In the noisy early morning, the team heading to Qinling finally set off.
In the team, poor Xiao Han was slapped on the head and yelled by the old Taoist. His excitement had long been wiped out by the scolding, and he looked pitifully as the old Taoist cut off a lot of the supplies he had prepared.
There is still some distance from the paddy field to the Qinling Mountains, so Ren Qing specially sent a carriage to take Xiao Han and the others to the mountain pass.
Go into the mountains, go into the mountains now. If you don’t go into the mountains, the solar energy in June will burn them out!
Looking up at the sky, Xiao Han pulled on his clothes and tried to breathe. The weather was so hot that it was difficult for hot people to breathe! Not to mention that they wore long pants and long sleeves to deal with the insects and ants in the forest.
After a while, the clothes looked like they were fished out of the water!
"Everyone, speed up, it will be cooler when we enter the mountains!" Da Niu was walking at the front, carrying a basket of medicine on his back, and God knows why there are no trees growing at the foot of the damn mountain! As a result, they didn't even have a place to get shade.
The mountain road was rugged, but under the scorching sun, no one bothered to complain! When Xiao Han plunged into the dense forest, he finally felt that he had saved his life.
"Cool! Cool!!!"
At first, I thought that the coolness that Daniel said was just looking at plum blossoms to quench thirst. I didn’t expect that it was really cool in the forest! Especially when I first came in, it was like running into an air-conditioned room from a sauna! So Xiao Han couldn’t help but open his arms and spread his arms.
He screamed. As a result, he was so frightened that the big cow at the front threw away the medicine hoe in his hand. He quickly picked it up and looked at Xiao Han with resentful eyes.
"Xiao Han, don't be startled, or you may attract wild beasts!" In the team, Sun Simiao was relatively calm. He took a sip of the tea he brought in his water bag and turned to teach Xiao Han.
Just shouting, but it attracted so many people's dissatisfaction, but Xiao Han didn't care. Instead, he opened his mouth and laughed: "Okay, okay! We have so many people and weapons, and the beasts are just another dish.
!”
"Then we can't suddenly cry like ghosts and howl like wolves..."
"Ahem, who said I was crying like a ghost?!"
"...the weather is really nice today..."
Looking at the few guys in front of him who were pretending to be nonchalant, Xiao Hanhan snorted. He shook his clothes and fanned himself while looking around.
It is said that this place is completely different from the post road they took before. There is only a trail under their feet, which winds and leads to the depths of the dense forest.
"Um, Taoist Sun. Where is our first stop?" Taking a deep breath of cool air, Xiao Han shook his head and asked Sun Simiao who was packing his things. Unlike Sun Simiao, who was here to collect medicine, Xiao Han was purely here to collect medicine.
Relax.
Sun Simiao put the things away and then stopped and said: "There is no destination. This time I am looking for some medicinal materials."
"Medicinal materials?" Xiao Han rolled his eyes and came over to ask: "What medicinal materials? You actually have to find it yourself! Tell us, and we will help you look after it!"
Sun Simiao glanced at Xiao Han, straightened up, bumped the soil on the medicine hoe and said, "It's a medicinal material called basil! I heard that someone found it in the Qinling Mountains before. So I took advantage of this season to look for it."
"Basil? Why is this name the same as a foreign name?" Xiao Han was a little confused when he heard the name. Logically speaking, he was forced by Old Man Hua to memorize a lot of medicinal materials, but he had never heard of such a strange name.
"What foreign country?" Sun Simiao rolled his eyes at Xiao Han, then walked forward and said: "It is said that basil is quite common in Shu, but it is still rare to find it in the Qinling Mountains. If I can find it in the Qinling Mountains this time, I will
You can try to cultivate some.”
"Oh, that's it, it's not very valuable! Huh? Wait for me!" Xiao Han sighed a little disappointedly, and when he was about to say something else, he found that Sun Simiao had already walked some distance forward. He quickly shouted and led the way.
People hurriedly followed.
Just as Xiao Han entered the mountain, Ren Qing also welcomed several special guests at home.
For the first time, Ren Qing went out in person and welcomed this kind-looking old man and several of his servants into the house.
After sitting in the seat and being served tea, Ren Qing confessed his crime, took the letter from the old man, checked the fire seal, opened the envelope, and carefully read the letter inside. Especially the signature officers Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui
The seal was carefully identified for a long time.
Confirming that the letter was genuine, Ren Qing closed the letter with a strange expression and asked the old man in front of him: "Master, why did you come here suddenly? What's the matter? If there's anything, please tell me!"
It was strange that Ren Qing used the word "master" to address this elder.
A teacher is also a person who solves doubts!
In the ancient times when teachers were valued, it was not so cheap that even a fortune teller on the street stall could be called a master! After all, only a few eminent monks and master-level people would be called a master, so
At this time, Ren Qing called this person a master, which was indeed a bit strange.
The old man known as the master smiled at Ren Qing and did not rush to speak. He took a sip of tea first. Just as he was about to put down the tea cup, he suddenly let out a light sigh and picked it up again to carefully observe the tea leaves inside.
"This tea seems a little different from what we drank before?" The old man looked at the tea in his hand, raised his head and asked Ren Qing.
Ren Qing nodded, then stood up and poured tea for the elder again, sat down again and said, "To be honest, Master, this tea was made by a county magistrate named Xiao Han here. It has the effect of concentrating energy, concentration, and refreshing the mind.
"
"Oh? Haha, then this is a good thing!" After listening to Ren Qing's explanation, the elder looked at the tea cup in his hand thoughtfully and said: "I wonder where this Lord Xiao is now? Can I
See you last time?"
"This..." Ren Qing hesitated for a moment, and then said: "It's unfortunate that Master came here. Xiao Hou is not here today. He went out early in the morning."
"He went out early in the morning?" The elder was a little surprised by Ren Qing's answer, but he did not doubt that Ren Qing would lie. Instead, he asked: "I wonder where he went? When can he come back?"
"Xiao Hou followed Taoist Sun Simiao to the Qinling Mountains to collect medicine. It is said that he will not come back within three to five days." Ren Qing answered carefully.
"Sun Simiao?! But that real person in Taoism?"
Suddenly a slightly harsh voice sounded in the room, not from the old man, but from a handsome servant next to him. There was some surprise in his words, and a little bit of disgust.
In silence, Ren Qing looked up and glanced at the person who made the noise, but said nothing. Now this is a very formal conversation, how can a servant interrupt?!
The old man just looked at Ren Qing's expression and knew that the servant had made Ren Qing dissatisfied. He glared at the servant fiercely, stood up, held his hands in front of Ren Qing and said: "Please forgive me for your lax discipline.
I still have things to do, so I won’t bother you anymore, and we’ll talk about it later when we get to Chang’an.”
