Chapter 117: Looking for a treasure in the village
After waiting for half an hour, a dark cloud gradually came over, as if it was about to rain.
"Your Highness, it's going to rain. We need to find a place to take shelter."
"Well, okay, let's go over there and have a look."
So Yan Ruozhen carried Huang Fengmo on his back and groped for a while. Finally, he got wet from the rain and found a small cave to take shelter from the rain.
The cave was quite humid and moss was all over the floor. Yan Ruocheng finally found a small place suitable for sitting down and helped Huang Fengmo sit there.
Then, she went to collect branches and some dead leaves on the ground in the cave and piled them into a small pile, planning to make a fire to dry her wet clothes.
"Your Highness, do you have a dagger?" She wanted to drill wood to make a fire.
Huang Fengmo threw the dagger to her and said, "Why were we so stupid just now? We didn't just light a fire and send smoke up to the sky to attract them."
"Hehe... It's really stupid. I didn't think of it, but it's not too late to light a fire now. It's raining and the smoke will be more visible." She said with a smile.
Drilling wood to make a fire requires quick hand power to turn the wood branches. Huang Fengmo felt that she was not strong enough and said: "Bring it here and let me drill the fire. You are not strong enough to drill."
"No need, Your Highness, you can just sit down. A villain can drill it without any effort at all." Yan Ruocheng said confidently.
She first untied her long hair, shaved it off with a dagger, and simply braided it into a rope. Then she used other branches to fix the wood in the middle. After wrapping the rope dozens of times around it, she ended up like this.
The two hands worked together, one hand pulled the end of the rope, and they pulled each other back and forth, speeding up the drilling. Soon, a little fire appeared in the haystack, and then a line of smoke came out.
It slowly caught fire all of a sudden.
Huang Fengmo praised and said: "Awesome, Ruo Li, you are really smart. How did you come up with this method?"
"In the past, I often went to the mountains to collect herbs. I made too many fires, so I came up with this method. Come on, Your Highness, take off your coat first and throw it to the villain to help you dry it. Otherwise, you will get cold easily." She said.
said with a smile.
Huang Fengmo nodded, took off his coat, and threw it to her to dry.
After burning the incense, the rain began to fall harder and harder, and the smoke was dispersed.
"Your Highness, it seems that we have to wait until the rain becomes lighter before they can find their location. The smoke has been dispersed by the heavy raindrops. It's really moldy." Yan Ruocheng said in a vomiting voice, and held up the freshly dried coat.
, walked back to Huang Fengmo.
At this time, Huang Fengmo was lying alone with his arms folded, leaning against the rock and sleeping with his eyes closed, his face a little pale.
"Your Highness?" She reached out and touched his forehead. Oh no! It was hot! His foot injury was wet and inflamed, and he was blown by a cold wind and started to have a low fever.
She put her coat back on him, sat close to him, slightly moved his injured foot and put it on her thigh, hugging him whole in her arms to help him keep warm.
She was very careful with her movements, for fear of waking him up. However, Huang Fengmo still woke up, but she didn't notice him. He felt very warm in her arms. This warmth was very different from the usual women in Wenwen Township.
, I felt very comfortable. I quickly went back to sleep.
I don't know when the guards finally found them. During this period of time, Yan Ruocheng's back was almost sore, and he kept keeping the same posture, because Huang Fengmo was so burned that he kept mumbling.
She muttered to herself, it was very cold and she didn't let go of him. She could only keep hugging him tightly. When her arms were about to cramp, luckily, the guards arrived.
Because Huang Fengmo was injured, the carriage rushed to a nearby small village. Yan Ruozhen went to a local drugstore and bought herbal medicine that specializes in treating trauma and infection. He washed Huang Fengmo's wound and re-bandaged it.
That's why the fever didn't get any worse.
That night, all of them temporarily stayed in a shabby inn in this small village for the night. Of course, Yan Ruocheng wanted to share a room with Huang Fengmo so that she could take care of him in the middle of the night.
As night fell, she sat by the bed, wrung out a towel, and wiped his hands and feet. She yawned deeply, feeling a little tired and sleepy.
Seeing that Huang Fengmo was sleeping deeply, she was really too tired, so she didn't care about it so much, she just lay beside him and fell asleep immediately.
When they slept until midnight, I didn't know who was hugging whom, and the two's sleeping posture turned into a hug. Yan Ruozhen was used to sleeping in his arms, and she had developed this habit since she followed Huang Chenling. She was safe
Caught in the arms of Huang Fengmo.
As soon as they fell asleep, they slept until dawn, and then at noon. The servants were too embarrassed to wake them up, because they still fell asleep hugging each other. The sensible servants naturally did not disturb them, and planned to let them sleep until they woke up naturally.
"Huh?" Huang Fengmo was the first to wake up. He looked at Yan Ruocheng in his arms and raised a smile at the corner of his mouth. He hugged her tightly and kissed her forehead gently.
Just calmly continue to close your eyes and meditate.
Yan Ruozhen rolled over on her own and fell to the ground. Bang! There was a sound, "Oh! Why did you sleep on the ground?" She got up, rubbed her groggy eyes, and muttered to herself confusedly.
"Go down on your own." Huang Fengmo turned his head and said.
"Huh? Your Highness, are you awake? Check if the fever has gone down?" She leaned over and touched his forehead to check for heat.
His body temperature finally returned to normal, and he said: "It's finally normal. I'm going to make some anti-inflammatory medicinal soup. Your Highness will stay here for the next two days to recuperate. You can't work too hard and go on your way."
Huang Fengmo frowned slightly and said, "This can't be done. We have made an appointment with officials from the next city, and they must arrive within five days. Otherwise, official duties will be delayed. Today is the second day, so we need to hurry up."
"But your wound is still inflamed. You need to drink the decoction for at least a day. If it doesn't heal well, it will hurt when it rains." Yan Ruocheng also frowned and said.
"Then we'll stay for one day. We can't delay any longer. This injury is nothing. Don't be too nervous." He said calmly.
"Well, okay, I'm going to cook the medicine first."
It was difficult to buy some high-quality medicinal herbs in the village. When Yan Ruoqiao was making the medicine, she found that several important herbs were missing from the medicine bag, and instead were mixed with other similar weeds, so she took it back angrily.
After arguing with the drug store owner, the drug store owner explained that the village has been short of drug dealers for a long time because the village is located in a remote location between two cities. The drug dealers are too far away and order too little to deliver, so they usually do it themselves.
Pushing a cart to buy medicine and then carrying it back.
Yan Ruozhen recorded this situation and went back to report it to Huang Fengmo.
Without several important herbs, the potion might not be half as effective as it would be if it were fried. So, she walked around the village to see if she found anything good. Usually the villagers would dry some.
Giving herbs to her own people is what poor people like to do, including herself, so she is very familiar with the villagers' way of life.
Passing by the yard of a thatched house with earthen steps, some good things were dried, including Panax notoginseng leaves. It must have been dried for a day or two, and the dryness was about the same.
She was so happy that she forgot to enter someone's yard without permission. An old woman walked out of the hut, slapped her on the back with a broom, and cursed in a village accent without any teeth or words: "I'll beat you to death! You came here to steal."
My stuff, you thief!"
"Uh... uh? Old lady, don't fight, don't fight. I want to buy these Tianqi leaves from you, is that okay?" she explained.
The old woman's ears were not flexible and she couldn't hear clearly what she was saying. She thought she was saying that she didn't steal it, but just took it for a look.
"You're still quibbling. I saw you sneaking in to steal things. Are you going to bully the old man? I'm going to beat you to death!"
Yan Ruocheng was very helpless and let the old woman beat her body with a broom like dust. He took out the money bag from his sleeves, took out a few taels of silver, handed it to the old woman, and said louder: "
Old lady, this is for you, I want a little bit of the Tianqi leaves you dried, can you?" He said while pointing to the Tianqi leaves.
In the end, the old woman finally understood and was willing to give her a little bit of Tianqiye.
For this little bit of Tian Qiye, she got dirty and smelly. The broom just now was used to sweep up feces.
Then, as soon as she found some suitable medicinal herbs, she bought a little bit from the villagers. The villagers here, regardless of gender, were very good at setting prices, but the prices were set extremely high, several times higher than those in the city. Suddenly she brought them
She had used up all her silver, and finally found a lot of useful ones. Together with some reserves in her medicine box, she was able to make a good anti-inflammatory decoction.
I went back to boil the medicine again, and it was already evening when it was done.
"Wow? Where did you go to cook medicine? Is the stove here dirty? Can you cook medicine until your whole body is covered with plaster?" Huang Fengmo was half-lying on the bed, looking forward to her coming back soon, but...
I saw her covered in plaster, coming in with a bowl of medicinal soup. I couldn't help but ask in surprise.
"Uh, this? Hehe, hey... they were all photographed like this with a broom." Yan Ruocheng said helplessly with a forced smile.
"Why was he photographed like this with a broom?" he asked.
"The villagers here are very enthusiastic. They like to use brooms to greet people. When they see people entering the yard, they will pat them with the broom before communicating," she said jokingly.
He handed him the medicinal soup and said, "Come on, drink this bowl of medicinal soup first, and then talk slowly."
Huang Fengmo drank the medicinal soup obediently and noticed some bruises on her wrists and the side of her face.
After he finished drinking, he asked: "What did you do in someone else's yard?"
"It's nothing. I just found that the herbs bought at the drug store are missing a few types. I need to go to the villagers' houses to see if there are suitable dried herbs. Fortunately, I found some. However, the price is quite expensive. Your Highness, you have to compensate the villain.
Bag loss." She took the bowl, put it on the wooden table, and explained.
"It's unreasonable that the villagers here dare to take advantage of the situation and rob them!" Huang Fengmo said angrily after hearing this.
"No, it's not. It was forced by the situation. Let's treat it as a one-time relief effort." Yan Ruocheng put in good words for the villagers.
"But, they injured you!" Huang Fengmo was not angry about anything, but was angry when he saw her bruises. He took her arm, pointed at the bruises and said.
"This little bruise? Haha... Your Highness, don't be so tired. A small injury is not a problem. Speaking of which, the life of the villagers here is relatively difficult. I clearly remember that the imperial court has begun to implement poverty relief for backward villages.
, there should be officials here to rectify it." She said with some confusion.
"Relieving the poor? It's not that easy." Huang Fengmo said meaningfully.