Chapter 13: Chance

The hot springs are so large that they seem to be foggy and there is no end in sight. And it is bottomless, if it weren't for some huge stones in it, Xiaobai wouldn't even have a place to stand, so he would have fainted after fluttering for half an hour. There is a fruit forest in the north, some of which she has seen in Huicheng's Lingling Fruit, some of which look strange, she can't even name them, every time she comes, she can take away some rare fruits.

Overhead is a lush dense forest, those trees grow very spectacularly, branches can flourish for dozens of miles, she doesn't know how many years such a tree has to grow, how deep the roots are? The sound of rain beating on the leaves came and she knew it must be starting to rain again.

Half an hour later, she dressed up, picked some ripe fruit to take away, and was ready to try her luck in search of the very scarce grass and bamboo. This wild mushroom has an uneven surface and only grows during the spring rainy season. And they can only be found in the southernmost part of the Falls.

"There really is! So lucky! Xiaobai ran to a tree, and there were some blackened fungi under the tree, which were grass and bamboo. Although the number is not very large, but something is better than nothing, it is not in vain, she concentrated, but she walked for a long time, and it was only half a basket that she collected.

"Help!" A faint voice came from not far away, attracting Xiaobai's attention, there was someone here?

In fact, the young man didn't know why he called for help, he knew the legend of this ambush land, and he also knew that no one would come here at all, but in a daze, he always felt that he heard footsteps, and he didn't want to die, so he couldn't help shouting.

Xiaobai followed the sound and found a young man lying in a muddy water, not far away with a few charred trees. Xiaobai ran over without thinking about anything else, and found that the young man had a high fever, a pale face, and a weak breath.

And this young man's running around for a few days and not getting a drop of water has already blurred his vision and his brain is dizzy, and he is not sure if what he sees is a person or an illusion. I just think there's a glimmer of hope. The chapped lips still moved, and it was still the same help.

Xiaobai's strength was more than enough to help up a thin young man, and placed him under a tree, thinking that fortunately there were tall cedar trees here, and the leaves were flourishing enough to withstand half of the rain, but what should I do with this high fever? If you don't care about him, Xiaobai can't be ruthless. "Count yourself lucky to have met me today, otherwise you would have confessed here! I really don't know where you came from to be so bold, and you can break into the land casually? ”

She took out a pill from the space and stuffed it into his mouth, and when the young man's breathing gradually stabilized, Xiaobai lit a fire next to him, and when he woke up, he went to the charred place next to him to pick up charcoal.

After an hour, the boy's temperature dropped, and he was a little weak, but when he opened his eyes and saw the fire in front of him, he knew that he had really been rescued. But his limbs were so weak that he couldn't stand up. Fortunately, Xiaobai heard the movement and ran back.

"Are you awake?" Xiaobai picked up a branch and threw it at the fire, and stuffed a jar of spring water into him, "Drink it." ”

"Oh." The young man responded, only glanced at Xiaobai, and then looked away in a panic, his heart was like thunder, he didn't expect that he was really rescued, but what saved him was a human or a ghost?

Xiaobai couldn't help but want to laugh, but he also had a good impression of this young man's polite behavior, "Don't be afraid, I'm not a ghost!" Where are you from? How did you come here alone? But before the young man could speak, his stomach screamed first, and Xiaobai smiled: "Count your fate!" As he spoke, he handed him a piece of walnut crisp.

"Thank you." The young man took it, but he still didn't dare to raise his eyelids, he ate in small bites, Xiaobai saw that he was really similar to Lin Wenhai when he ate, and he decided in his heart that this should also be the young master of which family, she didn't want to deal with big families, so she stopped the question in her heart. The young man saw that she stopped talking, finished the last bite of walnut cake, took a deep breath, looked up and asked, "Thank you so much, do you know how to get out?" ”

Except for thanking her, Xiaobai didn't hear a word she wanted to know, maybe he had something unspeakable. "Yes, but it's a long way to go, can you?" She glanced at him, feeling better, but still a little pale. Xiaobai saw that he didn't speak, and had an idea in his heart, "Anyway, I'm not in a hurry, it's better for you to rest for a night, and I'll send you out at dawn tomorrow." ”

"Then thank you girl, I don't know what to call the girl?" The young man probably also found his own inappropriateness in Xiaobai's eyes, and blushed. said: "My name is Yu Ke. ”

"You can just call me Xiaobai."

"White Girl."

Xiaobai didn't notice his abnormality at all, he looked up at the sky, it was almost dark, and he could vaguely see a few stars, thinking that it would not rain tonight. "You take a rest first, and I'll go find something to eat."

Yu Ke nodded, he was really tired, now that he had a warm fire, his body was not so cold, he slept deeply.

It's a pity that Xiaobai roasted crispy bamboo shoots and that mushroom chicken. She took out a few more jugs of spring water and some snacks from the space and put them beside her for tomorrow's breakfast. fell asleep next to Yu Ke. With outsiders there, she naturally couldn't sleep well, and she couldn't take out the futon, so the night was quite difficult.

The next morning, both of them were awake at the same time, and the fire had been extinguished. Looking at the warm sunlight shining through the thick leaves above his head, Yu Ke felt that the feeling of immortality was really good, like a new life. After eating the sugar cake and spring water handed to him by Xiaobai, he frankly said that he wanted to go out.

Xiaobai didn't speak all the way, and Yu Ke also felt a little embarrassed, he would definitely repay the grace of saving his life, but he couldn't say anything more. After walking for nearly two hours, the forest was finally not so dense, and I could see the wide official road close in front of me. Xiaobai didn't expect to walk for such a long time, and there were rocks rolled down by landslides everywhere, which was also caused by the heavy rain in the past two days. This Yu Ke's encounter must be very tortuous, so it's better not to ask.

"Okay, you also saw it, that's the official way, I'm leaving."

"White girl, wait a minute." Yu Ke blocked her way and folded his hands, "Yu Ke thanks Miss Bai for saving her life, can you tell Miss Bai Zai's address, and when she returns home, she will definitely send someone to give a big gift." ”

Xiaobai frowned slightly, "No need, saving you is by the way, who made me familiar with Fu Zhidi, you don't have to take it to heart, I didn't do anything, you take this." "Xiaobai handed him a bamboo tube and a money bag." There is still some distance from Huicheng, if you are lucky, you can meet a carriage, if you are unlucky, you are afraid that you will only arrive tomorrow. ”

Yu Ke looked at these two things, and his heart was very complicated. But I took it anyway. Just as he wanted to thank him, Xiaobai shouted: "You go quickly, I heard the sound of horses' hooves." ”

"Really?" Yu Ke also looked towards the official road.

"Well, there really is, it's getting closer and closer, you go and see if it's a carriage, I'm leaving." Xiaobai ran past him and into the dense forest. When Yu Ke looked back, Xiaobai had already disappeared. He had no choice but to take the matter of repaying the favor to heart, and ran towards the official road, he was also a great disaster, and there would be a blessing after he did not die, and the carriage was going to Huicheng to do business, so he took him along the way.

Before dark, Yu Ke lived in the inn with the silver given by Xiaobai, she didn't tell him where her home was, but the bamboo tube was clearly engraved with the words "Welcome guests", plus the shocking birthmark, Yu Ke easily inquired about Xiaobai's identity in the boss's mouth, and it was really the same as the rumors, although the appearance was ordinary, but she was a good girl with a kind heart.

"Tuk tuk tuk", after the knock on the door, there was an uneasy question: "Young master, are you okay?" ”

"Come in." The door was gently pushed open, and an old man walked in, and when he saw that Yu Ke was fine, he burst into tears with excitement. He is the shopkeeper of Haixing Yujia sauce in Huicheng branch, Yu Jia's only grandson with three retinues traveled to the three kingdoms of Qingdong Yuan a year ago, a few days ago he received news that he would arrive in Huicheng today, but there was no news for several days.

I heard that there was a landslide on the official road, and he didn't have a peaceful sleep for a few days. Now seeing that the only seedling of the Yu family is standing in front of him, he is only grateful to the ancestors of the Yu family for doing good deeds and accumulating virtue on weekdays, which is all the favor of God.