Chapter 205 Gold Medal
Song Yanxi's face darkened, and she said, "If you don't want to get up, just get out," and turned and left.
An Yi quickly stood up and was about to follow, when he suddenly heard a low laugh from beside him, "Why are you so arrogant? You're just a dog at my feet, wagging its tail happily."
"Are you done?"
"Why do you care whether I've finished speaking or not? Who are you..."
The beggar muttered and turned his head, only to meet An Yi's cold eyes. He was so scared that he almost fainted.
He heard An Yi's cold voice order: "Keep an eye on him. The girl will be interrogating him later. Don't kill him."
Upon hearing this, the eyes of the two soldiers who came to take the man away lit up, and they said in unison: "Don't worry, Commander!"
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Inside the tent, Song Yanxi was flipping through the booklet given by Doctor Liu, her brows furrowed.
She just took a quick look and was so amazed at the number of people infected with the epidemic that she didn't notice that most of the records showed severe cases.
The most seriously ill among them are unable to eat and cannot get out of bed, relying entirely on their family members for care. If this continues, they may not even be able to take their medicine.
The situation was so serious, why didn't Mr. Liu tell her directly just now?
An Yi lifted the curtain and came in. His first words were, "My master has ordered me to stay with the young lady at all times. If I leave my post without permission, I will not be allowed to return to the palace."
For him, if Mo Jinchuan didn't want him, it would be more satisfying to just kill him with a knife.
Song Yanxi asked: "What else did he say?"
An Yi hesitated for a moment and said, "The master said that while he is not back, all matters in the city must be handled by Miss Song. You must not disobey her even a word."
He walked quickly forward, carefully took out a gold medal from his pocket, and held it in his palms in respect.
Looking at the gold medal engraved with dragon patterns, Song Yanxi was shocked.
This gold medal was secretly given to His Royal Highness Prince Jin by the Emperor. Seeing this token is like seeing His Majesty in person.
How could he be so confident in handing over such an important thing to an outsider like her?
Seeing her stunned, An Yi cleared his throat and said, "Please accept it, young lady. Help him stabilize the border city before the master returns, so that he doesn't have to worry about anything."
Song Yanxi frowned and said, "I'm just a doctor, how can I take on such an important task?"
"If the master says you can, then you can."
"That's not right. This token should be sent to General Xu, and he will..."
Halfway through her words, Song Yanxi was stunned.
By handing over this token that symbolizes his identity, wouldn't it be telling Xu Xiao and others that Mo Jinchuan's troops are not in the border town now and he is needed to take charge of the situation?
If he really needed it, he wouldn't leave without any arrangements.
Since he does not arrange anything, he must have his own reasons.
If she insisted on sending the token to Xu Xiao, wouldn't that be superfluous and might even ruin his plans...
An Yi repeated, "Please accept the token, young lady."
He said, "The master doesn't have many people he can trust nowadays. I hope Miss Song will agree to help him."
"Can……"
"Miss, don't worry. The master just wants you to keep this token for safekeeping in case of emergency."
Listening to An Yi's persuasive words, Song Yanxi nodded.
When he breathed a sigh of relief, she suddenly changed the subject and asked, "What happened at the border?"
An Yi's eyes flickered as he said, "I hope the young lady won't embarrass me."
Song Yanxi frowned and asked, "Did your master order me not to leave the border town at any cost?"
An Yi hesitated for a moment and nodded heavily.
He said, “The situation outside is unclear now, and the master left the girl in the city for her own good.
The girl is a smart person and should understand my master's painstaking efforts."
"Even if he doesn't tell me, I can't abandon the people of the border town and leave at this time."
Hearing this, An Yi muttered softly, "As expected of you, Master. Your guess is spot on."
If Miss Song didn't mention it, he would be the next one to say it.
Song Yanxi looked at An Yi gravely and asked in a deep voice, "So the prince didn't tell me not to tell me about the recent situation at the border, right?"
An Yi lowered his head and refused to respond.
Song Yanxi stood up, took the gold medal from his hand, and said coldly: "If you don't tell the truth, I will hand the gold medal to Lin Tingfeng right now."
An Yi suddenly looked up and looked at her in disbelief, "Miss Song, you..."
"What do you think the commander-in-chief position will do when someone else is desperate to prove their worth to His Majesty?"
Song Yanxi said this, stood up and was about to go out.
An Yi knelt down with a thud and said hurriedly, "Wait a minute, girl, let me tell you!
After my master returned from here, he asked me to send a message to General Qiu immediately, asking him to go to the checkpoint where the two places meet in person.
It's credible that just after I sent it out, the master changed his mind and decided to go there in person."
Song Yanxi frowned when she heard this, "You suddenly changed your mind?"
Mo Jinchuan is a cautious person. If he had not received accurate information, how could he risk leaving the city when his injuries were still not healed?
There must be something they missed.
An Yi frowned and thought for a moment, "Before the master left, he had been looking at the nearby topographical map."
"Do you have it with you?"
"No, but I have followed the prince here for many years and I already know the terrain very well. Could you please lend me a pen and paper?"
Song Yanxi quickly found a pen and paper, and while An Yi was drawing a topographic map, she carefully recalled the unusual things that had happened in the past two days.
Until she saw the three words "Lijia Village" appear on the paper.
She quickly pointed at that place and asked An Yi, "Is there a small path from here to Liang State?"
"Absolutely not."
An Yi explained, "Lijia Village is separated from the Liang State border by a natural barrier. At the easternmost point of the two adjacent mountains is a cliff. Over the past few hundred years, more than a dozen hunters have accidentally fallen off the cliff and lost their lives. The local people call it the Yama Pass.
When my master took me to the mountains to hunt white foxes for the young lady, we went here before. I saw with my own eyes the unfathomable depths of the Yama Pass. It was absolutely impossible for anyone to get through it."
After he finished speaking, he suddenly realized something and quickly said, "I was just talking nonsense, don't take it to heart, young lady."
His Royal Highness Prince Jin has been back in Beijing for over two years.
He actually started so early...
Song Yanxi suppressed her shock and continued to ask, "What if someone is skilled in Qinggong? Even with the skills of you and the prince, even with the help of things like Eagle Claws, wouldn't they be able to get through here?"
An Yi's face was filled with shame. "No, this place is bottomless. My master once had the same concerns as the young lady, worrying that the people of Liang would take advantage of this natural barrier to sneak into our Da'an border.
My master, along with me and the best soldiers in the army, have tried this before, but no one has been able to cross it, and we haven't even figured out its exact depth."
Afraid that Song Yanxi might misunderstand something, he emphasized, "The master's Qinggong is unmatched in our Da'an, and those Liang people are even less likely to do it."
The people of Liang are good at fighting on horseback, but not proficient in martial arts. Song Yanxi learned this from Mo Jinchuan on the way here.
But if the Liang people had not been involved, how could Lijia Village, located at the foot of the mountain and rarely visited by outsiders, have been infected when no symptoms of the epidemic had appeared in the surrounding towns?
Song Yanxi was lost in thought when she suddenly heard a sharp scream from outside, reaching the sky.
"What's that noise?"
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