Fei Mo scratched her head and inspected the herbs in the crude warehouse: "I don't have a lot of herbs!"
"Anemarrhena, reed root, rehmannia, forsythia, yellow lotus … just these." Fei Mo picked up a few herbs and said to Yang Fan: "I'll boil some for you. Eat it and see the effect."
In fact, Fei Mo only knew medicinal properties and which herbs could cure which diseases. She didn't know how to feel a person's pulse, nor could she make a prescription. She was purely a 'Mongolian doctor'.
Yang Fan said: "Look at your rough hands and feet. I'll make it myself."
He snatched the medicine bag and also took away the medicine jar that was placed by the door.
He didn't expect that A 'Nu and Gu Zhuting would actually find him and find this place. But he, who was overjoyed, immediately heard a piece of shocking news: A' Nu was sick.
Anu and Gu Zhuting had been following closely behind the Khitans. After entering the mountain, a large group of people passed by in front of them, and it was easy for the two of them to keep up with them. After wandering for about a day, both of them lost their way back, but they didn't care. They just followed the large group of people forward.
When the Khitans returned to their nest in the mountains and set up camp, they began to look for Yang Fan's whereabouts.
Along the way, they didn't bring much food. Although they could easily catch some small animals in the forest with their skills, they didn't dare to light a fire while chasing the Khitans, so they could only find some wild fruits to fill their stomachs. When the Khitans returned to their camp, the two secretly stole something from them to fill their stomachs.
The Khitans' tents were all over the mountain and the sentries on the periphery were mainly to prevent a sneak attack from a large group of soldiers. Although the possibility was very small, they had to guard against it. Because the defense line was not tight, it was easy for them to sneak in with their skills. But it was difficult for them to find Yang Fan among so many scattered thatched huts.
The two temporarily hid in a cave in the shade of the mountain outside the Khitans' camp. They rested at night and sneaked into the Khitans' camp to look for Yang Fan during the day. After searching for three days, Gu Zhuting finally found Yang Fan today.
According to their original plan, after finding Yang Fan, the three of them would leave this place. Although the mountains were high and the forests were dense, there would be a time when they could get out. With the three of them supporting each other, the chances of them escaping would increase greatly.
But since the night before yesterday, A 'Nu had been feeling unwell. Her body kept on having a low fever, and by yesterday morning, it had developed into a high fever, as if she was suffering from malaria. Sometimes, she would even talk nonsense and become delirious, which frightened Gu Zhuting.
In the evening, A 'Nu's high fever gradually subsided and she woke up a little. Hearing that Gu Zhuting didn't go to Yang Fan for a whole day to take care of her, A' Nu couldn't help but be anxious. Under the repeated urging, Gu Zhuting had to abandon her today and continue to look for Yang Fan. But this morning, A 'Nu's temperature rose again, but it wasn't as serious as yesterday.
In this era, having a headache and fever was not a minor illness that could be ignored casually. A little carelessness could turn into a life-threatening problem. After hearing that, Yang Fan immediately thought of Fei Mo, the "Mongolian doctor", and had to go to him in a hurry to get the medicine.
Although Fei Mo had promised to let him go and behaved like a man, Yang Fan's current situation was different, and he had to be vigilant. Both A 'Nu and Gu Zhuting were beauties. If the other party really had any evil ideas, it would be like sending sheep into the tiger's mouth. So he didn't dare to reveal the existence of A' Nu and Gu Zhuting.
The cave where A 'Nu was hiding was on the side of the mountain, outside the Khitan camp. This side was close to a jungle on a steep slope. The jungle was so dense that probably only snakes could get through. Therefore, the security on this side was lax. It was impossible to hunt here, and there was nothing to pick. Therefore, ordinary Khitan people rarely appeared here.
Yang Fan was skilled in martial arts, and with the guidance of Gu Zhuting, a master of concealment, the two easily passed through the Khitan sentries on the periphery, quietly turned to the side of the mountain, and entered the cave. The cave was damp and cold, and the cave on the side of the mountain was even colder. As soon as they entered, there was a bone-chilling cold.
There was a fire in the cave. The flame was already very weak. Above the fire, there was an ember that was still in the shape of a thick tree trunk. It was faintly glowing with a hint of red. There was a pile of fur next to the fire. It was a wolf skin mattress and a few sheepskin jackets that Gu Zhuting stole from the Khitan people.
When Yang Fan saw a pile of messy hair on the sheepskin jacket, he hurriedly handed the herbs and medicine jar to Gu Zhuting and quickly rushed over.
"A 'Nu!"
Yang Fan called softly and gently lifted the sheepskin jacket. A 'Nu was curled up under the sheepskin jacket. Her face, which had returned to its original appearance, looked very pale. Her lips were chapped, and her pale lips had lost their color, but her cheeks were flushed. Before his hand touched her cheeks, he could already feel a burning sensation.
She was probably unconscious from the fever, and had no idea that Yang Fan had come to her side.
Gu Zhuting sighed softly and placed the medicine jar under the stone wall on the side of the cave. Strings of cold water droplets continuously fell into the medicine jar. She went outside the cave to cut down two small trees and came back. She chopped the small trees with her sword and put them on top of the fire. The fire burned fiercely, and the branches crackled as they burned.
Looking at A 'Nu's haggard appearance, Yang Fan held her head in his arms, and tears welled up in his eyes.
A 'Nu slowly woke up and murmured like a moan, "Master Gu, you … you're back. Did you find … him?"
Yang Fan said repeatedly, "I found him, I found him! A 'Nu, I'm right here! "
As he spoke, his tears finally flowed down, and big drops fell on the corner of A 'Nu's chapped lips.
A 'Nu's consciousness was obviously much slower than usual. She was drowsy and half-conscious. When she heard Yang Fan's words, she weakly opened her eyes and stared at Yang Fan for a long time. Her eyes suddenly showed a touch of surprise, and she tightly grabbed onto Yang Fan's clothes and shouted, "Langjun! Langjun? "
Yang Fan looked at her red and swollen eyes and nodded hard, "It's me! It's me! I'm right beside you! "
"Langjun!"
A 'Nu tightly threw herself into Yang Fan's arms, and choked with tears gushed out like a spring, "Langjun is safe and sound, I … I'm so happy!"
During the days when Yang Fan was missing, she was the one who suffered the most. Whether it was physically or mentally, she was constantly being tortured. Doing good deeds and refining corpses was indeed the fastest way for her to get news of Yang Fan, but it also meant that she was trapped in fear and sorrow all the time.
Her energy and physical strength had long been overdrawn, and she relied entirely on her mental strength to support herself. When she finally found the whereabouts of Yang Fan and saw that Yang Fan was still alive, her mental strength relaxed, and her body and spirit that should have collapsed long ago could no longer hold on.
Her current physical condition was completely a reaction of her anxious and nervous mind and exhausted body to repair itself. At this moment, she was in Yang Fan's arms, and she cried to her heart's content. Her tears wetted Yang Fan's chest, and as the tears gushed out, her spirit and complexion miraculously improved.
All of this made Gu Zhuting, who did not know what was going on, secretly amazed. In her opinion, A 'Nu's current state of weakness would not improve without at least ten days to half a month's rest, but when Yang Fan came, she actually improved so quickly. Her eyes were obviously filled with spirit, and the gray complexion on her face was also glowing. Her body that was so weak that she could not even speak a word could actually sit up.
A miracle!
It was simply a miracle!
"Is the Sovereign the reincarnation of a ginseng baby?"
Gu Zhuting stared at the side with her eyes wide open. She only felt that Yang Fan was ten thousand times more magical than the smelly herbs that were being boiled in the urn. If the Sovereign was stuffed into the urn and boiled, would he be able to cure all kinds of diseases?
"Langjun, let's leave quickly. If they find out that you have gone missing, they will definitely search everywhere!"
A 'Nu said a lot to Yang Fan while crying and laughing. Her words were messy. The first sentence was still talking about this, and the next sentence was talking about something else. After such a long period of longing and pain, she had too many things to say, but as her thoughts gradually became clear, she finally thought of an important problem, "We have to leave immediately!"
Yang Fan shook his head lightly and said, "How can you leave in your current condition? You should focus on recuperating first. Don't worry, I have saved the life of one of their leaders, so they no longer see me as an enemy. They originally planned to let me go when they left this place. "
Yang Fan sighed, hugged A 'Nu's body, and said softly, "The imperial court has suffered another defeat. The Khitans plan to fight their way back to their hometown to establish their base. Since Taizong and Gaozong, when has the imperial court suffered such a big loss? Now the imperial court is like the Buddha in 'heaven', it looks magnificent on the outside, but empty on the inside … "
A 'Nu said blankly, "Then … what should we do now?"
Yang Fan sighed, "I am not a god, what can I do?"
He lovingly stroked A 'Nu's hair, kissed her forehead lightly, and said softly, "I will … go home with you!"
At this time, Wu Yanxiu, the future son-in-law of the Wu Zhou Dynasty, had already brought a large number of wedding gifts from the south to the Black Sand of the Turkic Khaganate. But the news of the imperial court's third army being defeated again, and the death of the Prime Minister and Minister of War Wang Xiaojie had also reached the Turkic Khaganate from the east.
Moche did not expect that the once insufferably arrogant Tang dynasty had actually declined to such a state, and was defeated again and again in the hands of a small Khitan. Moche's greed suddenly increased, and the peace negotiations that he was originally very satisfied with now seemed far from enough to him.
Therefore, Moche immediately turned hostile, and declared that his daughter should be married to the Li royal family, not the Wu family. The Turkic Khaganate did not recognize the Wu Zhou regime, so he detained Wu Yanxiu, imitated the Khitans, and raised the slogan of 'Follow the Tang to Conquer the Zhou', and sent out a hundred thousand cavalry. Because of the Khitans' rebellion, the border of the eastern part of Hebei, which was originally a barrier, was empty, and the Turkic Khaganate killed their way in from here.
The Turkic Khaganate's military force was far superior to the Khitans, and they already knew how to use various siege weapons. Under their attack, the armies of Jing Nan, Ping Di, and Qing Yi were immediately defeated, and Gui Zhou, Tan Zhou, Ding Zhou, and Zhao Zhou fell one after another. Following the Khitans and the Xi Tribe, the Turkic Khaganate also killed their way into this land, and wantonly looted!
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