Three days later, when he arrived in Wucheng, Ning Zi took the last two life-sustaining pills in the same way.
The next day after leaving Wucheng, everyone was cooking and resting by a small river. Ning Zi caught fish and killed fish, Lu Chen made fire and cooked, Han Junchen and Lan Xiaoyan picked up fire and Mu Ge was guarding beside the carriage. The autumn wind swept by, and the grass swayed and the forest sounded.
Han Junchen came back with a pile of dead branches, and Muge said, "Junchen, take care of me, I'll go."
Walking into the grass that was tall in Qi Ren, Mu Ge glanced at him coldly, and soon a man in black appeared.
"Second Master, the news is confirmed. Cai Ziming is walking towards the Xuehai in the north of Jinhui Kingdom."
"You passed the message to Yingzi and directly led someone to intercept him. The old man called out: The Phoenix God is in trouble." Mu Ge said briefly.
"Yes, Second Master." The man in black turned around and left silently.
The sky is a bit gloomy, and the autumn wind blowing from time to time brings the coldness of winter. Most of the weeds by the river begin to wither, and the withered leaves fall everywhere with the wind and turn into spring mud.
Mu Ge stood quietly by the river bank, his cold eyes were deep in haze. Just now, when he was bypassing the forest, he found the shadow that was flying. If he was right, Lan Xiaoyan would be picking up firewood in that area.
As the second prince of Jin Hui Kingdom, His Highness traveled around with a foreign girl for so long, and the girl's identity is still difficult to understand, which is incredible. Who did he, the emperor's cousin, meet with whom he took advantage of the opportunity to pick up firewood?
Suddenly, he narrowed his cold eyes slightly and looked at a row of bamboos floating in the river's heart. The woman was about twenty years old, wearing light green clothes and a pink towel wrapped around her hair, with a dignified and delicate face.
The woman in green caught a glimpse of him, turned her direction slightly, paddled towards him, picked up the fish basket and asked with a smile, "This old man, buy two fresh river fish, please try it out."
Her hands were not very white, with a slightly thin calluse, a not very fair face, a very refreshing smile, and a pair of small eyes, friendly and energetic.
Muge said: "How many fish?"
The woman in green said, "Six fish, two large ones, four small ones, including pomfrets and grass carp. They are delicious when stewing and cooking. How many are you want?"
"I'm going to want it all." Mu Ge said coldly, without any turmoil on his face, "Send it over."
The woman in green was stunned and then smiled and said, "Okay, please wait."
He went ashore very neatly and lightly, and the small bamboo rows were parked. The woman in green was walking behind Mu Ge with a fish basket.
The legendary second prince, now Prince Kang Duan, is indeed as cold as an iceberg, like an ice sculpture without any emotional color. It is extremely handsome and cool, and it is impossible to avoid being attracted but unable to get close to it.
The woman in green who followed silently was nothing but Lu'er who served Ming Xixi in the Ming Mansion.
Mu Ge suddenly brought back a woman, and everyone was a little surprised. When he saw the fish basket in the woman's hand, Han Junchen looked at Mu Ge in confusion: "You didn't buy all the fish, did you?"
Mu Ge nodded silently. Han Junchen turned to look at the fish soup cooking over there and muttered: "Today I'll have a fish-eating grand slam."
Lu'er glanced at the five people without showing any expression. When her eyes fell to Ning Zi, she nodded slightly and smiled: "Dear masters, my fish is not expensive, the fresh ones I just caught are fresh. Otherwise, I will sell one for free, and I will only charge you three fish for these six fish."
Han Junchen couldn't help but smile and said, "Girl, then aren't you losing money?"
Lu'er smiled and said, "It's okay, I see that you guys are very kind and talkative. I'll give you a discount today." As she said that, she turned her head and glanced at the pot on the iron rack, which was steaming, and the smell of fish was spreading in the air.
He said in surprise: "Have you bought the fish? Then my fish..."
Lan Xiaoyan said lazily: "Don't worry, I won't go back on my word."
"Oh, that's good, otherwise I'll be scolded again when I go back." Lu'er's face tightened at first, and after listening to the latter sentence, she smiled again, and recommended herself: "I can't go back so early, otherwise I'll help you cook. I'm very good at cooking. Oh, you can call me Lu'er."
Apart from the song, everyone was a little surprised. Is this Lu'er girl too enthusiastic?
"Let her do it." Muge said, the cold voice made people feel as if they were entering the cold winter month.
The next sentence made everyone stunned again.
Mu Ge got up, took out a colorful wooden sign from the carriage, spread a large piece of cloth, and sat down first and said, "Relax. Who will?"
Ning Zi hesitated for a moment and said, "You guys play, I'll help Miss Lu'er."
So, the four men played cards, Ning Zi and Lu'er were busy cooking. Lu'er glanced at him, with a heroic look on his face and a little indifferent expression, but it would not make people dare not get close to him.
She smiled slightly in her heart, cut vegetables very skillfully, cut fish, remove fish scales and clear internal organs, and said, "You have made this pot of fish soup, I will make you grilled fish, sprinkle some spicy noodles, and I will pack you up and eat it again."
Ning Zi said beside him: "Miss Lu'er often cooks?"
"Well, I do it often. In the past, I did it every day, but later my brother married my sister-in-law and did it a little less."
Looking at the pile of firewood branches next to him, he said to Ning Zi: "It takes a lot of time to wait like this. Let's set up another fire rack to specialize in grilling fish."
"Okay, I'll do it." Ning Zi said. This woman named Lu'er felt very intimate, but it did not allow Ning Zi to eliminate her vigilance. Although he didn't quite understand why Prince Kang Duan was so relieved to let a strange woman cook for everyone.
"Oh, be careful." A gust of wind blew, and the rising flames rushed towards Ning Zi's hand. Lu'er shouted hurriedly, pulled his hand and looked at it with concern. It was a little red. Fortunately, nothing big happened. "I'll give you some medicine, it won't make a bubble, and it won't hurt soon."
"Miss Lu'er fishing, and she still carries medicine with her?" Ning Zi felt very awkward and asked casually when a strange woman held her hand.
Lu'er said: "We can also be dangerous when fishing. For example, if we encounter snakes, leeches, etc., it is necessary to carry trauma medicine with you."
Take out a small bottle and pour out some medicine powder, gently pounce on the scalded area, rub it gently, a cool feeling comes, and the discomfort immediately dissipates most of the time. Ning Zi knew that this is not an ordinary medicine. It is impossible for ordinary people to have the Jinchuang medicine used by people in the martial arts world.
Lu'er suddenly raised her face, blinked at him gently, glanced at Han Junchen who was shouting loudly, and whispered: "There was once a maid named Lu'er beside Miss Fifth. I am. In a while, you can try to keep me."
Ning Zi was stunned and then realized that Zhi'er and Hua'er had mentioned that there was a colleague named Lu'er. But how did he confirm that Lu'er was in front of him?
"You men are inconvenient to take care of Miss Five in some places. The young master sent me to take care of Miss Five."
Lu'er knew that just by saying a few words, she wouldn't believe it easily. She used a branch to draw a sign of contact between them on the ground.
When Ning Zi saw the sign, he nodded. It was a unique contact sign within the grid organization. If it weren't for Ming Xixi, he wouldn't have known it.
"It's time to eat! Come and have a meal." Lu'er shouted to the card gamer while serving fish soup.
The aroma of grilled fish drifted everywhere, mixed with the deliciousness of fish soup and the fragrant rice. The four people who had just finished a game of cards immediately felt hungry.
"Miss Lu'er, your skills are indeed not very good." Han Junchen praised her with a thumbs up. The grilled fish was roasted yellow, crispy inside and outside but not burnt, slightly spicy, and it tasted very refreshing.
"If Xixi sees it, she will not be able to saliva." As soon as she finished this sentence, Han Junchen felt that he had lost his mouth and quickly glanced at the song. It was so terrible. He quickly took a skewer of grilled fish, turned around with a bowl, and smiled dryly, "Eat, eat, hurry up and go."
Ning Zi suddenly said, "Just just now, I heard from Miss Lu'er that her family would sell her to the rich man's house as the 30th concubine. Miss Lu'er refused, and this time she was fishing to escape. I think that some of us big men are inconvenient to take care of Xixi in some places. It would be better to leave Miss Lu'er and be a companion for Xixi."
Lu'er looked at everyone with a sincere look and said, "My parents are gone, there are only two brothers and two sisters-in-laws, but my brothers and sisters-in-law have always had a weak relationship. I really don't want to be a concubine for others. I can cook and wash clothes, eat not much, my hands and feet are absolutely clean and diligent. I heard that there is a girl in the carriage that needs someone to take care of me, so I beg you to take me in. Please!"
As he said that, he was about to kneel down. Everyone looked at Mugege. Lu'er begged to the cold prince again: "This uncle, you are the boss. Lu'er does not ask for any compensation. He just wants to have a place that is not bullied and can eat and live. Uncle, you see that the food I cook is so delicious, so let me take in for this."
Lu Chen was not very experienced in the world, and he felt very sympathetic to Miss Lu'er, and he also pleaded for her: "Prince Kang Duan, Miss Lu'er is so pitiful, so why not leave her behind, Xixi will have a female companion in the future."
"I have no objection." Lan Xiaoyan raised his hand and said.
Muge took the last sip of fish soup, took out the napkin and wiped his mouth gracefully, "I tried it for ten days, but failed, so I picked the broken muscles and feet and left by myself."
Lu Chen took a breath of air in his heart. Prince Kang Duan's words were a bit too cruel.
But Lu'er kowtowed to him happily and said with a smile: "Thank you for taking it in by my uncle. I will definitely make it well. You eat slowly, I'll go and see the lady."
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I have something to do at home, but I’m not in the mood to write today, sorry.