Liu Ruyan reviewed the details and immediately raised her eyebrows: "That's right, there are actually two people on the other side."
At this point, all the clues can be connected in series.
She faced everyone: "Today's medicine hall competition, the master and servants from the southwest wanted to see the Medicine Fairy. They came in from the backyard. The master stayed in the courtyard to wait, while the subordinates went to the bamboo house alone and met Cangzhu. There were different footprints here. It means that the master is not good at walking and can only be helped by his subordinates to walk."
"So that's the case. No wonder the murderer's steps have become smaller." The pharmacist suddenly realized, "That's why there will be two pairs of footprints left on the wall."
Liu Ruyan nodded: "Now the characteristics of the murderer are clear. He is six feet tall, a foreigner, wearing a navy blue double-breasted cloak. There is an ill master next to him, and he is disabled."
After hearing this, the pharmacist looked excited and said, "Thanks to my little brother for helping me this time, I would like to thank Chang."
Everyone also thanked him one after another.
Liu Ruyan crossed her hands and saluted: "It's just a little effort. You should report to the officer quickly. The others will split up to look for him. The murderer has not gone far yet. Remember, the other party is very skilled and must not act recklessly."
Coming out of the pharmacy, she saw Shen Yanchu from a distance.
The other party pursed his thin lips lightly and meandered from the bridge, looking extremely noble.
"What's Bai Zhi's reply?" Shen Yanchu asked.
"What a coincidence." Liu Ruyan shrugged, "He happened to be out on business. I guess he went to the mountains to look for medicine."
"Which mountain?"
"I don't know, but it's not difficult to find out. Just ask the nearby pharmacy."
The two searched a few more shops and learned that someone had dug up a giant yellow zhi in a village near Yanglinpo, which attracted pharmacists and doctors to go there.
It was getting late, so Liu Ruyan bought two lanterns from the street and handed them to Shen Yanchu who was waiting next to him.
"We have to go to Yanglinpo before dark. If we are lucky, we can find a farmhouse to stay for the night."
He took the lantern and held it in his hand: "The road is wet and slippery. You walk behind me."
Liu Ruyan raised her lips and couldn't help but smile: "Hey, I don't see that you still have the understanding to be a follower."
He paused and frowned: "If you fall, you will trip me and get in the way."
Liu Ruyan: "..."
How to say this: A country is easy to change, but a grievance is hard to change.
Late at night.
In a teahouse not far away, the incense burner slowly smelled sandalwood, the gauze curtain hung silently, and a man sat behind the gauze curtain without saying a word.
"This subordinate deserves death. You should not act recklessly and miss the young master's plan."
The man lowered his eyes and said calmly: "Since your whereabouts have been exposed, you don't have to follow me on this trip. You will return to Dali tonight."
"Yes, I will obey my orders." After saying that, the gauze curtain flickered, and the figure disappeared into the room.
After they left, he seemed to be extremely tired and coughed lightly.
He rubbed his brows and took out a piece of black jade from his arms, with a totem that resembled a green ghost and a dragon carved on it - Yazhen.
"Descendant of the Shen family, Crown Prince of Dali. Unexpectedly, you are very lucky..."
At nightfall, Liu Ruyan finally arrived near Yanglinpo before it got dark.
The mountains here are rolling, and there are several villages just at the foot of the mountains.
Seeing heavy snow falling in the sky, she found a nearby thatched hut, asked the old farmer for some hot water and hot porridge, and huddled in a thatched hut with Shen Yanchu, shivering from the cold.
The house was small, and there was really nothing she could do if she and the devil were in the same room.
"Can there be Ganoderma lucidum in this kind of weather?" Shen Yanchu washed his hands with water and picked up a bowl of rice porridge.
"Logically there shouldn't be, but the climate in the Yanglinpo area is weird. After entering the mountain, there is a canyon, and a poplar forest grows. You can occasionally collect precious medicinal materials such as Huangzhi and Yuzhi." Liu Ruyan put the mattress on her body, He exhaled a breath of white air as he spoke.
She shuddered and quickly drank another mouthful of hot porridge to warm her body: "It would be great if there was a bowl of chicken soup at this time. Tsk, Bai Zhi's pharmacy has a lot of chickens. Why didn't I think of asking for one... "
After the two of them finished the porridge, Shen Yanchu returned the bowls and chopsticks to the old farmer, while Liu Ruyan huddled into the quilt filled with reed catkins, thinking that if the snow kept falling, the road into the mountain would be difficult. Good to go.
At night, just as she started to feel sleepy, the door in front of her was suddenly pushed open, blowing in a breath of cold wind.
Liu Ruyan wrapped herself in the mattress and turned over until she heard a sound in her ears.
"Giggle——"
What sound, how does it sound like...
She sat up suddenly and looked at the door.
Shen Yanchu was wringing a colorful pheasant and walked in wearing the cold and snow.
"Did you catch him?" She looked straight-eyed.
Shen Yanchu closed the door with his backhand, his true energy circulated around him, and the snowflakes on his body evaporated instantly.
"There were quite a few of them in the forest nearby. I happened across them and caught one."
Liu Ruyan was quite moved. She got off the bed and looked up at him with a bright smile: "Can you make chicken soup? Add some mushrooms, red dates, and turmeric, and it will taste even better."
Shen Yanchu twitched the corners of his lips, and when he saw the hopeful look on her face, he said in a cold voice: "Who said I want to make soup? I don't have enough money on the road. If I sell this pheasant, I can exchange for a lot of white flour steamed buns."
"I don't want steamed buns." She snatched the rations that kept fluttering.
Shen Yanchu asked simply: "If I put forward any conditions, will you agree?"
She looked at the person in front of her, and a handsome face kept approaching in her eyes.
The barrage began to explode:
"Damn it, this close-up and the male protagonist's face make your heart beat faster."
"I feel like I'm about to kiss the heroine."
Liu Ruyan moved back a little, feeling that something was wrong: "Tell me first."
"Okay." Shen Yanchu breathed a sigh of relief and walked towards the bed, "I will sleep on the bed tonight and you will sleep on the floor."
She reacted: "Don't even think about it!"
"Chicken soup." He said in a deep voice, with a loud voice.
The pheasant also showed its presence at the right time: "Cluck——"
Liu Ruyan silently hugged the rations, touched the ground from the bed, and threw herself into the haystack.
The next moment, cold wind came in along the cracks in the window. She shrank her neck and stared at a certain demon who was sleeping peacefully.
His resentment was so strong that even Ye Xun couldn't help but show up: "I say host, this plot development is wrong."
"What's wrong?"
Ye Xun looked at her with a childish expression and pointed to the top of his head: "At this time, the weather is right, the location is right, the people are friendly, and the fire is burning, shouldn't we hug the hero and keep each other warm?"
"You are right." Liu Ruyan stood up suddenly.
She walked directly to the bed and knocked on the bed board.
Seeing the other person open his eyes, she said with an arrogant expression: "Master, before he fell asleep, there was a bed warmer waiting on him. Now that the bed is warm, you can get up."
When Shen Yan first heard this, he just sat up and looked at her silently.
After a long while, he seemed to finally give in, moved his legs, and divided the bed into a clear area.
"That end is yours." He said calmly.
Liu Ruyan felt as if she had been struck by lightning.
He was quite impatient: "Isn't it cold? Why don't you lie down in here?"
Shen Yanchu urged, half-stretching his body, his thin shirt outlined the man's thin waist, and beside him was the bed reserved for her.
Facing the warm invitation from her old enemy, Liu Ruyan frowned.
Okay, I admit my mistake.
Liu Ruyan pulled a quilt from the couch and wrapped it around her body, and returned to the haystack again. Fortunately, the catkins stuffed inside could keep out the cold, and she soon fell asleep.