Chapter 14: Counting
CHAPTER XIV
The hot afternoon sun made the walls of the temple hot, Han Leng saw that there seemed to be a path stepped out of the woods, so he simply got up and carefully followed the path into the forest, the dense forest leaves covered a lot of sunlight, and the birdsong echoing in his ears became clearer and more vivid. The natural downward slope pushed people straight down, until the thin path could no longer be stretched as hard as possible, and soon led Han Leng to the end, where the brown-black mud and rocks and the messy weeds dotted on it blocked the way.
Han Leng thought for a while and decided to continue walking towards the middle of the forest, stepping on the withered leaves, there was a sound that could be checked under his feet, Han Leng lowered his head and looked at a pair of embroidered flat cloth shoes under his feet stained with muddy mud, between the blades of grass that were deep and shallow, the sinuous vine roots were all over the place, and then a soft foot and a hard foot teased Han Leng with one foot.
It's just that he heard the sound of gurgling water in his ears getting closer and closer, and the pure air gently touched the thin eardrums in his ears, bringing a trembling and numb pleasure that made Han Leng feel a little drunk and addicted. After a while, I finally saw the stream flowing between the shadows of the trees, and a stream in the middle surged, washing away the rocks around and at the bottom, slippery and warm, and many curled fallen leaves stuck between the raised semi-wet stone faces without shaking or moving. Looking at the stream in front of me again, the strange rocks are much sharper, the water surface is still and ready to move, a slightly rolled green leaf seems to be a gently propped up flat boat wants to float around, almost transparent small flying insects are stirring up soft ripples in it, the toppled tree trunk, the reflection of light and shadow flickering, and slowly drifting with time.
"Eh, that's?" Han Leng poked his head and looked at the clump of weeds with slender leaves, thin ends and shiny color under the fallen trunk.
Han Leng thought to himself, then, isn't it fasting grass written in the medical book? It is written in the medical book, this fast-feeding grass is almost extinct now, only in the remote mountains and fields in the south of the Yangtze River can be found, it grows out of the leaves are sharp and shiny, like bamboo leaves, but there is no bamboo gentleman, but the stems and vines are intertwined and low, born a dark and bad poison.
Han Leng shuddered in his heart when he saw it, and he approached to take a closer look, and only after he bent down to take a closer look did he dare to be sure that this blade of grass was the fast-feeding grass written in the medical book.
"Hehe, I can't imagine that the back of this pure place of Buddhism hides this poisonous weed that harms people's lives."
It is said in the medical book that only two or three poisonous leaves of this fasting grass are taken, mashed into water to form a liquid, and mixed into a person's diet, which can paralyze the stomach and intestines of that person, and fasting for a month. If Yue Yue is forcibly ingested by poison, then the poisoned person will not last more than a year and will die of fasting.
Erniang, don't you love Han Leng very much? So, you should always help me Han Leng, and use your body that can't eat and drink to drag Nanjun and let him not go to Yuxi, okay? Nanjun, I want to see if the young lady of the Yu Xilin family is important to you or the second lady you have been shouting for more than ten years is important to you.
Han smiled gloomily, tore off a light pink handkerchief from the placket, wrapped the pre-harvested fasting grass blades in it, carefully folded it, and hid it back in the placket.
"Han Leng, Han Leng." At this time, there was a faint shout from the top of the mountain forest, and Han Leng could hear that it was Tang Wanqiu calling himself.
"Eh, Erniang, I'm down there, I'll go up right away." Han Leng turned around and quickly returned to the front of the temple, and at this time, his white and tender skin was mixed with a hot pink.
"Han Leng, Erniang saw that you were delayed in the future, and she was afraid that something would happen to you outside, so she came to look for it, what are you doing between the woods below?" Tang Wanqiu looked very worried.
"I'm tired of Erniang, Han Leng is younger, and he is naughty, listening to the bubbling sound of the spring from the woods, he can't help but want to go down to play, and forget about it for a while." Han Leng had already walked up.
"Oh, it's almost noon, Aunt Xiang is going to prepare lunch for us, don't go far." Tang Wanqiu approached Han Leng and admonished.
"Yes, they all listen to Erniang, Han Leng will obediently go back to the temple and sit." So the two walked back to the temple side by side.
It was nearly noon, Yun Xiang was busy with the lunch in the temple, Tang Wanqiu sent the maid to help, the kitchen jar was the mountain spring water brought by the bamboo tube, the taste was sweet and sweet, the vegetables and fruits were washed, and the rice grains were cleared. The rice is vegetarian, and Han Leng especially can't forget the tenderness and deliciousness of those small chickmelons between the stems and leaves.
In front of the temple, Master Gu took his family to resign and said, "Master, the believers of the Gu family are leaving." As he spoke, all of them closed their hands and said goodbye to the master.
In front of the temple, a group of carriages have been prepared, and the way down the mountain is lighter, Han Leng no longer dares to look directly at Tang Wanqiu when he sits on the carriage, thinking that the woman in front of him will linger on the bed for the next few months, Han Leng feels a little unbearable, so he unconsciously grabs the bag of fast-fasting grass on his chest with his hand.
"Han Leng, I was talking and laughing with Erniang just now, but now I seem to have alienated Erniang a lot." Tang Wanqiu noticed that Han Leng was a little strange, so she stepped forward and asked.
"Ahh Han Leng was thinking about entering Fei Fei, and he couldn't help but be a little frightened, so he had to lie in a hurry, "Erniang, Han Leng's body is indeed a little unhappy, so he is so uncertain. ”
"Han Leng, Erniang knows what you are thinking, Nanjun, this kid is disobedient, he must have been hooked by the yellow-haired girl of the Lin family, you can rest assured, if he goes to Yuxi, you will also follow him and fight for him." Tang Wanqiu saw that Han Leng was really pitiful, so she comforted Han Leng and said.
Han Leng's eyes widened slightly, a little weak-hearted, and he felt that Tang Wanqiu's reason was so ingenious, so he took it and sighed lightly: "It's still Erniang who knows my Han Leng's thoughts, it's just that Nanjun and Miss Na Lin are in love, what am I like this, Nanjun is not tired of me, I feel bored myself." ”
This is, the carriage was bumping and turning, the summer breeze gently rolled up the window cloth on the carriage, and in a blink of an eye, Han Leng saw the blue bricks and stone tiles outside, it turned out that he had already reached the bottom of the mountain, and he could see the sparse figures swaying, and the slender wicker in the distance softly drew circles on the surface of the river.
"What is Han Leng looking at?" Tang Wanqiu saw that Han Leng had been looking out, so he asked.
"It's nothing, Erniang, I saw that the scenery of Yucheng was really good and beautiful, and Han Leng wanted to stay in Yucheng forever." Han Leng turned his head and smiled at Tang Wanqiu, but the smile was very far-fetched.
Tang Wanqiu looked at holding Han Leng's hands in her palms, Han Leng's palms were originally prone to sweating, and there was already a lot of sweat between his hands: "Does Erniang think Nanjun will like Han Leng?" ”
"Yes, Erniang believes it will." Tang Wanqiu comforted Han Leng.
After a while, he returned to the door of the Lin Mansion, Han Leng ordered Liuyun to take the medicine jar and said that he wanted to personally pound the medicinal materials for Tang Wanqiu, and Xianyan's fasting grass poison juice slowly flowed on the crushed leaves, at this time, Han Leng seemed to be enchanted, and his eyes, which were originally dry and bright, were a little more uneasy and vicious. Soon, the fast-fasting grass found in front of the Yunxiang Temple was smashed into poisonous leaves, and then a pair of bamboo chopsticks were used to introduce the poisonous leaves into the net bottle, close the lid, and carefully place them in front of the desk: "Liuyun, don't touch the white net bottle placed on my desk without permission, it is the juice made of good medicinal materials I found outside the Yunxiang Temple, which can regulate the second aunt's paralysis internally, and I can't see the light." ”
"Yes, Miss Han, don't worry, Liuyun knows the rules, but he doesn't dare to touch the master's things at will" Liuyun on the side was teaching water to the sunflower on the windowsill, and he really didn't mean anything to the white bottle placed on the table.
Han Leng also relaxed when he saw it, after getting along for a few days, Han Leng also knew, knowing that Liuyun's girl was not clever, but she was honest, with such a girl by her side, even if the second aunt or Nanjun found something suspicious, she couldn't suspect me.
"Liuyun, you see that your braids are about to fall apart, I am afraid that I will lose my dignity when I meet outsiders, hurry up and tidy up in front of the dresser, and the second aunt will come to see us in a while." Han Leng had an idea, and wanted to go elsewhere with Liuyun, and he quickly mixed the fasting herb poison leaves that had just been pounded into the herbal tea prepared by Liuyun, a cup was facing himself, non-toxic, and a cup was facing the second aunt who would come later, although the cup of tea was mixed with a little fasting herb poison juice, but the color of the tea had not changed a little, and the medical book said that the fasting herb liquid was tasteless, even the Chinese medicine lecturers in the school could not distinguish whether the diet was adulterated with fasting herbs. Not to mention the weak woman who is coming. Han Leng looked straight out of the window, the corners of his mouth hooked up a terrifying smile, thinking in his heart that he was really terrible, and in a blink of an eye, he felt that he was also a poor person, speaking of which, all this was Gu Nanjun, a ruthless and righteous person, forcing himself to do these things that were ashamed of his conscience. Why blame Nanjun? Han Leng thought about it again, and actually pushed these things onto the Lin family's young lady, blaming the eldest lady of the Lin family, before the feathers were fully grown, she learned to seduce other people's men.
The more Han Leng thought about it, the more angry he became, and there was a sense of unhappiness and annoyance that went straight up layer by layer, a small head seemed to burst open, and the hands were either clenched into fists, or they were pulling the gauze skirt above their thighs vigorously, but they did not show a trace of timidity and fear about what was about to happen.