After finishing the dinner in Bai Zhai, Xia Chu slipped into Bai Ruofei's pharmacy.
This pharmacy is probably Bai Ruofei's life's work. It is full of rare medicines.
Xia Chu was not surprised, he could also refine these medicines.
He walked straight to the inner room, opened the partition door, and the scent of medicinal herbs hit his face.
Everything within reach was rare rare medicinal materials in the world, and Xia Chu scanned them one by one on the wooden shelf.
Finally, I found Turtle Essence Ban, Elk Gum, and Chiwei Zi. Any one of these three herbs is hard to find. Turtle Essence Ban is nourishing yin, Elk Gum is a tonifying Yang, and Schisandra chinensis is a good medicine for treating asthma.
He put it away carefully, closed the door of the compartment, and placed many bottles and cans in the alchemy room outside.
Although he can also practice medicine, after all, some medicines take a long time and the medicinal materials are difficult to find. Bai Ruofei has ready-made good things here.
After leaving the pharmacy, he went to look for Lan Yuying and went back to Lanyuan to make incense. Xia Chu wanted to help with the work, pounding the petals and so on, but Lan Yuying refused and asked him to rest.
When he was bored, he thought of flying needles, so he told Lan Yuying to go to the back mountain to find birds and animals to practice acupuncture.
Bai Ruofei was right. Although he was familiar with the acupuncture points, the strength was indeed difficult to grasp.
Sometimes if it is too light, the rabbit will be stunned and run away; sometimes if it is too heavy, the rabbit will die as soon as its head tilts.
After groping over and over again, he slowly learned some skills. Just as he was about to pull out the last needle and prepare to go back with a bunch of prey, Xia Chu smelled a hint of blood.
He followed the smell and walked deeper into the forest. A roar suddenly sounded, making the branches tremble.
He immediately flew up the tree and looked into the dense forest.
Through the sparse branches, he saw a huge black bear facing off against a white fox in front of him.
The black bear's right eye was bleeding. It must have been scratched by the white fox. The white fox could no longer be called a white fox. It was covered in blood and bruises, but it still had its fangs bared, its front legs braced, and its chest pressed to the ground. The buttocks were raised, the hind legs were slightly bent to gather strength, the tail was straight, the blood-stained fur was spread out, and it was trembling in front of the black bear.
Xia Chu took out three silver needles, took a deep breath, and jumped.
He didn't care about the strength of his grip, making sure to hit the target with one hit. He gritted his teeth and used force to stab the three acupoints of Black Bear: Baihui, Weilu and Zhangmen.
The black bear roared and his body froze, turning his head halfway before falling to the ground.
The white fox was also stunned for a moment, but when he saw that the black bear really couldn't get up, he turned around and left tremblingly.
However, it was too seriously injured and fell to its knees after taking only a few steps. Xia Chu went over to check and found that he had lost too much blood and could not be saved. It was a pity.
He stood up to pull out the black bear's silver needle, and heard a soft squeaking sound in his ears.
After searching for the sound, it turned out that in the direction where the white fox turned, there was a little red fox waiting for food hidden behind a boulder.
This was a little fox with a red body and no stray hairs, staring at her with two black eyes.
A fluffy tail is still wagging, which is very cute. Thinking about it, the white fox that fought to death but did not run away just now was probably to protect it.
Xia Chu held it in her arms and checked whether it was injured.
The little red fox was probably hungry, so he bit Xia Chu's finger.
Even though it was a young tooth, there was still a trace of blood seeping out. Xia Chu raised his eyebrows, flicked the little red fox's forehead, and feigned anger at it: "Don't be naughty. I'll go back and find you something to eat."
The little red fox looked at him with gleaming eyes, as if he understood.
He stuck out his tongue and licked the blood that oozed out, then plunged into Xia Chu's arms and rubbed her affectionately.
Xia Chu helplessly touched its head, then walked back to the black bear and retrieved the silver needle. After thinking for a while, he took out a dagger, cut off the bear's paw, and returned to Lanyuan with the previous prey.
Lan Yuying heard Xia Chu's return and rushed to open the door.
As soon as I opened it, I was shocked by the picture in front of me. Xia Chu was seen holding a red pom-pom in his left hand, and his right hand was placed on his right shoulder, carrying a string of about seventeen or eighteen pheasants, hares, and flying birds...
Lan Yuying opened her mouth wide and looked confused, while Xia Chu smiled sheepishly.
"When I first practiced acupuncture, it was difficult to master the strength. These... well, they were all caused by accidental pricks..."
Lan Yuying burst into laughter. Xia Chu was very embarrassed and looked up at the sky in despair.
At this time, a head poked out from Xia Chu's arms.
Lan Yuying was immediately attracted by the little red fox. Xia Chu walked towards Lan Yuying and let her hug her. He walked to the side and hung the prey on the wall. Then he entered the house and briefly told Lan Yuying the origin of the little red fox.
"After I come down from the mountain tomorrow, I won't be able to stay in the capital for long. After the new year, I will go to Hanyang. If everything goes well, I can be back in midsummer. If not..." He thought for a moment, He changed his tone: "Probably just delay it for a little longer. This little red fox is precious, so I will leave it to you to take good care of it. You won't have a companion after I come down from the mountain, so just think of it. Let it grow up." Da, when I come back, I will take you down the mountain, and we will wear bright clothes and angry horses, and fight with swords to the end of the world."
Lan Yuying had a pair of beautiful eyebrows furrowed, but his sad and worried heart was amused by him, and she finally laughed: "Is there any danger in your trip?"
There was definitely danger, and it was a danger that he didn't know about.
It was precisely because of the unknown that he wanted to personally investigate what happened in the Zhao family's army in the early summer of the next year, which led to a battle with the Hu people and the entire army was wiped out within two days.
"Is there any danger? You also know that General Zhao is my grandfather. I just miss him and go to see him." Xia Chu said with a sincere smile and a relaxed tone.
"That's good." Lan Yuying was relieved and teased the little red fox on the table. "Shall we give it a name?"
"Okay, what's it called?"
"Call it Asha."
"no!"
"That's called Ah Chu."
"no!!"
"It won't work this way, and that won't work either. Didn't you say I should just keep this in mind and treat it as you accompanying me?" Lan Yuying feigned anger.
"Well... I'll do whatever you want. As long as Meng'an is happy." Xia Chu raised his hand to surrender.
Lan Yuying happily picked up the little red fox on the table that had been trying to crawl towards Xia Chu.
"Okay, it's settled. I'm going to feed Ah Chu some goat's milk, and you go and cook some meat paste for Ah Chu."
Xia Chu looked at her happily leaving and shook her head. Reluctantly, he stood up and started to pick a prey, take care of it, cook the meat paste, and cook at the same time.
After dinner, Lan Yuying took out a luggage and handed it to Xia Chu.
When Xia Chu opened it, he found bottles and jars filled with fragrant powder. The body of the bottle is covered with white paper, and the purpose is written in small regular characters with delicate hairpins on it. There are also fragrant tablets, fragrant pills and fragrant threads next to it. Wrapped in paper, each has its own purpose.
Xia Chu sighed at her attentiveness and repackaged it. He rubbed Lan Yuying's head again to show his approval, but Lan Yuying frowned and slapped her away.
The two of them laughed and chased each other for a while before giving up.
Xia Chu took two jars of fruit wine from the kitchen, put a large cloak on Lan Yuying, and took her out of the room to sit on the steps in the yard.
The two of them drank wine in the breeze and sang in the moonlight. Chat about childhood anecdotes and talk about life dreams. Unknowingly, it was not until daybreak that I returned to the house to rest.
I slept until nearly noon. He got up to wash up, only to find that Lan Yuying had already gotten up and prepared food.
It must have been the occasion of parting, so the meal was eaten in silence.
Only the little red fox was squeaking at Xia Chu's legs and feet, trying to climb. After eating, Xia Chu stood up and was about to clear away the dishes, but was stopped by Lan Yuying. She turned around and handed two bags to Xia Chu. One was the incense she made, and the other was the medicine Xia Chu got from Bai Ruofei.
Xia Chu took the luggage, was silent for a while, then turned around and went out.
"Yun Yi, Ah Chu and I are waiting for you to come back." Lan Yuying hugged the struggling little red fox, her voice choked with tears in her eyes.
Xia Chu paused and couldn't bear to look back.
He hummed, waved with his back, and finally went down the mountain.
(End of chapter)