Mu Jingzhao looked at her quietly, for a moment, and finally nodded in compromise, he turned to shout outside the car, "Li Zinian!" ”

Li Zinian immediately trotted out, and behind Jiang Ning, he lifted the corner of the curtain, nodded at Mu Jingzhao and said, "What does the emperor command?" ”

"Leave five guards here to protect the safety of the convoy, and the rest of the people will follow Concubine Ning and Imperial Doctor Zhang out to look for medicinal herbs."

"Yes." Li Zinian nodded in response.

Jiang Ning received the order and turned around to leave.

"Ning'er!"

She turned around and cast an inquiring glance at Mu Jingzhao.

"Be careful."

She nodded slightly, no more, turned to leave, but did not see Mu Jingzhao's complicated expression behind her.

Jiang Ning helped several imperial doctors distribute the drawn medicinal herb drawing paper, and ordered each imperial doctor to bring two Praetorian Guards to closely protect and follow, while the rest of the Praetorian Guards went into the mountain in a team of two to search.

As for himself, he brought Lu Feng and Folding Willow.

Jiang Ning turned his head to look at the surrounding environment, and was looking for where to start, Zheliu on the side took the drawing and looked at it again and again for a long time, and threw it into Lu Feng's arms.

"Niangniang, you can't leave this kind of thing to your subordinates, it's inaccessible in this mountain. If anything goes wrong with you, 10,000 heads won't be enough for the slave. ”

Jiang Ning looked around, and finally chose the woods behind him, mountain almonds would not appear in this kind of place, so the only thing that could be found was the big thistle.

The thistle prefers to grow in dry soil, near a stream, and the only way to find it is to go deep into the forest.

Jiang Ning turned his head to look at the folded willow behind him, and sighed silently, but he didn't explain much.

If she didn't take herself as a threat, Mu Jingzhao was afraid that she would not agree to let the Praetorian Guards escort her into the forest to collect medicine, and between the accident that might happen to her and Shen Qingrong's life, Jiang Ning naturally chose the latter.

Xu sensed that something was wrong with Jiang Ning's face, so he closed his mouth and stopped talking.

It was Lu Feng who spoke first, "Niangniang, where should we start now?" ”

"There it is." Jiang Ning stretched out his hand and pointed to a forest not far away, "We have to hurry, the queen's body can't be delayed." ”

Lu Feng carefully put away the scroll in his hand, and the group walked towards the woods.

The group went around in the woods, and it was getting late, not only did they not find the legendary thistle, but they directly tired the originally enthusiastic folding willow.

Among the three of them, Lu Feng is strong in martial arts, while Jiang Ning has been in the market since he was a child, so this mountain road is naturally not a problem.

The one with the worst physical patience has become Zheliu, a little girl who only knows how to serve her master.

At this time, it is summer, and although you are in the shade of the trees, you will inevitably suffer from heat stroke after walking in the mountains for a long time.

Zheliu walked for about half an hour, and then began to stumble and almost fall, Jiang Ning panicked, and hurriedly asked Lu Feng to help her sit down against a tree to rest.

Jiang Ning, on the other hand, looked up at the dense woods overhead, trying to tell what time it was from the gaps in the layers of leaves.

After Lu Feng fed Zheliu to drink water, he fanned her again, and after tossing for a long time, Zheliu's complexion eased slightly.

When Jiang Ning saw this, she sighed helplessly, she was originally forced to choose because Lin Zheng stayed in Qingshui County to do things, and only one credible person around her was Lu Feng, and she was afraid that the influence of melon fields and plums would not be good, so she took Zheliu with her.

But I didn't want this decision to cause this decision.

"Mother." Seeing that his master was sitting, Zheliu twisted his body a little uneasily, then picked up the kettle from Lu Feng's hand and handed it to Jiang Ning, "Do you want to drink water?" ”

Jiang Ning shook his head, his expression still solemn, "Lu Feng, you take care of the willow girl here first, and I'll go find the herbs first." ”

Zheliu and Lu Feng were both shocked when they heard this, "Niangniang, by all means." ”

Jiang Ning was helpless, "The queen is still waiting for me." ”

Because Xu knew that he was dragging down the team, Zhe Liu's face was pale, and he struggled to get up with Lu Feng's arm, and he was about to join Jiang Ning.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she stood up straight, she fell down suddenly because of a short period of dizziness, Lu Feng was shocked and barely held her up, but Zheliu was still caught off guard and sprained her foot.

Lu Feng looked panicked, and hurriedly helped Zheliu to sit down again.

Jiang Ning half-squatted down, reached out to hold Zheliu's injured foot, and twisted slightly.

"Ahh

The jungle echoed with the screams of the broken willows.

Jiang Ning's face was solemn, and he shook his head at Lu Feng, "She is a little seriously injured, you take her back quickly, there should be some herbs left in the convoy, and it is still too late to apply them now." ”

"Mother, never!"

"You take the willow girl back now, and then find some forbidden troops to follow the palace, I will wait here, and I will definitely not run around."

Lu Feng looked at Jiang Ning's firm gaze, and then at the folded willow in his arms, whose face was distorted in pain, and hurriedly hugged the folded willow.

"Niangniang, no matter what, you must stay where you are and don't walk around, and you can go back when you go."

After getting Jiang Ning's affirmative reply, Lu Feng left with Zheliu.

Until Lu Feng and Zheliu disappeared, Jiang Ning waited in place for a while, only to see the sun disappear into the clouds, and the forest instantly darkened, she quickly turned around and walked towards the depths of the woods.

The further inside, the more vigorous the grass and trees became, and the weeds around her had reached the waist-high height of Jiang Ning, and the weeds swept across her bare wrists unscrupulously, itching and painful.

The leaves on the head gradually disappeared again, the trees were shady, and occasionally a few cuckoo cries and the rustle of the wind blowing the leaves could be heard in the distance, and it was empty and lonely, and even the air around it was a little colder.

Jiang Ning groped her way through the tall grass, looking left and right as she walked, trying to find the little purple flower among the overlapping weeds.

Jiang Ning gradually tried her best in the continuous groping forward, she barely carved out a clearing among the weeds, and sat down against a big tree to rest.

At that moment, she suddenly felt a rustle of weeds very close behind her.

This is different from the sound of the wind blowing the grass, it is concentrated in one place, like the sound of something speeding through the grass.

Jiang Ning's cold hair stood on end, and he turned around to look behind him, but saw that the weeds behind him were silent, not at all different from not long ago.

She swallowed a mouthful of saliva with some uneasiness, and looked left and right one after another, but there was silence on her side, and there was no movement at all.

She breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and sat down, and just after turning around, she saw a black figure appear in front of her with some abruptness out of the corner of her eye.

Almost without the slightest hesitation, Jiang Ning pulled out his dagger and stabbed straight at the man in black.

Turning around for a moment, she saw clearly that the person in front of her was Lin Zheng, who she hadn't seen for a long time.

And the sharp dagger in his hand has reached his chest. (End of chapter)