Chapter 20: Overnight in the Mountains
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Dong Qinghe carried a medicine basket on his back and searched left and right in the mountain, sometimes looking up at the position of the sun in the sky, according to his memory, he simulated drawing the route after entering the mountain with charcoal strips on a piece of paper, and sometimes picking non-toxic common herbs next to him to taste the quality.
Tianbao Jinzhi is a rare treasure in the world, even the Valley of the Medicine King has only found a tree only the size of an adult's finger a few generations ago, which is still unintentionally found among the people.
Before entering the mountain, the people of Shun'an Hall gave her a rough drawing, hastily sketching the scene of the outer mountains where the locals had visited.
Now the place where she is no longer in the sketch, and there are many more sketches along the way.
"It's a really good place. ”
Dong Qinghe muttered to herself, all the way over, she could see it, and the herbs she specially picked and brought back were already better.
You must know that she is from the Medicine King Valley, and if she can take a fancy to her, she can go directly to the medicine cabinet of Baohetang in Taijing City.
Sure enough, it is worthy of being a place where Tianbao Jinzhi can grow.
Until the sky was overcast, I saw a clearing, and I was ready to rest here tonight.
The back basket is not light, there are a lot of things in it, and I am already a little tired after a day of mountain roading.
Just rest here, breathe, this is a big mountain, no one takes care of it, surrounded by trees and weeds, there is such a few meters of bare ground is still rare.
As soon as he raised his legs, a person came out of the woods on the opposite side and went straight to the clearing.
Luo Chen.
How could he meet him here, and the eldest son of the Luo family also came to find Tianbao Jinzhi?
How could he, a young soldier who was born as a military general, come to Tianbao Jinzhi, usually only pharmacies or locals, and people who know this very well will come to find him.
For the rest, I already attach great importance to sending someone to find it.
"It's you. ”
Luo Chen was the first to speak, he recognized it, during this time, he had met this woman several times.
Some people, even standing in the crowd, are the most dazzling existence.
Even if it is a big drama, no matter how fierce the protagonist is, there will always be someone who will not be robbed of any brilliance.
In the downtown area, the medicine bodhisattva is slim and elegant, and he can't hide his temperament.
At that time, he saw the woman in white, after all, the white clothes represent filial piety, except for the people in the martial arts, there are few ordinary people who wear white outside.
After Jin Anbo's house was raided, the street where Jin Anbo was located, although it was not silent, but there were still few people who went to drink tea in the bustling Taijing City.
Bisheng met her drinking tea outside when she was raiding her house, and she seemed to have been looking inside the house, confident and confident.
Later, in Bohetang, I found out that this woman actually had no ear piercings, except for the Adam's apple, but a living jade-faced small image.
"Yes, I met again, this son. Dong Qinghe smiled.
"Should I be called this girl?" Luo Chen smiled at the corner of his mouth, feeling quite funny, he could actually meet the old man in this barren mountain range.
"Childe is discerning. Dong Qinghe was also embarrassed and admitted it directly.
Looking up at the sky, Luo Chen asked, "The girl wants to stay here?"
"Yes, it's not early at this time, it's better to recuperate, and go treasure hunting tomorrow, there are many poisonous snakes and beasts in the mountains and forests, and it is really not the best strategy to move forward in the dark. ”
Dong Qinghe was very calm, without the slightest obscurity.
This is reasonable, and I also fell in love with this place, and I planned to spend the night here. ”
Luo Chen didn't leave implicitly because Dong Qinghe wanted to be here, he was generous and hearty, and directly said his intentions.
"We see the same thing. ”
This kind of temperament happens to be something that Dong Qinghe admires very much.
With a turn of his eyes, this is the only son of the Luo family, the heir of General Luo, and finally met in this situation, so he naturally had to find out the details.
"There are too many dangers in the mountains at night, why don't you take a companion and go together?"
Dong Qinghe sent out an invitation, remembering Wuhai's evaluation of him, and wanted to know more, from which he could infer some characteristics of Luo Jiang's forces.
"The girl doesn't mind, there's nothing to be afraid of in the future. Although Luo Chen is not from the rivers and lakes, he also knows that the rivers and lakes do not have as many rules as the imperial court.
This is also where the two are not tolerated, the people in the rivers and lakes say that the major families in the DPRK and China want to save face, and they are very hypocritical, while the people in the temples think that the people in the rivers and lakes are too rampant and do not understand etiquette.
Putting down the medicine basket, Dong Qinghe took out dry food and water from it, moved a big stone, and sat down directly without grace.
Holding food in his hand, his eyes were looking at the forest in a daze.
"There's already game in the mountains, so I'm going to take a look and pick up some firewood. ”
Luo Chen was very manly and conscious, stood up and prepared to prepare things, but the package was not put down, and he carried it on his back.
"Don't pick up too much, I can see it around here. ”
After realizing it, Dong Qinghe raised his head, it was autumn, some trees were withered, and it was quite easy to pick up firewood in the mountains.
Naturally, the jade pendant hanging on the belt was not a large string of decorated jade pendants on weekdays, but at this time there were four or five large purses and a dagger.
Picked up dry branches and weeds from the vicinity, piled them high, and remembered that Luo Chen said that he was going to hunt game.
She still believes in this ability of the little general of the Luo family, and pulled out the dagger that sharpened iron like clay, and with a "choking~" sound, the dagger that flashed with cold light was held in her hand.
This is given to her by Ming Xinlan, a treasure inherited from the master, trained by deep sea dark iron, extremely sharp and tough.
"Huh~" picked up a suitable branch, Dong Qinghe began to cut the excess branches next to him, sharpened the two ends, and kept the middle round.
Luo Chen came back with game, a hare and a pheasant.
What surprised her the most was that the hare and pheasant were simply cleaned. "There's water over there, so I'll just drop by and wash it. ”
Luo Chen opened his mouth to explain that he was not the son and brother of the major families in Taijing, and he had also experienced some hardships in the frontier, and he followed the soldiers to attack the troops of the Great Khanate.
He is thinking about Dong Qinghe, after all, he is a girl, for fear that she will not be able to accept cleaning up the internal organs of animals.
He drew the dagger, separated the skin from the flesh, threw the skin of the hare and pheasant, and carefully put the rest of the edible ones on the prepared branches.
On the other side, Luo Chen had already lit the fire and was waiting to be roasted on the shelf.
The two of them are also masters of art and bold, and they don't know if there are any big beasts in the forest, and they are not afraid of being attracted by the fragrance.
She took out the medicine basket and took out a small package, which was full of some things that were out in the wild, and this time she took out a small gourd and poured some things on top of the game.
"The girl doesn't see that she's always outside. ”
Glancing at the things in one place, Luo Chen exclaimed, these things can be used in the wild.
Her technique seems to be quite correct, and it is rare to carry condiments with her.
"I used to follow my elders into the mountains. Dong Qinghe nodded and smiled: "I'm already very lucky here, at least there is still game." ”
There are many places where there is no food, such as ice fields or some more toxic places, and some things cannot be eaten even if they are found.
"It's just that the girl's methods seem to be a little rusty. ”
Luo Chen was not polite, and pointed out directly that Dong Qinghe's methods were correct, but he did see that he was very unskilled, and sometimes he was a little in a hurry.
Pouting, Dong Qinghe knew that it was the first time she had done this kind of thing, she used to be done by the master, she was responsible for eating or adding fire, when did she bake it herself.
During the barbecue, Dong Qinghe sprinkled condiments on it a few more times, and finally washed the dagger with the water that Luo Chen brought back, and the two of them shared the game.
Luo Chen dared to swear that the woman who ate with him had never eaten so much, and the person in front of him was too edible.
Burning wooden sticks to keep warm, in the night, touching the small purse that Dong Qinghe had just thrown over from his waist, Luo Chen closed his eyes and had more thoughts in his heart.
The morning light reflected on Dong Qinghe's eyes through the woods, rubbed his eyes, and yawned very unwillingly.
"The girl woke up. ”
An unfamiliar voice suddenly sounded beside him, almost slipping under his feet, but he could be steady.
"Young Master Luo, early. ”
Taking a deep breath, Dong Qinghe turned around and squeezed out a smile. Early in the morning, can you not be so scary.
"I saw a stream over there yesterday, and the girl wouldn't mind washing her face together?"
Luo Chen saw her reaction and smiled in her heart, this is really a girl with a big heart.
followed Luo Chen to flush his face, and ate dry food with the water in the water bladder, Dong Qinghe was ready to part ways with someone, at least in the matter of finding Tianbao Jinzhi, the two of them were opponents.
"Wait a minute. ”
Hearing the voice, Dong Qinghe turned around and saw that Luo Chen had no intention of going elsewhere at all, and followed her.
"What?"
The two just met in the water, and last night they were just companions, but they were still enemies.
Holding his fists and making a big salute, bowing to the end, Luo Chen raised his handsome face: "I don't know if the girl is the medicine bodhisattva of the Medicine King Valley?"
Mu nodded solemnly, Dong Qinghe's eyes rolled, when was her identity so easy to identify, is there only such a woman as the Medicine Bodhisattva in the whole world.
"When it comes to understanding this kind of strange thing, it is not as far away as the girl, and if you are lucky enough to meet it, you will naturally not miss it in vain. ”
Luo Chen smiled brightly, as bright as the morning sun, which really did not conform to the silent and arrogant temperament on weekdays.
Let Dong Qinghe beat the drum in his heart, he always feels that this person is uneasy and kind, usually when others mention her identity as a medicine bodhisattva, nine times out of ten they ask her. Although she is not stingy in helping others, she has a lot of trouble.
"Why don't we go together, with the original letter sent and the map of the brothers in the army, plus the girl's knowledge, we will definitely find Tianbao Jinzhi soon. ”
This is a big pie, Dong Qinghe squinted his head and thought for a while, "What about after you find it?"
"To each his own. ”
"Good. ”
Dong Qinghe quickly agreed, depending on her ability, she really wouldn't be afraid of this person, not to mention anything else, just if she uncorked the small bottle in a purse now, she could put him to death.
What's more, although she doesn't fight easily with people on weekdays, which can easily lead to instability of qi and blood, it definitely doesn't mean that she is easy to bully.
knew that Ming Xinlan and his wife robbed her to be an apprentice, in addition to really liking her, they took a fancy to her martial arts talent.
Since I was a child, I have eaten all kinds of elixirs to maintain life, these things are all big supplements, the so-called deficiency is not replenished, and it is fatal to make up too much.
What to do, I can only teach her to practice internal skills since she was a child, and dissolve the medicinal power of the elixir in her body, and not accumulate it in her body, otherwise it will only pile up more and more, dragging down her body.
fell into a vicious circle, taking elixir to continue life, refining excess medicinal power to save life for internal force, martial arts destroyed some meridians and injuries were more serious, so you had to eat more elixir.
Not to mention anything else, at least the internal force, don't really say it, it is estimated that Luo Chen is really not her opponent.
Luo Chen generously took out the original letter, and also took out the map of going into the mountain to inspect whether there were any private soldiers in the mountain, plus the map sketched by Dong Qinghe himself, and with the situation along the way yesterday, the two found a route.
Following the route that took a certain amount of time to grind, sure enough, all the way through, the quality of general herbs has improved a little.
(To be continued.) )