Chapter 50
"He has agreed to go to Hongciyi tomorrow." Yu Hang scratched his head, "He also mentioned a name."
"Who? Do you know him?"
Yu Hang shook his head and said, "I don't know him. Li Dongyi calls him Lord Sun, and as far as I know, there is no colleague with the last name Sun in the court."
Lin Xing: "Did he mention the Prime Minister?"
"It was mentioned, and it was also said that Lord Sun was sent by the Prime Minister."
Lin Xing understood the connection, curled her lips and smiled, and said: "Is there anyone surnamed Sun around the Prime Minister? Your Excellency may not be an official in the court."
Yu Hang's eyes lit up when he was reminded, but he became dejected again in an instant, "I really don't know that. The Prime Minister and I are not familiar with each other. We are just acquaintances who attend the morning court. But because the emperor often sends me to other places for secret visits, I don't even go to the morning court now."
"That man in black is probably Lord Sun, but he did not disrupt our plan. Be careful and investigate further when we return to the capital."
After saying this, Lin Xing smiled and said, "It seems that you have a close relationship with the emperor. I wonder where the emperor will arrange for me to live when I go to the capital? Lord Yu, can you tell me secretly?"
For some reason, Yu Hang suddenly turned his head away so that Lin Xing wouldn't see him. "Of course I live in the Yu Mansion."
“Oh~”
Lin Xing leaned over to see Yu Hang's expression, but Yu Hang refused to follow her wishes. She walked to the left and Yu Hang looked to the right. Lin Xing's eyes rolled and she came up with another bad idea.
"Hmph!" Then he stomped his feet and turned his back.
Seeing Lin Xing angry, Yu Hang didn't care about being shy. Instead, he was frightened and at a loss. He didn't dare to touch her. He could only explain dryly behind her back: "Yu Hang's father is a general. He is in the current emperor's camp. He died on the battlefield before the new emperor ascended the throne."
"Yu Hang's mother died early, and the couple only had one child. Yu Hang's father also had no brothers or sisters, so naturally the house was particularly empty."
“Chen Ling has moved into the Yu Mansion.”
Lin Xing pretended to be low and said, "So you want me to live in Yu Mansion as well?"
Seeing Lin Xing finally speak, Yu Hang nodded quickly, but after nodding he realized that Lin Xing couldn't see him.
"If you don't like it, I will immediately tell the emperor to buy you a house near the Yu Mansion."
Unexpectedly, Lin Xing chuckled and said teasingly, "Do I have to live near you?"
"No, no, that's not what I meant, I just..." Yu Hang lost his voice when he got to the key point. It's not that he was embarrassed, but he was afraid of scaring Lin Xing. Now is not the right time.
"Just what?"
"I just want you to protect me."
Lin Xing laughed even louder, then turned around and looked at him, saying, "I protect you? But I don't know martial arts, so why would Inspector Yu need me when he's so powerful?"
"Of course I do. Do you want to learn martial arts so you can protect me~"
Lin Xing narrowed her eyes and said, "No."
She didn't want to argue with Yu Hang anymore and walked out of the house. Yu Hang followed her and kept asking "Do you want it?", and every time she asked, Lin Xing shook her head.
"Great Inspector Yu, please pay attention to your character setting. There are so many people here."
“Yes, yes, yes.”
Yu Hang was originally chasing after Lin Xing, but after being reminded like this, he straightened his clothes and stood up straight, walking side by side with Lin Xing. He asked in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "Do you want it?"
Perhaps she was infected by him, Lin Xing replied in the same voice: "I really lost to you, it won't work if I don't give it up."
Yu Hang didn't care about anything else. He just knew that Lin Xing agreed. He wanted to cheer loudly, but was stopped by Lin Xing's eyes. So he started expressing happiness with his eyes and covered his mouth with his hands.
"Stay here and don't let anyone else get close."
"Yes, Supervisor Yu!"
It's time for dinner, but why are there so many people on the way back to the inn? Lin Xing heard apologies no less than ten times, and everyone pushed her aside with an apologetic look.
She finally couldn't stand it anymore and asked, "What's going on? What happened in the inn?"
"Be careful." Yu Hang pulled Lin Xing carefully to avoid pedestrians, "I don't know."
Not only were they confused, but some people were braver than them. A woman beside them stopped one of them and asked loudly, "Auntie, what are you doing in such a hurry?"
"How come the girl didn't know about this? Doctor Li, who hasn't treated ordinary people in the past ten years, posted a notice to provide free medical treatment and medicine for everyone. Everyone knows how great Doctor Li is."
"I see."
"Girl, come with us. If you go too late, you will miss it."
"Auntie, there's no need for that. I'm quite healthy."
Originally the girl was pulling the lady, but now the other way around, the lady was dragging the girl to the clinic, shouting, "You can go see a doctor if you're healthy, and it won't hurt to get some Chinese medicine to strengthen your body. This is a rare opportunity."
The two people who were standing aside and heard the whole scene smiled at each other, and quickened their pace to squeeze into the crowd. After finally arriving outside the clinic, Lin Xing found that she was not mentally prepared enough. The road, which was not wide to begin with, was full of people, and it was very difficult to get through the crowd and into the inn.
"Are you going back to the inn now?"
Lin Xing: "No, Xiaomei is probably very busy right now. Let's go and help. There are many people here and maybe we can hear some gossip. No, it's news."
Yu Hang thought it made sense, and the two of them looked around to find a chance to enter the clinic.
"Girls, are you here to see a doctor too? I advise you to queue up properly. Look at this person..."
Lin Xing followed the direction of the sight and realized that they had unknowingly arrived at the grocery store next to the clinic. Several middle-aged women were sitting inside, cracking melon seeds and chatting. The words just now were said by the one closest to her.
"Are you here to join in the fun, too?"
"Yes, I wanted to chat with Doctor Li. After all, he hasn't been in practice for ten years. And now you see the result." It was inconvenient to extend her fingers while holding the melon seeds in her hand, so the old lady clenched her fist and pointed it at the crowd.
"You two should sit down and chat too. There are some sunflower seeds here. Feel free to grab some. Maybe no one will be here soon."
Lin Xing neither denied nor declined. She took Yu Hang and sat down. She blinked her big eyes and looked at the old lady and said, "Auntie, how long have you known Doctor Li?"
"It's been fifteen years now." Not knowing what she was thinking of, the old lady cracked some melon seeds solemnly.
Lin Xing: "My husband and I went to Nanru for business. We happened to stop here and heard about this. We wanted to come and see what kind of person this Doctor Li is."
Yu Hang: Husband and wife, husband and wife, husband and wife.
"Nan Ru? That's where I came from." The old lady looked at the constantly moving crowd, and her thoughts were pulled back to the Li's Clinic fifteen years ago.
"Doctor Li, you're opening the door so early. Don't get tired."
Doctor Li at the counter didn't even raise his head, but he didn't forget to reply: "You too, you just got well, why don't you rest at home? Why are you here so early?"
"Are you the only one who wants to help me in this clinic?"
"I think you'll only make things worse."
The young lady slammed the counter, looked at Doctor Li and continued, "Please accept me as your apprentice. I just arrived and encountered robbers. If you don't accept me, I will starve to death on the street."
Sensing that his expression was softening, the young lady struck while the iron was hot and said, "My house was robbed by bandits and I don't even have the money to go home. You are a kind-hearted doctor and you can't bear to let me die in a foreign land.
"You can help out in my shop, and I'll pay you, but I won't take you in as my apprentice."
"That's fine. Thank you, Doctor Li."
Lin Xing: "What happened next?"
The old lady cracked melon seeds calmly, but her tone was filled with regret: "I only worked here for three years, then I got married, and the next time I heard news was two years later, Doctor Li was no longer treating patients. I came here countless times in the past ten years, but he never saw me."
"Auntie, have you been back to Nanru in recent years? What kind of place is that?"
This time the old lady paused for a rare moment and even sighed, "I haven't been back for fifteen years. I don't know what it is like there now."
"The reason I came to Quyang was because I couldn't survive in Nanru anymore. I never thought about going back."
Lin Xing hesitated and asked, "Don't you miss your family?"
The old lady shook her head nonchalantly and said, "I have no family in Nanru. When I was on the road, I refused to stay at the post station to save some money, but I ran into robbers. I not only lost my money, but also my life. If Doctor Li hadn't gone out to collect herbs to save me, I would have died fifteen years ago."
Although it was clearly a heart-breaking story, the old lady told it calmly, as if there was no ripple in her heart. However, her clenched hands revealed her true thoughts.
The old lady noticed that Lin Xing didn't reply, so she looked at her, but only saw the top of her head. Lin Xing lowered her head guiltily. In order to comfort her, the old lady took the initiative to change the subject: "But I still have a question for this old freak Li. Why did he not want to take me as his apprentice back then? I still haven't figured it out in fifteen years."
The lady sitting next to her finally started to interrupt, perhaps because she was a little thirsty after eating too many melon seeds, "I might know this."
"Why don't you just tell me now? Why are you keeping me in suspense?"
"Come into the house and get me a glass of water, and I'll tell you."
The lady rolled her eyes, resigned herself to her fate, and stood up. When she came out, she brought many glasses of water, enough for each person.
"I have lived in Quyang since I was a child. Did you know that Old Monster Li has a daughter?"
Everyone shook their heads in agreement. The old lady continued, "Doctor Li only had one daughter. He didn't want his medical skills to be lost, so he taught her, hoping that they could be passed down. But the girl died early, before she was 20."
"Does this have anything to do with whether or not to accept disciples?"
"Listen to me first, why are you so anxious?" The old lady patted the people around her, "But when his daughter died, she was already married and had a child, also a girl. The girl was also pitiful, her mother left early, and her father later abandoned her and found a new love. Doctor Li couldn't bring her to take care of her, but..."
Everyone present understood what she had not yet said. The old lady stopped explaining and continued, "Then twelve years ago, he found another disciple, who ended up dying in the backyard of the clinic. Don't you think it's scary?"
Lin Xing: "So scary?"
"This must all be a coincidence."
The old lady stood up, not caring about the melon seeds in her hand, and pointed at the person who was talking, saying, "Don't be so stubborn. Is there such a coincidence in the world? I'm not exaggerating. Go ahead and ask around."
The old lady ignored her and just cracked melon seeds. It was the people next to her who pushed the standing old lady back to her seat.
"How dare you criticize me outside my clinic? How rude of you."
Doctor Li came to the side of the few people at some point and looked at them with a smile. Lin Xing was confused for a moment and grabbed a handful of melon seeds and handed them to him.
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