The salty and wet sea breeze swam freely, rolling up the giant hedgehog-like tumbleweeds and rolling and jumping on the beach, and a lean, fiddler crab raised its large pincers and swore the sovereignty of the territory in a vagant manner, only to be frightened by the bluff tumbleweed and hide in a burrow.

However, at this moment, a scabbard fell from the sky and plunged diagonally into the cave like a shovel, picking out the fiddler crabs!

Chen Mu, who was carrying a bamboo basket on his back, put away the scabbard, pinched the poor fiddler crab, watched him dance the tongs, and suddenly felt that compared to fate, he was not a fiddler crab at the mercy of fate?

However, this emotion was only fleeting, and after dropping the fiddler crab, Chen Mu continued to search on the shore, his bamboo basket was already filled with most of the fresh herbs.

Qingyu didn't come over to deliver food again, and after learning art from the old Tao, Chen Mu realized that in the past, he learned martial arts from his brother, which was just a small fight.

People say that a poor family can also produce a noble son, but everyone knows that you can't read without money, and cultivating a reading seed doesn't dare to say that you are bankrupt, but it's not something that ordinary people can afford.

At this time, Chen Mu also understood that if you don't have money, don't practice martial arts, martial arts is both internal and external, in addition to practicing martial arts moves, medicine is also indispensable, and even a vital auxiliary.

It is no wonder that the Tan family around Shuizhai hate this old Tao so much, because they not only have to offer him food, but also pay for the various medicinal materials he needs to practice.

These medicinal materials are used internally and externally to enhance physical fitness and strength, so that the martial artist has an extraordinary physical fitness, and after using these medicines, Chen Mu's food volume has also increased greatly, and his strength has gradually been accumulated.

However, each martial artist's recipe is not the same, this is also the secret of each faction, Lao Dao is a fox monster, how can it be easily leaked, so some important medicine primers need to be prepared by themselves after all, and this job is now handed over to Chen Mu.

What Chen Mu needs to search for today is climbing rock incense, also known as sea breeze vine, which is not a rare Chinese herbal medicine, which is everywhere in coastal places such as Guangdong and Fujian, and ordinary people do not pay much attention to it.

This thing is used in the meridians, and blood vessels, wide in the middle of the qi, in addition to rheumatism, and notoginseng, turtle insects, safflower, etc., can be conducive to bruises, bruising and pain, the old way to add the formula, is to pass the meridians, dispel rheumatism and relieve paralysis pain.

Gong Fuzi is a serious old pedant, when he is studying on weekdays, he is not allowed to contact witch doctors and other side doors, and he is also a pity that his brother often gets into trouble, the so-called long-term illness becomes a doctor, and the uncle in the door often sends some bone-setting herbs to his brother, Chen Mu is a curious person, and he always has to wait and see every time, so he can identify these herbs.

Today's weather is crisp, and there are few children fishing and catching shrimp on the coast, Chen Mu doesn't need to hide it, he will quickly collect enough and prepare to return.

The reason why this sea breeze vine is called climbing rock incense is precisely because it is attached to the cliff rock, after Chen Mu picked enough, he was about to walk down the sea cliff, but he heard a scream, and then there was a pop of water!

Chen Mu looked down and saw that someone had fallen into the water!

This person estimated that he was also here to collect medicine, and there was a medicine basket floating in the water, and he held on to it with all his might, but unfortunately the medicine basket was not buoyant at all, so anxious that this person yelled.

At first I couldn't understand what he was shouting, but after a while, he couldn't speak.

Chen Mu is a child by the sea, and he knows that the real drowning person can't make a sound, and he can't even wave his hands to ask for help, so he didn't hesitate too much at this time, and immediately ran down the sea cliff.

It is precisely because he has seen too many drowning people and has learned the lessons of his predecessors in the family that Chen Mu knows very well that he must not rush into the water to save people.

The best way to do this is to throw a float on the shore or a rope to pull them up.

The man gradually lost his voice, only a face appeared on the water, Chen Mu was also anxious, jumped into the water, untied the rope around his waist, tied the scabbard as a weight, and shouted at him: "Grab my rope!" This way! This way! ”

Chen Mu saw that the man turned half of his face, and knew that he had recognized the direction, so he threw the scabbard over.

The scabbard was very heavy, and it smashed directly next to the man's face, his hands were fishing indiscriminately under the water, and finally wrapped around the rope, Chen Mu exerted his strength and pulled him to the shore.

As soon as the man came ashore, he coughed desperately, and the sea water kept flowing out of his nose and mouth, and his eyes were blood-red, and he vomited all the overnight food in his stomach.

However, Chen Mu's mind was not these, because he found that the person who fell into the water was actually a red-haired and white-faced ghost!

Father and brother were killed by the ghost guy, and now the revenge has not been avenged, Chen Mu actually saved a ghost guy in a daze, which makes Chen Mu embarrassed!

People say that one yard is one yard, and there are good people in the ghost guys, but Chen Mu doesn't know whether this person is good or evil, so he can't be angry with him, and then throw him into the sea, he can only be regarded as unlucky.

Thinking like this, Chen Mu angrily put away the scabbard and rope, picked up the medicine basket, and left without looking back.

But the man said, "Young man, please stay!" ”

"Thank you, young man, thank you, please tell me your name."

I didn't expect this ghost guy's Cantonese dialect to be so smooth and authentic, better than most of the Tanka family members!

This undoubtedly won Chen Mu's favor and made Chen Mu have some changes in his opinion, but Chen Mu was extremely disgusted, and immediately turned around and said: "I don't talk to the ghost, and it is not my intention to save you, I knew that you were a ghost, so I let you drown in the sea!" ”

The ghost guy was also accustomed to this hatred, and immediately explained: "I am not a mercenary of the East India Company, I am a priest of the original Heavenly Father Church, I opened a good church in the city, relieved your poor, and taught your children to read, I am a good person!" ”

"My foot is injured, you send me back, and the people of the Heavenly Father's Hall will prove that what I said is true!"

"Priest?" When Chen Mu heard this, he had to hesitate.

The reputation of these Western missionaries is indeed not bad, although they bewitch the people and want the people to worship Western gods, but they do a lot of good deeds.

Chen Mu thought about it, in the end, he couldn't leave with his conscience, if it was really as he said, his foot was broken, or even broken, leaving him to wait for death by the sea, it was really not Chen Mu's style.

This sea cliff is relatively remote, and it is precisely because of this that herbs can grow so luxuriantly, and because there are few people who come, Chen Mu will follow the guidance of the old Tao and come here to collect medicine, so as not to let people see through it.

If he didn't save this priest, no one would find out if he really screamed and cut his throat, and if he really wanted to wait here for death, it would be tantamount to killing this priest himself.

If what the priest said is true, he has done so many good deeds, but he left him to fend for himself, in the end, he is doing evil, and he is doing good deeds and accumulating virtues, Chen Mu returned to his side and helped him up.

However, the priest did not leave immediately, but said to Chen Mu: "Young man, my name is Prussian, I am very interested in your Chinese medicine, the medicine basket in the water is the Chinese medicinal material I used to research, if I can develop a new medicine, it will benefit thousands of poor civilians, can you please help me pick up the medicinal materials?" ”

This old priest always has poor people and civilians in his mouth, and it is difficult for Chen Mu to have a bad feeling for him.

Although Chen Mu is young, he still has vision.

The old priest's pale face was covered with sunburn red spots, and his hands and feet were covered with small cuts drawn by thorns, which showed that what he said was true, and he did suffer a lot in order to find medicinal herbs.

Hengzhu had already decided to save people, so he did it all the way to the end, Chen Mu put him down, jumped back into the water, and fished out the medicine basket.

It is also a shame that the medicine basket has a bamboo lid, and the herbs in it have not been scattered, but they have been saved.

Seeing this medicine basket, the old priest was even happier than when he was rescued, and said to Chen Mu: "Ah, you are such a kind child, may God bless you." ”

The old priest drew a cross on his chest, kissed the silver cross on his chest, and thanked Chen Mu again.

Chen Mu has not seen priests, there are also missionaries in Xinhui County, some of whom have also dealt with Gong Fuzi, and want to cooperate with Maolongguan to print some Western books, but the government has extremely strict control over books, and it is not easy for Fu Zi to publish and engrave.

It is precisely because of this that Chen Mu is not used to seeing these priests, this old priest is well-behaved and kind, so it is difficult for Chen Mu to speak ill of him, just said coldly.

"Don't be verbose, if you don't go back, it will be dark."

Saying this, Chen Mu put the priest's medicine basket on his back, and then supported him and slowly walked home.

"Oh, my friend, what shall I call you?" The old priest didn't seem to take Chen Mu's disgust to heart, or maybe they were preaching in the land of China, and they had long been accustomed to this hostility, and if they wanted to succeed in preaching, patience was a necessary quality, so he still took the trouble to get close to Chen Mutao.

It's a pity that Chen Mu didn't go to the road, he really didn't have the heart to deal with these ghosts, and he didn't talk along the way, the old priest didn't give up at first, but Chen Mu kept silent, and he gradually felt unbearable pain, so he didn't speak anymore.

Seeing that he was about to return to the water village, Chen Mu said to the priest: "There is the water village in front, you go to ask for help, as long as you are willing to pay, someone will send you home safely." ”

Saying this, Chen Mu threw the old priest down, untied the medicine basket, and gently placed it beside him, but the old priest said to Chen Mu.

"Oh, my friend, although I don't know what misunderstanding there was between us, but you saved my life, how can I repay you?"

Chen Mu was also very irritable, and immediately opened his mouth to him: "Okay, since you want to repay, then give me a hundred taels of silver!" ”

The old priest didn't seem to expect Chen Mu to make such a request, so he was stunned on the spot, and after a long time, he said to Chen Mu: "One hundred taels of silver is indeed a lot, but there are still some in the church, but the money in the church is donated by brothers and sisters, and it is not something I can embezzle privately......

Chen Mu just wanted to get rid of him, he never thought of really asking for silver, and immediately said disdainfully to him: "Since you can't repay him, don't be long-winded, what to do nonsense, just let me go home." ”

The old priest did not give up, but said to Chen Mu: "There are many things in this world that are more valuable than gold and silver, such as your kindness, such as knowledge, such as friendship......"

"I don't know what misunderstandings you have about us, but if you want to solve the misunderstandings, you must have good communication, and the premise of communication is the same language, language has always been the first key to open the door to a new world, I already know your language, so I can live here, don't you want to learn our language?"

"Learning Spanish?" Chen Mu was a little moved, if he wanted to take revenge, he had to understand the enemy, and to understand the enemy, at least he had to understand the enemy's language and writing, which was already in Chen Mu's plan!