The guards of crossing, please serve

It is roasted and brushed with sesame and honey on the side.

The result of a lot of hard work is the fragrant beef jerky. Shen Qing tasted a small piece. It was crispy yet tough, sweet yet fresh...Ran Mingyuan must like it.

Thinking of Ran Mingyuan's expression of contentment while eating dried beef, Shen Qing felt that it was worth it no matter how tired he was.

On the second day, with their respective luggage, Ran Mingyuan, Shen Qing and the two guards embarked on the journey to the capital together.

As soon as he got into the carriage, Ran Mingyuan ordered the guards to set off.Before Shen Qing could sit still, he almost stumbled.

"Why are you in such a hurry?" Shen Qing sat down again and looked at Ran Mingyuan who had an inexplicable smug smile at the corner of his mouth, what's wrong?So happy to see yourself fall?

Ran Mingyuan patted the back of the chair a few times, and suddenly a head popped out from behind the seat, but Shen Qing was startled.

"Little, darling?" Shen Qing looked at the familiar round face in front of him, and swallowed subconsciously: "Why are you here, your father thought you were still sleeping!"

"Hush, take it easy," Ran Mingyuan said with a smirk, "Let's take Xiaoguai to the capital together so that he can see the world. By the way, without Xiaoguai, the reason why De Gao and Wang Zhong went to find each other is It's less than half, but we must not let them get along when I leave, or I won't have a good show to watch."

Shen Qing raised his forehead, and really couldn't bear to tell Ran Mingyuan that the result of him bringing Xiaoguai out, although it might probably be able to prevent the two housekeepers from warming up, it will inevitably lead to a great reduction in the time between himself and him. Ah... well, I originally wanted to seize this period of time, comfort Ran Mingyuan, and do some things that are not suitable for children!

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31. Ginger juice to dispel wind and cold...

From the south of the Yangtze River to the capital, even if the carriage is driven all the way, it will take about ten days.

What's more, Ran Mingyuan was in the mood of going out to let the wind go.When he sees a beautiful flower, he asks Shen Qing to get out of the car to pick one to play with; when he sees a strange stone, he gets out of the car to touch it for a few times to be happy; Splash ink on paper to make a picture.

Therefore, the horse-drawn carriage stopped and went, and the road that could be covered in one day before now took two days.

"Ahhhh!" Ran Mingyuan sat in the carriage and sneezed loudly.

Ran Xiaoguai handed him a clean handkerchief, and watched Ran Mingyuan blow his nose sympathetically, blinking his eyes.Shen Qing poured him a cup of hot tea, with a bit of remorse in his tone: "It's only March, although the sun is good, but the river is very cold, look, you must have caught a cold."

It turned out that when the carriage drove to a certain place, Ran Mingyuan saw a stream not far away through the window, which glowed with colorful luster under the sunlight. He couldn't help being curious, so he asked the guards to stop the car and ran over happily.

When he got closer and took a closer look, he found that the bottom of the stream was densely covered with a very rare and beautiful stone.The flowing light of the stones is like glass, and after being polished by water, each grain is extremely round. In Ran Mingyuan's view, it is not inferior to ordinary gems.

The more Ran Mingyuan looked at it, the happier he was, and he planned to take one away. After looking around for a long time, he finally chose the one lying in the middle of the stream.Under the watchful eyes of Shen Qing and Ran Xiaoguai, he took off his shoes and rolled up his trousers without saying a word, and went down into the creek.

As soon as his feet dipped into the water, Ran Mingyuan couldn't help shivering, hiss...the water is so cold!

"Hey, what are you doing, come up quickly, the water is cold!" Shen Qing came to his senses and hurriedly dissuaded him.

"It's okay, I have internal strength!" Ran Mingyuan didn't listen to him, walked to the middle of the stream in one go, rummaged in the water for a while, then took out the stone, turned around and ran back to the bank quickly.

Shen Qing took Ran Xiaoguai's handkerchief, and squatted on the ground to wipe Ran Mingyuan's feet.After wiping it a few times, he felt that it was not enough, and felt Ran Mingyuan's legs trembling constantly, so he simply took off his coat and wrapped it around Ran Mingyuan's feet, and ran to the carriage with Ran Mingyuan in his arms.

Even though he was sitting next to the stove, covered with a thick cotton padded jacket, his feet were warmed by Shen Qing's arms, and Ran Xiaoguai was very cooperative in helping to pinch his legs to dredge the meridians. It took a long time for Ran Mingyuan to finally Feel a little warm.

Afterwards, he sneezed more than a dozen times in a row, and by the way, he also left a clear snot that affected the image.

Because he hated the strong smell of ginger, Ran Mingyuan secretly threw away all the red ginger soup cooked in the kitchen of Shen Qingtuo's inn.The consequence of doing so was naturally that his condition worsened. That night, Ran Mingyuan started to have a cold and fever.

When Ran Mingyuan fell ill, Shen Qing was naturally the most worried.In the middle of the night, I went to the medical clinic to find a doctor to check the pulse, and then took the prescribed prescription, and went to the closed pharmacy to get the medicine with the cheek. After returning to the inn, I had to go to the kitchen to make the medicine myself.

When he brought the black-brown concoction, Ran Mingyuan was sleeping drowsily with a flushed face.He shook Ran Mingyuan awake—in fact, he wasn't really awake, he just slightly opened his eyes and became slightly conscious.But at this time, Ran Mingyuan was obedient and cute, if he was told not to move, he would not move, and if he was told to open his mouth, he would open his mouth, even if he frowned because of the bitter taste of the medicine, he did not close his mouth.

After feeding Ran Mingyuan the medicine, Shen Qing took the opportunity to lean over and kiss him, and also felt the bitter taste in Ran Mingyuan's mouth by the way.Feeling distressed, he stuffed the person back into the quilt and wrapped it tightly. Shen Qing got up and went back to his room, but stopped when he reached the door.

Turning around to look at Ran Mingyuan, he hesitated for a moment, went behind the screen and took off his coat, turned off the lights, went to the bedside and lifted a corner of the quilt, got in and hugged Ran Mingyuan.

Tonight, sleeping here is the most at ease.

On the second day, Ran Mingyuan's fever subsided, but he still kept sneezing, and his nose became red from constantly blowing his nose.

Shen Qing teased him, and took Ran Mingyuan's paintbrush to draw a clown on the paper: "There is a kind of person like this in our place, look, does it look like your nose?"

Ran Mingyuan pouted, I am much prettier than this monster!

After two days of driving, Ran Mingyuan's cold still hasn't healed.

Shen Qing saw that the tip of his nose had started to peel off due to excessive wiping, and he was also very worried, and had the idea of ​​wishing he could replace it with his body.

Originally planned to go to a small town to rest that day, but it rained suddenly in the afternoon, so they had to find a nearby village and stay in a relatively comfortable farmer's house.

After packing up for a while, Shen Qing followed the owner of the farmhouse to the kitchen, leaving Ran Xiaoguai to rest in bed with Ran Mingyuan.

About half an hour later, Shen Qing brought in two steaming blue and white porcelain bowls, one large and one small.Walking to the side of the bed, he handed the big bowl to Ran Mingyuan and the small bowl to Ran Xiaoguai, and said, "Drink it while it's hot. This is ginger milk. It's the best for dispelling wind and cold. I saw that this family happened to have milk in the kitchen. , I just thought of making this. You drink it too, little boy, and you won’t get cold if you drink it.”

"Ginger juice?" Ran Mingyuan picked up the bowl and smelled it, um, there is a faint smell of ginger, but it is covered by the strong milk fragrance, so not only is it not annoying at all, it also relieves the fishy smell of milk. It improved his appetite a lot.

Blowing off some heat, Ran Mingyuan picked up the bowl and took a sip. It was fragrant and sweet, with a hint of spicy aftertaste, and it immediately warmed up from the mouth to the stomach.

Seeing Ran Mingyuan gulping down the milk, Shen Qing said with a smile: "You, your mouth is getting more and more tricky, and you dislike ginger soup, and you pour it out without moving. Fortunately, there is this here, so you can eat a little ginger. .”

Ran Mingyuan smiled contentedly for a while, and suddenly came back to his senses: "How did you know that I poured out the ginger soup? At that time, there was no one in the room except me."

Shen Qing nodded his forehead: "I raise my head to cook for you, may I not know your taste? Although the ginger soup is thick, it should dissipate in a few hours. But until the next day, there was still a smell in the room Ginger smell, especially near the flowerpot, which is a bit strange."

Ran Mingyuan sighed, and muttered softly: "Actually, I wanted to pour it out of the window at the time, but there is a street below, with people coming and going, so it's inconvenient, and I'm afraid it will be poured on someone else's head."

Ran Xiaoguai finished drinking the milk and looked at Ran Mingyuan with contempt: "Ran Ran, you are really useless. Daddy said that to be a man, you must not be afraid of hardships and not picky eaters. I didn't expect you to dare not even drink ginger soup."

Ran Mingyuan was dumbfounded by what Ran Xiaoguai said, he held his heart in his hands, with a heartbroken expression on his face: Ahhh!I was actually told "useless" by Xiaoguai!I have never drank ginger soup in one gulp before, but this time I just have Shen Qing by my side, so... that's why I'm acting like a baby...

However, Ran Mingyuan looked at Shen Qing's smiling face, and decided not to tell the truth.Hmph, I'd rather let Xiaoguai misunderstand for a while, and don't let Shen Qing know that he got into such a disease because he wanted to act like a baby!

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32. The Imperial Food Buddha jumps over the wall...

Although Ran Mingyuan had fully recovered, he could no longer enjoy leisurely sightseeing in the mountains and rivers.The two guards said very seriously: As the housekeeper ordered, you must arrive in the capital by a certain day in a certain month.They had been on the road for too long before, and if they didn't take their time seriously, they would miss the point.

Feng Shui took turns, Ran Mingyuan had just recovered, and it was Shen Qing's turn to feel unwell - he was still not used to riding a carriage at all.Even though there was a mattress under his body, and even though he was leaning in the car disregarding his image, Shen Qing still felt that all the bones in his body were knocked apart by the carriage.

Five days later, a group of people finally arrived in the capital.A guard went to the palace to report first, and waited for the carriage to arrive.