Fox Road Travel Notes

Chen Zican smiled even happier: "Haha, it's better if you all keep it in your belly."

"I heard that last year, Mr. Yang in Xiong County also had a yes man. He went to ask Taoist Zhang of Baiyung Temple for help."

"Daozhang Zhang asked him to go home and read the "Compendium of Materia Medica". If there is no sound in his stomach when he reads the name of a medicine, it is the magic medicine that can kill you."

"Hey, is this true?"

"Nonsense, bah bah bah, fake, fake..."

The little pigeon panicked and screamed.

"Little Pigeon, why don't we leave? I suddenly felt that this little girl stinks. How about we find someone else?" Ling'er said.

Guan'er nervously grasped Chen Zican's clothes, shouting over and over again in his heart: "Come on, hurry up, I will talk properly in the future, please...".

But her damn young master kindly persuaded her to stay: "Don't worry, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I haven't even smelled copper farts for a long time, how can I have the money to get medicine!"

"Now that it's here, let's make peace with it."

"Humph, what on earth are you planning?" Ling'er and Little Pigeon asked in unison.

Chen Zican smiled so hard: "Don't worry, the story isn't over yet."

"Later, when Mr. Yang paid a private visit incognito, he met a beggar on the street. He also had a yes-man in his belly."

"Mr. Yang kindly told him how to read the "Compendium of Materia Medica", but he never thought that when the old beggar heard this, he not only refused to thank him, but even cursed..."

"Huh? Why?"

This time, even Kuan'er wanted to ask.

"The old beggar's beard was trembling in anger: 'My old man has no other abilities, all he relies on is this talking bug in his belly, which can be looked at by others and beg for a few coins."

"If the medicine kills it, will you be able to support me from now on?'"

"Huh?" The result was unexpected. This time, three voices screamed at the same time.

Kuan'er realized that he had slipped his mouth and hurriedly covered it with his hands.

Chen Zican continued lazily: "On this journey, our Kou'er has two yes-men in his belly!"

"As long as you kneel down on the street and shout "Uncle, Auntie" a few times, you will travel to the ends of the world, and you are still afraid that you won't get a bite to eat?"

Kou'er couldn't help but shuddered.

The two yes-men seemed stunned.

"I'm not going to beg for food, I'm not going to beg for food..." After a long time, the little pigeon started to cry loudly.

Ling'er's voice trembled: "Hurry up, let's go quickly, this person is too, too abominable!"

The wind on the hillside gradually became cooler, but the young master's arms were still very warm.

Listening to his heartbeat, Kou'er felt very peaceful.

"Get up, lazy girl, do you want to comb the young master's braid?"

Chen Zican scratched Kou'er's ears with dogtail grass.

"Well, Master, are the insects gone?" Kou'er asked cautiously.

"Let's go. They said the button smells so bad and they are going to find a sweet-smelling girl."

Kuan'er burst out laughing and wanted to say "bah", but quickly covered his mouth.

He got up, picked up the grate that fell on the grass, and pulled Chen Zican's hair hatefully with his other hand, "That's nonsense!"

Chen Zican grinned.

Kou'er put the comb in his mouth and quickly helped Chen Zican braid the pig's tail with both hands.

He said vaguely: "Master, do we really want to go to the eldest master's place? But, where is Huaiqing Mansion? How far is it from the capital?"

Chen Zican also frowned in a rare way and murmured: "Huaiqing Mansion, it seems - maybe - it should be in Yuzhou."

"Anyway, I think there is always a place a thousand miles away."

"If I were alone, I would probably arrive this fall."

"If I take you with me, um——, it will be around this time next year."

"What?" Kou'er jumped up excitedly: "We have to go for a whole year!"

"Oh, Master, please, let's go home. If we walk faster, we can still catch up with the city gate before it's closed!"

Chen Zican shook his head, and the chopstick-like braid spread out again.

"If you don't go back, Master, I won't go back until I die!"

"The scars all over my butt haven't faded yet. If I go back to that scum cave, aren't I asking for death? You have to go back to it yourself!"

Kou'er pursed his lips, his almond-shaped eyes were misty, and his little face was full of worry: "But, young master, do you have money? Do we really want to go there asking for food?"

Chen Zican patted his forehead: "Well, that's a good question!"

"Oh, Kou'er, if only you had a yes-man in your belly, then we wouldn't have to worry about eating and drinking!"

"Hey, take out your wallet and let me see how much money we have left..."

When Kuan'er heard this, he immediately jumped away and said, "No, Master said, you are not allowed to smell even a copper fart!"

"You have been lying in bed recovering from your injuries for the past half month. You only have ten taels of silver a month. Except for the three sesame seed cakes and two bowls of tea you bought in the afternoon, I have kept the rest."

Chen Zican scratched his head: "Tch, no wonder the old man named you Kou'er, you are his biological child, right?"

"You are the little one, and he is the old one. Our family has such a big business, and we only give him ten taels of allowance a month, and you are told not to let me touch it!"

Kou'er seemed to remember something and smiled: "You deserve it, you didn't bring it all on yourself..."

Chen Zican asked doubtfully: "Oh, I said Kou'er, what on earth did I do that is so unforgivable that the old man beat me like this?"

Guan'er tilted his head, looked at Chen Zican carefully, and said doubtfully: "Master, you have changed..."

"Becoming handsome?"

"Kou'er, in the past few days, you have said at least seventy-two times a day, Master, you have changed, and I am not a monkey!"

"Hmph! Anyway, you have changed! Master, do you really not remember anything?"

This girl must have discovered something, right?

Seeing Kou'er's confused expression, Chen Zican patted the grass beside him and showed his innocent smile that was harmless to humans and animals.

"Sister Kuan'er, come on, sit down."

"Just tell me, I really don't remember."

"Well——, it's like having a dream. When I woke up, I saw you crying and calling for the young master..."

"Girl, thanks to you taking care of me these days, in my heart, Chen Zican, Kuan'er is my biological sister!"

"From now on, I will definitely take you to eat well, dress up in gold and silver, and make you fat and white, just like Aunt Zhu who sells steamed buns in the alley."

"When you grow up, you will find a rich man like Shen Wansan to marry you..."

These few words were said frivolously, but they were unknowingly more sincere.

Kou'er blinked his eyes and was so moved that he almost cried.

"Master, Kuan'er is just a girl, you can't afford it!"

"Actually, you can't blame me for being cruel. You made him so angry this time that he lay in bed for three days..."

Chen Zican immediately became interested and rolled his eyes: "Kou'er, come on, tell me what's going on?"

"The two of us will depend on each other from now on. We don't want to hide anything from each other, right?"

Guan'er picked at the corner of his clothes, bit his lip, his face turned red from suppressing his emotions, and said with a smile: "But, I don't want anyone to say it -"

Chen Zican straightened his back and sat up: "The old man doesn't have good ears, what are you afraid of?"

"Quickly, tell me quietly and I will buy you a big white horse to ride on tomorrow, okay?"

Guan'er's eyes widened: "You're lying again. A horse costs a lot of money. It's not even enough to sell us both!"

In a blink of an eye, he exclaimed: "You don't want to sell this piece of jade, do you?"

"The master said that this is a treasure that was leaked from the palace of the previous dynasty. He even asked the old monk from Dajue Temple in Xishan to recite sutras."

"The lifeblood is the same, but it can't be used!"