Shu Blossoms

Chapter 22
Muling Pass crosses Linqu in the northwest direction and enters Banyang County.

There is a mountain in the southeast of the county seat, called Dongshan, which is ten miles east of the county seat.Entering in a straight line, it gradually fades away. The cliffs and valleys are interlaced. Although the terrain is not high, it is also undulating.The turning stream turns into a river, and sometimes it flows into a small river, highlighting the small spring.There are small villages on the cliffs and rocks, ancient temples in high places, and Chengyi Taoyuan fairyland.

There is a small village next to the water river at the foot of Dongshan Mountain.

Zheng Wei sighed while watching the unconscious Tuoba Yu at the farmer's house in this village.

That day, Tuoba Yu held her hostage and shot Xiao Yucheng with an arrow. He held his breath and fled westward, hiding in Tibet all the way to the east, but temporarily escaped Xiao Yucheng's pursuit.

After a day and a night, they settled down temporarily in this place called Shanqiao Village.

Zheng Wei felt that they were obviously familiar with this place, and went straight to a farmhouse in the west of the village.

The old man surnamed Wang, tall and thin, with sunken eye sockets and a thin face, looked like an ordinary farmer.

In addition to the old man's wife, his family also had a son in his twenties. He was ordinary in appearance, also thin and bony, and his face was slightly yellow.

What made Zheng Wei feel strange was that the Wang Laohan family was not too surprised by their presence, nor did they question Tuobayu's identity.

Just silently vacating the main house to them, the old man Wang took the money given by Xia Houqing and went into the city.

Zheng Wei vaguely heard Xia Houqing instruct him to go to the city to find a doctor to buy medicine, and then buy some food to eat.

Tuobayu's condition is particularly bad. The wound has not been treated in time on a hot day, and it has begun to deteriorate. If the high fever is not treated in time, it may be difficult for the gods to save.

But this place is not too far from Banyang County, and it takes Old Man Wang a day and a night to go back and forth, and Tuobayu doesn't know if he can hold it.

Zheng Wei sighed again, he really didn't understand why Tuo Bayu was so persistent in taking her away.

If only he and Xia Houqing wanted to come, they would be able to retreat.

Zheng Wei noticed Xia Houqing's hostility, and wisely hid aside without making a sound.

Not long after, Wang Laohan's son came in with a brazier and some clean coarse cloth.

Xia Houqing took out a sharp dagger from his arms and baked it on the brazier.

Zheng Wei didn't understand what he was going to do at first. When Xia Houqing took off Tuo Bayu's clothes and exposed the wound, he realized that it was to cut rotten flesh.

"Hey," Zheng Wei reminded softly, "Only sloughing off the carrion, without the sore medicine, it will still get worse."

Xia Houqing just paused, but did not stop.

Zheng Wei had no choice but to continue: "I see the backing here, there should be some medicinal herbs in the mountains this season, why don't you look for them?"

Xia Houqing then stopped to look at her.

Since Tuobayu fell into a coma, Xiahouqing's image has changed, and his words are like gold.

Guessing what he meant, Zheng Wei tentatively said: "There are some idle books in my grandfather's study, among which are "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" and "Natural History", I read them when I was bored, and I still remember some, like sheep's hoof armor, car front These herbs can remove decay and stop bleeding, and these herbs are not expensive and often grow by the mountain streams."

Xia Houqing's face softened a little when he heard the words, but after thinking about it, he didn't know what to think, and warned in a deep voice, "Don't think about running away."

Zheng Wei shrugged subconsciously, and replied angrily: "At this time, you are chasing me, and I will not leave."

Unfamiliar place, a teenage girl running away alone is courting death?

Anyway, Tuo Bayu and Xia Houqing didn't want her life for the time being.

In this way, Aunt Wang was asked to take care of Tuobayu, and Xia Houqing and Zheng Wei went out with Wang Changgen.

This time, they were very lucky. They found plantain by the Banshui River after not walking very far. Wang Changgen took them to the mountain, and after searching for a long time, they could not find the sheep's hoof armor. Zheng Wei was a little disappointed. Found Angelica.Although the rhizomes are still a little less effective, if you collect more, if you can match them with Panax notoginseng, it will be a good prescription for hemostasis and muscle growth.

They did not dare to go to the depths of Dongshan Mountain. Under the urging eyes of Xiahouqing, the three of them rushed back when the sun was due south.

Zheng Wei cleaned up the medicinal herbs she brought back. She didn't know how to concoct them, so she could only simply divide it into two parts, one for decoction, and the other for crushing and external application.

Maybe Xiao Yucheng was concerned about Zheng Wei's safety at the time, the arrow was not too strong, but luckily it didn't hurt the vital point, and there was no bleeding when the arrow was pulled out, which made Xiahouqing heave a sigh of relief.

Under the severe pain, Tuoba Yu woke up with a scream, and kicked Wang Changgen, who was holding his leg, into the air.

After taking a few breaths to understand the situation, he gritted his teeth and said, "Come on!"

Zheng Wei silently handed over the cloth towel that Tuobayu spit out just now. Tuobayu's eyes flickered and he wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything in the end.

In addition to the heaviest arrow, Tuoba Yu's wound was the knife that Zheng Weishi resisted.

The pain of Guan Gong scraping the bone to cure poison is not something ordinary people can endure.When the reddish dagger slashed on the rotten flesh, Tuoba Yu couldn't help groaning, his hands spasmed, he grabbed Zheng Wei's arm, and used all his strength as if to vent.

Zheng Wei groaned in pain, feeling that this arm was about to break.

She was afraid of disturbing Xia Houqing with the knife and did not dare to shout. She struggled hard, but couldn't get out of it, so she could only endure it, and the other hand tightly grasped the palm of her hand, hoping to knock Tuobayu unconscious.

For a full hour, Tuoba Yu fell asleep again, the whole figure seemed to have been fished out of the water, and the clothes and bedding were all wet.

Zheng Wei's arm also hurt and lost consciousness.

She pointed to the herbs on the table and said angrily, "This is applied to the wound"

Then he turned his head and went out to make the soup.

The next day, at sunset and moonrise, the old man Wang came back.

Zheng Wei finally ate a full meal and took an early rest to catch up.

When Tuobayu woke up, the haze in Xia Houqing's body had also dissipated a lot, and Zheng Wei took the opportunity to make a request.

There is a compartment behind the Wang family's main house where some sundries are kept, and after some cleaning, it is barely enough to live in.

Xia Houqing arranged for Aunt Wang to rest here with her.

In the early summer of this year, there was a lot of rain, and there was always a pungent musty smell in the house. Zheng Wei thought it would be difficult for him to fall asleep, so he tossed back and forth twice.

But she really only tossed and turned twice, and then there was a soft breathing sound.

After a deep sleep, when she opened it, the moonlight like water slowly poured in front of the window lattice, soft and comfortable.

Aunt Wang's melodious snoring kept circling in her ears, digging straight into her head.

It was not yet dawn, and she could no longer sleep.

There is only one layer of wooden planks in the main room and the compartment, and a low voice came in between the snores.

I couldn't hear it intermittently, as if Tuoba Yu and Xia Houqing were talking.

Then Xia Houqing asked another question, and it was Old Man Wang who answered.

Even if the people in the account lowered their voices, their voices were comparable to ordinary people. Zheng Wei took a deep breath and put up his ears to try to distinguish.

"Back to Langjun, five days ago, it was said that the magistrate of Banyang County was arrested for treason, and Banyang County was temporarily taken over by the army. Yesterday, the slave deliberately circled in front of the county yamen, the gate was closed, and the guards were all sergeants. In the past few days, the investigation in the city has been very strict. There are many sergeants carrying the portraits of Lang Jun and you to search from house to house, saying that they are arresting Da Wei Xizuo. The slave went to the pharmacy and found that the pharmacy was very strict. For fear of attracting attention, he did not dare to do more. Staying, I can only buy some food in a hurry and come back.”

(End of this chapter)