Da Bao pouted, head bowed in silence. After a pause, he forced a few tears from his eyes and pointed at Er Bao, saying aggrievedly, "Second brother... did it."
Er Bao's face immediately darkened. He finally understood what it meant to be framed. This blame had hit him hard.
"Is that so?" Feng Jin raised her eyebrows slightly, looking at Da Bao with suspicion. She found Da Bao's words unreliable.
If Da Bao had made Er Bao dirty, she might have believed it. But for Er Bao to do such a thing was indeed hard to believe.
Da Bao nodded hurriedly and continued to state emphatically, "It was second brother."
Er Bao rolled his eyes, looking at Da Bao with utter disdain. He had never met someone who could lie so easily without even a draft.
Cai Qing and Chu Qing were also surprised by Da Bao's sudden move. They were stunned for a long time before reacting. Now they understood why Da Bao had insisted on not changing his clothes. It was to preserve evidence and prepare to accuse Er Bao.
"Young Madam... actually it was..." Chu Qing was about to speak up for Er Bao but was interrupted by a look from Feng Jin.
"You don't need to say more, I know what's going on."
From the beginning, she didn't believe Da Bao's words. This mischievous boy was trying to use the situation to slander Er Bao, just wanting her to punish Er Bao.
"Da Bao, tell mother the truth. What exactly happened? Did Er Bao really do this to your clothes?"
Feng Jin patiently squatted down to look Da Bao in the eye, waiting for him to tell the truth.
"I... Mother..."
Da Bao was clearly guilty, constantly avoiding Feng Jin's gaze. His mouth opened slightly, but the words he was about to say were swallowed back.
His two fingers fiddled with each other, showing his inner turmoil. He knew he couldn't hide it any longer, so Da Bao reluctantly decided to tell the truth: "Second brother did it, and I also did things to second brother."
A mother knows her child best. Feng Jin knew that what Da Bao was saying now was true. A look of helplessness appeared on her face. It seemed that in the time she wasn't watching these two, they had started fighting again. Neither of them was easy to deal with.
"What did mother tell you? You are brothers, you should be fraternal, help each other, and love each other. You shouldn't fight. You're both so restless that you fight as soon as I turn my back. Are you deliberately trying to make me worry!"
Feng Jin's tone was filled with anger, very dissatisfied with their behavior. These two restless children only knew how to fight all day long.
After scolding them, Feng Jin calmed down a little. "Do you two remember?"
Having been scolded, Da Bao and Er Bao nodded obediently, answering in unison, "We remember."
"Let's eat first." Feng Jin waved her hand dismissively, telling them to sit down quickly and eat.
She was already starving and didn't care about anything else. The priority was to fill her stomach.
Da Bao sat at the chair with a dejected mood, venting all his dissatisfaction on the food, stuffing it into his mouth mouthful after mouthful.
He had wanted to teach Er Bao a lesson and show him that his older brother was formidable, but he didn't expect to fail so miserably. In the end, he still had to be scolded with Er Bao. It was truly unfair.
"Eat properly while you're eating. Look at you, you've made the whole table messy, and there are crumbs on the floor. Is your mouth leaking, can't hold the food?"
Feng Jin reached out to wipe the food residue from the corner of Da Bao's mouth, looking at him with slight disgust. He was such a big child, yet he still ate so messily.
"Young Madam... Young Madam..."
Lu Shi's anxious voice came from outside the room. Before he was seen, his voice had already filled the entire room.
Feng Jin frowned slightly, put down her chopsticks, and looked outside. Upon seeing Lu Shi clearly, she immediately stood up from her chair.
"How did this happen?"
Lu Shi was covered in blood, and his face was also stained with blood. This made Feng Jin's heart skip a beat, and her entire being felt clenched.
"Young Madam, on our way back, we were ambushed. The Young General... the Young General was shot in the shoulder..."
Feng Jin's heart instantly leaped into her throat, and her nerves tensed up. "Where is Ling Mohan?"
"He... he's..." Before Lu Shi could finish speaking, he couldn't catch his breath and fainted.
"Cai Qing, you stay and take care of Lu Shi."
She handed the unconscious Lu Shi over to Cai Qing and Chu Qing to care for, and Feng Jin hurried outside. When she found him, Ling Mohan had already been moved to a room and was unconscious.
"Ling Mohan... Ling Mohan..."
After calling out his name loudly a few times, the man lying on the bed remained unmoved. Feng Jin placed her hand on his pulse. His vital signs were stable; he had only fainted.
"Chu Qing, go and prepare hot water and scissors."
They had to remove the arrow from his shoulder as soon as possible, otherwise, he would bleed to death.
Feng Jin frantically prepared the items. After Chu Qing brought the hot water, she threw the knife and scissors into it for simple disinfection.
It was only after cutting open his clothes that Feng Jin clearly saw the severity of Ling Mohan's shoulder wound. The arrow had penetrated three inches deep, just one inch away from his heart. If it had been any closer, Ling Mohan would have already died.
Even though Chu Qing had seen many such scenes before, she couldn't help but feel a little flustered now, her hands even trembling slightly as she passed things.
"Knife..."
"Scissors..."
"Gauze..."
Feng Jin's movements were remarkably steady, as if she were dealing with an inanimate puppet rather than a person of flesh and blood. Her face showed no emotion, and her hands were extremely decisive.
Pinching a silver needle between her fingers, Feng Jin made a swift movement. Several silver needles were inserted into the man's acupoints.
The arrowhead was too deeply embedded in the flesh, and pulling it out would be extremely painful. Since Ling Mohan was unconscious, she couldn't give him anesthesia. She could only use silver needles to temporarily seal the acupoints, which would also alleviate Ling Mohan's pain and make the arrow removal safer.