C8 Find the Antidote

As the sun sets, Zhuo Xi follows Whitey's route. She had already found 12 types of herbs. She identified them. Most of them were non-toxic and resistant to cold. Even after searching for a day, she still could not find the key source of the poison. She also did not know what Little White meant. It seemed that this pharmacist also had some thoughts. He found more than ten kinds of herbs to cover up the poison. Helpless, She could only put the twelve herbs into her pocket. This kind of pocket was sewn into a wide sleeve, which was the only advantage of ancient clothing. The pocket was big enough. It was just that she could not carry too much weight, otherwise it would easily affect her walking. Seeing Little White swimming into the depths of the mountains again, She sighed. "Little White, she said. It's going to be dark soon. Why don't we search again tomorrow?"

Little White wagged its little tail again, hinting at her. Hurry up.

She could only stand up straight and twist her waist, taking a deep breath. She followed Little White up the mountain. Little White brought her to a place filled with dry rocks. Then, they stopped at a cave entrance that seemed to be some kind of small animal. It looked like it was waiting for a rabbit. Zhuo Xi looked around. It was full of red rocks. It was unusually dry and there was not a single blade of grass growing. Along the way, The plants were lush, and there were no signs of drought or lack of water. How could this place be so abnormal? She touched the rock and found that it was still warm. The sun had already completely set in the west. The sky darkened and Zhuo Xi was just about to call Little White back. When she came back tomorrow, she saw Little White stand up vigilantly. It was completely stuck to the side of the rock, as if it wanted to hide its figure. Zhuo Xi knew that the thing it was waiting for had arrived. She also lightly stuck to the back of the rock and nervously stared at the small hole.

Not long after, the two small stones in front of the hole loosened up. Then two large pincers extended out. Then, his whole body turned red. It turned out to be a large scorpion. It seemed that the source of the poison was this scorpion. Little White jumped out and bit its tail. With a swing on the ground, the scorpion was thrown onto the rock and crashed down heavily. Little White quickly swam over and used the same trick again. With so many times, the scorpion almost had no room to fight back. In the end, it was thrown to the ground and could not move. Zhuo Xi went over and used the rope she brought to tie up its entire body. She held him in her hand. It was better not to put this kind of poisonous thing in the pocket.

She patted her pocket and said, "Little White, there's no more, right? Then, should we go back?"

Little White hesitated for a moment and nodded.

Zhuo Xi lifted her leg and left, but she strangely felt a tremor from the ground, as if there was a wheel carrying a heavy object pushing over. Zhuo Xi immediately laid on the ground and listened for a while, as if the sound came from below. Zhuo Xi looked at Little White and Little White had an innocent look on his face. You did not ask me about this matter, how could I tell you?

Zhuo Xi whispered to Little White, "You have been hiding here for the past few days to scout?"

Little White nodded.

"What is that place?"

Little White was very conflicted. How should I answer that?

Zhuo Xi could only continue with the question and answer, "Then there is someone down there?"

Little White nodded.

"Many people?"

Little White nodded again.

"Dangerous?"

Lil' White hesitated again. How was he supposed to judge? To him, it was naturally not dangerous.

Zhuo Xi also realized that this question could not be answered. She asked again, "Do you know about import and export? I mean the kind that people leave. "

This was easy to answer, and Little White immediately nodded.

"Bring me there to take a look. "

Lil' White looked up at the sky and shook his head.

Isn't this a good time? Zhuo Xi laughed, "Gododoy, you didn't even detect when they changed shifts, did you?"

Lil 'White looked at her proudly and nodded his head proudly. That was natural.

"Okay. In that case, let's go and find some food to eat first, then find a suitable time to go in. "

Little White wagged its tail and went into the grass. Zhuo Xi followed it and finally knew that the little red fruit it found a few times was actually grown on a tree. It was also hard for Little White, as a snake, to meander up the tree and roll the red fruit down, then return to the ground and chew the red fruit for Zhuo Xi to eat.

Zhuo Xi saw that Little White was tirelessly spiraling up the tree and her nose ached. She could not help but shout, "Little White, come back!"

Lil 'White replied. He turned his head to look at her. She was confused. Zhuo Xi picked up a stone on the ground and said, "Little White, come back. Today, let me serve you!"

Little White retreated behind her and saw her quickly shoot a stone at the red fruit on the tree. In an instant, many red fruits fell from the tree.

Zhuo Xi picked up the small fruit and wiped it to Little White. However, she saw Little White shaking its head, indicating that it did not want to eat it.

Zhuo Xi was immediately touched again. Little White simply found the red fruit for her. But she did not eat it. She also understood that snakes ate rat frogs. Vegetable food wasn't to be eaten. She shrugged regretfully. "Alright, then. Go find something to eat yourself. I'll wait for you here. " Since we can't have dinner together, We can only wait here for it to come back.

Little White nodded and left.

About half an hour later, Little White had eaten its fill and returned. Zhuo Xi saw that its belly was bulging and it was obvious that something was bulging out. This was the first time she saw a snake that had just finished eating. Thinking about an animal that had just been swallowed whole by it, she felt a little frightened. She quickly diverted her attention. "Little White, do you think there's not much time left? Can we go in now?" She felt that it was simply a good strategist. She was almost relying on it.

Little White nodded and led the way.

Zhuo Xi hid behind a rock and followed Little White into a hidden cave. When they walked in, there was actually another world. It was the hinterland of a mountain. It was late at night and the moonlight was Liao, but the inside was brightly lit. People were coming and going. Zhuo Xi covered her figure and went deep into the hinterland, and she almost kept taking deep breaths to calm the shock in her heart. She really wanted to ask where Little White was. But she also knew that Little White could not answer her, so she could only observe by herself.

This was a slave factory, and from time to time, there would be people dressed like soldiers holding whips and shouting. The slaves dressed in tattered clothes pushed their carts and shuttled back and forth. She was not sure what kind of stone was inside the carts. Maybe it was some kind of ore or something. Suddenly, a little boy who was pushing the car in front of him fell down. His companion beside him shouted. "Meng, Meng. How are you?" The soldier at the side whipped him. "Let's go. Don't slack off. " The man hugged the little boy and dodged the whip as he begged. "Master Guan, Meng has been hot for several days. If he doesn't get treated soon, he will lose his life. "

The soldier sneered, "You slaves still want treatment? Not to mention a child, even a young and strong slave. If you get sick, don't you know where to go? "

"Lord Guan, alright, alright. Slaves are humans too, but they also have a life. "

The soldier raised his whip. "Cut the crap. Hurry up and leave. Someone will come and take care of him. "

The little boy's hand tightly held onto the man as he weakly shouted, "Uncle Ma, don't, don't leave me behind. "

The soldier's whip had already landed on Uncle Ma's body. "Did you hear that? Hurry up and get to work!"

Tears streamed down Uncle Ma's face as his hand caressed Meng's face. "Child, in your next life, don't give birth to a slave in your next life. "

Zhuo Xi looked at her empty hands and hated that she did not prepare any weapons or drugs, which resulted in her having no strength to fight back. Little White swam in front of her and seemed to be giving her a warning look.

She saw Uncle Ma being dragged by the soldiers and roughly pushed to the front of the cart. The soldier shouted behind him, "Two more people, throw him into the waste pit. "

Very soon, two slaves with numb expressions walked over. They picked up Meng and threw him into an empty cart like a rag and carried him away.

Zhuo Xi saw that the child's eyes were filled with tears of despair. His face was still red from the high heat. His hands and feet seemed to be struggling to get up. He was pressed by the person beside him and fell back into the carriage. He stopped moving.

Zhuo Xi quietly followed them and saw that they threw the boy into an abandoned mineral pit like throwing a rag.

Zhuo Xi covered her mouth and tried to disperse the disgusting smell from the pit. She slowly approached the boy. His eyes, which had been closed in despair, opened and looked at her.

She asked softly, "How are you?"

Meng's eyes revealed a glimmer of hope. He said weakly, "Sister, save me. I don't want to be like them. "

"Them?" Zhuo Xi could not help but look around and saw some human-shaped objects lying on the ground.

"They were all sick and could not work. . . "

Zhuo Xi quickly covered his mouth and dragged him out, "Let's leave this place first. This place is really unpleasant. "

They only felt that the air could barely breathe after they left for a long distance. Meng sat down with her support and licked his dry lips as he asked, "Sister, do you have water?"

Zhuo Xi touched the pocket filled with herbs and smiled awkwardly, "No. " "But I have this. " She remembered that she had a few red fruits that she could not eat in her pocket. She took them out and handed them to him.

Meng slowly bit down on them and ate them. "Thank you, sister. My name is Qumeng. Sister can call me Meng. How did you get here? "

Zhuo Xi tilted her head and thought about it. It was better not to introduce Xiao Bai. So she said, "I went up the mountain to pick herbs and accidentally fell into this cave. Oh right, what is this place? What are you doing?"

" This is a mine. Us slaves were bought here and sent here to mine. If we are sick and can't work, we will be thrown away. "

"What kind of mine are we mining?"

"Copper mine. "

"[Copper mine?]"

"En, it is a type of rock with yellow and green spots. This type of rock with red spots will be abandoned here. " Meng pointed at a rock that was leaning against his back and said.

Zhuo Xi looked at this red spot. This kind of red spot was made of iron rust formed from iron elemental oxide. It seemed to be iron ore. There might be a smelting site in a cave, which was why the place she had just stood at was dry and hot. Even the rocks on the mountain had been roasted until they were hot. The entire mine was hidden in the belly of the mountain. No one was leading the way. It was very difficult to find this place. But why would the iron ore be abandoned in large numbers?

At this time, Qumeng finished eating the red fruit in her hand and said, "Older sister, I'm much better. Thank you. "

Zhuo Xi thought for a while and said, "You wait here for a while. I will go and find some sweaty herbs for you. Maybe you are just tired from the cold and have a fever. Take some medicine and you will be fine. "

Qumeng's red face emitted a hopeful expression, "Thank you elder sister! You are really a good person!"

Zhuo Xi stood up and went deeper into the forest.

As she followed Little White, she nagged, "Little White, Little White, find a few antifever medicines. No, no, find a few more to drive away the cold and heat. "

All of a sudden, she felt something rushing towards her from behind her ears. She tilted her head and saw a dart nailed to the tree trunk in front of her. Then, a masked man in black attacked with a sword. Zhuo Xi dodged a few moves with her bare hands. Seeing that Little White was waiting for an opportunity to attack, she hurriedly called out. "Little White, quickly leave. " When she called out, The masked man turned his sword and was about to attack Little White, but Little White barely dodged. Seemingly also aware that the opponent today was not so easy to deal with, he hurriedly looked at Zhuo Xi and went into the grass silk, disappearing without a trace. Zhuo Xi let out a sigh of relief when she saw his reaction. Concentrate on dealing with this masked person in front of her. However, it was obvious that this masked man's martial arts was very powerful. Zhuo Xi was defeated in less than ten moves.

Black Clothed Man escorted her to another person. It was an unfamiliar voice, "Mistress, she's the only one. The Little White she spoke of is a little white snake. "

Zhuo Xi raised her head. That figure was hidden in the darkness and could not be seen clearly. "Why did you come here? Why did you save that slave?" He asked.

"I can only answer your second question. I saved him because he needed to be saved, and I happened to be able to save him"

"Save him? You can't even save yourself now. "

"Could it be that you want to kill me? I would like to ask, why did you want to kill me? We don't know each other, and we don't have any grudges against each other. I only wanted to find a few medicinal plants in this mountain. I don't think I did anything wrong. " Zhuo Xi raised her head and asked. Could it be that the ancient people were all like this?

"You didn't do anything wrong? Just the fact that you came to this mine alone is enough for you to die ten times or eight times. "

So it's illegal mining? Zhuo Xi instantly understood. In the past, the government had extremely strict control over resources, let alone metal mines from the cold weapons era. That was something that could be forged into coins and weapons in minutes.

"Hmph, a mere copper mine is nothing to me. "

Black Clothed Man, who was beside her, gave her the knife on her neck. "If you know what's good for you, say it. Who sent you? Who are you loyal to? "

"Hahaha," Zhuo Xi raised her head and laughed. "The person I'm loyal to? In this world, there is no one worthy of my loyalty!" I have already died once. So what if I die again? Just treat it as transmigration. Before I die, I must be arrogant for once.

"No one is worthy of your loyalty? What is worth it?" The person in the darkness asked again.

It was rare for someone to be a curious baby, so she explained, "The so-called loyalty is definitely what one desires, respects, feelings, and desires in one's heart. When I come to this world, there is no one that I can desire, no one that I respect, and even less that I can feel gratitude and desire. Besides myself, there's no one else that I pledge loyalty to! "

No one can be respected? Didn't I hear that she had a childhood sweetheart who escaped marriage for him? No gratitude, no desire? Then before he freed her from the palace election, what was the point of giving her the position of female history? What was the "freedom" she asked for that day?

She continued, "Since I don't have a master, I won't reveal the secret of this place. If you are the master of the mine, I saved a slave for you and saved a property for you. Shouldn't you thank me? If you are not the master of the mine, then why should you care about me? Do you know the secret of this place?"

Jingyuan smiled in the darkness and said," Since that's the case, I don't seem to have any reason to kill you. Just let her go. " Black Clothed Man, who was next to Zhuo Xi, stepped back. She touched her neck. The coldness of the blade seemed to still be there. "Can I go now?"

The person in the darkness nodded and Black Clothed Man, who was beside her, became anxious. "Mistress!"

"Let her go. . "

Zhuo Xi casually tidied her clothes and waved her hand and left.