The days when I was an obstetrician and gynecologist in Chang'an

Chapter 985 This is simply the cruelest choice in the world!
(Thanks to Xiao Er for casting 4 monthly votes.)
For a doctor, especially one who performs surgery, her hands are her life, her weapons for saving lives!

If her hands are injured or even disabled, even if she gets to Guzang County, there will be no way to save Du Qinghui!

This move by the mastermind behind the scenes can be described as extremely vicious!
"careful!"

Suddenly, Lao Shi roared and spurred his horse, leaping up to narrowly avoid a stray arrow aimed at him. However, his horse neighed in pain as the arrow struck its eye.

Qiu Xiang used her Emei daggers to parry and deflect two flying arrows.

Li San Niang reacted extremely quickly. The moment she heard the bowstring twang, she had already bent down and pressed herself against the horse. A crossbow bolt flew past her ear, knocking off a few strands of her hair.

Unfortunately, her horse was shot in the ear, collapsed to its knees, and threw her off its back!

"Third Sister!" Qiu Xiang exclaimed in surprise.

Li San Niang struggled to adjust her posture in mid-air, and rolled several times upon landing to dissipate most of the force. However, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her left arm, which was clearly a sprain.

Fortunately, there was no fracture, and the fingers can still move.

At this moment, seven or eight men in black rushed out of the forest. They stopped using crossbows for ranged attacks and instead pounced directly at the enemy.

Their goal was clear—to attack Li San Niang's hands and arms!

Lao Shi and Qiu Xiang fought desperately to protect Li San Niang.

The battle instantly became intense.

These assassins use extremely strange and vicious martial arts techniques, targeting joints and tendons.

Li San Niang quickly pulled out a small medicine packet from the medicine pouch at her waist. Seizing the opportunity, she suddenly sprinkled the powder inside onto the face of an assassin rushing towards her.

"what!"

The assassin immediately clutched her eyes, screamed, and collapsed to the ground—it was her specially made, potent irritant powder, which, while not fatal, could instantly blind someone and cause excruciating pain.

Taking advantage of the brief moment, Li Sanniang quickly checked her left hand and confirmed that it was indeed just a sprain that would not affect her fine motor skills, which put her at ease.

But their crisis is far from over.

Although Lao Shi and Qiu Xiang were brave, the assassins outnumbered them and were highly targeted, so their side gradually fell into a disadvantageous position.

Just as an assassin was about to bypass Lao Shi, the blade in his hand was about to slash straight at Li San Niang's wrist!

At this critical moment!
"call out!"

An arrow flew through the air from afar, piercing the assassin's wrist with pinpoint accuracy!

The knife in the assassin's hand fell to the ground with a clang.

Immediately afterwards, more arrows were shot at the assassin.

These arrows were not only dense but also extremely accurate, instantly felling three more assassins.

"The Liangzhou Garrison is here! You traitors, cease your arrogance!"

A loud roar came from afar, and more than ten cavalrymen charged over like a whirlwind!
The leading garrison soldier was holding a powerful bow, and it was clear that the life-saving arrow was fired by him.

Seeing that the situation was hopeless, the leader of the assassins let out a sharp whistle, and the remaining assassins did not linger and quickly retreated into the forest, disappearing in just a few moments.

"Medical Master Li! Your humble general Chen Yong has arrived too late to provide assistance!"

The captain dismounted and quickly stepped forward to bow to Li Sanniang, his face showing awe and lingering fear.

Upon receiving the message by carrier pigeon from Sun Qianshan, the military commander of Ganzhou, the governor of Liangzhou immediately ordered his troops to come to the rescue at top speed.

Thankfully, they arrived in time!

Li Sanniang took a deep breath, suppressing the pain in her arm and the turmoil in her heart, and quickly returned Chen Yong's greeting: "Thank you, Captain Chen, for saving my life."

"I am not seriously injured."

She looked in the direction where the assassins had disappeared, knowing that this was only a temporary repulsion.

The other party has gone to great lengths to stop her.

"Doctor Li, are you injured?" Chen Yong noticed that she was covering her left arm with her right hand.

"It's nothing, just a sprain."

Li San Niang spoke in a calm tone, as if it were really just a trivial matter.

With Qiu Xiang's help, she quickly performed a simple check and fixation on herself.

"Captain Chen, we must proceed to Guzang County immediately!"

"Yes! Please follow me!"

With the protection of the Liangzhou garrison, the journey became much smoother from then on.

But Li Sanniang didn't feel relaxed at all. On the contrary, the immense pressure of being close to Guzang County and about to perform surgery on Du Qinghui made her even more tense.

However, she never expected that the despicable nature of the person behind the scenes would once again exceed her imagination.

Just before she was about to arrive in Guzang County, an even more devastating message arrived—not through official channels, but through an urgent carrier pigeon sent by local scoundrels!
The letter was written in messy handwriting, but it contained news that shocked and angered Li San Niang.

Lady Wang (Lu Zhu'er, real name Wang Wanlu) was kidnapped by villains on the official road from Ganzhou to Liangzhou!

The thieves intended to threaten Wang Xiaoniangzi's life to prevent Doctor Li from providing medical assistance!

The members of the alliance are doing everything they can to find it!

I just learned that Miss Wang is a clever person and seems to have escaped on her own during the kidnapping. She should be out of immediate danger, but her whereabouts are still unknown!

The alliance will definitely find Lady Wang!

We urge Physician Li to perform his surgery with peace of mind and not to be deceived or coerced by the thieves!

"puff--"

Li San Niang felt a sweet taste in her throat, and a fishy smell surged up. She actually spat out a mouthful of blood right at the scroll!
"Third Lady!"

"Medical Master Li!"

Qiu Xiang, Lao Shi, and Chen Yong were all shocked when they saw Li San Niang suddenly vomiting blood.

Li San Niang swayed, but Qiu Xiang caught her.

Li San Niang's face instantly turned ashen white, and her hand holding the thin roll of paper began to tremble violently.

Dewdrop! Her dewdrop!

Those people... those people actually dared to lay a hand on her daughter!
They're going to threaten her with her own flesh and blood!

They wanted to destroy her will!

A surge of overwhelming rage and bone-chilling cold instantly swept over Li San Niang's entire body, a mixture of fire and ice!

This news filled her with more anger and fear than any previous assassination attempt against her!

She almost wanted to turn her horse around immediately to find her daughter! Her baby!

Du Qinghui, national affairs, none of them are as important as her pearl at this moment!
but.
The words on the secret letter, "Do not worry about Miss Wang" and "Put your magic in peace," pierced her heart like needles.

If she goes to look for Dewdrop, Du Qinghui will surely die.

Nowadays, no one dares to perform brain surgery on Du Qinghui like she did!
With Du Qinghui dead, the Du family army will inevitably be divided up, causing turmoil in the court and setbacks in overseas strategies. The mastermind behind this will then have achieved its goal!

Moreover, the secret letter said that Dewdrop seemed to have escaped on her own, and the Bad People were sending people to search for her with all their might.

If she were to turn her horse around and rush off to search now, she might not be able to help, and could even cause trouble for the bad guys, or even put herself in danger, which would render all the sacrifices and efforts futile.

On one side was a key national official whose life was hanging by a thread, and on the other was the immense burden she carried on her shoulders.

On one side are her own flesh and blood, whose fate is unknown, and the heart-wrenching worry in her heart.

For Li San Niang, this was simply the cruelest choice in the world!
Thank you Xiao Er for casting 4 monthly votes.

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