Su Wan wanted to rush to Woxia Mountain immediately, but Lin Qingfeng stopped her.
The reason is the curved swords those people used.
The scimitar is a very special weapon, with a crescent-shaped blade. Due to its relatively short length, it requires the user to get close to the opponent to use it. In the Great Jin Dynasty, soldiers, officials, and even the emperor's guards preferred to use longswords and straight sabers, which had a wider range of motion.
Lin Qingfeng concluded, "It's not that there are absolutely no people skilled in using curved swords in the Great Jin Dynasty. But the fact that so many of them have appeared in Woxia Mountain suggests that they are likely curved sword guards from the Southern Chu."
Su Wan didn't believe it and asked, "Are you saying that the people who kidnapped my brother are warriors from Southern Chu, and Brother Chu's men!?"
Lin Qingfeng said, "Mistress, I know that Chu Yi saved you. That's in the past. He's now leading his army into the country to attack Xiping Pass."
Su Wan closed her eyes and remained silent for a moment before whispering, "You're right, Brother Chu also uses a curved sword. The people who kidnapped my brother all used swords... It all matches up. The one who killed Guard Zhang with one strike was him."
Lin Qingfeng said, "Those yamen runners going to Woxia Mountain would be no match for those scimitar guards."
Upon hearing this, Magistrate An broke out in a sweat, wiping it with his sleeve, and said, "If that's the case, we can only mobilize troops... but all the troops have already gone to Xiping Pass."
Su Wan twisted the hem of her clothes and said, "Then what should we do?"
She saw a chance to rescue her younger brother, but couldn't go because the opponent was too powerful. Lin Qingfeng only brought a dozen or so guards, and the strongest of them had just left for Xiping Pass to deliver a message to Wei Jingzhuo. She couldn't go alone.
Just as she was getting impatient, a yamen runner came in to report: "Madam, Madam Su, a doctor named Kang from Baohe Hall has come to report a case."
"Report a crime?" Su Wan looked at Magistrate An, puzzled. The latter was also somewhat confused and instructed his bailiffs, "Let him in."
Dr. Kang was a resident physician at Baohetang Pharmacy. After Baohetang was burned down, and before the new pharmacy was built, he treated patients on the second floor of the inn.
When Doctor Kang entered, he saw that Su Wan was also there. He quickly greeted Su Wan first, and then addressed Magistrate An:
“Your Honor, a few men came to the inn just now, supporting an injured man. They said they had encountered bandits. When I treated him, his eyes darted around, his words were incoherent, and he couldn’t explain where he had encountered the bandits.”
Su Wan's eyes lit up, and she said to the doctor, "Go on."
"From what I observed, they were all strong and skilled martial artists, not ordinary people at all. I casually asked them about their occupations, and they said they were farmers from nearby villages, but they wouldn't say which village. I found it suspicious, so I told my assistant to keep them calm and came to the county government to report the case."
The magistrate of An County also noticed something amiss and said to Su Wan, "Madam, their statements are contradictory. There are no farmers in my jurisdiction who know martial arts."
Su Wan said, "Magistrate An, don't interfere in this matter. I will handle it."
From Dr. Kang's description, she had a rough idea of who the arriving people were.
The magistrate of An County asked, "What does the lady intend to do?"
Su Wan said to Doctor Kang, "Go back to the inn and tell that man that his injuries require the help of another Doctor Mo. I'll be there in a bit."
Dr. Kang nodded and left.
Su Wan then instructed Lin Qingfeng, "Qingfeng, take the guards to the inn, be careful to hide well, and don't alert them. Also, send someone to fetch my sworn sister, and tell her that I need her help. Be sure to tell my sworn sister not to alert them."
Lin Qingfeng understood immediately. But he was still a little worried and asked, "And what about you, Mistress?"
"I'm going to treat that injured person."
As Su Wan spoke, she turned to Magistrate An and said, "Magistrate An, quickly have someone find me some men's clothes. I need to see that person."
The magistrate of An County said, "Madam, shall I send some of my yamen runners to assist you?"
“No need. If you send your constables over, they’ll definitely run away if they realize something’s wrong,” Su Wan said. “You probably still have cases to solve, so you can handle them in the main hall and pretend everything is normal.”
She went into the room, quickly changed into men's clothes, and put on makeup. She did these things all the time; she was already very familiar with them.
After leaving the county government office, she jogged all the way to the inn.
Seeing the inn's gate, she couldn't help but recall the scene when she met Chu Yi at the inn.
At that time, Chu Yi was squatting on the windowsill of the room joking with her, and later he pulled her onto the roof to rescue her from the pursuit of Ge Fanghai, Xie Maoliang and others. Later, in order to protect her, Chu Yi's men were almost all killed or wounded.
Time has passed, and things have changed. Chu Yi is now leading the Southern Chu army to attack Wei Jingzhuo.
Even so, she refused to believe that Chu Yi was the one who kidnapped Su Yuze. She always felt that Chu Yi wasn't the kind of person who would stop at nothing; otherwise, he would have simply taken her to Southern Chu in the first place.
After hesitating for a moment, she ran into the inn, through the lobby, and sprinted up the stairs.
A long line of people stood in the second-floor corridor, chattering amongst themselves, all waiting for the doctor to write a prescription and dispense their medicine. After the doctor wrote the prescription, they would take it to the city's medicine warehouse to get the medicine. Although it was a bit of a hassle, it was the only way to do things during this extraordinary time.
After passing the room where medicine is dispensed, you arrive at the room at the very end of the corridor, which is the room for treating the injured.
Su Wan took a deep breath, calmed herself, and then opened the door, slowly entering the room: "Where is the injured person? What serious illness requires this doctor to come out in person?"
There were three men standing around the bed inside the room. When they heard Su Wan's voice, they all turned around.
Su Wan's gaze swept quickly over the group of people.
Dr. Kang was right; these men were clearly not ordinary people. Since she transmigrated, she had been hunted by assassins countless times. The eyes of these men were definitely not those of ordinary villagers.
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