Chapter XVIII

The barracks life over the past few months has given me a good habit of going to bed early and waking up early.

But there are others who get up earlier than me. No, Tao San and Xiao Nuan were already cleaning in front of the hall. I didn't think I should be so idle, so I found the exact same thing as they were holding and learned to clean the floor.

"We've already swept this piece, Miss Xingyue might as well come and splash water!" Tao San scooped me a big bowl of water in a wooden bucket.

"Good! I like splashing water the most! "Zang Hu has a kind of etiquette, which is to splash water. Holding the wooden bowl, I threw the water out of the bowl at once, and the water formed an arc in the air, and disappeared as soon as it fell to the ground.

"No...... It's not like that, so look at it. Tao San held back a smile and scooped another bowl for me to see, he took out a hand, snatched some water a little and sprinkled it on the ground.

"That's what it looks like." I refilled the bowl and began to work.

It's fun to do it for the first time, but it's boring to do it day in and day out. I straightened up and twisted my waist, and saw that both siblings were sprinkling water very seriously. My mind swirled around and I came up with a fun way to do it.

"Xiao Nuan!" I screamed, and Xiao Nuan turned to look at me, and I scooped up the water and threw it on her. Xiao Nuan wiped a handful of fleshy faces, and threw them at me without admitting defeat.

Today, the sun is just right, and the girl's silver bell-like voice sounded in front of the empty and quiet hall. Tao San also joined us in splashing water. The water splashed and was smeared with layers of golden glow by the sunlight, and the laughter of the boys and girls and the chirping of frogs and cicadas formed a song.

"Whew-ohh Then he smiled and entered the hall with an old man with a wooden box next to him.

What a quirky old man. I grimaced behind him.

After sprinkling the water, Xiao Nuan went to the backyard to wash the grass leaves, and Tao San and I went to the streets and alleys with medicine boxes on our backs to eliminate disasters and cure diseases for the people, saying that it was to accumulate experience. Tao San thinks so, but I'm not.

Along the way, Tao San shook a string of bells in his hands, if we met someone who asked us to treat a disease, we would stop, write a list of medicinal materials for the patient, and those who had money would give some copper coins, and we would not force those who had no money. The so-called "helping the world and saving the people" is probably just that. Of course, what we can cure is only some small miscellaneous diseases, and if there is a tumor in the stomach, it may not be something that can be solved by a small medicine box.

I asked Tao San, "Since you have traveled so many roads, do you know where General Jin Wu usually patrols?" ”

"Let me think about it...... The general would usually be stationed at the North City Gate, where many merchants would come and go every day, and the other three city gates would also be guarded by the Shenwu Army. Generals don't usually patrol during the day, but the curfew at night is very strict, and although the war is over, the world is still not peaceful. What do you ask me for? He glared at me in horror, "You don't want to...... Do you want to do something unseemly......"

I patted him on the shoulder and smiled knowingly: "Don't worry, I won't do those murderous and arsonous things." Do you know which direction we are going now? ”

He took out a folded map, opened it to look at it, and said, "I have marked the places we passed, and we are now heading ...... Go South! ”

"Got it! Let's go our separate ways! Before he could respond, I had already run in the opposite direction.

"Hey-you-"

I turned my head and waved at him.

I've never been more desperate to see someone than I am now. Although the medicine box was heavy, I still ran very fast, and the soles of my feet felt like the wind was blowing. Squeezing through the crowded streets, I finally saw the majestic towers in the distance. The storefronts on both sides of the street dwindled, and a stream of heat rolled through the ribcage from the tip of the toe to the top of the head. I don't know what it feels like, but it's like the desert is full of sea buckthorn.

He was still dressed in a dark robe and sat on the red horse with gold edges, but his eyes had become different, and there were two chilling glances under his frowning sword eyebrows. I must have read it wrong.

I rubbed my eyes and straightened my windswept hair. I was thinking about whether I should go forward or not, and it would be good to go up and say hello, but there were so many soldiers guarding the city gate, and I still didn't dare.

When he hesitated, Li Ti found me standing next to the first store that entered the city gate. I blinked, trying to make myself smile as well as I could, and held out a hand to greet him, but he just glanced at it and turned his head away, and began to talk to the general next to him, as if he didn't know me at all. I had no choice but to let go of my hand and scratch my neck.

I drooped my head as I walked back, wondering if he didn't know me anymore, or did he pretend he didn't know me? There's no reason for that.

"I see! He must not have seen me! "Then I'll wait until curfew, and he'll definitely come and make his rounds. I was so smart to do it.

Thinking of this, I happily prepared to return to the pharmacy, and on the way, I occasionally met a few people who asked me to treat my illness, and I patiently prepared prescriptions for them.

Suddenly, a strange-looking old man stood in front of me, and he asked, "Does the girl have a sweetheart?" ”

I looked at him in amazement: "How do you know! ”

The man stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Hehe, how about the girl take some time to let the old man tell your fortune?" ”

It turned out to be a fortune teller, and I'm in a good mood today, so I'll agree.

I followed him to a street stall, and he asked me to draw a lot from a tube, and I did. He looked at my face and palmistry again, and said, "Look at the girl's eyebrows, the heavenly pavilion is rich, and the lord is blessed." However, there is an inappropriate atmosphere at the moment, but the girl has suffered an accident in which her family is ruined? ”

I only understood what he said about the ruins of his family, so I nodded and asked him, "Sir, can you help me calculate, when will I meet my beloved?" ”

He pinched his beard, frowned and said thoughtfully: "The girl has her own natural appearance, and everything she meets is a good person, but the girl will definitely have a bumpy road in the future." Whether you get it or not, it's all in a thought. The old man told the girl that there are some things in this world that are happier to be confused than to understand. ”

"So good, so good." I smiled happily, although this fortune teller talked a little more, but he said that I have my own heavenly appearance, which means that I will still go in a good direction in the future.

I gave him a few copper plates, bought a few sugar gourds on the street, and hopped back to the pharmacy.

I found out that the master actually didn't care much about his three apprentices, and his old man either went out to watch any opera all day long, listened to and heard about it, or played chess and drank tea with his two or three old friends, and his life was leisurely.

Tao San saw that I was finally back, so he asked, "What the hell are you doing?" ”

I sighed and said, "Adults, don't worry about children," Tao San shook his head helplessly, I handed him a sugar gourd, and said to Xiao Nuan, who was washing grass leaves, "Xiao Nuan, I bought you a sugar gourd." ”

She happily ran over to me and thanked me.

"Master, where is his old man?" I asked.

Xiao Nuan replied: "The master just carried the medicine box and said that he was going to treat a nobleman. ”

When night fell, I took advantage of Xiao Nuan and Tao San washing dishes and chopsticks, sneaking out of the pharmacy and wandering around the street. After a long, long time, my legs were sore, and when the dull sound of drums resounded in the streets, the vendors consciously closed their stalls, and the number of passing merchants and pedestrians gradually decreased. I heard Tao San say before that there was no curfew in Shangdu before, and it was only after the new emperor took office that it began to be implemented again. I think it's done really well.

When the lights went out, I walked alone on the cold street, and I began to regret it a little. What am I doing this for?

Originally, it was dark and I couldn't see clearly, but now I don't know the way myself.

I finally saw a soldier passing by in the distance with torches. I'm not here to see these soldiers. I secretly leaned against the wall to watch the group of people pass by, and my neck was sticking out a lot, but I still didn't see it.

I felt like I was being tapped on the back, and I waved my hand and said, "Don't move me, just for a while." "When I sensed something was wrong, I rushed out.

"Stop! Don't run! "The soldiers behind me chased after me with torches, and the flames suddenly surrounded me.

Actually, I shouldn't have run because I didn't do anything bad.

But I was still escorted to a general with thick eyebrows and angry eyes, and this man looked very familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere. I remembered that it was the rough and short-tempered general when he recruited troops at Qianyuan Pass.

He glared at me and said, "The day is over, haven't you heard six hundred drums!" According to the "Palace Guard Order", you have been charged with committing a night crime! Twenty lashes! Rectify the Dharma on the spot! "Immediately someone brought a whip.

"Wait, wait, wait! I'm me, I'm Langzhong, I'm delivering medicine to someone, and I accidentally got lost. I shouted.

He sneered and said, "Send medicine? Medicine! You and I will be blind! Saliva spurted out of his mouth, and his eyes were round and wide, which was terrible!

He shouted again: "Hit me hard!" ”

Just as a soldier was about to pick up the whip, a familiar voice sounded: "Slow-"

Li Yi came on horseback, and the vicious general immediately bowed his head, and did not forget to expose my crime again.

Li Yu said to the man: "It's just a lost little girl, the first time she commits a crime at night or can be exonerated, General Qin doesn't need to be so angry." The man replied with a low "yes" and led the group away.

Only me and Li Yi were left.