Chapter 56 Little Bell
The next day, the three of them set off together.
However, as soon as he arrived in Bo County, Meng Yi was too tired to walk anymore.
According to Meng Yi's previous intention, he was planning to take Lin Qian and Lin Shuo all the way to Yuzhou on foot, but now it seems that he overestimated himself a bit.
After entering the county town, the first thing you see is a place where you can store ox carts and horse carriages. Further ahead is the livestock trading market.
Lin Qian saw a spotted donkey clattering and screaming, and her eyes lit up immediately.
The donkey is not big, but it should be enough for transportation.
"Master, do you ride a donkey?" Lin Qian pointed at the donkey and asked Meng Yi.
Meng Yi looked at the braying donkey with a look of disgust, but then he thought that if he bought a horse, it would not be in line with his identity as a traveling doctor.
Forget it, it’s just a donkey.
Seeing Meng Yi nodded reluctantly, Lin Qian immediately took out money to buy the donkey.
With the little donkey, not only Meng Yi felt a lot more relaxed, but also Lin Qian and Lin Shuo. They used to carry two large bags, but now with the little donkey, they just hung the bags around his neck.
The three of them set off staggeringly all the way north.
After leaving Bo County, there are only some small roads. The copper bell hanging on Meng Yi's waist is now hung on the neck of the little donkey, jingling all the way.
"Master, you see, this little donkey and this bell are quite a good match. Why don't you just call him Little Bell?" Lin Qian said, touching the little donkey's ear.
Meng Yi was speechless: "As you wish."
"Sister, the atmosphere is already set here, how about Jingle Bells?" Lin Shuo patted the donkey head of the little bell and asked.
Lin Qian refused: "No, you can sing it yourself if you want."
The brother and sister suddenly had a series of excited discussions about whether to sing Jingle Bells or not.
In the end, the brother and sister were so exhausted from talking that they looked at Meng Yi and saw that he was snoring.
The brother and sister immediately fell silent so as not to disturb Meng Yi's sleep.
Meng Yi slept all the way and when he woke up he found that they had arrived in a small town. Only Lin Shuo was with him, and Lin Qian was nowhere to be found.
Stretching lazily, Meng Yi asked, "Where are we? Where's your sister?"
Lin Shuo replied, "A town called Yongping. It's getting dark soon. My sister said she'll stay here for the night. She just saw a stall selling stinky tofu and went to buy some."
As he was speaking, Lin Qian came back holding some stinky tofu. "Master, are you awake? Do you want some stinky tofu? It's so fragrant and delicious."
Meng Yi and Lin Shuo immediately synchronized their movements, tilted their heads back, and blocked their noses.
"No, just eat it yourself."
Lin Qian uttered an "oh" and then continued, "This town is so strange. I just walked around for a long time and there were quite a few people selling things, but no passers-by."
Lin Shuo said, "Maybe it's getting dark, and everyone might have gone home."
This is also possible, so the three of them did not take this matter to heart and directly found an inn and asked for two rooms.
Meng Yi has one room, and Lin Qian and Lin Shuo have another room, so that the two siblings can enter the space to practice at night.
When the innkeeper saw Meng Yi, an adult with two children, his face immediately became a little strange. He spoke hesitantly and looked at Lin Qian and Lin Shuo from time to time.
Lin Qian turned around and met the shopkeeper's eyes. She smiled and asked, "Shopkeeper, what's wrong with you? Why are you sweating so much?"
"No, nothing, I just want to ask, what are you doing here?" asked the shopkeeper.
"We were just passing by, and since it was getting dark, we decided to stay here for one night." Lin Qian replied, but her eyes were fixed on the shopkeeper's facial expression.
After hearing Lin Qian's words, the shopkeeper visibly breathed a sigh of relief, then smiled and nodded, and went about his own business.
"Sister, is there something wrong with this shopkeeper? He seems a little weird." Lin Shuo looked at the shopkeeper's back and asked Lin Qian in her ear.
Lin Qian shook her head and said, "I don't know, but if something is out of the ordinary, there must be something fishy going on. Let's not enter the space tonight. Let's leave tomorrow morning."
Lin Shuo nodded.
At this time, Meng Yi, who had already reached the second floor, saw that the two siblings did not follow him up, so he shouted, and the two of them hurried upstairs.
The food was served quickly. Lin Qian asked Meng Yi to check the food and make sure there was no problem before starting to eat.
Meng Yi asked, "Why are you so cautious all of a sudden?"
Lin Qian and Lin Shuo told Meng Yi what had just happened. Meng Yi frowned and said, "Since there is something strange, let's be alert at night and don't get tricked."
The two of them nodded in agreement.
After dinner, Lin Qian gave Meng Yi a bath with hot spring water. After doing this, she did not return to her room, but squeezed into Meng Yi's room with Lin Shuo.
The brother and sister stayed alert until the second half of the night, but did not notice anything unusual. They both felt sleepy and dozed off in a daze.
There was a slight click, and Lin Shuo woke up immediately with a start. He concentrated and listened carefully, and heard two faint breathing sounds coming from outside the door.
Lin Shuo immediately pulled Lin Qian and pointed outside the door. Lin Qian nodded slightly. The brother and sister slowly stood up and walked towards the door.
As the two men walked to the door, a puff of white smoke floated in from the gap in the door and sprayed on their faces.
The smell of datura hit her in the face. Lin Qian cursed inwardly, but before she could even utter the word "knocking drug", she fainted.
The same is true for Lin Shuo.
The door opened and two men in black walked in. They looked at the brother and sister lying on the bed and smiled slightly.
Her eyelids were heavy and her whole body felt weak. After a long time, Lin Qian finally managed to open her eyes.
All she saw was darkness. When her eyes finally adjusted to the darkness, Lin Qian realized that she was probably locked up in a cave, and Lin Shuo was lying beside her, snoring softly, sleeping soundly.
Moreover, Lin Qian discovered that there were more than just the two of them in the cave. She could hear a lot of chaotic breathing sounds in the darkness in the distance.
Lin Qian gently kicked Lin Shuo twice, and Lin Shuo woke up.
"Sister, what's going on? What is that white smoke?" After waking up, Lin Shuo immediately recalled the scene before he closed his eyes last night, and then asked Lin Qian.
Lin Qian said, "It's a knockout drug. I was careless. I knew something was wrong with the shopkeeper and his men, but I thought they would just put drugs in the food. I didn't expect it to sneak in through the crack of the door in the middle of the night."
Hearing Lin Qian say this, Lin Shuo patted his head and said, "Oh, really, I've watched so many costume dramas in vain. I didn't even think of this."
The two thought they would be safe by keeping watch all night, and never imagined that they would use knockout drugs. They didn't even think about that, so they got into trouble.
"We've been fooled this time, we must remember it next time. Otherwise, how can we survive in the world?" Lin Qian and Lin Shuo said in unison.
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