Meng Tian left the pharmacy, returned to the place where he lived, and asked the store for a pot for decoction, and went to decoction for Zi Yanran. After decocting the medicine, Meng Tian entered the room with the medicine, Zi Yanran was lying on the bed, covered with a quilt, beads of sweat on her forehead, but her mouth whispered cold.

Meng Tian had no experience in caring for people before, and he had never been sick since he was a child, and he was trained by his grandfather and father to be physically strong. The men of the Meng family have always had a tradition of marching barearm and carrying heavy loads in winter, and Meng Tian has been doing it with his father since he was six years old, until now.

Meng Tian walked to the side of the bed with the medicine, put the medicine at the head of the bed, Meng Tian gently touched Zi Yanran's forehead with his hand, and his forehead was a little hot after touching it. Meng Tian asked softly, "Yanran, how do you feel?" This is the medicine I concocted for you, get up and drink a little." ”

Zi Yanran heard Meng Tian shouting to herself in the haze, opened her eyes worriedly, saw Meng Tian sitting beside her, and said lazily: "I feel so painful in my head, and my body feels so cold." ”

Meng Tian looked at the woman she loved, stroked Zi Yanran's cheek, and said softly, "You're just infected with the wind and cold, it's not a big deal." Get up and drink the medicine, and your body will be fine. ”

Zi Yanran nodded, Meng Tian hugged Zi Yanran's body, let her sit on the bed, then picked up the medicine bowl at the head of the bed, scooped up the medicinal soup with a wooden spoon, blew it lightly on the side of her mouth a few times, and then handed it to Zi Yanran's mouth. Zi Yanran opened her mouth and drank the medicine, and after drinking a sip of the medicine, Zi Yanran frowned and said, "It's so bitter, can I not drink it?"

Meng Tian shook his head and said, "The medicine is bitter, good, drink the medicine quickly, and then I will take you to visit the great rivers and mountains of the Central Plains." ”

Zi Yanran finished drinking the medicine with a frown, and after Meng Tian put the bowl down, she said to Meng Tian: "I'm sorry, if I hadn't pestered you to come out to enjoy the mountains and rivers, I wouldn't have contracted the disease here, delaying the trip of the two of us." ”

Meng Tian sat on the edge of the bed and looked at Zi Yanran and said: "How come, you are just used to living on the grassland, and you will definitely be a little uncomfortable when you come to this rainy and humid Jiangnan water town, so don't worry, this is just a minor illness, and it will be fine in a few days." Then I will take you to the capital of Chu State, and after the things that the king has explained to me are done, we will cross the Yangtze River, go to the country of Qi, go to the hometown of the two of us, and go to your mother's tomb to pay respects. Do you think it's okay?"

"Well, I'll listen to you. ”

Meng Tian put Zi Yanran down and said, "Yanran, you rest first, I'll go out to do some things, I'll come back soon, and I'll explain to the shop here to let them take care of you." ”

Zi Yanran nodded, reassuring Meng Tian that she could take care of herself. Meng Tian walked out of the room, found the shopkeeper, asked him to help take care of his wife, and then took out the black wind and galloped towards the mountains on the bank of the Miluo River.

The Miluo River is the widest river in the territory of Chu outside the Yangtze River on the northern border, and it can also be said to be the mother river of half of the Chu people. When he arrived at the Miluo River, Meng Tian paid someone to cross the river with Heifeng, and then asked the boatman who crossed the river about where there were poppies planted in the mountains, and he wanted to buy some back to the old people in the family as medicine.

The boatman has been ferrying here for decades, so he naturally knows the situation in the mountains by the river, and at the same time sees that Meng Tian is quite generous, and understands that the boy of the mighty horse in front of him should have a very good background behind him, and said with a smile: "This uncle, this is the right person, the little old man has been ferrying and fishing here for twenty or thirty years, and it can be said that no one knows the situation in the mountains by the river better than me." ”

Meng Tian took Hei Feng and asked with a smile: "What, the old man has a way?" ”

Seeing this young man like this, the boat family rubbed his hands and said, "Little brother, I won't tell you, brother, I can say that I am here to show the way for people who want to buy poppies. You must know that although this poppy is a good thing, it is very addictive, and once it is addicted, it will fall into it and cannot extricate itself, so the territory of Chu is very strict with this kind of thing, so if there is no acquaintance to lead the way, even if you go into the mountains, no one will dare to sell it to you. So if the little brother believes in me, then I will take the little brother into the mountain, with my brother's face, I will naturally not let the little brother you suffer. ”

Meng Tian was overjoyed in his heart, and thanked the ferryman: "Since that's the case, then thank you brother." ”

The ferryman waved his hand and said, "It's just that, little brother, you have also seen it, brother, I ferry people on this river to fish, and there is not much oil and water, so you see the ...... of this way."

Meng Tian understood what the other party meant, took out two pieces of broken silver from his pocket, and handed them to the ferryman. "These are the hard work of the elder brother, and after the younger brother buys the poppy, if there is any extra silver on him, he will use it to thank the elder brother. ”

The ferryman was glad to receive the money, he put his hand to his mouth and whistled, and then a man on horseback ran out of a ruined yard not far away. The man rode to Meng Tian and got off the horse, and the ferryman made a color at him, and then the man who came on horseback looked at Meng Tian, and when he saw the sweaty BMW in Meng Tian's hand, a trace of brilliance flashed in his eyes, and then nodded at the ferryman.

The ferryman received the signal and said to Meng Tian: "Little brother, just follow him, he will take you to the place." Dude, I'm just a matchmaker, so the rest of the road is up to you. ”

Meng Tian said yes, then followed the man and mounted his horse, and the two galloped towards the mountain.

Meng Tian followed behind the man, looking at the man riding a horse in front of him, Meng Tian could see that this man should not be from ordinary Chu State, and Meng Tian could see a familiar smell of battlefield iron and blood from his body. And just now, inadvertently, Meng Tian saw a thick layer of cocoons on the man's left hand, which should have been left behind by holding a knife or spear for a long time, it seems that it is not so simple to find out what the poppie is all about.

The two rode horses and galloped on the mountain forest path, with mountains and forests on both sides, and there were no people on the way.

The two rode horses on the mountain road for nearly half an hour, Meng Tian opened his mouth and was about to stop and rest, but after turning an intersection, a village suddenly appeared in his sight, the village was full of smoke, surrounded by crops, and the things planted in the field Meng Tian knew what it was from a distance, what could it be besides poppies. However, seeing that the dozens of acres of land around this village were planted with poppies, Meng Tian thought he was ready, but he was still taken aback by the scene in front of him.

The two rode on horseback and continued to move forward, and many Chu people who were working in the fields saw the man coming back, and some people nodded to him, and the man responded one by one on the horse, as if he was very familiar with this man. However, after seeing Meng Tian in the back, there was another suspicion in everyone's eyes, mixed with some expectations.

A group of children were playing on the road leading to the village, and when they saw Meng Tian, a stranger, they all followed Meng Tian's horse, and they were very interested in Meng Tian, a stranger.

Riding into the village, and after passing a few peasant houses, the man leading the way dismounted in front of a courtyard that appeared to be a large area, and someone at the gate of the courtyard came to take the reins in his hand. Meng Tian followed behind and dismounted, handed the black wind to the person at the door, and then looked around.

"Your Excellency will wait here for a while, and I will go in and tell my master. The man said to Meng Tian. After getting Meng Tian's approval, the man entered the courtyard.

Meng Tian waited at the door for a long time, and the man walked out and said to Meng Tian who was standing at the door: "Your guest, please come in, my master invites you in." ”