomao suddenly alerted her, sensing something good nearby.

Xiaomao had absorbed the poison from the poison mother-in-law last time and had slept for a long time, only to wake up without leveling up—a fact it lamented as rather unfortunate. It told Bai Ruozhu that future advancements would become increasingly difficult, making leveling up far from easy.

If Xiaomao claimed something was good, it was either poison or a poisonous insect.

Bai Ruozhu followed its direction, Xiaomao emerging from Space, resting on her shoulder, its sesame-sized eyes gleaming with excitement.

Ahead lay a section of mountain wall, seemingly unremarkable. Bai Ruozhu groped around and soon found a mechanism; with a rumbling sound, the stone gate opened, revealing a cave inside.

Bai Ruozhu lit a torch and entered, finding a small cave where someone had once lived, evidenced by a simple small bed, though the bedding had rotted away with time.

She initially thought this was a monk’s dwelling from Xinchan Temple but soon discovered a jewelry box and a dusty bronze mirror, belongings of a woman.

Xinchan Temple had been in existence for nearly two hundred years, but how could a woman have lived here?

Bai Ruozhu grew curious, especially since Xiaomao seemed interested in something here as well.

She carefully opened the jewelry box, revealing three hairpins: one of white jade, one carved from peach wood, and the last of plain silver, tarnished black over time.

The woman who lived here seemed simple; her jewelry consisted of only three pieces, and they were very simple hairpins.

Her attention was quickly drawn to the peach wood hairpin. Typically, jewelry stores wouldn’t sell hairpins carved from grape peach wood, and if wooden, they would be crafted from fine fragrant wood.

The carving technique on the hairpin wasn’t very sophisticated, indicating it was likely crafted by the owner or someone close to her.

However, the hairpin design was very unusual, with open wings at the tip resembling angel’s wings—a rare style not commonly seen, and certainly not popular in Danliang Country.

Bai Ruozhu gently caressed the wings on the hairpin, feeling an inexplicable peculiarity.

Xiaomao, impatient, urged Bai Ruozhu to continue searching, pulling her back to her senses. Bai Ruozhu examined the bronze mirror next but found nothing unusual, though Xiaomao insisted this was the place.

Thinking for a moment, she moved the bronze mirror to reveal its back. The base of the bronze mirror was thick and heavy, sparking suspicions. She fumbled around and soon discovered a mechanism, opening it to reveal a small wooden box.

Xiaomao darted over immediately but couldn’t open the box, anxiously dancing and twisting beside it.

”You mean it’s in here?” Bai Ruozhu asked.

Xiaomao’s jumping intensified.

Bai Ruozhu opened the box for it, and was shocked by its contents...

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