Chapter 147: The Road (1)
Xu Zigui ignored Mo Leyuan, Mo Leyuan was even more anxious, Artemisia annua was not easy to find, and she had never heard of Artemisia annua being able to cure diseases, besides, since seeing Xu Zigui in the palace, Mo Leyuan had a stomach full of questions to ask, and at this time, he naturally caught Xu Zigui and kept asking questions
"What diseases can Artemisia annua cure? Artemisia annua is not easy to find, what if Yuexi does not find Artemisia annua? And in what capacity do we go to the frontier barracks? Do you say that Wei Yuanfeng really contracted malaria, or did Mo Yiyuan deliberately provoke me in order to frame me? ”
Xu Zigui vaguely remembered that when he was in modern school, the teacher talked about African malaria and said that artemisinin is a drug for the treatment of malaria, because artemisinin was the first to be discovered in China, although it rubbed shoulders with the Nobel Prize, but it is also the pride of China, the teacher said a few more words, Xu Zigui also knew that artemisinin is extracted from Artemisia annua, and then he thought of asking Yuexi to find Artemisia annua
"I'm not sure if Artemisia annua can cure malaria, I only vaguely remember reading it in a medical book, whether it works or not, I have to try it to find out...... As for in what capacity to go to the barracks...... Malaria broke out in the frontier, and the military camp will definitely find a large number of military doctors, and the prince will give us an identity at will."
Mo Leyuan nodded in agreement: "It's time to give it a try...... After talking for a long time, you still haven't said it, what if Yuexi can't find Artemisia annua?"
"Look at your urgency" Xu Zigui poked Mo Leyuan's forehead, "The left and right imperial doctors have also set off, and I also instructed Yuerong to go to the pharmacy to prepare a lot of medicinal materials, you can rest assured"
Whether Wei Yuanfeng is dead or alive at the moment, I don't know if he is safe or not, how can Mo Leyuan feel at ease. After listening to Xu Zigui's words, it was just a little comforting
Xu Zigui naturally knew that no matter what he said at this moment, Mo Leyuan would not be at ease, so he couldn't help sighing and patted Mo Leyuan's hand and said: "My eldest brother has ordered someone to send a letter to the frontier quickly, whether Wei Yuanfeng is safe now, what is the situation on the frontier, we will know tonight at the earliest, tomorrow night at the latest."
Mo Leyuan nodded at this time. His expression relaxed. Leaning on the carriage and taking a nap, Xu Zigui turned the wrench in his hand to point to God
It stands to reason that quiningtine is the best drug for malaria. Quiningtin is extracted from the cinchona tree, but the cinchona tree is in South America, but it has not yet been found in the territory of the Great Zhou, and there is only hope and frontier. When you go to the frontier, you can order someone to look for it
After another half an hour, I finally arrived at Zhengyuan Temple. Master Puhui, who had already received the will, led everyone to wait for the arrival of the two at the gate of Zhengyuan Temple early in the morning
Seeing the two get out of the carriage, Master Puhui took the monks to make a big salute, and after Master Puhui personally took them to the two wings that had been cleaned up a long time ago, Mo Leyuan waved them away. Call Xu Zigui into his room
"I forgot to ask you in the carriage just now, let's go to the frontier this time, does my eldest brother know?"
"Naturally I don't know. If you let the prince know, do you think we can still go to the frontier along the way? ”
Malaria appeared on the frontier. Mo Ziyuan deliberately wrote to explain Xu Ziyu's mission in Beijing, the purpose was to prevent Xu Ziyu from rushing to the frontier to take risks.
Xu Ziyu still didn't want him to go, let alone Xu Zigui and Mo Leyuan, two powerless women?
It is estimated that if the two of them revealed the news that they were going to the frontier, Mo Ziyuan would definitely try his best to ruin their trip
So after listening to Xu Zigui's words, Mo Leyuan exhaled through his chest
"It's okay, it's okay, I thought your eldest brother would deliver the news to my eldest brother after he found out."
"No," Xu Zigui looked at the sky outside, anxious why Yuexi hadn't come back yet, "My eldest brother has sent someone to follow us, it can be seen that he supports us, so naturally he won't tell the prince...... Why hasn't Yuexi come back yet? ”
Zhengyuan Temple and the Forbidden City are far away, it was already dark when the two came, and the dark in the deep winter was very early, and the sky outside was already dark at this time, but he never saw Yuerong and Yuexi come back, Xu Zigui couldn't help but get anxious
"Yuerong just went to grab the medicine, why hasn't she come back yet?" Mo Leyuan looked at the sky outside, and became anxious, "Don't have something wrong."
In terms of Yuerong and Yuexi's kung fu, it is not possible to have an accident, but I am afraid that there will be some resistance, so that the two of them will not be able to come to meet them......
Xu Zigui sighed and waved his hand: "That's it, let's wait and see, let's arrange things here first."
Mo Leyuan nodded, and Xu Zigui got up and went back to his room. After Xu Zi returned, Mo Leyuan ordered Bai Yu and Bai Lan with a solemn face
"You two are both powerful in my palace, this time I took the two of you out to endure hardships, do you feel wronged?"
Although Mo Leyuan looks harmless on weekdays, he grew up in the palace, but the momentum between his gestures is not angry and arrogant, Bai Lan and Baiyu have rarely seen Mo Leyuan's solemn face, and when they saw Mo Leyuan suddenly get up, they couldn't help but straighten their looks, and they all bowed their knees together
"Slaves and maids are not aggrieved"
Mo Leyuan nodded and continued to speak: "I'm going to leave the capital for a few days tonight, it's not clear when I'll come back, when I'm not there, you will be responsible for taking care of the good things here, one glory and one loss, if something happens to me, it will be the entire Anle Palace that will be implicated!" If any of you dare to leak the news that I am not in Zhengyuan Temple, you will bear the consequences! ”
The majestic eyes slowly swept over Bai Lan and Baiyu, although the two of them were not as valued as Bai Zhi by Mo Leyuan's side, they were also Mo Leyuan's henchmen, and when they heard Mo Leyuan say that they were going out, they knew that Mo Leyuan was not dead, and he was going to sneak away to the frontier to see Wei Xiaohou
"Princess......" Bai Lan looked at Mo Leyuan, intending to persuade Mo Leyuan, but was interrupted by Mo Leyuan raising his hand
"You don't have to persuade me, very few people in the temple have seen me and the appearance of the Yunjin County Lord, when we are not there, you must cooperate with the Lan Xiang around the Yunjin County Lord at any time, there is only one Lan Xiang over there, if there is anything wrong with the Lan Xiang girl, you can also help more"
"Yes" The two of them bent their knees, knowing that it was useless to say more, so they no longer persuaded more, but were busy packing for Mo Leyuan. Prepare dry food for the road
Over there, Xu Zigui had already planned to go to the frontier, so the dry food and silver had already been prepared, and after instructing Lan Xiang, Xu Zigui asked Red Sleeves to take out the three sets of men's clothes that had been prepared earlier from his luggage, gave Red Sleeves one, and said
"Go and put it on," he said. Give the other set to Lan Xiang "Send this to the princess." Don't let anyone find out."
"Yes" Lan Xiang took the clothes and went to Mo Leyuan's room, and after Xu Zigui and Red Sleeves changed their clothes, they also secretly went to Mo Leyuan's house
"Tut-tut." As soon as Mo Leyuan saw Xu Zigui in men's clothes, he couldn't help but speak, "This little brother, do you still lack a daughter-in-law?" ”
Xu Zigui glared at Mo Leyuan with disgust, and did not understand her, but asked Bai Lan and Bai Yu with a smile: "Have you princess's things been packed?" ”
The two of them blessed the gift. smiled and replied, "It's all packed."
Xu Zigui nodded, smiled and said to Mo Leyuan, "Let's go."
"Now?" Mo Leyuan was surprised: "Yuerong and Yuexi are back?" ”
"Not yet." Xu Zigui shook his head, looked at the sky outside, and sighed, "It's about to be a child, let's wait outside." If they don't come back when the time comes, let's go first, and we'll leave a mark on the way. They'll find us. ”
Mo Leyuan nodded, and before leaving, he explained a few words to Bai Lan and Bai Yu. This is not very reassuring, and followed Xu Zi back to a small corner gate at the back of the temple
Before coming, Xu Ziyu had done a good job for Xu Zigui in Zhengyuan Temple, and a small monk was answering them at the door
"The county lord is here, the little monk is on duty at night today, if he doesn't go to vigil again, the master should get up and find someone."
Xu Zigui nodded gratefully at the little monk, and then let the red sleeves step forward, folded his hands and thanked him, and then got into the carriage that Xu Ziyu had prepared for them before
"Puhui that old monk, if you don't sleep in the middle of the night, you can check whether the night watchman is in office at any time, it's really perverted," Mo Leyuan as soon as he boarded the carriage, and he babbled about Master Puhui, "It's hard to lose Xu Shizi to make a good point early, otherwise we are going to catch it."
"You be quiet," Xu Zigui looked out the car window, and didn't forget to tell Mo Leyuan to whisper, "Be careful that someone hears the movement here for a while, don't let us go"
One sentence really frightened Mo Leyuan, making Mo Leyuan dare not speak anymore, Xu Zigui couldn't help laughing: "It's just to let you be quiet, and it's not for you not to speak, you're ......"
As he was talking, Mo Leyuan suddenly interrupted Xu Zigui's words excitedly, pointed to the gap exposed by the curtain that Xu Zigui lifted, lowered his voice and said excitedly
"Gui'er, look, is that Yuerong Yuexi them?"
Xu Zigui hurriedly looked in the direction that Mo Leyuan pointed to, and couldn't help but fold his hands happily and muttered, "Amitabha, thank God, they are finally back."
Hurriedly asked Redsleeves to open the carriage door, "Go and call them both in......
Red Sleeves hurriedly bent down to open the door of the carriage and brought the two up, the two wanted to bend down to salute Xu Zigui and the two, but Xu Zigui and the two of them were dragged to sit down one by one
"There's no princess lord outside, no need to be polite, what's the matter, has Artemisia been found?"
"Fortunately, the slave and maid finally found it according to the appearance drawn by the master" Saying that, Yuexi handed a large bundle of Artemisia annua branches and leaves behind her back to Xu Zigui, "The slave and maid cut down all the branches and leaves of Artemisia annua that she saw"
"Hmm" Xu Zigui nodded, and while instructing the coachman to hurry, he picked a leaf of Artemisia annua, crushed it with his hands, put it on his nose and sniffed it, and finally showed a relieved smile on his face
"Yes, yes, that's it"
Xu Zigui looked at Yuerong as he said and asked, "I have caught all the medicines I ordered you to catch."
"It's all according to the classification of the master, and when we get to the border, let Sister Redsleeve decoction a pair of medicine for each of us, let's drink it, and take precautions."
Xu Zigui nodded, lifted the curtains of the car and looked at the sky outside, and said with a smile: "Everyone has been busy for a day, let's take a nap in the carriage first, especially Yuerong Yuexi, our safety depends on the two of you."
Everyone responded in unison, and they were all tired for a day, and they fell asleep after resting their heads on the cart
Although there are secret guards sent by Xu Ziyu in the dark to protect them, and the coachman is also dressed as a secret guard, and Xu Zigui also put a dagger on his body when he left, just in case, but those people are not Xu Zigui's people after all, and they are naturally not as good as Yuerong Yuexi to let Xu Zigui rest assured
Xu Zigui turned his fingers and slowly fell asleep in a daze
After a long day's journey, I finally saw the post station on the side of the road, and one of the coachmen poked his head in to ask
"Childe, there's a post station ahead, do you want to take a break?"
Xu Zigui frowned: "Are you out of the capital?" ”
"Not yet," the coachman looked out, leaning back, "and it will be almost half time before the incense is poured
Xu Zigui nodded, that is, this post station is a dividing line. It stands to reason that after a day's journey, it is time to let the coachman rest and rest, but ......
"If you go fast, you can get to the frontier in a few days?"
"There are two roads leading to the frontier out of the capital, one is the main road, which is the road taken by the imperial doctors in the palace, and then there is a small road, if you take the small road, you will not rest overnight, it will take four days, if you take a break in the middle, it will take about seven days."
Xu Zigui frowned and nodded, thought for a while, and glanced at Mo Leyuan, with the tacit understanding of the two, Xu Zigui immediately understood the meaning in Mo Leyuan's eyes, Xu is sigh and asked
"If you don't rest, will you be able to bear it?"
After thinking for a while, the horseman nodded, and replied, "It's okay for the two of us to take a break in reincarnation."
Xu Zigui nodded and made a decision, "That's it, let's find a post station in the middle to rest, and strive to get to the frontier within five days."
The coachman nodded, then turned around and got out of the carriage and continued to hurry, Mo Leyuan also looked at Xu Zigui worriedly and asked
"If you travel overnight like this, not to mention people, can the horse afford to eat?"
Now it's been a day's journey, even if you don't rest overnight, it will take four days, two coachmen, one is tired and the other can be replaced, what if the horse is tired?
Xu Zigui knew what Mo Leyuan was worried about, patted Mo Leyuan's hand and said with a smile: "Don't worry, my eldest brother has prepared two thousand-mile horses, which can run fast, and there are many ways to run, and it is only four or five days away, let's rest again halfway, we can bear it."
Yuexi also smiled: "When the prince and they rushed to the frontier, in order to get up early to arrive, they also worked all night, the prince knew in his heart, the horses prepared were all durable, and Zhang Qiang and the two of them were also good hands trained by the prince and the prince in order to rush overnight, and the princess can rest assured."
After listening to Yuexi's explanation, Mo Leyuan nodded reassuringly, since Zhengyuan Temple came out, Mo Leyuan has been worried about this and that, and was about to ask something again, but Xu Zigui shook his head to stop him, and suddenly commanded
"Zhang Qiang Liu Su, speed up, rest at the next station" (to be continued)
ps: When I came back tonight, I found that I forgot to time it?_?Thank you for your support, everyone rest early, good night