Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Psychedelic Forest
"Hmm...... Perfect for you. Shang Jin was stunned for a long time, and slowly replied, a trace of dazedness in his eyes had not yet dissipated.
They walked past the Baixiang Pavilion, Shen Wan suddenly stopped, gently tugged at Shang Jin's sleeve, pointed to the door of the store and said, "Let's go in and have a look." β
Shang Jin's gaze followed the red figure in, and his feet followed unconsciously. Shen Wan picked up a small clay bottle on the wooden shelf and read the words on it: "Ning Sixiang." She sniffed the bottle closer, closed her eyes, and smiled softly at the corners of her mouth.
"It smells good, it's a good thing, I bought it." As soon as the words fell, I heard Shang Jin ask:
"Shen Wan, you women, do you all like such and such spices?"
"Of course, let alone this level of spices, even if the spices sold are generally sold at roadside stalls, they will be sold out at once. Whether they are used for liniment or incense, they are very popular with girls. And this kind of superlative, alas, I'm afraid that no girl will refuse. Shen Wan gushed endlessly, suddenly realized something, and suddenly stopped. She bit her lip and thought: Shen Wan, you, you, why do you talk so much? When he asked, he must have wanted to give it to Mu Ningjiu, could it be that you can't do it? Although this girl is narcissistic, she is also a little self-aware.
Shang Jin thought for a moment, picked up a blue-glazed porcelain bottle on the shelf with his slender white hand, looked at it carefully, gently hooked the corners of his mouth, and smiled purely. Seeing this, Shen Wan smiled helplessly and said, "Let's go." β
Mu Ningjiu and Wei Chixuan came out of the Baixiang Pavilion, and at a glance they saw the three characters "Shennongyuan" engraved on the plaque not far away. Her eyes lit up, and she tugged at Wei Chi Xuan's sleeve: "Wei Chi Wei Chi, let's go there and have a look." "Okay."
At the gate of Shennong Garden, Mu Ningjiu was stopped by two men who looked like housekeepers at the door. She frowned and looked at them puzzled.
"This girl, please show the token." Token? Isn't this just a pharmacy, and what tokens do you need? Isn't it possible for anyone to enter? Seeing Mu Ningjiu's confused face, the housekeeper said again: "Girl, seeing that you are here for the first time, I will tell you: my son-in-law's Shennong Garden sells some extremely rare herbs and even poisons. β
"And how do you get this token?" Mu Ningjiu heard the words and hurriedly asked.
"Girl, if you want me to say that you still don't waste your efforts, this token, looking at the whole world, there are only ten people who have it, how can it be so easy to get, let's leave quickly."
Mu Ningjiu looked at the various herbs in the garden unwillingly, without saying a word, and had no intention of leaving.
"This son, look at this, can you enter?" Wei Chi's faint voice sounded beside him. Mu Ningjiu turned his head suddenly, and saw that in his wide palm with a thin callus, there was a diamond-shaped lilac purple jade, and there was also a star flower with an intact appearance: five well-proportioned light blue petals, which set off the golden stamens, small and moving. Unexpectedly, even in ancient times, there were already such exquisite inlaid jade! She secretly admired.
The guards on the opposite side were already preparing to drive them away, but suddenly saw the thing in the man's palm, his eyes widened, and he hurriedly went to the side, nodding and bowing: "Two, I'm sorry, I'm really embarrassed, I'm clumsy, I don't know if the guests are coming, please come inside, please come inside." The huge contrast between the front and back made Mu Ningjiu unable to react for a while, and it wasn't until Yu Chixuan circled her wrist and brought her in that she reacted, and while keeping up with his pace, she asked in surprise and curiosity: "This is also too godly!" Wei Chi, what the hell are you ...... How did you get that token? "Even if he is the third prince of the Qi Kingdom, looking at the arrogant attitude of this housekeeper, people will not necessarily sell him this favor.
"I once led troops to fight and was trapped in a poisonous mountain, but it was Ye Gongzi who came to the rescue, his medical skills are superb, and he is a rare confidant." His answer was not as simple as before, which made Mu Ningjiu a little curious, this Ye Gongzi ...... What is sacred? The person who can make Wei Chixuan call a confidant like this must have something extraordinary.
Walk with the butler through a wooden corridor, lift the flowing tassels, and a marble round table comes into view. The guard pointed to the upholstered mahogany bench next to it and said, "Please be seated." β
"Wei Chi, sit down, I'll go to the front and have a look." Mu Ningjiu blinked mischievously at Wei Chi, and disappeared in a puff of smoke. She also has a preference for these poisonous things. Wei Chi thought.
The corners of Mu Ningjiu's mouth hooked up a smile, dangled to the main gate of Shennongyuan, and stepped into a threshold that was neither high nor low, and the scene in the house made her eyes round in surprise.
The smell of ancient wood mixed with faint herbs seems to open up people's meridians all at once, and they feel extraordinarily comfortable. The wooden staircase is in the middle of the main hall, and it winds up one after another, which is very steep, and it is reassuring to walk on it. Every half zhang is a platform that connects to a ring of herb racks around the staircase. Mu Ningjiu ran up to the first floor in a hurryβthe shelves were full of small boxes made of pure white jade. Under the box is a strip of rice paper with the name of the herb written on it. She looked carefully at them one by one, and found that there were all kinds of varieties that were hard to find on a daily basis. In addition to the names she saw in medicine, there were also other words written in other languages. It's no wonder that there are only ten people in the world who have permission. She thought.
She couldn't wait to move everything here back, but when she saw the price in the lower right corner of the rice paper, she was immediately deflated: Five taels, gold?! Counting all her belongings, there are not so many. Can't you really take these little things home...... With a look of loss on her face, she wandered aimlessly.
As she walked, a golden light flashed in her mind: Huh? This other text...... Didn't you see similar text in the blue booklet before you came out? Thinking of this, she quickly took out the booklet hidden in her sleeve and flipped to it:
Leucojum vernum
She turned around the first floor twice and found nothing. As soon as I went up to the second floor, I saw the string of eye-catching words on the rice paper pressed under the white jade box at a glance.
Snowdrop, Leucojum vernum
She picked up the white jade box and shook it, feeling the water flowing inside. Snowdrops? What exactly is the use? Since it's related to Lan, I must find a way to take it away. She thought.
Wei Chi was leaning on the bench and drinking tea leisurely, when he saw Mu Ningjiu walking towards him, the corners of his mouth curled, and asked, "How is it, do you see anything you like?" β
"Wei Chi, the herbs here are really special, very good! It's just too expensive, and most herbs actually cost five taels of gold. The starlight in Mu Ning's nine eyes shimmered, and the smile on the corner of her mouth was not dazzling and charming, making the sun lose its brilliance. Yu Chixuan had never seen her smile like this, there was no bewitching and lazy, only pure joy. He spoke slowly:
"Since you like it so much, you can pick one and give it to you as a gift, how about it? I am the third prince of Qi Kingdom, and I can still get these five taels of gold. β
"Thank you, Wei Chi, but no. In the past few days, I have received a lot of help from you. This favor, I will return it anyway. She took a piece of paper that had been drawn and said, "Well, you can take this IOU." β
Wei Chixuan was stunned for a moment, then took the note, folded it and put it in his sleeve, and patted Mu Ningjiu's shoulder: "Okay, now rest assured?" Let's go, go see the baby you picked. β
The endless green waves, blowing with the wind, make the sound of "Xi Xi Suosuo". Outside, apart from the trees, they are still trees, and the towering trees form a huge net, and it is impossible to know what is going on in the forest.
"Your Highness, this psychedelic forest is extremely treacherous, you must not take it lightly, and pay attention to safety. Otherwise...... Your subordinates have asked the Dark Guard to enter with you, right? β
"No, it's timely. There are too many unpredictable factors in the psychedelic forest, and there are many people who go there, and it is nothing more than being a human flesh shield, and I will be careful myself. You take the dark department and Wu'er, drive around the edge of the woods, if you go to Chenghai first, find a place to rest and wait, don't try to come in to find me. But if I don't come out after seven days, I'll go home. β
"Don't say that, Your Highness. Be careful all the way, and your subordinates will definitely wait for you to come out. Ying Shi glanced at Beigong Han deeply, bowed with his fists, and then drove away.
When the sound of the horse's hooves gradually disappeared, Beigong Han tightened the burden on his body and observed the outside of the woods.
The trees here are very strange: the leaves of two large trees next to each other are close to each other, and the bark is close to each other, leaving no gaps. Beigong Han frowned, and used the short sword on his waist that was known as "sharpening iron like clay" to cut the bark of one of the trees, but he didn't expect that it only caused a tiny hole, but it healed quickly. He was stunned: Isn't this a tree spirit? The ability to regenerate is so fast! It is worthy of the psychedelic forest, and before he entered it, it had already opened his eyes. He thought for a long time, and struck back from the first tree with his hand knuckles, "tuk tuk", "tuk tuk", ......
I don't know how many trees it is, but just when he was about to lose his patience, he suddenly heard a different "dong dong" sound. He picked up the dagger in his hand and slashed hard, and the bark of the tree sliced open, revealing room for a person inside.
Sure enough, it's hollow. He thought to himself. When he got inside, he carefully closed the cracked bark and pretended that no one had entered. He turned and expertly split the bark of the tree in front of him, the harsh sunlight did not hit as expected, and the forest was silent, only the "rustling" sound of the wind could be heard.
Hidden by the layers of foliage, only an extremely faint light passes through it, giving the forest a mysterious and strange atmosphere. A cool, wet mist greeted the face, mixed with the freshness of the green grass, and a hint of a strange fragrance - not as rich as a girl's fat powder, it was so unique that it was hard to forget.