Chapter 916 Ping An Women's Medical College
There were quite a few carriages leaving the city, and as soon as Li San Niang got into the carriage, her eyelids tightened.
"Fuling, I'm going to take a nap. We're almost there, so please wake me up."
After saying this to Song Fuling, Li Sanniang closed her eyes, cleared her mind, and drifted off to sleep.
Qiu Xiang moved closer to Li San Niang, letting her lean on her so she could feel more comfortable.
As for Song Fuling, she was a caring person. She took a thin blanket from the cabinet at the bottom of the carriage and, together with Qiu Xiang, covered Li San Niang with it.
The carriage moved slowly along the official road. Old Ten was a skilled driver, and his hands holding the reins were very steady.
However, not long after leaving Chang'an, the tenth prince noticed something was wrong.
Although the official road is generally accessible to everyone, pedestrians only need to give way when officials are traveling urgently or when the government is transporting grain or silver.
But it is no exaggeration to say that the Tang Dynasty was the center of the world, and Chang'an was the most prosperous capital city at that time.
Not to mention that in just over two months it will be the Emperor's birthday, and this year it will be a grand occasion with all nations paying tribute.
The official roads leading to Chang'an were bustling with people and vehicles.
Most of the time, vehicles on this official road maintain a certain distance from each other. Sometimes, you might not see another carriage for several miles.
Furthermore, the carriage that Li San Niang was traveling in this time bore the mark of the Imperial Medical Bureau, clearly indicating that it was of official style. Families without a title to inherit or an official in their household would definitely avoid it.
Scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants—even the lowest-ranking official was still a member of a different class from everyone else.
However, Lao Shi clearly felt that since their carriage left Chang'an City, there were more and more carriages and pedestrians following Li San Niang, especially after passing Shilipo, where two carriages could be felt to be following very closely.
Without making a sound, Lao Shi glanced at the two carriages that were sandwiching his own carriage from the front and back. After looking at them for a few more moments, Lao Shi had a plan in mind.
He tapped the carriage shaft a few times using a special tapping technique of the Bad Guys. After a few breaths, Qiu Xiang, who was inside the carriage, noticed it. She carefully lifted the curtain and pretended to look at the scenery along the way, glancing at the two different carriages in front and behind.
Then, Qiu Xiang gestured to Song Fuling to help Li San Niang up, while she herself knocked on the carriage wall a few times. Upon receiving the response, Lao Shi immediately tightened the reins and lashed out with the whip.
After letting out a neigh in pain and stress, the horse took off galloping forward.
The tenth prince's sudden move kicked up a cloud of dust for both carriages.
After the old ten horses had gone far away, the carriage that was originally in front suddenly stopped, and the carriages following behind had to quickly tighten their reins to stop as well, in order to avoid a collision.
Before the people in the carriage behind could react, two men wielding swords jumped down from the carriage in front.
This terrified the coachman and the two shifty-eyed men in the carriage. One of the men, a portly man, mustered his courage and demanded, "In broad daylight, how dare you kill innocent people?"
This official road is for everyone to travel on. We are law-abiding citizens, what are you doing?
The two men holding knives were somewhat surprised, thinking that there must be some kind of villains in the carriage.
Little did they know that they were two people who could be identified as merchants just by looking at them.
The two men exchanged a glance, drew their knives, and knocked the two unconscious merchants unconscious by the hilts. After asking the coachman a few questions, one of them carried the two unconscious merchants to his carriage.
"You didn't pull these two people today, nor have you seen either of us, do you understand?"
The plain-looking rogue said this to the coachman, which frightened the coachman so much that he closed his eyes and almost knelt down to beg for mercy.
The driver, trembling, closed his eyes and said, "I understand, I understand, don't worry, sir. I won't leave the city today; I'll just pick up passengers within the city."
The coachman was an experienced driver; even with his eyes closed, he could turn the carriage around and head back to Chang'an.
Thus, the two scoundrels sent by Mr. Bu Ke to serve as bodyguards for Li San Niang got back into the carriage and drove towards the nearest outpost of the scoundrels.
After traveling for less than a quarter of an hour, they arrived at a teahouse. The taller of the ruffians parked the carriage behind the teahouse. After exchanging a few words with the ruffians they had met, the two merchants were abandoned, and the carriage headed back onto the main road to catch up with Li San Niang and her companions.
Meanwhile, Li Sanniang's carriage had already slowed down. Li Sanniang frowned, feeling quite annoyed by the situation.
"It seems that I am really popular now, and people love to follow me wherever I go."
"Third Sister, I wonder who was protecting us in the shadows today? But they must have stopped the carriage that was following us. Should we wait here for them to come over?"
After thinking about it, Li San Niang still rejected Lao Shi's suggestion: "Forget it, it's not like I'm blocking people's way for the first time. Are we supposed to just stop doing things for their sake?"
"It's alright, let's take advantage of the weather and go to the women's medical school."
Although Li San Niang said this, she still turned to Song Fu Ling, who was very worried, and said, "Fu Ling, stay close to your master. If anything happens, don't worry about your master. Protect yourself first."
"As an official, even if those people are incredibly audacious, they wouldn't dare kill an official outside the capital."
After giving this advice, Li San Niang felt a little better.
This wasn't the first time Song Fuling had encountered such a situation while serving Li Sanniang. She might have been a little scared the first time, but after so many days, although she couldn't say she was used to it, she had developed the ability to cope.
"Don't worry, Master, I understand."
Song Fuling patted the pouch at her waist, looked up at Li Sanniang and said with a smile, "Master, I have this too. If anyone dares to come, Fuling can definitely knock them all out with a handful of medicine!"
"Ah, use it when you need to. Life is precious no matter what. I'm counting on you to carry on my mantle, make the obstetrics and gynecology clinic great, and become a renowned female doctor."
As they were talking, they were not far from Gupo Mountain.
Thinking about the distance from Chang'an City to Gupo Mountain, Li Sanniang made another plan: "This journey is really quite far. Even if the women's medical college is established in the future and the surrounding villages will definitely form a gathering place around this place, it is still too far."
"I'll need to ask the county magistrate for some manpower later; it would be even better if we could borrow some soldiers from the garrison."
In less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the carriage stopped outside a gate.
There was no plaque above the door, but the plaque for "Ping An Women's Medical College" had already been carved. However, the women's medical college was not yet open to the public. Li San Niang had set the opening date for half a month before the Emperor's birthday. At that time, she would hold a ceremony to invite people to unveil the plaque and officially unveil the Ping An Women's Medical College.
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