Takatsukasa never expected such a delicate woman to suddenly shoot arrows at him. In shock, his entire self tilted straight to one side, but his peep glass was still pierced by a sharp arrow, and the broken glass shattered to the ground.
The face of Takatsukasa was also splattered with broken glass, causing several bloodstains to slip.
The subordinate on the side nervously said, “General Takatsukasa, let’s go quickly. This is close to the barracks, and they will catch up soon.”
Takatsukasa watched from a distance as the woman was commanding the guards beside her, with her hand pointing in his direction and knowing that he had to evacuate. However, he still felt a bit reluctant, and an uncontrollable curiosity arose in his heart, ‘who was that exceptionally beautiful and skilled archer?’
After Liu Miantang fired an arrow, she immediately sent someone to search the mountain, but no one was seen. Instead, they found a patch of broken glass with blood behind a cluster of bushes.
The guards brought the broken glass to the princess consort, and with a little piecing together, they could see that it was a peep glass.
Cui Xingzhou looked at the patchwork of the Western Mirror and knew that someone was camping on the mountain.
Western mirrors, an imported product, are not something that anyone can have. It’s probably the Japanese who sent spies to investigate.
However, when Cui Xingzhou saw the broken glass, it seemed to evoke some bad memories. His face was slightly black, and he asked Liu Miantang how she knew someone was spying when she saw the bright light flash. Isn’t she afraid to shoot the wrong person?
Liu Miantang was stunned when asked, and after thinking for a moment, she said in confusion, “Actually, I don’t understand this either. It’s reasonable to say I haven’t seen it a few times before, but when I see a reflection in the distance, my intuition is to raise my hand and shoot an arrow, without even hesitating.”
Cui Xingzhou didn’t speak. Of course, he wouldn’t tell Liu Miantang that in the past, when fighting on the mountain, he almost caught a glimpse of her true face. Unfortunately, when he was holding up his western mirror and just getting onto Lu Wen with a bamboo hat, he was hit by a backhand arrow and pierced through the glass of the mirror.
It seems that even if she loses her memories, her intuition was still there, always subconsciously making the actions she had done before.
When Miantang spoke, Cui Xingzhou was holding one of her hands, but he was so engrossed in his thoughts that he held her hand so tightly.
When the grip was too painful, Miantang couldn’t help but lightly pat the back of his hand. Prince Huaiyang finally regained his composure and said calmly, “By the way, Marquis Zhennan has also come to the North Sea, and tomorrow he will arrive. Let him see if your headache and illness to determine if you are better.”
Upon hearing that Marquis Zhennan had also arrived, Miantang felt strange, “What’s the matter? Has he recently provoked the emperor and been demoted to the North Sea?”
Cui Xingzhou raised his eyebrows and said, “He’s just one idle person. He doesn’t have a chance to provoke the emperor. However, after getting married, he stayed in the Mansion uninterestingly, so he secretly behind his mother’s back and came to this poor mountain and treacherous water to relax.”
Originally, the Old Lady of the Marquis’s Mansion couldn’t see her son being idle all the time, so she looked at the identity among the daughters of the princes, chose the appearance again and again, and appointed him a marriage.
This young lady comes from a good background, has one in a hundred looks, and was knowledgeable and reasonable. Unlike the previous one, she was obsessed with Buddhism and cannot come out as soon as she enters the Buddhist chamber. The old lady of the Zhennan Marquis was really satisfied.
However, Zhao Quan had a woman in his heart. He was ordered to see her several times but disagreed. He said that there seemed to be no marital bond between the two and that the young lady’s eyebrows were also slightly dull and not agile enough. Seeing this, he couldn’t chat with her, causing a serious illness in the old lady of Zhennan Marquis. She said that if he didn’t marry, the mother and son would see each other again in the afterlife.
Zhao Quan had no choice but to agree to the marriage and then found an excuse to go sightseeing before getting married.
So Zhao Quan excused himself to visit his friend Prince Huaiyang and left the Marquis’s Mansion. Along the way, he traveled leisurely to the North Sea, feeling at ease.
Miantang was delighted to hear that Lord Zhao was coming. The North Sea was hot, and the local people have been without good medicine for a long time.
Miantang, a poor doctor, has set up a medical shed in Cangwu County. Although she has some minor skills, she can diagnose simple illnesses slightly, but she dares not recklessly prescribe some major illnesses. And the doctors are busy in the barracks for the soldiers thus, have no time for her, nor can they come to assist the princess consort in caring for the border people.
When Zhao Quan arrives, there will be readily available ones. So although the Marquis did not arrive, Miantang kindly placed him in a mansion near the medical shed in the county, urging him to do his best before releasing him back to the State of Zhen.
On this day, Miantang, as usual, came to the medical shed for a consultation first. It was not that she was fed up, it was really that they have too much estrangement between outsiders and locals. If she were to rashly ask someone, she won’t be able to find out anything about the real situation in the area.
But if Miantang, as a doctor, chats with them with a smile and intonation while they see a doctor, she can find out many things. For this reason, Miantang also spent a lot of money hiring several local people who speak various ethnic languages, making it convenient for her to communicate with people from various villages.
Everyone in the nearby village knows that the marshal who came this time was a prince, and there was also a beautiful princess consort who looks like an immortal. She was not only beautiful but still have the ability to diagnose and prescribe.
So the villagers in the vicinity have greatly improved their outlook on the incoming army, feeling that the generals from top to bottom have shown a friendly spirit and have never harassed the people, so they have come to seek medical treatment one after another.
As soon as Miantang sat down, the queue became tail-wagging.
After seeing a few patients, another young man arrived. His eyebrows were stiff and thick black, and his thin eyelids showed a bit of beauty. However, his skin was dark, and it was obvious that he had been at sea all year round.
Miantang was wearing a hood and a thin veil, but he still looked straight at her, as if he were a foolish fool who just started to understand a romantic relationship.
However, many young people look at Miantang like this too, and Miantang didn’t care. However, her jealous husband was very unwilling and almost tear down her medical shed. Later, Miantang changed to a thicker veil, and after a standoff with him for a while, she finally persisted.
Miantang tapped his pulse and felt that it was nothing serious, so she asked, “Where are you feeling unwell?”
The young man said in a slightly stiff tone, “I can’t sleep…”
After listening to the sound of his speech, Miantang tilted her head slightly and said firmly, “You are not from Han.”
The person nodded and said, “Goryeo, come here to do business.”
Because the North Sea can transport goods to Nanyang, there are indeed many Korean merchants in the area. Compared to the Japanese, they are much more obedient.
Miantang didn’t ask again and took the paper to give him a prescription, but the person suddenly grabbed Miantang’s delicate hand and said, “Why don’t you ask me why I can’t sleep?”
Although many young people commit flower mania, there are no young people who dare to hold her hand openly.
Before the guards on the side rushed over, Miantang quickly used her hand to separate tendons and bones. As soon as his wrist fell off, she picked up a silver needle for acupuncture and pointed it towards his hand acupoint. The needle was piercing the painful acupoint, and most people couldn’t help but scream out in pain.
But the young man was very tough and didn’t shout with a muffled snort. He just looked into Miantang’s eyes and said hotly, “You’re very sharp, I like.”
Before he could finish speaking, an iron palm reached out behind him and pulled at his neck, throwing him to the ground.
The young man’s attendant, seeing this situation, drew swords one after another.
Miantang could see clearly from the side that although the sword was from the Central Plains, the way they drew it was clearly Japanese technique.
She had an idea and shouted out to the few people a sentence she had just learned from the Goryeo children a while ago, “Come here, sister will give you food.”
If someone understood such a strange and incomparable remark, they would definitely cast a surprised look at her, but none of those people actually looked at her, and their faces were still calm.
At this moment, the young man suddenly stood up and silently attacked Cui Xingzhou in plain clothes.
His body style was eerie, and his moves are deadly. Unfortunately, his opponent was not a young man who was idle in the mansion, and Cui Xingzhou did not call the guards to fight. Instead, he fought naked and engaged in a confrontation with that man.
At first, due to unfamiliarity with the opponent’s gameplay, Cui Xingzhou received a few punches but soon discovered the man’s weakness. So, the eagle’s claws parted and he took the opportunity to crack off one of his arms.
Cui Xingzhou tightened his face and placed the man on the ground. Just as he was instructing someone to tie them up, one of them suddenly took out several bullets from his arms and threw them towards the ground. Suddenly, thick smoke rolled up and the smell was pungent.
Cui Xingzhou was afraid that Miantang will encounter an accident, so he quickly stepped in front of her.
When the thick smoke dissipated, the few people who had been beaten upside down disappeared like magic.
Miantang coughed and said, “They don’t seem to be Korean.”
Cui Xingzhou ordered people to search everywhere, then frowned and said, “These are Japanese ninja techniques.”
Miantang was stunned and said, “How dare these Japanese people come to see a doctor.”
Cui Xingzhou couldn’t help but snort coldly as he thought about the man’s well-dressed appearance just now, with his eyes fixed on Miantang’s appearance, “See a doctor? In my opinion, the man who I don’t know what his name is is lovesick.”
However, this riot was not entirely unprofitable, and Cui Xingzhou could justifiably ban Miantang from going to the medical shed. Just waiting for Zhao Quan to take over her duties.
Because in the coming period, Cui Xingzhou will go out to sea for inspection, afraid that she may not be able to take care of Miantang. By she obediently stays in the mansion in Cangwu County, which makes him feel at ease.
The Japanese were stationed on a small island on the sea, which took two days to sail. However, the local navy in the North Sea was dilapidated and lacked any combat effectiveness. Watching the Japanese rushing toward the North Sea at sea, they had no choice but to do so.
Cui Xingzhou knew that on land, he could only kill and retreat the Japanese, but he could not eliminate them. He had to go to the island where they were stationed to completely eliminate this group of Japanese pirates.
After the military camp was built, Cui Xingzhou immediately began to reorganize the navy, train troops, repair warships, prepare naval equipment, and strive to prepare warships quickly to eliminate the Japanese stronghold.
Besides, on the island where Japanese people are scattered, as soon as Takatsukasa got off the ship, someone urgently said, “General Takatsukasa, how could you personally venture into danger and go to Cangwu County?”
Moonlightjie On GD (QT) Chapter 6