This was the tenth time that Fang Zilan complained about the inconvenience of transportation in ancient times. Now sitting on the horse, she felt that her whole body was about to be knocked apart.
If she wasn't in a hurry, she wouldn't be able to ride a horse even if she died, Fang Zilan cursed secretly. It would take a long time to reach the northern border on foot, and it would be troublesome to use a carriage. In the end, the only option was to ride a horse.
However, her own body seemed to be able to withstand the torment. After traveling for more than ten days in a row, apart from being really uncomfortable being bumped around, there was really no other discomfort.
It seems that the previous Fang Zilan can ride a horse, and she should be good at riding it. After all, she thought she would be thrown off the horse when she first got on the horse. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a familiar road, as if it was out of control, purely the instinct of the body.
But how could a concubine from a Prime Minister's residence be able to ride a horse so well? Fang Zilan had more and more questions in her mind, but she had no clue. In the past two days, she could occasionally think of some things about Fang Zilan in this era.
For example, how Fang Zilan died, and some episodes of her previous life in the Prime Minister's Mansion, but she could never remember why a daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion would become a killer.
Forget it, don't think about it if you can't remember it. Fang Zilan pursed her lips. It was getting dark. It seemed that today she could only sleep in the countryside.
"Little brother, we can only sleep in the countryside tonight." A voice broke Fang Zilan's thoughts, it was Uncle Qi who was the leader of the caravan.
Fang Zilan met this caravan in Pingshan City yesterday evening. When she found out that they were going to Yanzhou, she tried every means to get the leader, Uncle Qi, to take her with her. She even disguised herself as a man for convenience.
Originally, Fang Zilan planned to rush to the north alone, but when she arrived at Pingshan City two days ago, she realized that she didn't know the way. It was estimated that the owner of this body had only been to Pingshan City as far as the previous one, and he would not know where to go further north. Know the way to go.
As for going to Yanzhou, it was because I heard along the way that King Xiang was currently stationed in Yanzhou with his troops.
"Oh, it's okay." Fang Zilan said, already reining in the reins and stopping the horse, "Uncle Qi will take care of me, I..." Unexpectedly, only half of what he said, Fang Zilan felt dizzy and fell off the horse. Come down.
"Little brother!"
Fang Zilan couldn't tell who was calling her. She only heard her own voice shaking violently, and she was saying: "Medicine..."
What medicine? This was what Fang Zilan was thinking about when she fainted. What was the medicine she subconsciously mentioned?
"Girl?" Fang Zilan blinked hard, feeling severe pain all over her body. He reluctantly opened his eyes and saw Uncle Qi and an old man from the caravan.
Did they just call themselves girl? It seems that the woman disguised as a man was discovered. Fang Zilan sighed helplessly in her heart. She was about to speak but she gasped in pain. It hurts so much. Could it be that you broke a bone? Fang Zilan secretly cried out.
"Don't worry, girl." It was the old man who spoke, "Although you fell off the horse, you are not seriously injured. It's just..." Just? It seemed to be more troublesome than breaking a bone. Fang Zilan couldn't help but frown, but the pain made her grin.
"You are poisoned, I'm afraid you will die soon." What? Fang Zilan completely ignored the pain in her body and her eyes were round. Are you kidding me? She had just traveled through time and told her that she had been poisoned for a long time? She still wants to go back.
"But..." The old man stroked his beard with a solemn expression. Nothing else? Fang Zilan suddenly became angry, saying such words would be really fatal.
"I just looked at the medicine you took. Although it is also highly poisonous, it seems to be able to restrain the poison in your body." Medicine? Fang Zilan looked at the small porcelain bottle in his hand, and it seemed that this was it.
"Girl, you'd better tell the truth." Uncle Qi looked at her seriously, "Who are you?"
"I'm just an ordinary person." Fang Zilan struggled to say these words, only feeling her body hurt a little more.
"How could ordinary people be infected with such a strange poison? Don't lie anymore, girl." The old man's expression was a little unhappy, but also a bit inquisitive.
"I'm a killer." Fang Zilan decided to tell the truth. She had seen powerful people raising killers in TV dramas before. In order to ensure the loyalty of the killers, they would take poison, so now she might as well take a gamble.
"You..." As she expected, the two of them were shocked and speechless.
"Then why did you sneak into our caravan?" Seeing that she no longer had the ability to hurt others, Uncle Qi asked boldly.
"I just went to Yanzhou to find my husband." Fang Zilan couldn't help but shed tears as she spoke. Of course her words were false, but her tears were real, even though she was crying out of pain.
"I was originally a killer raised by the Lord in the capital. Later, I failed in a mission and was almost executed by the Lord. Fortunately, I was saved by my husband. He also helped me escape. In order to repay him, I pledged myself to him. Who knows that the North suddenly rises? During the war, he had no choice but to go with King Xiang to quell the chaos. I was afraid that something might happen to him, so I wanted to visit Yanzhou. Even if I could see him one last time, it would be good."
She burst into tears when she said this, and even Fang Zilan herself felt in her heart that it was a pity that she was not an actress, but it was the poison in her body that helped her. If it hadn't hurt so much, she wouldn't have been able to cry.
"I see." Uncle Qi was a little moved, and the old man also sighed, "What about the poison on your body?"
"In order to ensure the loyalty of us killers, your Excellency made us all take poison." Fang Zilan looked pitiful. In this way, the lie must be complete.
"What a miserable child." The old man couldn't help but sigh. Fang Zilan asked, "Old man, can my poison be cured?"
"This..." The old man hesitated for a moment, but decided to tell the truth, "I feel ashamed to say that I have little talent and knowledge. I have never seen such a strange poison."
"Is this poison weird?" Fang Zilan couldn't help but frowned. Only then did she realize that her body didn't seem to hurt that much anymore. It hurt even to move just now, but now after talking for a long time, it didn't hurt much.
"Yes, it is said to be poison, but it seems to be sealed in your body, which makes you no different from ordinary people. But the medicine you took..." The old man looked at the porcelain bottle in his hand again, frowning, "This The medicine is also highly poisonous. I have seen it in a fragment of the scroll, and it must be the Soul-Destroying Grass. A single bite of this Soul-Destroying Grass will kill an ordinary person, but according to Old Man's observation, girl, you should take this medicine regularly, every three months. You have to take it once, am I right?"
"That's right." Fang Zilan replied subconsciously, but she couldn't help being shocked. She had also heard of fighting poison with poison, but she only used such powerful poisons, so the poison on her body was really incurable. saved.
The old man continued quietly, "In my humble opinion, the girl is taking this soul-breaking grass not to detoxify, but to seal the poison in your body."
"How is that possible?" Fang Zilan looked in disbelief. How could one use poison to seal another kind of poison?
"Girl, don't be afraid, this is just an old man's guess." The old man handed over the porcelain bottle in his hand. Fang Zilan hesitated for a moment, but still reached out to take it. "It doesn't matter if you say so."
"Girl, you are not poisoned, but someone has poisoned you." The old man sighed and continued talking to himself, "And you are feeding the poison by taking the soul-breaking grass every three months. "
"Since it is raising, won't this poison become more and more powerful?" Fang Zilan became more and more scared as she thought about it, her voice trembling involuntarily.
"It should be so. However, although the soul-breaking grass can nourish this poison, it also seals the poison at the same time. This makes you no different from ordinary people."
How is this method different from drinking poison to quench thirst? Fang Zilan really wants to cry now. Even if the poison can be cured, she has eaten so much soul-breaking grass that it will be enough to turn the poison in her body into a poison that has no effect.
"Girl..." The old man couldn't bear to see her so sad, so he thought about it before speaking, "Actually, this poison..."
"Do you have any way to detoxify me?" Seeing this, Fang Zilan felt a little hopeful.
The old man shook his head and said sadly: "There is no way, but in my humble opinion, your poison will not kill you for a while." It won't kill you. What is this? She had never heard of any poison that could kill someone.
"But there is something I still need to tell the girl." The old man's expression became a little more solemn, and Fang Zilan's heart skipped a beat. There couldn't be anything more deadly than this poison, right?
"Try not to let others know about your poisoning." "Why is this?" Fang Zilan was a little confused, but since they met by chance, the old man didn't need to worry too much about himself.
"If someone with ulterior motives gets to know about your poison, I'm afraid the consequences will be disastrous." Fang Zilan shuddered a little when she heard this. This clearly meant that she was afraid that someone with ulterior motives would treat her as a guinea pig if they knew she was poisoned.
"Thank you for the advice, old man." Fang Zilan thanked her heartily while thinking about her next step.
This dynasty is far more complicated than she imagined, and the various forces are intricate. Now she doesn't know who she is working for, but she knows very well that she is trapped in it and cannot escape. Now, only by being careful every step of the way, may she have a chance to return. To the original world.
Fang Zilan thought to herself, suddenly feeling a little scared. Although she had read a lot of unreliable time travel novels, she had never taken them seriously. Now that she had really traveled through time, she felt nothing but helpless. It's okay to take care of things as they come, but all she can feel now is the uneasiness in her heart.
"Girl?" Uncle Qi's voice brought back Fang Zilan's thoughts, and she forced a smile, "I'm fine, I just don't know how my husband is doing now, so I'm a little worried." The words that seemed true and false were accompanied by her uneasy expression. , but it convinced people around him.
"It's not good..." The boy next to Uncle Qi ran over in a panic and stumbled in front of several people.
"Why are you so panicked?" Uncle Qi looked a little displeased, but he heard the boy say: "His Royal Highness Prince Xiang is trapped in the Wind River Valley. Yanzhou is in a hurry. I'm afraid that the Jin man will attack soon."
"What?" Upon hearing this, Uncle Qi's expression changed and he quickly ordered the young man to gather the caravan and go back.
"Girl?" Uncle Qi looked at Fang Zilan aside, and saw that the determination on her face was almost crazy, "Guys, let's say goodbye, see you later." Fang Zilan's voice was not loud, but it was enough to make everyone around him quiet. No one spoke, and no one stopped her. At that moment, the aura of her body made them all breathless.
Turning on the horse, Fang Zilan's heart was filled with disbelief, as if she was out of control, but also as if the lie had become true, and there really was someone she longed for on the battlefield. With almost crazy thoughts, she galloped towards Yanzhou City not far away without hesitation.
A long time later, when Fang Zilan thought of this moment again, even if she no longer believed in fate, she had to admit that all the uneasiness and unknown were not worth the crazy thoughts at that time. Where she runs towards is the destiny she chooses.
