The prince spared his life! The lady has been reborn to save you

"No? The snow just fell this morning, why is it gone now?"

The three of them went to five pharmacies in a row, but were told that the ice sun flower was sold out.

The owner of the pharmacy suggested, "Ice Sunflower is impatient, and there are not many in the pharmacy. The people in Zhizhou Prefecture have bought them all. You can go to the flower fields in the countryside and have a look. Maybe there are some left."

Maybe there are some left?

Chu Yizhao felt that this was not right, and the medicine buyer in the store said, "Little Taoist priest, don't go. All the flowers in and outside the city have been dug up by the prefecture. I came from the countryside, and the flower fields are bare, not even a single seedling is left."

The three of them stood in front of the counter, looking at each other. Lu Rui pointed at the door and said, "Then let's... go?"

Chu Yizhao frowned. The ice sun flowers bloomed in the snow. If he waited any longer, it would be next year.

She asked the shopkeeper, "Sir, do you know why the prefecture bought so many ice sun flowers?"

The shopkeeper shook his head. Seeing that they were in a hurry to ask for help, he reminded them, "Ice Sunflower is useless if you are impatient. If you want to use it as medicine to save people, you can try to replace it with other herbs. The prefecture..."

He kept his mouth shut and said, "It's not easy to get in."

Chu Yizhao's eyes moved slightly, and just as he was about to ask again, he was interrupted by a light female voice.

"You want Sunflower?"

Chu Yizhao turned around and the girl with the vegetable basket looked at her curiously.

The woman wore a plain yellow headscarf, a coarse brown linen coat, and a dark yellow jacket that was slightly pale. The cuffs were a little too short, and the jacket's cotton padding at the shoulder blades was sunken and flat, looking old and dark.

From a distance, it looks gray, like an old dream ink painting stored at the bottom of a box in a warehouse.

"Are you a Taoist priest? Can you tell fortunes? Can you find someone?"

The body is like an old dream, and the face is like a delicate fruit.

The girl's name was A'Luo, about sixteen or seventeen years old, with a face as beautiful as jade, a delicate red dot between her eyebrows, and bright yellow plum blossoms blooming on her temples.

Chu Yizhao thought for a moment and nodded, "Not bad."

The heavy snow has stopped this morning, and some snowflakes are falling lightly in the clear sky.

The three followed Ah Luo back home. The simple courtyard was hidden deep in the alley, and the sunlight could not penetrate, making it look a little eerie. The snow in the courtyard had been cleared, and the pure white snow mixed with dirty water and stains piled up in the corners.

Ah Luo saw Chu Yizhao standing in the yard, staring at the snow on the corner. She smiled and said, "The weather is cold, the snow has frozen, and you can't see the road clearly at night and you might fall. It's a waste of money to suffer, so just shovel it away."

Chu Yizhao also laughed, "It's late snow that year, every family is looking forward to it, but few people are so decisive."

"I looked forward to it when I was a kid, but after falling a few times I became afraid."

As Luo spoke, she pushed open the door to the inner room and welcomed the three people in. "Our family is poor, so please don't despise us as guests. Please sit wherever you want. I'll go boil some water."

Poverty is real poverty.

It was a square room with a square table and two benches in front of the door. In the left corner were two old boxes stacked up with some scattered clothes lying on top of the boxes. Half a step away were two hanging curtains tied with ropes.

One of the curtains was not completely drawn, with half a gap showing through. Inside was a gauze bed with messy bedding. Looking again, it was clear that it was a bedroom with two doors separated by a T-shaped cloth curtain.

Chu Yizhao looked away.

In such a small space, the smell of cosmetics was so sticky that Lu Lin didn't know where to put his eyes.

He turned his back in silence. Lu Rui didn't understand, so he sat down obediently when he heard the word "sit"...

"Snapped!"

There was a sound of breaking crossbar, and a nimble figure bounced up quickly, like a frog jumping high. Chu Yizhao only felt a flash of black mist in front of his eyes, and there was a person hiding behind him.

"What happened!"

Upon hearing the sound, A'Luo rushed out, and after seeing clearly, she was slightly stunned.

Of the two benches, only one was left, and the other was broken in half and collapsed on the ground.

The originally poor family was made even worse...

A'Luo was a little stunned, "Whose butt is this, so brave."

Lu Rui secretly popped his head out, stared at the broken wooden chair with a guilty look on his face, and pulled Chu Yizhao's sleeve and said aggrievedly, "There's something fishy."

"Ghost?" Luo was frightened, "Don't talk nonsense!"

"Male or female ghost?"

Lu Rui tilted his head and uttered in confusion, "Male ghost..." Female ghost.

“Male ghost!” Ah Luo looked around in horror, grabbed her clothes and backed away, “Don’t scare me, people say my house is at the end of an alley, and there’s a lot of yin energy…”

She looked at Chu Yizhao for help, "Master, Master, please help me."

Chu Yizhao patted Lu Rui lightly with a hint of blame, "Don't lie."

She took out a silver ingot and placed it on the table. "This is compensation for the bench. The child is naughty and frightened and said nonsense. Please don't be offended, young lady."

Ah Luo looked at the silver ingot, which was enough to buy ten benches. She immediately waved her hand and said, "This is too much. Take it back quickly. In this world, it's not easy for you to make money. A broken chair is not worth it."

Chu Yizhao raised his eyebrows slightly. The Zhou Dynasty worshipped Buddhism, and Taoism declined. This girl is quite sharp-minded.

"You're welcome, young lady. Please accept it."

She continued directly, "We are here this time for Bingyanghua. If you have any channels, please let me know."

Ah Luo heard this and said, "Master, wait a moment."

Then she hurried out of the yard, holding up her skirt, and came back with a flower pot in her arms. "Take a look, is this one okay?"

In the earthen pot, there is an eight-petal flower in full bloom. The color is blue inside and white outside, gradually fading to lighter. There are round snow-white beads in the stamens, and it has no fragrance or taste.

It's ice sunflower.

Chu Yizhao took it and examined it carefully.

Superior quality.

Available.

The corners of the mouth are slightly curved, which means good luck.

She looked at Luo and said, "She is well-raised. I want her. Please name your price, young lady."

"No, no, no." Luo pinched the corner of her clothes, "No need, this kind of wild flower was never wanted before, it's not worth much money."

She grabbed the silver ingot on the table and smiled, "These are enough."

Bingyang flowers are neither rare nor precious in Jiangyang City. Due to their unique way of blooming, they can barely be considered auspicious. Apart from a small number of them being used as medicine, most of them are picked by farmers for appreciation.

"To you, it's a small flower in a pot, but to me, it's a life-saving elixir." Chu Yizhao took out two ingots of ten taels of gold.

"The money and goods have been paid, don't refuse."

Even if a person who has always been proud of his status is covered in mud, he cannot hide the oppression that is inadvertently revealed in his tone.

Ah Luo had a plan in mind and pushed the silver back, "Master, I want to ask you to help me find someone. This is your reward."

Chu Yizhao remembered that when they were at the pharmacy, Ah Luo had asked her if she would look for someone. She looked at the tightly closed curtain.

"You said."

The friend that A Luo was looking for was named Xie Xiwen. He was engaged when he was young. In the spring, he went to Jiangyang City to look for his relative, but was beaten out by the girl's family with sticks. He broke one of his legs and wandered the streets. He was picked up by A Luo and brought home.

"A few days ago, he went to the street to buy vegetables and didn't come home at night, so I went out to look for him. Uncle Wang at the end of the street said he saw him in a carriage, and there has been no news since then."

Ah Luo was very worried. "I want to ask the Taoist priest to help me find where he is now and whether he is doing well."

Chu Yizhao sensed something was wrong, "Don't you want him to come back?"

Ah Luo uttered a doubtful sound, lowered her head and smiled awkwardly, pointing at the drawn curtain.

"Do you think my place looks like a habitable place? I have no parents, and I don't have the ability to make money. I can't help you with anything except the half a mouthful of bread I save."

Not to mention the strict separation between men and women, living together behind a curtain also causes many inconveniences in daily life.

"Mr. Wang said it was a grand carriage!" Ah Luo described it with her hands dancing and excitement, "It's even bigger than Miss Sun's."

The Sun family is Xie Xiwen’s childhood sweetheart.

Chu Yizhao guessed, "Maybe he was ungrateful and got close to a nobleman."

"So, you want to find him too?"