Turning his head, he looked at Qingyue. Seeing her delicate appearance, he figured she was a girl who couldn't even kill a chicken, so he set his sights on her:
"Little beauty, the stall owner said you stole his seawater pearls, is that true?"
"My lords, I'm innocent! How could I have done such a thing!" Qingyue took out a handkerchief and frantically wiped away non-existent tears from the corners of her eyes.
“Sister Qingling, Qingyue…” Yang Hai stared in disbelief.
"Don't speak," Qingling whispered a reminder.
Seeing Qingyue's pale face filled with fear, the soldiers smiled with satisfaction, then looked at Qingling.
"Your sister has committed a crime, we need to take her away, you..."
Before the officers could finish speaking, Qingling coldly replied, "Just take her away. You don't need to tell me. She's been arrested by you. It's good that my parents are all mine now."
"So that's how it is." Upon hearing this, the soldiers assumed that the sisters didn't get along. This was perfect; they could easily take her away without any struggle and quickly return to claim credit.
"Sister, don't leave me!" Qingyue tried to run towards Qingling in small steps, but before she could take two steps, she was grabbed by two soldiers.
Qingling also turned her face away with an icy expression.
Seeing the two soldiers about to leave, the pharmacy manager became anxious: "Sir, what will happen to the people in our pharmacy?"
"What are we going to do?" The officer sneered, "You can't even handle this little thing. What a waste of your skills as a henchman at the pharmacy."
After saying that, he took Qingyue away. Yang Hai was extremely anxious, but since Qingling didn't say anything, he could only watch helplessly as Qingyue was taken away.
"I wrote the prescription. Where are your thugs? Tell them to come out." Qingling calmly glanced at the pharmacy manager.
The pharmacy manager thought for a moment and then sent his assistant to call over the pharmacy's thugs. He watched as the shirtless, muscular thugs lined up and surrounded Qingling and Yang Hai, and couldn't help but smile smugly.
However, as the thugs gradually fell down, the pharmacy owner's smile soon vanished.
"Prepare the medicine according to the prescription." Qingling looked coldly at the prescription in the pharmacy manager's hand, as if disobeying would make him the next one to collapse.
"Arrest him, arrest him! Have him arrested right here!" The pharmacy manager hurriedly handed the prescription in his hand to the shop assistant, telling him to get the medicine.
"Keep a close eye on it. If any of the herbs is wrong, I'll twist your heads off."
"Yes, yes, yes!" The pharmacy manager nodded respectfully.
Where was the arrogant and domineering aura from just now? They were all bullies who preyed on the weak and feared the strong. Qingling looked at the pharmacy manager in front of her with a look of disgust. If she hadn't been more careful today...
No one knows what will happen to these two siblings today, let alone the unarmed civilians.
"Miss, the medicine is ready. Please take a look." The waiter placed the prepared medicine on the table for Qingling to inspect.
In the blink of an eye, Qingling grabbed the neck of the pharmacy owner in front of her, gradually tightening her grip until his face turned red and he was about to run out of breath. She then slowly loosened her grip, repeating this several times. The pharmacy owner felt as if he had walked back and forth between the gates of hell and back several times.
"You dare to play tricks on me? Do you want me to force these pills on you?" Qingling said, enunciating each word clearly.
"Are you crazy?!" The pharmacy manager glared angrily at the shop assistant, telling him to quickly get the medicine again.
"If you mix any other herbs into this, none of you will survive."
She never took a mere pharmacy seriously. Looking across the entire Great Sheng Kingdom, who would dare to punish her Gu Sect?
Soon, the shop assistant refilled the medicine and handed it to Qingling. Only after Qingling nodded did he meekly pack it up.
"Go get the medicine." Qingling released the pharmacy manager from her grasp, letting Yang Hai take the medicine and follow her.
Yang Hai followed Qing Ling back to the inn. As soon as they arrived at the inn's entrance, they saw Jiang Hua and the others preparing to leave, along with Yang Tao, who looked anxious.
"Big brother, come back!" Yang Tao rushed over to her brother, who was safe and sound.
"Alright, you've bought the medicine. Hurry back and brew it for your parents. The medicine is labeled, so don't get it wrong," Qingling said to the two of them.
"But, what about Sister Qingyue?" Yang Hai hesitated, still worried about Qingyue who had been taken away by the soldiers.
"Qingyue is our business now, and you can't help us here." Qingling always spoke very directly. After thinking for a moment, she added, "Come find me if anything happens."
Since Qingling had said so, Yang Hai had no choice but to take his sister home first, since their parents were still waiting for them.
"What happened? Where is Qingyue?" Jiang Hua asked.
"They were captured by the naval forces."
"What! You have girls who have been kidnapped by the naval forces?"
The shopkeeper who rented out the courtyard for Jiang Hua had just returned when he heard this: "It's gone, it's gone, it can't be saved."
After handing the key to the courtyard to Jiang Hua, he pleaded, "You should move from my little shop to your courtyard as soon as possible. My little shop can't take any more trouble."
"Then please lead the way, innkeeper." Seeing the innkeeper's attitude, Jiang Hua felt it was inappropriate to stay at the inn any longer, so she asked Shuanghua and Granny Jiang to pack their belongings.
It took almost an hour to reach the small courtyard that the innkeeper had helped rent. After dropping people off at the innkeeper's place, I felt like I was being chased by a ferocious beast, wishing I could fly away and escape from them.
"Shopkeeper, there's something else I'd like to ask you." Jiang Hua gestured for Qingling to close the door, preventing the shopkeeper from leaving.
"What...what are you trying to do?" The shopkeeper backed away in terror.
"Nothing, just asking you, what did you mean by 'gone' just now?" Jiang Hua asked leisurely.
"It's just what it sounds like. Didn't you notice there were no girls on the street today?" The shopkeeper sighed in relief and asked in return.
"All the girls captured by the naval camp were offered to the Grand Admiral of the naval camp and the Prefect of Yangcheng."
"The girls they got tired of were sold to Yingchunlou, where their only fate was death or a wretched existence."
"That's all I know. Don't look for me anymore. I have nothing to do with you anymore," the shopkeeper said hurriedly. Seeing that Qingling was no longer blocking the door, he quickly opened the door and ran away, making sure to close it behind him before he ran off.
"Uncle, how many guards do we have here right now?" Jiang Hua asked Jiang Xun.
“I only brought half a group of people with me this time, a hundred,” Jiang Xun replied.
"Hai Dongqing has replied. Jiang Xingzhou is leading a thousand soldiers and the Crown Prince this way. They are probably already in Qing Shi Town. We should be able to make contact with them in three days at the earliest."
"Qingling, tell Qingyue to calm down and see if we can find a way to find out if the naval camp and the pirates are in contact," Jiang Hua suggested.
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