Chapter 66: The Bonfire
Jade was already exhausted, and she started running wildly at noon yesterday, and after saving Bai Shuyu, she ran all night, without eating or drinking in the middle. Now the sky is bright, as strong as jade, and it is almost impossible to hold on.
The situation of Bai Shuyu behind him is even worse, a young master like him who is used to brocade clothes and jade food, he has to run all night, and he has to keep up with the footsteps of jade, which is the end of the crossbow.
Bai Shuyu caught a glimpse of a dilapidated inn not far away, he stopped, gasped and said, "Stop!"
Jade turned to look at Bai Shuyu, her breathing was not very steady, she didn't speak, and asked with her eyes: Why did you stop?
Bai Shuyu took two deep breaths and said, "I understand your current mood, but in our current state, even if we find Li Fenglan, what can we do? can't fight with anyone, you have to believe Li Fenglan, she is so good...... Let's take a break."
Jade felt that it made sense, so she followed Bai Shuyu into the inn.
It was just dawn, and the inn had just opened, and there were a few horses in the stables next to it. This kind of inn in the wilderness is usually not very crowded, let alone now.
The shopkeeper rubbed his sleepy eyes and came out, and asked, "Two, do you want to stay in the hotel?"
The two found a clean table and sat down, and Bai Shuyu said, "Stir-fry a few dishes and have a pot of wine."
The shopkeeper went to the back kitchen and instructed, Bai Shuyu said to Jade, "You have enough strength to eat and drink, and you are tired."
Jade nodded and said, "Your head is bright, what is the situation at the moment, can you analyze it."
Since going out of the valley with Li Fenglan, Jade has rarely used her brains, and her IQ is close to Amber. Anyway, Li Fenglan is here, and he doesn't bother to think about these things. Fortunately, there is still Bai Shuyu here, and he doesn't need to use his brain.
Bai Shuyu shrugged: "I can't be unpredictable...... However, it is certain that Li Fenglan's side is more difficult than ours. As long as she is in a hurry to save people, the situation will be more dangerous than ours. But after all this experience, I believe she can distinguish between priorities and priorities."
In fact, what Jade wants to hear is: Li Fenglan is safe now. But she also knows it's self-defeating.
The two sat in silence, and heard Xiao Er and the chef in the back kitchen say, "Sun Shi brings a sharp fight, eat the shelf."
Bai Shuyu laughed out loud.
Jade asked, "What are you laughing at?"
Bai Shuyu whispered, "It's nothing."
The conversation in the back kitchen continues.
"It's a bit of a gnaw."
"Go down to the Han pot, and the trick will be bright."
After a while, food and wine were served. Jade doesn't like to drink, just hurry up and eat. Bai Shuyu filled himself with wine, but did not drink it. Both of them didn't eat much, although they were so hungry that they didn't eat much before they were full.
Jade asked, "Now now?"
Bai Shuyu shook his head: "Rest for a while and then leave, don't be in a hurry for this time."
Jade didn't refute, her left hand on her cheek, leaning on the table, closing her eyes and resting. Perhaps she was so tired that Jade fell asleep. Seeing that Jade was asleep, Bai Shuyu took out some incense powder from his arms, kneaded it into a ball, and took out a fire fold to light it. As the smoke rose, he fanned the jadeite, causing it to fly in the direction of the jadeite.
This is a soothing incense, which is similar to the second more incense, both of which are used to calm the nerves and help sleep.
Bai Shuyu smiled and said, "Sleep for a while, I'm tired of the day."
When Jade fell asleep, Bai Shuyu picked up the wine glass and drank it all, he breathed a long sigh of relief and said loudly, "Those few who speak black words, come out!"
A voice came from the back kitchen, "Boy, you're crazy!"
Bai Shuyu was a little helpless: "Are you not good at brains? You know that I'm eating and shelking, and I blatantly talk nonsense?"
"So what? You've already eaten the wine and food, no matter how high your martial arts are, you'll sleep like a dead pig after half a pillar of incense."
"Guess why I dare to eat it?"
For these sweat medicines, Uncle Bai Yumen is clear, because he has a good master, and he has been preparing sober pills on his body for many years. The amount of medicine in the dish is not large, and if Jade is not too tired, this little medicine will not make her yawn. Bai Shuyu wished that Jade would rest for a while, so that he could be more relaxed
son, so there is no reminder.
Hearing Bai Shuyu say this, the guys in the black shop also began to drum in their hearts, after that sip of wine just now, the mule was also overturned, how could this kid be like no one?
Bai Shuyu was too lazy to talk nonsense with these people, so he picked up a chopstick and threw it with inch. The chopsticks pierced the curtain in the back kitchen like an arrow from the string, followed by a person's scream.
"Ah! My legs!"
Bai Shuyu said, "Leave the two horses, get out, don't bother me."
This kid's kung fu is not low, and it is not something they can compete with. Leave the green mountains without worrying about no firewood, and when people die, there will be nothing. These bandits are also interesting, and when they saw Bai Shuyu flashing his hand, they didn't dare to entangle, and slipped through the back door.
After the people left, Bai Shuyu also lay on the table and closed his eyes to recuperate, and the two of them rested for two hours. It wasn't until almost noon that Jade woke up.
Jade looked out the door in confusion, the sun was dazzling, it seemed to be noon. The table was clean, and Bai Shuyu was nowhere to be seen, only hearing the clanging of the back kitchen.
Jade was a little suspicious and went into the back kitchen.
In the back kitchen, Bai Shuyu was doing something on the stove.
Jade asked, "What are you doing?"
"You're awake," Bai Shuyu turned his head and smiled at Jade, "Make something to eat."
"Food?"
"Li Fenglan, they probably can't take care of eating, bring some for them."
"Why don't you let the store do it?"
"It's a black shop, and I drove them away."
"Black shop?"
"yes, there was sweat medicine in the food, so you fell asleep."
"Are you alright?"
"I can see it, I have taken the Sobering Pill."
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"You need to rest, it's okay, that little bit doesn't hurt."
The back kitchen was filled with the aroma of food, and Jade leaned over and saw that Bai Shuyu was skillful in cooking, not at all like a rich son.
Understanding Jade's eyes, Bai Shuyu smiled and said, "When I was fourteen years old, something happened in the family, and several uncles and uncles wanted to seize power. At that time, my brothers and sisters were still young and had little experience. The second brother was poisoned by his family, lay in bed for half a year, and left the root of the disease, and he can't do heavy work until now. Since then, none of us can believe it, and our sisters and brothers cook the meals ourselves. Later, my sister took over the power and became a trustworthy subordinate, so she didn't do much to cook."
Emerald listened silently. There was a whole chicken stewed in the pot, and the chicken was still white when it was just put in. Jade picked up a sharp knife and slashed the whole chicken a few times.
Bai Shuyu asked puzzledly, "Why is this?"
"It's delicious."
"Oh? No wonder!"
"No wonder?"
"No wonder my sister said that my stewed chicken doesn't smell much except for the skin of the chicken...... You can cook too?"
"Well, Li Fenglan and Amber won't."
The meaning of this is: Because Li Fenglan and Amber can't, Jade learned to cook. But she has always been able to save when she speaks, and it sounds like to outsiders: I will, they won't, I am more diligent than them.
Of course, Bai Shuyu understood what it meant, and he smiled and asked, "Don't just cook."
"Yes."
Jade didn't lie, Li Fenglan didn't touch the spring water with her fingers since she was a child, and Chen Tong was worried about how she, a lazy girl, would marry in the future. Although Amber has been called Miss Li Fenglan since she was a child, she can't do the same work as a maid. It's not that she doesn't want to do it, it's that her brain is too straight to learn. So they have been out of the valley until now, driving, cooking, and washing clothes are all done by Jade. In the days when he was in the idler's hall, the cooking work was taken over by Zhu Mingyu.
A whole chicken was stewed, and there was some cold beef and steamed buns in the kitchen. The two of them wrapped up these things and brought them with them, rode the two horses left by the bandits, and continued to look for Li Fenglan.
Bai Shuyu means that there is no need to go to Shuangyang Town, just go directly to the direction of Shili Mountain. For such a long time, when they arrived, Li Fenglan would have saved people long ago
Or left without help. It's better to go directly to the farthest Shili Mountain.
The two of them walked for most of the day, and they didn't stop until it was completely dark.
It's not that they don't want to stop, although the two of them have had a short rest, they are still very sleepy. There is really no suitable place for camping in this wilderness.
You can reach Shili Mountain by turning over these two mountains in front of you, but the road looks close, and if you go, it will take a day.
There is only one mountain road, which is quite flat. The two walked on the mountain road for more than an hour, and when they were almost there, Bai Shuyu heard the "crackling" sound of burning firewood from the woods on the side beside him. Looking in the direction of the sound, it seems that the fire can be seen.
Emerald whispered, "Someone."
Bai Shuyu said, "Let's sneak over and take a look, in case it's Li Fenglan."
The two men dismounted and tiptoed in the direction of the firelight. When they got closer, they found a bonfire burning in a clearing, and there were two people, a man and a woman, around the fire. The two sat around the campfire, silent.
The two were Li Fenglan and Duiyun, and just when Bai Shuyu was still sighing, "This is too coincidental", Jade had already strode over.
Twilight heard footsteps and hurriedly got up and drew his sword, relieved to see that it was Jade.
After Li Fenglan saw the jade, her face could not hide her joy.
"Emerald!"
Jade walked over and sat down by the fire and said, "I saved the third son."
Bai Shuyu also walked over slowly, with a smile on his face. He sat down by the fire, brought out the food he had made during the day, and said, "I know that you have not eaten, and I have brought it to you."
Emerald asked, "Where are you?"
Li Fenglan shook her head and replied, "Failed, when it comes, there will be no one left."
Twilight Cloud was a little strange, Li Fenglan had not spoken since the afternoon, and had kept a cold gaze. But after Jade came, Li Fenglan suddenly changed back to her former self, as if she hadn't experienced these things in the afternoon. Look at the book
Jade looked at Li Fenglan's clothes and said, "So embarrassed."
"Well, there's a lot of ambush over there."
"Are there any injuries?"
"Someone hit me in the shoulder, but it doesn't matter, the flesh hurts, it doesn't hurt the bones."
"Let me see." Jade couldn't help but say that she went to untie Li Fenglan's clothes, Li Fenglan shrank back with her hands to protect herself, and shouted, "What are you doing!"
Jade also reacted, because she hadn't rested well in the past two days, and her brain couldn't turn around, and there were two big men on the scene.
Jade realized what happened to Li Fenglan, and her current emotions were faked. His clothes were in tatters, his hair was messy, he had abrasions on his face, and he had bruises on his neck, and it didn't look like he had been caught in a simple ambush. But Jade didn't ask, this was her tacit understanding with Li Fenglan.
The night was getting deeper, Li Fenglan leaned on the jade and fell asleep deeply, she was too tired. Jade took out the needle and thread she carried with her, and used the firelight to help Li Fenglan sew up the damaged coat. Twilight and Bai Shuyu didn't sleep, sitting by the fire in silence.
Who knows, it was Jade who spoke first.
"Aren't you going to tell me?" Naturally, she was asking Twilight, but Jade had no expression on her face, still concentrating on mending her clothes.
Twilight was a little embarrassed.
Bai Shuyu smiled and said, "Miss Li won't let you speak, right?"
Twilight nodded.
Emerald asked, "Why do you listen to her so much?"
Twilight scratched the back of her head, "Not obedient...... It's really hard to say, but don't worry, she didn't suffer anything...... Let's go."
Emerald bites off the sewing thread and looks at Twilight, her eyes turning cold, "Amber's dagger has blood on it, she has wounds on her hands, and her fingernails are broken. Is she ...... Murder?"