Yang Ruoning, Chapter 46
Yang Ruoning thought that the annoying horse trainer had given up taming Blake's stubborn horse, but when he came back from fetching water from the river today, Blake was gone. After asking, I found out that the trainer had led Blake out again.
When Blake returned, he was covered in the scars of being whipped. The most serious one is behind the horse's butt. The wound was almost an arm's length, the flesh was turned outward, and the blood was flowing non-stop.
When Yang Ruoning led it to the river to clean its wounds, she hugged its neck and cried for a long time, and then she swore that she would definitely flee here with Blake.
But the black horse just quietly let her hold him, and after rubbing her gently, he went to the side to graze, as if it was not it that was hurt.
For such a serious wound, medicine must be required. Yang Ruoning went to the shaman to ask for medicine.
The shaman is the witch of the clan and the only medicine woman. When someone in the clan is sick or small, they will ask the witch to do it or ask for some "magic medicine". Although she didn't believe that the strange spells of the gods could cure the disease, those "miracle medicines" made of herbs should still have a certain degree of science.
She unexpectedly meets Handan Chun outside the shaman's mother-in-law's tent.
"Handan Chun, are you here to get medicine?" As he spoke, he prepared to go in.
Handan Chun grabbed her, "What medicine do you want?" When he saw her red and swollen eyes, he was stunned for a moment, "You cried?" ”
"Nope."
"What do you want medicine for? Are you sick? ”
"No, I'm here to get medicine for Blake."
"Blake? Your horse? ”
Yang Ruoning sniffled, "Yes, it's injured again......"
Handan Chun put down the things in his hand and said to Yang Ruoning, "Everyone in the house has gone out, you can come with me." With that, he led Yang Ruoning to the meadow to the west.
Yang Ruoning followed him out of the distance, and she saw Handan Chun all the way to her head, as if she was looking for something in the grass. She asked, "What are you looking for?" ”
"A kind of grass."
"What grass?"
"I don't know what it's called, but my mother-in-law told me that the grass promotes wound healing."
"Oh......" Yang Ruoning responded, was silent for a while, and then she asked again, "You are very familiar with the shaman's mother-in-law?" ”
"After A-Niang left, the shaman's mother-in-law took me in."
"Oh...... ...... you aunt? Yang Ruoning couldn't help but ask curiously.
"My aunt, like you, is a slave who was sold."
"Then you and Handan ......"
"King Ace is my half-brother."
At this time, Handan Chun stopped, leaned over and broke off a clump of plants with small yellow flowers from the grass. "That's it, you remember what the grass looks like. Crush and apply to the wound every day. “
Yang Ruoning took the grass suspiciously and looked at it, and then she smiled at him gratefully, "Thank you, Handan Chun." “
When Blake's injury was almost healed, Yang Ruoning and Handan Chun were also familiar. They met every night under the sacred tree, one practiced martial arts, the other ate, and often chatted with each other. Yang Ruoning learned that Handan Chun, who was just sixteen years old, was raised by the shaman of the clan. At that time, Handan Aqi was going to kill this half-brother, but the shaman's mother-in-law tried her best to ensure that Handan Chun did not die, and the shaman said that killing Handan Chun would anger the sacred tree. The shaman's mother-in-law is the goddess of the tribe, and she is a figure that even the king must be respectful, so Handan Chun can spend so many years safely.
Because Handan Chun's mother's hometown is Bianliang, he has always longed for it. After Yang Ruoning got acquainted with him, he often asked Yang Ruoning about Bianliang, and he was very yearning for the prosperous Shengjing.
"What is spring like in Bianliang?" Across the fire and asked her to Handan Chun, who was sitting.
Yang Ruoning took a deep breath of the air in the woods late at night. The spring night breeze is mixed with a faint scent of plants. "The whole city is filled with the rich fragrance of flowers, the girls can't wait to put on the bright light veil, the banks of the Bianhe River float the refreshing smell of wine all night long, and the most lively is the fireworks alley by the river, where music plays non-stop all night."
Yang Ruoning saw that his eyes suddenly brightened, so Yang Ruoning worked harder, "You know, Bianliang City is full of merchants from the Western Regions who can't finish drinking, and there are bearded merchants in strange costumes; The most important thing is that Bianliang City is full of beautiful girls, their dresses are as light and flowing as flowing water, and their skin is as white as milk. ”
Yang Ruoning's eyes suddenly became confused when she saw Handan Chun, as if she had fallen into the infinite imagination of Bianliang in spring.
Yep, that's it. Boy, get out of here and run to Bianliang. Yang Ruoning looked at him, a subtle smile on the corner of her mouth.
"How's your practice?" Yang Ruoning gestured at his spear.
"I can't practice by myself, I must have martial arts classics."
"Ah, how long will it take to practice?"
"You can't be fast in martial arts."
"Oh, but I hope you'll do it soon. What do you need that I can help you with? "Yang Ruoning doesn't have that much time to wait for him to practice.
"No need, I've asked Ah Da to help me buy it, and I'll probably get it tomorrow."
Although you can be self-sufficient in food and shelter here, you still need a lot of daily necessities, which you need to buy from Dasong. The Ah Da he was talking about was the driver who delivered the goods here every month.
"If there's anything I can do to help, you have to tell me, I'm very, very happy to help you." When Yang Ruoning was leaving, she told Handan Chun repeatedly.
On the third day, there were a few more unseen horses in the stable. The steward asked Yang Ruoning to lead the horses to the river, bathe the horses, and let the horses eat something by the way. After eating and living with horses for a few months, Yang Ruoning has become more and more aware of this cute animal. She could see that the horses were tired, and that they must have been on a long journey.
When she returned in the evening with some horses, she met the owner of the horse in the stable. As soon as he saw her leading the horse back, one of them pointed at her and began to curse, "Why are you so slow, we have to go back in a hurry to reply." Then another person said to him, "It's no use you scolding her, she doesn't understand what you're saying." ”
Both of them spoke Chinese, and Yang Ruoning was a little surprised. For the first time, she found out that in addition to Ah Da, who sold goods, there were other Han people who could come and go freely. Who are they?
The man, seeing that she was a little sluggish, snatched the reins of the horse from her hand roughly, turned over and got on the horse.
Yang Ruoning felt very sorry for these horses, they had only rested for a few hours this afternoon, and now they were about to hurry again. Then she shouted at their departing figures, "Slow down, your horses are about to be exhausted by you!" ”
In the evening, Handan Chun brought the martial arts cheats he bought. There is no text on it, just a small figure with a picture of the logo action. Handan Chun held the book and gestured to it. Yang Ruoning sat on the side, eating and watching him gesture there. As she looked at it, her heart became more and more sad. She didn't know if it was because of the so-called "martial arts cheats" or because Handan Chun was stupid by nature, but in short, she felt that the expectation of relying on him to escape from this place was getting farther and farther away from her.
Yang Ruoning sighed, took off her coat, and began to run around the sacred tree, maybe she still had to rely on herself in the end.
"Do you know Luo Yuan?" He asked suddenly.
"What?!" Yang Ruoning had a weak foot and almost fell. "No...... I don't know. ”
"You've never heard of it in Bianliang? He is the most beautiful man in the capital. ”
"Oh...... I think someone has said ......"
"I don't know if he's really unparalleled in appearance."
"Hah, how would I know? I haven't seen him again. ”
Namu said her brother had seen it. She said that Luo Yuan was still a teenager at that time, and after the battle between the two armies, he actually returned to the battlefield single-handedly, and the young man in white and black horse was like the bravest eagle on the grassland. ”
"He has fought with you for so many years and killed so many of your warriors. But you don't really hate him. ”
"The people on the grassland respect him the most, and everyone on the grassland respects him very much."
Yang Ruoning pursed her lips, okay, good-looking people really don't hate anyone, even his enemies.
"But today Ah Da told me that Luo Yuan was exiled by the emperor of Da Song."
"Oh, really?"
"Ah Da said that the emperor of Da Song was jealous of Luo Yuan's talent and appearance, so he was exiled," Handan Chun didn't notice Yang Ruoning's somewhat strange expression, and continued, "That kind of hero is really from an extraordinary background." Ah Da said that today's Da Song, his relatives are in chaos, and the young emperor is just a puppet. A person like Luo Yuan is worthy of the throne, if Luo Yuan wants to be the emperor, he is 10,000 in favor. ”
"Oh...... In addition to being sent to the frontier, he ...... Are people okay? ”
Handan Chun shook his head, "Ah Da said that the emperor just drove him far away, and he would never be allowed to enter the Central Plains for half a step without the emperor's edict." ”
Was he ordered never to return to Beijing? Yang Ruoning thought, could it be that her unintentional mistakes really reversed history? Or will he go back eventually? But no matter what, Aono and Tsukiyo are safe for the time being.
"The book says that the woman Luo Yuan likes is more special. He likes ...... older than him It is said that it is a woman who looks like a man......" Handan Chun suddenly said, "It's really a strange choice." ”
"What messy books are you reading?!" Yang Ruoning unconsciously raised her voice.
Handan Chun glanced at her, "It's written in the reading book that Ah Da brought me." ”
"Read less of those nonsense books, those that are harmful to your physical and mental health if you read too much!"
"I think you're quite in line with his taste."
"I'm not like a man! Besides, I'm in the prime of my youth, I'm not old at all, okay? See? Aren't my muscle lines, my breasts, my waist, and my ass much better than those Miss Bean Sprouts who don't exercise all day?! Yang Ruoning said a little angrily.
"Yes, yes, Auntie, that's what you said." Handan Chun shook his head, saying that he didn't want to have a pointless argument with her.
"Hmph, forget it, I don't understand you little kids." Yang Ruoning paused, "Why don't you practice well." Do you know why beautiful girls all over the world like Luo Yuan, because he is good at martial arts! If you want to run rampant in the capital in the future, you must practice martial arts well. ”
"I know, I know, why don't I hide here with you every night? Don't you want to practice your magic skills as soon as possible, so that you can go to Bianliang to have a good time? ”