Chapter 34: Lu Bu Enters the Path of Right and Wrong (Part 1)

  "Ah? Then should I take off my clothes for you to help me pull out the arrow and apply medicine?" Geshu Yun asked timidly.

  "Nonsense! How can I help you pull out the arrow and apply medicine if you don't take off your clothes? Are you an idiot?" Xiang Shouren saw that she was already on the verge of death and still cared about a few pieces of broken skin on her back, and his heart suddenly became angry. In his previous life when he studied medicine, he had done dissections and whatnot, and had seen everything, so why would he be interested in looking at her skin?

  "What if you have evil intentions? How can I, a wounded and weak woman, be your opponent?" Gu Shu Yun asked weakly.

  "What do you suggest we do then? How about this, you hold your broken sword in your hand, and if you feel I have any ill intentions, just sharpen it on my neck, how's that?" suggested Xiao Shouren helplessly.

  "What? Broken sword? That's a knife! Besides, this method won't work, I won't gain anything by killing you, I'll still be at a loss." Ge Shu Yun disagreed with Xiao Shou Ren's proposal.

  "In that case, don't you have a better way?!" Xiao Shouren was about to blow up.

  "Hmm, not for the time being." Geshu Yun replied.

  "Isn't that enough for you? Are you trying to get yourself killed? Is the few pieces of broken skin on your back more important than your life?" Xiao Shouren tried to comfort him.

  "What? Cracked skin?! Are you kidding me?! You're telling me that the snow-white skin on my back, which is as smooth as a divine mountain, is cracked skin?! You bastard!" Geshu Yun suddenly flared up.

  They sat in silence for a long time, facing each other without speaking.

  "Ah?" Geshu Yun suddenly thought of a plan with surprise.

  "What's wrong with you again?" asked Xiao Shouren.

  "I've thought of a way, I'll put my curved knife on my own neck, if you dare to have any intentions towards me, I'll take care of myself, what do you think?" Geshu Yun said with a victorious smile to Xiao Shouren. Xiao Shouren originally wanted to scold him for being an idiot, but seeing the pale face and stiff smile, his heart softened and he could only nod reluctantly in agreement.

  "It's really impossible to understand these ancient girls, it's really not possible to infer with common sense." Xiao Shouren thought to himself, but little did he know that the common sense he was thinking of was 21st century common sense, whereas in the late Sui dynasty, common sense was more like Geshu Yun's way of thinking.

  Xiao Shouren was initially annoyed when he heard the idea proposed by Gesu Yun, thinking it wasn't much better than his own. But after a moment's thought, he couldn't help but feel moved.

  She's just a girl, alone in the outside world. Although she became an assassin for some reason, who would want to be born as an assassin? Who wants to kill every day and live a life without seeing the sun? (Xiao Shouren understood from modern movies and TV that this was what ancient assassins were like before he crossed over)

  Due to the circumstances, she had no choice but to do some things that might go against the moral values of the masses and even the law. However, when she was seriously injured, he offered to help her apply medicine, even if it meant just tearing open a small part of her clothing to pull out the arrowhead, clean the wound, and apply the medicine. She still found it difficult to accept. For modern people, this might not be a big deal, but in ancient times, especially during the Sui Dynasty which was not yet the prosperous Tang era, women valued their chastity above all else.

  Although Geshun Yun grew up on the vast grasslands since childhood, he has always yearned for the culture of the Central Plains. From a young age, he followed a down-and-out Han Chinese who had ended up on the grasslands to learn about the culture of the Central Plains. Although he couldn't say that he was extremely familiar with it, his knowledge was incredibly extensive. Of course, those things like the Three Obediences and Four Virtues for women were deeply ingrained in his heart.

  Alone and seriously injured, having to let a vigorous and strange man apply medicine to her wound, any normal girl would be worried and lack the courage.

  When Xiao Shouren himself suggested using the big curved knife to frame his own neck and apply medicine, if he had any unusual movements, let Gesu Yun end his life with one knife, Gesu Yun refused.

  However, she then proposed that when he helped her take the medicine, she would place a curved knife on her neck. If Xiao Shouren made any improper moves, she would use it to show her determination by dying.

  At first glance, these two methods seem to be no different, but after careful consideration, the differences between them will become apparent.

  If it were according to Xiao Shouren's method, if Gao Changhua really had any unusual movements, Ge Shuyun would definitely not let him off easily and would have ended Xiao Shouren's life with one knife.

  However, if according to Ge Shu Yun's method, if Xiao Shou Ren has any improper behavior, then Ge Shu Yun will immediately cut his throat and commit suicide, and Xiao Shou Ren will not suffer any loss.

  At this point, Xiao Shouren couldn't help but feel a little moved. This girl must have thought that she and he had no grudges or grievances. If she really lost her life due to her own uncontrolled emotions, it would be too worthless. She definitely wouldn't be able to bring herself to do it. But not doing it would also be unfair to the curved knife in her hand and the pure land in her heart. If that curved knife were placed on his neck, then it would be easy to handle - he moves, I move, and if we die, Xiao Shouren wouldn't be able to harm her innocence.

  "What's wrong with you? Can't you hurry up and pull the arrow out for me?" Geshu Yun shouted, but saw that Xiao Shouren was still motionless. She looked again and saw that he was actually dazing off, and couldn't help but scold him.

  "Haha, nothing much, you think having some medicine will do? We still don't have hot water and alcohol for disinfection." Xiang Shouren was startled awake by Ge Shu Yun's words and smiled.

  "What? Alcohol? I know hot water is used to clean wounds, but alcohol disinfection? What's that?" Gao Shu Yun looked at Xiao Shou Ren with a puzzled face.

  "Oh, that's a very local method from my hometown, you wouldn't know it and it's not strange. Wait a minute, I'll go get some." After saying that, Xiao Shouren hurriedly made an excuse to run out of the room, to avoid being asked ten thousand whys.

  After leaving the room, Xiao Shouren called out to the shopkeeper at the bottom of the inn and asked him to send a basin of hot water to his own room. After giving the order, he originally wanted to stroll around the streets of Yu Yang for a while, but thinking about it again, he dispelled this idea. He was afraid that if the shopkeeper sent the water into his own room when he wasn't there, the shopkeeper would be killed by the female assassin or the female assassin would be harmed by the shopkeeper. Therefore, he hurriedly returned to his room upstairs again.

  Ge Shu Yun saw Xiao Shou Ren come in, just thinking of asking him what is called alcohol disinfection, if it really works, good for future use on the battlefield. You think, every time after fighting, soldiers who die in the tent treating wounds absolutely don't have to die on the battlefield, if there's a miraculous effect, maybe they'll get better. Zhongyuan has always been a magical place.

  However, Xiao Shouren saw Ge Shu Yun making a gesture to talk to him, so he quickly made a silencing gesture with his hand, not caring whether she understood or not. He walked over in big strides, covered her mouth with his hand and told her in a low voice that he had asked a shop assistant to bring over a basin of hot water, and for now, she shouldn't make any noise; whatever it was could be said after the shop assistant had delivered the water.

  Ge Shu Yun opened her two pale blue big eyes and stared at Xiao Shou Ren after he finished explaining, nodding vigorously. As soon as Xiao Shou Ren let go of his hand, Ge Shu Yun took a deep breath and exhaled heavily, nearly suffocating Xiao Shou Ren.

  In less than a moment, the shopkeeper had already sent the hot water that Xiao Shouren wanted to his room.

  Xiao Shouren saw that the water had been delivered, and it was still steaming hot. Without delay, he quickly lit the candles on the table with a fire starter. Since there was no alcohol, he could only use a small flame to disinfect.

  After all the preparations are done, the next step is to pull out the arrow, clean the wound and apply medicine.

  Looking at Ge Shu Yun sitting on the bed with a deliberately relaxed expression, Xiao Shou Ren knew she must be nervous.

  "Hey, put the knife away, I'm going to get started. Earlier, didn't you ask me what alcohol disinfection is?" Xiao Shouren asked Gesu Yun.

  "Hmm, what's this alcohol disinfection you mentioned? I've been living in the military camp since I was a child, watching the old military doctor practice medicine every day. How come I didn't know there's such a thing as alcohol disinfection?! Ah!" Ge Shu Yun heard Xiao Shou Ren shift the topic to this and couldn't help but feel delighted, hastily asking Xiao Shou Ren about the method. The tense atmosphere naturally dissipated. But just as he was getting into it, he suddenly felt a sharp pain on his back, letting out a cry. As soon as he cried out, a large hand covered his mouth."

  Geshu Yun didn't even think about it, just one mouthful, biting that was so ruthless, haha.

  But little did they know, Xiang Shouren and the others were waiting for exactly this moment when Geshu Yun relaxed his guard. This was the best opportunity to shoot an arrow, and of course, it couldn't be missed. The reason he mentioned alcohol disinfection was that he had seen Geshu Yun's interest in this method. In fact, at that time, people were already using wine for disinfection, but the concept of "alcohol" hadn't appeared yet, so naturally, Geshu Yun hadn't heard of it either.

  Just as Geshu Yun was getting into the swing of things, and when he was completely off guard, Xiao Shouren swiftly pulled out the arrowhead from his back with a speed that left no time for cover.

  Then there was Geshu Yun's mournful "ah".

  Xiao Shouren felt a sharp pain in his palm, and a nameless fire rose up to three feet high. This girl's emotions were like those of a wolf dog from her past life.

  "If you bite again, I'll let you take my palm off!" Xiao Shouren said coldly. Whoever it was would not be able to bear it. He had been kind enough to help him heal his wounds, but he had actually learned from that mad dog. A dog bites Lu Dongbin without knowing the kindness of others.

  However, if Xiao Shouren were to think about it, if that Geshu Yun lady had used her big curved knife to carve an arc on herself instead of biting with her mouth, he probably wouldn't have the qualification to speak now.

  After pulling out the second arrow with a similar method, things got easier. I helped her clean the wound with warm water and cut off the rotten flesh with a small knife that had been disinfected in candle flames. Then, I applied some golden ointment and bandaged it up.