Chapter 926 Enemies Meet on a Narrow Road
After listening for a while, Qi Heng smiled slightly and said, "Actually, even if you hadn't said these things, I was thinking about how to coax you to come with me."
Why?
Lin Yuesha was puzzled. She was someone who was needed in the Northwest, and this time she wasn't going on a sightseeing trip.
"Because I don't want to be apart from you for too long."
The round trip from the Northwest to Yingcheng would take at least a month, and Qi Heng calculated that he wouldn't be able to return for a month or so.
After taking Yingcheng, he would have to stay there to reunite with his men. The northwest region had been handed over to the Prince of Luo and the Protector General's Mansion.
These past few days, Qi Heng has been busy dealing with trivial matters. Without seeing Lin Yuesha, he feels that time is passing too slowly, and each day feels like a year.
"Then what identity will we use to leave?"
Lin Yuesha laughed and said, "Why don't you take off your mask? That way you won't be recognized."
Upon hearing this, Qi Heng immediately broke out in a cold sweat. He was completely open with Lin Yuesha, except for his identity, which made it difficult for him to speak.
"I was just joking."
Seeing that Qi Heng did not answer, Lin Yuesha quickly gave him a way out, "I heard from Xu Da that your appearance is too outstanding. If the real person were to come, it would be easy to attract attention."
Finally, the couple discussed it and decided that Qi Heng would wear the mask with the mole removed, while Lin Yuesha would wear the cloud mask.
To avoid attracting attention, the couple prepared only a simple horse-drawn carriage and took a shortcut.
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Qi Heng was already on his way with Lin Yuesha. On the way, he received news that Helian Cheng had persuaded the old leader's subordinates to lead an army of 200,000 to attack the northwest border.
The 200,000-strong army was divided into four routes, and each route fell into an ambush by the Northwest Army, suffering heavy losses.
"Yuwen Kun and Miaoyin are also on their way. We must be careful not to run into those two."
Lin Yuesha touched her face. Without looking in the mirror, she almost forgot that she was a masked person.
It is said that after the old leader died, Biyu was killed by Wang Binglan's men.
"It's all fate. If we hadn't intercepted Yuwen Kun and forced him to turn back, Biyu would be on the road with this group right now."
Even without a leader as her father, Biyu could at least avoid being killed if she remained humble and content to be a maid.
On the Lantern Festival, when eating glutinous rice balls, Lin Yuesha passed through a town and saw stalls selling them along the way. She looked at them and saw that they had peanut filling and sesame filling, so she bought some of each.
To keep a low profile for this trip, the couple chose the most ordinary horse-drawn carriage.
The journey was extremely bumpy, and it was only after Qi Heng improved the carriage that the situation became slightly better.
Upon arriving in town, the couple prepared supplies and took some food with them for their journey. A separate suitcase was added to the roof of the carriage, containing mostly cooking utensils such as pots and pans.
Despite saying they were on their way, Qi Heng and Lin Yuesha didn't bring anyone with them; they were truly enjoying their time together as a young couple.
The carriage stopped at the carriage shop. Lin Yuesha tidied up the clothes she had brought with her. Qi Heng went out for a while and came back with a medicine box and a banner in his hands.
When Lin Yuesha opened the banner, she saw that it was covered in ink and had several large, crooked characters written on it: "Specializing in the treatment of all kinds of difficult and complicated diseases."
"Are we going to Yingcheng under the guise of a traveling doctor?"
Lin Yuesha had to praise Qi Heng's wit; by blending into the crowd like this, he could easily be overlooked.
There's just one problem: if someone actually comes seeking medical help, Lin Yuesha will be in a difficult position, since quack doctors can harm people!
"If someone actually needs our medical help, are you capable of treating them?"
Although Lin Yuesha knows a little, it's mostly about women's health. Let alone difficult and complicated diseases, she can't even cure a fever or cough.
"Being a traveling doctor shouldn't lead to people taking their lives, right?"
The reason it wanders around with a strip of cloth hanging on it is because it's only half-baked, and it's afraid of attracting attention and then running away.
Qi Heng bought this set of equipment from a quack doctor.
Upon learning that he could exchange it for silver, the man showed no hesitation and offered it with both hands, also giving away a medical book as a bonus.
"Alright, we need to hurry. If we can cure it, we'll help. If the problem is too difficult, we can't just stand by and do nothing."
Lin Yuesha meant that wealthy people wouldn't seek out itinerant doctors for treatment, but if someone was genuinely struggling financially, she was willing to lend a helping hand if necessary.
Doing good deeds anonymously and helping others within one's own capacity is a good thing.
The couple reached an agreement, but they never expected that their first customer would be an old acquaintance.
To conceal their identities, the couple made arrangements for all their clothing and other items. Lin Yuesha gave up her down jacket and wore a coarse cloth floral-patterned padded jacket to keep warm.
One evening, the couple had just arrived in Qincheng and were starting a fire to prepare a meal when they were captured by two men in black.
"Could it be that my identity has been exposed?"
Lin Yuesha was filled with anxiety, but she could see that although the man in black was rough in his actions, he didn't seem to want to take lives.
Besides, they were in the middle of nowhere, and they were poor enough that they shouldn't have been robbed.
Where are you taking us?
Qi Heng appeared panicked enough, but he had already guessed what was going on in his mind.
"Stop talking nonsense if you want to live!"
The man in black spoke in a deep, muffled voice, his words not quite fluent.
When the men in black brought the two of them to the carriage, Lin Yuesha almost cried out in surprise. It's true that enemies are destined to meet; she and Qi Heng had actually been captured by Yuwen Kun!
"Who is the doctor?"
Yuwen Kun stared at Qi Heng and Lin Yuesha, feeling that the two looked somewhat familiar.
However, ever since he met the imposter Lin Yuesha, he feels like he's seen everyone before.
"I am a doctor."
Qi Heng lowered his head and stepped forward cautiously.
Without the large mole, his mask revealed a generic, unremarkable face, so he wasn't worried about being recognized.
Lin Yuesha exclaimed that she was unlucky, and what she feared most had come to pass. She and Qi Heng only wanted to have a legitimate identity to travel, but they were captured by Yuwen Kun.
It seems that either Miaoyin or Li Ruoshuang is ill.
Upon hearing that the traveling physician was a man, Yuwen Kun narrowed his eyes and said, "Let your wife go in."
"But... I don't know how to treat patients."
Lin Yuesha didn't dare to look up, trembling with fear.
At this moment, Li Ruoshuang got off the carriage and said to Yuwen Kun, "City Lord, the lady is in excruciating pain. Why don't we find a larger pharmacy to take a look?"
The two timid people in front of me are clearly unreliable.
"Yes, sir. My husband is a traveling physician who has only studied under his master for a few years."
Lin Yuesha wiped her sweat with a handkerchief, feeling quite depressed.
"It will take several hours to get to the city and find a doctor. We can't let Yue Sha continue to suffer like this."
When Yuwen Kun mentioned her name, Lin Yuesha got goosebumps all over her body and wished she could run away immediately.
In particular, the great demon's voice was very gentle, which made her even more unbearable and sent chills down her spine.
"Let this itinerant doctor take a look first. If he can't cure the man, just kill him."
Facing Qi Heng and Lin Yuesha, Yuwen Kun said to his subordinates, "Send them on their way together. Don't harm people like a quack doctor. It's good for them to be a pair of star-crossed lovers."
Killing one person at a time is very much in line with Yuwen Kun's style.
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