In Phoenix City, the headquarters of the Shadow Guards.
"See the Second Emperor." Huang Guiyuan came with Yun Xi. When the shadow guards saw his arrival, they all knelt down and saluted him.
Huan and several deputy commanders were discussing how to save people.
"What are you discussing?" Huang Guiyuan asked, staring at the waterway map on the table.
"While trying to rescue the captured tribal villagers, we found out that they were trapped in a sailboat on the west coast," Huan said.
Huang Guiyuan analyzed it and said: "With the distance from the coast, it is impossible to pass without a boat. Once a boat is used, it will be discovered by them."
Huan nodded and said: "Yes, just as the emperor said, we are worrying about how to invade the ship without anyone noticing."
Yun Xi simply said: "Why do you have to consider not being discovered? Since it is a sailboat, it is easy to handle. Just set the boat on fire and save people by the way. There is no need to think so much."
Huan said very pointedly: "It's easy for you to say. They have Western guns. I have experienced it and almost lost half my life. If you fight them head-on, a lot of people will die and you haven't saved anyone yet. You
He also said that he blindly set fires, fearing that even people would be burned to death and nothing could be saved."
Yun Xi came up with another method and said directly: "Use smoke bombs. Throw the smoke bombs from a long distance so that everyone on the boat will be hit. This will reduce their attack power. Then
It depends on your skills. Divide into two groups, one group fights the people, and the other group is responsible for rescuing the people. After rescuing the people, use another sailboat to ride with them. The matter of the sailboat will be left to the emperor, he
There must be a sailboat."
Her method was feasible. Several of the lieutenants had no objections and asked, "How can an ordinary sailing ship withstand the enemy's sailing ship with artillery fire?"
Huang Guiyuan supported Yunxi and said: "It's not an ordinary sailboat, it's a new type of sailboat with cannons. If you don't have any objections, just follow her method. I will send someone to drive a sailboat to the west bank.
We will rescue people tomorrow and prepare smoke bombs and weapons and equipment tonight."
No one had any objections, and the proposal was passed.
After dividing up the tasks, everyone else went to prepare separately. Huan returned to his rest room alone.
Yunxi wanted to go find Huan, but Huang Guiyuan was standing beside her. She hesitated whether to go or not.
"During the meeting just now, you were so decisive in trying to find a solution. Why did you want to go find him and then stay put?" Huang Guiyuan fanned the folding fan in his hand. He had already seen through her heart and couldn't help but say.
"I'm afraid you won't be happy." She said directly.
"Hey, I've never been a chicken. Go ahead. I'll wait for you in the carriage." After Huang Guiyuan finished speaking, he left with a folding fan.
Yun Xi vomited in a low voice and said: "You said you don't know how to do it, but you didn't tell me to go back to the carriage. I went to look for Huan. Maybe we can chat for a day."
Huan was in the room, wiping the concealed weapon, and suddenly remembered to go back and inform Yan Ruocheng. She was still waiting in the forest.
As soon as he opened the door, he saw Yun Xi trying to knock on the door.
"If you don't go for a walk with your second emperor, what are you going to do with me?" Huan Boring said.
Yun Xi pulled off his head, kissed his thin lips, and said, "Kiss you."
"Okay, I have to go find Ruocheng and the others, so stop messing around." Huan pushed her away and said. After saying that, he wanted to go around her, but she stretched out his hand to hold him back.
"Huan. I'll go find you tomorrow night." "Okay."
In the carriage, Huang Guiyuan was not too calm. He tapped his folding fan on his knees.
"Second Emperor, I'm back." As soon as Yun Xi's voice came, he immediately became energetic.
"Where do you want to go next?" Huang Guiyuan asked with a chuckle.
"Eat mille-feuille cake and taste osmanthus wine at Wanhua Pavilion." Yun Xi suggested.
"Okay. Let's set off." Huang Guiyuan said.
Yun Xi leaned unceremoniously into his arms and relaxed naturally, while Huang Guiyuan also held her so calm that he calmed down only when she was by his side. The carriage started moving again.
By the stream in the forest, Yan Ruocheng and his party were still waiting.
Snapped!
"Wow! What a big mosquito, it's so itchy!" Xiao Ling scratched her arm and said.
"Xiao Ling, come here and apply ointment. Stop scratching." Yan Ruocheng waved to him.
"After waiting for a day and feeding mosquitoes for a day, Huan hasn't come back yet. Are we sure we want to wait?" Naxiao said while eating papaya.
"We've only been waiting for one day, Huan said it would take two days. Besides, you are so weak, so traveling will not do you any good, so just rest." Yan Ruocheng said.
Na Xiao pointed to a pile of fruits and said: "If I don't return to the city early, I will always eat fruits to replenish my body, but it will only become thinner and thinner. I will soon turn into a paper man."
"Okay, if we don't see him back tomorrow, let's set off. There are too many mosquitoes in the creek, and being bitten like this is not an option." Yan Ruocheng helped Xiaoling apply large and small red patches.
Said while saying.
There was a smell of burnt wood coming from the distance, and Naxiao, who had a sharp nose, immediately knew that the smell was from burning pottery.
"Someone is burning pottery over there." Na Xiao couldn't help but say.
"Burning pottery? What does it come from?" Xiao Ling asked curiously.
"It is a process of making pottery that is used in daily life. It needs to be burned around firewood to make it strong." Naxiao explained.
Xiaoling listened with great interest and said with interest: "I want to go over and take a look, mother, is it okay?"
"Okay. Let's go take a look." Yan Ruocheng didn't want to sit and feed mosquitoes all the time.
So, she left the groom alone. She, Na Xiao, and Xiao Ling went over to find the place where the pottery was fired.
Following the smell, we came all the way to an empty river, where a clay pottery was being burned in the most primitive way.
"Who are you?" A fat old man in a gray coat came over with a pile of firewood and asked.
"Old uncle, don't get me wrong. We don't mean any harm. We just smelled someone making pottery over there. The kid was curious, so we brought him over to see what pottery making is." Yan Ruocheng explained.
She also noticed that in addition to the pottery being fired here, there were several fired pottery pots not far away that were frying some herbs, and a medicinal smell wafted out, mixing with the smell of the pottery.
"Don't come so close. The flames are huge. Take the child and move away." The old uncle continued to add firewood to the fire, making the fire burn even more intensely. Visible to the naked eye, the burned earthenware started to turn black.
turn red.
Yan Ruocheng asked Na Xiao to pick up Xiao Ling and stand far away to watch, so as not to hinder the old uncle's making. He walked to the clay pots with fried herbs not far away to take a look.
"These are all poisonous weeds." She looked at the color of the herbs and said to herself in judgment.
The old uncle seemed to hear her words and came over and said, "Girl, you can tell these are poisonous weeds. Can you tell me what poisonous weeds they are?"
This old uncle obviously wanted to test her, and Yan Ruocheng was also interested in taking a guess.
"It should be possible. Let's talk from left to right. The one in this earthenware pottery is Broken Heart Grass. The color of the water is like tea, similar to that brewed from honeysuckle, but it is highly poisonous. Then there is Scorpion Grass, with leaves that are wide and oval, close to
It is round, with a shorter and curled tail end, and is shaped like a scorpion's tail, hence its name. Scorpion grass is an important medicinal material that can treat snake and insect bites, bruises, swelling and pain, etc. However, direct contact with the skin can easily cause scratches and trauma, causing
The phenomenon of itching, swelling and pain." Yan Ruocheng hit the target of two of them at once.
The old uncle was a little impressed by her. He combed his long beard and said with a smile: "It seems that the girl has some understanding of poisonous herbs."
"I know a lot of them. The ones here are poison hemlock and cocklebur. Old uncle, what do you want to do by soaking these poisonous weeds in clay pottery?" Yan Ruocheng asked curiously.
The old uncle said bluntly: "I want to try which kind of clay pottery is the most suitable for frying poisonous weeds. The poisonous weeds usually fried are always mixed with some impurities from the pottery, and the purity is not high. Let's try it with the most original pottery.
method."
Yan Ruocheng observed carefully that these clay pottery indeed contained other sand and soil components, and each one was different.
It was also the first time she heard someone say that suitable pottery is needed for decoction. She gained knowledge today.
"Dare I ask my old uncle if you are a herbal collector?" Yan Ruocheng asked.
"Idle people are just idle people who have nothing to do and are looking for something interesting to do." The old uncle said with a relaxed look.
"Idle person?" Yan Ruocheng naturally felt that he was lying. He knew so much, so he was too professional.
After the clay pottery was burned, the old uncle put out the fire and sat by the tree to enjoy the cool air.
Yan Ruozhen walked back to Na Xiao, and Na Xiao asked, "What did you say over there?"
"I didn't say anything. I just wanted to ask what kind of herbs were being fried. This old uncle should be a very experienced herb collector." Yan Ruocheng said speculatively.
"Mom, do you want to learn from a teacher again?" Xiaoling asked.
"Hahaha, of course not, and now is not the time to learn from a teacher. Really." Yan Ruocheng touched his head and said with a smile.
"Let's go back, we're all tired of standing." Na Xiao chopped his feet and said.
"Okay, let's go back." Yan Ruocheng glanced at the old uncle who was enjoying the shade by the tree and leaning sideways, preparing to doze off, and said.
Back at the carriage, the coachman was entangled by a poisonous snake and was rolling on the ground.
Na Xiao quickly put down Xiao Ling and went to help.
Unexpectedly, there was not just one venomous snake, but a bunch of venomous snakes crawling over.
"How come there are so many venomous snakes?" Yan Ruocheng felt baffled.
"Mom, what should I do?" Xiao Ling climbed onto Yan Ruocheng's back in fear.
"Don't be afraid, it'll be fine if you don't go there." Yan Ruocheng carried Xiaoling on his back and walked farther away.
But Naxiao and the groom were in trouble, surrounded by a group of poisonous snakes.
Yan Ruocheng remembered that the poisonous herbs that the old uncle cooked just now can repel snakes. Could it be that the snake smelled the poison over there and slipped away this way.
"Na Xiao, just hold on, I'll find something to help you." Yan Ruocheng shouted.
"How can I hold on? I'm about to die!" Na Xiao grabbed a snake head with one hand and said helplessly.