Hooked sickle grass is a miraculous medicine for treating injuries, but it's not easy to find in Yanchuan.
"What on earth is going on!" Liu Yiyi muttered. "The people of Anluo are not good at medicine and don't know the magical effects of hooked sickle grass. It's understandable that we can't find it in Anluo's medicine shops. But why can't we find it in the shops opened by people of the Great Sheng either?"
They had visited three medicine shops in a row, and all of them said they didn't have hooked sickle grass.
"Could it be that you're mistaken?" Pei Yanqi suspected. "Maybe it's not called hooked sickle grass, but dog curtain grass, or dog gate grass..."
"Me, mistaken?!" Liu Yiyi snatched the water chestnut cake from his hand and scolded him without mercy. "I've grown up in Min since childhood. It's only separated from the Southern Border by Dayi Mountain... How could I not know what grows in the mountains?"
"Hooked sickle grass is indeed a miraculous medicine for treating injuries,"
Li Wanming was so annoyed by their quarrel that she had to add from the side. "However, this kind of grass only grows on the mountaintops in the northwest. It's extremely difficult to pick. Even we've only seen it a few times. It's possible that the stock in the shops is low."
Chuntao said cheerfully, "It doesn't matter. If this shop doesn't have it, we can go to the next one! If we visit all the medicine shops in Yanchuan, we're bound to find it!"
Zhao Yanke was also holding a piece of water chestnut cake and eating with his head down. Hearing this, his eyes lit up and he nodded in agreement repeatedly. "That's right! We should really visit the whole Yanchuan City!"
Gao Yong whispered, "My lord, why don't you go back first..."
Zhao Yanke glared at him. "If you tell me to go back to the inn again, you can go back by yourself!"
Gao Yong: ...
Li Wanming pulled him aside and comforted him in a low voice. "General Gao, I know you're worried about His Majesty's safety. But you've seen His Majesty's temper. Even Xiao Jingnan can't persuade him, let alone you?"
"You might as well just follow him patiently and be more vigilant. After we finish our business here, we'll go back to Shou'an immediately. After we meet General Feng, everyone will feel at ease."
Gao Yong had no choice but to respond softly. He stood at the side with his hands hanging down, and secretly glared at Zhao Yanke with resentment.
Originally, he should have followed the young master when he went into the tiger's den alone today!
But because of this muddle-headed emperor who kept changing his mind and insisted on coming with them, he could only guard by his side and couldn't go to protect the young master... The more he thought about it, the angrier he got!
If anything happened to the young master, he would never be able to atone for his sins even if he died a thousand times.
After they walked for a while, they suddenly saw a shop in front with a blue cloth curtain hanging. A huge character "Medicine" was clearly visible on it.
"With such a big shopfront, they should have it, right?" Liu Yiyi rushed in three steps at a time, but soon came out with her shoulders slumped. Even the pearl flowers on her temples seemed wilted. "They don't have it either..."
Li Wanming was suspicious in her heart - this was too strange.
Although hooked sickle grass was difficult to pick, it shouldn't be impossible to find it in all the medicine shops in Yanchuan City, right?
It seemed as if someone had been buying it in large quantities and had bought all the hooked sickle grass in advance...
Before this thought in her mind was fully formed, she saw Pei Yanqi lift the corner of his robe and stride in.
"Shopkeeper, I want to order two carts of hooked sickle grass. The price is negotiable. I wonder when you'll have the goods?"
The gray-haired old shopkeeper looked up from behind the medicine cabinet and said in confusion, "Hey, it's really strange. Why has everyone been asking for hooked sickle grass recently?"
"Oh? Really?" Pei Yanqi remained calm. "Besides us, who else wants to buy it?"
The old shopkeeper squinted his eyes and recalled. "A young lady. Judging from her dressing, she's also from our Great Sheng Dynasty."
Li Wanming's tense shoulders relaxed imperceptibly.
They hadn't been able to buy hooked sickle grass all the way. She couldn't help but feel a little anxious, fearing that the people of Anluo had gotten there first.
Now that she heard that it was a young lady from the Great Sheng Dynasty who had bought it, the stone in her heart finally dropped - anyway, it was better than it falling into the hands of the Anluo people.
"A young lady?" Liu Yiyi became interested when she heard this. She put her arm around Li Wanming's shoulder and said playfully, "What kind of young lady? Is she as good-looking as the young lady beside me?"
Hearing this, the old shopkeeper really looked carefully. After a while, he nodded and said with a smile, "You know what? That young lady does bear a three - point resemblance to this young lady."
Before his voice faded, a gentle female voice suddenly sounded outside the door. "Shopkeeper, are the things I ordered ready?"
Li Wanming suddenly turned around and saw the curtain fluttering gently. A woman in a rose - purple silk dress walked in gracefully.
She had willow eyebrows and almond eyes, and her skin was like congealed fat. There was a gentle and graceful air about her in every gesture. The sunlight shone through the curtain and cast a shallow golden shadow on her, making her look even more elegant and refined.
"Elder sister...?!"
"Why are you here?"
Li Wanming exclaimed in disbelief.
"Little sister?"
When Wanxin saw her, she was also surprised and delighted. She immediately rushed over and grabbed her hand. "Father told me that you left the capital. I thought you'd go to Lingxi County. Why did you come to Yanchuan?"
"It's a long story."
Li Wanming grabbed her elder sister's wrist and pulled her to a corner. She asked anxiously, "Tell me first. Why did you come here? Has something happened at home?"
"No." Wanxin said softly with a smile. "The situation in the capital is unstable. The Empress Dowager has put the Prince Ning's Mansion under house arrest, and you left the capital overnight... Father and Mother were afraid that the Empress Dowager would target the Li family. In case of a major change, they sent me back to Tangli first."
"You asked me to treat that person's poisoned sore on his leg before. Now we're just short of a herb, hooked sickle grass. This herb can only be found in Yanchuan, so I made a detour and came here to buy it."
"After I came to Yanchuan, I thought that since the Great Sheng and Anluo were about to go to war, herbs would always be useful. So I thought I might as well stock up more, and then..."
"And you bought out all the medicine shops in Yanchuan?" Pei Yanqi stepped forward with a smile, bowed his hands, and said, "Miss Li is intelligent and far - sighted. I admire you very much."
Wanxin was a little embarrassed by his praise. She lowered her head and said, "Mr. Pei is overpraising me. I just thought of it on a whim. There's no such thing as far - sightedness..."
"So, nothing has happened at home?" Li Wanming still wasn't at ease.
"Nothing has happened." Wanxin gently wrapped her hand in her palm and said softly, "Father and Mother are just taking precautions. During the time I've been away from home, we've corresponded every few days. Everything at home is fine. You can rest assured."
Li Wanming finally let out a long sigh of relief. "That's good. We also came here to buy hooked sickle grass. Since elder sister has already bought it, we don't need to buy it anymore. After we meet up with Jingnan, we'll set off for Shou'an immediately..."
As she said this, she told her what had happened in the past few days one by one.
After hearing this, Wanxin was so shocked that she quickly chanted the Buddha's name. "Amitabha. I said that my brother - in - law is a lucky man and will surely turn danger into safety. It really came true."
After Li Wanming finished talking about Xiao Jingnan's matter, she glanced behind her and suddenly felt a little worried - how could she explain the large group of people behind her?
A number one scholar, an emperor...
During the war between the two countries, their Emperor had come alone to the territory of the enemy country - such a stupid and absurd thing would sound like a fantasy if she said it. Would it scare her elder sister?