Chapter 19: The Master with a Black Belly
Chu Jun leaned lazily on the wheelchair, "Give this king a reason to have to take you." β
Yue Qingran paused, thought for a moment and replied, "Did the prince forget?" I know how to heal, bring me with you, I can also help the prince take a look at the medicinal materials at the auction, maybe it can play an unexpected role, anyway, bringing me will not affect you, it's just a lot of people. β
"Wu Lao can also do these things."
Yue Qingran choked.
Wu Laojian on the side mentioned himself, looked at Chu Junmo and then at Yue Qingran, and sighed with determination, "The old man is old, leave these things to you young people to deal with, I will wait for your good news in the mansion." β
Yue Qingran looked at Wu Lao with a grateful face, and then raised her eyebrows to look at Chu Junmo, "What excuse does the queen have for the prince?" β
Chu Jun snorted coldly, made a look, and pushed him out by Mu Tong.
Yue Qingran crossed her arms and showed a triumphant smile, and waved her hand at Chu Junmo's departing back, "Lord Wang, go slowly, I'll come to report on time tomorrow, don't secretly leave first behind my back!" β
When Yue Qingran returned to the general's mansion, it was already evening, and after visiting her grandmother as usual, she returned to her room and sat alone in front of the bronze mirror, slowly removing the gauze on her face, and the ugly and terrifying face was reflected in the bronze mirror.
I saw her slowly open the drawer next to her, and took out a knife and a bottle of ointment that had been half stripped off.
Her long, straight fingers stroked the shriveled scar on her face, and she saw that there were some treated but unhealed abscesses on her cheeks, she picked up the knife, and after a simple sterilization, she went straight to the ugly pustule on her face.
In an instant, some unknown liquid burst out of the wound, and blood stains mixed with thick liquid flowed out of the face.
Yue Qingran quickly took out the silk handkerchief, cleaned up the mixture on his face one by one, opened a medicine bag, sprinkled some medicinal powder on the wound, and wiped some ointment on the scar on his face.
After a simple bandage, he took out the pills in the medicine box and took them.
Only then did he finally pack up and lie on the bed, recalling the past one by one, just like watching the lights.
I don't know how long it took, Yue Qingran fell asleep in a daze, and when she woke up, it was already three poles of the sun.
She opened her eyes suddenly, looked at the sky outside, and hurriedly put on her clothes and shoes.
Hearing the movement in the house, Ziyin pushed open the door and opened, "Miss, are you awake?" β
"I overslept, why didn't you call me?"
Ziyin hurriedly stepped forward to help, "Slave maid is not busy these days, I finally got a good night's sleep, and the slave maid wanted to let Miss sleep more, and it was not time to go to the palace yet, so Miss didn't have to be in such a hurry." β
Yue Qingran took the hat on the side and put it on indiscriminately, "Today is different, I don't know if that guy has set off, if I can't catch up, then I will really be stupid to death by myself." β
"Huh? Is it so serious? Ziyin's face was wrinkled, and she looked annoyed.
"Okay, okay, it's not a big deal, it's still early, don't talk about it, I may come back late today, don't wait for me, you take care of Mama for me."
After Yue Qingran finished speaking, he hurriedly went out of the door, trotting all the way to the Mingwang Mansion, only to learn that Chu Junmo and his party had just set off.
She inquired about the direction of departure, and ran wildly in the direction of the city gate.
When she rushed to the city gate out of breath, she saw a group of people just leaving the city gate.
Yue Qingran recognized Mu Tong at the front of the team at a glance, "Guard Mu, wait for me, Guard Mu-"
Maybe the crowd was too noisy, Mu Tong didn't hear Yue Qingran's shout, but Yue Qingran was stopped by the officers and soldiers at the city gate, and after the investigation, she finally went out of the city smoothly, but the carriage of the Ming Wangfu had gone away.
She gasped for breath and looked around anxiously as she watched the group move away.
When she saw the ox cart full of people not far away, she frowned slightly, and had no other way, so she stepped forward and asked the owner of the ox cart: "Uncle, do you want to go in this direction?" β
Yue Qingran pointed in the direction where the carriage disappeared.
The middle-aged man nodded, "Which village is the girl from?" β
Yue Qingran bowed to the man, "I went to Beijing to work, and I went to Zhuangzi outside the city with the master's family, and I got off the car to do something, and was forgotten by the master's family here. β
The man looked at Yue Qingran's dress, didn't doubt it too much, estimated the distance to the next fork, and nodded, "Two copper plates." β
Yue Qingran bowed her head, took out her few copper plates from her waist, handed them to the man, and squeezed into the ox cart with great difficulty, in exchange for a few white eyes from the woman on the ox cart.
She squeezed into the edge of the bullock cart and found a small empty seat to sit down.
"Sit tight and let's go." With a wave of the man's whip, the ox pulling the cart spewed two puffs of hot air from his nose, licked the tight rope in his nose, shook his long tail, and raised his hooves towards the only official road outside the city.
The carriage had long since disappeared, and Yue Qingran could only judge the direction of Chu Junmo and his party by relying on the carriage imprints on the ground.
The middle-aged man who drove the ox cart may have intentionally helped her catch up with the master who had forgotten her because of Yue Qingran, and hurried along the way, but how could the ox cart be as fast as the carriage? Not only did he not catch up, but this also made the passengers on the ox cart complain except for Yue Qingran.
After several forks in the road, and finally at the fourth intersection, the coachman slowly stopped the ox cart and looked back at Yue Qingran, "Girl, we are going to take this trail next, we chased all the way, according to the mark of the carriage, the girl's main house should be not far ahead, but the passengers of my ox cart are basically from a village, and the road of this official road will have to be detoured." β
Yue Qingran nodded and jumped out of the carriage neatly, "Thank you, uncle, for causing you trouble." β
The man smiled, reminded Yue Qingran to pay attention to safety, then waved his whip and drove to the side of the path.
Yue Qingran sighed, vaguely able to distinguish which was the mark of entering the city and which was out of the city, looked at the latest carriage mark left on the road, and continued to walk in the direction in front of him.
She walked all the way, and she didn't know how many times she cursed Chu Junmo in her heart.
"Ahh Ahh β
Chu Jun, who was not far away, sneezed a few times, frowned, raised his hand and touched his nose, lifted the curtain, and looked behind meaningfully.
Mu Tong heard the movement of the carriage and drove his horse over, "The master is suffering from the cold?" β
The corners of Chu Junmo's mouth pulled out a mysterious smile, looked at the scorching sun hanging high, and raised his hand, "The heat is hot, this king is tired, stop and repair for a while." β
As soon as these words came out, Mu Tong was a little surprised, this is not like his master's style, but it is true that today's weather is extremely hot, it is still early, and he is not in a hurry to hurry, Le Ma stopped and shouted to the team behind him: "Rest in place for a while, and set off later." β
"Yes!" A uniform voice came.
Chu Junmo took a sip of tea, closed his eyes and pretended to sleep.
After touching a stick of incense, Chu Junmo's ears moved, opened his eyes instantly, and lifted the curtain.
Seeing this, Mu Tong hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "What does the master command?" β
"Gear up!"
"Yes!"
Mu Tong clasped his hands and looked back, only to see a figure appearing not far away, Mu Tong raised his eyebrows, why didn't he find his master so black-bellied before?
Now his understanding of Chu Junmo is clearer.
The scorching sun was scorching, Yue Qingran was thirsty, tiredly raised his hand to block the dazzling sun, squinted his eyes and looked at the team that was about to set off in the distance, when he saw it clearly, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly waved his hand, "Wait for me, wait for me!" Heyβ"