good season

Chapter 6 Returning
Although the arrow hit the leopard, it missed the target because the mount was frightened. It failed to kill the leopard and instead aroused its ferocity.

The crazy leopard pounced towards the Fourth Prince. At this moment, Xiao Zhen's guards were blocked behind the Fourth Prince's men. Those people were only concerned with preventing Xiao Zhen's men from chasing. In the chaos, there was an opening next to the Fourth Prince. By the time they reacted, the Fourth Prince had been bitten by the leopard and pulled off his horse!

Xiao Zhen was unaware of all this. The wind was whistling in his ears, and the scenery on both sides were rapidly receding backwards. The ordinary horse was now running at lightning speed.

Xiao Zhen knew this was not normal!

The horse was suddenly frightened not only because it saw the leopard, but there may be other reasons. However, Xiao Zhen had no time to think about it at this time. A cliff appeared in front of him, and the horse rushed down with him without hesitation!

In a flash, a firework seemed to explode in Xiao Zhen's mind. In the extreme splendor, he saw another self.

He is dying!

No, he can't die yet!
Xiao Zhen used all his strength to jump up from the saddle. He stretched out his hands and finally grabbed a branch sticking out from the stone wall, but the branch could not support his weight. Before his feet could find a foothold, the branch broke with a snap. Xiao Zhen fell straight into the abyss like a sharp sword sinking into the abyss.
Xiao Zhen woke up three days later. When he opened his eyes, he saw a house built of stones. There were a few simple farm tools piled in the corner and the air was filled with a faint scent of medicine.

Xiao Zhen let out a long breath. Everything was the same as in his previous life. He did not die. He was rescued by a herbalist and saved his life.

Yes, Xiao Zhen remembered his past life, and the dream that had haunted him for many years was the last scene before his death in his past life.

In his previous life, just after Xiao Yue died in his arms, he turned the mechanism and used the hidden gunpowder to die together with the enemy!
A tear slid down from the corner of his eye, and Xiao Zhen lay there quietly, motionless.

After a long while, Xiao Zhen called softly, "Da Zhuang, Da Zhuang"

A young boy trotted in and saw Xiao Zhen, who had already woken up. He was very happy and shouted loudly: "Grandpa, come quickly, he's awake!"

As soon as the words came out, the boy's eyes widened and he looked at Xiao Zhen in surprise: "Hey, how do you know my name is Da Zhuang?"

Xiao Zhen smiled. You and I went through life and death together in our previous life. How could I not remember your original name?

"When I was half asleep, I seemed to hear someone calling Da Zhuang. It should be you, right?"

Da Zhuang smiled and nodded: "It must be Grandpa calling me, and you heard it."

An old man walked in. Although they were separated by a lifetime, Xiao Zhen recognized him at a glance. This was Yao Shanbo, his savior in two lifetimes.

Yao Shanbo was proficient in medicine, but for some reason he did not become a doctor. Since Dazhuang could remember, the grandfather and grandson had been living in seclusion in the mountains.

In the previous life, not long after Xiao Zhen and Da Zhuang left, Yao Shanbo died.
In his previous life, Xiao Zhen also fell off a cliff in this way and was rescued by Yao Shanbo and Da Zhuang in this way. The difference was that in his previous life, he rested here for a month. After a month, he asked Da Zhuang to take his token to the Princess' Mansion in the capital and ask the mansion to send someone to pick him up.

However, Da Zhuang did not bring anyone back to the Princess's Mansion, but instead brought Xiao Yue, who was disguised as a little beggar!
Only then did Xiao Zhen know that Prince Liang was dead. Prince Liang's Mansion determined that the murderers of Prince Liang were Princess Jiayi and Prince Consort Xiao, and killed them at Wisteria Villa!

Not only that, the Prince of Liang's Mansion also sent people to kill Xiao Su, the next head of the Xiao family!
In anger, the Xiao family mobilized their hidden troops and fought to the death with the Liang army. In the end, the emperor executed the entire Xiao family for treason. Xiao Zhen and Xiao Yue hid their identities and wandered around the world!
But 20 years later, the two brothers still died.
Thinking of this, Xiao Zhen no longer had the heart to recover from his injuries. He struggled to get up, but Yao Shanbo held him down: "No, you will have to lie down for at least another five or six days with all these injuries."

Xiao Zhen was pleasantly surprised and looked at Yao Shanbo with hope: "Will I.I.be.able to recover in five or six days?"

In his previous life, he rested here for a whole month!

Yao Shanbo shook his head: "How can you recover? When I say five or six days, I mean it will take another five or six days for you to sit up!"

"It won't be that long. Do you have any way to get me out of here earlier?"

Yao Shanbo looked at him, thought for a moment, and turned away. Seeing that his grandfather left without saying anything, Da Zhuang was confused. He touched his head and comforted Xiao Zhen: "Don't worry, my grandfather's medical skills are very good. Last time, a monkey broke its leg, and my grandfather reconnected the bone. The next day, the monkey could climb trees."

As soon as Da Zhuang finished speaking, Yao Shanbo's dry cough was heard outside the window. Da Zhuang was so scared that he stuck out his tongue and blinked at Xiao Zhen.

Hope arose in Xiao Zhen's heart. In his previous life, he had heard Da Zhuang talk about Yao Shanbo's medical skills more than once. Da Zhuang said that his grandfather had an ancestral prescription that could heal even shattered bones. Unfortunately, Yao Shanbo was unable to pass the prescription to Da Zhuang until his death.

"Da Zhuang, good brother, can you help me?" Xiao Zhen said in a low voice.

Da Zhuang said quickly: "Yes, of course, you see I have nothing to do anyway, right, hehe."

Xiao Zhen looked at Da Zhuang, and tears welled up in his eyes.

In his previous life, Da Zhuang followed him through life and death, and finally died with him.

Compared with the "mountain owl" in his memory who was as calm as a mountain and decisive in killing, the current Dazhuang is still a straightforward country boy.

Da Zhuang grinned, revealing a row of big white teeth, his eyes sparkling like a clear spring in the forest, pure and sweet.

Looking at the young Dazhuang, Xiao Zhen was in a trance for a moment. A cold and cruel figure appeared in front of his eyes, holding a bloody sword, with a cold and decisive light in his eyes.

The figure in his memory gradually overlapped with the person in front of him, then suddenly separated and finally disappeared. Xiao Zhen's eyes became clear again. The person in front of him was Da Zhuang, sixteen-year-old Da Zhuang, clean and innocent.

He is not the mountain owl who kills without blinking an eye, he is just Da Zhuang.

"Da Zhuang, what day is today?" Xiao Zhen asked.

Da Zhuang thought for a moment and said, "It's either the second or the third day of April."

Xiao Zhen's tense nerves suddenly relaxed and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Young master, what's wrong with you? Are you in pain?" Da Zhuang asked with concern.

It hurts, of course it hurts. As long as he moves the slightest, he will feel excruciating pain all over his body. However, compared to the pain of facing the tragic death of his loved ones in his previous life and being unable to do anything, this pain is nothing.
Everything in front of me is real, not a dream, but reality.

Xiao Zhen's smile became more genuine. He looked at Da Zhuang and said word by word: "You are still Da Zhuang, and I am still Xiao Zhen. Da Zhuang, help me do something."

In the capital, noblemen like Xiao Zhen would not carry money with them, whether it was cash or silver notes. They would either let their attendants carry it or keep accounts. Being able to keep accounts in any shop was a kind of respectability.

But Xiao Zhen was different. For a child who had run away from home as a common occurrence since childhood, he would always carry several hundred taels of silver with him regardless of whether he had an entourage with him or not.

For example, when Yao Shanbo rescued Xiao Zhen, he found a purse on him. Yao Shanbo did not open it, and the purse was under Xiao Zhen's pillow at that time.

There were a few pieces of silver and a few gold beans in the purse. In addition, there was a secret pocket sewn inside Xiao Zhen's arrow-sleeved robe, which had been torn to pieces by tree branches. Inside the pocket were five neatly stacked hundred-liang silver bills.

At this time, Xiao Zhen was glad that he had the good habit of carrying money with him.

(End of this chapter)