The cavalry soon arrived, and one of them, perched high on his horse's back, shouted to the person behind the tree, "Don't hide anymore, come out now!"
Yingbao poked his head out, took a look at Xiao Mo, who was wearing armor, and asked, "What do you want?"
Xiao Mo glanced at the little girl and said, "I'm here to buy some medicine, the same quality as last time."
Yingbao: "I don't have any medicinal herbs." Even if I did, I wouldn't want to prepare them.
"Don't worry about that. I brought enough herbs for you."
Yingbao had no choice but to come out from behind the tree and touch Dahuang who came close to her. "Okay, you go to the village first, I'll be back soon."
Xiao Mo did not move, and said calmly: "I need it now. If you need anything, I can ask the soldiers to help you."
Erni was delighted when she heard this, "Okay, we'll pick two baskets of locust tree flowers..."
"Okay." Xiao Mo interrupted Erni and waved his hand behind him. Several soldiers urged their horses over and chopped off a few locust tree branches with their swords.
There were many locust flowers hanging on the branches, enough to fill two small baskets.
"I'll leave two people to help you pick them. You can come back to the village with us now." Xiao Mo said expressionlessly.
Yingbao was secretly upset, so she had to take Dahuang and Erni to the village, and she said to the cavalrymen, "There can't be any leaves or tree leaves, otherwise we'll have to pick them all up when we get back."
No one paid any attention to her, but the two people who were picking locust flowers subconsciously picked out the leaves and flower stalks from the basket.
Back in the village, the villagers looked curiously at the cavalry and the carriage loaded with several sacks.
Xiao Mo asked his men to carry the herbs to Jiang Sanlang's house, and then asked Ying Bao: "Do you need someone to help you deal with the herbs?"
Yingbao nodded.
Each herb needs to be cleaned and steamed, and some need to be ground into powder. She alone cannot finish all the work in a short time.
As for his father and mother, he absolutely could not take up their time to make medicine for Xiao Mo.
So, several soldiers acted as medicine boys, one ground the medicine, one cut the medicine, and another set up a simple stove outside the yard and started steaming the herbs.
Yingbao is only responsible for dispensing medicine and does not participate in other matters.
Xiao Mo followed her with his hands behind his back and suddenly said, "Pei Shixian and his stepdaughter are doing very well in the capital. If it weren't for Chen Tiantian's disfigured face, the Queen would have wanted to send her to the King of Dai."
Yingbao didn't say anything.
Xiao Mo continued, "However, a divine messenger who can summon gods has appeared in Qinchuan County. The people of the city respect him as Zhou Da Tianshi. It is said that he has several precious gourds given by the gods. Two of them are now placed in Qinglong Temple, two in the Medical Department, and one has been sent to the capital."
Yingbao nodded: "My master is indeed a messenger from the gods. Last year, when an epidemic broke out in Qinchuan County, my master summoned holy water to save everyone."
Xiao Mo smiled. "It's a pity that our two Heavenly Masters of Daqian seem to be at odds with each other and have different opinions. Otherwise, it would be a blessing for the country."
Then he said, "However, Pei Shixian said that a demon appeared in Dongchen Village, Chuanhe Town, which caused the flood in Qinchuan County."
"Demon?" Ying Bao opened her eyes wide. "People who drink children's blood are demons, right? Pei Shixian used evil magic to kidnap the child, cut her wrist and let her bleed for Chen Tiantian to drink. What are they doing?"
He rolled up his sleeves and showed his wrist to Xiao Mo: "Look, this is the wound that Pei Shixian cut. Are those people in the Imperial Observatory fools? They actually think that the people who drank the child's blood are the Heavenly Master and the Saint?"
Xiao Mo saw the red scar on Ying Bao's wrist and couldn't help but frowned: "Did Pei Shixian really do that?"
Yingbao nodded: "Why did my master cut off one of his hands? Why did Chen Tiantian and her daughter have tattoos on their faces?"
Xiao Mo certainly knew what happened in the city, but his second brother told him that Zhou Wuchang was arrogant and unreasonable. He cut off Pei Shixian's wrist without asking any questions, and bullied Han's mother and daughter, ordering people to tattoo on their faces.
He had been busy suppressing bandits in various places in recent years and had not paid special attention to these matters. He did not expect that Pei Shixian actually captured Yingbao and bled her. He was so brave!
But he was very curious, why did Pei Shixian want to give Yingbao's blood to Chen Tiantian to drink? Was there any secret in this
It's a pity that Pei Shixian is far away in the capital and is still under the control of my grandfather. Otherwise, I would definitely bring him in for personal trial.
Xiao Mo looked at Ying Bao and asked, "Why did he let Chen Tiantian drink your blood?"
Yingbao blinked: "Maybe he wants to transfer my blessing to Chen Tiantian."
Originally, he did not want to say much, but if he allowed Pei Shixian to slander himself and his master in the capital, that would definitely not work.
"Lucky?" Xiao Mo smiled, looked around, and nodded: "You are indeed a lucky person."
The Jiang family is getting richer every year, and he knows it better than anyone else.
If a fortune teller were to take a look, he would definitely say that the feng shui of the Jiang family's ancestral tomb is good, and it's not because of a little girl.
However, when it comes to Feng Shui alone, who can compare with the royal family
Isn't the Murong family still in a precarious situation now
Xiao Mo walked out of the Jiang family yard with his hands behind his back and looked around.
It was the first time for him to observe a village so carefully, and the more he looked, the more frightened he became.
This village was more vibrant than any other village he had seen, and the people were full of energy. In just a few years, not only had a decent-sized market been formed here, but there were also complete schools.
There is another village outside the village, where many families live, and they all seem to have fled here.
In the unmanned countryside, these refugees were also very hardworking. Not only did they open up vegetable gardens in the few spaces outside their homes, some of them even set up small stalls in the market.
Of course, those who set up the stalls were all women and children, while the adult men went to help the people of Dongchen Village to clean up the farmland, or help the villagers plant and harvest mushrooms, pound rice and grind flour, etc.
Generally speaking, everyone in this area is self-reliant and I don't see anyone idle around.
An attendant whispered, "Sir, this village is really weird. Look at those fruit trees and soapberry trees. They have only been here for a few years, but they have grown into this size. They look like seven or eight year old trees."
Xiao Mo glanced at his followers and said nothing.
The follower felt the coldness of his master, took a step back and lowered his head.
Xiao Mo continued to walk around with his hands behind his back and asked his followers: "What else did Pei Shixian and Chen Tiantian and her daughter do in the capital?"
The attendant lowered his hands and said, "Pei Shixian has already been working at the Imperial Observatory. Chen Tiantian and her mother have been arranged by the Grand Master to practice in a nunnery and are not allowed to come out on weekdays."
Xiao Mo curled his lips, "That's great."
My grandfather was so old and confused that he actually believed the words of a country charlatan.
What reincarnation of the Queen Mother of the West, the Holy Maiden of the Jade Pool? Is that good-for-nothing woman worthy of this
What's more, there is something tattooed on Chen Tiantian's face. If the Grand Tutor still insists on sending her to the Prince of Dai's Palace, I'm afraid the Prince of Dai will develop a rift with my grandfather.
The Prince of Dai is now in good health and is no longer the sickly little prince he used to be.
Not only did he review memorials and handle state affairs on behalf of the emperor, he also dismissed several officials who were promoted by the Grand Tutor.
With such drastic measures, once he ascends the throne, the first family he will probably settle accounts with will be the Xiao family.