Chapter 4 - red fox
After finishing the meal in Bai Zhai, Xia Chu slipped into Bai Ruofei’s pharmacy. This pharmacy can be regarded as Bai Ruofei’s life’s hard work, Ning Lang is full of eyes, but they are all rare medicines. Xia Chu was not uncommon, and he would also refine these medicines. I walked straight to the inner room, pushed open the door of the compartment, and the scent of the medicinal herbs rushed to my face. All the rare and precious medicinal materials in this world are within reach, and Xia Chu swept them one by one on the wooden frame. Finally, I found Guijing board, elk glue, and chisandra.
Any of these three herbs is hard to come by. Guijing board nourishes yin, elk glue replenishes yang, and chilisan is a good medicine for asthma. He carefully put it away, closed the door of the compartment, and passed a lot of bottles and jars in the outer Dan room. Although he can also practice, but after all, some medicines take a long time, and the medicinal materials are hard to find. Bai Ruofei’s ready-made good things here, don’t take Bai or take it.
After leaving the pharmacy, I went to find Lan Yuying and returned to Lanyuan to make incense. At the beginning of Xia, he wanted to help fight, smashing petals and so on. Lan Yuying refused and let him rest. When he was bored, he thought of flying needles. Then I said hello to Lan Yuying and went to the back mountain to find birds and animals to practice acupuncture.
Bai Ruofei is right, although he is familiar with acupuncture points, it is really difficult to grasp the strength. Sometimes it gets lighter, and the rabbit stuns and runs away. Sometimes it is too heavy, and the rabbit will die as soon as its head is tilted. After groping over and over again, I slowly learned some skills. Just as he was about to pull out the last needle and carry a slew of prey to go back, Xia Chu smelled a tinge of blood.
He walked towards the depths of the forest following the smell, and a roar suddenly sounded, causing the branches to tremble. He then flew up to the tree and looked out at the dense forest. Through the sparse branches, he saw a huge black bear confronting a white fox in front of him. The black bear’s right eye was bleeding, and it should have been scratched by the white fox just now. And that white fox can no longer be called a white fox. It was covered in blood, bruised and bruised, but it still snarled its fangs, with its front feet tightly braced, its chest pressed to the ground, its hips upturned, its hind legs slightly bent, its tail held upright, its blood-stained fur splayed out from the roots, trembling against the black bear in front of.
Xia Chu took out three silver needles, took a deep breath, and jumped. It doesn’t matter how hard it is, just to make sure it hits with one hit. Gritting his teeth, he slammed into the three acupoints of the black bear, Baihui, Weilu and Zhangmen.
The black bear’s body froze as he roared, and he fell to the ground when he turned his head halfway.
The white fox was also stunned for a moment, but when he saw that the black bear was really unable to get up, he turned away tremblingly. However, his injuries were so severe that he fell to his knees before taking a few steps. Xia Chu went to check and found that he lost too much blood and could not be saved, which is a pity.
He got up to pull out the black bear’s silver needle, and there was a squeak in his ear. Debating his voice to search, it turned out that the white fox turned in the direction behind a boulder, a little red fox waiting to be fed.
This is a little red fox without a single stray hair, and two dark eyes stared at her. A fluffy tail is still wagging and wagging, which is endearing. I think that the white fox who tried his best to die but didn’t run away just now was there to protect it.
Xia Chu held it in his arms to check for injuries. The little red fox was hungry and bit Xia Chu’s finger in one bite. Even so, there was still a trace of blood. Xia Chu raised his eyebrows, flicked the little red fox’s forehead, and feigned anger at it: “Don’t be stubborn, go back and find you something to eat.”
The little red fox looked at him with flickering eyes, as if he understood. He stretched out his tongue and licked the oozing blood, then plunged his head into Xia Chu’s arms and rubbed it intimately.
Xia Chu reluctantly touched its head, then walked back to the black bear and retrieved the silver needle. After thinking for a while, he took out another dagger, cut off the bear’s paw, and returned to Lanyuan with the prey.
Lan Yuying heard Xia Chu’s return and went up to open the door. As soon as I opened it, I was shocked by the picture in front of me. Seeing that Xia Chu was holding a red pom-pom in his left hand, his right hand was on his right shoulder, carrying a string of about seventeen or eight pheasants, hares, and birds…
Lan Yuying opened her mouth wide and looked confused, Xia Chu smiled embarrassedly and shyly.
“In the beginning, it was difficult to master the strength of acupuncture. These… um, they were all accidentally stabbed to death…”
Lan Yuying burst out laughing, Xia Chu was very embarrassed and looked up at the sky. At this moment, a head poked out from Xia Chu’s arms. Lan Yuying was immediately attracted by this little red fox, Xia Chu sent it to Lan Yuying and asked her to hug it. Walk to the side by yourself and hang the prey on the wall. Then he entered the room and briefly explained the origin of this little red fox to Lan Yuying.
“After I go down the mountain tomorrow, I won’t be able to stay in the capital for a long time. After the year, I will go to Hanyang. If this trip goes well, I will be able to come back in midsummer. If it doesn’t go well…” He thought for a while, He still changed his tone, “Probably it will take more time. This little red fox is precious, so I will leave it to you to take care of it. You will have no company after I go down the mountain, so just think about it. Wait for it to grow. Da, when I come back, I will pick you up down the mountain. Let’s wear fresh clothes and angry horses, and we will use our swords in the world.”
Lan Yuying originally frowned, but her sad and worried heart was amused by him, and she finally laughed.
“Is your trip dangerous?”
Danger, there must be, and it is a danger that he does not know. It was because of the unknown that he had to personally investigate. In the early summer of the year, what happened in the Zhao family’s army led to the battle with the Hu people. Within two days, the entire army was wiped out.
“What’s the danger? You also know that General Zhao is my grandfather. I just miss him. I just went to see him.” Xia Chu said with a sincere smile and said relaxedly.
“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 Achu.”
“no!”
“It doesn’t work either. Didn’t you say that Quan should leave a memory behind and think that you were with me?” Lan Yuying feigned anger.
“Well… it’s up to you, it’s up to you. It’s good that Meng An is happy.” Xia Chu raised his hand to signal surrender.
Lan Yuying happily picked up the little red fox who had been trying to climb towards the beginning of Xia on the table.
“Okay, that’s it. I’ll go feed Ah Chu some goat milk, and you go and cook some meat paste for Ah Chu.”
Xia Chu looked at the back of her happily leaving and shook his head. Helplessly got up and started to pick a prey to take care of the boiled meat paste, and cook by the way.
After dinner, Lan Yuying took out a bag and handed it to Xia Chu. When I opened it at the beginning of summer, I saw that the bottles and jars were full of fragrant powder. White paper is attached to the bottle, and the purpose is written on it in small letters with delicate hairpins. There are also incense tablets, incense pills and incense sticks on the side. They were wrapped in paper and each had a purpose attached. Xia Chu felt her carefulness and repackaged it. She rubbed Lan Yuying’s head again to show her approval, but was slapped away by Lan Yuying frowning.
The two laughed and chased after a while before giving up.
Xia Chu took two jars of fruit wine from the kitchen, put a big cloak on Lan Yuying, and dragged her out of the room to the yard to sit on the steps. The two drink the breeze and drink, and the moonlight is the song. Gossip about childhood fun and talk about life dreams. Unknowingly, until the sky was bright, I went back to the house to rest.
This sleep went straight to the mid-afternoon. He got up to wash, only to find that Lan Yuying had already got up and prepared meals.
It should be the occasion of parting, this meal was silent. Only the little red fox squeaked at Xia Chu’s legs and tried to climb. After eating, Xia Chu got up to clean up the dishes, but was stopped by Lan Yuying. She turned around and handed Xia Chu two bags, one was the incense she made, and the other was the medicine that Xia Chu received from Bai Ruofei.
Xia Chu took the luggage, was silent for a while, and turned to go out.
“Yun Yi, Ah Chu and I are waiting for you to come back.” Lan Yuying hugged the struggling little red fox, her vocal cords choked, and tears in her eyes.
Xia Chu took a step and couldn’t bear to look back. He hummed, waved his hand with his back to him, and finally went down the mountain.