Shulan had a good night's sleep.

Completely unaware that last night, a certain Shadow almost got beaten up by his master because of two of his own words.

Fortunately, although the master looked like he wanted to kill someone, he still blew out the candle and went to sleep.

The next morning, Shulan woke up and chatted with Chen Ma: "I've heard that the border area is sparsely populated, but this is too sparse."

Chen Ma nodded in agreement: "That's right, we've hardly seen any villages these past few days."

After leaving Yaozhou, the temperature was much lower than before. Even though it was April, it was still quite cool in the mornings. Sometimes, from morning to noon, there were no villages in sight. In addition, there were many unknown poisonous insects, and you could even see snake nests mating there.

Even with a faster pace, it would take five or six days to reach the border from such a desolate place. In other words, it would take at least twenty days to travel from the capital to the border.

Shulan thought that without asking, she knew that the border region must be a harsh and cold place.

The He family, who had lived in such a harsh and cold place for many years to protect their home and country, didn't find the bearded man hateful at all.

During the day, we had to march all the time, so we could only rest at night.

Shulan took this opportunity to move around more and stretch her stiff legs.

Fortunately, after taking the medicine, her dizziness subsided, and her health even improved significantly.

Seeing Chen Ma take out a piece of meat, and remembering that Xiao Cui had been muttering about wanting to eat braised pork at noon, she said, "Chen Ma, I want to eat braised pork."

Xiao Cui, who was preparing to boil water, immediately exclaimed happily, "Yay!"

Chen's mother glared at her daughter, but when she faced Shulan, she smiled and said, "Okay."

Xiao Cui was already used to it and happily boiled water. Shu Lan offered to help, but Xiao Cui refused, saying, "Miss, go for a walk. I can handle things here."

Mother said that the young lady is a good person, and they should keep that in mind, but there is a difference in rank, and they should know their place and not overstep their master's authority.

It's impossible to let the master do such rough work.

Shulan was afraid of causing her trouble, so she just chatted with her while taking a walk. Suddenly, she heard someone shouting. It came from the camp not far away, where people were cooking and setting up camp.

Upon hearing the sound, the master and servant craned their necks to see what was happening, only to hear someone talking about snakes or something similar.

It seems someone has been bitten by a snake.

Shulan knew that people didn't like her, so she usually wouldn't try to get close to them.

But after hearing that someone had been bitten by a snake, she thought about it and headed in that direction anyway.

Just then, Liu Moyang asked, "What is it?"

A soldier jogged over: "Reporting to the Commander, Liu Zi has been bitten by a snake."

Upon hearing this, Shulan frowned: "This snake is highly venomous; we need to detoxify it as soon as possible."

The earth snake, also known as the earth skin snake, earth foot snake, or viper, is a type of snake that grows on the ground.

When she was a child, she had seen quite a few. Every time her grandfather saw them, he would catch them, remove their internal organs, dry them, and use them as medicine. They had the effects of dispelling wind, calming the nerves, detoxifying, and relieving pain.

However, this type of snake is also highly venomous, and if a bite is not treated promptly, it can be life-threatening.

She had so much medicine powder prepared beforehand simply to prevent the spread of poisonous snakes and insects.

Driven by her professional instincts as a doctor, she quickly headed in that direction, shouting, "Tell him not to move!"

Because moving around could promote the spread of the venom.

Liu Moyang followed behind her.

Seeing everyone staring at Shulan with strange looks.

He said, "I will follow Madam's arrangements."

After thinking for a moment, he whispered to the soldier beside him, "Go and summon the general."

The soldier quickly turned and ran away.

Meanwhile, Liu Zi, who had been injured by the venomous snake, heard that he should not move, so he obediently stayed there, watching his right instep turn black and swell at a visible speed. At the same time, he felt dizzy and wondered if he was going to die.

Shulan and Liu Moyang rushed over and saw a young man sitting there with a pained expression on his face.

On the back of his straw sandals was a swollen, dark purple wound, presumably from not seeing the snake and stepping on it, which resulted in a bite.

Shulan jogged over and said, "Does anyone have a longer strap? Hemp rope or a waistband will do."

Someone immediately said, "I have hemp rope."

"Give it to me." Shulan's face was serious at this moment.

The crowd watched as the lady, though no longer weeping, remained motionless, clearly not believing her.

But someone took the rope from that person's hand and walked up to her: "What do you want to do?"

It turned out to be He Fengmian, who had just been in the tent discussing things with his subordinates.

Shulan was not surprised to see He Fengmian suddenly appear. Instead, she said to him, "Tie a tight band around his calf to prevent the venom from entering his whole body."

He Fengmian squatted down with the hemp rope. Liu Zi, who had been bitten, was about to say that he would do it himself, but was frightened by a look from the general and dared not breathe. He could only sit there obediently.

He Fengmian skillfully bound his legs.

Shulan looked at Liu Moyang: "Pick all the grass and flowers around here and show them to me. There might be an antidote among them."

The saying goes, "When a venomous snake appears, there is always an antidote within ten steps."

In an era without antiseptic, one could only rely on herbal remedies, such as Oldenlandia diffusa or Scutellaria barbata, which could detoxify snake venom.

"Also, everyone add salt to the water and bring it to me." Actually, boiled water is the best, but time is short and we can't wait.

She watched as He Fengmian had already bandaged the wounded man's leg and asked, "Does anyone have a sharp dagger?"

He Fengmian had already pulled a dagger from his calf; it was clear at a glance that it could cut through iron like mud.

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