Chapter 1038: Not Even a Mosquito

"We didn't take a wrong turn, we didn't. The people from the Jiuli are here at the Xuanyuan Tribe to trade, and we just happened to run into each other. Anyway, some messy things happened, so now we are still camping together. Changle Prince is currently chatting with Chiyou's son and daughter."

Lei was shocked: "Chiyou's daughter? No, how can even women come out on missions? Isn't this just nonsense?"

"Captain Lei, you can't just say things like that. In our Huaxia City, there are female soldiers, and everyone is the same. What's the problem with a few women from the Jiuli following along? Anyway, Captain, you must not talk too much or speak carelessly today."

Lei took the Soldier's advice very seriously to heart. He was not a person without a brain or someone who didn't learn from his mistakes. For the sake of his future, Lei immediately chose to shut his mouth and stop talking.

He didn't even intend to ask any more questions now; he simply pursed his lips to signal that he was going to report for duty.

The more Changle chatted, the more interesting he found it, especially with Ayuduo. They had too many common topics, and the things the two of them did had too much overlap, to the point that as they chatted, they directly ignored the others. The Chieftain also watched the two with his arms crossed, his expression strange, wondering what he was thinking.

Just as they were chatting happily, several people covered in mud suddenly came over. Lei took the lead and knelt down: "Prince, the task you assigned has been completed. We have already brought the Gu Grass."

Changle was a bit unhappy about being interrupted while he was chatting happily, but he also really wanted to see if the Gu here was different from the Gu in Huaxia. So, he gave the group an apologetic smile and said to Lei: "Bring the things over."

"Yes!"

Lei immediately brought over a bundle of Gu Grass, lowered his head, walked around the Chieftain Qianxi, and went to Changle's side to present the Gu.

Changle was very puzzled by Lei's unusually respectful behavior: "Are you still Lei? Why are you so strange?"

Lei's body trembled. He raised his head and said with a bitter smile: "Prince, I already know I was wrong. From now on, I will definitely control my mouth and never speak carelessly again."

Changle told Lei to just put the Gu Grass on the table and leave. Lei was sensible; the Gu had already been washed with clear water, and even the root hairs were clean without a speck of mud. Plus, after the journey, the water had dried, so this bundle of Gu Grass was very clean.

The Gu Grass was too long, and before Changle could look at the roots, Ayuduo said: "Changle, look at your Soldier's face. It's been bitten by bugs like this. Is there no way for you to treat him?"

Lei didn't wait for Changle to speak before waving his hands repeatedly: "No, no, I don't need to waste the Prince's medicine anymore. Besides, this is also the Prince's punishment for me, which I should endure."

The Chieftain asked a meddlesome question: "What did you do that your Prince has to punish you like this?"

Lei said nothing. He felt there was no need to answer this man's question, but Ayuduo asked Changle: "Why do you treat your Soldier like this? What did he do that you have to punish him?"

Changle answered immediately: "He gave orders to others without my permission, which is disrespectful to me, and he committed other mistakes as well. So I sent him to a place with many mosquitoes to dig up this grass for me. That is my punishment for him."

The Chieftain was a bit speechless at Changle's double-standard behavior. What, you answer immediately when my sister asks you, but you don't say a word when I ask you?

Qianxi took a look at Lei and said: "You are actually quite good to your Soldiers. If the Soldiers of our Jiuli dared to do such a thing, it wouldn't be as simple as just being bitten by mosquitoes."

Lei said in great fear: "Our Prince is benevolent and treats us very well."

Changle waved his hand to dismiss him: "Alright, your punishment is over, and I have no medicine left to give you. I have noted down the rewards for the other Soldiers. You just go and compile a list for me, and when we return to Huaxia, I will reward you for your merits."

"Yes."

Ayuduo was not interested in this plant that she recognized at a glance. Instead, she leaned forward a bit: "Changle, what is the medicine he mentioned like? What medicine do you use to treat them for mosquito bites?"

Changle took out his gourd without hesitation and handed it to Ayuduo. Ayuduo had seen gourds before, but she hadn't expected Huaxia to make this thing so refined.

She opened the gourd and found that it contained something like water. She took a sniff and found it very pungent. There was a scent of medicine inside that was very familiar, but because the smell was too stimulating, it made her forget what that medicine was for a moment.

Yangasha also smelled the medicinal scent, but she asked curiously: "Why is your medicine like water? Shouldn't you use grass?"

Changle explained: "This is something we made by putting several kinds of medicine into Wine. I don't know the specific method, but it's very complicated. In the end, it turns out like this. As long as you rub a little on the bitten area, it won't itch or hurt very soon, and it can even prevent mosquitoes and insects from biting."

"This is a bit different from what you just told me about how you like to use the freshest grass. We use more dried medicine, but I am not a student of medicine, so I am not clear about the medical side of things."

Ayuduo had already been shocked by the fact that Changle was not a doctor. She also hadn't expected that the person who knew the most about medicinal herbs in Huaxia was actually not a doctor.

She said somewhat mysteriously: "Changle, haven't you noticed that there haven't been any mosquitoes here at all? And no other bugs either."

Changle only then realized: "That's right, I really haven't seen any. Look, I put a lot of Chinaberry Tree leaves around here. This thing can repel insects, but I know its effect isn't that good. I hadn't noticed it until now, so, is this...?"

Ayuduo shook her head and smiled very brightly, which captivated Changle again.

"Because I brought Gu. With Gu present, no insects will appear around me to bite me, so mosquitoes and such haven't been seen until now."

Hearing something he had never heard of, Changle stretched his neck out, exerting his thirst for knowledge to the extreme: "What is Gu? I have never heard of it."

Yangasha poked Ayuduo unobtrusively to remind her not to talk nonsense, but Ayuduo was not stupid. She just dangled Changle's curiosity to make him want to know, but Ayuduo didn't say: "We can't talk about this. It's a very peculiar thing; only the Miao Father knows how."