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 was 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 they don't go into the mountains, the sun's rays in June will burn them out!
Looking up at the sky, Xiao Han pulled on his clothes and tried to breathe. This damn weather is so hot that it’s hard for people to breathe! Not to mention that they wear 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 walked at the front, carrying a basket of medicine on his back. God knows why there are no trees growing at the foot of this damn mountain! As a result, they didn't even have a place to get shade.
The mountain road is rough, but under the scorching sun, no one can 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 mentioned was just looking at the plum blossoms to quench thirst, but I didn’t expect that it was really cool in this forest! Especially when I first came in, it was like running from a sauna into an air-conditioned room! So much so that Xiao Han couldn't help but spread his arms and screamed. As a result, he was so frightened that the big cow at the front threw away the medicine hoe in his hand, quickly picked it up, and then looked at Xiao Han with resentful eyes.
"Xiao Han, don't be too startled, or you may attract wild beasts!" In the team, Sun Simiao was relatively calm. After taking a sip of the tea he brought in his water bag, he turned around and educated 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 Han snorted. While shaking his clothes to fan himself, he looked 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 deep into the dense forest.
"Well, Daozhang 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 did it to collect medicine, Xiao Han did it purely to relax.
Sun Simiao put the things away, 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, and 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 with some disappointment. Just as he was about to say something else, he found that Sun Simiao had already walked some distance forward. He quickly shouted and led the people to follow him in a hurry.
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 the kind-looking old man and several of his servants into the house.
After sitting at the table and being served tea, Ren Qing apologized, took the letter held by the old man, checked the fire seal, opened the envelope, and read the letter inside carefully. Especially the seals signed by Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui took a long time to identify.
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 is 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 could be called a master! All in all, only a few high-level monks and master-level people will be called masters, so it is indeed a bit strange for Ren Qing to call this person a master at this time.
The old man known as the master smiled at Ren Qing and took a sip of tea first without being in a hurry to speak. Just as he was about to put the tea cup down, he suddenly let out a light sigh and picked it up again to look at the tea leaves inside carefully.
"This tea seems a little different from what we drank before?" The old man looked at the tea in his hand and raised his head to ask Ren Qing.
Ren Qing nodded, then stood up to pour tea for the elder, 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 is here. Xiao Hou is not here today. He went out early in the morning."
"Goed 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 beside him. There was some surprise in his words, but also 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? !
Just by looking at Ren Qing's expression, the old man knew that the servant just now had made Ren Qing dissatisfied. Staring at the servant fiercely, the old man stood up and cupped his hands at Ren Qing and said: "Please forgive me for the lax discipline. I have things to do, so I won't bother you anymore. When we get to Chang'an in the future, we will Narrative.”
