Yuan Junhe ran all the way home, holding onto the door frame, breathing rapidly and gasping for air. He looked anxious but couldn't speak.

Yuan Shisheng and Qi Meixiang were so frightened when they saw him like this.

"Where's your sister? Why are you back?"

"Is your sister okay?"

Yuan Junhe waved his hands and kept rubbing his chest, but he still couldn't speak.

Qi Meixiang was so angry that she jumped up and down. "Speak up, where is your sister? Is something wrong with your sister?"

Yuan Shisheng said irritably, "What if something really happens? What should I do? She's Zhang's daughter-in-law.

Although we are her family, if something happens, it will be because we failed to take good care of her. Then we will not only have to pay the Zhang family the betrothal gift, but also give them a daughter-in-law!"

If something happened to the person at the Zhang family, they could blame the Zhang family, but they were the ones who brought the person back to her parents' home, and she had committed suicide yesterday.

If she died today, the Zhang family would definitely say that they didn't take good care of her, after all, she was handed over to them.

"Why bother with all this at this time? It would be so uncomfortable if Jun Yao heard this."

Qi Meixiang turned around and asked Yuan Junhe anxiously.

"Tell me, where did your sister go?"

Yuan Junhe calmed down and said without delay, "Sister is fine. She went to Yuhua Mountain and I lost her. I was afraid something happened to her, so I came back to let you know."

"How can you be so useless that you can't even keep up with one person?"

Yuan Shisheng glared at his son, but he still felt uneasy. If his daughter really went up the mountain to pick mushrooms and firewood, why would she deliberately leave her brother behind?

He probably committed suicide because he was depressed.

Qi Meixiang said, "Let's all go into the mountains and look for it. This matter shouldn't be publicized. Jun and you can go to your second grandfather's house and ask your second uncle and aunt, and your fourth uncle and aunt, and Wang'er and Jin'er to help look for it."

Yuan Junhe nodded and said, "Okay, Mom, I'll go right away."

After giving the instructions, Qi Meixiang did not dare to delay, and she and Yuan Shisheng asked Yuan Junling to go up the mountain to look for him.

In the Yuan family, Yuan Shisheng has no siblings, only an older sister.

But his father has two brothers. His father and mother have passed away, but his second uncle, second aunt and third uncle are still alive.

The other two branches have many children, but Yuan Shisheng has a better relationship with the second branch, while he doesn't have much contact with the third branch because of some old grudges among the elders.

Yuan Shisheng is the eldest among his cousins. He has two sons from the second house. The elder one is the second child and the younger one is the fourth child. They are Yuan Junyao's second uncle and fourth uncle.

After the people from the second branch of the Yuan family received the news, those who were at home went into the mountains to help.

The eldest son of the second wife has two sons, and the second son has three daughters and one son.

It was early in the morning and everyone was at home. After Yuanjunhe went to report the news, a large group of people went up the mountain.

Yuan Junyao's second wife saw Yuan Junyao come back with her own eyes yesterday.

Although she didn't know what exactly happened, she mentioned it to her family after she got home, so they also had some guesses.

And that neck must have been caused by hanging!

So when Yuanjun and Yi heard that Yuanjun Yao had disappeared up the mountain, they immediately thought that she might have gone to commit suicide.

Yuan Junyao had no idea that so many people were looking for her, so she walked a long way into the mountains.

Of course, she paid attention to the direction along the way and would definitely not get lost.

This mountain is very big, and the outer part has been almost destroyed by villagers picking wild vegetables and mushrooms and cutting down trees.

However, there are still abundant supplies in the deep mountains, but there are also many dangers.

Seeing that they had almost gone deep enough, Yuan Junyao took out a small instrument and placed it on the ground. Holding the display screen in her hand, she began to search for medicinal herbs.

The display screen showed that the instrument's light waves had begun to cover and identify the surrounding grass and trees.

Yuan Junyao can screen the grades of medicinal herbs, so she naturally chooses the best ones.

[Beep, beep.] A red dot appeared on the screen, and she walked towards it.

After arriving at the location, she put away the equipment and was about to push away the grass when she saw a snake with black and white patterns on its body, spitting out its tongue and staring at her vigilantly.

Yuan Junyao recognized this snake. The front end of its head was pointed and upturned. This snake was the pit viper, commonly known as the five-step snake, the king of rotten meat. A bite from it would really rot the flesh.

This snake is very fat, probably weighing at least five kilograms.

Yuan Junyao narrowed her eyes, broke off a branch nearby and began to tease it.

Snakes can be used as medicine, and their whole body is a treasure.

The five-step snake was enraged and attacked Yuan Junyao. Yuan Junyao held a branch in her left hand to attract its attention, and with her right hand, she quickly pinched its vital point. The snake was quickly controlled by her.

Yuan Junyao grinned and said, "You are the first pot of gold I have earned since coming to ancient times!"

The five-step snake twisted its body and wrapped around Yuan Junyao's wrist. The snake was smelly and disgusting, and Yuan Junyao let out a light click.

Holding the snake, she squatted down, parted the grass, and picked a herb.

This herb is called Longyi Grass. It has miraculous effects on people with internal injuries and can unblock blood stasis in the meridians. She has been practicing martial arts and carrying out missions for many years and is often injured, so she still knows some precious herbs.

After she finished picking the herbs, she just smiled when she suddenly heard some noise nearby.

The sound was very small, like the sound of wind blowing a robe.

How could there be such a sound in this desolate mountain? She narrowed her eyes, immediately locked onto the direction, and asked coldly, "Who?"

Her voice dissipated in the air, and the surroundings became quiet, as if there was nothing, but Yuan Junyao kept looking over there persistently.

Finally, the person hiding in the dark seemed unable to hide anymore.

A man in a black and red robe walked out. He held a sword in his hand, had his hair tied up high, and had a handsome face.

As soon as he appeared, he clasped his fists and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to peek, but I never thought I would meet a girl in this deep mountain.

I wanted to leave quietly, but when I saw the girl catching the snake neatly, I took a second look.

This man was quite honest. Yuan Junyao didn't want to cause trouble, so she just said calmly, "Yeah, it's okay."

After saying that, he grabbed the snake in his left hand and the herbs in his right hand and prepared to leave.

"Girl, stay."

Unexpectedly, the person behind her called her.

Yuan Junyao paused, turned around and asked coldly, "What's the matter?"

It is better to be more vigilant towards strangers. After all, one should always be on guard against others. Moreover, this is a deep mountain forest, which is a good place for murder and arson.

"Miss, could you please sell me this Dragon Herb? To be honest, I came down to this deep mountain just to collect herbs."

Yuan Junyao smiled when she heard this, and her attitude softened a lot.

"First...how much silver are you willing to pay for this herb of mine?"

"Thirty taels!"

Dragon Herb is extremely precious and rare. In modern times, one plant costs 20,000 yuan, while artificially cultivated ones only cost 10,000 yuan.

Yuan Junyao didn't know whether the price offered by this man was reasonable or not. The original owner knew nothing about medicinal herbs, but thirty taels was a lot, enough to marry a wife.

In ancient times, ordinary people were lucky to have an income of more than ten taels a year, and the poorest families could barely make ends meet with five or six taels a year.

For example, Zhang Laifu could only earn forty or fifty copper coins a month by working as a laborer outside.

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