It takes nearly three days to get to Nanshuo. Even if Wan Qing keeps urging, it only shortens the time to Nanshuo by half a day.
When Wan Qing walked into the largest pharmacy in Nanshuo, she was stunned for a moment when she found that there were no medicinal materials such as white peony root.
"Shopkeeper, this white peony root..." Wan Qing couldn't help but be afraid. If even this largest pharmacy doesn't have white peony root, it's probably impossible for other small pharmacies to have it.
The shopkeeper raised his eyelids, because he was used to seeing people in rich and colorful clothes. Now, for the sake of safety, Wan Qing did not wear ordinary clothes, which made the shopkeeper look down on her.
"Are you from out of town? Go out and see the house on the mountain. If you want white peony root, go there and ask." The shopkeeper waved his hand and did not intend to continue talking to Wan Qing. He picked up the teacup and said:
Serving tea to see guests off.
"Dogs look down on people." Jiang Zizhen complained in a low voice, pulled Wan Qing and walked out.
"Heh." The shopkeeper rolled his eyes and sipped the tea by himself.
After leaving the pharmacy, Wan Qing looked at the top of the mountain from a distance in the direction pointed by the shopkeeper just now. The midday sun dazzled Wan Qing's eyes, but she could still vaguely see the continuous buildings on the top of the mountain.
"Zizhen, take these silver coins and rent an inn here to rest. If you have any leftover, you can use it yourself. Let's go up the mountain." Wan Qing nodded to Bago and got back into the sedan chair.
Jiang Zizhen stared blankly at the banknotes stuffed into her hand, nodded blankly, and then watched the sedan leave before her eyes.
Wan Qing was not convinced by what the shopkeeper said, so she went around to a small pharmacy a few blocks back to ask. The shopkeeper was a kind-hearted woman, and she was more detailed.
"Son, it seems like you didn't grow up in Nanshuo, right? Although the white peony root is abundant in Nanshuo, it was all taken away by the family on the mountain. But because the price was high, there was no complaint. It is said that it was the same.
She came up with this plan to cure her lover's illness." Madam poured Wan Qing a cup of hot tea and kept talking.
While Wan Qing drank tea, she frowned and searched for anything beneficial to herself in her words.
The people on the mountain were not poor, they could even be said to be as rich as the rest of the country. Even the county magistrate of Nanshuo had to give in to them when he saw them. And the white peony root was specially collected, and the excess was dried and stored.
I don't know what it is used for.
The most peculiar thing is that if someone wants to go up the mountain to ask for white peony root, he must not only be sincere, but also have courage. Because the house is located on the top of the mountain, coupled with the dense trees and pleasant climate, there are many birds and animals in the woods.
There are even rumors that there is a big eye-catching white-fronted insect in the mountains, which eats many people who come to the mountains to seek medicine.
"Shopkeeper, why don't outsiders know anything about this?" Wan Qing put down the tea, feeling that this matter was very strange. No one mentioned this reason all the way here, and she never heard of this kind of news in the capital.
.Why is it so well known in Nanshuo?
The lady shook her head and walked to the door of the pharmacy to check the weather. Seeing that the sun was already setting, she quickly turned to remind Wan Qing, "I don't know about this. If you really want to go up the mountain, you'd better go earlier.
.Seeing that there are so many of you, it shouldn’t be a big problem. But it’s better to be careful..."
Wan Qing nodded, put down the ingot of silver to thank the shopkeeper, and stood up to leave.
It was easy to spot on the way to the top of the mountain, but as soon as we arrived at the foot of the mountain, we saw a long procession, whether they were dressed in brocade or wrapped in linen, and they were all walking.
"Brother Bage, let's go and find out why there are so many people blocked in front of us." Wan Qing opened the curtain and frowned slightly. It may not be easy to ask for medicine this time.
Bago quickly blended into the crowd and turned back with a troubled expression, "Miss Hui, the owner of this villa has set a rule. If you want medicine, you have to hike up the mountain and complete his test. When I passed by just now,
Someone gave me a note with test content on it."
Wan Qing took the note from Bage'er and didn't speak for a long time.
The medicine seeker hiked up the mountain alone and hunted an eye-catching white-fronted insect...
"Miss, look...this..." Bago'er hesitated whether to go up the mountain to ask for the medicine himself, but he was not very clear about the medicine. It would be bad if he made a mistake and wasted time. If Wan Qing let Wan Qing
He went up by himself. Hunting the eye-catching white-fronted insect was extremely dangerous. The only thing he was injured was that he couldn't atone for his sin even by carrying a human head on his neck.
"Go and inquire again and see what is written on the note in the other person's hand." Wan Qing put down the curtain and sighed quietly. If he was the most dangerous one, he might not be able to exchange it with money.
If it's in the hands of others, then it's just bad luck. Thinking of this, his right hand subconsciously touched the small bottle hidden in his sleeve. The cold bottle made Wan Qing reluctantly calm down and waited for Bago to come back.
As the saying goes, misfortunes never come singly, Wan Qing's guess turned out to be true again.
Wan Qing gritted his teeth and pretended to think of a countermeasure, then took advantage of Zhiyuan, Mo Xiang and Bago'er being unprepared to knock them out.
So when Wan Qing walked to the foot of the mountain, showed the note and walked up the mountain road, no one in Zuofu could stop him.
But he didn't come back for three days. When Bago woke up, he wanted to rush straight to the villa. Unexpectedly, there were more masters in the villa, who caught him and put him under house arrest.
But these three days were not easy for Wan Qing.
When going up the mountain, Wan Qing was fully prepared and originally wanted to use Qinggong to go up the mountain, but because she sensed the aura hidden in the dark, she had to carefully conceal her inner strength and walked up step by step.
The towering giant trees intercepted the sunlight, and just like in the forest, it became a little colder, and the snow that somehow remained on the ground made the stone steps that were already difficult to walk even more slippery. Even though
After being very alert, Wan Qing also accidentally fell into the attack.
Looking at her clothes that were stained by mud, Wan Qing frowned secretly. When she thought that Zuo Jian was still in the capital, her life or death was uncertain, she immediately decided to get up and continue walking up.
As soon as they reached the mountainside, a rapid ringing of bells suddenly rang in the woods and persisted for a long time. Wan Qing couldn't help but stop and observe, but found that the few auras around him suddenly disappeared. It seemed that something had alarmed them.
I'm afraid there are other secrets hidden in this forest...
Wan Qing narrowed his eyes, looked at the villa against the light, took a deep breath, and suddenly drew his sword.
The rustling sounds behind the dense grass gradually became louder, and Wan Qing secretly concentrated. More than one breath was approaching, so it was better to avoid the limelight for the time being. Wan Qing's body flashed, and she hid lightly in the tree, holding her breath and concentrating.
Pay attention to the direction just now.
After a few breaths, a blood-red figure rolled out of the grass, glanced behind him in horror, and for some reason looked in the direction of Wan Qing, with a hint of pleading in his sea-blue eyes.
Wan Qing suddenly fell into a dilemma, whether to save her or watch her die...