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Chapters 611-620

Chapter 611: Verifying one's identity

Long Feiye's soldiers were at Yaoshui Prefecture and could ally with Western Zhou's forces at any time to launch a pincer attack on Fenglin Prefecture, thus winning the city even if Ning Cheng added reinforcements. The Chu Clan's choice must have offended him along with Ning Cheng's behavior today. Just how was he going to deal with them both?

The choice laid within his own heart, so Han Yunxi had no idea. She wasn't in a mood to ask either, because she was completely preoccupied with Gu Beiyue's injury. As soon as they left the city, Han Yunxi summoned her guard Xu Donglin. "Hurry and send a flying hawk message to Medical City and get someone to escort Third Elder Shen here. Just tell him that Doctor Gu's knee joint tendons have been torn and left untreated for a long time, worsening the injury. Please have him hurry to Yaoshui Prefecture as soon as he can."

Once Xu Donglin left, Han Yunxi next told another guard, "Get a message to Medicine City's Wang Gong and say I need the best Dragontendon Powder he has as quickly as possible at Yaoshui Prefecture. And also, send someone to Yaoshui Prefecture first to gather up all its doctors at our side estate to wait."

Long Feiye kept silent the entire time while Tang Li stole looks at his face. Seeing him still calm, he glanced back at the unconscious Gu Beiyue and sighed with emotion. This couldn't be just a coincidence, right? If he was only slightly certain before, now both he and Long Feiye were certain that Gu Beiyue was the Shadow Clan man—the same one who was captured by Chu Yunyi that day at Thousand Buddha Cave. His shoulder and leg wounds were the proof!

Han Yunxi had been too busy gathering the Wood of Ten Thousand Poisons to notice, but he and Long Feiye had both spotted the arrow sticking out of the bearded man's chest on that day. Although Tang Li had suspected Han Yunxi's connections with the West Qin Dynasty all along, he didn't dare speculate any further anymore. Was Gu Beiyue really just aiming for the poison beast when he went to the Skypit? Did he really have no other motives for taking up a post at Pill Fiend Pharmacy? Tang Li's thoughts wandered as he kept darting glances at Long Feiye. He couldn't help but recall Mute Granny. Just what had she talked with Long Feiye in that secret room? Why did she kill herself afterwards? Just what is Long Feiye hiding, even from his own cousin?

Both Long Feiye and Tang Li's unusual silence were overlooked by Han Yunxi in the midst of her worries. After they got into the carriage, Han Yunxi suddenly remembered Gu Qishao and Mu Linger. Mu Linger had to be at Pill Fiend Pharmacy, while Gu Qishao had said he was going to Western Liang and never came back. She didn't even know if she could reach him. But no matter what, she wanted to try. Immediately, she sent people to contact them both. Mu Linger was a genius pharmacist, while Gu Qishao was Pill Fiend. Perhaps they might know of some miracle pills to heal bones and save Gu Beiyue's leg. Fortunately, the carriage was wide enough for Gu Beiyue to lie down, but he ended up taking two seats. Tang Li proactively chose to sit outside with the driver.

The carriage galloped away to the south. From Fenglin to Yaoshui was a single day's worth of traveling. It was hard to find any doctors or medicine during times of strife, but Han Yunxi didn't touch Gu Beiyue's injury during the entire trip. She was hopeless at treating wounds like his, so she couldn't afford to act recklessly. She could only let him sleep for now.

Despite being in sore straits, Gu Beiyue's face was as clean as ever. He only looked like he was asleep, his expression as gentle and warm as always. Lil Thing carefully lowered its head to lick away the blood by his wounds, glancing intermittently at his gentleman. Many times, it stopped to scamper over to his nose and check if he was still breathing. Lil Thing was deathly afraid that the gentleman would suddenly stop and never wake up again.

Han Yunxi remembered Gu Beiyue's April breeze smile at Lil Thing's actions as she reminiscenced over the past. She remembered how well the man had treated her, Lil Thing, and all the patients who'd sought him for aid and felt her eyes stinging. How could someone so good be crippled just like that? It's too cruel.