Chapter 41
It was still dark, the carriage was shaking, and Lin Xing was drowsy. She fell asleep leaning against the window without realizing it. It was unknown how long it had been before the sunlight shone into the carriage through the swaying curtains, and Lin Xing finally opened her eyes from the chaos.
Suddenly the carriage jolted violently, and Lin Xing woke up completely, "Yu Hang, what happened?"
"It's okay, it's just that the road is bumpy, don't worry."
"Why don't you stop for a while? You haven't had a good night's rest."
"No, I can only feel relieved if I get to Quyang County as soon as possible."
The voices of the two woke up Shen Ling and Xiao Mei who were standing nearby. Xiao Mei held her forehead and said in pain, "Xiao Xing, what's wrong with me?"
"You were drugged. Are you feeling well?"
Lin Xing looked at Xiao Mei with concern. At this time, the carriage jolted again. Xiao Mei had just woken up and was almost thrown off the seat. Lin Xing quickly supported her.
"Ouch, I bumped into you." Shen Ling, who had no one to help him, was not so lucky. He accidentally bumped into the window sill, grimacing, and even forgot to maintain his image.
"It's okay, man, what's this?"
Listening to Lin Xing's halfhearted comfort, Shen Ling chose to respond with a smile.
"What is this? Where did the letter come from?"
Shen Ling sat upright in his seat and found that he had accidentally grabbed something during the collision. These words immediately reminded Lin Xing. How could she forget the things her boss sent her?
Lin Xing, who wanted to explain, saw Shen Ling's puzzled expression and changed her mind, "This is what the boss asked me to give you personally. He said that it has a lot of personal words written on it."
After turning the letter over and over and observing it, Shen Ling looked up with a half-believing and half-doubting look, and noticed Lin Xing's expression, and he completely didn't believe it.
"Stop lying to me. How could she tell me anything personal?" He threw the letter back into Lin Xing's lap.
Lin Xing was not annoyed, but she was not ready to let Shen Ling go. "I think you have a lot to say to her, right, Mr. Shen?"
Shen Ling's expression became guilty when the emphasized tone fell into his ears. "I am drunk, right? And Boss Li is a good person."
Lin Xing didn't respond, turned her head away and stopped looking at him. Xiao Mei was confused and couldn't help asking, "What happened?"
"That store is a shady one. They were the ones who drugged you. They just wanted to kill people and steal their money."
"Is the boss a good person?"
"If it weren't for her, we would probably be stuck in Hongci Station."
Xiao Mei understood, but Lin Xing continued: "I have said everything I need to say, where is Mr. Shen?"
Seeing Lin Xing finally turn to him, Shen Ling hurriedly explained: "The boss told me something, just as you said. I don't think she is bad, so I told her our identities truthfully."
"You told me everything?"
"No, I just told her our names." As if to prove his words, Shen Ling flipped through the package on the side and raised his head after confirming some things. "Our money is not missing. I said she is a good person."
"If she was a really good person she wouldn't have drugged you."
Shen Ling was speechless and changed the subject abruptly, "Hurry up and see what's in the letter."
Lin Xing tore open the envelope. Shen Ling and Xiao Mei couldn't see the contents of the letter. In the interweaving of light and darkness, they noticed that her complexion was getting worse and worse.
Seeing that she finally looked up from the letter, Xiaomei asked softly, "What's in the letter?"
"Boss Li asked us to report to the police and left some evidence."
"So what should we do?"
Lin Xing unconsciously clenched the letter in her hand until her fingers turned white, and then she kept rubbing it, thinking about the pros and cons of it.
"The boss is our savior. Since it is her request, we must complete it."
Chen Ling was anxious, "Maybe they are in cahoots with the government, just waiting for us to fall into their trap."
"Do you think she'll hurt us?"
"It's hard to tell. You can only know a person's face but not his heart."
The carriage fell silent. This time, Lin Xing stopped torturing Xin and turned to observe the thing wrapped in paper. Not knowing the details, Lin Xing did not dare to open it without permission, so naturally she could not see anything.
She picked up two bags and handed them to the people around her, "Can you tell what's in these?"
Shen Ling said simply, "No."
Xiaomei just shook her head and put the things back where they belonged. Lin Xing no longer hesitated and wrapped the things, put them close to her body, and rubbed her eyebrows.
"Why don't we take a break? We're still a bit far from Quyang County."
Looking at Lin Xing's closed eyes, Shen Ling said no more. He felt that Lin Xing had made up her mind and just waited until Quyang County. Perhaps it was because the atmosphere was too sleep-inducing, the effect of the drugs in Chen Ling and Xiao Mei started to take effect again, and soon, all three of them fell asleep.
"How do you sell this vegetable?"
"Sir, ten coins per pound."
“This is too expensive.”
"Sir, this is the freshest in the city. Sir, please don't leave."
Similar words kept echoing in Lin Xing's ears. She thought she was dreaming, but the clearer she became, the clearer the voices became. She suddenly opened her eyes, lifted the curtain and looked out. They had arrived at Quyang County.
She hurriedly shouted, "Yu Hang, can we stop at the family clinic first?"
"Are you feeling unwell? Or are they both?"
"Neither. If there's no clinic, we can go to the pharmacy."
"Okay, I'll look for it now."
After explaining everything, Lin Xing looked at the scenery outside the window intently. It was so prosperous, it felt so good. In fact, this place is very similar to Nanru County.
"Why go to the pharmacy?"
She was so focused that she didn't notice that Shen Ling had woken up, and the sudden interruption scared Lin Xing. Lin Xing didn't show it on her face, and she didn't even look into the car. "Of course I want to see what the boss gave me."
"Actually, I think we should find an inn first. Isn't that Boss Li staying here?"
The carriage stopped and there was an inn in front of it, with a clinic next to it.
Lin Xing carefully woke Xiaomei up and helped her get off the carriage. "Yu Hang, you and Xiaomei go to book an inn, and then you two can go back and rest. Shen Ling and I will go to the clinic."
"Don't you need us to help?"
Seeing the worried expressions of Yu Hang and Xiao Mei, Lin Xing patted Xiao Mei on the shoulder and said, "You guys go and book a room. We can rest when we come back later. It's also a help."
She pushed Xiaomei two steps towards the inn, turned around and ran back. The three of them could only follow her arrangements.
"Doctor, I have a package of medicinal herbs here. Could you help me see what it is?"
The old man who was called a doctor had a head full of white hair and looked very powerful. But his ears were not very good. Lin Xing shouted at him so loudly, but he didn't even raise his head. Lin Xing had no choice but to repeat it even louder.
He still didn't look up, it turned out that he didn't want to pay attention to anyone.
Lin Xing repeated it several times in a good-tempered manner, but the doctor just kept reading the medical book as if no one was around. Finally, she couldn't bear it anymore and patted Shen Ling to signal him to start making trouble.
At the last moment, the doctor finally looked up and said, "Put the things here."
Shen Ling was stopped, and Lin Xing put one of the small packets on the counter, nodded and watched the doctor take it for observation.
“This is good stuff.”
"Which one?"
Listening to the doctor's unclear words, Lin Xing thought of the previous difficulty and her tone unconsciously became worse.
"As long as you drink the tea brewed with this, all drugs will not work on you, and the toxicity of poisons will also be suppressed."
The old man kept his eyes fixed on Lin Xing as he said this, but when he saw that Lin Xing ignored him and kept observing the medicine packages on the counter, he turned his gaze to Shen Ling.
This made Shen Ling shudder. He quietly pulled Lin Xing's sleeve, wanting to leave early.
Lin Xing put away the things, but did not leave immediately. Instead, she chatted with the old man, "Doctor, do you know where the rich merchant Li Dongyi is?"
"It's at the end of East Street. You'll know when you get there." This time he answered quickly, but then he asked a puzzling question, "Where did this medicine girl come from?"
"I got it by chance from a friend. This is the reward for the doctor. We will leave first."
The doctor pushed the money back before she even put it on the counter. Lin Xing had no choice but to take it back and turn around to leave with Shen Ling. If she walked a little slower, she would see that the old man behind her was in tears.
As soon as they walked out of the door, two people looked at them and whispered. That was not enough, they actually went up to them and talked to them.
"Do you two want to see a doctor?"
"Yes, Auntie, my brother and I are new here and we are having some issues with the local climate. I want to get some medicine."
"I see you have nothing in your hands, so I guess that old freak Li didn't sell it to you."
Lin Xing showed admiration but didn't say anything: "Auntie, you are amazing. It seems you have guessed the result. Can you tell me?"
The old lady was so happy with Lin Xing's coaxing that she said everything at once, "That old freak Li has a bad temper. He ignores ordinary people when they come in. He only treats the rich and powerful."
She looked around and lowered her voice, "It is said that he killed many people in his early years, but they were all suppressed by the government. Since then, no one has gone to him for medical treatment."
"Auntie, are you here at the clinic?"
The old lady was stunned by Lin Xing's question and couldn't help waving her hands, "How can my family have that ability?"
The old lady wanted to continue talking, but seeing that Shen Ling looked impatient and wanted to pull Lin Xing away, she didn’t dare to say anything more and left quickly.
"Shall we go back to the inn now?"
"Of course not. Let's go to the government and report to the police to save the boss from this dire situation."
The county government office was on the way they came, not too far away. The two of them quickened their pace and arrived at the county government office in less than a quarter of an hour.
outside.
“Go ahead, Master Shen, please beat the drum to appeal for justice.”
Shen Ling did not refuse and strode forward to beat the drum. This was the second time Lin Xing heard the drum sound, and her mood was completely different from the first time. The knocking didn't last long before a man in official uniform came out of the county government office.
"Who is beating the drum, and what is the grievance?"
Seeing that the protagonist had arrived, Lin Xing immediately started acting mode and rushed forward and shouted, "My lord, please make the decision for me."
The yamen runner beside the man hurriedly stood in front of him and said, "Zhao County Magistrate, be careful. You don't need to move forward."
Lin Xing pretended to be frightened, standing there trembling, not saying a word. Seeing this, County Magistrate Zhao immediately came to her side and comforted her softly: "It's okay, just tell me if you have any grievances."
"My brother and I came here from Nanru to do business, but we ran into a shady shop. The shop owner robbed us of all our money and wanted to kill us to silence us. If my brother and I hadn't discovered it early, we would have died in the shady shop."
The trembling tone, shaking voice and tired face made it sound like the truth, and the county magistrate seemed to believe it.
"It's absurd that there are such shops in Quyang County. Do they still keep the laws of our dynasty in mind?"
"Don't worry, I will definitely seek justice for you. I don't know where you live, so I can let you know when the time comes."
Lin Xing has been observing the county magistrate's every move. She now completely suspects that the county magistrate is involved in this matter. "Of course, there is nowhere to go. The business has not yet started, and the money has been robbed."
"You," County Magistrate Zhao pointed at the yamen runner behind him, "take these two and find a room for them to stay in the county government office."
The bailiff agreed servilely and took the two men to the yamen.
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