Chapter 8: The Turning Point of History
Old man Sun led the way through a small door, and there were all kinds of sun-dried herbs piled up in the room, which were supposed to be all kinds of medicinal herbs. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 Info moved the pile of herbs out of the way and pulled an iron tab from the floor. After the wooden plank was opened, a dark hole was revealed, and at this time, Wu E had already lit the torches on the side, and the three mermaids rushed in.
The more I went inside, the more I felt the cold. Lin Fei thought to himself that this should be a cellar, he had long heard that the ancients had collected ice cubes in winter and used it to relieve the heat in summer since very early on, but he didn't think that there was such a cellar here.
The torch was held by Old Man Sun. Lin Fei and the two walked behind, a long passage, and walked for nearly five minutes. It wasn't until a kerosene lamp was lit that Lin Fei realized that they had arrived at their destination. All the kerosene lamps on the side of the wall were lit up one by one, and the whole space was lit up. There were piles of ice all around, and in the middle lay the same tiger that had attacked them that night.
As the saying goes: "A tiger will not fall to the dead", this proverb is confirmed at this moment. Even though he mentally knew that the creature lying on the ground had died, Lin Fei still maintained a deep awe in his heart.
Wu E walked up with a big grin, kicked twice and said: "This beast is very smart, when Lao Tzu first encountered it, he was tricked by it once. ”
Lin Fei frowned and said, "It's all dead, and we'll have to skin and tear it apart in the future, so let's keep a little awe for now." Like us, it is also life, and we should have enough respect for life. ”
Wu E couldn't understand this at all, but he didn't need to refute it, he just felt that since his brother lost his memory, the whole person has become a god chattering, grinding and chirping, like a girl. Old Man Sun looked at Lin Fei in some surprise, but he didn't say anything.
Early the next morning, Wu E and Old Man Sun worked together to carry the tiger out. The early morning sun shines on the people with warmth. Although it has been frozen in the cellar for two days, it is still lifelike when it is brought out.
Wu E compared the sharpened knife on the tiger for a long time, but he couldn't do it for a long time. For dissecting such a large animal, Lin Fei was completely a layman to see the excitement, just seeing that he was so hesitant, he knew that this matter should not be a simple job.
"Boy, don't you have to rush to get the knife, why are you hesitating?" Old man Sun said sarcastically.
Wu E held back for a long time, and said helplessly: "This thing is too different from killing pigs, I go down with this knife, if the knife technique is not right, then the good skin of its body will be ruined." Old man, if you are sure, or you will take this knife, and I will help you get it. ”
Old man Sun took the tool knife from Wu E's hand, groped for a while on the tiger that had been fixed, and then the tip of the knife entered from the tiger's neck, only entering the inch, and then grabbed the left hand holding the knife with his right hand, and the blade pulled all the way down......
The sun was shining, and before I knew it, several hours had passed. The whole tiger skin has been perfectly peeled off, and the treatment of the tiger head part is quite good, even if there is only one skin left, it still looks majestic.
Lin Fei said with admiration: "In the past, there was a Ku Ding to solve the cow, and now there is Sun Lao to solve the tiger, the skill is close to the Tao, and the kid is an eye-opener today." ”
"Old man Sun, what the hell are you doing, this work of peeling skin and bones, ordinary butchers can't compare to you. If I hadn't known you were a man, I would have thought you were a butcher. ”
Old man Sun laughed and said proudly: "My old man has lived all his life, and he knows too many things, how can you know everything about it." ”
Wu E rolled his eyes at him for a while, and whispered: "Say you're fat, and you're panting." ”
Lin Fei looked at all the "parts" placed in front of him, and all the things added up to several large pots. When he stepped forward, he found that there was an object that looked a little strange, about a foot long, thin at the front and thick at the back, and more importantly, there were barbs at the front end of this thing. Out of curiosity, Lin Fei couldn't help but take this thing in his hand and look at it, and suddenly a concept flashed in his mind, and he hurriedly threw the thing back to its original place.
"It seems that your kid has recognized what it is, it's a good thing, but it's a pity, the stool let it run, otherwise it will be blended with this thing with good wine, tsk tsk......"
"Old man Sun, you are a lot old, even if this thing is aphrodisiac, you can eat it if you soak in wine and drink it!"
Old man Sun glared at Wu E and said, "Fool, what do you know?" This tiger whip is the most rigid and yang thing, and the retreat centipede is the most yin and cold thing, after being mixed with wine, it can maximize the effect of these two things. In addition to aphrodisiac and kidney supplementation, it can also prolong life and strengthen muscles and bones, which is a rare good thing for people who practice martial arts. ”
Saying this, Old Man Sun suddenly thought of something, and glared at Lin Fei and the others fiercely. Wu E is a good man, and he said with a grin: "I was wrong last time, but I didn't mean it." Since you couldn't catch that thing because of me, I'll be responsible for this matter to the end. ”
Old man Sun said disdainfully: "You are responsible, how can you be responsible?" Do you think it's a pheasant that you can catch by going around the mountain twice at will? That thing, if there are a few on Qinglong Mountain in the entire Meifeng Ridge, which one you can catch if you want to, for it, do you know how much effort I wasted? Just mixing the special bitter lotus nectar took me three months, as well as the choice of environment, my personal medicinal bath, etc., I arranged it for three years, three years! ”
Wu E couldn't lift his head when Old Man Sun said, and it was useless to argue at all.
Lin Fei felt a little curious, and couldn't help asking: "This remote centipede, I like the shade environment, I know, I like the bitter lotus nectar, but why, old man Sun, you still need a medicinal bath?" ”
Old man Sun sighed and said, "People say that the strange things of heaven and earth must also be loved by heaven and earth. I guess that's what this is like with this refuge centipede. This thing is suspicious by nature, and it is quite sensitive to the sense of breath, especially for the breath sense on people, even if it is a few feet away, it senses, I think there is a ghost when I say it, but that's the case. In order to catch this thing, I boiled a soup with the rhizomes of bitter lotus plants, made a medicinal bath, and washed it for three years. ”
Lin Fei groaned: "In this way, if you do it again, why are you so frustrated." ”
"You said lightly, that thing was frightened this time, and it is estimated that it will not come out again in ten days and a half months. And even if it comes out, I can't know the exact location of it for a while, I'm afraid that if it leaves this area, where will I find it! ”
"And how did you find out in the first place?" Wu E couldn't help but ask.
"You don't care about this, if you ask again, I can't wait to strangle you."
Old man Sun threw the knife in his hand into the toolbox with a "clang", and walked straight to the house.
Before I knew it, it was already noon, and several people were really tired after a busy morning. At this time, people eat two meals a day, and since Lin Fei is a patient, Wu E specially boiled him a bowl of chicken soup in the morning, but this is not a big deal, at this time, he is also hungry with his chest and back.
Fortunately, Wu E is quite good at cooking, and after waiting for half an hour, he can finally start eating. I ate two bowls of rice in a row, and the third bowl was still delicious, but Lin Fei had already put down his chopsticks. In this era, it is common to be hungry, and being able to eat until seven or eight minutes full is already considered a solid family.
After a few days of raising in Old Man Sun's hut, his body felt much better. Wu E would go to the mountains every day to hunt a pheasant for him, turtledoves or something, and Old Man Sun would change his dressing every day, and almost all of his injuries were healed. It is estimated that the internal injury will be recuperated for a few more days, and it will be completely healed.
In addition to recuperating from his injuries, Lin Fei was still thinking about one thing in the past few days, and he had an idea in his heart, if this idea could be realized, it should not be difficult to catch the escaped centipede. It's just that this idea is not mature yet, and he is not necessarily sure.
If you count the decades experienced in the dream, Lin Fei at this time is not younger than Old Man Sun. Older people always have to be more calm in doing things. He called Wu E to him alone, took out a piece of rice paper with a picture from his collar, and put it in his hand.
"You help me find a blacksmith and let him make this thing according to the drawings, I will be of great use."
Wu E looked at it for a long time and couldn't understand what it was, but he didn't need to ask more, and after putting away the drawings, he left directly.
While Lin Fei was enjoying the idyllic scenery, he couldn't help but feel a little bored. No matter how good the scenery is, it becomes a silent torture every day. Fortunately, there are a lot of books in Old Man Sun's house, except for some pharmacological books of Shennong's materia medica, there are still some other ancient books. Among them are "Spring and Autumn", "Historical Records", "Book of Han", "Book of Tang", and other historical books, which are always idle, and Lin Fei read all these historical books that he can find. From these books, he found that the direction of history was completely useless, at least from the books he read, history did not deviate from its original direction. It wasn't until the discovery of another book that he had a relatively complete understanding of the entire historical context, the name of this book is "The Legend of Xiaoxiang", which is a fragrant chapter back novel, which is about the romantic history of the last emperor of the Song Dynasty.
After the shame of Jingkang, the Southern Song Dynasty court supported for more than 100 years, to the hands of Zhao Qi of Song Duzong, this person was extravagant, like to collect all kinds of Jiangnan women, for this purpose also built a palace, the name of the palace is called "Xiaoxiang Pavilion", so the name of this book is "Xiaoxiang Ji".
The content of the book is a bit absurd, mostly talking about how the emperor Zhao Qi coveted women, how there were groups of beautiful women in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, and even some illustrations or something. From the current point of view, this is nothing more than a ********. But at the end of the book, it talks about the fall of the Southern Song court, and it was not Kublai Khan of Mongolia who destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty. In the book, it is briefly explained that the Mongolian Genghis Khan Temujin was assassinated a year ago, Mongolia fell into civil strife, and the Jurchens sent troops to Mongolia. Zhao Qi, who thought that he could live a leisurely life, did not think about it, and walked out of the people with a person named Wei Yizhen, and attacked the city all the way to Lin'an, the capital.
Lin Fei, who found the turning point of history, almost jumped up with joy, but the whole book was over here. Emperor Duzong died, the Xiaoxiang Pavilion was burned down, and the Great Wei Dynasty was officially established.
This is not a history book after all, and the explanation of history is one-sided, but it finally let Lin Fei know the general direction of history. At the same time, Lin Fei has a deep curiosity about this person named Wei Yizhen, there is absolutely no such person in the original history, is he also a traverser?