I stood up suddenly, but the little girl didn't give me a chance. She picked up my ears with one hand and dragged me towards the house. In pain, I followed her towards the house.
I originally wanted to curse a few words and pull me down because I was about to have an amputation. She was still lying there, and I had no intention of getting into trouble with her. But when I entered the room, I felt like I was going crazy. My eyes were red.
He was rummaging through boxes and cabinets in the house, as if he wanted to eat someone.
The girl was obviously very angry at the scene. She rolled up her sleeves, put her hands on her hips, and shouted, "Okay, you two are quite capable. You actually broke into Qilin Slope and caused trouble."
After saying that, she jumped up and was about to slap Lao Tao'er in the mouth. I couldn't tell at first. After all, Lao Tao'er was considered a semi-disabled person. But just as she was about to approach Lao Tao'er, she was frightened back by a roar from Lao Tao'er.
There was something wrong with me, as if I was possessed. My distorted face kept changing expressions. I yelled and rushed towards the girl. I was in a hurry and couldn't care about so much. I just wanted to stop this crazy old Tao'er.
The leg injury didn't heal, and the madness came again.
I quickly turned sideways and stood in front of the girl. The girl was also frightened by Lao Dao'er's move. She grabbed the back of my neck and screamed.
Time is frozen in this moment, there is an injured madman, a squealing girl, and a stone flying in the air.
The old Taoist's big neck was hit by the flying stone. He twitched twice on the ground and then stopped. I didn't know why, so I hurried forward to check. At this time, several people came in from the door. They were headed by dragons and tigers.
There was an old man with a kind face, a pipe in his hand, and an anxious old man.
"Is this kid a disciple of Xiaoyaozi?" The old man holding the pipe looked me up and down.
"My name is Lin Kun."
"Hurry up and save people!" The old man was stunned after hearing this, and then ordered a few people around him to lift the old Taoist onto the kang.
When the little girl saw the old man, she called her father, pointed at me, and complained to the old man: "Why did these two people come to Qilin Slope? They look like that, they are more scary than walking corpses."
"Don't be rude!" the old man scolded.
The girl pouted and looked at the old man aggrievedly. The old man walked to the kang in a few steps. Without checking the wound first, he pinched the old Taoist's index finger, frowned, turned around and said to me: "I don't know what happened.
A person has been poisoned by some kind of poison, but if the poison attacks his heart, his fingers will no longer have any blood."
After hearing this, I curled my lips and said to the old man: "You can think of a way."
I felt lonely in my heart. I walked all the way through strong winds and waves, and stumbled at the end.
The old man shook his head and sighed.
The little girl walked up to me at some point and said to the old man: "Father, please save that man. If you can't save him, let him live for two more days!"
After hearing this, the old man slowly opened his eyes, lit up his cigarette, smoked it, and said to me: "Do you really want to save him?"
I didn’t know what the old man meant. Didn’t I come all this way just for you to save people? So I quickly replied: “Of course!”
"Well, even if this person is saved, he is still a crazy person, unless..." the old man exhaled a string of green smoke and replied slowly.
"Unless what?" Listening to the old man's tone, the old man seemed to be saved, so he asked quickly.
"Unless we find the seventh-grade ginseng leaf, there is only one sixth-grade snow ginseng in the entire Hengda Shouzhuang, which is not enough to cure poison." The old man said slowly.
After listening to this, my heart went cold. "You guys from Changbai Mountain have no fucking ginseng leaves. Where do you want me to get it?"
"When I was young, I was lucky enough to see a pair of seventh-grade ginseng leaves in Tiefeng Forest. Unfortunately, I only found one. If this person's life should not have been cut off, maybe..."
I was overjoyed after hearing this. I didn't care whether I could dig it or not. If there was hope, I would. I quickly said to the old man: "That's it. I will go to Tiefeng Forest to find the seventh-grade ginseng leaf tomorrow!"
After hearing this, the old man shook his head and said to me: "It's rare to be so loyal and loyal at such a young age. Let Shui Xiaowu go with you tomorrow."
After hearing this, I thanked him repeatedly. Before he left, the old man left a red pill for me, called Yangbian Pill, which he said would help him survive for a few more days.
The people in the room gradually dispersed, and someone brought us food, but I was not in the mood to eat, and I didn’t know how long it had been since I had eaten, and I was completely thin and disfigured. If it weren’t for saving me, I wouldn’t have eaten.
in this way.
At this time, a burst of steady footsteps broke the brief peace. I looked at the old man. If my guess was correct, this person might be the person we were looking for. I stood up slowly and said to the old man: "
Thank you very much. May I ask you..."
The old man smiled knowingly and sat on the wooden bench: "Hahaha, how is your master doing now?"
My heart felt like I was pricked by a needle again. I lowered my head and said to him in a deep voice: "Dead!"
"What?" The old man sighed in surprise, but said nothing.
At this time, the little girl ran in, holding two baked sweet potatoes in her hand, and handed one to the old man. The boss smiled and shook his head, indicating that he didn't want it. The girl handed me another one. I was embarrassed.
I took it but felt embarrassed to eat it.
"I am Xiaoyaozi's senior brother. My name is Ma Di. I entered the school together with Pan Xiao."
"Pan Xiao?"
"What? Don't you know Pan Xiao is Xiaoyaozi?"
"Uh..." To be honest, I never thought that Pan Xiao turned out to be Xiaoyaozi. Whoever it was, I never thought that Xiaoyaozi, who was a fairy-like person, turned out to be the young boss of a branch of Hengda Shouzhuang.
"Master never mentioned the past to me, so I..."
"It's not your fault. Pan Xiao changed his Taoist name after leaving the school and called him Xiaoyaozi. There are not many people in the world who know the name Pan Xiao."
According to Ma Di, the passing knight saved the fate of Hengda Shouzhuang through his heroic action. Pan Xiao admired that knight very much, so he wanted to learn from him. But, coincidentally, this knight actually lived in
This Qilin Slope is where the chief helm of Evergrande Shouzhuang is located. And this Ma Di is the son of the chief helmsman.
"Then how did you learn Xiaoyaozi's name?"
"Xiaoyaozi was thinking of the friendship between the same family, and we had exchanged letters in the early years. As a person from Hengda Shouzhuang, I also know his name. However, he insisted on not calling Pan Xiao's name anymore, probably because he wanted to be with his former self.
Let’s make a break.”
That night, Ma Di asked me to bring a hand needle and red thread, and he also found a piece of human rib somewhere. He said that human rib must be used to dig out the rare seventh-grade ginseng leaf.
Everything will be forgotten, and the darkness before dawn will also be hesitant.
Wake up from the dream, dawn.
The autumn colors are in full bloom, but Qilinpo is covered with snow. I step on my feet with white snow, and feel the frost on my heart. I wonder if tomorrow’s cold sun will visit the old Tao’er’s face.
Looking at the green shadows of pines and waves in the distance, the sky is as usual, with light clouds and gentle wind.
Shui Xiaowu came early in the morning. I only slept for half the night. When I woke up, I felt sore all over. I packed up all the necessary items and was about to set off.
The little girl from last night ran over, smiled sweetly at me, and said to Shui Xiaowu: "Uncle Wu, take me with you. I haven't seen what the seven-pin leaf ginseng is like."
Her smile made my face feel hot, and I didn't dare to talk about it anymore. Xiao Wuyi curled his lips and said helplessly: "Go smoke the ice monkey, deep in the mountains and old forests, you may not know what's going on, but this is fine!"
She pouted, pulled out a pistol from her waist, and made an aiming gesture. I was stunned. This girl was too wild. She used a pistol as a toy. I thought to myself, hurry up and smoke the ice monkey.
"Uncle Wu, if your three-legged cat kung fu really encounters a tiger, how can you defeat it?" She said and smiled proudly.
When Shui Xiaowu said this, his face turned red and he muttered:
"Give me that toy, and you won't be afraid of tigers or anything like that."
She laughed out loud and said to Shui Xiaowu: "Here it is? Can you do it?"
"Me!" Shui Xiaowu had no choice but to take her with him and told her to get Ma Di's permission.
The three of them walked and chatted along the way, and then they realized that the girl had been named Ma Ningshuang because she grew up in Qilinpo where it was like winter all year round.
Passing through a mountain col filled with thick fog, a large area of ​​primeval forest is right in front of you. The spring is warm and the flowers are blooming, and the snow is falling. This is the first time I have seen this scene of ice and fire. It is worthy of being called Changbai Mountain.
Walking in the forest, there was only a palm-sized patch of sky above my head. As I walked, I covered my head and turned around, but Shui Xiaowu was walking unhurriedly in front, looking left and right along the way.
Digging ginseng is also called releasing mountains, and there are many things to pay attention to. You have to worship the mountain god and drink realgar. However, Shui Xiao, who is a master of five arts, is brave and does not have so many taboos. He firmly believes that the mountain god cannot do anything to him.
The three of them walked and walked. Shui Xiaowu said that he had grown up in Changbai Mountain since he was a child. His grandfather was the leader in the mountain. However, this trade has almost disappeared. In today's Changbai Mountain, except for a few elderly medicinal farmers,
Apart from being able to dig ginseng, not many young people have mastered this craft, let alone being leaders.
Once, Shui Xiaowu's father took him and his grandfather to the mountains for hunting. They provoked a group of wild boars, which ran rampant in the bushes like tanks. Three hounds were killed by the wild boar's two-foot-long tusks.
Grandpa knocked down one of them with a spear, and a group of others rushed over. Finally, he was trampled to death by the hooves of a wild boar. His father took him up a tree and narrowly escaped death. Later, he was rescued by Ma Di, who went up the mountain to dig ginseng.
So he stayed at Hengda Shouzhuang. He was both in awe and resentment of the mountains.
While chatting, they came to Hengda Shouzhuang. He lamented that after liberation, customs changed and cremation became popular. The thousand-year business of Hengda Shouzhuang has basically ended. The reason why it still exists today is entirely due to the invisible
The underground network is barely operating. To put it bluntly, they are secretly carrying out burials. These days, there are still many superstitious people, especially the rich. They hope to enjoy glory and wealth after death, and naturally they don’t want to turn into human beings after death.
As a result, the underground burial market grew and developed again.
But this kind of management method is not a long-term solution, especially since Evergrande Shouzhuang is a group business entity. The bigger the plate, the higher the cost. There has been a trend of differentiation within them. Yesterday, the branches in various places in the village were divided into
The helmsmen gathered in Qilinpo, but the helmsman of the Guangdong branch said that he should abandon the old business and follow the trend of reform.
But how can we just throw away the business passed down from our ancestors? The helmsmen from various places became anxious and pulled out his dragon tendons.
Cramping the dragon's tendons is a punishment in Hengda Shouzhuang. The business of dead people is not visible to the public. If you step in, you will have to do this business for the rest of your life. If you want to change your route in the middle, you have to get rid of the pain of cramping the dragon's tendons, peeling the dragon's skin, pulling out the dragon's teeth and peeling the dragon's bones.
What a severe punishment.
To pull the dragon's tendon is to use a needle to pierce the gap between the fingers, and connect the ten fingers to the heart. If there is no backbone, it will soften immediately. To pull the dragon's skin is to use an iron whip to row on the body. Not many can pass this test and that meal.
If the iron whip is pulled down, even if you don't die, you will only have half your life left.
Dragon tooth extraction, as the name suggests, is to break off the two front teeth, which is equivalent to putting an iron mark on it and making it long-lasting in your memory.
As for cutting the keel, not many people can go through with it, and the rolling pin is rubbed back and forth on the body, which is really painful to the bone.
Once this is done, people will almost die. Yesterday, the helmsman in Guangdong called his father and mother as soon as he inserted two needles.
I stared at him blankly after listening, there are so many rules. Sitting on the ground against a towering ancient pine tree, this is a symbol of the immortality of the forest, like veins, beating but endless.
I grinned and asked Shui Xiaowu: "When can we get to Tiefenglin?"
"Come on, we'll be there before dark!" Shui Xiaowu said to me while filling his mouth with dry food.
Chapter completed!