C9

On the pipe, Jiang Lian City was riding a horse. Although the horse was not a particularly precious horse, after some training, its physique was much stronger than a normal horse. It also had a strong rhythm when it ran.

When they arrived at the entrance of Fuan City, Jiang Lian got off the horse and led the horses into the city. Although the Fuan City was not as bustling as the capital city, it was still a city very close to the capital city, with a large population. In addition, tomorrow was the end of the city's recruitment period. Thus, there were many men of appropriate age who were hesitating at the beginning. They had all made up their minds to register themselves.

Jiang Lian City squeezed into the crowd and followed the crowd towards the registration office.

Captain Li of Fuan City's recruitment team was already in his forties this year. When he was young, he was once a military man in General Jiang's mansion. Therefore, when the young prince came to find him, he readily agreed.

In the letter, the young prince said that he would arrive this afternoon, so Captain Li began waiting at the registration office after lunch. Several soldiers at the registration office thought that Captain Li felt that they were not doing well and were overseeing. They were so scared that they all straightened their back and didn't dare to say anything.

Finally, a man with a horse appeared in Captain Li's sight. Under the astonished gaze of several soldiers, Captain Li jogged all the way to the rider's side. Just as he was about to give a big salute, Jiang Liancheng grabbed his arm.

"So many people! So low-key!"

"I understand, I understand." Captain Li quickly nodded his head and then casually led the horse over.

"Can you help me pack?" Jiang Liancheng asked while following Captain Li.

"We've already made our preparations. From Fuan City, we need to pass by two cities before we can reach Liangzhou. I will personally send you on your way from Peace City to Peace City. The recruiting captain of Peace City will take you on a journey from Peace City to Huai'an City and you will reach the borders of Liangzhou. "Speaking of which, that captain and I are old acquaintances, I'll tell him that you have no problems on the way here."

"It's been hard on you, Old Li." Jiang Liancheng took out two hundred taels of silver notes and stuffed it into Captain Li's pocket.

Squadron Leader Li's heart trembled as he looked at the banknotes. In his mind, it was his honor to be able to receive the young prince. Therefore, he subconsciously pushed the banknotes back.

Jiang Liancheng pressed Old Li's hand with his other hand and patted Old Li's shoulder as he said in a relaxed tone, "Take it, even if you want to help us out, you need silver. You still need to protect me when we're on the road."

Old Li hesitated for a long time before finally accepting it. Because it was the morning of the next day, Jiang Liancheng found an inn to sleep in first. At night, he brought Old Li good wine and meat for a meal.

Originally, he was excited to sit in a carriage with Jiang Liancheng, but the carriage later on didn't wait for Jiang Liancheng to come back and only found out that Jiang Liancheng was about to leave when they reached the villa.

This caught this lady, who grew up in a mansion, completely unprepared. All of her fantasies were shattered as Lin Yu anxiously wiped his tears away with a handkerchief.

The empress dowager was originally very angry at Jiang Liancheng for leaving as he pleased, but when she saw Lin Yu standing there with his head lowered, not daring to make a sound, she didn't want to scare him anymore. He only thought to himself, "I originally wanted to let that Lin Family girl become Lian Cheng's concubine, but from the looks of it, her character is indeed a bit lacking."

Madame Jiang walked to Lin Yu's side and wiped away her tears with her handkerchief as she softly said to him, "Lian Cheng is rather eccentric, there aren't many people who are close to him in the capital. When I said it out loud that day, I suddenly said that I wanted to take you with me. He said that the last time he saw you at the party, he felt that you were different from others. He wanted to be your friend. So I wanted to take you out on this trip to relax, but I suddenly have something that requires me to go over to Liangzhou, so I feel embarrassed to tell you about it. That's why I left without saying goodbye.

"Really?" Lin Yu asked.

Madame Jiang smiled at her.

Lin Yu immediately dried his tears and bowed towards the empress dowager and Madame Jiang. "Lin Yu was rude. I hope the empress dowager and Madame Jiang don't blame me for this." The empress dowager pulled Lin Yu's hand and sighed emotionally. "It's because Lian Cheng doesn't understand much."

The three stayed at the Manor for a month before being led back to the capital by the imperial guards.

The third day after the recruitment was announced.

In Huai An City, inside the small hut in the backyard of the Ji Shi Hall, Tang Mu Qing woke up early in the morning and felt pain in her waist and legs. She had been using the same posture yesterday to cut the herbs, but the pain had come back today.

Tang Mu Qing came to the front hall with his legs crossed and his waist gripped. The one who woke up earlier than her, Xiao Niu, looked at Tang Mu Qing's strange posture and thought that she wanted to teach him something. He hurriedly followed her and did the exact same thing.

In the end, Tang Mu Qing laughed so much that she was clutching her stomach as she squatted on the ground. Her laughter even caused Shopkeeper Liu to be scolded.

Today, she was still treating the herbs as usual, but because the efficiency of yesterday's work was very high, there were very few herbs to be processed today.

At noon, the shopkeeper was invited away by a yamen constable. He said that the magistrate was looking for him to drink. Because they had spent half their lives in Huai An City and were familiar with each other, the shopkeeper happily left.

There weren't many people who had come to see him today. After lunch, the old doctor went straight to the hut in the backyard to rest.

In the front room, only Tang Mu Qing and Xiao Liu were left to look at the shops. It was the afternoon when people were sleepy and the two of them were napping on the medicine table.

A middle-aged man and a young woman came to the infirmary. They knocked on the door when they saw that everyone in the room was sleeping on the table.

Hearing the voice, Xiao Liu thought the shopkeeper had returned and hurriedly sat up. He rubbed his eyes to see who it was and pushed Tang Mu Qing to let her look at the customers. He then went to the backyard to find the old doctor.

Tang Mu Qing stood up and brought a stool for each of them. Looking at the woman's face filled with anticipation and the man's face filled with nervousness, Tang Mu Qing thought to herself, "This should be to let the old doctor take a look at her pulse to see if she's pregnant."

She walked to the woman, looked at the middle-aged man and said, "Kid, you are an apprentice of this infirmary and you also know a few things. It's just that normally no one can make you do it." The old doctor will be here soon. Would you mind if I take your pulse first? "

The middle-aged man looked at the woman with a questioning gaze. The woman nodded at the 'child' who looked to be only about ten years old. She thought to herself that they could be considered to have formed a good relationship.

Tang Mu Qing went to the front desk and brought out a white cloth, which she placed on the woman's left wrist. She then placed her finger on her wrist. A few seconds later, she placed the cloth on the woman's right wrist and did the same.

The middle-aged man and the woman looked at each other. Although they did not know how capable this' doctor 'was, at least his pulse examination posture was quite impressive.