Chapter 66: The Snakes
Lin Nan was very excited, even though Qinghe Town and Kyoto are not far away, there are still many places that are different.
It is said that this road will pass through a long period of no man's land, and Lin Nanyi secretly grinded his fists, faintly excited.
When lunch was ready, she casually baked the cakes and roasted some of the jerky that Gu had prepared for her, which could be regarded as a rich meal.
After eating, there was no rest and went directly on the road, although everyone had the intention of walking slowly, but how it was also in the wild, and it was still necessary to pay attention to it, and to calculate the time and rush to the next town before dark.
The carriage swayed, shaking Lin Nanyi's eyes into confusion, Zuo's carriage was too big, the inside of the carriage was soft, and he didn't feel the bumps at all, Lin Nanyi leaned to the side, swaying drowsy.
Seeing this, Zuo ordered the convoy to go slower, and also let Lin Nanyi take a good rest, she felt very sorry for her, Lin Nanyi seemed to outsiders to be a strong woman in a shopping mall, but Zuo didn't see this, only saw her black green and tired.
She is only a teenager, how can she already take on the survival of a family, dozens of people inside and out.
Her teenage years were spent in the sweetness of waiting to be married and coming to Baifu for the first time.
As the daughter of Confucianism, she has never encountered any ups and downs in her life, if it weren't for the death of her daughter more than ten years ago, she would definitely feel that she is very happy.
Zuo sighed, his thoughts went back to more than ten years ago, and he couldn't hide his loneliness and sadness in his eyes.
After Yan Wenzhi and Bai Yunmu saw them off, they simply packed their bags and went out of the city non-stop.
No one knows where they're going or what they're going to do.
When Lin Nan woke up, it was almost the time of unitary, and he slept very comfortably, only to find that he had leaned on Zuo's body at some point.
Hurriedly got up, after leaning on it for so long, it was already numb.
"Mother, I'll rub it for you."
When there were no outsiders, Lin Nanyi called Zuo's mother, which can be regarded as the regret of the two of them in this regard.
Seeing that Zuo moved his feet with difficulty, no matter how big the carriage was, there was no good activity outside.
Lin Nan sat up straight and began to slowly rub Zuo's legs.
"Yiyi is the most caring, Wen Zhi is blessed to find such a good person as you."
As soon as Lin Nan heard this, he couldn't help but think of Bai Yun's attitude towards Yan Wenzhi.
From the most proud student at the beginning, to the later to see that nothing is wrong, and now to let him study as much as possible.
The proper mother-in-law looks at her son-in-law, and the more she looks at it, the more she likes it, and the more she looks at her son-in-law, the more dissatisfied she becomes.
Bai Yun will always ask Yan Wenzhi more than other students, and Yan Wenzhi will gladly accept it, Bai Yun will not easily teach people in person.
Under Bai Yun's teaching, he can also be regarded as the best among his peers.
Bai Yun knew that he intended to enter the court, so he taught everything that could be taught to him, and those who needed to deal with the affairs of the court would also take him with him.
Let him feel it in advance.
Bai Yun's intentions to him are well understood, Lin Nanyi and him are clear.
Therefore, Yan Wenzhi also studied as much as possible to pave the way for the future imperial examination.
On the first night, they rested in the woods, and the guards were divided into two teams, guarding the first half of the night and the second half of the night, and Bai Yibaiyin and Mama rested in a carriage behind.
Lin Nanyi and Zuo were in a carriage, and they put all the things in the carriage together, but they didn't expect it to become a bed, and the bed was not small.
Lin Nanyi and Zuo were lying in the carriage, which was the most coveted appearance of Zuo before.
The daughter was soft, leaning on her arms, and they were together wherever they went.
It's a pity, it's a pity.
Later, she thought that she would never feel such happiness, but she didn't expect Lin Nanyi to appear and give her hope, warmth and love.
Maybe others will think that Lin Nanyi is like this now, because they secretly helped.
Actually, she never helped her secretly, and when they met, she was already very good.
But she is not satisfied with this, and is still working hard to become better.
"Mother, I'm so happy to be in your arms."
This is a happiness that cannot be felt in Gu's place.
Gu is also very good to her, but her mother and mother-in-law are still a little different.
Lin Nan rubbed it, and his hand was shaken together with Zuo's, with a satisfied expression.
"My mother is also very happy."
Zuo's heart felt swelling, and he was filled with Lin Nanyi's love.
It was not so much that she warmed Lin Nanyi, but that Lin Nanyi warmed her.
She couldn't feel that in the next person.
I slept very comfortably this night, and the next day, the sound of my grandmother making a fire woke Lin Nanyi up.
Seeing that Zuo was still breathing evenly, Lin Nan tiptoed out of the carriage and stretched before walking towards Mama.
"Miss is awake? Did Madame sleep soundly last night? ”
Every time I traveled before, as long as I was sleeping outside, Zuo always slept unsteadily.
"It's good, I haven't woken up all night, and I'm still asleep."
Lin Nanyi took the spoon in her hand and stirred the porridge boiling in the pot.
Mama's eyes instantly turned red, and her voice was a little sobbing, even if Zuo was in the house, he hadn't had such a good sleep for a long time.
All this is thanks to Lin Nanyi.
Let's take it lightly and try not to make noise to Zuo's.
Half an hour later, she still woke up, and when she saw that Lin Nanyi was not around, she instinctively called her name.
Lin Nanyi was not far away, and he immediately responded loudly when he heard it.
This way of responding gave Zuo a great sense of satisfaction.
Zuo packed up the carriage, and the sunlight shone on the ground through the gaps in the leaves, forming dappled spots.
Seeing this, Mama hurriedly stepped forward to serve, "Madam, I slept well last night. ”
Zuo Shi was stunned for a moment, thinking back to last night, she couldn't remember anything, only knew that she didn't even have a dream.
With Yiyi, everything is really going in a good direction, even her.
Suddenly a little excited, holding Mama's hand tightly, "Sleep well, sleep well." ”
Mama is an old mama who has been with Zuo's for more than ten years, she knows everything, she was distressed that she didn't sleep well before, but there was no way, the medicine that could be used was exhausted, but it still had no effect, I didn't expect that the real antidote was Miss.
After eating, I embarked on the journey to Beijing again, and I was about a third of the way through today.
Today is the hardest part of the road.
However, Lin Nanyi now knew that these guards who followed them were the secret guards that Bai Yun placed beside the Zuo clan to protect her.
Ordinary people can't afford to raise secret guards, and even if they can, most of them are only five or six for the use of the main family.
Bai Yun gave the Zuo family more than a dozen secret guards, which is enough to show the strength of the Bai family.
They didn't dare to stop on this road, they didn't know the situation if they didn't go to Beijing for more than ten years, and they wanted to walk through this no-man's land as quickly as possible.
In front of it was a large wooded area, dense with trees, which was largely inaccessible to sunlight, except for a small narrow road for a carriage to travel.
Because there is an official road here, most people choose to take the official road, and the vegetation here has not been destroyed, and the growth is more lush.
It's just that the official road goes around to other villages and towns, and if there is an official road, the distance will have to be two days away.
So they chose to take this path.
But I didn't expect it to be so dense, and some people couldn't get down.
There were guards in front and behind the carriage to open the road, and as soon as he entered the woods, he felt cold all over his body, and Lin Nan shivered unconsciously.
Zuo put a cloak on Lin Nanyi, and held her hand to give her heat.
"There are fewer people walking on this road, and it is even more deserted."
As soon as Lin Nan lifted the curtain and looked up, the branches of various big trees were growing wantonly above his head, and he couldn't see the sky at all.
Some are dark and damp.
Lin Nanyi didn't like this environment very much, and always gave people a feeling of oppression, so he had to tell him to hurry up and get out of the woods.
But there were a lot of vines growing on the side of the road, and the long swords in the hands of the two guards were never put down, and even so, the speed was not improved.
The more you walk into the woods, the more humid the air becomes, which is the best environment for the poisonous animals in the woods to grow.
The baggage that Lin Nanyi carried with her contained the common antidote that she had painstakingly developed recently, and in a carriage behind, she also carried a lot of lime.
Lime can inhibit the approach of most wild animals, which is a useful method.
Thinking of this, I suddenly heard a rustling sound.
Lin Nan was alarmed for a moment, and hurriedly asked people to carry out the box containing lime, and each covered their mouths and noses with handkerchiefs.
Begin to sprinkle lime all over the road.
"Yiyi, what does this mean?"
"There are snakes."
Zuo's health was not good, and her hearing was not as good as before, and she didn't hear any strange noises coming from the grass.
But she could hear it, it was the sound of a snake scurrying in the grass, and the sound of a rattlesnake's tail.
Rattlesnakes are highly venomous, and in this day and age, there is no concept of serum detoxification at all.
If you are bitten by such a snake, you can only wait for death.
And she, now, as long as the group is not bitten.
Listening to the movement, it seemed that there was more than one snake, and the grass beside the carriage was constantly rustling, making people panic.
Even though Zuo no longer has any experience in surviving in the wild, now that everyone is tense, she still feels nervous.
"It's okay, mother, I'll protect you."
Zuo's heart was moved, "If you want to protect, you are also a mother to protect you." ”
There was movement outside, and it seemed that someone had come down from the carriage behind.
A moment later, the curtain of the car was lifted by Bai Yi, she and Lin Nan glanced at each other, their eyes were full of solemnity, and she also knew that it was the sound of a snake.
She knew that basically no one could escape the snake's mouth.
"Is the lime starting to sprinkle?"
Lin Nanyi forced himself to calm down.
Now the Zuo family is already panicking, not to mention that she rarely goes out of the house, let alone comes to such a place, now she has to stand up and be the backbone of these people.
"It's already been sprinkled, Bai Yin is protecting Mama in the back, and the slave is here to protect Madame and Miss."
Lin Nanyi didn't refuse, Bai Yi has martial arts, it's better than those of them who don't even have fists and embroidered legs.
Bai Yi didn't enter the carriage, and sat on the frame with the guards who were driving the car, looking around with sharp eyes.