Peng Daxiao personally sent Chuanbo to Commander Xue's mansion three days later.

Commander Xue had already made all the arrangements, and after a brief reception, Chuanbo was picked up by someone sent by the military academy.

Hao Chuanbo ushered in the first major turning point in his life -- officially stepping into the military circles.

The case is not listed.

It is said that Chuantao followed the master all the way east, and unconsciously crossed Huanggang and arrived at the boundary of Jiujiang.

In the evening, the sun sets on the west mountain, on the Guniu Ridge in the Guniu Town.

An old man led an old horse in front, followed by a young man, also holding a mule, and came to this small town of Guniuling. The town is small, sparsely populated, and the few shops have closed. The old man and the young man did not ride on the animals, but like idlers on horseback, and walked unhurriedly from the west end of the town to the east end of the town, before stopping at the door of the only inn in the town.

This is Wu Lao who came all the way east, with Chuantao.

There is no signboard in the inn, and there is no small second to welcome guests, and on the courtyard wall built up of mountain stones, an old disguise flutters in the afterglow, indicating that this is an inn. The courtyard gate is made of thick wooden planks, which has long been mottled and cracked.

The courtyard gate is ajar.

Wu Lao stretched out his hand to push open the courtyard door and walked into the courtyard.

"Boss, do you have food and accommodation?" Wu Dao asked loudly.

"Yes, yes, no guests. Wait a minute. A hoarse response was heard from inside the room.

Out of the house came a middle-aged man, his hands were greasy and had not yet been washed, and the towel he was holding in his hand had basically turned black. looked at Wu Lao, and then glanced at Chuantao, and then said, "The guest officer wants to stay in the hotel?" ”

"Accommodation, of course. It's getting late, and there's nowhere else to go nearby, so it's convenient to stay here? Wu Lao asked tentatively.

"Hehe, it's good to have a guest. It's just that my mother-in-law has been sick in the past two days, and only I, a big man, cook for you, for fear that the guests will not eat well. The shopkeeper explained. If the guest doesn't dislike it, there's nothing else to say, and it's guaranteed to be okay. ”

"It's okay, it's easy to solve the problem of eating, as long as there are materials, we will do it ourselves. Rest assured, you won't be missing a silver tael. "Wu Lao decided to stay.

"Then ~~ guest officer, lead the horse to the stable first, and I'll feed it later." The shopkeeper said in a hoarse voice.

After tying up the horse, Chuan Tao took off the harness from the horse and hung it on his shoulder, and turned back and followed the shopkeeper into the house. The shopkeeper arranged Wu Lao and Chuantao in a large room in the front row, which had two beds, two chairs and a coffee table, a basin in the corner, and towels hanging on the wall.

After putting away the luggage, the master and apprentice came to the hall, but the shopkeeper was not here, only heard the sound of washing pots and dishes in the kitchen next to him. Wu Lao walked into the kitchen. The kitchen is quite spacious, and there is a large iron pot on a large earthen stove, and the shopkeeper is washing things in the pot. Wu Lao looked at it, this shopkeeper may not be very good at cooking. So I decided to do it myself.

"Boss, let's do the cooking ourselves, just trouble the boss to find some cooking materials."

"I'm sorry, my wife was sick and lying in bed, and I couldn't entertain the guest officer to eat and drink." Said the shopkeeper.

"It's okay, my old man is used to being alone, and he can do things like cooking. Trouble the boss to find some feed to help us feed the livestock. After Wu Lao finished speaking, he started to wash rice and cook rice, and when the rice was fragrant, he washed and fried the vegetables, and Chuan Tao added firewood in front of the stove.

When the innkeeper came into the house after feeding the horses, Wu Lao had already prepared a simple dinner.

The shopkeeper first added a bowl of rice to a bowl, then put some food, and sent it to the back room to feed his wife.

Chuantao and Wu Lao ate on the table.

When the shopkeeper came out of the house, Chuantao and Wu Lao had already put down their chopsticks. So the shopkeeper filled a big bowl of rice and ate the leftovers on the table. Wu Lao looked at the shopkeeper and asked, "You two are in your house?" No children? ”

"Alas, I gave birth to many babies, but I couldn't raise them. People are getting old, and I am afraid that I will be lonely for life in this life. The shopkeeper said very lonely.

"Then what is your wife's illness, is it serious?" Wu Lao is Langzhong, and I heard that some patients like to inquire.

"Originally, she has always been in good health, and this ancestral inn has only been maintained to this day thanks to her master. Some time ago, she always felt weak in her limbs, anorexia, she was about to vomit when she smelled oily smoke, and she slowly lay down on the bed and couldn't get up, she was dizzy all day long, and she wanted to sleep. There was no one else at home, and I didn't know where a doctor could see this disease, so it dragged on until now. The hoarse voice of the shopkeeper spoke helplessly about his wife's condition.

"Take me around, maybe I can help." Wu Lao listened to the owner's statement and expected that it should be a chronic liver disease.

"I didn't expect the guest officer to be a doctor who can see patients, I really don't know Taishan." After speaking, he stood up and took Wu Lao into the inner room. Chuantao followed behind if he was fine.

The room was dark, and a small tung oil lamp was placed on the table at the top of the table. On the bed lay an unkempt woman, with her eyes closed, who seemed to have no sense of the person who came into the room, and who appeared to be in a semi-comatose state.

Wu Lao probed his hand for a long time and stood up silently. said to Chuantao: "Go and take the pulse." ”

Chuan Tao walked over, pulled the woman's hand over and placed it on the edge of the bed, squinted his eyes, and gently clasped the two fingers of his right hand on the woman's pulse. Investigate carefully. A few minutes later, he said to Wu Lao: "The liver pulse is crazy, the heart pulse is weak, and the kidney pulse is weak, which is the collapse caused by liver disease. Wu Lao nodded: "Take medicine." ”

Chuan Tao went to the guest room to get two packets of medicinal powder, handed them to the shopkeeper, and instructed: "Let's go into the water together, boil slowly for an hour, divide it into three times, take it for one day, and tomorrow we should see that the patient is awake." ”

The shopkeeper took it, thanked him, and went to the kitchen to boil medicine.

Wu Lao and Chuantao returned to their residence, washed a little, and then lay down to sleep.

Early the next morning, Chuantao got up and went to the yard for morning exercises, but when he turned his head, he saw that the shopkeeper in the livestock shed was already feeding the livestock, so he walked over and said hello: "The boss got up so early to be busy?" ”

The shopkeeper, who was giving spices to the horses, saw that it was Chuantao coming, and hurriedly responded: "The guest officer is so early." Thanks to the two gentlemen Lang Zhong for treating the doctor and administering medicine to my family, I can't repay it, and it's still okay to take good care of the livestock. ”

"Did your wife change anything last night?"

"After taking the medicine last night, I didn't talk nonsense anymore and slept much more peacefully."

"That's right, you should be sober in the afternoon. During the day, I went around the surrounding mountains with my master to collect some herbs, which were easy to use at night. After saying that, he started moving around the courtyard.

After Wu Lao got up, the shopkeeper came over and invited the two guests to have breakfast. On the table was a small pot of hot gruel, a plate of sauce mixed with wild vegetables, a plate of bacon, and a few corn nests. It seems that the owner has been preparing this breakfast very early.

After breakfast, Wu Lao said to the shopkeeper: "Since we have met your patient, we should treat the disease, so we will stay in this shop for a day today, and we will talk about it tomorrow." ”

"The poor family is not well entertained, as long as the two Langzhong do not dislike it, I am grateful to stay a few more days. You are the saviors of my family, please help take care of my wife's illness. The shopkeeper said earnestly.

"Don't worry, we will."

This Guniu Town is halfway up the Guniu Ridge. The official road runs through the town. Wu Lao and Chuantao stepped on the path up the mountain and headed up the mountain. Along the way, he searched for the missing hastily Tengteng.

After turning over the Guniu Ridge, there is a steep cliff, and under the cliff is a deep valley. Wu Lao took Chuantao down the ridge, trying to find a way into the valley. Wherever there are high mountains and deep valleys, there must be scarce medicinal materials to grow, and decades of medicine collection career make Wu Lao full of confidence.

After walking for a long time, I didn't find a shortcut, and I basically reached the bottom of the mountain. Wu Lao felt a little tired, so he walked under a big tree, used the roots of the tree exposed from the ground as a stool, sat down to drink some water, and rested for a while.

Chuan Tao sat there, always feeling the sound of the roar of the mountain stream faintly drifting, so he said to the master: "We will go to find the ravine in a while, it should be not far away." ”

Wu Lao nodded: "Then let's go, the bottom of the valley is cool, let's go and have a look." ”

After a while, the old and the young descended to the bottom of the valley, and a clear stream flowed among the trees. The flowing water brings a cool breeze, which is refreshing and comfortable.

Along the stream, there were countless strange grasses, and the master and apprentice each carried a bundle of various medicinal herbs bundled with trees.

I didn't think that a protruding cliff in front of me blocked the way. The stream on the cliff rushes down and falls into the puddle below the cliff, stirring up a thick mist.

"Master, I can't go up, so I can only go home." When Chuantao saw this barrier, he broke off the idea of continuing to go up.

"Well, that's it, there are enough herbs anyway."

Just as the master and apprentice were about to return, several "bangbang" sounds came, which was the cry of Heiwa. Chuantao put down the herb and searched for the sound, only to see a bowl-sized black frog hiding in the stone cave under the cliff. Seeing the position, Chuantao pounced, reached out and grabbed the black frog, stuck its neck and took it out.

Wu Lao saw that Chuantao had caught the black frog, so he put down the medicine bundle and came over to help.

"Roast and eat, okay?"

"Okay, such a big frog, it's enough for us to eat half full, hehe~~"

Wu Lao took out a bag of condiments from his arms, Chuan Tao lit a pile of firewood, and carried out a wild barbecue on the edge of this ditch.

A strange fragrance wafted out, and the frog meat was almost ripe.

Suddenly, a figure floated down from the cliff, and along the cliff, its hands and feet moved rapidly, and it was a large body that supported the whole body with its fingers and toes and rushed down. In an instant, an old man in a Taoist robe stood in front of Chuan Tao's master and apprentice. Wu Lao kicked his feet, jumped backwards, and widened the distance, the frog meat in his hand was still in his hand, and his eyes were fixed on the man.

The Taoist didn't move, and stood with his hands behind his back. Seeing Wu Lao nervously dodging, he suddenly laughed out loud: "Haha, I really didn't expect it to be you, the old immortal Wu Langzhong, who came here to enjoy the blessings?" ”

When Wu Lao heard this, he took a closer look, and immediately put away his bow, stood up straight, and laughed loudly: "It turned out to be you, a dead man, who almost scared me to death." I thought I had met a robber. ”

"If you really meet a robber, I'm afraid you won't be able to deal with that three-legged cat's kung fu." The Taoist ridiculed Wu Lao.

"I'm not as good as you, don't forget that I picked up your broken leg. What do you have to do with me? Wu Lao sneered.

"Haha, yes, I have a broken leg thanks to you. Come on, come on, I still have a few frogs here, borrow your hand to roast and drink a few sips here. ”

The two old men chatted crookedly for a while, and finally sat down.

Chuantao was also frightened just now, and he saw that the two old men were familiar friends, and they also came over to help.

"Come, Chuantao, kill a few frogs in his basket, and I'll roast the wine." Oh, this old Tao is a friend of mine, who learned a few hands and three-legged cat kung fu in Wudang, and always shows off in front of me. Your name is Master Huangshi. "Mr. Wu finally didn't forget to introduce to Chuantao.

Chuantao heard that he was a friend of the master, so he hurriedly handed over his hand: "Master Huangshi, my name is Hao Chuantao, and I am Master Wu's apprentice, please take care of me!" ”

"Ha, Wu Langzhong, congratulations, I've been out for more than a year, and I actually found such a good apprentice?"

"It's just a coincidence, his family saved my life, and I accepted an apprentice to repay my kindness."

"Okay, you have a good life, and you repay your kindness so beautifully. I'm not comparable to you, I didn't find that fate, alas~~"

"There are some things that you can't ask for, so let them be. Taking the wine out, we started drinking. ”

Wu Lao handed a roasted frog to Chuantao, shared one with the old man, and continued to roast on the fire, the aroma of wine wafted in the air, and bursts of laughter echoed in this quiet canyon.

"Why did you come to this place, old boy?" Huangshi Daoist asked Wu Lao.

"I took my apprentice out for a walk, and as for coming to this place, I didn't come to look for you. But yesterday in the old inn in Guniuling, the proprietress was seriously ill, so she had to collect some medicine to heal the family first, and then come to you. Don't want to bump into this. ”

"Haha, we have a fate. I'm bored by myself today, so I've made a special trip to this ditch to catch some black frogs and go back to drink. I smelled the smell of roast frogs on it just now, and I was tempted. ”

"Haha~~~~~~~"

"Since I saw it today, let's go to Guniuling with you, and then go to me after you are cured, anyway, it's only more than twenty miles."

"Okay, okay."

The two old men chatted for a long time, and the wine was almost drunk, and when the roasted frog meat was gone, they got up and went to Guniuling together.