Traveling through ancient times to escape famine, the prince led me to rebel

Chapter 318: No Return Date (End of Volume 2)

For half a year, Du Kongqing has been obsessed with medicine.

He is either practicing at Yikan Medical Clinic, or busy in the medicine field behind Luo's house, or going to the mountain to look for other medicinal materials. In short, it is difficult to find him.

Since the completion of Yikan Medical Clinic, Du Kongqing's job as Luo Xiaoran's "assistant" has come to an end. Her new identity is the resident doctor of the only medical clinic in Hexi Village, so she usually does not come to the Luo family for dinner.

At first, Luo Xiaoran asked Du Kongqing to come over and eat with her, but Du Kongqing would refuse. But she couldn't refuse, so when she came to eat, she would also study medical books. Luo Xiaoran couldn't help but twitch her lips, suspecting that Du Kongqing had gone too far in studying medicine.

In addition, Du Kang once came to the house and said embarrassedly that Du Kongqing was no longer Luo Xiaoran's "assistant", so there was no reason for him to come and eat every day. He also said that he would go to the clinic to deliver meals to his daughter. Luo Xiaoran no longer called Du Kongqing every day.

Sometimes, when he made something new, he would ask Ruyi to send a portion to the clinic for Du Kongqing to try, as a reward for her hard work in studying.

When Luo Xiaoran announced the news of Niu Dan's death, only Qiu Niang and Xiang Shu's family were present. Luo Xiaoran did not go out of her way to notify Du Kongqing and Sun Qingyuan.

You'll know it sooner or later anyway.

It was natural that Sun Qingyuan discovered this before Du Kongqing, and he came to teach Niu Dan every day.

One of his students ran away and was taken away by some so-called "relatives", and then he was left with only one student.

Now his only student was not picked up, but left directly. This undoubtedly made Sun Qingyuan suffer another huge blow.

He was a frustrated man who no longer had the ambition to pursue the imperial examinations. He was forced by Luo Xiaoran to become a teacher, half threatened and half lured by him. He gradually became happy with it and even intended to make it his lifelong career. But now, one of his disciples has left and the other has died...

When people are in great turmoil, they most want to seek counseling from those close to them, so Du Kongqing also learned the news.

After accidentally knocking over a bunch of medicinal herbs, Du Kongqing hurriedly went to look for Luo Xiaoran, but found nothing.

Ruyi told Du Kongqing that Luo Xiaoran went to Baobao Mountain.

Du Kongqing turned around and ran towards Baobao Mountain, followed by Sun Qingyuan.

Du Kongqing walked skillfully along the path with the dead yellow weeds on both sides trampled down, and walked quickly into the mountains. Sun Qingyuan had caught up with her by then and followed behind her silently.

Cross the clear, winding stream and walk into the pine forest for about an incense stick's time, and you will see a flat field of flowers.

A small mound of earth suddenly appeared in the flowers that Du Kongqing had visited many times. Opposite to it was a thin figure sitting quietly in front of the small mound, with traces of burning paper money in front of him.

"You're here?" The thin figure asked calmly without turning around, as if he knew who was coming.

Du Kongqing's eyes moved towards the small mound, which was covered with a circle of stones but had no monument.

"Xiaoran..."

"There is no tombstone at Niu Dan's grave, for fear that someone might come looking for him."

Du Kongqing was a little confused, "Why would someone look for it?"

After asking, he sat down next to Luo Xiaoran.

Luo Xiaoran turned her head to look at her, and Du Kongqing realized that Luo Xiaoran's face was very pale, as if she had not had a good rest for a long time. There were many bloodshot in the whites of her eyes, and the bottom of her eyes were dark blue.

Gradually, the pair of dilated pupils became bright, and then the firmness that Du Kongqing was familiar with and belonged to Luo Xiaoran appeared.

"Kong Qing, I'm going on a long trip and may not come back. I'll leave Yikang Clinic to you."

Du Kongqing blinked, suspecting that she had misheard. Her throat tightened:

"Xiao Ran, what do you mean? Where are you going? Why might you not come back?"

"I'll let Sun Qingyuan take care of Chaoyang Private School, and I'll leave Luo's house, farmland, orchard, and my chickens to Qiu Niang. I'm relieved that Uncle Xiang and his family will help take care of them."

Luo Xiaoran did not answer Du Kongqing's question and continued to chatter with an oddly calm look on her face.

“After I leave, if outsiders ask, just say you don’t know.

Remember, you cannot show that you have a deep friendship with me, and you should even show hatred and contempt for me."

"You have a grudge with someone?"

Sun Qingyuan, who had been silent all this time, frowned and asked. Since Luo Xiaoran had given such instructions, this could only be the possibility.

"Yes!" Luo Xiaoran nodded, "So in order not to affect you, I have to leave."

Sun Qingyuan took a step forward, and the frown between his brows became even tighter.

"Who on earth is this person that even you, Luo Xiaoran, have to avoid him? You are the one who dares to rob even the county jail!"

Luo Xiaoran did not answer. She kept thinking about what had happened in the past two days, especially what Huineng had said the night before his death.

In the early morning, Chen Ji sent someone to deliver a letter to her, saying that Li Heng had written it before, but had been hesitating and had not given it to her.

Luo Xiaoran then realized that, just as she had guessed, the knife that Li Heng had blocked for her during the assassination in Qingzhou was coated with a deadly poison.

Even if you cut off your arm to delay the poison, you won't live long.

And this is why Li Heng rushed to Yizhou to find Chen Xingchen and her.

The letter should have been written by Li Heng after Luo Xiaoran refused to move into Prince Yan's Mansion. The letter talked about the days when they fled famine together and expressed Li Heng's gratitude to Luo Xiaoran for taking care of Chen Xingchen.

In the letter, Li Heng advised Luo Xiaoran that if she wanted to live in seclusion in the countryside and live a quiet life, she needed luck.

Natural disasters are fine, but man-made disasters are also a gamble. You have to bet with God that man-made disasters will not befall you.

Therefore, more of the content in the letter was Li Heng's apologies to Luo Xiaoran, repeatedly expressing that it was because of the two of them that Chen Lingyi was provoked and Luo Xiaoran was in danger.

After reading the letter, Luo Xiaoran smiled bitterly, veins popped out on her forehead, and she couldn't stop crying.

This old man is really... so distant!

Yes!

It was he, Li Heng, who provoked Chen Lingyi, but it was also he, Li Heng, who blocked a poisonous knife for her outside Qingzhou City, and he never mentioned a word about the matter, even though the assassin was also provoked by him, Li Heng.

However, who can trace back to the source and clearly distinguish the cause and effect of all things in this world?

Can the bond between people be explained clearly by just one or two things?

In her heart, she had already regarded Chen'er and Uncle Li as important people, so why would she worry about being implicated?

In her previous life, she had a happy family, her parents lived in harmony, and her grandparents were very caring towards her, allowing her to be nourished by family love.

I am fortunate to live again in this life and have gathered many friends around me who have shared the hardships with me.

When we exchange hearts for hearts, aren’t these feelings precious?

But now, she was involved in the right and wrong. Whether for revenge or to protect her friends, she had to leave Hexi Village!