Pei Yan slowly opened his eyes, and saw a clean and tidy tile house. The dim light shone in from the wooden window, and the air was filled with a faint fragrance of medicine.

He frowned and was about to get up, and the pain on his chest and back came in a very clear way. He groaned in pain.

The next moment, a confused moan rang out at hand.

Pei Yan turned his head and saw Tao Ti lying on the bed, sleepy eyes.

Tao Ti was still a little confused when she raised her hand and rubbed her eyes. Seeing his black eyes looking at her, she immediately showed a surprise expression, "Your Highness, you are awake! It's great! How do you feel now? Are you thirsty, are you hungry?"

Without waiting for his answer, she reached out to touch his forehead again. The fever had faded. Taoti breathed a sigh of relief, "Brother Hao'er said that's right. Mr. Xu's medical skills are really good. He just fed you a decoction, and your fever subsided."

Pei Yan looked at her and had many questions in his heart. He wanted to speak, but his throat was really dry.

Tao Ti saw his difficulties, slapped his forehead and realized, "Your Highness, you want to drink water, right? I'll pour it for you now."

She quickly got up and poured water at the table.

Pei Yan then realized that she had changed into a light blue coarse cloth dress, with no patterns and a little big. When she was worn on her, she became more petite. Her hair bun was also replaced by a short bun that ordinary women often combed, and she wore a wooden hairpin.

Although her little face was not covered with makeup, she was in her sixteen years old. Her skin was fair and tender, and she also had a pink complexion like peach petals. However, she didn't have a good rest for a day and a night. She was a little blue at the moment, and her eyebrows were also tired.

Taoti came back with a teacup, held his arm with one hand, helped him up, and handed the teacup to his mouth, "Your Highness, come and drink water."

When she approached so naturally, Pei Yan's heart moved slightly, lowered his eyes, and drank all the water in the cup with her hand.

"Your Highness, do you still want to drink?" she asked softly, her gentle breath accidentally brushing through Pei Yan's ears, and his ears were a little hot.

"No...use..." He spoke hoarsely, still weak.

Tao Ti helped him lie down again, covered him with a thin quilt, and said gently, "Your Highness, do you remember the fact that we were sheltering from a mountain temple before we entered Luoyang City?"

Pei Yan looked at her quietly, "Yeah."

Tao Ti's black eyes were shining, and she couldn't hide her excitement in her tone, "That time, there was a pair of grandparents and grandchildren who were sheltering from the rain, and she even gave me wild vegetables before leaving. Otherwise, the fate between people was really wonderful. When I went to ask someone for help for the second time, I happened to meet their grandparents and grandchildren. That old man is a medicinal farmer and a doctor, so we live in his house now!"

Pei Yan knew it, showed a weak smile, and said hoarsely, "What a lucky one."

"Yes, I almost jumped up when I saw them!"

Tao Ti seemed to be talking, and said with a slight mouth, "The old man's surname is Xu, and his grandson's nickname is Hao Ge'er... Well, our current location is Taoyuan Village forty miles away from Luoyang City. It's really far away, and I don't know when Lord Zhan and the others will come here."

After learning about his current location, Pei Yan thought calmly.

Although Tao Ti suddenly came out during the assassination, he unexpectedly thought that according to the current situation, it seems quite good?

At least...it's much better than what he had imagined at the beginning.

He came back to his senses and said lightly, "Don't worry, they will find this place in three or five days at most, and they can even recover from their wounds."

When Taoti heard him say this, he was relieved, "That's good."

The two of them became quiet, and Pei Yan had beautiful peach blossom eyes and looked at her gently.

Feeling the sight he cast, Tao Ti was a little nervous and whispered, "Dian, Your Highness, why are you looking at me like this?"

Pei Yan smiled, "Ati, you look pretty good in dressing like this."

Tao Ti looked down at the white-white blue cloth dress on her body. Is this... good-looking?

She couldn't help but doubt Pei Yan's aesthetics.

He coughed lightly and said, "Uncle Xu's family has no female relatives. The clothes I have borrowed from was borrowed by an aunt from the village."

"Did you combed your own bun?"

"...No, it was also the one who helped me with my aunt." Tao Ti touched her nose with a little guilty conscience.

Speaking of combing her hair, she really has a big head. She has always had a neat short hair in her previous life, and it is basically enough to use a comb to grab it twice. But when she arrived, the precious girls were extremely precious to her hair, and her hair was long and thick, which was extremely difficult to take care of, let alone tied up her hair bun.

Seeing her head down in shame, Pei Yan chuckled, "It's okay, I'll help you comb it in the future."

Taoti's heart hopped suddenly and her cheeks were burning.

She quickly got up and stammered, "Well, there are still medicines on the stove. I'll go see, you, you lie down and rest first..."

Looking at her back running away in panic, Pei Yan snorted.

After a moment, he smiled and stared at the roof indifferently.

I was assassinated last night and my whereabouts are unknown—

This news will probably be heard by my father tomorrow evening.

He was really curious about the reactions of the people in Chang'an.

………

Soon, footsteps sounded again in the house.

Pei Yan turned around and saw that the visitor was not Tao Ti, but the ten-year-old grandson.

He came over with a bowl of medicine, looked at Pei Yan with black eyes, and said timidly, "The eldest sister said she is going to prepare for dinner, so I'll give you medicine."

Pei Yan glanced at the child indifferently and smiled, "I'm sorry."

Seeing him laughing, Brother Hao thought to himself, when he was unconscious, he looked as noble as a god and was not easy to get close to. Unexpectedly, after waking up, he seemed to have a good temper.

He walked up, put the medicine aside first, and asked, "Mr., will I help you up?"

Pei Yan said thank you, and slowly sat up with his help, leaning against the pillow behind him.

"Do you want me to feed you medicine?" Hao Ge'er picked up the medicine bowl and added in disappointment, "It was said by the eldest sister. She said you have injuries on your chest and arms. If you can't drink it yourself, let me feed you."

She explained in detail, but she hid far away.

Pei Yan thought so, and the uninjured hand took the medicine bowl and said in a low voice, "I can drink it myself."

The decoction is warm and just in the mouth, but the bitter taste is too strong, but for Pei Yan, drinking medicine has become his habit.

Sometimes he even feels that half of what flows in his body is warm and cool blood, and half of it is bitter medicine.

Seeing him finishing the bowl of Chinese medicine in one breath, Hao Ge'er opened his mouth in surprise, "Wow, you are so awesome. You can just drink such bitter medicine."

Pei Yan smiled but said nothing. Brother Hao suddenly remembered something and took out two purple-red plums from his pocket, "This, you eat it, this plum is picked from the mountain, so sweet."

"You keep it and eat it."

"That's not OK. This is what my elder sister asked me to give you, saying that there was no candied fruit after drinking the medicine, so I asked you to eat two plums to get rid of the bitterness."

When Pei Yan heard this, she felt a little moved. She still remembered what she had said.

The slender hand took the two plums and ate them. The sweet and sour juice filled the lips and teeth, and it was sweet and soft, and the bitter taste in the mouth suddenly faded a lot.

After eating the plums, he asked Hao Ge'er, "Who's the clothes I have on me? Who changed them for me?"

He is now wearing such a dark blue cotton and linen robe. The fabric is soft and not gorgeous enough, but it adds a bit of elegant bookish atmosphere when he wears it, like a young scholar who is going to Beijing to take the exam.

"This is my grandfather's clothes, and I will exchange them for you together."

Speaking of this, Brother Hao tilted his head and asked in confusion, "Mr. Mr., aren't you and your elder sister couples? Why is she embarrassed to change your clothes?"

Pei Yan, “…”

Good boy, really know how to ask.

He was silent for a while, suddenly, remembering something, frowned and asked, "Did you ever see a purple-colored sachet when you changed my clothes?"

"There seems to be one of the sachets, but they are so dirty. They are placed outside with the robe you changed." Hao Ge'er asked, "Langjun, do you want that? I'll get it for you."

"Thank you." Pei Yan said.

Brother Hao went out for a walk and quickly gave Pei Yan the sachet that was not gorgeous in style. He was muttering in his heart, just a sachet, is there anything special?

But I saw this handsome man open the sachet and take out two red ropes from it.

Now Brother Hao doesn't understand. Ah, there are only two ordinary red ropes, what's so rare about this?

Pei Yan saw that the red rope was still there, and the corners of his tense mouth relaxed. After thinking for a moment, he simply wrapped the two red ropes on his wrists to avoid losing and finding them.

After he tied the red rope, he started chatting with Brother Hao.

He treats people gently and gives people a sense of comfort like a spring breeze. Hao Ge'er said very happily to him, and he knew everything and was not prepared at all.

The big and the small chatted enthusiastically, and not long after, a tempting fragrance floated in from outside the doors and windows.

Brother Hao stopped talking immediately, raised his chin, squinted his eyes, and sniffed a few deep words, "It smells so good!"

The bottom of his butt was like lice, and he couldn't sit still. He felt embarrassed to smile at Pei Yan, "I'll go and see what the big sister has cooked!"

After saying that, he jumped away.

In the kitchen.

Tao Ti rolled up her sleeves and was busy in front of the stove. Old Mr. Xu sat on the stone pier and added firewood to the stove. The raging fire made his old face red.

"Miss Tao, do you have to add more firewood?"

"No, the dishes are almost done. Steam a fish with leftover firewood in the stove is more than enough."

As Tao Ti said, he scooped out the fried yellow beef in the pot, sprinkling it on the semicircular pot crust in a pan.

The crusts are freshly fried and still hot, and the fried yellow beef is crispy and glossy. The fried yellow beef is evenly sprinkled on the crusts, and it makes an attractive "sharp" sound. The aroma of beef is mixed with the rice aroma of the crusts. This taste is so greedy that people are drooling.

Brother Hao, who followed the fragrance, looked at the dishes on the table and couldn't help but sigh, "Wow, big sister, you are so awesome. You can make so many delicious foods in just a while!"
To be continued...