The First Military God of the Border

Everyone was very anxious.

For them, Ling Ziyi was a special presence in the mountain stronghold.

Fan Wujiu clenched his fists, his expression shifting between anger and uncertainty.

"What to do... what to do...?"

He was very anxious and wished he could rush into the mountains right now to find medicinal herbs.

"Boss, don't panic, let's think of another way."

Lin Hui pulled her back: "Ziyi was injured because of me. I will do everything in my power to make sure nothing happens to her."

"Boss, brothers, you all need to focus on recovering from your injuries. Leave everything else to me."

Although Fan Wujiu was anxious, he couldn't do anything in his current state.

"Brother Lin, I'm entrusting Ziyi to you."

Lin Hui nodded and then left the ravine.

Outside, there was still a light snowfall.

He couldn't help but wrap his cotton coat even tighter.

Now that the medicine is unavailable, Lin Hui decides to relocate the border troops' weapons.

Luckily, on his way back to hide his weapons, he also encountered a goat. Although it wasn't big, Lin Hui decisively shot it to survive.

After reaching the cave where the things were hidden, they took the last bit of the wild boar's internal organs and carried them home along with the goat.

He had already planned it out on his way home.

After returning, I will go to Linjiang County and do everything I can to obtain the medicinal herbs.

It was getting late, and by the time Lin Hui hurriedly arrived in Linjiang County, it was already afternoon.

There were several pharmacies in the city, but he found something wrong with each one he visited.

For example, when Lin Hui went to Baohetang, he found the small vendors next to it to be very suspicious. They didn't care much about their own goods, but instead kept staring at the people coming and going from the pharmacy.

Lin Hui immediately recognized that the vendor was a member of the border army.

The same thing happened at the second place.

Lin Hui immediately understood that Cheng Wuyou knew that the leaders of Cangying Ridge were seriously injured and needed medicine to save their lives, so he had set up an ambush around the pharmacy in advance.

Finally, Lin Hui arrived at Wanhetang, the largest pharmacy in Linjiang County, but this time he appeared much calmer.

I walked slowly to the opposite side of Wanhetang and sat down at a tea stall.

I ordered a pot of hot tea and began to sip it slowly. The tea leaves were the large-leaf kind, and it tasted exceptionally bitter, but it was also very refreshing.

He just kept drinking, observing the situation at the entrance of the pharmacy across the street.

Sure enough, Lin Hui discovered the problem in no time.

To the left of the pharmacy was a cloth vendor; the man's gaze wandered, glancing at the pharmacy entrance every now and then.

Meanwhile, next to the tea stall where Lin Hui was drinking tea was a noodle shop.

However, several customers came in a row, but the young man who was the owner dismissed them all by saying that he had run out of noodles.

Lin Hui couldn't help but chuckle to himself.

These border troops are such terrible actors; all they're good at is oppressing the people. With that kind of skill as lookouts, they probably wouldn't last three seconds on the battlefield.

Lin Hui wouldn't fall for it, but he was in a dilemma. He was being monitored by the border troops everywhere. Where could he get the medicine?

After much thought, there was only one place left: to go to Shiweitian Restaurant and find Song Qingyan.

Lin Hui tossed two copper coins onto the table and strode towards the Shiweitian Restaurant.

Upon arrival, there were only two scattered tables of guests in the lobby.

Song Qingyan was working on her abacus behind the counter when she heard someone come in. She looked up and was surprised to see that it was Lin Hui.

His eyes immediately lit up.

"Brother Lin, you're here so soon! What good stuff do you have today?"

Lin Hui nodded and took the leg of lamb, which was wrapped in burlap, off his shoulder.

He opened it and showed it to Song Qingyan. When she saw that it was a goat's leg, Song Qingyan was even more satisfied.

"Good Dingxi."

"Waiter, bring tea to Brother Lin."

"Brother Lin, this is a real lifesaver! Just now, Master Cui from the east of the city sent someone to say that he wants a goat leg to entertain guests, and I was wondering where to find one."

Lin Hui smiled and said, "That's good, that's good."

Song Qing didn't waste any time. He went straight behind the counter and took out ten taels of silver: "Take it. You don't need to go to the accountant anymore."

Lin Hui shook his head.

Song Qingyan was very puzzled: "What's wrong?"

"You don't even want the money? You think it's too little?"

Lin Hui shook his head again, took a sip of tea, and then spoke his mind: "Madam, I don't want money, but could you please do me a favor?"

"help?"

Lin Hui nodded.

"Tell me, what do you need?"

"Madam, to be honest, my wife has caught a cold and her fever won't subside. I'd like some medicine to reduce her fever."

"Of course, I'm a hunter, I'm often in the mountains, so it would be even better if I could get my hands on the herbs for making wound medicine."

"Then you can just go to the pharmacy yourself. Take ten taels of silver with you, and you can buy enough medicine to last you for several years."

Lin Hui smiled helplessly, looked around, and whispered to Song Qingyan, "Madam, I have no other choice but to ask you for help. To be honest, I've already been to two or three pharmacies, but something just doesn't feel right."

Song Qingyan covered her face and laughed: "I didn't expect you to be so alert; you even noticed this."

Lin Hui was taken aback.

Judging from her tone, Song Qingyan clearly knew that the pharmacy was being watched by the border troops.

Song Qingyan leaned closer to Lin Hui and whispered, "Seven or eight guests came for lunch this morning. Although they weren't wearing border guard uniforms, I knew they were border guards as soon as they opened their mouths."

"I went to pour them some wine and overheard their conversation. Apparently, the An family in Anjiawopeng was wiped out by bandits from Cangyingling."

"The border troops from Ningyuan Town went to provide support and repelled the bandits. It is said that all the bandit leaders were seriously injured, as well as a female bandit."

"They were ordered to disguise themselves and keep an eye on the pharmacy."

"Oh, is that so? I've never heard of that before."

Song Qingyan rolled her eyes at Lin Hui: "You, all you know is how to enjoy yourself with your little wife, you don't care about these things at all."

"I heard from them that the An family's property was looted and then burned to the ground."

"This is terrible, those bandits are awful."

Lin Hui feigned a sigh: "What are we going to do? Everyone's panicking. I don't even dare to go buy medicine."

"Buying medicine isn't difficult at all."

Lin Hui looked at Song Qingyan with surprise: "Madam, do you have a way?"

Song Qingyan burst out laughing: "What's so difficult about that?"

Then he called out to his maid, "Xiao Wan, take Brother Lin to Wanhetang and get some medicine."

"lady?"

"Is this alright?"

Song Qingyan waved her hand: "Go ahead and do your best. If anything happens, just say I sent you to bring people with you."

"But you must remember, you can't go through the main entrance."

Xiao Wan agreed and led Lin Hui out of the Shiweitian Restaurant. After walking a few steps, they turned into a side alley.

They wandered around the alley for a long time before finally stopping.

"Brother Lin, we've arrived."

Lin Hui was very puzzled. Where was this Wanhetang?

It was a wall, and a tiny side door.

"Little Bowl Girl, are you sure we haven't come to the wrong place?"

"How could that be? Brother Liu, you wait and see."

Then Xiaowan knocked on the small door.

A short while later, a lean man with delicate features emerged, dressed in coarse cotton clothes. He kept smiling whenever he saw the small bowl.

Stop laughing.

Upon hearing Xiao Wan's words, the man immediately shut up.

"Brother Lin, this is Wang Hui, a disciple of the renowned physician Gong from Wanhetang."

She then introduced him to Wang Hui, saying, "Wang Hui, this is Brother Lin, a distinguished guest of our boss. His family member is sick and needs fever reducer and wound medicine."

Wang Hui understood immediately, simply saying "Wait a moment," before turning and going inside.

Not long after, Wang Hui came out carrying two bags, containing everything Lin Hui had asked for.

Just as Lin Hui received the item, the owner of the noodle stall outside the alley happened to witness the scene.

He strode towards them, his hand reaching behind him, clearly looking for his weapon. Lin Hui knew something was wrong.

"Damn it, we've been found out."