Huo Jincheng had seen street performers perform magic tricks when he was a child, such as taking water from an empty bowl, dancing with a handkerchief standing up, etc., but none of them could compare to what Jian Ninglu did.
Glancing at Jian Ning, he muttered, "Congratulations, you've achieved your wish."
Jian Ning's eyebrows furrowed slightly upon hearing this. Huo Jincheng's reaction was unexpected. She hadn't been showing off intentionally in front of him, but had discussed this with Ding Youtian long ago. If the weapons in the secret room were ever used, the court would have to be informed of their origins. Huo Jincheng was Emperor Yongkang's most trusted man, and telling him would be like revealing the weapons to the public.
Now they are in the Moon Country, and unexpected things may happen at any time. Letting him know in advance that she has a portable space to store things will avoid her having to be cautious and wary of him when she uses the Baicao Room in an emergency.
Jian Ning had expected him to hound her relentlessly, but that turned out to be completely different. Before she could even realize why he was congratulating her, Huo Jincheng had already remembered that she hadn't fully recalled her childhood, so he continued, "Before you got lost, I took you to see a magic trick by a magician on the street. When you saw him make fish appear out of an empty bowl, you clapped your hands in delight and pestered the magician, saying you wanted to learn too. He refused to teach you, yet you still thought you'd be better than him someday. Do you really not remember anything at all?"
Jian Ning quickly searched the memory bank in his brain, but he had no memory of what he had just said. It seemed that it was in another memory that his original body had lost.
She shook her head. "I don't remember."
"I don't remember it well."
"Um?"
"Oh, I mean." Huo Jincheng didn't even look at Jian Ning. He crossed his hands and unconsciously pressed the back of his knuckles. He looked ahead without a fixed gaze and said, "It's not necessarily good to have too many things in your head. Isn't it better to have fewer things in your head and worry less?"
"That's not something you would say."
"Oh, what's that like what I said?"
Jane Ning didn't expect him to ask this question. She was speechless for a moment and the air suddenly became quiet.
Neither of them spoke anymore. Jian Ning simply closed his eyes and took a nap for a while. Soon his consciousness floated into the grass and he fell asleep.
When the sky was just getting light, she heard Huo Jincheng cough lightly. She opened her eyes and saw that he had taken off his cloak and put it on her.
"I accidentally fell asleep." She squinted her eyes as she looked up. Daylight was about to break. She took off her own cloak and placed it in the herb room along with his. Then she picked up the medicine box and slung it over her shoulder. "Let's go. On the way here, it occurred to me that they might not reach Shangjing so soon. Let's go down the mountain and find a place to stay. Then we can look around and see if we can get some information before we make any plans."
"Okay." Huo Jincheng stood up and stretched out his hand towards Jian Ning naturally, "Give it to me."
"What?"
"Medicine box." He pointed to the medicine box on Jane Ning's shoulder, "I'll carry it for you."
"No need, Mr. Huo! Even if you carry a medicine box, you don't look like a doctor. I'd better carry it myself. Hurry and catch up." After saying this, Jian Ning raised his foot and walked down the mountain.
Huo Jincheng followed her and glanced at the medicine box on her shoulder. Thinking of her mysterious portable space, he suddenly thought, "Does Captain Ma also have that invisible and intangible big house you mentioned?"
Jian Ning paused, then continued, "Then you have to ask him. You can't ask me. How would I know whether he has it or not? Anyway, I haven't heard him mention it. I've never heard Sister Tian mention it either."
"Captain Ma's wife is truly a capable person. By the way," Huo Jincheng glanced at her, "your two families have such a good relationship, but why didn't your relationship seem as close the first time you went to treat Captain Ma as it did later? What's the reason?"
"Ask around Dingxian Village. Everyone knows that I'm close friends with Sister Tian. Besides, I had a few words with my husband the other day, and I was upset. Maybe my mood was low, which is why you had the misconception that our two families were at odds."
Huo Jincheng thought about it carefully and vaguely remembered that Jian Ning and Ding Youtian seemed to arrive one after the other. The two of them did look a little awkward that day. So this must be the case.
"Captain Ma is also a very capable person. To be honest, I am really ashamed. That old lady Ma was the person that Nan Xiang mentioned. If Captain Ma hadn't reminded me time and again, I would still be in the dark about her escape."
"He's the captain of the police, and my husband mentioned it in the letter he wrote to him, asking him to be careful of Ma Lao, so naturally he took it to heart."
Huo Jincheng nodded. Before coming here, he had already recommended Ma Fuquan to Emperor Yongkang and asked Ma Fuquan for his opinion. He estimated that Ma Fuquan would be transferred to the Wuyi Battalion in Jingdong as the Admiral of the East Gate in the next few days. When the country is not at war, the Wuyi Battalion's main responsibility is to garrison the capital, guarding the palace and protecting the capital area, and also shouldering the mission of fighting in wartime.
After he told Jian Ning about this, Jian Ning was secretly happy for Ma Fuquan. She smiled and said, "Brother Ma and my second apprentice, both of them have the ambition to serve the court on the battlefield and bring happiness to the people of the world. If they really achieve their wishes, Brother Ma will definitely be very happy!"
Her smile blossomed like a dewy flower in the morning light, emitting an intoxicating fragrance from the inside out. Huo Jincheng felt very happy seeing it.
"Ah!" A woman's scream was heard faintly from the foot of the mountain ahead.
"Let's go and take a look." Jane Ning quickened her pace.
The two of them hurried to the foot of the mountain. A few farmhouses gradually emerged from the mist ahead, nestled in a sparse bamboo forest. Jian Ning looked up and saw that they were all two-story bamboo houses, with the lower floor about half a foot off the ground, somewhat like the Dai people's stilt houses.
"Ah! Ah!" The screams sounded again.
"It's coming from that room." Huo Jincheng raised his arm and pointed to a bamboo building in front of him on the left. Just as Jian Ning was about to move her foot, he pulled her back and said, "It's better not to mind the affairs of the Yue people."
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