Wilderness Redemption Tour

"Robbering the carriage because of a disagreement is a serious crime if you get caught. Have you offended them in other ways?" Sadie analyzed with a frown.

"I'm just a doctor, how could I offend anyone?"

"You didn't make the patient's condition worse, so the patient's family is looking for revenge on you..." Lin Yan guessed.

The other person shook his head slightly. "I'm not bragging, but I've cured everyone I've treated."

"Maybe it's because I charge too low and cause trouble to my peers; or maybe it's because my skin color is too dark and people instinctively hate me when they see me; or maybe it's because I'm a self-righteous city dweller and my arrogant words hurt the self-esteem of some bigwigs, so they find ways to exclude me."

"But I still have to thank them, because compared to disembowelment, forced castration, throwing from windows, and crucifixion, just stealing my carriage is nothing."

"Think positively." Lin Yan comforted him, "The development of the times will not go as everyone wants all of a sudden. One day, your status will be recognized by everyone, and white people will no longer discriminate against you. People like us may be witnesses."

"Thank you for your kind words, sir." The black man stood up and bowed slightly to Lin Yan, saying, "Because of you, I am full of hope for the future of this country again."

After doing all this, he sat back on the fence, seemingly unwilling to accept Lin Yan's help.

Seeing that the other party was not going to issue a task, Lin Yan asked again: "Do you really not need help? Perhaps I can help you get your carriage back."

The black man shook his head and said with a friendly smile: "Forget it, I don't want you to get into trouble because of me. It's just a carriage. I can get it again through my own efforts."

Seeing that the black man once again refused Lin Yan's help, Sadie couldn't help but say, "Hey! Do you know why you were ostracized and lost your carriage?"

"What?" The other party didn't seem to understand what Sadie said. He turned his head and looked at her in confusion.

"I've never met someone as unreasonable as you." Sadie said to herself in an accusatory tone, "To put it nicely, you're unreasonable, and to put it bluntly, you're ungrateful. We wanted to help you, but you refused again and again, turning away potential friends and allies one by one, guarding your pitiful self-esteem. Is this how you deal with the world?"

It can be said that Sadie's words showed no regard for the other party's face at all. If it were Lin Yan, he would never say such words because he is a smooth person.

"this..."

The black man's expression changed after being accused for no reason. Lin Yan had a hunch that he was blushing because of what Shadi said. Although he couldn't see any other colors on his dark face, Lin Yan had this feeling.

His Adam's apple moved a few times, and he finally said, "I heard from the people who robbed my carriage that they were going to drive my carriage to Macomb's stronghold..."

"Humph! That's more like it. Remember, don't let down the kindness of kind people again in the future."

"Wait for us here!"

After leaving these two sentences, Sadie took the initiative to take Lin Yan to the Macomb stronghold that the black doctor mentioned.

The McComb stronghold is located between the Bluewater Swamp and the Black Swamp. It is a delta formed by a smaller alluvial plain on the Kamassa River. When Lin Yan went to look for Ms. Bell, he and Sadie had seen it from afar across the Kamassa River. That place should be a stronghold left over from the civil war. Now there are no other decent buildings except for a few dilapidated houses without roofs.

"When you come out with me, I rarely see you so proactive." On the way, Lin Yan talked to Sadie about her behavior just now.

Sadie looked reminiscent and said slowly, "Because he reminded me of someone, someone who also didn't like to trouble others."

"It can't be yours..." Lin Yan hesitated to speak.

Sadie shook her head simply. "It's not Ake, it's my father."

Then, she slowly narrated: "He was a veteran who participated in the Civil War and fought for the Union Army. After the war, he returned to his hometown, met my mother, and then had me. Because of that war, he suffered from a lot of health problems, and left me and my mother forever when I was ten years old. In my memory, he was also a person who didn't like to trouble others. Even if he was not in good health, he would never ask for help when he encountered any heavy work. He would even refuse others' help. I didn't understand why he was like this at the time, and I still don't understand it now. If his stubbornness hadn't aggravated his illness, he could have been with us for a few more years."

When Sadie said these words, Lin Yan did not see the sadness of losing her husband on her face again. Instead, there was a faint smile on her face.

"I'm fine, you don't have to comfort me. I just saw the shadow of my father in that man, and I was inspired at the moment. It's getting late, we have to move faster." After saying that, she lowered her body slightly and began to speed up.

"Okay!" Lin Yan nodded and rode his horse to follow.

When they were about ten minutes away from the Macomb stronghold, Sadie pointed to a carriage with a giant medicine pounding pot on the roof and asked, "Do you think that carriage in front is our target?"

Lin Yan squinted his eyes and looked at the words on the back of the carriage, and read softly: "Reynard's personal doctor, specializing in colds, typhus, coughs... The words at the end were worn out and could not be seen clearly."

After seeing what was written on it, Lin Yan patted his head and said in annoyance: "I forgot to ask the man's name and what the carriage looked like, but there shouldn't be a second carriage like this nearby...why don't we catch up and ask."

When Lin Yan caught up with the carriage, he saw that there were two guards on horseback with guns in front of the carriage. In addition, the man driving the carriage was also a man wearing a white shirt and black pants, with a fierce look, who did not look like a doctor at all.

Now, Lin Yan was sure that the carriage belonged to the black doctor without even asking.

When the fierce-looking driver found that Lin Yan was not only moving at the same speed as him but also looking him up and down, he shouted at Lin Yan impatiently: "What are you looking at? Get out of here!"

As he spoke, he took out a pistol from his arms, pointed it at Lin Yan and threatened again: "Get out of my sight immediately, or I won't mind making a few holes in you."

As soon as he finished threatening, he heard a "bang". Looking at Lin Yan, who had nothing in his hands, he wondered where the sound came from, and then he fell headfirst from the moving carriage.