"Sneeze! Sneeze—!" Huang Chenling couldn't help but sneeze as she walked. Although Lanlan gave him a furry coat, she still couldn't resist the cold air emanating from the soaked clothes all over her body. She started to get cold.
stand up.
Lanlan hurriedly collected dry branches from the roadside, planning to make a fire for him and dry his clothes before heading on the road.
After almost collecting them, I took him to a relatively flat open space, piled the branches together, and burned them with flints.
The flames gradually grew bigger. Lan Lan pointed at his clothes and said, "Take off the soaked clothes and dry them over the fire. I'll pick up some branches and bring them back."
Huang Chenling didn't understand what she was saying, but he probably understood what she meant, so of course he followed her instructions. When he saw her walking further away to pick up branches, he hurriedly took off her soaked coat to dry it.
Soon, Lan Lan came back from picking up branches, and Huang Chenling squatted and huddled up, like a quail, which looked a little cute.
She made the fire bigger to make it easier for him to keep warm. Then she took out some dried meat slices from the bundle, chewed one piece for herself, and handed one to him.
"What did it come from?" Huang Chenling looked at the dry black lump she gave him and asked in confusion.
Lanlan showed him how to eat it again, gesturing for him to eat it too.
Huang Chenling hesitated for a moment, then tried it. It was tough and tasted good when chewed. The important thing was that it had a spicy flavor. He was in the cold, so eating these was just right for him.
After eating it all at once, he stretched out his hand and asked, "Is there any more?"
Lanlan took out a few more dried meat slices and gave them to him, and slowly brought herself closer to him.
When Huang Chenling noticed it, she was already sitting next to him.
Huang Chenling deliberately kept a distance from her and said with a straight face: "I don't care if you listen or not, I am not suitable for you, and you are even less suitable for me. I already have a beloved woman, so you should respect yourself."
Of course, Lanlan couldn't hear what he was talking about. She approached him to help him keep warm. But he moved away and deliberately kept a distance. It seemed that he was quite wary of her.
She didn't get close to him anymore. She just rested her arms on her head and lay down. She picked up the small flute she wore around her neck and played a fresh forest tune leisurely. The melody was slow, gentle and romantic.
Huang Chenling thought she played very well. He rarely heard such a beautiful piece of music. Although he wanted to ask what the name of the piece was, he couldn't understand the language, so he could only remain silent.
I don't know how long it took, but his clothes were completely dry. Now that he put them back on, he finally maintained a certain amount of warmth.
Lan Lan led him forward again. This time, she was worried that he would not look at the road again, so she directly gave him a rope and tied one of his hands. The other end of the rope was held by Lan Lan.
Huang Chenling felt that she was being led by her like a donkey, which was a bit uncomfortable, but she was also afraid of slipping down a second time, so she had to follow her obediently.
When he reached a fork in the road, Lanlan stopped and made a shushing gesture to signal him to be silent.
She leaned her ears against the stone wall and listened to the movement inside. She looked a little nervous, as if there was some danger inside.
She asked Huang Chenling to take out the torch, took out a dagger, and then walked in slowly.
Halfway through, there was a pair of shining eyes in the dark front.
"It's not good!" Lan Lan immediately grabbed Huang Chenling and ran away quickly.
It turned out that there was a big black bear sleeping inside. They woke it up and was chasing after it with a tantrum.
At this moment, the soles of Huang Chenling's shoes slipped and she fell to the ground.
Seeing that the big black bear was about to hit him, Lanlan rushed towards the big black bear and knocked it away with her body. However, its sharp claws left three long bloody marks on Lanlan's arm.
Lanlan pushed hard with her feet and kicked the big black bear towards the slope. It slid down the slope and couldn't climb up so quickly. She picked up the torch and dragged Huang Chenling away quickly.
The two of them ran far away in one breath, then slowly stopped and panted.
Lan Lan leaned against the stone wall, feeling a little in pain, and wanted to find something from the bag to bandage the wound on her arm. Huang Chenling took the initiative to help. There were some herbs in the bag, which needed to be chewed into a paste before they could be applied.
Huang Chenling recognized that Yan Ruocheng tried his best to do this, so he took some and stuffed it in his mouth and chewed it. After chewing it into a paste, he gently applied it on her arm and then tore off his clothes.
, help her bandage it well.
Lanlan looked at his actions, was stunned for a moment, and whispered: "Thank you."
"You're welcome." Huang Chenling guessed that she should say thank you and responded to her casually.
Halfway through the walk, Huang Chenling was startled by the flying squirrel. She ducked suddenly and almost fell into the pit next to her again. Lanlan accidentally sprained her foot in order to save him.
Huang Chenling saw her lying on the ground, covering her ankles and not getting up. She went over and asked, "Are you okay?"
Lan Lan reluctantly stood up and leaned on him unsteadily.
Huang Chenling saw that her foot seemed to be sprained and said, "Are you sprained?" In order not to waste time, he simply carried her on his back without waiting for her to answer.
"Don't waste your time. You show the way and I will carry you on my back."
Lan Lan was flattered and sat on his back, secretly happy.
Huang Fengmo had been leading his guards to the forked intersection for half an hour. He was becoming more and more worried about Huang Chenling and was about to ask someone to look for him.
There was a little light coming from a forked cave entrance, and the fire was getting closer and closer. It was Huang Chenling carrying Lanlan on his back, and Lanlan holding the torch.
"Chen Ling, you are finally back. What happened to you?" Huang Fengmo said.
"She was chased by a black bear and almost fell into a pit, so she ended up like this. Let the guards carry her, she seems to have sprained her foot." Huang Chenling completely ignored her embarrassment and said as calmly as a breeze.
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Huang Fengmo ordered the guards to carry Lanlan on his back. Huang Chenling, who was put down by Huang Chenling, did not want to be carried by anyone else. He said directly to Huang Fengmo: "I got so injured in order to save him. I want him."
If you continue to carry me on your back, don’t you people from the Central Plains have a word called “repaying kindness with gratitude?”
Since she was injured while saving Huang Chenling, Huang Fengmo also felt that Chenling should repay her kindness.
So, she said to Huang Chenling: "She said she didn't want anyone else to carry her, and she wanted you to continue carrying her. You should repay her kindness."
"Scared? Brother Huang, are you kidding me?" Huang Chenling said reluctantly.
"Who are you kidding? She saved you, and you should repay her. How embarrassing is it for you just to carry her on your back? Come on, we have to rush out." Huang Fengmo urged.
"I am a saint after all. You want me to carry a woman on my back." Huang Chenling vomited.
"Stop being so nagging, didn't you already carry her on your back just now? If you don't hurry up and carry her on your back, I will tell Ruocheng about this."
"You must not, I'll just carry it." Huang Chenling was most afraid that Yan Ruocheng would find out about his contact with this tribal woman. After she found out, she would definitely get into a fuss and lose her temper to coax her back.
It takes both thought and time. So she must not know about it.
At this time, Yan Ruocheng was laying on the floor, preparing to go to bed. But she was worried that someone in black would appear at some point. This made her unable to sleep at night, and she tossed and turned all night long. She was thinking about whether she should set off alone.
Don't bother Nashi anymore.
However, this idea was abandoned in the morning.
Naxiao's fever had not gone away. When he saw that she was not in the house, he went out to look for her on crutches and even threw her at the door.
When everyone saw him, they hurried over to help him up.
"Where's Ruocheng? Is she gone?"
The herb picker looked at Anka and looked at Yan Ruocheng who was carrying the medicine.
"Why are you getting up? The fever hasn't gone away yet. Help him back to bed quickly." Yan Ruocheng walked over and said hurriedly.
An Jia carried Na Xiao back to the bed and handed it to Yan Ruocheng to feed the medicine. He followed the medicine picker and continued to sort out the medicinal materials outside.
"I thought you left." Na Xiao said calmly.
"Why do you say that? You still have a fever, so of course I won't leave." Yan Ruocheng asked knowingly, pretending to be nonchalant.
"I don't know when the man in black will come again. You don't have to worry about getting me involved. I don't care. Just let me accompany you on the road." Na Xiao said the key point directly.
"You are serious, when did I say I was afraid of getting you in trouble? Without you to lead the way, I don't know how to get around those mountains. And the language is not fluent." Yan Ruocheng said and blew.
spoon.
"So you don't care about me so much. You don't care about my safety." Na Xiao said in a sullen tone.
"To be honest, I'm really afraid that the man in black will chase me again, and I'm afraid that I'll hurt you. I'm sorry." Yan Ruozhen said gloomily.
"Don't be afraid, let's disguise ourselves. If we go on the road again, those men in black won't find it so easy." Na Xiao reached out to touch her head and said with a smile.
"Okay, let's drink the medicine first. Let's stay here for a few more days." Yan Ruocheng nodded and said.
A few days later, after Naxiao's fever subsided, he borrowed some clothes from the herb collector to disguise himself. Yan Ruocheng dressed up to look like a man.
Following the guidance of the herb picker, we came to a small inhabited village with an inn and some medicine shops.
Yan Ruocheng and the others were finally able to go into the inn and have a good rest.
"Shopkeeper, give us three rooms, we need to stay for two nights." She took the silver, knocked on the front desk, and said.
"I'm sorry, girl, all the rooms here have been booked." The shopkeeper bent down and said.
"Does the shopkeeper know where there is a B&B here that we can stay in for two days?" Yan Ruocheng asked.
"I don't know about this, but, girl, why don't you go up and discuss with the guest officer who has booked all the reservations and see if he can give you a room. I think he only lives by himself, but he booked
All the rooms feel a bit wasted," the shopkeeper suggested.
"Which room is he in? Let me go and talk to him." Yan Ruocheng said.
"He lives in the room on the far left above. Don't tell him that I asked you to do this. You went up there without permission. Do you know that?" the shopkeeper said cautiously.
"I know, I know how to do it. Shopkeeper, please help me make a pot of good tea and cook some delicious food for the two of you over there. These silver coins should be enough." Yan Ruocheng generously gave the money first.
"Okay." The shopkeeper nodded.
Yan Ruocheng slowly walked up the stairs to the second floor. She was ready to see who had booked so many rooms.
Stand in front of the door, knock on the door, and say pretentiously: "Sir, I brought you tea."
"Come in, didn't I ask you to bring wine? How about bringing tea?" The voice of the person inside sounded familiar.
She opened the door and went in to take a look.
Huan was relaxing inside, cracking melon seeds and sitting as an Arhat.
Yan Ruocheng was completely frozen. Huan raised his head and saw that Yan Ruocheng was also stunned for a moment.
The next second, Yan Ruozhen was so excited that she kicked the ground, flew over, hugged his neck, and even the table was knocked over by her.
Huan was knocked down and fell to the ground with his feet in the air.
"Oh, I know you're surprised to see me, but there's no need to rush over in such excitement." Huan touched her head and said with a smile.
"Great! Huan! You're here. I'm being chased by men in black. Do you know how miserable I have been these past few days? My carriage was bombed and I even jumped off a cliff. It's so miserable!
"Yan Ruocheng complained bitterly to him.
"I know, so I came here to protect you, but aren't you safe? You seem to have no damage at all?" Huan looked her up and down and said.
"It's a long story. The injured one is sitting below." Yan Ruocheng said helplessly.