47 Saint 40
At dawn on the second day, Chen Qinghuan put the boiled porridge on the table before leaving.
She followed behind Yu Bo, walking along the winding mountain road, passing by several farmers on the way, Yu Bo greeted them, but they stared at Chen Qinghuan directly.
Walking to a place where no one was, Yu Bo suddenly sighed: "It's better for the girl to wear a veil, people in this mountain and wilderness are rude, and I am an old man, but I don't have the ability to protect the girl thoroughly." β
Chen Qinghuan was also carrying a bamboo basket at this time, and she agreed with Uncle Yu to help Uncle Yu work on weekdays, and Uncle Yu let the two of them live at home.
"Uncle Yu doesn't need to worry too much, I have self-knowledge and can protect myself. β
"That's good. Yu Bo said no more.
The two walked a long way, all uphill, and stopped at the top of the mountain. The flowers and trees at the top of the mountain are obviously more lush than those at the bottom of the mountain, and the color is also more beautiful, so it seems that this rumored holy spring still has some meaning.
Yu Bo had already bent down to pick herbs, he pointed to a well between the two big trees and said, "There is the holy spring, it looks like an ordinary well, and there is a stream under our mountain, so no one in the village will come to the top of this mountain to draw water." β
Chen Qinghuan put down the bamboo basket and walked over, the two trees next to the well poked their heads out like two guards, and saw that the water in this well almost overflowed to the mouth of the well, not so much a well, but like a stone bucket filled with water.
Looking at it, there was really nothing suspicious, Chen Qinghuan had already stretched out half of his body, and he almost drilled the whole person into this well.
Just as she bowed, the amulet in her arms suddenly fell into the well, which was the amulet given to her by Sheng An before leaving, Sheng An said that this was something taught by the saints of the past generations.
Chen Qinghuan was startled, and immediately reached out to grab it, but the speed was too slow, and the talisman still fell into the well water, and the moment the talisman touched the water, a wonderful thing happened.
The amulet emitted a subtle light, and the sparkling reflection on the wall of the well, and some words appeared on the smooth stone wall.
Chen Qinghuan was shocked, and instantly reacted that there was really a secret in this holy spring, she was about to look down at the words on the stone wall, when an angry man's voice suddenly came, so she immediately took out the talisman from the well and hid it, the talisman left the well water, and the well instantly returned to its original state.
"Old man Yu, this Lingzhi was seen by my two brothers first, so let's pay attention to everything first, come first, come first. The person who spoke was a somewhat emaciated man, and because there was no flesh on his face, he looked very sinister.
At this moment, he was staring at a huge Lingzhi in Yu Bo's hand, which seemed to be inevitable.
"Nonsense, this Lingzhi is obviously in my hands, how did you see it first. Yu Bo's gray beard trembled a little, he knew that they were often bullies in the village on weekdays, and they were not good people.
The tall man behind the thin man shook the sickle in his hand, "The two of us discovered this Lingzhi before it grew up, and waited for it to grow up before we came to pick it, why didn't we come first?"
Uncle Yu blew his beard and glared, speechless for a while, and the two approached Uncle Yu, looking at this posture, they were going to rob it.
"What are you doing. A crisp voice sounded, and Chen Qinghuan walked over with a wooden stick, "Your name is written on this Lingzhi?
When Uncle Yu saw Chen Qinghuan appear, his face suddenly became a little worried, and the two of them had their eyes shining, "It turns out that the girl is also here!"
They were the ones who talked about her at the entrance of the village that day, "The girl laughed, and the name of Old Man Yu was not written on this Lingzhi, but since the girl came forward, then this Lingzhi will be a meeting gift to the girl, and another day, I will invite the girl to come to our house as a guest." β
"Yes, yes, what's the girl's name? β
Yu Bo was angry, these two people were clearly not well-intentioned, and the dirty words were all written on their faces.
Chen Qinghuan smiled disdainfully, "This Ganoderma lucidum is in Uncle Yu's hands, it is obviously Uncle Yu's thing, why did you send me a story? The Ganoderma lucidum you said has not grown up, it is not necessarily this one, I just saw that there are a lot of white mushrooms under the tree over there, it is better to go there and find your Ganoderma lucidum." β
Hearing that he was ruthlessly refuted, the two brothers' faces turned green, Yu Bo looked at the sickle in their hands and panicked, and hurriedly said: "Girl, the herbs are almost picked, let's go back." β
As soon as the words fell, the two saw that the other party wanted to leave, and took a step forward, looking a little angry because of the deflated.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Yu Bo wanted to fight this bone to let this girl go down the mountain safely, but Chen Qinghuan was not in a hurry, put two fingers in his mouth and blew a whistle, the whistle echoed, everyone was stunned, not understanding what she was going to do, and soon, there was a sound of horses' hooves under the mountain, and a horse with black fur heard the sound and ran over.
The two brothers stood in the middle of the road, and the horses galloped so far that they did not slow down, but jumped over their heads with their hooves raised, and the two men thought that they would be stepped on, and fell to both sides in fright, and did not get up on the ground for a long time.
Chen Qinghuan put the basket of herbs on the horse and said to Uncle Yu: "I will let it stand by in the middle of the mountain, and when I return, I will help Uncle Yu carry the herbs, Uncle Yu, let's go." β
The crisis was resolved, Yu Bo shook his head with relief, and he really didn't know what to say to her, "You, you are really thoughtful, let's go back today, and stew the lingzhi to the little boy to replenish his body after I go back." β
An old man and a young man led the horse away from the eyes of the two of them, and when they walked, the horse also stepped on the hind legs hard, and there were several shallow pits on the ground, and when the people went out of the distance, the two brothers calmed down their palpitations and got up from the ground.
"Damn, toast and don't eat and drink!" The thin man's face was even more ruthless, and a cold light shone in his eyes.
"Big brother, what do you say, do you want to teach her a lesson at night. β
"Of course I'm going! Tie her up, keep her mouth gagged, and see how she whistles. β
Chen Qinghuan and Uncle Yu had already returned to the house, and on the way, Uncle Yu asked her to go out less in the future, otherwise it would be too unsafe.
Xiao Lun in the courtyard was practicing his sword, and when he heard the two of them coming back, he stopped, "You guys are back." β
"I'm back, the medicine I picked today is enough for a while, and I also harvested a big Ganoderma lucidum, so I went to stew it right away. As soon as Yu Bo came back, he sorted out the herbs, and then went to the kitchen to pour them.
Chen Qinghuan sat in the courtyard with Xiao Lun for a while, she was still holding the wet talisman in her hand, and when she touched it, there should be something hard in it.
If it hadn't been for those two people just now, she would have already uncovered the mystery of the Holy Maiden, and when she thought of this, she was helpless.
"Are you tired of going up the mountain to collect medicine today? You and I have never worked before, are you still used to living here?" Xiao Lun seemed to sense that she was not very happy, so he asked with concern.
Chen Qinghuan didn't seem to hear it, at this moment she was all about the legend of the saint, thinking about it, she still carefully opened the triangular talisman, it turned out that the hard thing was a silver scale, it was dozens of times larger than ordinary fish scales, and it could reflect colorful colors in the sun.
Seeing this, she suddenly had a lot of conjectures in her heart, and immediately went into the house to find Yu Bo with the scales, completely forgetting Yan Xiaolun next to her.
"Uncle Yu, Uncle Yu, can you help me see what kind of fish this is?"
Hearing the person next to him directly calling Yu Bo into the house, Xiao Lun scratched his head in distress and sighed.
Yu Bo glanced at this rare fish scale, looked at it for a long time and said, "I've never seen scales like this, where did you get this thing from?"
Chen Qinghuan was a little disappointed, "I picked it up on the road, and I put it on my body when I saw that it looked good." β
Even Uncle Yu didn't know, it seemed that if he wanted to know the secret about the Holy Maiden, he had to go to the Holy Spring again tomorrow.
The red-hot firewood gradually went out, and the soup stewed with Ganoderma lucidum exuded the fragrance of grass, which happened to be about the same, so Yu Bo asked Chen Qinghuan to take a big bowl out to replenish the sick body.
"Xiao Lun, come and drink soup. She blew the hot soup and placed it on the table, and handed the spoon to Xiao Lun.
Xiao Lun smelled the smell and came to it, sat down to drink the soup obediently, Chen Qinghuan thought in pieces, "After drinking this, your eyes will be better, and you can go back early." β
"Qinghuan, do you really want to go back soon?"
Chen Qinghuan smiled, "Don't you want to go back quickly? Sui'er and they must miss you very much." β
"That's right. β
Chen Qinghuan stared at him and drank the soup without a drop left, at this time Uncle Yu also served her a bowl, a bowl of Ganoderma lucidum soup in her stomach, there seemed to be a warm current in her body, her body was originally a little weak due to the bell of life and death, but now the whole person is much more comfortable.
After eating and drinking, Chen Qinghuan had a whim and put the fish scales into the water tank in the kitchen, but this time the fish scales did not shine, nor did they appear abnormal, and they sank to the bottom of the tank all of a sudden, so she wasted half a day of strength to get it out, so she didn't toss anymore, and went to bed quietly and waited for tomorrow.
At night, the three of them fell asleep separately, Yu Bo slept in the innermost room, because there was no extra room, so Chen Qinghuan and Xiaolun slept in the same room, but the two beds were separated by a grass screen.
In the quiet of the night, even the sound of the trees swaying in the forest could not be heard.
At this time, the door suddenly made an almost inaudible sound, and by the moonlight, two sneaky figures could be seen in Yu Bo's thatched house, which were the two brothers who were looking for fault during the day.
The door of the room outside was unlocked, only a wooden bolt, and the two brothers were overjoyed and stuck their knives into the crack of the door to move the wooden bolt.
"I've got to let her know tonight. The thin man rubbed his hands hungrily and urged his brother to hurry up.
"I don't know where Old Man Yu got such a beautiful girl, what can he do as an old man, it's better to cheapen our two brothers. β
The words β‘β‘on their lips were as disgusting as the expressions on their faces, and the door of the room, which had been tinkering for a long time, was finally opened, and when it was opened, there was a person standing in the dark room, and the figure that was darker than the night startled the brothers.
"There's a ghost!" the thin man was the first to take a step back, this figure didn't look like a woman either, what the hell.
The two of them were so frightened that they didn't move, the figure suddenly pulled out his sword, the sword body reflected his face in the moonlight, it was a handsome man, the black shadow was Yan Xiaolun, he was blind and very sensitive to the source of sound, and the slightest wind and grass could not escape his ears.
I saw that his figure moved, and he had flashed in front of them and gagged them with hay, so as not to make unnecessary noises to wake up the other person in the house.
A burst of sword light flickered, and in the frightened whimper, shallow scars continued to appear on the two of them, and in the last stroke, Yan Xiaolun directly threw out the sword, pointing directly between the thin man's legs, if it weren't for the other party just taking a step back, it was not the ground that the sword body had entered at this moment, but his body.
The two brothers almost peed when they stared at the slightly shaking sword, and when the sword shadow stopped, they only felt a chill in the β‘β‘.
"Dare to touch her, I'll kill you, get out. "Let them go, I don't want blood to be splashed on the spot, after all, Qing Huan is still sleeping here.
The two seemed to have escaped from hell, and the thin man's legs trembled, and he forgot to spit out the hay in his mouth.
Driving away the reptiles, Yan Xiaolun immediately went back to the house to see if Qing Huan had been woken up, maybe she was a little tired during the day, so the breathing sound was still steady when she fell asleep.
He couldn't see her sleeping face, and he didn't dare to reach out and touch her face, so he stayed by her side for a moment, made sure it was safe, and then went back to his bed.