TGFH Chapter 3: Recuperation in the Mountains...

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     When Bai Yi returned to the cave, he saw Xiao Yiran making a fire, so he quickly walked over to take over and handed the food basket to Xiao Yiran. Xiao Yiran did not force it, and took the food basket and sat down quietly to drink medicine and eat. After Bai Yiran made a good fire, he handed another bowl of porridge in the food basket to Bai Yi.

　　"I will stay here and watch over you these few nights. You should try to take the time to recuperate and recover. I've calculated that it will take about two months to get from here to Yunxia City by official road. During these two months, I will adjust the dosage of the medicine in real time. It should be easier to suppress the toxicity after you recover from your injury." Bai Yi explained briefly while drinking porridge.

　　"Two months is too long. If we don't take the official route, we'll need one and a half months."

          Bai Yi put down the bowl, wiped his mouth, and smiled, "It will be slower if we don't take the official road." After a pause, Bai Yi explained, "I know the road you mentioned. It is indeed faster to hurry, but the road is not easy to travel. You are seriously injured and you have to recuperate within five days. If you can't take good care of yourself on the road in these two months, the result of hurrying will be death. Besides, I am a doctor, not a warrior. I can't walk those roads."

　　"...Two months is too long and will cause delays." Xiao Yiran thought for a moment and was still not satisfied with the two months. If it dragged on for two months, he might as well rest here for half a month and then speed up his journey. Perhaps it would take less than a month and a half to reach Yunxia City from the original route.

        As if seeing what Xiao Yiran was thinking, Bai Yi shook his head and said with a smile, "Even if you recuperate for half a month, it won't be fast if you take the path you want. More haste makes waste, don't you understand?" Seeing that Xiao Yiran seemed to still insist, Bai Yi put away his smile, "Although I don't know why you are injured here, are you sure you have dealt with all the people who hurt you? Are you sure you won't meet them while you are on your way?"

　　After hearing what Bai Yi said, Xiao Yiran also thought of the group of killers who were chasing him. Each of them was an expert. If he were to face them again, he could not guarantee that he could escape again.

　　Seeing Xiao Yiran wavering, Bai Yi immediately persuaded him, "Although the official road is slower, we won't be delayed on the road. I will try to speed up and arrive within two months. Besides, you are a conspicuous target if you travel alone. If I go with you and disguise myself and take the official road, we can also confuse the sight of those who are chasing you and avoid them."

       Xiao Yiran thought about it in silence. It was indeed safer to take the official road as Bai Yi said, but he didn't have much time now. If he couldn't catch up with the army to Yunxia City, it would be too late to catch up after missing them. If he couldn't return to the camp before the army returned to Beijing, the news of his leaving the army would be exposed. The current situation in Beijing was unknown, which would make him even more passive. But if he took the shortcut... the chance of encountering that group of people was indeed greater.

　　Just as Xiao Yiran was silent and hesitant, Bai Yi sighed and said calmly, "No matter what urgent matter you have to do, you have to have someone to do it."

　　Xiao Yiran was stunned when he heard this, but he couldn't help but agree after he reacted. Indeed, if he faced that group of people on the road, he might not survive. It would be better to choose a safer method. Even if he could not catch up with the army in the end, he could find a way after returning to Beijing.

　　After thinking it through, Xiao Yiran nodded towards Bai Yi and said, "Then we will set out on the official road in five days."

       "Heh." Bai Yi smiled, "Then I will make preparations in the next few days. In five days, we will go down the mountain from the south, pass through the village at the foot of the mountain and go directly to the town. Then we will take the Jingshui River, pass through Bailu City and Yeling City, and then we will reach Yunxia."

　　"Okay." Although Xiao Yiran was not very satisfied with the route arrangement, he agreed with it. However, Xiao Yiran looked up at Bai Yi. He did not expect that a village doctor would know the route to Yunxia City so clearly.

　　"Hehe." Bai Yi smiled lightly. He found that he seemed to be able to understand the meaning of the other person's eyes.

　　It was not until Xiao Yiran's puzzled look came that Bai Yi put away his smile, but there was still a hint of smile in his eyes, "I have already checked the route to Yunxia City. I was planning to go to Yunxia City to see the miraculous doctor as soon as I had enough money for the trip. I didn't expect that you, Master Xiao, would advance the plan now." After a pause, Bai Yi smiled again, "Ahem, to be honest, I don't have much money for the trip. I'm sorry to have troubled you, Master Xiao, along the way."

       As if he didn't expect Bai Yi to say this, Xiao Yiran was silent for a moment, then he took off his shoes expressionlessly, removed the soles, pulled out a few silver bills from the gap and handed them to Bai Yi.

　　Now it was Bai Yi's turn to be stunned for a moment, and then he chuckled, "Haha..., Master Xiao has really good habits." Bai Yi took the banknote handed over by Xiao Yiran and looked at it. It was quite a lot, at least 500 taels. Bai Yi knew that Xiao Yiran's identity was not simple, and the 500 taels were just a precaution for him, so he accepted all of it without hesitation, "I will accept this money without hesitation. In addition to the travel expenses, the rest will be used as Master Xiao's medical fee for the next two months."

　　Xiao Yiran still had no expression on his face, but Bai Yi could clearly sense that he was a little unhappy. He smiled and shook his head, folded the banknote and put it away. "Although the consultation fee is a bit expensive, don't feel that you are losing out. Although my medical skills are not particularly good, I wasted a Xinghan Pill for you last night. This medicine is a spiritual medicine my father left for me. There are only three pills in total. Charging you five hundred taels is a bargain for you."

　　Xiao Yiran's face darkened, he was dissatisfied that his life was only worth 500 taels. Oh no, after deducting the travel expenses, it was probably only worth 300 taels. He put on his shoes with the soles removed expressionlessly and whispered, "I'll pay you the medical fee when we get to Yunxia City."

         "...Ha..." Bai Yi laughed again, but did not continue Xiao Yiran's topic. Instead, he took out the needle and thread, pointed at the shoes on Xiao Yiran's feet and said with a smile, "Well, let me sew the soles of your shoes for you before you wear them."

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　　That night, Xiao Yiran leaned against the mountain wall and closed his eyes to meditate, while Bai Yi looked at the only quilt he brought with him on the ground, speechless and choked up. He actually made such an idiotic mistake. He knew that the mountain was cold, knew that he brought a quilt for Xiao Yiran, and knew that he would stay in the cave that night, but he didn't bring a quilt for himself.

        Xiao Yiran had practiced martial arts since he was a child, and he was used to sleeping in the open air when he followed the army on expeditions. Naturally, he would not fight with a weak doctor like Bai Yi for the quilt. But Bai Yi was also unwilling to fight between a doctor and a patient for the quilt, so both of them insisted on giving up the quilt.

　　Xiao Yiran was not good at speaking, so he did not argue with Bai Yi. He just closed his eyes and leaned against the wall to rest. Bai Yi could not beat the other party, and the other party did not listen, so the stalemate lasted for a while.

　　Seeing that the sky was getting darker and darker, it would not be wise to go back down the mountain at this time. Adding some dry branches to the fire, Bai Yi looked at Xiao Yiran who was resting with his eyes closed, and felt a little annoyed by his stubbornness.

　　"You are seriously injured, you should come and rest early."

　　"..." Xiao Yiran ignored him. He had heard Bai Yi say the words "seriously injured" many times in the past two days. For a young general with great martial arts skills, being pointed out as weak and reminded of his embarrassment every day was not something to be happy about. Moreover, even if he was injured, he didn't think he would freeze to death without a quilt. Didn't he live like this for a few days before Bai Yi came?

　　On the other hand, Bai Yi felt that it was not a good idea for the two of them to remain in a stalemate like this. Although they had only known each other for two days, Bai Yi still had a very good impression of Xiao Yiran. Although he didn't know who Xiao Yiran was, he could guess that the other party was not simple just by looking at his clothes and his experience. However, Xiao Yiran had always behaved like a very cooperative patient except that he was a little cold and taciturn. He could not do anything without considering the patient's own enjoyment.

　　With a sigh, Bai Yi lay down next to the fire. Since he couldn't persuade Bai Yi and he wasn't allowed to waste his energy, he would remember to bring another quilt up tomorrow. Tonight, he could do whatever he wanted.

　　After all, he is not a martial artist. From yesterday to today, Bai Yi has been running up and down the mountain. He was so busy that he didn't have a moment of rest. He fell asleep soon after lying down. At this time, Xiao Yiran opened his eyes, which had been closed all the time, and looked at the sleeping Bai Yi with an unclear look in his eyes. 

　　After a while, Xiao Yiran stood up, picked up the quilt on the ground and gently covered Bai Yi with it. Then he sat down beside Bai Yi to meditate and rest, adding some branches to the fire from time to time.

　　Although Xiao Yiran appears to be cold and expressionless, making him seem difficult to approach, it is actually just because he does not know how to get along with others and is not good at speaking.

　　Xiao Yiran couldn't say that he had any special feelings towards this doctor whom he had just met for two days. He just didn't dislike Bai Yi's gentle temperament, and he was also somewhat grateful that he had saved his life. In addition, because he had a friend who was a genius doctor with a bad temper, Xiao Yiran had seen too many unreasonable requests from doctors, so he was more receptive to Bai Yi's reasonable requests. That was why Xiao Yiran, who always insisted on his own opinions, agreed with Bai Yi's opinions again and again. After all, he was the Zhenbei General of Dazhao, and he had his own pride. Even if he was really embarrassed now, he would not argue with a doctor who was powerless. What's more, this person saved his life.

　　After taking a closer look at the sleeping Bai Yi, Xiao Yiran discovered that Bai Yi was not good-looking. If you put him in a crowd, you would definitely forget his appearance after just one glance. But perhaps because Bai Yi studied medicine, he always had a faint smell of herbs and a gentle and easy-going temperament, which made people relax their vigilance and made his facial features look softer. Moreover, Bai Yi liked to laugh very much. Sometimes it was a helpless laugh, sometimes a gentle laugh, and sometimes a smile with some anger, but these smiles were very faint, which was different from the people Xiao Yiran had met before, which made Xiao Yiran feel a little uncomfortable and novel.

      Xiao Yiran's three generals, Mo Yan and Xiao Mo, are silent. Mo Yan is a thoughtful person who works seriously and carefully, but he hardly smiles. Xiao Mo is even more meticulous. Apart from Feng Jing, few people can force him to have a second expression. This is very similar to Xiao Yiran, after all, he is a member of the same family. Although Feng Jing loves to laugh and make trouble, he is obviously different from Bai Yi.

　　Thinking of the unusually lively Feng Jing, Xiao Yiran frowned. He was still troubled by Feng Jing's personality. In comparison, the temperament of the person in front of him was more comfortable.

　　But when he thought of his other friend who was a genius doctor, Xiao Yiran felt his scalp tingling again. Yun Mozhi's personality could be said to be eccentric, sometimes good and sometimes bad, and the Yun family and the Xiao family were old friends, and the two of them had known each other since childhood. Xiao Yiran had suffered a lot at the hands of Yun Mozhi before. But Yun Mozhi's medical skills were indeed superb, so when it came to detoxification, Xiao Yiran thought of Yun Mozhi first.

　　In short, once he get to Yunxia City, he just need to settle everything. As for Bai Yi, Xiao Yiran certainly wouldn't think that his life is only worth a few hundred taels. Xiao Yiran is still very grateful to the benefactor who saved him. Since Bai Yi wants to study medicine with Yun Mozhi, Xiao Yiran thinks that when the time comes, he will find a way to ask Yun Mozhi to help take care of him more.

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