Chapter 9: The Puzzle (4)

"Ouch, I'm tired!" After a few days of trekking, I finally understood the difficulty of this shortcut. Due to the rugged mountain roads, Yuan Zhao and I often had to dismount and walk, and the soles of our feet were blistered. Every time it was time to cross the mountains, Yuan Zhao always dragged two horses in front, carried all the luggage, and walked like flying, while I was tired and panting, but I was dragged far behind by him.

My excellent performance also dragged down our trip, and Yuan Zhao had to accompany him slowly. Finally grinding to Shangyong City, we went into the city to find an inn, as soon as I entered the house, I was so tired that I lay on the bed and never wanted to get up again.

"Knock Knock" was just as I was about to fall asleep when I was woken up by a slight knock on the door. "Who?" I asked weakly, and Yuan Zhao's voice came from outside the door: "Senior sister, open the door!"

"The door is not closed, come in by yourself!" My tired whole body seems to be falling apart, where do I have the strength to open the door for him. The door creaked open, and Yuan Zhao walked in with a steaming large basin in both hands. "Senior sister, I've got a basin of hot water for you, soak your feet first and then go to sleep. "Let's not wash it today, I'm too sleepy." "I'm so sleepy right now, my only thought is to get some sleep.

"No," Yuan Zhao put the wooden basin on the ground, walked to the bed and said softly, "Senior sister, if you don't soak your feet, you will definitely not be able to walk again tomorrow." "Yuan Zhao's words reminded me that on the way to Gangneung, I didn't listen to Yuan Zhao's words once, and I didn't soak my feet at night and fell asleep directly. At that time, there were still carriages to sit on, but now instead of carriages, even horses are rarely ridden.

Thinking that there was still a long way to go tomorrow, I had no choice but to sit up with my arms and kick off the two boots on my feet with great difficulty, and when I bent down and tried to take off the socks on my feet, I found that my legs were too tired to bend, and I tried to bend but could not touch them.

Seeing my funny appearance, Yuan Zhao couldn't help laughing out loud on the side. Walked up and gently helped me remove my socks from my feet.

Relieved, he fell on the bed, and said to Yuan Zhao without raising his head: "Senior brother, please help me wash my feet." After speaking, he felt that the atmosphere was not right, and when he looked up, Yuan Zhao was standing there stupidly, his face was full of embarrassment, and it took a while for a while to say: "This is not appropriate... "Okay, what kind of men and women can't be thin!" I interrupted him dissatisfiedly: "Let you wash it, it's verbose!" Yuan Zhao hesitated for a while, then slowly squatted down, seeing that his two hands trembled and didn't dare to touch my feet, he felt both angry and funny, see that I don't tease you!

Thinking about it, he suddenly raised his foot and made a gesture to kick him, Yuan Zhao was startled, couldn't dodge, and fell directly to the ground. "Haha..."The conspiracy succeeded, and I laughed triumphantly. Yuan Zhao asked angrily: "People are kind enough to wash your feet, but you are still playing tricks on people..."

"Look at your pedantic appearance, we all live in the same room, and I will be afraid of you like this when I wash my feet. Being told that he was thinking through his thoughts, Yuan Zhao scratched his head embarrassedly, and he was not as restrained as he was just now, and rolled up his sleeves to help me wash my feet.

The water temperature was just right, Yuan Zhao's hands were also very gentle, and the fatigue and drowsiness all over his body seemed to be driven away in an instant, and his mind was very clear. I stood up and stared at Yuan Zhao, who was squatting under the bed.

The rising mist made his eyes half-squint, but he seemed even more engrossed, and his handsome face was covered with dense beads of sweat. Looking at the man in front of me, I couldn't help but wonder: what kind of relationship did I have with him, friends, lovers? Even I couldn't tell.

While I was struggling, Yuan Zhao suddenly raised his head and gave me a bright smile and said, "Wash it!" said and quickly pulled the towel to wipe it. "Boy, I didn't think you were pretty professional at washing your feet!" I quipped. "Hehe," Yuan Zhao replied while busy working, "In the past, when you and Shi Niang didn't go up the mountain, I often helped Master wash his feet!" I looked at him compassionately, but Yuan Zhao didn't feel anything wrong: "Master saved my life and taught me so many martial arts, I am willing to help him wash his feet for the rest of his life!"

As he spoke, Yuan Zhao took out a small white porcelain bottle from his arms, pulled off the red lid on the top, and poured a little gray powdery thing into his hand. "Senior brother, what is this?" the thing in Yuan Zhao's hand aroused my curiosity.

"Seeing that the soles of your feet are blistered, I'll help you get some medicine." "No!" As soon as Yuan Zhao finished speaking, I objected loudly, and hurriedly pulled my foot out of his hand, but he grabbed me firmly and couldn't move. "It will definitely hurt, senior brother, you can spare me..."In my impression, all topical anti-inflammatory drugs will bring pain to the heart, rather than bear this double pain, it is better to let the soles of my feet break the pain of foaming.

Hey, my feet were able to move, the expected pain didn't come, and Yuan Zhao seemed to just touch my feet with his hand. I hurriedly looked up and saw Yuan Zhao standing aside with a smile on his face and watching me perform. "Senior brother, aren't you giving me medicine?" Yuan Zhao said with a grin. "Hey, why doesn't it hurt?" I turned over the soles of my feet to see that they were covered with a thin layer of powder.

"Senior brother, thank you, I just don't know if this medicine works. "It's not painful, but I just don't know how effective it is. "It will definitely work," Yuan Zhao said: "This is a unique medicine developed by Yizhou Tangmen, and no matter how many people in the world want to buy it, they can't buy it." "Then your face is big enough to get your hands on it." "I admire Yuan Zhao and throw himself to the ground.

"I don't have that much power. "Yuan Zhao changed his normal behavior and seemed to be very unconvinced of my sycophancy. "And where did this come from?" Damn, I guess I stole it from him, I thought to myself. Yuan Zhao leaned down and whispered in my ear to solve the mystery. "Wouldn't it?" Motoaki's answer greatly surprised me.