Chapter 944 Search
As expected, Li Ruoshuang immediately rejected Lin Yuesha's suggestion.
"No need for that. Is the chicken soup ready?"
Li Ruoshuang looked disgusted at the hard, dry cornbread; she could eat more chicken to fill her stomach.
It has to be said that she and the city lord arrived at the perfect time. There was a big pot of chicken, at least two chickens, because she glanced into the pot and saw three chicken feet.
"Wait another half hour. The chicken soup needs to simmer for a while longer to render the oil from the chicken skin, making it even more nourishing."
Lin Yuesha tricked Li Ruoshuang into serving herself a bowl first. If she didn't eat quickly, she might not get any food when the Wei family sent people to search the place.
Having just eaten a few crabs, which took up almost no space, Lin Yuesha was currently very hungry.
Why did you start eating first?
Standing to the side, Li Ruoshuang saw that Lin Yuesha had already blown on the chicken leg and eaten a piece of chicken, so she hurriedly asked.
She and the city lord hadn't even touched their chopsticks yet; this itinerant doctor's wife was so ill-mannered.
"I definitely have to eat it first, to test it for poison."
Lin Yuesha's words made perfect sense. During the days she traveled with Yuwen Kun, she and Qi Heng would eat first, and only after half an hour, when the two of them showed no other reaction, would Yuwen Kun pick up his chopsticks.
Where did Lu the carpenter buy his chicken? It looks like a free-range chicken. The chicken leg meat is reddish and firm. It smells so good!
Lin Yuesha filled a large bowl to the brim and ate heartily, while Li Ruoshuang, standing to the side, couldn't help but shed tears from the corners of her mouth.
Li Ruoshuang swallowed hard as she watched, trying to remain calm.
Having the traveling doctor's wife test the poison was a more rigorous approach; Li Ruoshuang only needed to watch over the pot.
After Lin Yuesha entered the room, Li Ruoshuang took her place, squatting in front of a large iron pot, placing her hands on the lid, letting the rising steam warm her icy fingers.
By the time Lin Yuesha had finished eating and drinking, half an hour had passed, but Qi Heng still hadn't returned.
After waiting for a while, a commotion came from the village entrance.
Li Ruoshuang was serving chicken when she hurriedly put down her bowl and chopsticks and opened the iron gate a crack.
Not far away, flames soared into the sky, and a large group of people were rushing towards the fishing village, searching house to house.
"Lord City Lord, something terrible has happened!"
Li Ruoshuang delivered a message to Yuwen Kun and, while doing so, dragged Lin Yuesha out of her room and questioned her, "Did you notify the authorities?"
"I'm innocent!"
They've arrived, the Wei family has indeed arrived, even faster than expected.
Lin Yuesha protested her innocence, saying that she had been inside the room while Li Ruoshuang was in the courtyard. If she had gone out to call for help, how could Li Ruoshuang have not seen her?
"Are these government officials here to search us?"
Yuwen Kun frowned. This was the first time he had been openly searched at his door. Something was fishy. Perhaps they weren't there to see him. They shouldn't assume it was him.
"Lord, if there are members of the Li family here, we will be exposed."
Li Ruoshuang touched her face. At this moment, she hated herself for being a daughter of the Li family.
Both she and Yuwen Kun had very distinctive features. Yuwen Kun's blue eyes had already given away his identity.
What to do? So many people have come; there must be some clues to be found.
"Madam Physician, do you have any ideas?"
Li Ruoshuang panicked and, in her desperation, grabbed Lin Yuesha by the collar, saying in a sinister tone, "We're in this together now. If the city lord and I are exposed, we'll have to drag you down with us."
"I, I..."
Lin Yuesha pretended to be scared. She knew she had to expose the two of them, otherwise how could she distract the Wei family?
Even if you kill her, it won't change anything.
Yuwen Kun saw clearly that hiding in the courtyard to avoid the search was almost impossible now, and the only option was to escape through the back door before the officials arrived.
However, they couldn't bring a carriage along, as the carriage was too slow and would slow them down.
"Leave the carriage here. You must help us buy time, or you know the consequences."
Li Ruoshuang patted her head; she was so hungry she almost fainted, her mind was blank, and she still had to rely on the city lord to make decisions at this crucial moment.
After discussing it, the two led their horses and slipped away through the back door.
After Yuwen Kun and Li Ruoshuang left, Lin Yuesha calculated the time and first ransacked the carriage.
Yuwen Kun had a habit of not carrying money on his person, while Li Ruoshuang rarely carried money and kept many things in her carriage.
Anyway, the Wei family will be searching soon, so it's better to let her have it than to let someone else do it.
There were still some old ginseng roots left on the carriage. The space under the seat was empty, with Li Ruoshuang's package inside, which was full of jewelry.
It turns out that robbery can bring a sense of joy; ill-gotten gains are indeed tempting.
Lin Yuesha will not keep this money for herself; she will pawn it in the future to provide additional compensation for the wounded soldiers.
Lin Yuesha didn't touch the rest of the teapots and teacups that Yuwen Kun had used.
Estimating that the two had run a short distance but were not out of reach, Lin Yuesha ran out the door, only to be immediately stopped by a group of people.
What are you doing?
The person who stopped him was good-looking; he was a young man.
"My lord, my husband and I are staying in the village. Two distinguished guests just arrived and took their horses, leaving their carriage in the courtyard."
Lin Yuesha said clearly, "There are many valuable porcelain pieces in the carriage, which look very expensive. I'm here to stay, but what if I lose something and those two drag me to the authorities? I can't explain myself!"
Lin Yuesha was very distressed, so she went out to look for someone.
"The benefactors you mentioned, are they a man and a woman?"
When the visitor asked a question, Lin Yuesha nodded.
"Are you injured?"
The visitor continued to ask questions.
Lin Yuesha glanced at it, then quickly lowered her head and stammered, "It was dark, so I couldn't see very clearly."
Where did they go?
The young man in the lead called his men, and the group headed straight for Lu the carpenter's house to search it.
Lin Yuesha frankly pointed out the direction Yuwen Kun and Li Ruoshuang fled in, and then quickly severed ties with them.
"Sir, do you think I won't be implicated? They came to ask for lodging, and I was also asking for lodging here. I felt bad about not letting them in."
Lin Yuesha wiped away her tears and stamped her feet, pounding her chest.
"No, we wouldn't have noticed so quickly if you hadn't come to inform us."
The leader was very polite and had his men reward Lin Yuesha with ten taels of silver.
The subordinate laughed and said, "Sir, you must keep track of the money you spend; this is Madam's instruction."
"Okay, you should tell her that this money is not for drinking, and she will definitely support it."
The young man chatted casually with his subordinates, and Lin Yuesha indirectly learned that the man in front of her was the garrison commander's son, Zhao Jingya's husband.
It seems that Zhao Jingya married the right person.
That night, tens of thousands of soldiers surrounded the fishing village and searched it repeatedly. Lin Yuesha did not sleep all night.
The group quietly dispersed at the crack of dawn the next day.
The carriage was taken away by government officials, leaving a group of people waiting for news at the Lu family's gate.
"Brothers, you've been keeping watch all night, have some chicken soup to warm yourselves up."
Qi Heng has not returned. As things stand, no news is good news.
Lin Yuesha was very good at handling people. She took the chicken soup from the big iron pot and gave it to the team of guards. Anyway, she couldn't drink it anymore, so she might as well do them a favor.
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