The stone shrank back, its back pressed against the stone, feeling like it had been safed for a moment. The whirring pant had only subsided a little, and he was in a hurry to begin to inquire about the enemy.

He pricked up his ears to listen, and there was no sound around him except the sound of running water, the wind, and the occasional lonely chirping of birds. He tentatively stretched out his head again, and saw that the scene on the river beach was no different from what he had heard.

Eventually, he ventured half of his body out of the boulder's protection, his vision widening to the point where danger lay as far as his eyes could see.

He completely abandoned the protection of the boulder and walked slowly around it, and after two circles, he concluded that the two men who were going to attack him had left.

The heavens and the earth had become infinitely wide, so wide that he could barely find his existence, something he had never felt before. He looked east, south, west, and north, trying to determine the direction in which he was going, but endless hesitation rose in his heart.

To the east is a mountain, to the south is a river, and to the northwest it looks like a village, dotted with simple thatched roofs and broken green tiles.

The stone was originally bent on running to the east, intending to conquer the mountains. At this time, the mountain peak was almost hidden in the darkness, like the great mouth of the devil, and the terrifying wind roamed among the towering trees, like its roar. The stone resolutely gave up this point of no return.

The river to the south may seem approachable, but it can only be viewed from a distance, not blasphemed. There was no ferry on the river, and he couldn't swim. In the end, he had no choice but to drag his heavy footsteps towards the northwestern village.

The setting sun retracted its last rays of light, and smoke swirled over the village. Feeling hungry, Stone stopped involuntarily in front of a thatched hut that attracted his attention with its colorful flowers and plants of various shapes.

He has worked with hundreds of species of flowers and plants, knows when they germinate, when they bloom, when they bear fruit, and that they prefer sunlight or shade, rain or sunshine.

In addition to the common varieties in the Central Plains, there are many exotic flowers and plants from the Western Regions and Goryeo.

His loneliness swept away, and he felt like he was back at home.

"Anyone?" He shouted outside the house, with inexplicable anticipation.

"You...... How is it here? Xiao Min exclaimed as soon as she stepped out of the threshold, pointing to a stone as if she had seen a thief.

Stone gasped and took two steps back. Uncle Hai rushed out of the house, grabbed Shishi's arm, and stuffed the half-eaten bun into Shi's mouth: "Eat buns!" Eat steamed buns! ”

"No, don't," Stone tried to spit out, but his mouth betrayed him mercilessly, swallowing the gravy bun.

The shine brushed his parched lips, and he couldn't help but stick out his tongue and lick them off, waiting for another bite.

Uncle Hai happily put the bun to his mouth again, and he took it and swallowed the whole bun half-pushed, and concluded that the taste was no different from what he had eaten before.

He looked at Xiao Min, and then at Uncle Hai. One is like a flower, and the other is honest and honest. How could he associate them with the bad guys? Even imagine such a delicious bun made of human flesh?

He smiled wryly twice, apologies on his face.

"I just asked you to eat, and you didn't eat it, and now you sneak over by yourself, what do you mean?" Although Xiao Min blamed her mouth, her tone was very soft, and since she learned that Shi Shi was a victim, she had already felt pity in her heart.

"I ...... My feet hurt and I don't know where to go...... Can I ...... with you? When I heal from my injuries, I'll leave immediately, don't worry! I'm also anxious to seek revenge on those who hurt me, and I won't stay here. ”

Xiao Min smiled "fluttering": "Come in, there are still buns inside, go get it yourself!" ”

Xiao Min carefully brought a cloth and a wooden basin and put them next to the gobbling stone: "There is a well outside the door, go wash it when you are full." ”

Shi glanced at Xiao Min, grateful, and ashamed, swallowed the last bite of food, picked up the cloth and wooden basin beside him, and hurried out of the house. At the door, he turned around and said "thank you" in a small voice.

The cold well water soothed his flustered mind, and the quiet moonlight made him feel refreshed.

By the time he returned to the hut, he had been reborn from an unkempt ugly monster to a radiant young man.

Stunned and blushing, she turned around and walked outside the house, saying that she was going to take care of the flowers and plants.

Stone didn't pay attention to Min's strange behavior, he had been observing the hut.

There are three rooms in the house. In the outermost room, there are a handful of simple cooking utensils on the left, and a few rough wooden benches on the right.

A shiny copper rod in the corner of the wall attracted the attention of the stone, and its appearance was incompatible with the humble room, like a pair of watery eyes growing on the face of an ugly girl with a crooked mouth and a nose.

The stone walked up to the brass rod, and he didn't reach out to grab it, but just quietly admired it.

The brass rod was about five feet long, the thickness of a child's fist, and the middle of the joint seemed to have a hidden mystery, perhaps it could be spun apart, or it might split in two when attacking the enemy like a nine-section whip.

"You like this copper rod?" Min is back in the house.

"Whose weapon is this? He must be very good at martial arts, right? ”

"Uncle Hai."

"Sea ...... Uncle knows martial arts? Stone felt incredulous and looked at Uncle Hai who was sitting on a wooden bench fiddling with his fingers.

"It used to be, but now he's sick." Xiao Min was saddened.

"Sick? What disease? Looking for a doctor? ”

"He's a doctor himself." Xiao Min put away the dishes and chopsticks on the table and poured a glass of water for Uncle Hai.

"What the hell is going on?"

"It's useless for you to ask, you rest for two days, heal your injuries, and leave quickly. There's been a lot of right and wrong in this valley lately, so if you want to survive, leave as soon as possible. Xiao Min also sat down on the wooden bench, frowning, and holding her chin with one hand.

Stone's chivalrous heart began to roll, and it has always been his code of conduct to help his friends when they are in trouble, not to mention that Xiao Min also took him in.

He walked up to Xiao Min and said righteously: "Xiao Min, Uncle Hai and you can be regarded as saving my life." Shall I, the stone, be greedy for life and fear death, and flee for my life alone? If you have any problems, just tell me, maybe I can help. ”

Xiao Min shook her head, still staring at the uneven ground.

"Don't think I don't know anything! I stayed in Shennong Palace for a few days, learned several tricks, and my brain is not bad! The stone stretched out his arms and performed a few nondescript moves.

"Don't pull you in again, it's not a joke."

"You believe me, I know a lot of people, even if I can't solve it, I will find someone to help you!"

"Well, if only I could find a miracle doctor."

"Miracle doctor? How is the Imperial Doctor? Is it a miracle doctor? Shi was overjoyed, remembering the imperial physician who had lived in the Li Mansion and nodded to his father.

"Imperial Doctor, can you find the Imperial Doctor? Stop bragging! ”

"Absolutely."

"Hehe, if you can find the imperial doctor, I can pluck the stars in the sky."

"I ......"

"Forget it, seeing that you are so enthusiastic, tell you! But you have to promise me that you will leave when you are healed! ”

"Okay, good, I'll listen to you!" The stone was casually perfunctory, thinking that after learning the truth, he would hoe the strong and help the weak, and completely forget his enemy.

Xiao Min looked at Uncle Hai and sighed, his tone becoming heavy.

"Our valley is called the Valley of Honesty, and there are fifty or sixty families in the valley, almost two hundred people. The people here are simple and the neighbors are harmonious, which can be regarded as a paradise. Uncle Hai is a doctor here, with excellent medical skills, helping others, often treating the villagers for free, and everyone respects him. You see, the flowers and plants planted in front of and behind this yard are all good medicines for diseases. They were all carefully taken care of by Uncle Hai, and only he knew the names and uses of these flowers and plants. Last month......"

Xiao Min's emotions began to fluctuate, and tears filled her eyes without warning.

"What happened last month?" The stone is in a hurry.

"There were five people who went to Uncle Hai to see a doctor, and the results were ...... As a result, Uncle Hai became what he is now. ”

"What's wrong with those five people, Uncle Hai? Scolding him? Hit him? The stone folded his hands on his hips, filled with righteous indignation.

"In the past, Uncle Hai always prescribed two or three medicines to cure people's diseases. But this time instead of being cured, their illness worsened. Their family came to make trouble, and Uncle Hai didn't know what the problem was. Uncle Hai worked tirelessly trying new medicines, hoping to cure those five patients. He is a drug addict, and often because one or two small problems are not solved, he can go without eating and sleeping all day. ”

"He didn't eat for three days and three nights, he didn't sleep. He adjusted the prescription dozens of times, and finally came up with a new one. As a result, after the five people took the new medicine, two patients actually died. When Uncle Hai heard the bad news, he couldn't bear it anymore, and fell asleep for a week, and when he woke up, it was like this. He doesn't remember anything, not even me, and he doesn't know how to see a doctor anymore, just like a child. ”

"It's weird." Stone said.

"It's very strange, these people's diseases are also ordinary diseases, suffering from wind and cold, in the past, Dr. Hai prescribed medicine can be cured in one or two sticks, but this time it can't be cured, and people died."

"Could it be that they have some strange disease, but on the surface it looks like a normal headache and brain fever?"

"I don't know about this, it stands to reason that if it weren't for a simple wind chill and fever, Uncle Hai should be able to diagnose it. Uncle Hai's medical skills are very clever. In the past ten years, all 50 or 60 families in our valley have been seeing a doctor here with Uncle Hai. ”

"Seeing a doctor? I won't see a doctor, don't come to me! Uncle Hai suddenly stood up and shrank into the corner, his eyes staring straight out of the door, his whole body trembling, for fear of seeing the patient who came to seek medical treatment.