Cang Zhu shook his head and laughed. Just now, he was worried about how to persuade his husband to go out to avoid the limelight. Now it was better. Before he could finish his words, he walked away.
"Remember to bring enough money for medicine!" he shouted loudly.
Bai Zhi waved her hand without looking back, and soon left the front yard and went straight to the bedroom.
In this room, Liu Ruyan and Cangzhu dealt with each other for a long time before being told that Bai Zhi was not in the medicine shop.
She didn't believe it. She just saw Bai Zhi arguing with the alchemist. How long ago did she go out to travel?
After she settled Shen Yanchu, she searched every room.
Most of the place is occupied by warehouses and medicine houses, and there are not many rooms that can accommodate people. In a small green bamboo courtyard far away from the front hall, she found Bai Zhi's residence.
Stepping into the courtyard, rows of bamboo branches stand tall and straight into the sky.
After walking around the bamboo forest, the door was ajar. She pushed it open and entered, her footsteps silent as she walked.
But I saw that the room was very simple, the tea on the table was not touched, a few copper plates were scattered on the side, and the suitcase was still open, revealing the messy clothes inside. No matter how you looked at it, you felt like you were running away.
Ye Xun appeared and looked at the mess in the room: "I didn't expect this Bai Zhi to be a timid master in private."
Liu Ruyan said: "No, Bai Zhi's trip should be to go to the mountains to buy medicine."
Ye Xun suddenly became interested and looked at her leisurely: "Why do you see her?"
"Actually, it's not difficult to guess." Liu Ruyan pointed to the copper plates scattered beside the tea set, "Bai Zhi walked in a hurry this time, but she carried a lot of coins."
She then walked towards the suitcase: "In addition to the ordinary clothes missing from the suitcase, the fur coat at the bottom of the suitcase was also missing. Because going into the mountains required something to keep out the cold, he hurriedly took out the fur suit before leaving, which was why the suitcase was like this. A mess."
"The last thing that convinced me was this bookcase. There were a lot of prescriptions and unique books on it. He regarded them as treasures and never passed them on to others. He had to organize them carefully every day. But there was a round piece left on the corner of the table. The ring-shaped traces indicate that the objects originally placed here were not used frequently, so the surroundings were covered with dust."
She motioned for Ye Xun to take a look.
The boy only saw a circular dust mark.
"He took this thing alone when he went out this time. It must have some purpose."
After saying that, Liu Ruyan turned to face Ye Xun: "As far as I know, the one who can leave such traces is Huzhang."
"Huzhu?" Ye Xun was surprised. According to the data, this traditional Chinese medicine item called Huzhu had long been lost in the tide of history.
Liu Ruyan nodded and explained: "It is said that the tiger stick is a thing of the Medicine King, and it is also a status symbol of the Medicine King's disciples. Anyone who goes into the mountains to collect medicine will carry this thing. Over time, traveling doctors from all over the world have also followed suit. Now. , it has become a custom for people in the apricot forest to bring tiger braces with them when traveling."
Tiger braces, fur clothes, coins.
"Combining the above points, it is not difficult to conclude that the Yaoxian Bai Zhi went to the mountains to purchase medicinal materials, and the medicine was very rare, which attracted him to go there in a hurry."
Ye Xun was finally convinced: "As expected of the host, he knows a lot."
Liu Ruyan lowered her head and said in a much lower voice: "My father and I were both military doctors, so we know a lot about it."
Ye Xun asked again: "The whereabouts of Yaoxian are confirmed, but there are many mountains nearby. Where did he go..."
"Someone is coming!" Liu Ruyan suddenly looked out the door. She looked around, quickly entered the suitcase, and closed the lid with her backhand.
"They say that your husband has wandered away and is not here. How can the guest be so rude and insist on barging in?"
In the dark and narrow suitcase, Liu Ruyan held her breath and realized that the person beside Bai Zhi was the attendant, and there was another person standing in front of him.
This man's steps are light and his breath is steady. It is not difficult to tell that he is a practitioner.
She squinted her eyes and looked out through the slightly closed gap in the box lid, but due to the limited field of vision, she could only see the other person's waist below.
It's a man wearing a navy blue coat.
"As you can see, there is no one in this room." Cang Zhu spoke out again and ordered the man to be kicked out. "This pharmacy is only responsible for selling medicine. If there is nothing wrong with the customers, please leave quickly."
The man stopped and stood near the suitcase. He glanced at Cangzhu in front of him and said, "My master wants to see Bai Zhi."
"Who is your master?" Cang Zhu asked directly.
The man's eyes suddenly sharpened and his voice was cold: "The head of the family has a distinguished status, and he is worthy of being mentioned as a mere bastard."
Cang Zhu was unwilling to give in. Although he was a follower, his husband never regarded him as a servant. The relationship between the two of them was that of both teachers and friends. He had never been looked down upon by others.
The man in front of you looks suspicious and arrogant. Could it be that he is here to cause trouble for Mr. Zhao Yan?
"It doesn't matter if you have a noble status, in front of doctors, all living beings are equal."
The man opposite smiled coldly and said to Cang Shu: "After the Xuan Kun Seal is born, will the Bai family, as the successor of the Eight Sages, sit idly by and do nothing? This time, my master sent me to send a message. As long as Bai Zhi is willing to hand over the Xuan Kun Seal and assist my lord,
My Lord will ensure that he has no worries in this life."
After hearing this, Cang Zhu was a little confused, what is the Xuan Kun Seal?
The man walked directly to the desk, wrote a paragraph, and put down the letter: "When Bai Zhi returns, you will hand this letter to him."
After that, he took out his money bag and pressed it on the letter.
Cang Zhu quickly picked up the bag and returned it to the guest: "My husband doesn't like to give and receive in private."
He acted rudely, intending to stuff the bag back into the other person's arms.
The man took a step back, frowned deeply, threw the money bag to the ground, then took out a cloth handkerchief and wiped the places where Cangzhu had touched one by one, as if the other party was dirty, and if he touched it even slightly,
It will be like being contaminated with filth.
This move was seen by Cang Zhu and hurt in his heart.
He murmured in a low voice: "It's great if you have money."
The man's eyes suddenly turned cold, he flipped his wrist in his sleeve, turned his hand to shoot out a wave of air, and hit the young man in front of him from a distance.
Inside the suitcase, Liu Ruyan felt the air around her body freeze, and a strong infuriating energy surged up into the sky. The qi and blood in her body surged, and her eardrums were shocked to the point of pain.
"Puff——" There was a sound of something heavy falling to the ground, breaking the dead silence in the room.
The smell of herbs and blood suddenly mixed together and filled the nose.
Liu Ruyan's chest froze, and the strong bitter and bloody smell made her gag. She curled up and hid in the small and closed space, but her body couldn't stop trembling.
She tried to open her eyes and saw the person in front of her turn around.
In her sight, she caught a glimpse of the man's clothes rising, revealing the exquisitely embroidered patterns on the inside.
Liu Ruyan clenched her fists, letting her nails dig deep into her flesh.
He killed someone, so we can't let him go.
No, showing up rashly is just asking for death.
She kept struggling, and there was a buzzing in her ears, just like the noises, shouts, and sounds of weapons that filled the military camp that year.
And she could only huddle helplessly in a wooden box filled with medicine dregs. Through the ray of dawn through the gap, she caught a glimpse of Aye's back, which had been hit by several arrows and suddenly fell to the ground.
All she could do was grit her teeth, like a person who was greedy for life and fearful of death, lest she leak even a little bit of her breath.
A drop of hot tears fell down her cold face, and Liu Ruyan suddenly released her fist.
The man seemed to notice something, he raised his eyes and looked at the suitcase.
A few steps away, a box separated.
Liu Ruyan put down her wrist, and the dagger slipped from her sleeve to her fingers. She squinted at the pair of shoes walking towards the gap, bent her knees, bowed her waist, and her eyes were fierce!
The man came to the suitcase and touched the lid with his generous, calloused hands.
She seemed to be able to feel the heat coming from the opponent's hand. Her lips were tightly pursed, and a fierce fight was about to break out.