Chapter 140: No one can take it away!
Liang Jingyao disagreed and immediately refused, "No, you're still wrapped in gauze! Don't even think about going anywhere else except staying here to recuperate!"
Lin Xiaoyue was a little depressed. How tiring could it be just walking around and talking?
She decided to take a roundabout way to save the situation and went back to the courtyard to talk to her father. "Let's not stand here any longer. Let's get Zhan Ying and Manager Yao back to the courtyard to eat something. They've been on the road these past few days, so it's hard for them to even get a good meal!"
Liang Jingyao nodded and said, "Okay! Let's go back first!"
Back in the courtyard, Lin Xiaoyue first found Chen Yunyun and instructed her, "Yunyun, the two newcomers are Brother Liang's men. They're out on a mission and haven't had a hot meal in several days. Make them two bowls of noodles first, so they can have a bite. Then make a few more delicious dishes tonight!"
Chen Yunyun nodded and said, "Okay, no problem!"
Then, Lin Xiaoyue went to the warehouse to look for the old wine freak. She felt that lying in bed all day would make her moldy! She just wanted to find something to do!
"Dad! Let me help you!" Walking into the warehouse, Lin Xiaoyue rolled up her sleeves and prepared to help Jiu Laoguai move things or something.
The old drunkard finally had a daughter and he was so heartbroken that he couldn't wait to let her do such a hard job.
He pushed and pulled Lin Xiaoyue out of the warehouse, "I'm enough! Go lie down. If you get tired, recite the medical book I gave you last night! Once I've sorted out the warehouse, I'll teach you how to identify herbs!"
Lin Xiaoyue hugged the door frame and pleaded with a smile: "Dad, I'm much better now. Moving a little will help the wound heal."
If the drunkard hadn't been afraid that pulling too hard would affect the wound, he would have dragged Lin Xiaoyue out of the warehouse long ago! Other girls are all embroidering and catching butterflies, gentle and weak, why does my girl have such a rough life?
If Prince Rong defeats Emperor Liang in the future, Liang Jingyao will be the crown prince. The selection of the crown princess has always been very particular. If this girl behaves like this, she will suffer in the future! I must not let this girl act recklessly!
The old drunkard said seriously, "Girl, be obedient and memorize the medical books well. I will teach you all my skills in the future. Once you have learned them, I will bring you into the palace to be a female physician. This will be extremely important to you and Jingyao's lifelong affairs!"
Lin Xiaoyue said in confusion: "Dad, I haven't agreed to Brother Liang yet! Besides, what does being a female medical officer have to do with Brother Liang?"
The old drunk sighed, pulled Lin Xiaoyue back into the storeroom, and said, "Silly girl, Prince Rong will fight a war with Emperor Liang sooner or later! This is definitely a case of the winner being the king and the loser being the enemy! If Prince Rong succeeds in defeating Emperor Liang and replacing him, then Jing Yao will be the crown prince. Do you think that if you were a girl from an ordinary family, would Prince Rong agree to let you be the crown princess?"
Lin Xiaoyue lowered her head silently. Although she had not promised Liang Jingyao, she had been a little impulsive recently and got into a lot of trouble!
And what my father said is correct. In ancient times, people attached great importance to matching each other in family backgrounds, especially the Crown Princess, who is a woman who may become the Queen in the future!
"Dad, I haven't thought about it yet. I have a lot of things I want to do right now, and Brother Liang can give me the most funding and help! As for the future, that depends on whether I want that position or not! No one can snatch what I want from me, and no one can force something I don't want on me!"
Jiu Laoguai liked Lin Xiaoyue's personality, but her words made Jiu Laoguai so anxious that he almost jumped up, "Then you won't study medicine with me?"
Lin Xiaoyue smiled and said, "I will learn! Of course I will! But I have no interest in joining the palace as a female physician! With this little skill, I would rather be practicing medicine and helping others! No way am I supposed to cater to the hypocritical women in the palace!"
When Jiu Laoguai heard that Lin Xiaoyue was still willing and just didn't want to be a female official, his nervous heart relaxed again, "Okay, okay! If you don't want to, then don't want to! Your father and I still have some savings. If you don't want to get married, Dad will support you for the rest of your life!"
Lin Xiaoyue wouldn't doubt what Jiu Laoguai said. As the most trusted imperial physician to the late emperor, he would definitely have no shortage of money! However, her own earning power wasn't enough to support her father.
She rummaged through her bosom, pulled out a stack of banknotes, and waved them in front of the drunkard. "Don't worry about me, Dad. I have plenty of money. I just want you to be safe and sound, and live a long life!"
The drunkard was touched, wiped his tears, and said, "Good boy! If you want to stay in the warehouse, stay there. I will take you to identify some herbs first."
Lin Xiaoyue studied very hard until it was dark and Liang Jingyao came to call them to eat. Only then did Lin Xiaoyue and Jiu Laoguai leave the warehouse.
At the dinner table, the drunkard placed a piece of paper in Liang Jingyao's hand. "I've looked over it all this afternoon. Although there are still many herbs in the warehouse, there are also many missing! Now that Emperor Liang has openly targeted you, it's difficult for us to predict what will happen next. We can only say that it's better to be prepared!"
Liang Jingyao picked it up and took a look. There were about a dozen medicinal herbs, and the quantity needed was huge. "If we want to buy them, we have to go to the authentic production area. I'll ask Fugui to send more people out!"
The old wine freak nodded and said, "Okay! You take care of this!"
"Hmph..." Lin Xiaoyue snorted and said, "Since this place has been exposed, let's move to the teahouse tomorrow! Otherwise, the teahouse will not be able to stay closed!"
Liang Jingyao knew that Lin Xiaoyue had ulterior motives. She just wanted to follow Zhan Ying and Yao Jinheng to negotiate the price!
So, Liang Jingyao refused and said, "We can't move for now. Zhan Liang's wound is quite deep and he can't be moved yet. The Cheetah Army will enter the city tomorrow. Let's open the teahouse after we settle the Cheetah Army!"
Lin Xiaoyue would be lying if she said she wasn't disappointed. She asked, "Where will the Cheetah Army stay when they arrive tomorrow? We said before that 100 people would go to the capital. Are they still going?"
Liang Jingyao nodded and said, "Of course! I've already thought of where these 100 people will live!"
Lin Xiaoyue asked curiously, "Where?"
Liang Jingyao replied proudly, "The Zhenguo Mansion! It's unused anyway, and the place is large. If it's not discovered, a hundred Cheetah soldiers can stay there forever. But if it is discovered, that place is the Zhenguo Mansion, and Emperor Liang won't think of me! Anyway, the Princess will make arrangements in the capital."
Lin Xiaoyue thought this was a good idea and asked, "What about here? There's not a place that big in Yangming Town, and the shops around the teahouse can't be bought up that quickly! Are we going to rob them?"
Liang Jingyao raised the corners of his mouth and nodded, saying, "I asked Zhan Tian and the others, and Zhan Xiong didn't negotiate with many families. In that case, we have to rob them! I've checked, and there are refugees appearing in the northern border! So I'll have the Cheetah Army disguised as refugees to sneak in, and then start robbing. When the robbery is almost over, the county magistrate will bring people out to administer justice, and then smoothly settle our Cheetah Army in the valley!"
Lin Xiaoyue felt particularly warm when she heard the word "valley". She asked excitedly, "Is it okay? Didn't you say that Emperor Liang's army is stationed in Yangming Mountain and the valley? Won't this expose us? Will it implicate the county magistrate?"
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