Chapter 5: Not for Ants (I)
Liu Changsheng retracted his gaze, as if he had just done something insignificant, and shook his hand and walked towards the inn.
In the room, Xu Mo's body twisted into a ball, trembling incessantly, but the long-formed survival instinct made him try to wake up, or semi-awake, he struggled to get up from the ground, staggered over and threw himself on the bed, and then his consciousness fell into darkness.
He woke up several times in pain, but soon fainted again.
I don't know how long it took, he slowly woke up again, in the fog he heard the noise outside, he struggled to open his eyes, the white light was dazzling, when he adapted to the light, he saw himself lying on the bed, covered with a quilt, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but then the pain in the brain like ten thousand arrows pierced and swarmed!
The pain was so intense that his consciousness was like a spider's silk in a storm, as if it would break to pieces and disappear without a trace at any moment, but he did everything in his power to keep himself awake - only by being awake could he find a way to save himself from this painful situation.
At this time, I heard a woman's voice say, "Young Master Xu, you're awake!"
Xu Mo felt a little perked up, it's good to have someone! He turned his head to look at the other party and recognized it as Du Niangzi, the boss of the caravan.
Du Niangzi stepped forward with water and said, "Come and drink saliva, I will let the kitchen boil the porridge, and drink some porridge later...... You are really, at such a young age, and your body is so thin, why do you still drink so much wine? I won't talk about Lao Xu when he comes back!"
At this time, Xu Mo had an unbearable headache, and he actually had a kind of resistance to drinking water, but he knew that drinking water was good for him, so he forced himself to drink two sips, and then his stomach churned, and he vomited it all out.
Du Niangzi was startled and hurriedly said, "What's the matter? Are you sick?"
Xu Mo was very calm, he had this kind of experience in his previous life, he was suffering from the wind and cold at that time, and it should be the same this time, so he endured the headache and said to Du Niangzi: "Please help me catch a few flavors of medicine......"
Du Niangzi touched his head and said busily: "I really suffer from the wind and cold, I have a cold pill there, bring it to you to eat!"
Xu Mo shook his head, he didn't have the extra strength to explain, so he directly said the recipe used: "One penny for Qianghuo, one penny for fengfeng, half a penny for Atractylodes, half a penny for Angelica Angelica......"
The addition and subtraction of this nine-flavor Qianghuo soup not only relieves wind and cold, but also has the effect of relieving pain and spasms, which is not comparable to ordinary cold pills.
Although Du Niangzi didn't understand, when she saw that Xu Mo had said the complete prescription, she still chose to listen to him to grab the medicine.
There are many caravans here, there is no shortage of medicinal materials, and they are quickly prepared and fried and sent to the room, she helped Xu Mo up while facing the bed: "Go, your master is sick, you want to give him medicine, not to harm him...... Xu Gongzi, where did you catch this little beast? I don't let people touch you when I come over in the morning, it looks very spiritual......"
Xu Mo tilted his head and glanced at the black ball, facing its small eyes, his anxious state because of the headache was actually better, and it also made him not vomit it out even though his stomach was churning when he drank the medicine.
After drinking the medicine, he soon began to sweat outward, but sweating too fast and too much is not a good thing, this is a manifestation of the body's weakness, at this time he feels heavy, and it is difficult to move his fingers - the other party is just a snort, and the damage to his body is even worse than the last time he used the mirage!
By noon, the headache had not been alleviated at all, and he knew that his means alone might not be able to solve the current predicament, and his body could not drag it on, so he asked Xu Wangcai, who had returned from arranging the caravan, "Is that Liu Zhutou at the inn?"
Xu Wangcai said: "You said Lord Liu, he went out in the morning - what did you ask him for?"
As he spoke, he looked at Xu Mo's expression and became confused and cautious.
In order to calm his heart, Xu Mo had to endure his headache and tell what happened yesterday.
After listening to him, Xu Wangcai's expression was a little relieved, but he still said cautiously: "How can this be? I knew that I wouldn't drink with you yesterday...... Xu Gongzi, what are your plans?"
Xu Mo exhaled lightly and said, "I still have some silver here, I want to ask Brother Xu to help me buy some gifts, and wait for that Liu Zhutou to come back and send them over......"
Xu Wangcai took the money bag and touched it, and found that there were at least twenty taels of silver in it, so he immediately relaxed and said, "Okay, okay, it's good for you to think like this, we can't afford to offend those adults...... Rest well, wrap the gift on me, make sure you buy the right gift, and don't let your money go to waste......"
Xu Mo nodded slightly, closed his eyes and silently recited the "Heart Sutra" that he had already memorized, hoping to alleviate the headache.
Blackball leaned over and gave him a hint of warmth.
Xu Wangcai quickly went out to buy good gifts: two jars of good wine, a roast chicken, two hams, a new set of clothes and shoes, and four boxes of various pastries, but Liu Changsheng did not return to the inn until the next morning.
Xu Mo was supported by the two and hurried to the door of Liu Changsheng's guest room to wait, and as soon as he appeared, Xu Wangcai hurriedly stepped forward and bowed respectfully and said: "Lord Liu, Xu Gongzi asked the little one to bring gifts to apologize to you......
Liu Changsheng glanced at them casually, entered the house as if nothing was there, and then slammed the door shut.
Xu Wangcai glanced at Xu Mo, his face was uncertain.
From Liu Changsheng's expression, Xu Mo couldn't tell that the other party was not acting well and was in a bad mood, but his body couldn't drag it on, so he had to raise his breath and say: "Lord Liu, I inadvertently offended Zunyan, I didn't dare to bother the adult, but I just hope that the adult has the virtue of a good life in heaven and can forgive ......."
Before he finished speaking, he heard an impatient voice from the room: "Get out! If you dare to make any noise, I will kill you all!"
As soon as he heard this, Xu Wangcai's face changed greatly, and he didn't dare to stay at all, so he hurriedly ran back to the house with Xu Mo in tow.
Back in the room, Du Niangzi asked in shock: "Master Xu, how did you offend Lord Liu, he ......?"
Xu Wangcai glared at her, glared back at her words, then looked at Xu Mo, and said with a sad face: "Young Master Xu, our caravan has been delayed here for a day, and the ship's family is probably unwilling to wait any longer, you see ......"
Xu Mo understood what he meant, and he was not angry, and said, "Okay, you guys go first." ”
Du Niangzi had a look of unbearability on her face, and wanted to say something, but was stopped by Xu Wangcai.
Soon the people of the Yun'an caravan packed up their things and prepared to board the ship, and before leaving, Du Niangzi sent a few medicinal materials, and Xu Wangcai returned the three hundred wen travel expenses to Xu Mo.
Xu Mo had no intention of doing these little things at all, except for resisting severe headaches, the little energy he had left was all spent thinking about how to move Liu Changsheng.
Judging from the situation of the two contacts, the other party obviously does not look like a person who abides by the rules, and does not take a little person like them in his eyes, such a person only values power and profit, and the only thing he can think of now is the only thing that can impress the other party is more than nine hundred taels of silver that he has hidden closely.
He only hoped that this solution would really work, and now he could only wait patiently for the other party to wake up.
This is a day, and it wasn't until the afternoon that Liu Changsheng walked out of the room, and Xu Mo, who was waiting in the corner, quickly got up to greet him, but Liu Changsheng didn't look at him at all, and went downstairs directly to ask for wine and meat.
Xu Mo stood aside with a headache and waited, and when the other party finished eating, he stepped forward and said, "Lord Liu, I ......"
Liu Changsheng grabbed the chain that was placed on the table, turned a deaf ear to Xu Mo's words, and walked directly outside.
Xu Mo hurriedly chased after him and shouted, "Lord Liu......"
Liu Changsheng stopped suddenly, turned his head to glare at him, and said, "Get out!"