The girl traveled through another world and forced the prince to take the imperial examination
Chapter 59: Finding the Medicine Box
Donghu Village was surprisingly quiet under the cover of night. A crescent moon hung on the dark screen like a silver hook, and the surrounding stars gathered into a sea of stars, shining brightly in the night sky.
The galaxy is so gorgeous, but the earth is dark.
Xiao Hei, dressed in black, moved like a ghost, silently moving through Donghu Village as if he were in an empty space. His shadow was left behind in every lighted window.
Don't think he's just eavesdropping; he's gathering information to report back to his master. That's right! The gossip in this village is quite explosive.
Miss Mu once said that you have to be at the forefront of the melon-eating crowd to get the biggest bites. What did she mean? I finally understood it today! Miss Mu's words are so insightful!
This widow is cheating on a man, and this man must be an outsider! Otherwise, he wouldn't have fallen into the trap set by others. Now everyone is waiting for him to take off his clothes!
Ugh! That's boring. Look next door! They're showing a real-life version of Three Kingdoms. This is the real show! Two men are taking on a female hero with guns! It's really exciting.
I wonder if the head of Donghu Village can sleep at night. The villagers are so fierce, and there are so many big plays in one night. It's even more lively than the theaters in Beijing. Xiao Hei is already too busy to handle it all, and he doesn't know where to start eating melons first.
Just as Xiao Hei was standing behind the wall of the widow's house, hesitating, footsteps were heard from behind him.
Hiding oneself is a skill that a qualified secret guard relies on. Xiao Hei didn't even move, hiding in the shadows, holding his breath and blending into the wall. Only an expert could detect the slightest trace of his presence.
The two men walked past him without even a glance.
"The Gou Wa family is really unlucky this time. Why did they have to offend Lai Pi Si when there were so many people to offend."
"Tsk! Served him right! That son of a bitch got what he deserved. If he wasn't home today, I would have beaten him to death. But at least I've gotten some relief."
"Brother, didn't we hit him a little too hard just now? I hope Gou Wa's father won't die!"
"What are you afraid of? It was Laipi Si who made us do this. We've already been beaten, so it's better for him to die. ... If he hadn't tried to steal the ox cart from me, it would have been ours, and that little bastard's family would have gotten it for free."
The two walked away quickly, and Xiao Hei did not chase them because he had already heard the information he wanted to find out. He looked in the direction the two people had just come from, and there was a house at the end of the road.
The black lacquered door was closed tightly. Xiao Hei listened for any noise at the door. Ordinary people probably couldn't hear anything, but he heard miserable crying sounds behind the door.
Xiao Hei walked around the door, went to the wall, ran a few steps, kicked the wall twice and jumped onto the top of the wall. If he could use his internal force, he could jump over the wall with just a tap of his foot.
But he couldn't do that now. He had promised Miss Mu that he wouldn't be so stubborn. If the wound opened up, it would take a long time to heal, and that wouldn't work. Forget it! The mission was more important at this moment.
The yard was pitch black, and only the outline of a house could be seen. To the east was a low building, probably a kitchen. In the west corner was a dilapidated shed; he didn't know what it was used for, but he guessed it was a pigsty because the air was filled with a foul odor.
Xiao Hei was delighted. This was exactly the family his master had mentioned. Miss Mu had hidden the medicine box in a cellar next to the pigpen.
Xiao Hei jumped lightly from the top of the wall to the yard, and walked directly to the west corner. There was indeed a square well platform next to the pigpen. This should be the entrance to the cellar.
He was about to lift the cellar lid when he heard a noise in the main room. Before taking the medicine box, he wanted to make sure everything was safe.
A little light came through the window of the main house, and the crying sound also came from the house.
Xiao Hei looked around and found no trace of other people. He walked to the side of the window, gently lifted a crack and looked inside.
An oil lamp was lit in the room, the light flickering. I could vaguely see two people lying on the floor of the main hall. Their hands and feet were tied behind their backs, their hair and clothes were messy, and I couldn't see their faces clearly. These were probably the parents of Gou Wa that the master had mentioned! Why wasn't their son Gou Wa there?
The two people were beaten badly. The man was unconscious and the woman was still crying and screaming from time to time, but she sounded very weak.
Both of them were tied up, which saved him a lot of trouble. Xiao Hei walked into the kitchen slowly and found an oil lamp and a tinderbox for lighting a fire.
He opened the cellar door and was greeted by a musty smell. He lit a tinder and took a look. The cellar wasn't too deep, only about two or three feet high. Jumping down wouldn't be a problem, but coming up was a bit difficult as he couldn't use his arms.
He searched around and found a ladder against the wall. He climbed down the ladder and jumped directly into the cellar.
As soon as his toes touched the ground, he felt something unusual. There was someone in the cellar.
The tinder lit up, illuminating the entire cellar. It was empty except for a tattered wooden shelf in the corner, and a person lying on the ground.
Xiao Hei lit the oil lamp, its orange glow bringing a touch of warmth to the chilly cellar. Hei then saw clearly that a girl, about fourteen or fifteen, lay on the ground. Her hands were bound, and she lay face up, her dirty face barely visible. Her eyes were closed, and only the faint movement of her chest gave her life. Her clothes were also filthy, but the fabric was clearly not ordinary. This wasn't a village girl; she looked like she came from a wealthy family.
Xiao Hei always remembered that he was here to look for the medicine box, not to meddle in other people's business.
He came to the wooden shelf and saw a large, dilapidated and cracked vat under the shelf. He reached into the vat and felt around, and sure enough, there was something at the bottom.
Xiao Hei suppressed his excitement and took the contents out of the jar. He carefully examined the strange medicine box under the light, and it looked very similar to what Miss Mu had described.
Miss Mu had told him that the medicine box was a transparent white box, slightly smaller than an ordinary medicine box. Sure enough, the antidote to the Drunken Dream poison must be contained in an unusual box.
His master was finally saved. Xiao Hei excitedly picked up the medicine box and left, his eyes darting across the tattered, dusty wooden shelves. Two strange objects caught his eye. One was a transparent box, identical to the medicine box, with a faint glimpse of many things inside. The only difference was that this box was pink and smaller. The other box, also pink and made of cloth, wasn't transparent, so he couldn't see what was inside.
Xiao Hei was a little confused. This thing couldn't possibly belong to Gou Wa's family. It looked like it came from the same place as Miss Mu's suitcase. Moreover, the pink color was clearly something a little girl would use. But why hadn't he heard Miss Mu mention it before?
Miss Mu did say that she had placed two black bags in the cellar, and she had even drawn the appearance of the bags for him. However, these two small boxes did not look like the two bags that Miss Mu had drawn for him!
Xiao Hei thought, what's the point of arguing? Just take both back! Miss Mu will know after seeing them. He pulled out a piece of black cotton cloth from his arms, spread it on the ground, put the two boxes and the medicine box together, wrapped them in black cloth, and carefully carried them on his back.
Just as he was about to turn around and leave, the person on the ground suddenly reacted, as if she had a strong desire to survive. Her eyelids trembled violently and she murmured softly.
Xiao Hei finally felt pity and took off the water bag from his waist. This water bag was newly bought for him by his master, and his master was still using the old one.
He fed the girl water, and the girl seemed to have tasted nectar, gulping down the water in big gulps. In a few breaths, she had drunk most of the water in the water bag.
“Help…help…please…help me!”
The intermittent cries for help instantly reminded Xiao Hei of the pain and despair he felt when he was on the verge of death.
Without hesitation, he picked up the girl on the ground and climbed up the wooden ladder.
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