Mother's health is getting better day by day, and she hasn't mentioned the matter of marrying the village chief to Yunyi again. The village chief has come to visit several times, but she has evasively sent him away. It's not that she disagrees with the marriage, it's just that Yunyi is resolute, and she is still trying to persuade her.
The village chief, who has been widowed for many years, represents authority here, and he has taken a liking to the beauty of Yunyi and her mother. In addition, Yunyi's mother made a promise and then broke it, which to him is no different from a challenge, so naturally he cannot easily let them off.
The village chief outwardly forgave Yunyi, but secretly kept a close watch on her every move. He wanted to find her faults and secrets, as she must have discovered the elixir to have cured her dying mother.
The village chief secretly followed Yunyi and discovered that she goes to the forest every day. However, he couldn't keep up with Yunyi's pace, and every time they entered the forest, Yunyi would disappear without a trace. Seeing Yunyi's mother getting stronger day by day and looking ten years younger, the village chief became increasingly anxious.
He is more greedy for the elixir in the forest than he is coveting Yunyi. He originally wanted Yunyi to marry him cleanly and take care of his friend's hardworking wife and daughter, and also have a good reputation in the village. But now, he only wants to get the elixir, after all, he is no longer young.
The people in the same village somehow found out that Yunyi had cured her mother, and they all came to her for treatment, praising her for inheriting the true skills of the village doctor. However, their eyes were full of scrutiny, which made Yunyi very uncomfortable. Yunyi didn't mind. In their village, the doctors who had practiced for generations were all male, so it was normal for everyone to have some doubts about a young female doctor like her.
Yunyi does her best to help everyone, which makes her feel incredibly happy and fulfilled.
He Chun has seen the change in her, from always being full of worries to now being much more cheerful.
Her time spent on the mountain has also increased, and they roam the mountains together, picking herbs. He Chun is also happy to accompany her everywhere, instead of just giving her the herbs directly. Yunyi carefully compares the appearance of the herbs in the medical book while chatting with He Chun.
Yunyi: "What do you do in the forest every day? Do you just sleep during the day?"
Picking fruits, counting leaves, sleeping in comfortable places, extinguishing the careless fires left by humans, protecting the cubs from being found by hunters, patrolling the mountains to prevent soil erosion during rain...
He Chun: "Of course not, I'm very busy. You'll know in the future."
Yunyi listened to his tone, a little proud, and smiled as he replied, "Yes, our Mountain God is blessing this place." They had been walking in the mountains all day, but because they were chatting with He Chun, Yunyi didn't feel tired at all.
Seeing that it was getting dark, and not having prepared a meal at home today, Yunyi took out large mushrooms from the back basket and busied himself starting a fire. Yunyi teased him: "Tonight we're eating grilled mushrooms, Mountain God, don't be picky." As Yunyi and He Chun happily grilled the mushrooms, the villagers gathered around the village chief.
The village chief and influential figures in the village have already had a small meeting. Now they are just inciting everyone's emotions, turning their malicious behavior into a majority-supported justice.
Village chief: "Yunyi, although I have watched her grow up, I can't continue to cover for her. She has been harboring a deserter at home."
Other villagers were very surprised when they heard this. The timid ones anxiously asked the village chief, "What should we do? This is a serious crime. If it's discovered, our whole village will be finished."
Some people showed a fierce expression and shouted, "This has nothing to do with us. We should hand them over, we must hand them over."
Those who relied on Yunyi to treat their illnesses hesitated, "But my family member still needs her to treat the illness. Their health has finally improved."
The village chief had already thought of this problem: "Yunyi goes to the forest to gather herbs every day. When I went hunting in the mountains, I saw her often going to the lake in the woods. Do you all remember the legend of the Mountain God? That lake must be the dwelling place of the Mountain God. The prescription she made is not much different from the ones we have taken before. What's miraculous is the lake water. It's the use of the lake water to boil the herbs that gives them such miraculous effects."
He was certainly not sure if the lake water had miraculous effects. When Yunyi was driven out of the village, he could secretly imprison people and slowly force her to reveal her secret.
The village chief said that several hunters who went into the mountains have seen that lake. There isn't even any algae on the surface of the lake, it's like a perfect piece of blue jade. Hearing him say this, many people came forward to corroborate his words.
The village chief scanned the face of each person, and everyone became resolute, shouting to drive Yunyi out of the village and hand her over.
A group of people marched to Yunyi's house and violently broke open every room door.
Yunyi is really not at home. Yunyi's mother was brought to the center of the crowd and controlled. The woman, who has regained her vitality and beauty, made everyone envious, and also confirmed the village chief's words even more. If it weren't for some magical thing, how could this woman have recovered so well with just medicine? Then, Yang Yushu was found, and he was dragged to the yard from the ground.
A person who was already on their last breath was completely drowned out by the questioning of the villagers. Yang Yushu listened to the chaotic accusations of the villagers, each sentence overflowing with their fear, but he understood that it wasn't Yunyi who betrayed him. That's enough. Yang Yushu sighed with a last glimmer of hope in his heart and closed his eyes.
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