Chapter 97: The Vast Road to Collecting Medicine
She went to the kitchen alone, packed some high-calorie preserved fruits, took stacks of baked cakes, and put some salt, sugar and other seasonings in the small cloth, and when she went up the mountain to collect medicine, in case she was hungry, she would bake and eat wild game.
Zixuan's mind moved, and she put these into the space.
Then, she went back to her room, pretending to want to sleep again, and parted Redsleeves and Alain.
After they left, she immediately changed into the clothes of a maid, dressed up as a girl, and walked out of the courtyard generously and out of the house through the main gate.
She was familiar with the road, and she didn't carry any packages, and the journey was smooth and did not arouse anyone's suspicion.
After leaving, she changed into men's clothes in the cloth shop, then went straight to the horse market, bought a small black horse, and went out of the city with the token of the palace.
After leaving the city, Zixuan rode on a horse, and with a thought, she took out a compass from the space, determined the direction, and rushed all the way south along the official road.
In the evening, she finally arrived at the route planning, a small town called Tangyue, she took out the documents prepared in advance, and no longer used the token of the palace, one was afraid of being found, and the other was afraid that someone with other intentions would harm her.
She found an inn in the center of the town, ordered a few side dishes, and when she was eating happily, she saw a few burly men disguised as ordinary people.
As soon as Zixuan looked at their figures, she knew that the origin was not simple, and she kept an eye on their actions while bowing her head to eat.
I saw them take out a portrait and ask the shopkeeper in a rough voice, "Have you ever seen a suspicious woman disguised as a man?" ”
Zixuan was shocked, could these people be looking for themselves?
The shopkeeper looked at the portrait, then at the customers in the store, and shook his head hesitantly.
Seeing that he was not sure, the strong men came into the store to check.
Zixuan didn't dare to deliberately look up, so she only gobbled up her food.
But the men, who were the first to see her, because she was thin, came up to her and shouted, "Lift up your head." ”
Zixuan raised a black handsome face, her mouth was stuffed with rice, her two cheeks were full of bulging, she smirked at them innocently, and said vaguely in a thick voice: "Hello brothers." ”
After leaving the city, she made her face dirty and black, unrecognizable, for fear of being compared face to face.
The people glared at her, picked up the portrait and compared it, and the more they looked at it, the more they looked at it, the more they looked like it, and then they said impatiently: "Let's eat." ”
"Uh-huh, thank you, big brother." Zixuan nodded, and buried her head in eating, she had already seen the portrait, and the person in the painting was herself.
Could it be that these people were sent by the prince? I actually found this place.
She burped, no matter who sent it anyway, she must not be discovered until the blue flowers were retrieved.
After eating, she went upstairs, bolted the door, and in order to prevent anyone from falling into the trap, she put on a wet gauze mask soaked in water, which was very uncomfortable, but safe.
She didn't sleep well this night, thinking that the prince was only afraid of sending people to look for her, he must be very anxious now, and he must have picked up the medicine early and rushed back.
The next day, just after dawn, she chewed a piece of baked bread, went out to pay the bill, and rode on her pony on her way.
Finally, at noon the next day, I came to the foot of Fuyin Mountain.
This mountain is really terrifying, surrounded by rivers on three sides, and can only be entered on foot from the north.
She walked north along the river, intending to see if there were any boats, and if she didn't, she would have to venture into the mountains from the north, where the Huns were in charge.
After walking for nearly an hour, she was finally glad to see a small boat.
Zixuan rode on horseback, waved at the boatman, and shouted, "The boatman, the boatman!" ”
She shouted several times before the felling ship finally came over and swam towards her.
Zixuan hurriedly dismounted and tied the horse to a big tree.
As the boat approached, Zixuan saw a middle-aged couple on the boat, whose skin was tanned because of their perennial fishing.
The fisherman who felled the boat asked, "What is the matter with Childe?" ”
Zixuan said: "Big brother, can you cross the little brother to the opposite Fuyin Mountain?" I pay. ”
The fisherman and his wife looked at each other, and the fisherman frowned, and said with a warning face: "Little boy, it is very dangerous in Fuyin Mountain, look at you who look thin, it will definitely be difficult to survive this time." ”
Zixuan thanked: "Thank you eldest brother for mentioning it, junior brother knows, I came all the way to Fuyin Mountain to give me... Brother picks medicine. ”
If it is said that Xianggong, the fisherman couple is only afraid that they will think that they are "broken backs".
The fisherman said, "Are you here for the blue flower?" ”
Zixuan was overjoyed in her heart and said, "Big brother also knows Lan Xuhua, it seems that the rumors are true." ”
The fisherman said: "If it is not false, in the past two or three years, there are always outsiders who come here to pick, but no matter how many people go or less, they always return in vain. ”
Zixuan took a deep breath and said with a firm gaze: "Big brother, please cross me over, for the sake of my brother, even if it is death, I am not afraid." ”
The fisherman sighed and said, "In that case, then you can come up and give me ten taels of silver, but we have said it first, and when we go up the mountain, regardless of life or death, the old man is not responsible." ”
Zixuan folded her hands and said, "Okay, thank you!" ”
With that, she tiptoed off the boat.
The fisherman's wife helped him and went to sit in the cabin.
Zixuan took out ten taels of silver from her sleeve pocket, handed it to the fisherman, and couldn't help asking, "Big brother, I rode all the way over, and there were almost no boats on the river, why is this?" ”
The fisherman took the silver and carefully threw it to his wife, before replying, "This river is not simple, the surface is calm, but the river inside is very turbulent. ”
After that, he sighed and said, "I'm not afraid of the jokes of the son, if it weren't for the floods this year, the food was confiscated, and the family was hungry and panicked, our husband and wife would not have ventured here today." ”
Zixuan frowned and said, "Doesn't the imperial court have disaster relief food?" I heard that it was the prince who took over the matter. ”