Chapter 34: Exploration

Faced with Fang Lin's hospitality, Huang Zhong did not refuse. He took the grilled fish and started eating, saying:

"My whole life as a soldier, I have become accustomed to patrolling the terrain before setting up camp. After turning around here, I will go back. Don't underestimate this half-hour patrol. You have saved me three times in your life."

Fang Lin listened to Huang Zhong talk about the past with great interest on his face. He accompanied Huang Zhong on his inspection, and then he seemed to ask casually:

"Old General Huang, your martial arts are very superb. I wonder if you can teach me some of them?"

Huang Zhong said straightforwardly:

"I think your group has returned from the Western Region, so you are not suitable for learning most of our martial arts. However, since you can be affected by the Crane Wing Formation, it means that you may still have some talent in this area."

Fang Lin came here just for this reason and said with great joy:

"Then how can I learn the Crane Wing Formation?"

Fang Lin naturally refused to let go of such powerful continuous skills as Crane Wing Formation! Huang Zhong smiled but did not answer. Fang Lin knew that the time for this matter was not yet mature and the activation conditions had not been met. He was not in a hurry, so he changed his mind and talked about other things.

Not long after Huang Zhong completed his inspection, Fang Lin also returned to the camp. He suddenly remembered that Craftsman Fu could also appraise skills. It happened that the silver plot equipment he had just obtained: Li Dian's headscarf, still needed to be appraised before it could be displayed. remaining attributes. He was called over immediately.

Craftsman Fu claimed the throne in front of the four minions in blue and the elite fat men, showing a typical big brother style. But when he saw Fang Lin shouting, he ran over in fear. Fang Lin first gently comforted him a few words, and then took the equipment. came out and asked him for help. But Craftsman Fu waved his hands and said in fear:

"Such a valuable item. The villain is too incompetent to make mistakes and take action without permission. Even if he can barely identify its true origin and attributes, there is a high possibility that its value will be reduced and damaged."

Fang Lin heard that what he said was reasonable, so he stopped pushing and waved him away in a friendly manner. Suddenly he saw the thin and short body of this craftsman trembling in the night wind. Fang Lin felt moved and took it from the space. I bought a piece of "fine brocade" previously cut from Shu brocade. It was delivered directly to him and said:

"You've been in the water for a long time today, so wrap it up in this and sleep."

Craftsman Fu was stunned and said in a trembling voice:

"How can an adult reward such a precious thing to a villain? Really to a villain?!"

Although Fang Lin felt a little sad in his heart, he thought that the potential main thread of the Three Kingdoms world was loyalty and righteousness, not to mention that the role played by these craftsmen was actually quite important, so he smiled and nodded:

"Well, you have contributed a lot along the way. Take it with peace of mind."

Craftsman Fu glanced at Fang Lin gratefully, kowtowed and left happily. The remaining sword and shield wielder looked at him with an extremely envious look. Craftsman Fu's vanity was greatly satisfied at this moment, so he wrapped the fine brocade around his body in a showy way. It looks quite nondescript. Coupled with the arrogant villain's triumphant face, it was really hard to laugh at. It took Fang Lin a lot of perseverance to hold back his laughter.

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Because Fang Lin had a topographic map of Shanyang County in his hand, their progress on the second day was not greatly hindered. After walking for less than two hours, we arrived at Gaoping, Dishou County, Shanyang County. And Li Dian's military camp is not far from here.

At this time, Hu Huahao's job transfer task was naturally given priority, so Fang Lin asked Craftsman Fu to put down the wooden ox and pretended to be his servant and went into the city to find out the truth. By the way, Huang Zhong was asked to take some local money to pay the craftsmen, while Lao Hu and others hid in the mountain forest not far from Li Dian's military camp and closely observed its movements, especially the newly reinforced elite tiger and leopard cavalry of Cao's army. Although The bridge was burned, blocking their way, but after this long delay, it was time to arrive.

Craftsman Fu was very grateful to Fang Lin. Hearing that he wanted to go into the city together, he had no objection, so he put down the wooden ox, kicked the huge elite fat man a few times, and ordered it to look after him, and then he farted in anger and followed.

Craftsman Fu nodded and followed Fang Lin along the way. He really looked like a follower. However, Fang Lin saw that the clothes they wore were a bit tattered, so he spent dozens of points from the nightmare mark to redress them. So the two of them walked on the road one behind the other. It really looked like a young master from a wealthy family with a diligent follower.

Walk to the gate of Gaoping County. There were exactly ten soldiers guarding the area, which was equivalent to doubling the manpower under normal circumstances. The search was also quite rigorous. And there were portraits of Huang Zhong and others on the list at the city gate. Fang Lin, Lao Hu, and the elite fat man were also drawn into it.

But except for Huang Zhongdi, who still has a 40-50% resemblance, the images of the rest of them can be said to have been greatly artistically rendered, especially the elite fat man and Lao Hu, whose looks are almost copied from the Zhong Kui ghost-catching picture. down. It can be seen that the painter has a profound foundation in ink painting, but whether it looks like him or not is another matter...

It didn't take much effort to enter the city gate. The craftsman was clever and stuffed a handful of five dwarf coins into it. The soldier in charge of the inspection didn't even hesitate. He grabbed the money with great skill and without any hesitation. He weighed them one by one evasively, took some pieces of money into his teeth and took a few bites. Finally, he snorted and waved his hand and said:

"Go in."

Fang Lin smiled slightly. On the way into the city gate, he already had a general understanding of the county here. As the saying goes, you can know the whole thing by looking at a small part. This Gaoping County is not very big. The military discipline at the gate is so corrupt. Entering the city gate Most of the people here are pretty and skinny, and the virtues of the county captain who governs this place can naturally be inferred to be inseparable, so his nickname is very cool - "The sky is three feet high"!

After entering the city, Fang Lin asked the craftsman Fu Huo to quickly find out where the medical center in the city was located. Unfortunately, several people he asked shook their heads. The last old woman selling vegetables on the street sighed and said, "It's two Original name months ago Doctor Zhao was framed by a scoundrel and expelled from Gaoping County by that damn county magistrate. Now if he gets sick, he can only go to the herbal stall in the market to grab some medicine. As for whether the disease can be cured, Then we can only leave it to fate.

After learning this information, Fang Lin was keenly aware of the possible mission clues contained in it. He just hurriedly inquired about the whereabouts of the famous doctor Dr. Zhao, but was told that it was not clear. He could not find any clues when he asked the old woman again. So Fang Lin walked back to the street and found a pub to sit down.

Life was difficult at that time. In addition to hunting in the wild and catching birds and animals, even in the city, meat was only available on the first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year. Fang Lin ordered a plate of fennel beans, shredded braised tofu, and leeks. Scrambled eggs, five cakes to take away, and an extra pot of turbid wine. I only ate a little and put away my chopsticks. Craftsman Fu actually ate with gusto.

Seeing that the number of people in the tavern was getting thinner, Fang Lin casually tipped the waiter five big bucks. Intentionally or unintentionally, he asked the waiter about Dr. Zhao. The hotel was next to a crossroads, and of course there was news about people coming and going. Well-informed, even the waiter in the shop knew everything he wanted to say when he received the reward. , said that there were several rumors about Dr. Zhao. Some said that he went to the nearby countryside to become a herbalist. Some said that when he returned to his hometown with money, he was killed by Zhou Wei, a tyrant in the city. Others said that he had safely moved back to his hometown in Xuzhou half a month ago.

Fang Lin frowned upon hearing this. Although he was confident that he would be able to find out the whereabouts of Dr. Zhao in the end, it would take a lot of time. The remaining 40 or so hours may not necessarily achieve the goal, but instead waste a lot of time. So Fang Lin immediately adopted the second plan he had planned in advance.

"Let's go." Fang Lin stood up and said with a smile. The craftsman stood up in a hurry, stuffing food into his mouth and taking money out of his arms. Looking like a starving ghost reincarnated, Fang Lin laughed hoarsely and said:

"Don't be in a hurry. If you're not full, pack up and eat on the go."

"Pack it up?" Craftsman Fu was choking down a piece of biscuit. He looked like a skinny goose with his long and thin neck stretched out. He immediately choked and rolled his eyes, picked up the wine bottle and drank heavily.

Fang Lin shook his head helplessly, begged for a lotus leaf from the vendor across the street, wrapped the remaining dishes and two cakes in it, and threw it directly to the craftsman next to him who was beating his chest and wiping his back. He said angrily:

"What was I doing to begin with?"

"I'm wrapping the leftovers in lotus leaves." The craftsman Fu said in a daze, and then he finally said with enlightenment:

"Oh! So this is just packing, and the villain has learned a lot again!"