Chapter 290 Leaving the Tianshan Mountains
Chapter 290 Leaving the Tianshan Mountains
After dinner, Ning Ji and Si He returned to the cave, and Ning Ji took out the purchase order that Liu Mao had picked up earlier and showed it to Si He.
Seeing the information and pictures on the paper, Si He opened her eyes wide in surprise, "A medicine order from Tianyuan Trading Company?"
She didn't expect that there were people collecting Dragon Spirit Flowers!
However, the list referred to Longlinghua as 'Bai Linghua', probably because they did not want people to know the true information of this medicinal flower. In addition, apart from describing the appearance and name of the medicinal flower, the list only contained the purchase amount and the name of the trading company, and the content was very concise.
"This should be the work of the Jiang family." She thought about how Jiang Yuan had brought people from the Jiang family into the mountains to look for medicine. Although the Jiang family member died in the end and Jiang Yuan was thrown into a bottomless cave, the powerful Jiang family was still there. It was not surprising that there were people in the Jiang family who knew the inside story of the Dragon Spirit Flower.
Although she was a little surprised when she saw the purchase order, it made sense after she thought about it carefully. If they really knew the use of the Dragon Spirit Flower, no one would give up looking for it. Isn't that the case with her and Ning Ji?
However, the method of asking someone to look for it is a good one. Many people will be tempted by the large sum of money. Moreover, most people don't know the function of this flower. After finding it, they will normally exchange it for money. One plant can be sold for five hundred taels of gold, which is a lot.
"Hmm." Ning Ji also thought so. "Since someone is also looking for the Dragon Spirit Flower, we can take advantage of it."
Si He looked at Ning Ji with some doubt, and then he told her his idea.
He intended to let Liu Mao sneak into the Tianyuan Trading Company to work, so as to find out the acquisition situation of Longlinghua. As long as there was any news, he would pass it to him as soon as possible and find a way to intercept it.
The people in the trading company were just following orders, and it was impossible for them to know the detailed information about the Dragon Spirit Flower. If the Jiang family could spend 500 taels of gold to buy it, then he could bribe the person in charge of the trading company and buy it back for 1,000 taels of gold. It was just a resale, and the person in charge could make 500 taels of gold for free. Anyone who was not loyal to the Jiang family would definitely make this money.
Five hundred taels of gold, a business owner could never earn this much money in his entire life.
Hearing this, Si He's eyes lit up. If they could solve it with money, that would be a good thing. They were not short of money now. They had a thick stack of silver notes, totaling over 100,000 taels of silver. Even if converted into gold, it would still be a lot. So 1,000 taels of gold was nothing. Even if they used all the silver notes to buy it, she didn't mind. The Dragon Spirit Flower was priceless.
She nodded in agreement, but they couldn't put all their hopes on this business. They still had to continue searching. After all, the place where the Dragon Spirit Flower grew must be dangerous and hidden, making it difficult for ordinary people to find it.
The next day, Ning Ji and Si He packed up their things and prepared to leave.
Her condition is stable now, and it will probably be some time before she falls asleep again. This time is enough to take care of the business and move to a better place.
Ning Ji had explored the area near this valley before, but found no trace of the Dragon Spirit Flower. He even went to the bottom of the snake cave, but still found nothing, so there was no need to stay here any longer. As for the spiritual essence in the ancient tomb, there was no shortage of it for the time being, so he could leave it alone for now.
When Liu Mao heard that he was going to leave, he was overjoyed. He quickly packed up his things and brought the horse over.
It's a sunny day today, and it's the height of summer. It's a bit hot early in the morning. This is in a cool valley, so you can imagine how hot it is outside.
Si He put on her veil and gloves again, and her whole body was as naked as before.
Liu Mao took a curious glance at her and then looked away. Her complexion was indeed much better than before, much more rosy, and no longer frighteningly pale. No wonder she was leaving just now.
The three of them mounted their horses and headed south.
Liu Mao was still holding a sword, riding his horse and leading the way in front, while Ning Ji followed behind with Si He.
Although they had to go to the Great Yan Kingdom first, the speed of riding a horse was not very fast, and they still had to look for the Dragon Spirit Flower along the way. If they passed some special places, Ning Ji would let Liu Mao stop first, and they would explore the surrounding area before continuing.
Regarding the Dragon Spirit Flower, Ning Ji only said that he also wanted to find this medicinal flower. As for his other plans, he did not tell Liu Mao for the time being.
Liu Mao was not surprised at all when he heard that they were going to look for this medicinal flower. After all, one flower could be sold for five hundred taels of gold, which was a lot of money. Although they were not short of money, no one would think that too much money was too much. He immediately followed and searched carefully.
Unfortunately, after a whole day, we didn’t gain anything, but were attacked by wild beasts several times!
While resting at night, we met some teams going into the mountains to look for medicine. Most of them looked quite miserable and it seemed that they had encountered many dangers.
During breaks, everyone kept a certain distance, rarely talked, and was very cautious. At most, they spoke in a low voice to their own people.
The night passed peacefully. Apart from the occasional attack by wild beasts, there was no danger.
Generally speaking, everyone can deal with the wild beasts in the forest as long as they don't attack in groups.
Everyone left in the early morning. They all had the same purpose, which was to find the expensive medicinal flower. Of course, if they came across some precious medicinal herbs, they would pick them up, so they rarely gathered together to look for medicinal herbs.
Moreover, among those who go into the mountains to look for medicine, there are also many robbers, and murders and robberies have occurred frequently recently. This is also the main reason why everyone is wary of each other.
Several people from Ning also set off early, and on the way, they actually encountered a group of people who wanted to rob!
For Liu Mao, this felt quite strange. He used to do this, but now he was being robbed!
Fortunately, Ning Ji took action and Si He also helped. As expected, the group of robbers was quickly dealt with.
This time, it was Liu Mao's turn to plunder their belongings.
"Damn it! They're all a bunch of poor bastards, they don't even have much money!"
Liu Mao didn't find much silver, so he couldn't help cursing and wanted to hand over the silver he found to Ning Ji.
Ning Ji glanced at it and didn't want it, so he let him keep it. He was naturally happy to keep it.
No matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat!
We set out again, stopping and walking along the way. After another three days of walking, we still couldn't find the whereabouts of the Dragon Spirit Flower. It was as difficult to find as we expected, but we were not too disappointed.
After running for five days, they finally arrived at the border of the Great Yan Kingdom.
Outside the Tianshan Mountains, except for some places with dangerous terrain, there are soldiers from the Great Yan Kingdom guarding the border.
It was not so bad in Beisha Country before. Although there were soldiers guarding the periphery, I could still easily enter the Tianshan Mountains by showing my identity card and explaining the reason.
But it was different when they came to the Great Yan Kingdom. They could not take the usual route out of the mountains. After all, their identities were different, and Ning Ji and Si He were important wanted criminals in the Great Yan Kingdom!
They could only leave the mountains through some dangerous places.
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