Rebirth: My Healer Wife Owns Superpowers

Chapter 308: Chapter 308: Return to Longnan County Government
 

After seeing off Shen Yu and the others, Qi Yue and Zhao Xiyan also left Lizi Village.

The plane arrived in the outskirts of Longnan County Government early the next morning, but as soon as they arrived at their resting place in Rishengchang, they heard some bad news.

Due to successive failures within the Donggao Imperial Court, and the loss of face from Song Chengye’s death, an army of five hundred thousand was once again amassed to march towards Yecheng, declaring they sought a life for a life.

“You need to go back!” Qi Yue, clutching the note with the written news, furrowed his brows.

The situation was escalating.

There was no way to untangle the enmity with the Donggao Imperial Court.

Zhao Xiyan squinted his eyes and didn’t speak.

“Zhao Xiyan, I’m talking to you! This time you have to face the Fox King and Song Qingshan, father and son, with an army of five hundred thousand. Are you confident?”

“Yueyue, what kind of words are these? It seems like you don’t have much faith in your future husband, huh?” Zhao Xiyan suddenly chuckled.

Qi Yue was somewhat speechless.

What time was this to be joking around?

“This isn’t about having faith or not. Song Qingshan has years of combat experience against the foreign tribes, more so than you, something you have to admit, right? Besides, they have an army of five hundred thousand!”

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“If winning wars relied on experience, I wouldn’t have returned triumphantly from my first campaign,” Zhao Xiyan said, his tone light but with a touch of pride.

“Just relax, Yueyue,” he paused, taking Qi Yue’s hand, “I just can’t bear to leave you.”

Qi Yue pursed his lips.

His mouth seemed to have a light of its own, spewing clever lines constantly.

“Okay, didn’t you say you would give me a stable home? A life of freedom to follow my heart’s desires? Then go and work hard for it quickly!”

Zhao Xiyan looked at her and kept laughing.

“I’ve discovered that my Yueyue is quite the chameleon, probably no one can guess what you’ll say next, right?!”

“What’s changed about me; wasn’t that what you said? What, not admitting to it now?”

Qi Yue glared with widened eyes, tilting her little face up, her look huffy like that of an angered cat.

Zhao Xiyan watched, feeling an itch in his heart, and couldn’t help stepping forward and giving her head a rub.

“Admit it? Of course, I admit it. I find it adorable, so how can I bear to leave now?”

Qi Yue rolled her eyes dramatically, which only made Zhao Xiyan unable to help but chuckle.

After fooling around for a while, the topic came back to serious matters.

“Hey, Young Marquis, let me bring you some good stuff this time back, okay?”

“What good stuff?”

Qi Yue reached out her hand, and two laser guns appeared immediately.

Zhao Xiyan, being trained in martial arts and archery, was a natural with these kinds of weapons.

Just a brief practice session, and he was already adept.

“Yueyue, these are indeed nice, but their range is a bit short!”

Qi Yue raised an eyebrow.

This man, ever since he got wind of her secrets, always asked for things.

“I know you love removing heads from a crowd in battle. That’s too dangerous. Use this next time.”

While speaking, a MK200 appeared in her hand.

“I don’t know how to use this either, but the principle should be similar,” Qi Yue handed the item to him, “It has a range of 1600 meters, approximately five or six li. That should be sufficient for you.”

As she said this, she also pulled out an instruction manual.

“Whether you can understand it depends on you….”

Before she could finish speaking, she saw Zhao Xiyan had already raised the gun and aimed it into the distance, with an air of total seriousness.

“This is almost like archery, but this telescope is too wonderful. How could someone come up with something so incredible?”

Qi Yue rolled her eyelids.

She felt Zhao Xiyan’s learning ability was a bit too strong. If he were in the modern era, he would definitely be a top-level academic prodigy!

After everything was arranged, the two returned to the deserted wilderness, and Qi Yue released the airplane, watching as Zhao Xiyan flew off alone into the vast sky.

That evening, under the cover of night, Qi Yue entered the Longnan County Government undetected.

More than half a year had passed, and this place, which she considered her second home, had become somewhat dilapidated.

Last year when she still was around, the nights in Longnan County Government used to be quite lively.

On the middle of each month, there would be a night market on the streets, bustling with activity.

But now…

Qi Yue glanced at the full moon in the sky and couldn’t help but curse under her breath.

“Hu Keqing, you useless waste!”

It was just after 9-11 PM and the streets were already deserted, all the shops were closed.

Qi Yue walked down three streets before she finally sat down for a while in a tavern that was about to close up for the night.

The drinking citizens were mostly full of grievances and often embraced the idea of airing their grievances till death, which allowed Qi Yue to hear quite a lot.

From the citizens’ complaints, Qi Yue learned about much of what had happened since she left.

Talking about Hu Keqing, it was as if he had changed into a different person.

Originally very kind and honest, somehow, he turned into a merciless King Yan.

It was one thing to extort money from merchants, but he didn’t even spare the common people.

At first, he was recruiting soldiers, and when the people did not volunteer, he began to force them into military conscription.

In families with three sons and a father, he would simply take away two sons and the old father.

Generally, newlyweds or those with children under one year old weren’t required to serve because there was no one to work the land, but Hu Keqing directly conscripted the men.

Additionally, there was the massive seizure of grain. It was said that he also forcibly bought a lot of grain at low prices.

To store these grains, he even secretly constructed grain silos.

Right upon arriving at Longnan County Government, Qi Yue felt quite heavy-hearted to hear such things.

Previously, she had heard news that ever since Hu Keqing took control of Longnan, he started to levy exorbitant taxes, making life very difficult for the citizens and causing unbearable suffering to the merchants of Longnan. She hadn’t expected it to be so serious.

After leaving the tavern, Qi Yue didn’t delay any longer and headed towards the Rishengchang branch in Longnan County Government.

Zhao Xiyan had said, when he left, that Song Gensheng was originally going to follow him to Donggao but was kept in Longnan to handle communications.

Now, with Chu Yuntian captured and the whereabouts of Huang Zai’an, Qu Wei, and others unknown, the first thing she needed to do was to find Song Gensheng.

The matter was urgent; without reliable personnel by her side, even though this lad wasn’t the quickest thinker, he was fast on his feet and had unique talents that could be of great assistance to her.

At the very least, he could run errands.

Lost in thought, she had already arrived at the entrance of Rishengchang.

In the darkness, the two big red lanterns hanging above the door were particularly eye-catching.

Qi Yue curved her lips in a half-smile.

This place, just like Zhao Xiyan, was too attention-grabbing.

Even in the dark of night, this establishment was the most resplendent on the entire street.

While thinking about these matters, she stepped forward and knocked on the door twice.

A response came quickly from within.

“Who is it? Our money exchange has already closed.”

Qi Yue remained silent and knocked again twice.

The person inside asked twice more and finally opened the door, sticking out a messy head.

“Who are you?”

The doorman looked Qi Yue up and down, and after seeing her clearly, his expression notably relaxed.

“Esteemed guest, we don’t handle exchanges in the middle of the night, didn’t you know? If you have any business, please come back tomorrow.”

Qi Yue curled her lips, revealing the Black Feather Order in her hand.

“Do you recognize this?”

Upon seeing it, the doorman’s pupils immediately constricted, and he flung the door wide open, shouting inside in a panic.

“Shopkeeper, Shopkeeper, come quickly…”