"Why not?" Shen Qingqiu said.
Situ An hugged his sword and said, "This is the gift my father gave me when I was 20 years old."
Situ An's father had passed away, so asking him to pawn the relics his father had given him was somewhat inhumane. Shen Qingqiu was about to say forget it, but he saw Situ An picking at a gem on the scabbard...
It is somewhat indecent for such a handsome man to do these actions.
Soon Situ An handed the gem in his hand to Shen Qingqiu, "In such a small county, even if I pawn my sword, I'm afraid they can't afford enough. But I think this little gem is enough for the two of us to spend, what do you think?"
Shen Qingqiu took the gem from his hand and looked at him again, speechless, "Isn't this a relic your father gave you?"
Situ An said as a matter of course, "Yes, my father said that the sword we carry with us should be gorgeous. People like us always carry swords with us. If we really fall into danger, we won't starve to death."
Shen Qingqiu could only say: "I admire you."
The whole Situ family has very unique ways of thinking.
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Early the next morning, Shen Qingqiu and Situ An made an appointment to go out.
Fang Xiaoxiao and Fang Yuan, brother and sister, could not go today. They hunted wild boars yesterday, which was the first time in more than ten years in the village. They distributed so much wild boar meat to so many families. The village chief also thought about the difficulties of these fake orphans and widows, but Lin Meihua still occupied their land and refused to share it with them.
He immediately called most of the people in the village, and also called the two brothers and sisters of the Fang family to take back their land.
Shen Qingqiu saw that everyone in the village was on their side, so he thought that they would not suffer any loss today. So he did not care much and quickly left the city with Situ An. The two of them first went to a shop in the town to pawn Situ An's gems.
Although the gem was valuable, it was just a small piece on the scabbard and was pawned for one hundred taels of silver.
The two men spent some money to buy some silk fabrics for the Fang family, and also bought two horses and a cow. They sent all the people to the Fang family and also bought some furniture.
“Why go to so much trouble? Can’t you just give them the money?” Situ An was born into a noble family after all. He had followed Shen Qingqiu to look at the cattle and horses and picked out so many pieces of furniture, and he was already a little impatient.
Shen Qingqiu said: "The Fang family saved me without asking for anything in return. Even when I only did them a little favor, they treated me as their benefactor and wanted to work like a slave for me. How could they ask for my money?" But after all, they saved her, and she would leave here eventually, so she couldn't just give the Fang family nothing.
Besides, she also likes the girl Fang Xiaoxiao very much.
When Situ An heard this, he couldn't help but bow to Shen Qingqiu, "Your Excellency is grateful and knows how to repay their kindness. You also know what they are thinking. I am not as good as you."
Shen Qingqiu smiled but didn't say anything.
Situ An glanced at the sky and asked, "Are we going back now?"
Shen Qingqiu shook his head, "If you don't go back, you still have to go to a place with me."
Situ An asked suspiciously, "Where?"
"Don't you feel any different about yourself now?"
Situ An looked at his body, then touched his face. After a moment, he said with some regret, "My skin is much drier than before. I was in such a hurry to go out this time that I didn't bring the moisturizer I usually use. Otherwise, I would definitely give it to Xiangjun."
Shen Qingqiu was once again amazed by Situ An's train of thought.
He is a seemingly normal person, but why does he occasionally say things that make people think he has a problem with his brain? "Don't you think your injuries will heal quickly?" Shen Qingqiu could see that he couldn't beat around the bush with this kind of person. If he could beat around the bush, he might as well just say it directly.
At this time, Situ An suddenly realized, "I thought I was just strong by nature. Listening to what you said, it seems like you know the reason."
Shen Qingqiu asked: "Do you remember the bowl of pork bone soup you drank yesterday?"
Situ An thought for a moment, then sneered: "I thought yesterday that the gentleman was asking me how it tasted. Now, after drinking the pork bone soup, I feel warm all over. I was in great pain, but I slept very well last night. After waking up this morning, the wounds on my body didn't hurt anymore."
At this point, Situ An's eyes lit up, "But what's wrong with the pork bone soup?"
Shen Qingqiu said: "I am just guessing now, but if my guess is correct, it will be a good thing for all the soldiers in the world." After that, he walked forward, "Come with me to the place where we hunted wild boars yesterday." Situ An nodded, holding his sword and followed behind Shen Qingqiu.
Soon the two arrived at the place where they hunted wild boars yesterday.
The wild boar was chased by hunting dogs for a long time, leaving behind a lot of bristles and barbs, so it was not difficult to find this place. But today Shen Qingqiu wanted to find the place where the wild boar usually moved around. The place they came to yesterday was the hunter's residence. Wild boars lived in the mountains and forests, and usually would not go to the outermost part of the mountains and forests.
It’s easy to imagine that it’s because of the bitterly cold winter that all the animals have gone hibernating, and they have no food so they have to go to the outskirts.
The two men entered the deep forest again. Even the most experienced hunters did not dare to enter the depths of the dense forest, especially in winter. If one accidentally ran into a hungry hibernating tiger, it would be like a sheep walking into the tiger's mouth.
Situ An was extremely worried along the way, because the dense forest was not a place that humans could enter freely.
But Shen Qingqiu in front of him had a completely different attitude from him. She walked here as if she was taking a leisurely stroll in the garden, and there was no worry on her face. Situ An had always felt that this Shen Xiangjun was different from the noble ladies he had seen before, and now he felt that the rumors were true...
But he was not a bad person at all, as Shen Xiangjun was grateful and treated commoners and nobles equally.
He is a rare and insightful person.
Thinking too much, he naturally didn't pay attention to the road under his feet. When he walked forward, Situ An stepped on a dead branch! In the deep forest in winter, everything is quiet and animals are hibernating. This sound is like a shocking force. Situ An realized something was wrong and took out the sword beside him and stood next to Shen Qingqiu.
The two looked in different directions.
The surroundings were extremely quiet, but after the sound of the dead branches, there was a sound of something heavy trampling the grass. Both of them were martial artists, so of course they had excellent hearing. Situ An listened for a while, then said with a grim expression: "Although it is huge, its footsteps are light. If I'm not mistaken, it should be a tiger."
This movement is so small that it is almost non-existent, and among all the huge beasts, only the tiger has such ability.
"My dear, it seems that we should not go any further today..." Before he could finish his words, Shen Qingqiu suddenly punched the ground, then raised her head and let out a long howl. The way she made the sound was a little strange. It didn't sound like it came from her throat, nor did it sound like a human's howl. If you listened carefully, it actually sounded a bit like a tiger's howl.
After the sound wave, Shen Qingqiu stood up.
Situ An widened his eyes, "It actually left!" Just now, he heard the footsteps of the tiger turning around and leaving.
"What kind of kung fu did you use to scare away a wild beast?" You have to know that people are afraid because they are intelligent, but even if a tiger has no rivals in the mountains and forests, it is ultimately just a beast that cannot understand human language.
Shen Qingqiu said: "People always think too highly of themselves, but they don't know that animals in the jungle have their own survival rules. Nature is ever-changing. To be able to dominate the deep forest, the tiger's IQ is not low-" She smiled and glanced at Situ An: "It has not encountered anyone stronger than it, so it is naturally the king. If it encounters someone stronger than it, would it really go up and fight hard without knowing whether to live or die?"
Situ An nodded, but immediately after nodding, she felt something was wrong. Did Shen Xiangjun mean that she was stronger than a tiger? Shen Qingqiu no longer had time to answer Situ An's questions. She had already walked to a pool of water, lowered her body and quietly sniffed the water. After a moment, Shen Qingqiu curled her lips and said, "Found it. It's here."
"Is it the water that's wrong?" Situ An asked.
Shen Qingqiu said: "It seems that someone added some medicinal herbs to this water. I think the wild boar has been drinking the water here since he was young, so the medicinal properties are contaminated on his bones."
Situ An frowned, "I only heard from the village master that there is medicine, but what exactly is that medicine? After I drank the wild boar soup, I felt that my injuries healed very quickly. If this water is really as the village master said, then drinking it directly will make me immune to all poisons."
Shen Qingqiu asked: "How is it possible?"
"Everything is interdependent. Fang Yuan said that in the past, this place produced many talented people, most of whom were generals on the battlefield. But what do you think I have seen the most along the way?"
"What is it?"
“Generals’ tombs.” Shen Qingqiu said, “On those generals’ tombs, the life stories of each general are recorded, and from what I have seen, none of them lived past the age of thirty.” She looked at Situ An again, “I have seen this kind of medicinal material in medical books. It is caused by good fortune from heaven. The person who takes it can defeat a hundred enemies at once.”
Any ambitious man would be tempted upon hearing about such a drug.
What is the change of fighting one against a hundred? If there are only 10,000 soldiers, but everyone takes the spring water, it is equivalent to having a million strong army! "If God wants to give it, he must first take it. Is it really exciting to fight one against a hundred with lifespan like this?"
However, Shen Qingqiu's next words also woke Situ An up. He was not a person who regarded human life as worthless. He frowned and said, "If this is true, and it falls into the hands of someone with ill intentions, won't it cause another uproar?" Situ An thought that he was not a very ambitious person, but he couldn't help but be moved after hearing what he heard just now.
He suddenly widened his eyes as he remembered something, "My Lord... My Lord, you said that after drinking this medicine, I can only live to 30 years old at most! Then why did you let me drink it yesterday..." Situ An suddenly stuttered...
Shen Qingqiu had never expected that this person's train of thought could go astray at any time, and immediately said unhappily: "I drank it too."
Situ An: ...
"After drinking that soup yesterday, did you feel like you could take on a hundred people?"
Situ An shook his head.
"The medicinal properties have already dispersed a lot in the spring water, and the wild boar drank and digested it. How could it be possible that you would not live to be thirty?"
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