Chapter 174 The travelogue author is cursed; Jiang Yunzheng climbs the snowy mountain
Jiang Yunzheng lowered her eyes: "What happened next?"
Liu Qingyuan smiled bitterly, "I don't know what happened afterwards."
He asked his grandfather about the follow-up, and his grandfather shook his head and said that what happened after landing on the island should not be spread to others.
"The people on the island have put a curse on Grandpa. If the news of what happened on the island gets out, Grandpa will die suddenly."
Jiang Yunzheng's brows jumped.
Hou Yue raised her voice: "Cast a curse? Is there anyone in this world who can cast a curse?"
Jiang Yunzheng had experienced the resurrection incident before, so she didn't seem too shocked.
Liu Qingyuan pestered my grandfather for many years about what happened after that, but my grandfather refused to tell him. Finally, he died in his sleep at the age of seventy.
Jiang Yunzheng: "Think carefully, are there any other details?"
Liu Qingyuan shook his head first, then widened his eyes and said, "Yes, yes, yes, I remember now."
"Grandpa also said that when the boat capsized, there were lightning, thunder, and heavy rain. But when he emerged from the sea, everything around him was calm, and there were stars in the sky above his head. It was as if he had passed through some kind of formation... But these are just Grandpa's guesses. As for other information, there is really nothing else."
What happened next was landing on the island, and Grandpa Liu kept his mouth shut.
After Liu Qingyuan finished speaking, the room became very quiet.
Jiang Yunzheng remained calm and said, "Thank you very much."
Jiang Yunzheng brought an acupuncture kit on this trip. She wrote a prescription and asked Aunt Liu what herbs there were in the mountains. Mountain residents deal with the mountains, so how could they not know these herbs?
Aunt Liu immediately put down her work and went up the mountain to pick herbs. If she didn't have any, she went to the village to borrow some.
The herbs in Jiang Yunzheng's prescription were specially selected from those commonly found in the mountains. More than an hour later, Aunt Liu went to Xiao Quan's house to call Jiang Yunzheng. After Jiang Yunzheng boiled the medicine, she asked Liu Qingyuan to drink it all.
Jiang Yunzheng asked Liu Qingyuan to drink it for the next few days, and after she came down the mountain, she asked Xiao Quan to take Liu Qingyuan to Xiazhou.
After all this trouble, it was already dark.
Madam Xiao Quan cooked mushroom soup for Jiang Yunzheng and Hou Yue. After they finished eating, they went back to their room to sleep.
Since leaving the Liu family, Jiang Yunzheng has been very silent.
The kang was warm, and Hou Yue asked Jiang Yunzheng to get on the bed. "Doctor Jiang, what are you thinking about?"
Jiang Yunzheng said softly, "Is there another world in this world?"
This was the first time in such a long time that Hou Yue saw confusion on Jiang Yunzheng's face.
Hou Yue sneered: "How is that possible?"
After a pause, Hou Yue continued, "What exactly are you investigating?"
Hou Yue's mission was to protect Jiang Yunzheng and follow her instructions. As for Jiang Yunzheng's ultimate goal, Hou Yue had never thought about it, nor did he bother to think about it.
Anyway, she knew that since she followed Jiang Yunzheng, Jiang Yunzheng had never failed in anything he wanted to do.
Just like this time when they came to Zhuluo Snow Mountain, Hou Yue knew that Jiang Yunzheng was looking for a herb, but she couldn't even remember the name of the herb, and she was too lazy to find out what Jiang Yunzheng was going to do?
Jiang Yunzheng threw off the quilt and went to bed, closing her eyes: "Sleep."
Hou Yue: “…………”
The next day.
Xiao Quan got up early. As soon as he opened the door, he saw Qingying and thirty guards waiting quietly in the yard.
Xiao Quan: "Hey guys, it's really early, haha. It's really early."
The ten guards who stayed behind used Xiao's family as their base to replenish supplies.
Jiang Yunzheng wrapped herself up in a ball and walked out of the room.
The rest of the group rode their horses towards Zhuluo Snow Mountain.
The village chief clasped his hands together and bowed three times to the snow-capped mountains.
Great and mysterious sacred mountain, bless them.
It is early winter now, and snow has begun to accumulate in the forests at the foot of the snow-capped mountains. The higher we go, the thicker the snow becomes, the road becomes slippery and bumpy, and our horses' hooves slip several times.
When they were almost halfway up the mountain, it started snowing. If the team continued to climb the mountain, they would roll down the slope if they were not careful.
Hou Yue and Qingying did not dare to relax and stared closely at their surroundings, fearing a sudden avalanche or rolling debris.
Everyone was covered in thick snow, and the surroundings were all white. When they exhaled, the biting cold wind was like ice knives cutting their faces.
Jiang Yunzheng held the saddle tightly, with only her eyes showing. Her eyelashes were covered with snow, and the melted snow slid down her cheeks, wetting the fox fur scarf that covered the lower half of her face.
After climbing over this hillside, we soon reached a flat area halfway up the mountain.
Xiao Quan often ran up the mountain. The road below the halfway point was relatively easy to walk on, but when he climbed to the top and couldn't climb any further, he started to cry out to heaven and earth, but no one helped him.
After getting off the horse, Jiang Yunzheng was frozen all over. She took several gulps of hot water before she came back to life.
Qingying led his men to set up tents.
Xiao Quan used a large iron pestle to poke the ground in the snow, leaving only a gap as wide as a palm. He set up the kettle and began to boil water using the flint and charcoal brought by Jiang Yunzheng and the others.
The wind was strong on the mountain, and after more than an hour, Qingying and the others set up three tents.
Fortunately, the heavy snow stopped soon and there was a faint sunlight on the horizon.
Jiang Yunzheng first sent eight people to the top of the mountain, and they were told to go as far as they could and make sure to get down the mountain before dark.
Qingying is among the eight people.
Xiao Quan led the eight people.
Before leaving, Qingying rode the horse and said to Jiang Yunzheng, "Doctor Jiang, please be careful in everything."
Jiang Yunzheng nodded: "You too."
Hou Yue hugged the sword, almost shrinking his face into his neck, "Don't worry, I'm still here."
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Shuitan City and Changyi City are more than 300 miles apart, and most of the terrain is tall and dense forests.
More than 500 Xixia officers and soldiers set out from Shuitan City and marched all the way to Changyi City, led by two generals, one tall and one short.
"Deputy General Dongguo, I heard that the escort company's cargo that came from Changyi City yesterday was intercepted in Dabai Mountain. There are bandits here, so we should be cautious."
The taller general was a member of the Western Xia prince's party, his surname was Dongguo.
Deputy General Dongguo sneered: "We have more than 500 people, what are we afraid of?!"
The shorter captain continued, "The terrain here is complex and the forests are hidden. Those bandits may be hiding in the dark. We should be cautious."
Deputy General Dongguo took a sip.
"If you say that again, you coward, go back to Shuitan City."
Just as these words came out, a sharp arrow flew and pierced through Deputy General Dongguo's throat.
Blood splattered.
Killed with one arrow.
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