Jian Ning had muted the sound. The streets were mostly deserted at night, and even if there were, most wouldn't be paying attention to the sky. The drone quickly took off, but headed south, while Ding Youtian and the county magistrate headed north.
Two opposite paths.
Jian Ning grabbed Ding Youtian and looked at the county magistrate. "Master Cai, why don't you go ahead? My husband and I will go find Mr. Gan, give him the medicine, and then we'll rush back to meet you."
There were constables and yamen runners stationed in Huajian Lane, so the county magistrate thought it was a good idea. After all, if a woman like Jian Ning went, it wouldn't be effective. Although he had only met Ding Youtian briefly, he had discovered that he had a quick mind and many ideas. It didn't matter to him whether Jian Ning went or not. He simply told Ding Youtian to meet up with them when he was done.
After he left, Jian Ning pulled Ding Youtian south. Ding Youtian had noticed that she looked up at the sky from time to time, and then he also discovered that there were moving flying objects like small stars in the sky.
"Did you put that there? What is it?" He looked up and asked.
"Drone." Jian Ning saw that there were no more houses ahead and was afraid that he would have to leave the city. "The city gate must be locked. If I want to leave the city, do I have to go back to find Brother Qin?"
"No need. The guard hasn't changed yet. Lord Cai and I went to the South Gate to distribute disinfectants. Lord Cai greeted the captain guarding the city and conveyed Brother Yifan's instructions. I think it won't be difficult for me to get you out of the city."
The drone flew outside the city, and the captain guarding the city did not make things difficult for them. Jian Ning just said that he was going out of the city to collect herbs to treat the people in the city, and the two of them passed through smoothly.
A female Bodhisattva has come to the city. She has superb medical skills and is a fellow villager of Lord Qin. This news has spread throughout the city.
The captain guarding the city naturally heard about it.
"How is it? Can you keep up?" After leaving the city, the two followed the drone for a while. Jian Ning heard Ding Youtian's breathing getting heavier, and worried that he was exhausted, so he slowed down his pace.
She took out the remote control panel and turned off the mute. She wanted to retract the drone and rest for a while, but Ding Youtian said, "I'm fine. If I need to rest, I'll tell you. But are you tired? Your injuries haven't healed yet. If you're tired, take a break. I'm fine."
"That little injury is nothing to me. In that case, let's keep going."
The two continued to move forward.
After walking less than ten miles, the drone beeped: [Alert: Target detected ahead!]
After broadcasting it three times in a row, Ding Youtian stared at the remote control panel in Jian Ning's hand and said, "Amazing! This thing can actually speak, and it speaks with the same accent as Ah Man's father. It's really weird. How does it do that?"
Ah Man's grandfather, the Grand Tutor, spoke his hometown dialect with a touch of modern Beijing accent, while Huo Jincheng and Ah Man spoke with authentic Beijing accent, and the drone announcer also spoke with standard Beijing accent.
Ding Youtian was truly shocked by modern high technology at this moment.
Jian Ning enlarged the holographic image and saw a manor in front of him. The overall layout of the house was similar to the manor that Feng Qingzi and his friends had lived in before, except that the area was slightly smaller.
There was no one guarding the house, and no one was seen walking on the corridor. Most of the houses in the village had no lights on, only the west wing and the ear room diagonally opposite had lights on.
Jian Ning looked around and pointed to a sheltered area and said to Ding Youtian, "Wait here for me. I'll go explore the road. If we can rescue them, we'll do so. If not, we'll go to the city gate to get reinforcements."
"I'll go with you. I'm somewhat useful, I won't hold you back, and maybe I can even help you in a critical moment. As for me, I don't have any other skills, but I do have the ability to escape in an emergency. If the enemy is large, I can even take you out with me."
Jian Ning narrowed her eyes. They hadn't even started yet, and this guy was already thinking about escaping. In the military, that would be considered demoralizing and a surefire way to get shot. But right now, there were only two of them, a husband-and-wife duo at best. They couldn't even get a shift.
As soon as the thought of husband and wife popped into her mind, her face flushed.
Forget it, they are not in the army now, so it is not wrong for him to think about escaping. Change your thinking, as long as you have the green mountains, you will not be afraid of running out of firewood.
Only by preserving yourself can you shine and make greater contributions, which seems to be nothing wrong.
Moreover, Jian Ning thought about the last time he was seriously injured by Feng Qingzi, leaving Ding Youtian alone. When he faced Feng Qingzi, he not only escaped unscathed but also protected her, and successfully waited for Blind Liu to arrive.
She is not alone now. She has children to raise and apprentices to protect. Her safety concerns many people. She is no longer a special police officer. It should be right to think about herself first, right?
"Master knows that my family is going on a long journey, so he specially made some life-saving items for me. Please take me with you!"
Seeing her staring silently, as if she was considering whether to take him with her, Ding Youtian quickly took out a few small bamboo tubes and said, "Look, these are what my master gave me. They are all smoke and drugs that can be mixed with lamp oil to burn together."
He opened one and showed it to Jian Ning. There was a mechanism at the end of the bamboo tube. When twisted, it turned into a blowpipe. "Just blow into your mouth, and the smoke will float out, and it can knock people out."
How useless must this guy be that Blind Liu would rack his brains to come up with so many life-saving things for him?
Jian Ning secretly sympathized with Blind Liu and nodded. Just as she was about to bring him along, he blurted out, "These things aren't difficult to make. I've taken them apart and looked at them."
"Have you ever opened it?"
Damn it! This thing is more of a hindrance than a help. Will it still be useful after it's been taken apart at a critical moment?
Jane Ning expressed doubt.
"Don't worry." Ding Youtian saw the doubts in her heart, "I took it apart and studied it carefully. These are all made by me. I have tried them and they are no worse than those made by my master."
"During the days before you came here, you locked yourself in your room every day just to do this?"
"Yes, what's wrong?"
Jane Ning was truly impressed! There was a charcoal basin in the main room, and sometimes there would be an open flame, but he actually hid in the room to tinker with these chemical things. Fortunately, nothing happened.
How ignorant and fearless!
"Don't tinker with anything behind my back anymore. Some flammable and explosive substances can explode if they accidentally come into contact with something in the air. If you don't want to live, I do, and so do the kids!"
Now it was Ding Youtian's turn to squint at her. The expression on his face seemed to be saying, has his wife gone stupid again?
"I said it was smoke, how could it explode?
"Are you a chemistry teacher? You say you can't do it? No wonder my injury hasn't healed properly. My chest is always stuffy. Maybe it's all the poisonous smoke you made."
Can this be blamed on him?
Well, reasoning with your wife is unreasonable in itself, and even if you are reasonable, it becomes unreasonable.
"No matter what happens next, I will tell you first. Can you take me with you?"
Jian Ning rolled her eyes at him and waved her hand, motioning him to follow.
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