Chapter Eighty-Eight: Boiling Medicine
Although Shi Jin was afraid, he handed his hand to him, and in an instant, even the people with their burdens were pulled to the horse's back by him.
"Let's go." The second master shouted softly.
Instantly, from the first carriage, the creaking sound of the wheels accompanied the snoring of the horses with a low sound.
The sound was not loud, as if there was a horseshoe wrapped in cotton cloth, and it did not come far away.
Shi Jin was tightly covered by the second master's big coat, and watched a long dragon of torches from the gap.
"Second master, why are you leaving the city so late?" Her thin voice was sandwiched between the dull footsteps, not abrupt.
I thought that the second master would not answer, but I didn't expect his voice to come from above her head, with a slight coolness in early winter, "Bring some medicinal herbs over first." Keep your eyes peeled during the day and be safe at night. ”
Shi Jin nodded, the second master was really careful, he didn't use the kind of carriage that loaded goods, only picked up the more spacious manned carriage to load herbs. Even when the victims outside the city saw it, they only thought that a noble person passed by, and they would not think about food and herbs.
The second master and those cavalrymen all rode horses and trotted to the front of Xiangyang Gate. The general guarding the gate of Xicheng obviously got the letter a long time ago, and after checking the waist card handed by Shi Mo, he waved his hand and the city gate was lowered.
Simon was already remote, and had only driven away the homeless people during the day, but there was no miserable scene seen in the daytime.
Shi Jin only felt panicked, and the dark night around him seemed to have eyes, secretly watching their long dragon. She couldn't help but tilt into the second master's arms again, against his broad chest.
The second master's mount was located slightly behind the convoy, and when it was confirmed that all five cars were out of the city, the convoy and cavalry all trotted up.
Traveling in winter nights often makes people feel cold. Although Shi Jin was covered by a big coat, the cold was like a knife with a handle that cut flesh, piercing through the gap, and piercing into the body with another knife.
She couldn't help but tighten her grip a little more, but the gap between her legs was a little bigger, and her legs were dumb and cold.
The second master looked at her trembling, lowered his head and asked her, do you want to sit in the carriage?
Shi Jinzhi had already stuffed the cart with herbs, and when the root of his teeth sounded softly, he shook his head, "...... No need, the slave can still hold ......."
He didn't speak, but stopped and flipped her over lightly, and carried her behind him. Shi Jin's body hung in the air for a moment, and as soon as he was reset, he was so frightened that he hugged his waist.
The second master's big haze was huge, covering her behind her tightly, and blocking the wind for her, Shi Jin felt alive again for a while.
Then the position of the side was not as stable as the front, in case it was turned down by the horse, she wrapped her hands around the waist of the second master, and the whole person was attached to his back.
Gradually, her body warmed up, and her sleepiness hit her again, squinting and dozing off.
The horses traveled by night, and it was not until the next morning that the convoy came to a halt in a wilderness.
Don't think about this kind of thing, everyone carries a bag of dry food, drink some warm water with a water bladder, and eat a piece of dry food as breakfast.
Shi Jin also pinched out a dry snack from his baggage and swallowed it against a stone.
She didn't bring water, so naturally she didn't have to drink it, and she didn't bother to drink it. It's really inconvenient to go to the toilet on the road, so I have to keep everything simple.
It was also the first time she had been on horseback for such a long time, not to mention the numbness at the tip of her hips, but the pain on both sides of her thighs.
However, the whole convoy only rested for an hour, and then set off in a hurry.
Shi Jin was sleepy and couldn't sleep. She was a little nostalgic for the days when there were carriages.
Resigned to his fate, he got on the horse with the second master, and the second master whispered in her ear, "But you regret it?" ”
She pursed her chapped lips and shook her head slightly.
The second master snorted softly from his nasal cavity, as if he was disdainful and sneered.
For a while, the people and horses moved, and the convoy began to move again.
Fortunately, Xiangyang is not far from Nanyang Mansion, there are horses walking during the day, and the speed of travel is half faster, until the middle of the night, finally rushed to Nanyang Mansion.
Under the tall and mottled city wall, there are homeless people everywhere arched and curled up in the smoke and dust on both sides of the official road.
Looking through the brazier on the top of the city wall, I saw a dense crowd of people crawling on the ground like locusts.
Closer, a thin black dog was alert to gnaw at the bones of a little girl in the darkness. She still had some peach pink clothes left on her body, and a silver bracelet hung from her boneless wrist.
Shi Jin felt a wave of nausea welling up her throat, and she wanted to vomit......
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Looking at the city wall of Nanyang Mansion like a purgatory on earth from a distance, the second master kicked the horse's belly, and there was a chill in his voice, "Take a detour, go to Qingyan." ”
Qingyan was the most severely affected, the flood irrigation, not only flooded the surrounding towns and villages, but the water potential was like a surging water dragon, all the way to wash all the obstacles that could be resisted, and went straight to Pengcheng.
At present, the five princes are stopping at Qingyan and have set up a simple felt shed on the high ground to investigate the surrounding floods.
At dawn, the convoy finally arrived around Qingyan. The sky was overcast, as if it could leak rain at any moment. Qi Mojing abandoned his horse and walked to the front of the five princes' felt shed, and there were already guards guarding him inside.
Shi Jin followed the second master and stood motionless in front of the felt shed. Soon a man dressed in a dark black cloth came out to meet him. Shi Jin only glanced at the man, and saw a little black mole on the bottom of his left cheek, and hurriedly lowered his head.
The man's gaze also turned around on the clean white dress on her body, and said to her, "Doctor He is boiling medicine in the leeward place behind, if you are free, you can go and help." ”
Shi Jin hurriedly went to see the second master, and when he saw that he nodded slightly, he immediately turned around and walked down the hillside.
Only then did I turn the rocks and miscellaneous soil, and I saw a large area of withered yellow grass spreading to the official road, and a simple porridge shed was built. The porridge shed was surrounded by a simple rope fastening burlap to the trunk of the tree and supporting a piece of shelter.
Among them, there are five cauldrons, four are boiling rice porridge, and one is located on the very edge, with the faint spicy aroma of Atractylodes and Angelica Angelica slowly rising in the air.
There are also a number of guards around the pot to maintain order and avoid robbery.
Although the victims here are yellow and thin, they are better than those in Nanyang Mansion.
Shi Jin stepped through the sludge in deerskin boots, and walked to the fifth cauldron step by step, and saw a small servant boiling medicine, but there was a reclining chair in the innermost, and a white-clothed and white-haired man was lying on it and sleeping soundly.
At this time, the little servant was turning his head to ask the person on the recliner, "Master, do you want to add some aconitum heads?" ”
However, although he asked, the man snored loudly and did not say anything.
The little servant was helpless, and he estimated that he was about to put it in, but Shi Jin took the rod and scale from his hand, "Aconitum has the effect of dissipating cold and relieving pain, returning to the yang and saving adversity." However, the aconitum itself is poisonous and should not be used more, otherwise it will be too much. ”
She checked her hand, pinched the specific amount, and put the required Chinese medicine into the cauldron in order.
Hearing a female voice gentle and gentle to help the maid solve his doubts, the person who was sleeping soundly on the recliner lifted his eyelids, and saw that it was a girl in a brocade dress, and he was too lazy to close his eyes at the moment.
Shi Jin didn't know what the man was thinking, so he only carefully taught the maid to grasp the amount of medicine while taking care of the heat.
Gradually, the aroma of rice soup wafted through the air, and the weak victims dragged their heavy steps and lined up to receive food.
Shi Jin was guarding the cauldron, her face was gradually dyed with sweat, she looked up, the victims in line couldn't see the end at a glance, and the rice porridge, the rice grains were sparse and only a handful.
(End of chapter)