A life of two souls traveling through time

"So, Your Highness has always been suspicious of Miss Si Yao's identity?" In the tent, Mr. Fan nodded in realization, then smiled bitterly: "Your Highness is hiding it from me because he's afraid that Arnold will find out?"

"Arnold is young and impulsive. I don't want him to know before there is evidence. I asked you to leave last night because I was afraid that you would let the cat out of the bag in front of Arnold. After all, Arnold has been sticking to you since he was a child, and he will definitely pester you out of curiosity about what happened last night..." Yan Zong looked at Mr. Fan with a hint of guilt in his eyes. It was not that he did not trust his teacher who had followed him for more than ten years. Instead, he knew too well that Mr. Fan was sometimes soft-hearted towards Arnold.

"But since Your Highness suspected Miss Si Yao, why did you let her go to Sanxiu Pharmacy?" Wei Zhun asked puzzledly.

"If Miss Si Yao is really suspicious, she didn't take advantage of His Highness's injury to attack. Her intention must be to get close to His Highness and obtain other more important things. If you want to draw out her true purpose, you must be patient. If you keep her around, you will be hard to guard against. Sanxiu Medicine Store is the best place. We can keep a distance and her every move can be under His Highness' surveillance."

"The one who understands me is you, sir." Yan Zong looked at Mr. Fan with admiration, nodded and smiled.

"It's too much trouble. It's better to kill him with one knife. I'd rather kill him by mistake..." Da Xixian scratched his head and muttered.

"What do you know? Killing a spy is easy, but playing with a spy in the palm of your hand is really interesting."

"But didn't you want to recruit her to work for you before..." Da Xi was covered with his mouth by Wei Zhun before he could finish his words.

"Hehe, Your Highness, please don't blame me. Previously, I only knew that she saved Your Highness, and I was indeed impressed by her perseverance in the archery field. But now think about it, with such inhuman perseverance, isn't she the material for being a spy?" Seeing the fierce look cast by the prince, Wei Zhun hurriedly explained.

"Stop talking nonsense. Tell Xiaolu to keep a close eye on Siyao. Any actions she takes in the medicine shop must be reported to us."

"Yes, Your Highness." Wei Zhun responded and left the tent.

Arnold and Si Yao waited in the tea room for more than an hour but still did not see any sign of Mr. Sanxiu. During this time, Arnold ate two plates of dim sum. Until the beginning of the Si hour, the door of the tea room was suddenly pushed open by Xiuming, and an old man with silver hair and beard but calm and composed walked in.

"Junior Si Yao greets Mr. Sanxiu." Upon hearing the voice, Si Yao stood up, walked to the white-haired old man and bowed respectfully.

"Are you the girl that the prince recommended to Sanxiu Pharmacy?" The white-haired old man glanced up and down at Si Yao, who was dressed in men's clothes, and smiled kindly.

"Mr. Sanxiu!" Arnold, who was originally dozing on the low couch, was instantly awakened by hearing Mr. Sanxiu's voice. He suddenly jumped off the couch, which really scared everyone else.

"You kid want to send me directly to the King of Hell, right?" Being frightened like this, Mr. Sanxiu's good mood disappeared. He put his hands on his hips, puffed up his white beard and angrily looked at Arnold.

"Mr. Sanxiu... I'm sorry... Arnold didn't mean it..." Arnold was so scared by Mr. Sanxiu that he hid behind Si Yao.

"Mr. Sanxiu, Arnold is still young, so it's inevitable that he doesn't know the seriousness of his words and actions, but he definitely didn't mean it. Please don't blame him." Si Yao also stepped forward to block Arnold behind him, and calmly comforted the angry white-haired old man.

"Okay, for the sake of this girl, I won't bother about it!" Si Yao's sincere and calm demeanor actually reduced most of Mr. Sanxiu's anger, so he shook his sleeves and sat down in the seat of honor.

At this time, the tea that Xiuming had placed on the stove was boiling. Mr. Sanxiu picked up the teapot and poured two cups of tea. He placed one of the cups opposite himself and motioned for Siyao to take a seat, but Arnold sat down first.

"I have something important to discuss with this girl. You all can go out." Mr. Sanxiu stared at Arnold with his big eyes. He was trying his best to control his emotions.

"I want to accompany Sister Yao..." Although Arnold was afraid, he still mustered up the courage to try to stay in order to accompany Sister Yao.

"roll!"

"Sister Yao, I'll wait for you outside."

With a roar, Arnold's figure immediately disappeared in the tea room, and Xiuming was so scared that he hurriedly retreated.

When the room quieted down, Mr. Sanxiu quickly adjusted his mood, tilted his head and gave Si Yao a cute smile with dimples.

Unfortunately, the one who responded to him was still a calm, expressionless face.

"Mr. Sanxiu, this is the letter that the prince asked me to give you."

"Oh." Mr. Sanxiu suddenly took the letter from Si Yao obediently, opened it and muttered quietly: "Strange, doesn't he know that my Sanxiu Pharmacy never relies on connections to recruit people?"

"Si Yao wants to take Mr. San Xiu as his master..."

"Puff..." Mr. Sanxiu spat out a mouthful of tea, opened his eyes wide and held up the letter given to him by Yan Zong to Si Yao in front of him: "He didn't ask me to accept a disciple!"

Please, sir, take this Miss Si Yao in for me. She saved my life.

Si Yao looked at the two short lines in the letter and didn't know what to say for a moment.

"It seems that you have been teased by him?" Seeing Si Yao's troubled face, Sanxiu couldn't help but covered his mouth and laughed.

"........."

"Ahem... This boy has always been annoying and too self-righteous!" Being stared at coldly by a little girl, Sanxiu felt a chill on his back. He stopped laughing, threw the letter in his hand to the ground, and cursed angrily.

"........."

"That... Si..."

"Si Yao."

"Oh, Miss Si Yao, you don't know that I am no longer interested in taking in disciples. If you are willing, why don't you stay in the manor and be a medicine boy?" After saying that, Sanxiu lowered his head guiltily like a child who had done something wrong. He hated to see a little girl crying, but he really didn't want to take in any more disciples.

"I understand. Thank you Mr. Sanxiu for taking me in, but I will not give up my wish to become your disciple. I will study hard in the manor until I am qualified to become your apprentice." Si Yao bowed solemnly to Sanxiu. She was already very grateful to be able to stay in the medicine manor. As for becoming a master and studying medicine, there is still a long way to go.

Sanxiu looked at the girl in front of him with surprise. She was always as calm as autumn water, and secretly admired her: She is quite strong.

"Miss Si Yao will live here from now on. I have asked someone to clean the room just now. As for anything else you need, just let me know anytime." Xiu Ming took Si Yao and Arnold into a simple and clean room and said gently.

"Thank you, sir." Now that he had entered the pharmacy, he naturally had to change his words.

Xiu Ming showed a gentle smile and continued, "You just arrived, so take a good rest today. Tomorrow I will have someone take you to the pharmacy to familiarize you with the relevant matters."

"Ah."

"Wow, it's so beautiful!" While Si Yao and Xiu Ming were talking, Arnold had already searched the room thoroughly. When he opened the window and looked at the snow-capped mountains outside the city, he couldn't help but sigh excitedly. It turned out that standing on a high place to see the snow scenery was refreshing. Unlike the military camp on the flat ground, the mood was completely different.