Shopkeeper Dong, who was barely breathing, opened his eyes and saw the dim light and flying sand. He then realized with a start that he was still in this desolate land.
There seemed to be voices talking in my ears, and a few figures passed by.
But before he could hear or see clearly, he felt a sour and bitter taste in his throat. He couldn't help but cough violently, "Cough, cough cough..."
"Come, I'll help you up. Just vomit it out and you'll be fine!" Doctor Yu and Steward Wang each held one of the man's arms and helped him sit up from the ground.
The next moment, Shopkeeper Dong vomited and spat a pool of bitter water onto the ground.
Fortunately, Dr. Yu dodged quickly enough, otherwise his shoes would have been splashed with water.
These are the cloth shoes that the maid made for him after he joined the Wei family's team.
Thousand-layer sole, so soft!
After vomiting a few more times, Shopkeeper Dong finally felt that the things stuck in his throat were all vomited out. His vision was no longer blurry, and he could finally see the figures around him clearly.
He recognized that the person who had helped him up and told him to just spit it out was Doctor Yu. He grasped Doctor Yu's hand with gratitude and asked, "You saved my life?"
"No." Doctor Yu pointed to the convoy that had stopped nearby. "I am the doctor of this family. The master and mistress of this family were kindhearted. They saw that you were still breathing and could not bear to see your bodies exposed in the wilderness, so they saved you."
Upon hearing this, Shopkeeper Dong immediately bowed in the direction of the carriage.
A man and a woman walked over to the car.
The younger young man helped him up and said, "Doctor Yu said you are still weak. Lie down and rest. No need to be so polite."
The girl who was two years older and had a bright appearance said, "Where are you going? We are leaving soon. If it is convenient, you can go with us."
Where to go?
In this state, I'm afraid I can't proceed according to the original plan. But I'm lucky to be able to save my life.
Shopkeeper Dong looked at the two surviving employees and decided immediately: "Miss, can you lend me a carriage? No, no, just a horse. I will take these two employees and the other three bodies and drive behind your team to go out together."
This young man and girl are naturally Wei Mingxuan and Wei Yunlan.
Shopkeeper Dong remembered that he had not had time to introduce himself, so he slapped his forehead and said hurriedly, "My name is Dong, and I am from Yuezhou. My family runs a medicinal herb business. This time I was going to Chongzhou to transport a batch of medicinal herbs."
But now that this has happened, I can’t go to Chongzhou for the time being.
We have to deal with the funeral of the three deceased guys first, contact their families to send another caravan to Chongzhou to deliver the goods, and also... we have to find out what exactly happened to them this time.
If he remembered correctly, everything was fine at the beginning of the journey, but halfway through the journey, everyone in the car felt dizzy, and the horses suddenly lost control and broke free, so that the team of six was almost wiped out.
If it weren't for this kind family, the consequences would be disastrous.
The people around were also stunned for a moment when listening to Manager Dong's description.
Especially Wei Yunlan and Steward Wang, they looked at each other and remembered the lies they made up in order to meet Steward Liu when they were in Suijiang City.
What a coincidence!
Unexpectedly, at that time, Manager Wang pretended to be a medicinal herb merchant from Yuezhou, but now they met a real medicinal herb merchant from Yuezhou!
Wei Yunlan could tell that Shopkeeper Dong was not someone who didn't know his limits. This was apparent from the fact that he had only borrowed a horse and had not asked to borrow a carriage. "Uncle Liu, go get a horse."
"Thank you, young lady!" Manager Dong thanked her again and again, led the horses, and harnessed the carriage with the help of Liu Quan and others.
The medicinal herbs scattered on the ground were also sorted out, but Manager Dong did not put them back into the carriage. Instead, he sent them directly to the Wei family.
"For such a great favor, these herbs are far from enough to repay you. This is just a small token of my appreciation. Please do not refuse."
Wei Jiaji saved Manager Dong and the other two not for any reward, but just to show kindness to the truly helpless people in this desperate wilderness.
I just hope that one day, when they are in desperate situations, there will be someone with the same kindness to lend them a helping hand.
In the end, of the medicinal herbs sent by Manager Dong, the Wei family only accepted a portion of those that were not easy to buy outside. After Manager Dong’s repeated persuasion failed, he invited the Wei family to visit their Dong family if they had the chance to go to Yuezhou in the future, so that he could show his hospitality as a host.
Hearing this, Wei Yunlan glanced at him again.
The hospitality of the host was not important, but he would definitely go to Yuezhou in the future. As far as she knew, the mountain ginseng, a specialty of Yuezhou, was not only sold well in Dayong, but also in the barbarian tribes outside the north gate and even more distant countries.
With the good relationship with the Dong family, it will be more convenient to purchase goods in Yuezhou in the future.
This is an unexpected gain from this unintentional act.
While Manager Dong was still talking, Liu Quan suddenly ran over and said, "Manager Dong, come and see why there is a gap on the rope of your carriage?"
Manager Dong actually didn't understand all this. He went over to take a look, and with the guidance of Liu Quan, Manager Wang and others, he realized that if there was a gap in the noose, the horse could easily break free.
Both of the fallen carriages had this problem.
Manager Dong's face suddenly changed, so it was not that the horse was frightened and accidentally broke free from the rope and ran away, but someone did it on purpose.
What's more, they began to feel sleepy soon after they set out on the journey, which was also caused by human factors!
There was a carriage carrying two patients and three corpses at the back of the team, but the team's pace did not slow down.
It took nearly a day and a night to finally leave this area.
Because of the strange smell, Wei Yunlan felt fearful and the team did not dare to stop to rest for too long. By the time they left this area, the Wei family members were already exhausted.
I found an inn nearby to stay in.
Shopkeeper Dong said goodbye to them at the door, "I am grateful for your kindness. I will leave here. After I finish my family affairs, I will go to Beiguan..."
Shopkeeper Dong had just finished speaking when he heard a scream from the door of the inn, "Second Uncle?"
"Enbo? Aren't you going to Qingzhou to deliver goods?"
Shopkeeper Dong was also a little surprised, but then he couldn't help frowning.
At this moment he suddenly remembered that he had originally planned to take the official road as a detour, but after listening to his nephew Dong Enbo, he changed his mind and took a shortcut through the area where the wrath of heaven had occurred.
The day before departure, he had just had dinner with Dong Enbo in a restaurant in Xingzhou Prefecture.
If there really was someone who had the motive and opportunity to attack his group, Dong Enbo would be the most likely person.
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