Chapter 2: Wildflowers
On the long forest path, a fleet of trains is moving slowly
It was a team of three wagons, four or five ox carts for transporting goods, plus a dozen retinues. In the eyes of passers-by, this is nothing more than the usual escort procession on the road.
Although this is the case on the surface, if you look closely, you will find that this escort team, which does not even have uniform clothing, is everyone with steady steps and tense bodies. From their calloused hands, it is not difficult to surmise that there is not a single mediocre person here.
Especially the man in the lead: the leopard's head is ringed with eyes, his face is like tough iron, the black is translucent, the bright is translucent, and the muscles are strong enough to break through his clothes, hinting at his strength. Even if he doesn't deliberately show it now, he is still full of intimidation.
Such an escort team will naturally not be mediocre, they have a resounding name in Fancheng - the iron-blooded mercenary group, and the leader is naturally Brother Yong, and they are now on an escort mission.
This is an unusual escort mission, for this mission, Brother Yong called all the good hands of the mercenary group, and no one with a skill is even qualified to participate.
Before the start of the mission, Brother Yong repeatedly emphasized the importance of this mission, although he did not explain the reason at that time, but the members of the group saw this elite lineup, and they also put away their playful attitude.
After all, the last time these dozen people gathered was three years ago, and that time they used these dozen people to raid and clear a villainous cottage.
Overnight, none of the more than 500 people in the cottage survived, and the Black Wind Village was removed from the list, and the iron-blooded mercenary group also became famous and became one of the best mercenary groups in Fancheng.
Until the departure of the team members, they didn't know why an escort mission was worth such a fuss, and it was not until they left the city that Brother Yong revealed a little news.
It turned out that this time the escort was not an ordinary person, but - Danshi
Danshi, there are very few existences in the Xiuzhen Continent, everyone on this continent knows the fact that only one cultivator can produce one cultivator for every hundred people, and only one Danshi can produce for every 10,000 cultivators.
If it is not great perseverance and strong talent, it is impossible to become a Dan Master, and ordinary people can only become a pharmacist even if they are inherited by chance. Danshi, don't even think about it.
It is precisely the extreme rarity of Danshi that makes every Danshi respected, and generally as long as they reveal their identity, there will be countless people who want to get close to them or persecute them.
In order to protect the scarce Danshi, it is also to regulate the behavior of the Danshi. More than 100 years ago, under the leadership of a top Dan master on the mainland, an organization that only belonged to Dan Shi came into being, and that was Dan Ge.
Since then, Dan Pavilion branches have also been established in various countries, ordinary people have a place to seek Dan, and Dan masters have a place to support.
And because of the remote location of their Western Qi Kingdom, it is only in recent years that the first Dan Pavilion branch hall has been established in the imperial city, this time Brother Yong also got the news in advance, knowing that there will be a Dan master going to the branch hall to sit in the town, so there is a chance to get this escort task.
Of course, everyone also understands that their role is actually not much, the real main force is the people in the other two carriages, they are just foils, but this does not affect the enthusiasm of everyone.
After all, as long as they do a good job this time, then the Dan Master will reward them with whatever they want, and they will be of infinite use, even if there is no reward, this experience will be enough for them to blow for a few years.
Therefore, except for Han Lin, who was sitting on the ox cart, who was still blankly packing up his basket of herbs, everyone was concentrating on observing the surroundings.
Just when everyone was on alert, the carriage in the middle suddenly stopped.
Seeing this situation, Brother Yong in front immediately turned his horse's head and came to the front of the car, and after whispering a few words, Brother Yong instructed to "rest and then hurry".
Hearing the regiment commander's order, these dozen or so people immediately went to their own affairs, some went to the front to explore the way, some scattered the guard, and some packed up a camp for people to rest.
The whole process is very fast, and the players have a tacit understanding of the comparison. It's not that they've worked together before, after all, everyone here is at the level of a team leader.
The reason why they have such a tacit understanding is that this is the fifth time they have rested since they set off today, and each time they walk for less than half an hour, the Danshi will always let them stop and rest.
Originally, it was only a two-day journey, but now it is a kind of posture that it will take four or five days.
But no one complained, after all, the identity of the other party was there, even if she had to leave for a week, no one would say anything, everyone just had to do their duty.
But having said that, this kind of speed is not good after all, so after several negotiations with Brother Yong, the other party finally made concessions.
"Let's have a bite to eat, and we'll have more breaks this time. It won't stop for a while, and you must get out of the forest before it gets dark," Yong ordered
Hearing this "heavenly" order, everyone was lifted up, and they could finally make a good journey, and for the first time they felt that it was such a pleasant thing to hurry.
Since he had to rest for a long time, Han Lin simply got off the ox cart and walked towards the forest with the basket on his back, and Xiao Pepper saw Han Lin's movements and followed to protect Han Lin, for all this, the other team members were used to it.
After all, as the pharmacist of the team, Han Lin had to often pick some fresh herbs in case of emergency. And Han Lin's personal safety needs to be guaranteed, so Xiao Pepper naturally took over the task of protecting his life-saving benefactor.
"Little Brother Han, what are we going to pick this time" Seeing that he was already far away from the camp, Xiao Pepper hugged Han Lin from behind and asked playfully.
"Cool Blood Grass" Han Lin didn't notice Xiao Pepper's movements, he still walked slowly ahead, a pair of somewhat dull eyes scanning around.
Seeing that Han Lin was unmoved, Xiao Pepper quietly gritted her teeth, and then she pressed her advantages more vigorously towards Han Lin
And said in a voice full of temptation, "Why are you still picking cold blood grass, what's the point, do you want me to take you to do something fun."
The voice accompanied her movements, and the meaning was self-evident
Other men may have made mistakes, but Han Lin was obviously not among them. Maybe it was because he felt a little heavy behind him, Han Lin broke free from Pepper's embrace, and then said mechanically, "It's really boring, but it can save people's lives"
"Cut" Seeing that Han Lin's oil and salt did not enter, Xiao Pepper stomped her foot angrily, but she had to admit that the more Han Lin was like this, the more attractive he was to her.
"I don't believe I can't attract you," Pepper made up her mind, and then chased after Han Lin in front of her.
After a stick of incense, Han Lin and Xiao Chili walked out of the forest, and Han Lin had already found the herbs to pick. In addition, Han Lin was also holding three rabbits in his hands, and Xiao Pepper was carrying a deer on his back.
"Are you picking herbs?" Looking at Xiao Chili and their fruitful appearance, Brother Yong was also a little confused, he didn't remember that Han Lin and Xiao Chili had a hobby of hunting.
"If I say they fell into the net, do you believe it" Pepper also felt a little embarrassed, but that's the way it is.
Just now, when Han Lin and Little Pepper were looking for the Cool Blood Grass, Han Lin didn't know where to pick a bright wildflower.
Little Pepper didn't understand what Han Lin was doing when he picked flowers, thinking that Han Lin also thought it looked good, but a man couldn't use it if he held it, so Little Pepper asked for it, and Han Lin gave it to Little Pepper without saying anything.
That was the end of the matter, but before she had taken a few steps, she noticed that many small animals began to appear around her, and the bold ones even crawled directly on her, even if she killed a few of them, she still couldn't scare them away.
This is Xiao Chili who vaguely felt that this should not be an ordinary flower, but since Han Lin didn't value it, Xiao Chili didn't return it to Han Lin, so he returned to the camp.
After listening to Pepper's description, everyone present exclaimed that it was wonderful, and just as Pepper was about to pluck the wildflowers on her head for everyone to see, a voice stopped her.
"Don't move"
It turned out that at some point, the carriage in the middle had lifted the curtain, and at this time, a maid-like person was helping a little girl to get out of the carriage, and the voice was from the little girl.
"Hello Miss" saw the little girl get out of the car, and the surrounding coachmen hurriedly said hello, obviously this is their master, that is, the Danshi in Brother Yong's mouth.
This is the first time everyone has seen her, only to see that it is a richly dressed girl, wearing a plain bandeau skirt, wearing a light gauze gown, wearing a simple jade bracelet on her wrist, tied with a concentric knot around her waist, and a dark water veil on her sleeve, it is really like Chang'e leaving Guanghan in the month. It's just that this fairy's face is a little pale now, obviously not used to the tiring travel.
Everyone never thought that Danshi would be a girl, and they were stunned for a while.
And the maid who was holding her on the side saw that everyone was looking at her like this, and hurriedly shouted, "Look at it, be careful of your dog's eyes"
If another person spoke like this to anyone present, he was afraid that he would already be dead, but this person was different, she was Danshi's personal maid.
As the so-called dog beating depends on the owner, and everyone is unreasonable first, so they can only lower their heads and stop looking at the girl.
"Hmph, that's right" The little maid saw everyone succumb and said proudly, "I don't look at your identity, a group of ignorant pariahs"
She said this by looking at Pepper, and her arrogant appearance almost made Pepper not hold back her temper, but under the hints of the people around her, Pepper still chose to focus on the overall situation.
Seeing that the atmosphere was a little tense, Brother Yong hurriedly stepped forward to the round, "I'm sorry, my lord, it's me who doesn't discipline my subordinates strictly." But I don't know what happened when you got off the bus this time."
The girl ignored Brother Yong, but the maid on the side pointed to the wild flower on the head of the little pepper, obviously wanting that.
Seeing that the two didn't come to find fault on purpose, Brother Yong breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's easy to say, isn't it just a flower?" said Brother Yong, who plucked the wild flowers on the little pepper's head and handed them to the girl with both hands.
But where is Xiao Pepper willing, this was given to him by Han Lin, originally she wanted to say a few words, but the people around her suppressed her and told her not to be impulsive.
"Damn" Pepper clenched her fists, she had never been so aggrieved today. What is certain is that if no one stops her, she will rush up and beat the master and servant.
On the other side, the maid ignored the impotent and furious Pepper. Seeing that Brother Yong was very good, the little maid was very approving, she nodded and took the wildflowers from Brother Yong's hand, put them in a jade box, and then helped the girl back to the car
Just when the girl had already boarded the car and was about to enter the carriage, a cold voice suddenly shouted, "Stop, the second-order spirit grass will be taken away without saying a word, it's not very good."