"Why are you here?"

I looked at Bella in surprise, I hadn't seen him for many days, and nothing had changed except for the beard on his cheeks. Look at his pharmacy again, good fellow, up and down several floors, all of them are herbs I don't recognize, the old doctor Bella didn't say anything, just smiled, took out a small wooden box from the cloth bag under the table, and then took out a silver necklace from his arms, this chain is tied with a string, it is a silver pendant, the workmanship is not a precious jewelry in the past, but for ordinary families, this is really valuable. The small wooden box was handed to me along with the necklace.

"What is this for?" I didn't take it, I just asked, puzzled.

"This necklace was given to you by Tenaia because I was in too much of a hurry last time to remember it." Dr. Bella pointed to the silver necklace, and then pointed to the small wooden box under the necklace and said to me: "This wooden box contains the medicine I prepared for you, and it is inevitable that you will be injured on the battlefield, so the medicine in time can more or less save people's lives." ”

Since Dr. Bella was so kind to help me, how dare I excuse myself, I thanked him again and again, and took it with both hands. I was really embarrassed in my heart, I always felt that Dr. Bella treated me as my own, and now I have nothing and nothing in return.

Since Dr. Bella is here, I can just ask about Tenea, but Dr. Bella's dress, and the old horse tied to the trunk behind the paving, I'm afraid Dr. Bella's travel time is not shorter than mine.

"Where's Tenaia?" I asked this on purpose, because I really didn't know how to put it on the topic, so I asked it bluntly.

"Yes, Tenaia." Doctor Bella stroked his chin, looked at the sky and thought for a long time and said: "We arrived in Genoa that day, and also found a distant relative, that is, my brother Enzo, his life is not very good, but he still arranged a place for our family, because there is no income, I had to leave Plasvia and Tenaia in Genoa, and came out alone, just heard that Aetius was going to the Northern Expedition to regain the lost territory, and there will inevitably be casualties in the war, so I followed, no, I really made a lot of money!" Listen, the voice of Tinaris! Dr. Bella said, excitedly patting the small cloth pocket tied around her waist, which was full of coins and shook it to make a crisp crashing sound. I know that it represents hope, and it is the hope and happiness in a person's heart that jingles in that small cloth pocket, which makes people feel at ease when they hear it.

Looking at this old guy who is so old and still has to run for life, I really can't bear it, I am alone, there is no mercenary to protect, not to mention the bandits on the uninhabited road, it will be very dangerous to meet hungry wolves. I asked him, "You have suffered a lot along the way during this time, haven't you?" ”

"Hey, it's not a big deal, these medicinal herbs were picked along the way, so it's not worth much." Dr. Bella shook her head, "It's just that on the way to Ludinand, I met bandits, they were Roman deserters, and they put a sword to my neck and asked me to give money, but I didn't have anything on me at the time, so I had to give them some medicine, and finally let me go." "He said such a thrilling event, it was a walk on the line of life and death, and now bandits burn, kill, and plunder are all evil, especially trained deserters are more brutal and more difficult to deal with than ordinary bandits. I didn't expect Dr. Bella to be able to say it in such a calm tone, he must have been through too much and has long been accustomed to such chaotic times.

I accepted Dr. Bella's gift so hastily, I still can't bear to keep this old guy running around like this again. I had nothing when I came, but I had a lot of money when I went, and every extra dinarius put him in danger, and without hesitation, I opened the pocket pinned to my waist, grabbed a handful of Oren, and handed it into the hands of Dr. Bella.

"Oh, Luga, what are you doing here!"

Dr. Bella saw that my hand was full of gold coins, and his clenched fingers slowly opened the hand of gold coins that were about to fall, and he hurriedly caught the handful with both hands.

"Take it and go back and buy a better house."

I gave the handful of Oren coins to Dr. Bella, and motioned for the soldiers to put it away without him noticing, lest it make the fellow who accidentally saw it feel guilty. "I'll try to find a few mercenaries, and early tomorrow morning, you can hurry back to Genoa."

"Oh, little Luga, that's a lot of money!" Dr. Bella held the bag I had just given him in his hand as if he were holding a priceless treasure. His body trembled, his eyes filled with tears, and his expression was full of surprise and surprise. He asked me, "Are these your salaries?" With that, he wanted to give me the money back.

"No, it's just a battlefield cleanup." I spread out my hand, refused to accept the money bag he handed me, and said to him with a smile: "See a doctor, don't shirk it, even if it is the money you gave me a silver necklace and this box of medicinal herbs." ”

"It's too much money, too." Dr. Bella's voice began to tremble, "Even if I sell you all the medicinal herbs on this stall, it will not be enough for one or two of these gold coins. ”

"Take it." I gently pushed the purse back into his arms, and Dr. Bella gripped it tightly with both hands, her fingers tightened, as if a breeze around her would steal the Oren coins in his arms.

The old man's lips trembled, but he opened his mouth but did not make a sound, presumably not thinking of what to say. After a long time, he whispered to me, "You must keep the silver necklace, which Tenaia gave you." ”

I clutched the silver necklace in my hand and put it around my neck in front of him, so that the silver pendant hung over my chest. Dr. Bella looked much more relieved at this point, and the slightly nervous look on her face eased a lot.

"That's all." I saw that it was not too early, so I hurriedly waved goodbye to him, and turned around and walked away without looking back, because I was afraid that this old fellow could not hold back the tears that had been blocked in his eyes, and that an old man would point fingers at him if he wept bitterly in front of a young man.

I walked briskly into the camp gate, where Dr. Bella's paving had long since disappeared into the crowd of pedestrians, I found a rag, took out the herbs from the small wooden box, wrapped them, and walked straight to the Germanic mercenary camp. At this time, many of the wounded Germanic mercenaries were packing up their camp, and I thought they were about to roll up and leave, so I approached their leader and offered to pay five Oren as a payment to hire five mercenaries who were slightly wounded and were about to leave the team to escort Dr. Bella back.

In order not to arouse Dr. Bella's suspicions, I handed the empty wooden box to the captain, and gave Dr. Bella's position, and asked his assigned soldiers to find the old man and give him the wooden box so that he would not suspect the hired guards.

Because the price of wounded soldiers is very low, and it is already a luxury to be able to take Oron out, so this business is very happily decided.