Chapter 21: Life-saving Elixir
Songjiang Town, under the north city gate.
There were several tents pitched on a bare stretch of sand, adjacent to the city walls on the west and north sides. Guards with swords stood on the walls to guard them, and from time to time one could see the city defense officers leading people walking back and forth on the walls for inspection.
The system brought Tu Huan and her room to the opposite side of where Xie Yuchuan and the others were staying overnight.
Unlike yesterday when they camped outdoors in the suburbs, the escorting officers tonight did not seem to rest separately from the prisoners. Instead, they set up simple tents in the outer circle and surrounded the prisoners inside.
There is already a temperature difference between the two worlds, and the difference is even more obvious at night.
Tu Huan went to the closet and changed into a cashmere coat with better thermal insulation, and also took out a light dark backpack.
I put some things into my bag and stuffed a stack of long-lasting heating pads in. Before leaving, my eyes happened to glance at a folding fruit knife on the coffee table. After thinking about it, I put it in my bag as well.
She thought that it was better to be prepared. If an emergency really happened, she might not be able to take photos and send them home in time. It would be better to carry some with her. If something went wrong, she could take care of Xie Yuchuan and the others nearby.
Furthermore, if she leaves the house and encounters a system failure outside, she can still protect herself.
The system was somewhat helpless: [You can directly use the system function to collect and then send it out after aggregation. The host can automatically feed it to the ward.]
Tu Huan said righteously: No money!
As soon as I stepped out of the door, a biting cold wind hit me in the face.
Tu Huan shrank her neck and ran straight to the opposite side to find the location of Xie Yuchuan and the others.
In the dim and silent night, no one noticed Tu Huan's presence.
The thick and heavy city gate was just to Tu Huan's right. The moonlight was blocked, and the lights were in front of her. The light was so dim that she couldn't see the road conditions under her feet at all.
I accidentally kicked a stone and almost sprained my ankle.
The kicked stone suddenly fell to the ground, making a crisp sound in the quiet night!
With a loud crash!
Suddenly, several soldiers with swords drawn stood up around!
"who?!"
Tu Huan was startled by the voice and stopped where she was, forgetting for a moment that the other person couldn't see her at all. She paused for a few seconds before continuing to move forward.
The sound of the stone falling to the ground was not loud, but it was too quiet here, as if everyone had suddenly become silent, which made people suspicious.
Soon, someone saw that there was no one around and went to check where the sound came from.
"A stone!" the soldier reported to his companion.
"A few people go over there and take a look."
"good!"
Tu Huan turned around and saw that the officers and soldiers had serious expressions and were checking around as if they were facing a great enemy. After a round and finding that nothing had happened, they came back to rest.
Tu Huan was puzzled. She had only been back for a short time, so why was she here again? Was the exile team under such strict surveillance?
She lowered her head and gently twisted the sand on the ground with her toes, rubbing a few times to make a hole.
Tu Huan:?
Can she leave any trace here?
When she looked again, the small hole made by her toes was quickly filled up automatically.
Tu Huan:!!!
[Host, your energy state is currently unstable, so please try not to leave any obvious traces.]
So that's why. No wonder.
Tu Huan probably understood a little bit. Before the system version was updated, when the energy was unstable, she had been walking on the Daliang side, which was like a ball of empty air moving around, and would not leave any real traces here.
After the version update, many functions and manifestation states will probably change according to the energy she accumulates.
But now is not the time to study changes in capabilities. She has to find out where Xie Yuchuan and the others are as soon as possible.
Because of the accidental stone kicking incident, she gave up the idea of turning on the flashlight to find the person.
If it was pitch black and a strong light suddenly appeared in front of everyone, these ancient people would be scared half to death!
Fortunately, there were patrolling officers walking around with torches, and Tu Huan used the light to look for people in the place where the prisoners were resting.
Soon, she saw a familiar face.
Xie Yuchuan's second sister, Xie Zhen.
The Xie family was standing with their backs against the west wall, quite a distance away from the base of the city wall. Tu Huan walked over through the crowd.
As soon as I walked in, I heard Xie Zhen muttering to Madam Xie with a nervous look on his face.
"Grandma, is Yuchuan okay?"
"Let's wait and see. The situation is unclear right now." Mrs. Xie's voice was hoarse, and she looked even older and helpless.
Tu Huan stopped and looked down at the Xie family.
What happened to Xie Yuchuan?
When she was shopping in the evening, she asked him, didn't he say that he had nothing to do for the time being?
But when she came over at night, she found that the situation was completely different from what he had described.
Tu Huan was looking for Xie Yuchuan, but unexpectedly found that Xie Yuchuan was not there at the moment.
and……
After looking around, she seemed to find some differences.
She didn't know if it was his illusion, but why did she feel that there seemed to be fewer prisoners among the exiled prisoners than she had seen before?
She had only been away for one day. What had happened here?
The system did not warn her, which should mean that Xie Yuchuan's life is not in danger at the moment.
Tu Huan felt relieved. After a moment of contemplation, she opened WeChat and asked, "Xie Yuchuan?"
Xie Yuchuan's dialog box remained motionless.
"Xie Yuchuan is unconscious again?"
It happened the same way last time in the imperial prison. Xie Yuchuan fainted and that’s why she couldn’t send it through.
System: [No, the guardian's life is not in danger at this time.]
Tu Huan was puzzled. Why didn't he make any movement?
Beside him, Xie Zhen leaned against Old Madam Xie and speculated, "Songjiang Town has always been a place of commerce. How could such a fight happen for no reason?"
Madam Xie closed her eyes to recuperate. After a while, she asked, "I saw Yuchuan's eyes were calm when he left. He must have known what was going on. Don't be impatient. Let's see how things develop."
Tu Huan grasped a few key words: armed fight and leaving.
Was he called away?
She was wondering where Xie Yuchuan was when her phone screen suddenly lit up.
A bright light suddenly flashed before Xie Zhen's eyes.
Xie Zhen's eyes were suddenly dazzled and he was startled for a moment. He thought he was dizzy and rubbed his eyes.
It’s news from Xie Yuchuan.
"Xie Yuchuan: Yuheng has no intention of disturbing the household spirit, but the situation is critical. I wonder if the household spirit has a magic elixir that can stop the bleeding and save lives? Can I obtain one to save someone's life?"
Tu Huan's expression froze, and she asked in a deep voice, "Where are you now?"
"Xie Yuchuan: Songjiang Prefecture Office."
Tu Huan: "Don't move, let me go over and take a look."
She had some hemostatic medicine in her bag, but she didn't know who he was going to use it on, so she decided to go over and take a look.
She asked the system to switch coordinates again.
System: [After the new version is updated, the host can be directly moved to the new coordinates. Do you need to bring real estate with you? ]
Tu Huan: "No need then, just send me over first."
In the blink of an eye, the scene in front of Tu Huan changed.
At this moment, she was standing in a room. As soon as she came over, she smelled a strong smell of blood in the room.
In front, Xie Yuchuan had a stern expression on his face as he lowered his eyes to glance at the two men in strange clothes who were tied up at his feet.
The voice was wrapped in a frost she had never heard before.
"Want to die? It won't be that easy in my hands."
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