Zhurou

Chapter 82 Sugar Pill (Two in One)

Li Xun picked up a rough log halfway, walked Zhang Xu into the field to the right, put his knees on the ground, squatted halfway, and used the log to pick through the snow.

After Zhao Mingzhi caught up, he first bound a few horses to the side of the tree, and followed.

She didn't see anything unusual at first, but when she went deeper, she saw many unswept footprints open to the sky.

Right now, the snow has stopped, and there is no new snow to cover it up. All the original traces have been preserved, and there are also carriage ruts and marks of knives and sticks, all of which are hidden by the roadside.

In such a scene, it seems that there was a fight in the middle of the scene, but I don't know what happened.

Zhao Mingzhi guessed wildly in his mind, seeing that Li Xun was turning over the old snow, he went closer to have a look.

Along the way, the ground was covered with snow accumulation, at most there were some dust and dead leaves, but the lower layer turned out was full of black and red bloodstains. Li Xun took rough wood to explore, and something was picked out and rolled on the ground. , Gu Lulu jumped forward twice.

Zhao Mingzhi couldn't help being attracted to watch.

But when Li Xun heard the movement, he turned his head and saw Zhao Mingzhi, and immediately reached out and grabbed a handful of white snow on the ground, covering it.

He only cared about this place, so naturally he couldn't care about that place, so he turned to one side, and the thing on the ground that was blocked by his half body was exposed.

It's one arm.

It has been hacked to a bloody mess, with jagged sections, and is black and hard from the cold.

Zhao Mingzhi only hated that her eyesight was too good, and she was too close. She could clearly see the rotten meat, blood and bones on it, and there were bone pulp, and her fingers without fleshy nails stuck in front of her eyes, which made her feel sad. Suddenly, I felt pain in my fingers, wrists, and elbows. I hurriedly turned my head and stopped looking.

Li Xun frowned immediately, and the snow covered everything in front of him a few times, then he turned his head to look at Zhao Mingzhi, called her, and pointed to the horse not far away: "Then there is an indigo bundle on the horse's back, do you see it? You fetch it for me, and also bring a water bag."

Zhao Mingzhi's mind was full of what he had seen just now. Listening to him now, he was in a hurry, and he quickly found what Li Xun wanted.

The burden was very light, and there was not much left in the water bag, with a slight shake, the sound of water could be heard very shallow.

Although he didn't know what Second Brother Li was doing for it, Zhao Mingzhi thought about it, and took his own water bag with him, and walked towards the side of the road with it.

After the retrieval was over, she also forgot all about what she had just seen, and when she came to the front again, she saw that the original stump had been covered with blood, and there was no trace at all.

But Li Xun picked up a lot of dead branches, found a clean space, and made a small pile.

Seeing her coming, he stretched out his hand to take the things one by one, took out a small porcelain bottle from the bag, handed it to Zhao Mingzhi first, and said, "Take it for eating and playing."

Pointing to a tree not far away, he said, "Lean there and wait for me for a while."

Zhao Mingzhi took it in response, feeling confused, but he followed his instructions honestly, holding the porcelain bottle and standing up.

The body of the bottle is made of rough porcelain, only about the size of two fingers, with cork as the stopper. As soon as it is opened, a cool and refreshing fragrance gushes out.

She looked down and saw that there were about a dozen yellow round pills inside, so she poured out one and ate it.

The round pill tasted sweet with licorice and cold with mint. After she finished eating one pill, her mind cleared up, and the chest tightness that she had had had all disappeared.

Not far away, Li Xun had already taken out a small oilcloth bag, and first used the fire letter to ignite the pile of dead branches.

When the fire letter encountered dead branches and fallen leaves, and some added pine branches, it exploded and ignited quickly, making a crackling sound, and then the open flame stood up.

When the fire was in full swing, he poured the black-yellow powder in the oilcloth bag onto the fire.

After being sprayed with powder, the fire did not go out, but black billowing smoke soon appeared.

The place was originally flat, without any shelter, and the black smoke shot up to the sky, emitting a pungent smell, and it burned like this for half a day.

But Li Xun looked ahead and waited for a long time.

Maybe after a while, maybe a little longer, two billows of smoke shot up into the sky from somewhere far ahead.

The smoke was different from here, one gray and one black, and it also burned for half a day.

Li Xun stood still, looked at the size and shape of the smoke, waited for a few breaths, leaned over to cover the fire pile with snow, waited a while, and then peeled away the snow pile again to check that there were all dead branches and firewood in it. After it was extinguished, there was no spark, so I opened the water bag, washed my hands, brought all my things together, and turned to look for Zhao Mingzhi.

Zhao Mingzhi was behind, watching his actions quietly, and seeing someone approaching, he couldn't help asking: "Second brother, did someone get robbed?"

Li Xun replied: "It's not an ordinary robbery. I have used all the knives and axes, and ambushed halfway..."

When he said this, seeing Zhao Mingzhi's unbearable expression, he changed the topic and said, "But judging from the scene, there should be some people left alive. When someone arrives, search along the way and save if you can."

Zhao Mingzhi didn't have the slightest spare energy at all, so naturally he couldn't talk too much, saying what to save people or not to save people.

But at this moment, after hearing Li Xun's explanation, he knew that he could say what he said, and he would surely do it, so he finally breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Second brother just lit the fire, is he recruiting people? There is also Li's Escort Bureau nearby?"

Li Xun nodded and said: "It's not too close, and it will take about half an hour to come here. I can't hear the whistle, so I have to smoke."

He said again: "There were no thieves and robbers on this road, and I don't know where the passage thieves came from. Judging from the traces, most of them are veterans. I'm afraid they haven't gone far. You and I will wait for a while before we start."

Zhao Mingzhi obeyed naturally, nodding like a chicken pecking at rice, not daring to have the slightest opinion.

Since she wanted to wait at the same spot, she took the time to ask the doubts that had lingered in her heart for half a day, and said, "Second brother was walking on the road just now, how did you see that this place is wrong?"

Li Xun saw that her eyes were bright and her face was full of curiosity, so he didn't want to be perfunctory. He pointed to the road and said, "There are differences between the snow and the ground. The horse is not running right, and people are on it. I felt it, and then I looked carefully, and there were faint drops of blood on the ground, which was very recognizable—it was also because the snow stopped today, and there were no other passers-by to cover it with new traces, so it was easy to be noticed.”

Zhao Mingzhi was speechless for a moment.

Where is it easy?
What kind of snow is trampled on, how can I not know?

Li Xun took a few steps forward, tried his feet on the ground first, circled a shallow circle with the toes, and said to her, "You come here."

Zhao Mingzhi followed his advice and stepped on the circle he circled.

And Li Xun went a few steps to the right, circled another circle, and asked her to try it.

Zhao Mingzhi stepped on it, felt the firmness of the snow under his feet, and vaguely noticed some differences.

But it is one thing to step on it yourself, and another thing to step on it with a horse's hoof.

Riding on a horse, you can compare and tell the difference. How meticulous and sensitive is it to achieve this, and what kind of riding skills do you need?
While admiring her, she gave up trying to ride a horse again, just looked around, relying on her eyesight, and searched on the ground for half a day in the middle of the road, finally found a few drops of blood, she couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

——If she was the only one walking this way, and no one mentioned it, it would be difficult to identify it even after going back and forth many times.

Li Xun stood by, watched her movements and expressions, and said, "I rely on this to beg for food, and you don't run darts. Everyone knows how to do it. How can I support my family?"

Hearing this, Zhao Mingzhi pursed his lips and smiled, but then asked again: "Even if they rely on this for a living, there are not many escort masters and escort heads in ordinary escort bureaus who can do what the second brother can do, right?"

It was rare for Li Xun to boast, but now he nodded his head and said: "I eat fine rice, others are good at it, but most of them can't match it."

He said again: "This is not a secret technique, you are also smart, and you have always mastered it at once. If you are interested, you will have time to learn from me in the future."

Add another sentence: "It's okay if you don't study. When you arrive at Jingzhao Mansion, the northwest has always been stable, and you won't encounter many troubles like this road. You can live in peace and settle down."

Zhao Mingzhi was praised so much that he was skeptical, so he stepped on the thick snow on the ground and compared them one by one.

Li Xun said: "Xue Leng, I will try again at the Escort after a while."

Touching the clay bottle in her hand again, she asked, "How does it taste?"

Zhao Mingzhi also said this at noon. At this moment, in just half a day, the roles of the two have changed.

She immediately nodded, responded, and said: "I tasted mint, as if there were borneol, and licorice, sweet and refreshing, very refreshing."

He asked again: "Second brother, do you want to eat? The smoke just now was very suffocating, and it smelled of chest tightness."

As he spoke, he raised his eyes seriously and waited.

Her almond eyes were clean and clear when looking at people, so Li Xun stretched out his hand unconsciously, and turned the palm straight to receive it.

Zhao Mingzhi then poured out one of the round pills in the pottery bottle for him, and when he put it away again, it was clearly trimmed very neatly, but the tip of the little fingernail accidentally rubbed against his palm.

She didn't notice it at all, she only cared about Sai Musai, and she didn't forget to ask: "Where did the second brother find it? Such a good thing, how come I haven't seen anyone mention it before."

Li Xun pinched the sugar pill, but he was not in a hurry to eat it. He only felt a slight itching in his palm and said after a while: "The old prescription at home was originally made by someone as a backup. It has been kept by my side for a long time, and I don't remember it. Eat it, if you like it, just put it away."

It was just a few candies, Zhao Mingzhi didn't think too much about it, just thanked him, and put them into the sachet on his waist without any hesitation.

She hesitated for a moment, and couldn't help but said: "Second brother... don't think I'm a philistine, these sugar pills taste really good, and their effect is even better - I only ate one and it refreshed my mind, because it's a small sugar ball, It’s easy to carry with you, but you might not be able to try to make it and sell it to passers-by.”

"There is a family named Liu in the capital. The two places are far apart. The second brother may not have heard of it. His family only sells hangover balls, so they opened seventeen or eight shops on Jingxi and Dong roads. industry."

"There is also a Liang medical clinic, which is said to be a medical clinic, but in fact it only sells mosquito repellent and anti-itch sachets and ointments. It is only three generations, and it has built a great family. There are countless houses and shops. If it wasn't for Thief Di..."

She paused for a moment, sighed, but cheered up again, and said: "I just don't know if there are other prescriptions for second brother's family besides this sugar pill. it is good."

"It's best that the ingredients in this recipe are cheap. Let's make more of them. Even if the profits are small but the sales are high, we won't be afraid. In fact, this thing can be used in urgent marches. If it becomes famous, it will be sold to the imperial court in the future..."

She just snapped her fingers here and counted, but when she was halfway through the calculation, she looked up and saw Li Xun looking at her, with an indescribable sense of indulgence in her eyes.

Zhao Mingzhi was inexplicably embarrassed, and was about to say more, when Li Xun said softly: "I still have a few prescriptions at home, but the security bureau is very busy, and I don't know anything about business, so I have to stay in the corner to collect dust. Kong, you might as well take a look, if you can do some business, it will be a good thing."

He added: "As for selling to the imperial court, in fact, when I joined the army in Jingzhao Mansion, I used it for my colleagues. They all said it was very good, and some people could send it up. Many officers also praised it and often came to ask for it. Later, I was busy with escort affairs and only went to Junzhou and Dengzhou, so I didn't talk about it again."

Hearing this, Zhao Mingzhi had a thought, and hurriedly asked: "But I don't know which officers they are? Can you decide? The second brother doesn't want to stand out on his own, and talk about his old friendship. It's better to shirk this matter and just Said it was someone else's prescription..."

Then he said worryingly: "It's a pity that I only heard people mention it a few times before, and I don't know much about the army in the Jingzhao Mansion, and I don't know who to start with, so that I can do this business-in fact, both sides benefit. of."

Li Xun said quickly: "How can I be regarded as 'the master'? I used to be in the army, but now I am running an escort agency. I always manage from top to bottom. In Jingzhao and Fengxiang, there are quite a few people who can talk to me."

Zhao Mingzhi thought about Pei Yong's subordinates, tried to name one or two people, and said: "I'm just a stranger from other places, but I don't know them well, maybe I have to investigate again, but it is said that Pei Jiedu is very powerful, and he is also very powerful in the army. It's in charge of the state affairs, so if he thinks his subordinates will nod, they should be able to help a little?"

Li Xun pondered for a moment, then said: "Then Liao Mian had contact with me before, maybe you can ask."

Zhao Mingzhi was immediately overjoyed.

She didn't know how to get in touch with Pei Yong after she went to Jingzhao Mansion, but she didn't expect Second Brother Li to be so powerful, it was like falling asleep on a pillow at the moment, she hurriedly said: "So, if Second Brother can be trusted , why don’t you leave it to me to help deal with it—just send a few trustworthy men over to help.”

Li Xun's eyes were soft, he looked at her and said: "A business started from nothing, and it's been a lot of hard work. How can I thank you for your help?"

Zhao Mingzhi immediately shook his head and said, "I borrowed the influence of my second brother to build the bridge, what kind of thanks do you want?"

He laughed again and said: "Actually, I have a lot of selfishness. When I come here this time, besides relocating, I also have another important business I want to do. It's just that I don't know the place well, and I don't have anyone to help me. How can we talk about thanking you for borrowing chickens to lay eggs?"

Just as he was talking, he heard Li Xun on the other side suddenly say, "Why did you change the wording all of a sudden?"

Zhao Mingzhi was startled.

Li Xun said softly: "You and I are friendly, do you still want to thank me now?"

　Thank you for the thirteen God of Wealth piggy banks that you gave me, it was quite expensive =3=
　　Thank you for the sachet that Fei Si gave me, and the peace talisman that book friend 20220118115331124 gave me^_^
　　Come back tomorrow morning to correct the typo~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)