The open space at the entrance of Maoxian was really surrounded by people, only to see a round platform set up against the wall, the round platform was surrounded by tulle, the side was full of incense, the cigarette curled, and I vaguely saw a white-haired old man sitting in the middle, skinny, with his eyes closed, sitting there motionless. There are more than a dozen tables in front of the round platform, saying that it is the seat of the immortals, and the disciples of Mao Xian seem to have twenty or thirty people, all of whom are kneeling in front of the round platform, and the one kneeling in front is a middle-aged man, who looks magnificent, and it is estimated that it is Mao Ying's second brother Mao Gu.

Lu Fu's eyes have been looking at Mao Ying's group of disciples, he is searching for the figure of Guan Sandu, but he still can't see the third degree after looking around, so his hanging heart can finally be relaxed.

Gongsun Yu has been staring at the old man sitting cross-legged on the round platform, no matter how the outside changes, the old man has been sitting there cross-legged, motionless, he speculated that the old man is estimated to have passed away.

There was an old man who looked like a respected patriarch standing next to the round platform, and he saw a slip in his hand, reading out Mao Ying's life loudly.

At the end of the reading, I heard the old man shouting loudly: "The time has come, send Mao Xian to heaven, and send all the immortals to the heavenly realm together." ”

At this time, the fairy music played again, the disciples of Mao Xian bowed to the Mao Xian sitting cross-legged on the round platform, the incense around the round platform burned more vigorously, the cigarette smoke swirled, curling up, Gongsun Yu has been staring at the Mao Xian sitting in the tulle, at this time because the cigarette smoke is too strong, I can't see clearly in a daze.

After a stick of incense, in fact, the incense around the round platform was extinguished, the band stopped playing, the cigarettes slowly dispersed, and the inside of the round platform tulle gradually became clear.

Seeing this scene, all the disciples of Mao Immortal also raised their heads one after another, looked up at the sky, and said in their mouths: "Congratulations to Mao Immortal to ascend to heaven, and send all immortals to heaven!" ”

The people who were around to watch the excitement also looked up at the sky stupidly, only to see the remaining curling green smoke slowly disperse, but everyone was still talking nonsense: "Look, Maoxian has risen to heaven in the daytime." ”

Some even knelt down and shouted with the disciples of Mao Xian: "Congratulations to Mao Xian to heaven, send all the immortals to heaven!" ”

Everyone in the world knows that the gods are good!

This is the attainment of the Tao to immortals? Gongsun Yu shook his head and smiled bitterly, whenever he saw and heard these illusory things, he was thinking about these problems, because it was a cognitive reason, people in this period believed in these ghosts and gods, believed in immortals, due to the backward level of medical care, many people were not good at getting sick, and many people ended their lives very early, so people can only believe in ghosts and gods, believe in immortals, up to the emperor and ministers, down to the common people, all like this, so he also secretly determined that he must bring what he has learned and known here to see more people, Serving more people.

Lu Fu saw that Gongsun Yu had been thinking about something, so he reminded him: "Brother, Mao Xian has ascended to heaven, and we should also go." ”

After Gongsun Yu heard Lu Fu's reminder, he came to his senses and said, "Oh, then let's go." ”

"It'll be late in a while, so let's find a hotel to rest and leave tomorrow morning."

"Brother Lu, you can arrange it."

That night, Gongsun Yu and Lu Fu rested in Nanguan Village for one night, and set off early the next day.

All the way south, the weather was not very good, and it rained at noon; At noon, I arrived at a small village at the foot of Taiyi Mountain, which is an ordinary small village with more than 30 ordinary families.

The houses in the village are all built near the mountains, forming a ladder-shaped, and they are stacked from a distance; After the rain, the surface humidity of the mountains and forests increases, and the subtle water droplets rise and float in the air, forming this mountain fog. The old roof of the villagers loomed in the fog, and the mud wall of the old roof showed a slight yellow, which could be seen that the mud wall was smeared with a layer of mud on the mud bricks. On the dead tree next to the house, there are still some leaves, the leaves are yellowish, reddish, and tinged with autumn colors.

Lu Fu saw that it was already noon, so he said to Gongsun Yu: "Brother, it will be dark in another hour, and there happens to be a small village at the foot of Taiyi Mountain, why don't we stay here tonight and go up the mountain tomorrow morning." ”

"Brother Lu, this is very good, let's take some silver taels to the villagers, and ask them to help make a few side dishes, I'm a little hungry."

Lu Fu also touched his stomach and said: "I'm also hungry, so I don't know if there is any wine in the village, the weather is a little cold." ”

"Yes, an autumn rain and a cold, the weather is about to turn cold."

"Let's hope it doesn't rain tomorrow, or we'll have to wait for the weather to clear before we can go up the mountain."

That night, they stayed at a farmhouse at the foot of Taiyi Mountain.

The next day, as soon as the sky was bright, Gongsun Yu and Lu Fu set off, fortunately, the weather did not rain today, they said goodbye to the farmer's family and hurried to Taiyi Mountain.

It doesn't take half an hour to arrive at the foot of Taiyi Mountain, at this time the sun slowly climbs down, the whole Taiyi Mountain is covered with clouds and mist, very spectacular, Gongsun Yu can't help but think of a poem describing Taiyi Mountain:

Taiyi is close to the sky, and even the mountains are connected to the sea.

The white clouds look back, and the blue mist enters to see nothing.

The peaks in the field change, and the clouds and sunshines are different.

If you want to stay with someone, ask the woodcutter across the water.

Of course, now that they have just left the farmhouse and want to go up the mountain to collect medicine, they don't need to "ask the woodcutter across the water", but the beautiful scenery of Taiyi Mountain still makes Gongsun Yu can't help but take a few more looks, so that Lu Fu is always urging him.

At the bottom of the mountain, after a short rest, prepare to go up the mountain; I saw Lu Fu take out a few yellow pills from his baggage and give them to Gongsun Yu, who had also gone out to collect medicine in the field with his father in his hometown before, and knew that this yellow pill should be Shi Huang, and put it on his body to prevent poisonous snakes from approaching.

In fact, Shi Huang is realgar, also known as gold stone, egg stone, chemical name is tetraarsenic tetrasulfide, usually orange granular solid or orange-yellow powder, soft, brittle, is the folk antidote medical sores insecticidal drugs. For thousands of years, our people have always had the habit of drinking realgar wine in the Dragon Boat Festival and when midsummer is approaching, which is to apply the detoxification and insecticidal effects of realgar. Realgar will be oxidized to become the famous arsenic, which is another well-known highly toxic mineral medicine, and its principle of detoxification and insecticide also lies in this. Realgar is a stomach poison, and snakes react very sensitively to it; However, the addition of alcohol to realgar drives snakes farther and is more effective, because ethanol can be used as a "thinning agent" to enhance the volatilization of realgar. That's it! In mountainous areas, realgar is generally soaked in wine, and "The Legend of the White Snake" is filmed like this. In fact, not only snakes, but also many animals are sensitive to sulfur, and they stay away from it as soon as they smell it. When a volcanic eruption or earthquake is about to come, it is because of the high level of sulfur in the earth's surface, so this is the reason why animals flee when they smell sulfur.

At first entering the mountain, it was a relatively flat road, and after about two miles, the mountain road began to steepen, and it was all winding paths, surrounded by trees, and it was gloomy.

Lu Fu walked ahead, knocking on the stone with an iron pickaxe as he walked, Gongsun Yu felt very strange, so he asked, "Brother Lu, what are you knocking on the stone?" ”

Lu Fu smiled and said: "Brother, you may not have gone into the mountains to collect medicine, there are more beasts in the mountains, but the beast is not terrible, it is also afraid of people, so you can make a little scary sound, you can scare and scare these beasts, don't run around silently, it is easy to hit the beasts." ”

"Oh," Gongsun Yu nodded as if he didn't understand, "Then why are we walking at a distance?" Isn't it safer to walk together. ”

"Walking up the mountain should be fast rather than slow, when encountering a poisonous snake, the poisonous snake moves slower than the general non-venomous snake, when the first person walks over, the snake is frightened and its head shrinks back, and when the person behind comes, the snake's head is quickly shot to the outer ankle of the person like an arrow, so the poisonous snake often bites the person behind."

"Therefore, it is better not to go up the mountain one after another, but to keep a certain distance; I learned a lot again. Gongsun Yu smiled happily.

Lu Fu handed a wooden staff to Gongsun Yu: "Brother, the mountain road is starting to be difficult to walk, I will see that you are struggling to walk in the back, this wooden staff can help you." ”