Chapter 13: A Woman
It is said that the mountains do not know how long the years are, but the world is a hundred years old.
Although Lu Rong didn't escape for a few days, he lived like a year.
Horse meat was thrown away as early as Xiaolinzi's house, and now Lu Rong only relies on wild fruits, stream fish belly, and there are bouncing elk and hares in his eyes, and Lu Rong can't beat one.
This is still a small problem, and the big problem is the injury on Lu Rong's arm, which is getting worse and worse. Although there is a small packet of gold sore medicine, it can't stop the ulceration and inflammation, Lu Rong's head is now groggy and has a high fever.
The weather is getting colder and colder, and Lu Rong no longer dares to drill into the mountains, so he can only walk close to the side of the mountain. Thinking about the distance, it stands to reason that he should have reached the vicinity of Hunyuan.
But Lu Rong really couldn't hold on anymore, the shadow of death gradually shrouded Lu Rong's head, and the will to survive drove the stumbling steps.
It's close, it's almost there.
The original expectation of going to Hunyuan had long been overturned by exhaustion, and now he just wanted to stick to the official road not far ahead, and then resign himself to fate.
Resign yourself to fate, Lu Rong's stubbornness has long been tormented by illness.
It was when he met a barbarian soldier and was beheaded with a sword. Or meet a well-wisher who occasionally walks here, and escapes death, or can't meet anyone, so he dies there. Now Lu Rong accepts it calmly.
It is said to be an official road, but it is actually a dirt road, the road is full of ruts, and the hoof prints are dense, and it seems that many people pass by here.
Lu Rong dragged his body to the middle of the dirt road, sat down with his buttocks, his waist was weak, Lu Rong's upper body was pouted forward, his right hand supported the ground, and he tried to maintain his balance.
He didn't want to lie down and be treated like a corpse from afar.
The autumn breeze rolled up a little bit of dust, and raised Lu Rong's head and face.
Lu Rong was thirsty, he wanted to drink a little water, but he didn't want to move, the last bit of strength in his body was used to support half of his body, he was afraid that he would lose his strength, so he lay on the ground, and his eyes couldn't open anymore. There are always sounds of horses, cars, and people in my ears, and I try to look up, but there is nothing.
At this desperate situation, Lu Rong still did not give up hope of life.
I don't know how long he sat down, Lu Rong's right arm gradually couldn't support it, he was extremely sleepy, his head was lowered, and his eyelids weighed a thousand pounds, Lu Rong couldn't help but close his eyes, his expression was only in a trance for a moment, and he tried to open them again.
Then open your eyes wide!
He saw the legs of the horse on all fours, and slowly walked in front of him.
Lu Rong used the last bit of strength in his body to look up, but his right arm could no longer support it and fell to the ground.
I saw a green shirt jumping down from the horse and walking in front of Lu Rong, Lu Rong's whole face was inverted, and he could only see that the man was stepping on a pair of cloth shoes, and there was a red rope at his left ankle, tied to a small black jade pendant.
"Is it a woman?" This was Lu Rong's last thought.
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A burning sting pain in his throat, a stinging pain that seemed to make him walk, down his throat to his neck to his chest, and finally to his whole body.
Suddenly, there was a burst of coolness, which came from the mouth, but this coolness did not delay it at all, but it was like oil that stimulated the pain of the whole body more, making the pain clearer, and then added sour and astringent.
Lu Rong gradually opened his eyes, and his eyes rolled around.
It's still that day. In other words, it's not that day anymore, it's just that Lu Rong can't tell the difference. He was lying on his back with his face up.
A face bursts in from outside the frame. The vague Lu Rong could only see the outline clearly.
Sure enough, it was a woman.
Lu Rong blinked again, making his dry eyes moisturize, and when he thought about it again, his face was gone.
And then there's a little piece of stuffing in the mouth that I don't know what. There was a hand, and as soon as he lifted his chin, the instinctive Lu Rong swallowed it.
Saved! Lu Rong, who still understood in his heart, was extremely moved.
Turn your head to look again. A woman, a set of cyan shawls, white inside, tied waist, holding Lu Rong's broken kettle in her hand, her long hair was gently lifted by the wind, the sun was slightly golden through, her skirt was ankle-length, and she was wearing a pair of cloth shoes barefoot.
Looking at the face again, Brother Lu Rong, who was about to die, still had a trace of expectation in his heart.
The woman looked like she was about twenty years old, her skin was brighter than snow, her hair was not tied, her eyes were like water, her eyebrows and nose were trimmed, and her face was full of beauty, not as heroic as the Yingzi she had seen in the Reverse Horse Pass before. Lu Rong has never seen much of the world, but he feels that this woman still has a faint childishness, but she has seven points, and if she grows up, she will definitely be more slim and slim, and she will come out of the water hibiscus.
The woman saw Lu Rong open her eyes, smiled, took a step closer, squatted down, and put the kettle to Lu Rong's mouth, Lu Rong took a sip with difficulty, and her throat was still hot and painful.
Seeing Lu Rong struggling to get upβin fact, Lu Rong just wanted to move, and his waist was a little out of breath by the package he was originally carrying. The woman's brows furrowed slightly, and she lightly lifted her lips: "Don't move." β
Lu Rong didn't move, just turned sideways a little and pulled the package with his hands.
The woman understood, leaned over Lu Rong and stretched out her hand to pull out the package and take it in her hand.
Lu Rong's nose has long been unobstructed, but he can still smell a refreshing fragrance.
She may be because Lu Rong wants to take something in the package. There was only one saber in the package, and Lu Rongxin said it was going to be broken!
"You're a sergeant?" Sure enough, the woman unwrapped the package, took the saber in her hand and waved it twice.
It is no wonder that women know sabers, and the sabers of the border army of the Dazhong Dynasty have always been very different from the sabers of the Jianghu people, ordinary knives are long knives, the back of the knife is narrow, and the handle of the knife is more ornamented. The saber, especially the Youzhou infantry saber, has a short blade, a wide and thick back, to facilitate the fight with other weapons, and the handle is long and wrapped in linen, which can accommodate both hands to hold the knife at the same time.
Lu Rong nodded with difficulty.
The woman smiled, as if she didn't care, shook her wrapper, and fell out of the old mountain camp military flag, the woman didn't wait for the military flag to land, caught it with the back of the knife, held it in her hand, and asked: "Taiyuan army?" Youzhou Army? β
Lu Rong didn't want to say much, and swallowed his saliva.
The woman unfurled the military flag and looked at it, as if she did not know and was not interested, so she rolled it with the saber and wrapped it in a package.
A horse-drawn carriage on the official road ahead came quickly, dusty. The person in the car seemed to see someone on the side of the road, and ordered the groom to slowly rein in his horse and stop beside the two. The curtain of the car was opened, and an old man wearing a high hat and a gorgeous costume looked like a rich man, looked around and asked, "Do you two need help?" β
Lu Rong was overjoyed in his heart, and sighed that God opened his eyes, but he couldn't speak, so he heard the woman turn around and say: "Don't work, this is my slave, I have a heat stroke, just rest for a while." β
Lu Rong almost didn't come up in one breath.
The old man in the carriage was also surprised, but did not delve into it, and lowered the curtain and told the groom to go. While pumping his horse to catch the car, the groom glanced back at the two of them and muttered, "This cold day, heat stroke?" β
The woman watched the carriage leave, still smiling.
Lu Rong's heart went up and down, and he said that this woman would not have any special love, and his face was slightly distorted.
Seeing that the carriage was walking away, the woman turned around and saw Lu Rong staring at her, and sneered: "That old man is a rich and noble person at first glance, and most of the Han people who can be so comfortable in this Datong Mansion have a lot to do with the Beiban court." β
Lu Rong suddenly realized, a kind and careful woman.
The woman squatted down again, reached out and touched Lu Rong's forehead, and said, "Your high fever does not go away, it should be caused by wound infection, I see that you only have an arm injury, is there still an injury elsewhere?" β
Lu Rong shook his head slowly, and now he felt a little strength in his body.
The woman flipped over Lu Rong's arm, untied the bandage, glanced at it, stood up and returned to the horse, took out a bottle of medicine from the hanging package, and came over to help Lu Rong put it on.
Lu Rong's eyes followed the woman's movements, and saw a sword hanging from the horse's neck, which seemed to be longer than other swords, and there was no decoration on the scabbard hilt, just simple silver.
Lu Rong muttered again in his heart.
The woman didn't notice, and while helping Lu Rong bandage it, she said: "I fed you pills, but I can help you clear away heat and detoxify, and then take a rest, it should be fine, you try it, do you have any strength?" β
Lu Rong swallowed and spoke, "Thank you, girl." With that, I wanted to sit up.
The woman reached out and grabbed Lu Rong's chest and sat him up.
Lu Rong choked on ash and coughed, the woman picked up the kettle, shook it and saw that there was no water in it, stood up again, and took out her water bag.
Lu Rong saw that the woman didn't shy away from using her water bag, and she was very moved, who knew that she just mixed some water, and scolded herself in her heart: "Burned your brain?" β
fed Lu Rong a little water to drink, and saw that he could do it himself. The woman got up and said, "You can rest for a while, there is Hunyuan not far ahead, take care." β
After that, he turned around and got on his horse and was about to leave.
Lu Rong was stunned for a moment, and he didn't know how to speak, so he could only say vaguely: "Alas, girl, that, I'...... You ......"
The woman had already taken two steps on horseback, and when she heard this, she turned around and smiled: "There is no need to worry about the effort," and then thought for a while, reached out and took out two pieces of dry food from the package, dismounted and put it on Lu Rong's package, smiled at him, and said, "Take care." "Turn around and get on your horse and whip away.
Lu Rong looked confused and helpless. With a roll of his eyes, he had a plan, screamed, and fell to the ground.