Traveling through troubled times: Princess disguises herself as a man and becomes a soldier to earn

Mu Qingchen nodded: "Yes, I know, it's better to just give me something to eat than to walk around and be attacked by wild beasts, harassed by bandits, and not be able to eat or sleep well."

Jiang Li thought about it and agreed. Only a fool would refuse the free labor that was delivered to his doorstep. She had asked Lin Xiao about the Mu family, and they said that the family was a century-old medical family and they were upright by nature.

If he was brought back to the barracks, the major general would definitely be happy. Military doctors are very important in treating injured soldiers after the war. The barracks are in great need of military doctors, not to mention this big fool who doesn't want money.

If she let him go, she would really be reluctant to do so.

He agreed immediately: "Okay, then you go back with Lin Xiao."

Mu Qingchen shook his head: "I don't charge money, I help with the treatment for free, naturally I don't want to be controlled, so I won't go, I want to follow you."

"Wherever you go, I will go there too. After another year of training, I will go home."

Jiang Li opened his mouth, but couldn't say the words to refuse. Free doctor, free, with so many people here, there's no guarantee that some won't have a headache or fever, and it's not convenient for them to go down the mountain to find a doctor.

It would be so convenient if there was one on the mountain. I could use it here and bring it back to the barracks later, killing two birds with one stone.

After a brief thought, he readily agreed: "Okay, follow me. Hold back what you shouldn't see or be curious about. I don't want to do anything to the doctor. You know what I mean."

Mu Qingchen chuckled: "It's natural, Boss."

Jiang Li hummed: "Yes, just call me Boss like them. Although you said it's free, I'm not such a mean person. You can always tell me if you need anything."

"Here, I will be fully responsible for your safety."

"Okay, thank you very much, boss."

After the two reached a consensus, Lin Xiao took two people and escorted Zhang Dahu towards the military camp.

The remaining bandits were all escorted to the mines and started mining.

Jiang Li did not touch the gold mine. What she needed was iron ore for steelmaking. This was the purpose of her coming out. She could not forget to do her business. Her eyes fell on the bandits who were mining below and she nodded secretly.

She was really smart. She didn't kill the bandits. She let them work the mines, which would be much more efficient than letting them do it on their own. As for resistance, haha, killing the chicken to scare the monkey in the past two days might not work.

She wouldn't mind continuing to kill. These were not good things in the first place, and there was no psychological burden in killing them. It was just troublesome to deal with the bodies and burn them to ashes, which took time.

Mu Qingchen stood beside him, turning his head to look at him from time to time.

His eyes were full of confusion. What exactly was this man trying to do? The iron-blooded suppression in the past two days was chilling. Those bandits had become completely obedient and no one dared to resist.

It's not that he didn't want to, it's that he simply couldn't beat him. He watched helplessly as thousands of people rioted and surrounded this guy, but they were killed by him, while he himself was unharmed.

It was this action that made the other bandits give up their thoughts. This is the living devil. It is better to live a miserable life than to die. Who would have the courage to riot when they know they will die?

Jiang Li noticed his gaze and turned to look at him: "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with my face? Why are you looking at me like that? Why are you following me all the time instead of going to collect herbs?"

Mu Qingchen said aggrievedly: "Hey, it's not that I don't want to pick them, but those good herbs are on the edge of the cliff. If no one accompanies me, even if I fall down, no one will know."

"...Qingzhu, your servant can go with you. If you are afraid of danger, I can ask Wang Meng to go with you."

"how about you?"

Jiang Li pointed at himself with a puzzled look in his eyes: "Look at the people. What if those people are not honest and riot again and hurt my people? I will be distressed."

"There are only a dozen or so left. I'm short of manpower. I'd be heartbroken if one of them died. If I wasn't afraid that they would get tired from working, I wouldn't have kept these bandits alive. Now it seems that there are more benefits to keeping them alive."

Mu Qingchen glanced at the bandits who were working desperately, and the corner of his mouth twitched. Yes, this guy has a lot of benefits, while those bandits are miserable and working themselves to death.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Jiang Li raised his eyebrows: "Why, do you have any objections? Those bandits are not good people. I didn't kill them, which is a favor. What's the problem?"

"It's quiet here for now. I'll go with you to collect herbs. Let's go."

"……OK."

The two of them came to the edge of the cliff, and Mu Qingchen pointed and said, "Boss, look, there is a tree on the cliff over there. The red fruits on it are the medicinal herbs I want."

"But my martial arts skills are mediocre. If I go down, it might be dangerous."

Jiang Li rolled his eyes at him, thinking that this man was really afraid of death. He took out a coil of rope from the backpack, tied it up, went down along the rope, and started picking the fruits quickly.

A blooming flower caught my eye between the wooden tube and the rocks. I thought it was pretty. It must be very impressive for it to grow on such a steep cliff.

He shouted, "Mr. Mu, I saw a flower that looked like a lotus with purple petals. What is that? Is it poisonous? Should I pick it for you?"

Just when he was distracted, something flew over. Jiang Li felt a pain in his wrist and subconsciously pinched it, looking at a small snake the same color as the stone.

I looked down at my wrists and saw two small blood holes, bleeding.

Mu Qingchen on the cliff stretched his head, looking a little excited: "Pick it, that's the purple lotus, it's very effective in treating internal injuries, be careful not to damage the petals."

With a snap, Jiang Li crushed the little snake to death. He looked at his wrist and didn't feel any discomfort. Maybe the snake was not poisonous. He decided to pick the flowers first.

He carefully dug out the purple lotus with its roots, climbed up the rope, exhaled, opened the backpack, threw the little snake aside, and handed the purple lotus over.

"Mr. Mu, this is for you."

Mu Qingchen felt something fly away, but couldn't see clearly what it was. He walked closer, stretched out his hand to take it, and his eyes fell on her bloody wrist.

With a puzzled look on his face, he said, "Boss, where are you injured?"

Jiang Li took out a handkerchief and wiped it casually, revealing the two small blood holes. She said in a relaxed tone, as if nothing had happened, "It's okay, I was just bitten by a snake. I don't feel uncomfortable anywhere."

"what?"

"You weren't bitten by the snake guarding the purple lotus, were you? Come on, stretch out your hand so I can see. It's over, it's all over. You were bitten, and you didn't say a word."

Mu Qingchen's face looked grim. That was a poisonous snake that could kill a person within ten steps. He had heard of it but had never seen it. He didn't expect that this person would encounter it.

What if this person dies?

Jiang Li glanced at the man whose hands were shaking, and blinked: "My wounds didn't show any reaction, maybe the snake wasn't poisonous. If you don't believe me, go and have a look. I brought the snake carcass with me."