Chapter 14 Butterfly Valley
Not good!
The final destination of this trip is the Butterfly Valley, but don't let something happen to the old gentleman!
With a soft shout, Wang Li pulled the reins, his legs were forced, and the horses rushed into the valley like arrows.
The smoke in the valley was full of smoke and could not see clearly, only to see a few thatched huts in the distance were on fire, crackling only sound, a gust of wind blew, the smoke swept in, Wang Li hurriedly tore off two straps from his clothes, dipped them in the horns of the waist and dipped them, just covered Zhi'er and his own mouth and nose, he heard a "boom" in the distance, and the thatched huts had fallen to the ground.
"Be careful!"
Wang Li jumped off the horse, picked up Zhi'er with his backhand, rushed into the dense fog and followed the sound, and before he got close to the thatched house, he saw several figures pointing around the thatched house, and from time to time there was a 'crackling' flame sound accompanied by a few words of laughter and scolding sparsely into his ears.
Wang Li was furious, there are such vicious people in the world? In this year, a generation of famous doctors can live countless people, what kind of revenge does this dog thief have, dare to set fire to the murder in broad daylight, and then wantonly onlookers laugh and scold?
"Thief! Where to go? ”
Wang Li's belt was turned over and tied Zhi'er to his back, and he took it with his hand, and the sword was like a dragon out of the sheath, and it had swept towards the nearest person.
The man nearby was triumphant, when he suddenly saw a sword light attacking, and he didn't have time to dodge, so he had to pick up a piece of dead wood and block it. There was only a click, and the dead wood broke in response, and the broken branch hit the face, pulling through a blood groove.
The man panicked, and saw a person walking out of the thick fog in front of him, with eyes like cold stars, white clothes and black hair, and this weak girl was tied on his back.
"Who is Your Excellency? How dare you stop our brothers from acting? ”
"I know him, he is the dog official of the thief Cao Peng Wang Li of Wei County, and the flag envoy was planted in his hands!"
Everyone was shocked, and they all drew their swords and ran over, surrounding Wang Li in the middle.
Wang Li looked around, and there was a little anger and hatred mixed with horror on his unfamiliar faces. It's a pity that everyone who comes doesn't know it, but he can tell his own hiding in one word, and he still mentions the flag envoy, the golden flag envoy and Lin? It seems that it is the Taiping Dao henchmen again!
Glancing at the thatched hut that collapsed in front of him and the stumps of the fallen trees that were still screaming in the flames, I didn't know if Hua Tuo or Na Fan A were still among them.
Wang Li snorted coldly, didn't he say that Taiping Dao "to Taiping" everyone is equal? A generation of famous doctors saves lives and helps the wounded, why is it in your way? He even wanted to kill people and set fires. Taiping Dao, is this what you call Taiping!
"Zhi'er, don't be afraid, I'll blindfold later!" Wang Li gently patted Zhi'er on his back, his eyes were like a torch and he was cold, and he shouted arrogantly, "Taiping Dao has committed evil deeds, mutilated others, and repeatedly violated the law of the country, since a few of them are here, let's stay today!" ”
Before he could finish speaking, a light sword flew out, and the sword light was cold, bringing up sword flowers and floating on the side of everyone's heads.
"Dog officer, you are alone, and you are still carrying a burden, and you dare to say that you will leave us? Brothers, on! ”
The man who took the lead shouted and scolded, and took the lead in drawing his sword and rushing towards Wang Li.
"A few soft-footed shrimp ears, Ben Cao has one hand!"
Wang Li squinted at everyone, his mouth did not stop, but there was a flash under his feet, flashing the oncoming sword light, and his backhand stabbed out obliquely from under the ribs, only to listen to the back "Ah! With a bang, one person was already pounding to the ground, and a blood-colored flower splashed from his chest.
One!
Wang Li smiled coldly, and the scabbard in his right hand shot again, like a mountain in front of him, the silver light flashed, Jin Ge contended, and the sword shadow in front of him stopped abruptly. The person who came only felt that the sword in his hand was stunned, and before he could change his moves, he saw the big fist in his left hand coming towards him, with a click, a crisp sound came from his throat, and his neck fell backwards with a soft heart.
Two!
In just one face, several parties have lost two people.
The remaining three looked at each other, your sister, Wang Li is too unparticular, didn't he say that he only used one hand? The manly man's spit is a nail, can you order the face of the master? It's just a matter of being strong in martial arts, and it's so shameless!
There was a look of horror in everyone's eyes, and they glanced at each other a few times, but they turned into the thick fog separately.
"Where to go!"
Wang Li let out a long roar and rose up with his right foot, and threw the long sword on his right arm, and the sword came out of his hand like an arrow from the string, flying into the thick smoke, and it had been deeply pierced into a person's vest. The man screamed and turned his head slowly, his teeth chattering, and his eyes bulging in horror, as if he didn't believe it.
Wang Li jumped forward, looked around, and found that the remaining two had disappeared. Then he turned his head and glanced at the man with contempt, drew his long sword and pushed it gently, and the man staggered under his feet, fell to the ground, and no longer moved.
But the fire was almost extinguished, the black smoke was billowing out, the dust and fog were thicker, and I couldn't even see the place when I looked up. Wang Li cautiously changed his position, waited in place for a while, and then heard a creaking in front of him, like a person stepping on the dead wood and leaves.
Thief, where are you going?
Wang Li lifted his spirits and rubbed his body up, and the long sword was about to make a move, but he heard a sudden shout from above his head:
"Dog thief, come here!"
A knife is like the wind, and the thunder falls!
"Qian Yi?" Wang Li raised his sword over the top with one hand and asked.
"Dang!" The big sword and the long sword slammed out a crisp sound, and the person who came staggered, took a few steps back and stood firmly, gasping, and was slightly excited in his words: "But my lord?" ”
Wang Li walked to the person who came, and the person had big ears on his back, but it wasn't Qian Yi? It's just that at this time, Qian Yi has long lost his former demeanor, his forehead is blue and black, his lips are white, sweating, his clothes are also speckled, there are a few holes leaking out of his chest, and he is panting and embarrassed by the big tree on his side.
"What's wrong? Why is it so messy? How did you end up here? ”
"It's hard to put into words, I can almost only meet adults in my dreams!" Qian Yi finally stood up straight, turned his gaze behind Wang Li, and exclaimed, "My lord, what's wrong with Zhi'er?" But something happened in the house? ”
Wang Li shook his head and said, "Zhi'er is just a little sick, and Zhang Sanji recommended that someone come here to find an old gentleman." That old gentleman is the strange man you said? Is the meridian soul breaking incense related to the old gentleman? ”
Qian Yi nodded, shook his head again, and said, "My lord, this matter is a long story, let's let the humble position take you to a place first!" ”
……
After walking along the road for about eight or nine hundred meters, they heard the sound of gurgling water, and the two stopped.
When I raised my head, I saw a huge banyan tree in front of me, with lush branches and a canopy like a canopy, fifteen or six meters high, five or six meters in circumference, and the circle covered by the trunk and branches was sixty or seventy square meters, which was as big as several rooms. The banyan tree is covered with yellow-green rattans, branches and branches, intertwined roots, and blends with the banyan tree. The stream under the tree was babbling and meandering, and the water actually flowed out of the banyan tree.
Butterfly Valley!
Wang Li's eyes lit up, but he saw that Qian Yi had gone straight to the dense place of vines under the banyan tree, and opened the vines with both hands, revealing a large cave with a faint light inside.
"My lord, follow me!" Qian Yi jumped into the cave first, and Wang Li jumped lightly with Zhi'er on his back and followed behind Qian Yi. The water is flowing at your feet, the air in the cave is moist, and these torches are hanging obliquely on the rock walls on both sides of the cave.
It turns out that this banyan tree grows with its back to the cave, and if it is not deep in the cave and only by its appearance, who would have known that this is actually a wonderful place? Nature is truly a miracle!
Holding the torch, he walked along the cave for about a mile or two, and suddenly his vision changed, and his eyes suddenly opened up. At the end of this cave there is a small valley! One hundred and ten steps away from the entrance of the cave stood two small thatched huts, outside the house a stone table surrounded by three or five small stone benches, and a few candles were still burning in the house, the candlelight was dim, and the back was shaking.
When I entered the house, I saw that the house was simple, except for a bunch of bamboo slips, a few quilts, and two futons. On one side of the futon was kneeling on the young man who had been weak for a year, with a pale gray kudzu robe, handsome eyebrows, and a look of great charm, which did not look like a doctor, but more like a Taoist priest, and there was no one else in the room.
"Brother Fan!"
Fan A waved and interrupted Qian Yi's words, glanced at Zhi'er, who had already put down and was leaning on Wang Li, and said: "Little lady (1) has weak blood and insufficient yang energy, so it is not a big problem, but when you dispose of it, you need a few herbs that are not common. ”
Looking and hearing and asking, neither cutting the pulse nor asking about the disease, just by looking at the complexion, you can judge the cause of Zhi'er, but it is indeed better than Zhang Sanjiao.
Wang Li was overjoyed, but he was surprised: The herbs mentioned by Fan A are a little troublesome?
"The herb thing is not a hassle." Fan A glanced at Wang Li, as if he understood Wang Li's thoughts, shook his head and said, "However, Your Excellency is in some trouble today!" ”
"What's the trouble with Lai?"
"Disaster of Wealth!"
"Oh, not only does the gentleman heal, but also tells fortunes?" Wang Li frowned.
Fan Ah stood up, smiled and arched his hand, "Why did you say this when you joined the army?" Fan is just a helpless mountain disease doctor, where can he tell fortunes, divination, and hexagrams? It's just that in the past few days, I have heard Brother Qian talk about many good things about joining the army, but when I saw it today, joining the army inevitably made Fan a little disappointed. ”
"Haha, Brother Fan laughed!" Wang Li stretched his eyebrows, and said with a smile, "Lai will not fall, but I don't know how much Brother Fan's diagnosis is?" Although I don't have a lot of money, I still have one or twenty gold, but I don't know how much Brother Fan will pay for the consultation? ”
"Definitely! Even though the fields are 100 acres and the mansions are thousands, there are only three meals a day and a few feet of soil bed. The people of the mountains and wilderness have always been rude, so why do they need gold, silver, wealth, silk and satin? Fan was not interested in any of this. Fan Ah waved his hand and said, "Fan just wants to ask for someone to join the army!" ”
"Alone?"
"Exactly!"
"Who?"
"Donkey!"
"Tang Ke?" Wang Li looked at Fan A in surprise and said, "Brother Fan has a grudge against this person?" In the next county, the thief Cao Peng, if this person is a traitor, he should be punished by law, why bother Brother Fan. What's more, the doctor's parents' hearts, but they don't know how this person can provoke the anger of the heavens? Brother Lao Fan asked? ”
Fan A sneered and said: "I don't want to interfere with joining the army, I just want to see the fate of this thief who harmed the people of Jizhou, and ask him face to face if he has the face to live in this world?" ”
Scourge the people of Jizhou? So serious? In this way, this person is extremely vicious, and he can sell Fan A's favor, but it's a pity that he has never heard of this person.
Wang Li was about to shake his head, but saw Qian Yi stand up and say, "My lord, that meridian soul breaking incense is owned by this Tang Ke!" ”
All by Tangke!
That means that Wan Jian also got it from Tang Ke? This Tang Ke is also a member of the Taiping Dao? Seeing that Fan A treats people and things lightly, he only gritted his teeth at this Tang Ke, could it be that Tang Ke is involved in Fan A? The strange person Qian Yi said is the master here, Fan A's master? Fan A's master is the famous doctor Hua Tuo who pioneered hemp boiling and scraping bones to heal wounds?
If this Tang Ke is really the person behind Wanjian and He Lin, it doesn't matter, anyway, one sheep is also driven, and two sheep are also released, and there are more lice and they are not afraid of biting.
All kinds of thoughts flashed in his mind, Wang Li nodded, and responded: "Since this is the case, I should agree to it, but Brother Fan has to worry about my sister's body!" ”
"Although you can rest assured when you join the army, Shizun has always taught Fan a doctor to be benevolent, even if he is unwilling to join the army, he will never be reluctant, let alone take the little lady's body as a threat." Fan A Zhengse said, "The little lady's illness has nothing to do with it, a few medicines, but you have been working all the way to join the army, if you don't dislike it, please join the army and the little lady to rest next door for a while." ”
Seeing Zhi'er's haggard face, Wang Li was no longer polite, and went to the next door to rest with Zhi'er in his arms. At tea time, Fan A and Qian Yi had already fried the food and herbs, and served Zhi'er to finish eating and drinking the medicine.
After dinner, when I went out, the cold wind was blowing outside, the stars were dotted, and the two stars twinkled one after another, looking at each other across the vast galaxy.
"The silver candle autumn light is cold, and the small fan flutters fireflies. The night is as cool as water, and you can sit and watch the morning glory Vega. Wang Li was lying on the grass, holding a piece of grass in his mouth, holding his head in his hands and piling on the stone and whispering, but he saw a meteor dragging a bright tail across the sea of stars, and disappeared into the vast interstellar space in an instant.
It's a pity that most of the beauty in the world is like this, as if tonight's peace will eventually be broken by that ugly thing, gorgeous but short-lived!
Exegesis:
(1) Little lady: It is the common name of a girl in the Tang Dynasty. In the Han Dynasty, it was generally called "girl", and due to reading habits, the book was uniformly called "girl" or "little lady".