Chapter 3 Returning Home
In this Qinghuang Mountain, if you are not familiar with the environment here, you will not dare to go deep into it. Once you get lost, you may never be able to get out of this mountain, of course, this refers to ordinary people.
When Zhao Fei came in, he also left many marks along the way, and he was afraid that if he lost his way, he could rely on the marks to get out of the mountain.
The old man didn't seem to be worried about this, Zhao Fei followed him after a few hours of trekking, and actually came to the place where he encountered the wolves. He rejoiced in his heart, and he was getting closer and closer to the mountain pass.
The old man didn't say a few words to him along the way, and Zhao Fei didn't bother the old man, now getting out of the mountains is the most important thing.
The old man did not disappoint Zhao Fei, and finally at dusk, the old man took him out of the mountain. When they came to the outside of the mountain, Zhao Fei let out a long sigh of relief.
"Old man, where do you live?"
"I don't have a home, I wander all year round, and the world is my home. ”
"With so many medicinal herbs, where can I carry them for you?"
"Where are you going now, lad?"
"Old man, I'm going back to Flame City now, I have to rush back to treat my sister. ”
"How long will it take you to get back?" asked the old man with a smile.
"It took me about eight days when I came, and it probably took so many days to go back. ”
"I'm fine, I can go with you to the City of Fire, I just haven't been there. I know a little bit about the art of Qihuang, and by the way, I'll see if I can help your sister see a doctor. ”
"Then thank you old man, if you can cure my sister, I will never forget your kindness. Zhao Fei was overjoyed.
"You're welcome, I'll talk about it when I can be cured. ”
Zhao Fei led the old man and hurried towards Flame City.
Zhao Fei didn't have any money on him, because he had now become a civilian, and he usually worked to make money only enough for himself and his sister to live. When I came, I brought all the coils for food, and I was not willing to spend money on accommodation.
Now I am shy in my pocket, and I don't have any gold coins if I want to invite the old man to a meal.
They didn't stay at night, and they rushed back in the stars and moons, and his sister's illness made him very anxious.
There was still some leftover meat in the morning, and they gnawed on the leftovers and drank cold water all night, and finally came across the first market after dawn.
"Zhao Fei, the road is far away, and you are not entangled in your body, it is too wasteful of time to walk back like this, and it will also delay your sister's treatment time. I don't think it's better to buy two horses so we can get home faster. ”
"Old man, I don't have any gold coins on me, I don't have money to buy them. Zhao Fei told the old man truthfully.
"It's a trivial matter to have no gold coins, you wait for me here, I'll go find a pharmacy and get some herbs for some gold coins, otherwise how can we hurry without entanglement?"
"Well, I'll go with you. ”
"No, you can wait for me here, I'll come when I go. ”
The old man walked into the market and found a medicinal herb shop.
"Here you go, let's go to the next one. A fellow took the old man for Hanako, threw out a small copper plate, and told the old man to go quickly.
"Blind your dog's eyes and send me away as a flower? I'm here to sell medicinal herbs. The old man yelled at the man.
"I'm sorry, but the man is not sensible, I hope the old gentleman is not strange. A middle-aged man in silk came out of it and quickly apologized to him.
"I have a water snake fruit here, I need to buy some things now, can you afford it?" The old man didn't say anything when he entered the store, he directly took out a water snake fruit and threw it to the middle-aged man.
"I don't know what the old gentleman wants to exchange for the water snake fruit?"
"I want two high-quality fast horses, and another thousand hundred gold coins, isn't it too much?"
"Sir, deal. "The middle-aged man was overjoyed.
The moment the middle-aged man took the Water Snake Fruit, he knew that it was really the Water Snake Fruit. This thing is usually rare, although it is not very rare, but it is difficult to find.
1,000 gold coins, two fast horses, this price is not only reasonable, but also low. Usually, it is difficult to buy a water snake fruit with two thousand gold coins, but I took a big advantage today.
The man only regarded the old man as Hanako, precisely because the old man was dirty and his clothes were tattered. But the middle-aged man doesn't see it that way, in his eyes, this old man must be a master of the world.
He was lucky enough to spy on the old man at that time, but his breath was like a stone sinking into the sea, and he knew that the old man was a master, a master who was much higher than himself.
The middle-aged man handed the gold coin to the old man, and instructed the man to bring out two fine horses from the backyard and give them to the old man.
"Old man, where are you going?"
"I'm going to the City of Fire. "The old man left without looking back.
"Sir, how about I give you two clothes?"
"No need, goodbye. ”
The old man led the two horses away, and the middle-aged man looked at the old man's back thoughtfully.
"Old man, do you really get two horses?" Zhao Fei was very surprised to see the old man bring two horses.
In the ancient country of blue wolf, horses were not allowed to be slaughtered by the state, and good horses were selected as war horses. Almost all of them are used by the common people to cultivate the land. Anyone who can own a horse is not an ordinary person, at least he has to have some money in his hand.
He didn't understand what kind of medicinal herbs the old man used, but he could actually exchange it for two horses, and it seemed that they were still first-class horses.
"Let's go, find a place to eat first, and I'll leave after dinner. ”
The two found a tavern, ordered a few plates of side dishes, served some steamed buns and began to eat.
Originally, the tavern man didn't want them to enter, but when the old man threw out a gold coin, his eyes lit up, and he quickly let them in, and quickly prepared a meal.
The old man ordered a pot of old wine and took a sip of it comfortably.
"Would you like a drink?"
Zhao Fei shook his head and declined the old man's kindness.
He rarely drinks alcohol, not because he doesn't like it, but because he doesn't have the money to drink.
He could see that the old man liked to drink very much, and he wanted to save a pot of wine for the old man to drink.
After eating, he and the old man galloped and galloped in the direction of Flame City.
One will be fast and the other will be slow, after all, even the best horse needs to rest.
At the end of the day, I actually rushed out for nearly a thousand miles. At this rate, I will be able to reach my home in a day or two.
"Find a shop to stay in at night, the horses need to be fed some fodder, and we need to get a good night's sleep. ”
"Old man, I ......"
"I've got some gold on me, so you don't have to worry about that. The old man knew what he wanted to say, so he spoke out first to dispel his concerns.
"Don't call me an old man, my surname is Wang, you can call me Grandpa Wang. I'll only be older than your grandfather, not younger. The old man had a kind smile on his face.
"Grandpa Wang, there is a small city not far ahead, let's stay there at night. ”
There is a small town here, which is called: "Gulai Town." "They rode into the town and found an inn to live in.
"Man, feed the horses with fine horse feed. Grab some more food and drinks, and choose two rooms. When the old man entered the shop, he threw a gold coin to the fellow, and the businessmen saw the money.
The man settled the horses and quickly brought up the wine and food, and the old man and Zhao Fei drank a little wine.
I didn't sleep well for a few days, and after dinner, Zhao Fei fell asleep on the bed. This sleep lasted until dawn, and if it wasn't for the old man calling to wake him up, he would have slept for a few more hours.
"This is the new clothes I asked the guy to buy you last night, put them on. Your clothes are dirtier than mine, haha. ”
After a night's rest, plus a change of new clothes, and a full meal and drink, Zhao Fei looked energetic.
"Let's go. ”
Zhao Fei finally returned to Flame City after two days of trekking, standing at the gate of Flame City, Zhao Fei breathed a sigh of relief, and finally rushed back.
Flame City is eight thousand meters long from east to west and at least six kilometers wide from north to south. Such a city is still a small city in the entire Blue Wolf Country.
Zhao Fei's family lived in Nancheng, and after entering the city, he led two horses and walked quickly towards home.
That's why he led the horses to walk, because there was a clear rule in the city of flames that civilians were not allowed to ride horses in the city.
Only soldiers and those of high status were allowed to ride horses in the city.
Not many civilians have horses, let alone dare to ride horses in the city.
Zhao Fei lived in a separate small courtyard, with five halls, three west wings, three east wings, and a two-room front gatehouse.
His family used to have a larger yard, but later because of the decline of his family's wealth, he finally moved to this small courtyard.
Although the yard is nice and there are a lot of rooms, he can't afford to live anymore. Some time ago, in order to treat his sister's illness, he wanted to sell his house.
But he can't, if his parents come back one day, where will they live?
"Sister, sister, I'm back. Zhao Feixing rushed to open the door, shouting loudly for his sister, and rushed into the house.
A middle-aged woman walked out of the house at this time: "Xiaofei, you're back." ”
"I'm back, auntie, is she okay?"
"It's the same as before, and now she's in more pain and discomfort every day. This child has suffered from old sin. ”