Decocting medicine was a hard job, especially for a specific prescription. Not only did it need to watch the heat, but the time of putting each medicine into the furnace was also different. Among them, the most important test was to grasp the right amount of medicine.
It took Shen Liuyun nearly two hours to pour the medicine into a bowl and take it to Yan Li's room.
Before she entered the room, Yan Li smelled a strong stench, as if it was the smell of animal excrement mixed with bedbugs hundreds of times. It almost suffocated him to death. He closed his eyes and deliberately snored loudly.
"Stop pretending." Shen Liuyun pushed the door and went in. She was angry and funny at the same time. "You don't even frown when you bleed. You become a coward after drinking medicine."
Yan Li ignored her and just snored.
Shen Liuyun raised her eyebrows. "Either you drink it yourself, or I'll help you drink it."
"I'll drink it myself!" Yan Li immediately sat up and held the bowl embarrassedly. The stench was so strong that it was a kind of torture. He carefully took a sip and his face suddenly wrinkled. "It's so bitter …"
"Idiot, be careful. It's hot." Shen Liuyun laughed and scolded him.
Yan Li blew a few mouthfuls, then pinched his nose and looked like he was facing death calmly. He raised his head and took a sip. The medicine and his tongue "brushed past each other", but it was like falling into the hell of tongue extraction. It was numb and painful, and the pain made him numb. It was as if thousands of kinds of pain exploded on his taste buds. Fortunately, the medicine quickly melted in his stomach and turned into a very warm internal force. It flowed along with his primordial Qi to the meridians of his body and repaired the damage little by little. For a period of time, the body could only absorb a limited amount of medicine. It could be foreseen that he would still have to suffer like this.
When Yan Li thought of this, he immediately wanted to find someone to fight to the death. He was unwilling to drink medicine again.
When he was about to complain to Shen Liuyun, his face suddenly became serious. He jumped up from the bed and rushed to the door like a mountain cat. He put his ear on the door and listened.
Shen Liuyun was on the other side, exchanging glances with him, waiting with rapt attention.
There was a knock on the door, but it was in the next room.
"Have you rested?" It was the innkeeper's voice.
Yan Li was about to answer when Shen Liuyun suddenly covered his mouth, signaling him to be quiet.
"What's the matter?" An aged voice came from the room next door.
Yan Li was extremely surprised.
"My room is behind you," Shen Liuyun reminded him in an extremely low voice.
Yan Li finally understood. So he had remembered wrongly. However, he did not let down his guard and continued to listen attentively.
"It's like this. Recently, there have been signs of bandits running rampant again. The imperial court has ordered every county to be on guard against them. The county magistrate has distributed a wanted list of bandits, hoping that you can take a look at it. Perhaps you can avoid the calamity ahead of time."
"What are you talking about? We've already set up an inescapable net outside. They won't be able to escape even if they grow wings."
Then there was the sound of a huge door being broken and an old man's cry of surprise.
"Wang Yuanlang!" Shen Liuyun was shocked. "Why is he here?"
"Shh." Yan Li pointed at the window.
Shen Liuyun nodded and quietly climbed out of the window. But as soon as he stood up, he immediately squatted down and transmitted his voice. "We're surrounded. It's the guards."
Yan Li's eyes swept around. Suddenly, his eyes brightened. He pointed at the wooden shed where fodder was piled up outside the stable. Their carriage's carriage was placed there.
The scene changed to the room next door.
Wang Yuanlang rushed into the room with the elites of the guards and saw that there were indeed two people in the room. One was an old man in his sixties, and the other was a young man in embroidered clothes in his early thirties.
The old man was dark and short, and his whole body exuded the smell of medicine. There was a stove next to the window, and it seemed that he was boiling medicine.
The young man in embroidered clothes sat on the bed. He had a regular face, but it was a pity that he was sickly. His pale face was tinged with green, and one could tell at a glance that he was suffering from a chronic disease. At this moment, his face was full of panic. "You, who are you? What do you want … Cough, cough … The county office is only a few steps from here … Cough, cough … Road, you … don't mess around …"
"Hmph, let's see if you're pretending or not!" Wang Yuanlang made a gesture.
A guard rushed up, grabbed the young man in embroidered clothes by his lapel, and smashed him hard on the ground.
The young man in embroidered clothes spat out a mouthful of blood. He lay on the ground, moaning and groaning. His consciousness seemed to be blurred.
"Young Master, Young Master …" The old man wailed loudly. "Murder, murder …"
A guard stepped up and stepped on him.
The shopkeeper turned pale with fright. "Sir, you …"
Clang!
Before he could finish his words, a cold blade was pointed at his neck.
"Spare me, spare me …" The shopkeeper was on the verge of tears.
Wang Yuanlang glanced at the young man in embroidered clothes as if he was looking at a pile of garbage. "If Yan Li was such a useless person, we wouldn't have chased him all the way here."
He turned around and looked at Li Yixiu, who was walking in slowly. His eyes were full of mockery. "Brother Li, what do you think?"
Li Yixiu carefully observed the room and said with a faint smile, "Brother Wang, you're wrong on at least two points. First, you have to admit that Yan Li entered the inner yard with his own strength. He has some dazzling achievements and is excellent in all aspects. If this person was Yan Li in disguise, you would be greeted by his sword. Second, I chased him all the way here, and Brother Wang just followed me. "
Wang Yuanlang was speechless.
After a while, he said unhappily, "If it wasn't for my men, how could we have chased him all the way here so quickly?"
"Of course, I will ask the emperor for your men's credit." In other words, this credit had nothing to do with him. Li Yixiu was very experienced in dealing with him. He angered him half to death with just a few words.
Wang Yuanlang snorted coldly. "What credit? It's too early to talk about it. Do you want to capture this sickly person and report back?"
At this time, the innkeeper said with a trembling voice, "Sirs, is this sickly person a criminal? He has been staying in this inn for a few days. Does he want to harm Songyang City? "
"What did you say?" Wang Yuanlang suddenly turned around and glared at him. "You said that this person has been staying here for a few days? You dare lie to me? "As he spoke, he reached out to grab him.
Li Yixiu pressed down on his shoulder and said, "Brother Wang, don't be impatient. Maybe our way of expressing things is wrong." He then said to the innkeeper, "Innkeeper, the person we are looking for is the first time in Songyang City. It's an old carriage driver and a young master …"
"Oh!" The innkeeper suddenly realized. "Why didn't you say so earlier? They, they are staying next door …"
Wang Yuanlang's pupils shrank. He pushed him away and rushed to the room next door. When he opened the door, he saw that it was indeed empty.
"Search!" He roared and leaped out of the window.
Li Yixiu followed closely behind. He climbed onto the roof and looked around. It was already very late at night. Of course, he couldn't see anyone. His gaze swept over the guards surrounding the inn and said, "Brother Wang, Yan Li couldn't have escaped without a trace. He must still be hiding in the inn."
Wang Yuanlang laughed sinisterly. "That's right. Even if I have to turn this place upside down, I will find him!"
But just as he said, he couldn't find any trace of Yan Li even after turning the inn upside down.
In the lobby of the inn, Li Yixiu suddenly asked after listening to the guard's report, "Innkeeper, where are their carriages parked?"
The innkeeper was startled. "In the backyard."
"Please bring me there."
The innkeeper hurriedly brought him to the backyard.
There was a stable in the backyard that housed the guests' horses. There was a large wooden shed outside the stable. One side was used to store fodder, while the other side was used to store carriages.
North-South Inn wasn't very big and didn't have many guests. There were even fewer carriages, so there was only one.
Li Yixiu stared at the only carriage. His left hand suddenly gripped the air and his right hand drew his sword. With a flash of silver light, the carriage disintegrated into a pile of wood splinters. But there was no one there.
"Brother Li, are you venting your anger?" Wang Yuanlang sneered.
Li Yixiu didn't reply. He suddenly looked up at the room on the second floor. His figure flashed and he jumped up to the roof tiles on the second floor.
"What's wrong with you now?" Wang Yuanlang was startled and followed.
Li Yixiu arrived outside the room that Yan Li had stayed in and entered through the window. His gaze swept around the room, but he still didn't find anything out of the ordinary.
"The most dangerous place is the safest place." Wang Yuanlang sneered. "But you seem to have guessed wrong."
Li Yixiu went next door to take a look. There was no one there either. He couldn't help but think, 'Could it be that he used a method that I don't know to escape?'
Wang Yuanlang was very anxious. "Hey, if we delay here any longer, we won't know where he will escape to. Hurry up and go outside to look for him."
"Searching a county with only a few people is like looking for a needle in a haystack." Li Yixiu turned around and walked outside. "Leave some people here to guard. We will go to the government office to recruit more people."
"We should have done that long ago." Wang Yuanlang said with dissatisfaction.
The two of them walked out of the inn. Li Yixiu suddenly stopped and murmured, "The most dangerous place?" He suddenly shook his head and laughed. "I can't believe I made such a mistake."
"What are you talking about?" Wang Yuanlang said impatiently. "Aren't we going to the government office? Why are we going back?"
"Follow me and you will know." Li Yixiu ignored him and walked back to the second floor of the inn. He came to the door of the sickly man's room. He pushed the door open and strode in.
Wang Yuanlang followed him in. He was choked by a pungent and spicy smell. He glanced at the medicine pot on the stove in the corner with disgust. Then he found that there were two more people besides the sickly man and his old servant. They were also a little old man and a handsome young man. But the little old man's superficial disguise was too easy to recognize. For people who hated him to the bone, it was no different from no disguise at all.
"Yan Li, I have been looking for you for a long time." He couldn't help but grin.
"Brother Yan, I didn't expect that we would meet under such circumstances." Li Yixiu said with a smile.
Yan Li shrugged. "Since you have found me, there is nothing more to say. If you want to fight, then fight."
Li Yixiu glanced at Shen Liuyun. The latter's expression was normal. There was no sign of him being controlled by evil magic. He said, "Actually, I don't believe that rumor. If Brother Yan is willing to surrender, I can give Brother Yan a chance to explain to His Majesty. "
"Surrender?" Yan Li sneered. "Do you really not understand or are you pretending to be stupid? On the way back, I, who have lost the ability to resist, can only die."
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