"This trip is of great purpose. Anyone interested can come to me to sign up within an hour and we will set off tomorrow morning." After the dean said the last sentence, he looked at the students who were whispering to each other, and then sat at the table waiting for people to sign up.

"I won't go. I have old and young people at home. If I go, I will die."

"We are not doctors. Even the imperial physician didn't make the patient survive, so why are you letting us die?"

"Didn't you hear from the headmaster that His Majesty has already transferred doctors from various places? We will go there to help boil medicine, feed medicine, and take care of the patients."

"If you get the disease, you will die. Their lives are lives, but our lives are not lives? My parents raised me to bring honor to our family, not to die."

"..."

Listening to the angry words around him, a pair of feet walked quickly towards the abbot, but was pulled away by another person.

Wang Cheng glared at Lin Yuzan, "You are crazy!"

Lin Yuzan said calmly, "Master Cui will be able to develop a prescription in a year. By then, the epidemic will be stopped and I will be able to return just in time for the imperial examination."

"Once you get this disease, you will definitely die within three days. Have you forgotten Lin Village? You are going to make my sister a widow and make Qingjie orphan at such a young age."

"I just can't forget it, so I have to go. Wang Cheng, I didn't come back just to keep Wan Niang and Qing Jie alive, my people must also be alive." Lin Yuzan's eyes were red. "Linjia Village is poles apart from Yanzhou, but the disease was still passed on. I never found out who was behind it in my previous life until I died..."

Wang Cheng interrupted, "The world has changed a lot, and tragedies may not happen."

"You also know that things are unpredictable. I don't want to endure this kind of bone-eating pain a second time. I want to go and see how Master Cui treats it and report back to Lin Village."

"If something happens to you, what will you let Wanniang do?"

Wang Cheng's questioning made Lin Yuzan feel a little embarrassed, but it was only for a moment, and then she pushed him away with a firm look in her eyes, "Wan Niang will understand me."

"You stubborn ass."

The abbot looked at the clock and saw that one third of the way had gone by and no one had signed up. Life and death were unpredictable on this trip, so it was common for people to be reluctant to go.

At this time, there was an uproar in the audience, and the person who was the least likely to go in everyone's eyes came up to the stage and signed a life and death agreement in front of the abbot.

"You..." The dean looked at the person in front of him in disbelief.

"A real man has things he should do and things he shouldn't do. I will definitely go on this trip." Lin Yuzan handed the life and death statement to the abbot.

At this time, the second person also came on stage, causing another uproar.

Lin Yuzan looked at Wang Cheng in disbelief.

"What are you looking at?" Wang Cheng was obviously furious, his voice trembling. "I used to be able to heal people, but you can only be a cook."

Lin Yuzan: ...

When did this person's mouth become poisonous?

Wang Cheng didn't look at him again. He bowed to the abbot and said, "I have studied medicine in my hometown, and I am willing to do my part for the people of Yanzhou."

The abbot nodded hesitantly, "Sign the death agreement!"

"Brother Lin, Brother Wang, how can you go? What about your family? And Sister Qing is in the girls' school, aren't you going to take care of her?" Zhang Liangchuan asked loudly.

Hearing this, Wang Cheng glared at the irresponsible man next to him and said first, "I still have a younger brother who can act as a filial son on my behalf. As for my sister and niece, they will remarry after Lin Yuzan dies, so there is nothing for them to do."

"..."

Your brother-in-law is still beside you, and you said this. Aren't you afraid that he will beat you? Didn't you see that Lin Yuzan's face has turned blue and black?

After signing the death warrant, Wang Cheng left without paying any attention to the person who was already smoking.

"boom"

The sound of a door opening next door was heard at Linglong Courtyard. Little Yining gathered her cloak and walked towards the secret door.

Countless people were standing in Hanqiu Courtyard, which should have been deserted, and the atmosphere was solemn.

Little Yining paused, looked at the still bright mountain top, and called out "Hello, Uncle" sweetly.

"It's Sister Qing who's here to look for her father. She's so filial. Go and stay with your father quickly." After a student who had only met her once said this, he was pulled by Zhang Liangchuan next to him.

"Sister Qing, why aren't you asleep yet so late?" Zhang Liangchuan asked with a forced smile.

Little Yining looked at his forced smile with a hint of doubt in her eyes, but still replied, "I miss my dad and uncle!"

"Sister Qing, come here!" Wang Cheng's voice rang out from the room.

Xiao Yining bowed to all the students and walked into her uncle's room. She found him packing his belongings. She asked in surprise, "Uncle, where are you going?"

Wang Cheng touched her head and took out a box. "Your uncle and your father are going to study with the teacher. I'm afraid we won't be able to make it in time for Qingjie's birthday. Your uncle will give you this birthday gift in advance."

Going to study at this time?

Little Yining frowned. Her birthday was almost the end of the year. After that, she would be three years old. Wouldn’t her uncle and father come back to celebrate the New Year?

"Thank you, uncle." Little Yining said softly.

Wang Cheng nodded and pushed her back, "Go and keep your father company."

"Oh." Xiao Yining turned and walked out, with a slight sigh coming from behind him.

Lin Yuzan was packing his clothes. Unless something unexpected happened, he would be away for a year.

"father."

Lin Yuzan's body froze, and she looked at the visitor unhappily and said, "Sister Qing, it's so late, why aren't you asleep yet?"

Little Yining pulled his father's clothes and said, "Dad, where are you and uncle going?"

"Of course there is something." Lin Yuzan replied stiffly. He remembered something and took out a high stool from the corner, climbed up to the beam and took out a long box.

Little Yining watched all this with an expressionless face as her father handed the box to her.

Lin Yuzan said, "This is a birthday gift for your mother. When the time comes, you can give it to her on behalf of your father."

My mother’s birthday is in March next year.

Little Yining didn't answer it, but looked at Lin Yuzan, with a calmness in his eyes that was different from that of a child. "Why doesn't Dad pay it himself? Is it impossible to pay it?"

"It's getting late, go to bed!" Lin Yuzan stuffed the box into his daughter's hand and stopped looking at her, his figure showing panic.

Xiao Yining did not leave, but thought about what happened tonight one by one. Her father and uncle were really unusual.

The big bell on the top of the mountain popped up in her mind again. Although her history grades were so-so, she knew that in ancient times bells were rung for every occasion. Her father had just said that something big was going to happen, and that it would require her and her uncle to go on a long journey and not be back for half a year.

Xiao Yining thought about the behavior of the people outside and thought that this long journey might be dangerous. Suddenly, a thought popped up in her mind. She asked in a trembling voice, "Dad, are you going to Yanzhou?"

Lin Yuzan paused, turned around and looked at her with a sharp look.

Really going to Yanzhou.

"Dad, you and uncle should not go to Yanzhou. Sister Cui said that the place is littered with corpses of civilians. There is a grave every ten steps, and nine out of ten villages are empty. You and uncle cannot go there!" Little Yining said anxiously.

"Sister Qing, you are too smart and really don't look like a three-year-old child." Lin Yuzan closed his eyes to hide his complicated expression.

Fake is fake after all, but I have good intentions and I am obedient.

Little Yining's eyes turned red. She just wanted her father not to leave and didn't care about anything else.

She stepped forward and grabbed her father's sleeve. "Dad, don't leave. Tell the teacher not to go to Yanzhou. The epidemic is everywhere there. You are not a doctor and you can't help. Mom and I can't live without you."

Even scholars were called in for help, which shows that the situation there has become out of control. The medical conditions here are not as good as modern ones. What if someone gets infected? There is no specific medicine!

Lin Yuzan grabbed his daughter's hand, squatted in front of her, and said softly, "Dad has his reasons for going to Yanzhou. Qingjie, after dad leaves, you must listen to your mother and remember to hide your incompetence. You are only three years old and you must not show off too much. Also, if your mother is unhappy, you must make her happy. You are smarter than her, so you must take good care of her."

Xiao Yining shook his hand off and shouted, "I won't."

Why should I take care of your woman?

Can you die peacefully without any worries?

"Dad is going to Yanzhou and doesn't want me and mom anymore. I want to tell my mom to remarry."

"Dad doesn't want us, and we don't want you either. I want a new dad and a new husband for my mother who won't run away."

"You..." Lin Yuzan's chest heaved violently, and he raised his hand high to hit Xiao Yining.

"Lin Yuzan, are you crazy?" Wang Cheng ran in and protected Xiao Yining behind him. The people who were originally in the yard also squeezed into the house and started to persuade them to stop fighting.

Xiao Yining cried silently in Wang Cheng's arms. Damn scumbag father, he arranged his own death before the heroine even found him. He must be tired of living.

She had no sense of justice, and she didn't understand why her father did this.

"Brother Lin, you have a family, why bother going to Yanzhou? It's not a good place now. Even the people in the Imperial Hospital didn't survive."

I don’t know if Lin Yuzan listened to what others said, he just sat dejectedly on the bed.

He didn't know whether he would regret it in the future, but if he didn't go now, he would really regret it.

Lin Yuzan looked up at the little person in Wang Cheng's arms. She was his lost daughter, so how could he bear to let her go? And his lovely wife who was waiting for him to return home was someone he had prayed to the gods and Buddhas for countless times every day in his previous life, so he could not bear to let her go.

"How can your elders rest in peace, how can your nephews and nieces rest in peace, how can your brothers rest in peace! Mr. Lin, you must not forget the kindness of Linjia Village in nurturing you."

The third brother's words were still echoing in Lin Yuzan's ears. The desolate scene of the Linjia Village with lonely graves all over the hill appeared in Lin Yuzan's eyes again. Countless black chains came out of the graves and tied around him, making it hard for him to breathe.

"Wang Cheng, send Sister Qing back. It's getting late."

The matter has come to this, and it is useless to say more.

Wang Cheng coaxed little Yining with a few words, then carried her to the secret door and asked Aunt Zhao to lead her back. Through the secret door, he comforted little Yining, "Don't be afraid, Sister Qing, your uncle will bring your father back alive."

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