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"Why do you say that? Just because I couldn't protect myself and saved a stranger, did I conclude that I was cheap? Shen Miao asked angrily.

"Isn't it?" The old man sneered, "You didn't say that you had never known him all your life, so you don't even know whether he is good or bad, why did you save him?" He may have been thrown into a mass grave like this, and he may have been a heinous and treacherous person who was killed. ”

"I really don't know if he's good or bad, but I can't judge when I see him. Or save people first? Of course, I chose to save people first. Shen Miao replied.

"Okay, I'll sue you now, this is a wicked person who everyone shouted at and beaten, can you still save it?" The old man asked.

"Save!" Shen Miao said categorically, "I won't believe your one-sided words, let alone the words that are said in this situation, I have my own judgment, and I believe in my judgment." ”

"Then your judgment is: believe that he is not a bad person, and you must save him?"

"No!" Shen Miao vetoed, "My judgment is: before he woke up, I don't believe in the judgment of others." Whether he is good or bad is determined by his appearance after he wakes up, and I believe that I have the ability to judge from his every move after waking up. ”

"Huh!" The old man obviously didn't believe in Shen Miao's ability, and mocked, "It's hard to judge good and evil, some people are kind on the surface, but they are actually hypocrites, and some people are not good at speaking, but they are a good person who is outspoken, so you believe that you can judge yourself?" ”

"You haven't seen it, why do you believe that I can't judge?" Shen Miao asked rhetorically.

The old man shook his head, revealing this person's hopeless expression.

Shen Miao felt inexplicable, but felt that it was pointless to continue to dwell on this issue, so she said: "The difference between you and me is that this person has not woken up and does not know his good and evil, you think that in this case you should not be saved, I think it needs to be saved." Our views are contradictory, and we are firm in each other's positions, and there is no possibility of unanimity. In that case, we might as well put aside this disagreement and let him wake up first. ”

"Hmph, sophistry." The old man snorted coldly.

Shen Miao frowned, and said in her heart that this person was too stubborn. Not wanting to think for the next second, the old man changed his mind: "Since you are obsessed, I don't need you to obey." This man's methods are very simple and dangerous, do you need to think about it? ”

Shen Miao was stunned by the old man's transformation, and nodded firmly: "Since you have decided, you are not afraid of danger." ”

"Although this Zhuangzi is barren and all kinds of plants and trees are not suitable for survival, there is a magical herb called 'fairy grass' growing on the cliff in the southeast, which has the effect of reviving the dead. However, the cliffs are steep and very dangerous to pick, and if it had been five or six years earlier, I could have barely gone down to mine, but now I can't. So you can only go down by yourself to collect medicine, and I will give you guidance at most where there may be. The old man said.

Shen Miao pondered for a while, to be honest, he didn't believe that herbs could bring the dead back to life, after all, modern medicine was so developed, and he had never seen that kind of herb that could do it. But at the moment, this person's problem is not a terminal disease such as cancer, but a problem such as inflammation-induced hyperthermia, as long as the herbs found have the effect of clearing heat, reducing fire and reducing inflammation, etc., it should be able to be solved.

As for descending the cliff, Shen Miao judged by impression that this generation of mountains is a hilly landform, and even if there is a cliff, it will not be the bottomless kind, at most two or three hundred meters high. He had been dragged by his friends to participate in some outdoor activities, and he had experience of cliff descent at similar heights, so it shouldn't be a problem.

So he nodded: "Okay, I'll go and find it, I'll bother the old man to guide me, and there are ropes and the like, I don't know if there's any?" ”

"Yes, straw rope."

"......" Shen Miao was stunned, can the straw rope work? The ropes used for cliff descent are all special ropes for outdoor sports, at least they are also made of nylon. In ancient times, Shen Miao didn't expect something like nylon, at least it had to be hemp rope.

The old man seemed to see Shen Miao's hesitation, and excited: "What? Retreated? ”

How can it be? Shen Miao smiled: "Can the old man let me see the rope?" ”

"Okay!" The old man walked home with a firewood knife, and after a while, he carried a bundle of straw rope, the straw rope was very good, Shen Miao checked it and found that the strength and toughness were good, and couldn't help but admire the craftsmanship of the ancients, the fly in the ointment is that there is only one, if there are two, one climbs, and one is a safety rope.

"How's it going? Still not leaving? The old man looked at the sun, and if he didn't leave, he wouldn't be able to come back before dark.

"Let's go, wait a minute." Shen Miao hurriedly prepared, took off her torn coat and covered it for the man, and then went out to instruct the horse, "I'll come when I go, you help me watch, what's the matter with shouting loudly, okay?" ”

Ma nodded spiritually.

Shen Miao patted the horse's head gratefully, if it weren't for the fact that there was no one left, he wouldn't let a horse do such a thing. After the order, Shen Miao took the initiative to carry the rope on his back and followed the old man out.

After walking a few dozen meters up the mountain, Shen Miao felt dizzy, and then he remembered that he hadn't eaten in the morning, plus the tossing two days ago, his blood sugar was now terrifyingly low, and he fainted after walking for a while. What can I do? I'll have to go down the cliff later. Shen Miao had no choice but to shake her head vigorously to force herself to be sober.

The old man seemed to see that Shen Miao's condition was wrong, and he didn't stop, but just threw a piece of yellow and green dry food over: "Hurry up." ”

Shen Miao took it and immediately thanked him, saying in his heart that in addition to the deliberate prejudice against that person, this old man was actually quite good.

The dry food is made by mixing corn flour with unknown wild vegetables, corn flour is not only ground from corn, but also from corn husks and part of the poles, which is very rough and bitter, but for Shen Miao, who is hungry in her belly, it is simply delicious. He swallowed his stomach in two of three times, swallowing saliva in a lingering taste, and quickened his pace to keep up with the old man.

About a mile of mountain road, the two came to the edge of the cliff, consistent with Shen Miao's previous judgment, the height of the cliff is not high, lying on the side can even clearly see the foot of the mountain, it seems that even if you accidentally fall down, it is not the kind that will definitely die.

The old man reminded: "It's true that you won't die if you fall, but below is the land of another village, and it will be troublesome if you are caught." ”

"......" Shen Miao nodded, lamenting in her heart that it was really killing step by step.

The old man walked back and forth on the edge of the cliff, and finally selected a place with a cliff wall pothole, covered by horizontal branches: "The fairy grass grows in the gap of the cliff, likes the sun and the yin, and will not live if it touches the soil, it is about one foot high, the grass body is green, like bamboo, but the whole body is soft, like meat, the leaves are like orchid grass, if there is a flower, it looks like an orchid, the color is white, or yellow, or white and purple." Go down here and look for it! ”

Shen Miao nodded, and first looked for a fulcrum for the rope at the top of the cliff.

Unlike other mountains in the village that do not have shrubs, there are a few trees on the top of the mountain, and although they are not luxuriant, they have a unique shape. Shen Miao knew that this should be a feng shui tree that every village would deliberately keep, and even in times of great drought, the villagers would carry water to water it to ensure its survival, and then protect the entire village.

However, all feng shui trees are the most important in the village and cannot be touched casually, so Shen Miao asked the old man: "Can you use these trees as a fulcrum?" ”

"Use it." The old man disagreed and readily agreed.

Shen Miao then chose the nearest tree to the designated location, tied the knot very professionally, and then climbed down slowly.

The old man stood aside and witnessed Shen Miao's movements, obviously a little surprised, in his opinion, such a boy and brother could actually climb well.

After Shen Miao descended to a place where he could barely rest, he began to pan horizontally to the place where the old man was pointing. The southeast side is obviously the most rainy and sunny part of the mountain, and even the □□ rock mass is overgrown with plants, young shrubs, and slippery moss.

Shen Miao searched carefully according to the old man's description, but after searching for a long time, he still found nothing, but because the sunlight was too shining, his eyes were dazzled, and he accidentally stepped on the air. The gravel fell down with a bang, and Shen Miao hurriedly grabbed the rope and hung it in the air, her heart pounding.

Seeing this, the old man above asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Shen Miao took a deep breath, calmed down and replied, "It's okay." ”

The old man didn't ask, Shen Miao continued to search, and suddenly, in the depression under a lush shrub, he saw a white and purple flower, shaped like an orchid.

Shen Miao was overjoyed, and quickly swung the rope hard, approaching the orchid, and after more than ten efforts, he finally approached the flower.

It is about one foot high, the grass body is green, bamboo-like, but the whole body is soft, like meat, the leaves are like orchid grass, if there is flowering, it looks like an orchid, the color is white, or yellow, or white and purple.

Shen Miao confirmed back and forth several times, and made sure that what he found was the fairy grass in the old man's mouth, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, and shouted excitedly at the cliff: "Old man, I found it!" ”

The old man didn't answer, but hugged his arms and looked at the rope secretly, due to Shen Miao's swaying back and forth, the junction between the rope and the cliff wall was almost worn out, and it was definitely not enough to support Shen Miao to climb up.

Is it to save him? Or not save?

Rescue him up, let him take the grass to save the man, and then be fooled and deceived? If you don't save him, let him fall off a cliff, and let that man die without healing?

Shen Miao didn't know the condition of the rope, he carefully placed the grass on his waist, and then began to climb up, as he moved, the rope was sharpened thinner and thinner, Shen Miao also sensed that something was wrong, and took a place to rest, then pulled the rope and asked the old man: "Old man, can you help me see if the rope on the top is intact?" If it's not good, can you take the grass away first, and then I'll find a way to slowly come up. ”

Still thinking about saving that man! The old man's eyes turned cold, and he replied, "Intact." ”

"That's good." Shen Miao continued to climb, but as soon as he exerted his strength, the rope broke.

Shen Miao screamed and fell down, unbelievable why the old man wanted to lie to him? What made him even more unbelievable was that the old man suddenly came down to save him, and also performed things like light skills that can only be found in novels.

Shen Miao couldn't help but be stupid, did he meet a peerless master?