Chapter 14: The Cave Vigil
"Fu Yao, let's go hunting in the mountains." Sheng Yunzhi thought about it and decided to go hunting, so that Fu Yao could teach her archery.
"Okay, the county lord gets in the car." Fu Yao opened the curtain for Sheng Yunzhi.
"Can I ride a horse?" Sheng Yunzhi obviously didn't want to ride the carriage alone.
"Nope." Fu Yao refused without thinking about it. Although Fu Yao had taught Sheng Yunzhi before, Sheng Yunzhi could also ride a horse, but he hadn't ridden for a long time, and Fu Yao couldn't rest assured.
"Are you worried about me?" Sheng Yunzhi leaned into Fu Yao's ear and said.
"Protecting the county lord is ......" Fu Yao's face was a little red, and he hurriedly turned his head.
"Okay, okay, I'm not going to tease you." Sheng Yunzhi didn't see Fu Yao's abnormality.
But Sheng Yunzhi still didn't plan to get into the carriage.
"Why don't we ride the same horse?" Sheng Yunzhi said and got on the horse first while Fu Yao was not paying attention.
When Sheng Yunzhi went up, Fu Yao realized that it was too late, and they only prepared a horse.
So what can I do, Fu Yao can't get Sheng Yunzhi down, so he has to sit behind Sheng Yunzhi.
"Hey, hey." The conspiracy succeeded, Sheng Yunzhi couldn't hold back and laughed.
"Sit down." Fu Yao held Sheng Yunzhi, held the reins with both hands, and drove the horse.
"Uh-huh." Sheng Yunzhi felt Fu Yao's warm embrace and became obedient.
Along the way, Fu Yao controlled the speed so that it was not too bumpy, and Sheng Yunzhi was also comfortable to sit.
Soon, they arrived at the foot of the mountain, and after the horse stopped, Fu Yao took the lead in dismounting, and then took Sheng Yunzhi down.
Since it was not safe to ride a horse up the mountain, Fu Yao tied the horse to a tree next to him.
"Let's go." Sheng Yunzhi pulled Fu Yao towards the mountain.
"Eh, bunny." Sheng Yunzhi let go of Fu Yao and ran towards the rabbit, but before Sheng Yunzhi ran over, the rabbit ran first.
"I'll help the county lord." Saying that, Fu Yao picked up the bow and wanted to shoot the rabbit, which was just a piece of cake for him.
"Eh, don't, don't." Sheng Yunzhi stopped Fu Yao.
Sheng Yunzhi actually said that she only wanted Fu Yao to teach her archery, and she didn't really want to catch anything. And she didn't want the critters to be harmed.
"You can teach me archery."
Fu Yao knew what Sheng Yunzhi meant, didn't he just trick him out and wanted him to teach her archery.
Fu Yao smiled lightly, gave the bow in his hand to Sheng Yunzhi, and took another one himself.
"Like me, stand firm and hold your bow."
Fu Yao gave Sheng Yunzhi a demonstration, and Sheng Yunzhi also learned well.
Then Fu Yao handed Sheng Yunzhi an arrow.
"Shoot the arrow, string enough, push the bow." Fu Yao demonstrated again.
It's just that Sheng Yunzhi was a little struggling and panicked here, but fortunately, it was completed in the end.
"Okay, open the bow." Fu Yao pulled the bow away.
At this time, because of Sheng Yunzhi's lack of strength, Sheng Yunzhi couldn't pull the bow.
"Fu Yao, what should I do?" Sheng Yunzhi couldn't pull it away even though he tried all his strength, so he could only ask Fu Yao for help.
Fu Yao put down the bow, walked to Sheng Yunzhi's side, covered his hands with Sheng Yunzhi's hands, and worked hard with Sheng Yunzhi to pull the bow away.
I don't know why, when no one is around, Fu Yao always wants to leave everything behind and approach Sheng Yunzhi uncontrollably.
In this situation, it was like Fu Yao hugging Sheng Yunzhi from behind, Sheng Yunzhi didn't know what to do, his eyes looked straight ahead, and he was stunned.
"Draw the bow like this, lean into position, and aim and then you can release the arrow."
Fu Yao lowered his head slightly, and saw that Sheng Yunzhi's ears were slightly red, and then he realized that he was a little closer to Sheng Yunzhi, so he quickly let go of his hand, and the arrow was shot out like this.
"It's the minister who is offended." Fu Yao took a step back.
"Ahh Sheng Yunzhi came back to his senses at this time, the red on his ears had not faded, and his face was still a little hot.
"It's okay, it's okay." Sheng Yunzhi waved his hand again and again.
The two were relatively speechless, not knowing what to say.
"Tick, tick." A few raindrops fell imperceptibly from the sky, breaking the silence.
"Huh? Is it raining? Wasn't it still very sunny when I left the palace? ”
Although it is already the spring equinox at this time, the air is still a little cold, and if it rains, it will still catch the wind chill.
Fu Yao took off his cloak and tied it to Sheng Yunzhi.
"Let's find a cave to shelter from the rain."
Fu Yao had some experience, so Sheng Yunzhi followed Fu Yao to find the cave.
It's just that the rain has no tendency to stop at all, but it is getting heavier and heavier, although it is not a torrential rain in June, but it is also very uncomfortable to be drenched on the head.
Both of them were wet, and Fu Yao hadn't found the cave yet, so he could only speed up his pace. Sheng Yunzhi lowered his head and blocked his head with his hand, and Fu Yao also used his sleeves to cover Sheng Yunzhi.
"Fu Yao, look, cave!"
They finally found the cave and hurried into it.
There was some firewood and dead grass in the cave, and Fu Yao brought a fire fold, so he lit the fire on the dead grass to make the fire bigger. Fu Yao built a small shelf out of firewood and placed it on top of the haystack to dry his clothes.
"I'll go to the entrance of the cave to guard, it's cold in the cave, you can bake the fire first. Just call me anything. Saying that, Fu Yao walked out.
"You don't ......" Sheng Yunzhi wanted to say that you are not together, but suddenly realized that this sentence was a little wrong, so he shut up in time.
"Huh?" Fu Yao didn't hear what Qing Sheng Yunzhi said.
"Ah, nothing, nothing, I see." Sheng Yunzhi patted his mouth, secretly thinking in his heart that he couldn't talk more than a brain.
After Fu Yao left, Sheng Yunzhi took off Fu Yao's cloak and wet clothes, put them on the shelf, and sat next to the fire, stretching out his hand to roast it.
"AhhSheng Yunzhi felt a gust of cold wind and couldn't help sneezing.
Sheng Yunzhi hugged himself, shrunk into a ball, moved to the fire again, and sat closer.
"It's cold." Sheng Yunzhi was only wearing a thin undershirt, which was still damp.
A quarter of an hour passed, Sheng Yunzhi felt a little dizzy, and her body was even colder, she reached out and touched the roasted clothes, but it still didn't dry.
"Fu Yao." Sheng Yunzhi shouted weakly.
Fu Yao, who was at the entrance of the cave, also heard it, after all, the ears of people who practice martial arts are also excellent. Fu Yao heard that Sheng Yunzhi was a little weak, and ran back worriedly.
"What's wrong?" Fu Yao didn't get too close, although Sheng Yunzhi was blocked by the clothes that were being dried, but in the end, there was still a difference between men and women.
"Fu Yao, I, it's so cold, I think, sleep." Sheng Yunzhi was groggy, spit out a few words intermittently, and then fell silent, wondering if she had fallen asleep.
"County Lord, hold on." Fu Yao didn't know what to do, neither advancing nor retreating.
Fu Yao wanted to take off the cloak and put it on Sheng Yunzhi's body and then go over to see her, but Fu Yao touched the cloak and it hadn't been completely dried, so covering it would only make Sheng Yunzhi feel colder.
Fu Yao gritted his teeth, bypassed the fire, and walked to Sheng Yunzhi's side, only to see that Sheng Yunzhi was already lying on the ground.
"County Lord." Fu Yao helped Sheng Yunzhi up and let her half lie in his arms.
"Fu Yao, I'm so uncomfortable."
Fu Yao touched Sheng Yunzhi's forehead with his hand, and was startled, it was not an ordinary hot.
"Is it cold?"
Sheng Yunzhi nodded.
Fu Yao took off his shirt and tightened his hand holding Sheng Yunzhi, wanting to use his body to warm her.
"The county lord is really uncomfortable, just sleep for a while, and you won't feel uncomfortable anymore when you wake up."
"Hmm." After speaking, Sheng Yunzhi slowly closed his eyes, and fell asleep in Fu Yao's warm embrace after a while.
Sheng Yunzhi trusts Fu Yao very much, because none of the things Fu Yao has promised since he was a child cannot be realized.
After staying for a while, Fu Yao touched the cloak on the shelf, which was almost dry, so he put Sheng Yunzhi down and covered the cloak. He also helped her take off the headdress so that she could sleep more comfortably. After that, Fu Yao adjusted the cloak he had covered her to ensure that every place could be covered, so he was relieved.
At this time, what Fu Yao should do is to find some medicinal materials, so that Sheng Yunzhi can reduce his fever quickly, but he doesn't know how to find medicine.
Suddenly, Fu Yao recalled a passage in his mind.
This is what Fu Yao once accompanied Sheng Yunzhi to recognize the medicine, and Sheng Yunzhi told him.
"Fu Yao, do you know Shiso?"
"Look, this is perilla. Books say that it has erect stems, square, purple or greenish-purple, and multi-branched. Leaves opposite, broadly ovate or round-ovate, apex acuminate or acuminate, margins coarsely rounded serrate. And it also has a special aroma, you smell it. ”
"You have to remember it, if you get a cold outside, soak it in water and drink it, you can relieve the cold."
"Shiso!"
Fu Yao still remembered its appearance and hurriedly ran out, but fortunately, the rain was much lighter than just now.
Perilla was not difficult to find, Fu Yao found it very easily, quickly picked several plants, and ran back to the cave.
Fu Yao helped Sheng Yunzhi up, leaned against the slightly smoothed stone next to him, squeezed out a few drops of the juice of perilla leaves, and fed it to Sheng Yunzhi's mouth. Then Fu Yao thought of something again, ran outside to catch some rainwater with his clothes, and fed it with the juice of perilla leaves to Sheng Yunzhi's mouth.
Adding water to the juice should be equivalent to soaking in water, after all, there is no condition for soaking in water, and Fu Yao can only do this.
After feeding Sheng Yunzhi the medicine, Fu Yao put Sheng Yunzhi down again and let her sleep more comfortably. After that, Fu Yao wet his clothes with rainwater, wiped Sheng Yunzhi's arms and forehead, and ran back and forth several times, waiting for Sheng Yunzhi's body to be less hot before stopping.
It was not early outside, Fu Yao saw that Sheng Yunzhi was sleeping soundly, and he couldn't bear to wake her up, besides, Sheng Yunzhi's fever had not completely subsided, and it was not suitable for bumping, so he simply spent the night in this cave.