On her wedding night, she went into exile with her pharmacy arsenal

Lu Si always felt a little uneasy.

He really couldn't sleep, so he looked at the woman and child on the bed, who were sleeping soundly, so he quietly got up and wanted to go outside to get some fresh air.

As soon as he reached the outer room, he heard his father's old and low voice coming from another room.

"Si'er? What's wrong?"

Lu Si walked to the door of the house and whispered, "It's okay, Dad, I'll get up for the night."

"It's cold, put on some clothes."

"I know. I'm wearing it."

After Lu Si finished speaking, he gently opened the door and walked out. The cold air that hit him made him shiver, and his internal organs, which had been hot just now, slowly cooled down.

He walked through the patio and came to the shop in front. The shop was not very big, but it was clean. The chopping board was wiped spotless, and the two hooks hanging from the roof were emitting cold air and were shiny.

On the shelf next to it was a row of knives of various sizes, some for slaughtering pigs, some for deboning, etc., neatly arranged from large to small.

The moonlight is nice tonight, shining through the window, cool as water.

Lu Si didn't light a lamp. He took a knife and slowly sharpened it on a whetstone.

The slight sound and mechanical movement gradually calmed his heart and made him focused.

I don’t know how long it had been, I felt a little tired, and when I looked up inadvertently, I saw a person standing in front of the desk not far away.

"Ah," he was startled and couldn't help but scream.

Someone in the shadows chuckled: "Why? You hold a sharp blade in your hand, see blood every day, and yet you are still so cowardly?"

Lu Si loosened his grip on the knife and quickly stood up: "I didn't notice you coming, please forgive me."

The man in the shadows stepped out and said, "It doesn't matter if you didn't notice me coming. I'm just afraid that I'll do something else wrong and you won't notice it."

Lu Si lowered his head: "You mean..."

Tang Yibai held a small knife between his slender fingers. The knife was black in color and had a thin blade. With a slight flip of his wrist, he could swing it out and stab it into Lu Si's throat.

"What do I mean? Don't you understand?" Tang Yibai said with a smile, "Are you still pretending not to understand? What happened to the Youcheng Guards I met outside the city gate?"

Lu Si bit his lip and knelt down with a plop. "I don't know what happened. I clearly sent the medicine in, and some people died. I saw it with my own eyes. The military camp was under martial law at the time. I thought..."

Tang Yibai walked slowly closer and looked down at the top of his head.

Lu Si felt a chill on his neck. As long as Tang Yibai attacked, he would not be able to resist at all and could die at any time.

"You did drug it?"

"Indeed, I dare not deceive you, sir."

Tang Yibai twirled the knife with his fingertips: "That's strange. The Youcheng Army didn't look like they had the disease at that time."

Lu Si swallowed his saliva and said bravely, "You don't know that the city guards are indeed different from the past. Although they are sick, they react very quickly. Li Chengshi immediately ordered people to separate the sick from the healthy, and no irrelevant people were allowed to enter or leave. They treated it as a real epidemic, boiled medicine, and burned the bodies."

Tang Yibai finally had a hint of surprise in his tone: "Burning the corpse?"

"That's right," Lu Si nodded, "I was also trapped in the military camp at the time, and was not allowed to go in or out. I could only wait in the tent, but I heard from the soldiers that those who died of the plague were burned, and no bodies were left, nor were they claimed by their families."

The smile on Tang Yibai's face faded, and his eyes turned cold: "Burning corpses... I remember Huo Changhe did this back then. He burned most of the village."

"He was there too?"

"This..." Lu Si gritted his teeth secretly, "I don't know. I was imprisoned in the camp and guarded very closely. I couldn't get out. Until I was able to leave the camp, I was escorted out by several people."

Tang Yibai laughed briefly: "It's quite interesting. I thought Shen Huaixin was dead and the city defense army was in disarray. I didn't expect that this Li guy actually has some skills."

"I thought Governor Cao was a fool before, but after seeing him for the past two days, he is far from that. It seems that the spies in Youcheng are usually lazy."

Lu Si didn't dare to respond to his words and continued to kneel there without saying a word.

Tang Yibai said calmly: "Get up."

Lu Si thanked him, stood up, and still kept his head down.

"You did a good job," Tang Yibai said, smiling, "But there is something important that I still need you to do."

"Just give me your orders, I will do whatever I want."

"I'm afraid it will be a bit painful."

Lu Si looked up at him and said firmly: "I am not afraid of hardship. It is my honor to serve you and do my best."

Tang Yibai smiled slightly: "You are not working for me, but for your general. I and my partners are your generals."

Lu Si pursed his lips and dared not say anything more.

Tang Yibai put away the knife and picked up the rag on the table with his jade-like fingers. Although the rag had been washed clean, the fabric was rough and it was cold here, so it had frozen into a hard lump.

Lu Si looked at his actions, confused, but did not dare to ask more.

Just when he was puzzled, Tang Yibai suddenly raised his foot and kicked him hard on the front bone of his left leg.

The sudden and huge pain instantly swept through Lu Si, making him want to scream out loud.

As soon as he opened his mouth, Tang Yibai stuffed the rag into his mouth.

It was cold, hard and solid, and it silenced all of Lu Si's screams.

Although he stopped screaming, he could no longer stand and fell to the ground, hugging his legs, sweating profusely.

Tang Yibai's voice sounded particularly calm and indifferent amid his pain.

"Don't worry, it's not broken, at most there's a fracture. It will heal in a few days. Your leg has to be slightly injured so that it will be perfect."

Lu Si was speechless, he felt dizzy and sweaty from the pain.

Tang Yibai lowered his eyes and looked at him: "Take good care of your injuries and stay at home honestly for the next few days."

After saying that, he turned around to leave, but then seemed to think of something and turned back to say, "And your wife and daughter, stay at home."

Lu Si was stunned and nodded repeatedly.

Tang Yibai smiled faintly and then left.

Lu Si closed his eyes and bit the rag in his mouth tightly. The cold feeling gradually faded away from his mouth.

He fell to the ground without making a sound.

……

When Huo Changhe returned to the house, he first walked outside to get rid of the cold air, and then he heard Yan Ruyu say, "I'm not asleep yet, come in."

Huo Changhe entered the room through the curtains and stood by the fire: "Why aren't you asleep yet? Didn't I tell you to go to bed early and not wait for me?"

Yan Ruyu put down the book in her hand and came over to take off his cloak: "I wasn't waiting for you on purpose. The book you found for me is very good. I was so engrossed in reading it that I forgot the time."

"How are Xiang Guang and the others? Is everything going well?"

Things have been happening constantly these days. Xiang Guang and his men are considered Huo Changhe's secret force and cannot afford to lose.

"Everything is fine, don't worry." Huo Changhe pulled her to sit down. "They used to be in the military camp and were used to suffering. Now they are in the manor, and their life is easier than before."

"Is there enough food?"

"Both. They don't dare to eat too much for fear of getting fat."

Huo Changhe smiled lightly and sniffed: "Has anyone been here?"