Chapter 45: The Old Man of the Valley

Wushuang had a dream, in which he returned to the Valley of Hundred Herbs, and saw that Wushuang was picking petals under the peach blossom tree in the medicine field, Wushuang couldn't help but walk up and ask her, "What are you doing?"

Hearing this, I turned my head without regrets, the beautiful woman's eyes were still the same, and I said playfully without regrets: "I'm picking up peach petals, wash them, and make you peach blossom cakes to eat, okay?"

Hearing this, Wushuang nodded and said, "Okay, I love to eat the peach blossom cakes you made the most." It's just that you pick up petals one by one, but when will I go up the tree and shake a big piece for you, okay?"

Hearing this, he shook his head and said: "It's not good, these petals fell by themselves, we picked them up and ate them, it is a kind of elegance, if you go up to the tree, you will lose this feeling, how different from a butcher." ”

Wushuang said: "Anyway, it will fall sooner or later, what is the difference between such a moment and a half in the morning, how can it be as elegant as you said." After that, he was about to go up the tree, but he suddenly became angry when he saw this, and said angrily: "You are a bad person, I will ignore you." Seeing this, Wushuang hurriedly jumped off the tree to catch up, but he had no regrets and walked faster and faster, and disappeared after a while, Wushuang was in a hurry when he saw this, and shouted loudly: "Regret, regret, where are you, don't go, don't go......"

Wushuang suddenly woke up and realized that it was a dream, shook his head, and said to himself, "How could I have such a dream." After that, he looked around attentively, and found that he was lying on a wooden bed, covered with a bed of hemp quilt, which was extremely rough, and when he looked closely, he realized that it was made of tree bark, and Wushuang threw the hemp quilt aside, got up and got out of bed.

Wushuang is in a wooden house at the moment, all the furnishings in the house are made of wood, extremely simple, but very clean, the wooden table is spotless, I think someone has lived here for a long time, carefully cleaned, so neat. At present, there is no one in the house except himself, Wushuang has doubts in his heart, he has been poisoned in front of his head, and the poison is all over his body, and there is no way to save him, but now he is not dead, is he being saved by the owner of this wooden house. But where the person is now, he can thank him in person.

Wushuang set out, went out of the house, saw the secluded pool from a distance, and he fainted there, and he knew nothing about what happened after that.

Wushuang is immortal, he is in a good mood, and he has the heart to find someone to save his life, but he is not familiar with this place, and he is afraid of getting lost, so he has to rest assured in the wooden house, waiting for the master to return.

Looking around the house, there is not a grain of grain, only a few stinky fish dried on the wooden pole outside the house, and the fishy smell can be smelled from afar, Wushuang glanced at it in disgust, turned his head, and did not want to fight it. He said to himself: "The peach blossom cake made by the regret is delicious, and when I go back to the valley in the future, I will definitely make this girl for herself every day." ”

Just as Wushuang was imagining the peach blossom cake without regrets, he only heard the sound of 'dong dong' outside the house, and the wooden house trembled. Wushuang didn't know what was going on outside the house, so he hurriedly opened the wooden door and looked out. At a glance, I was suddenly scared into a cold sweat, and I saw that the giant clam last night was jumping towards the wooden house where he was, and at a glance, the giant clam was still far away, and only jumped twice, and then came to the place in front of him to stop, and instantly shrouded the wooden house he was in under a black shadow.

Wushuang raised his head and said secretly, I'm a good girl, if this guy sits down, I'm afraid this room will turn into a piece of wood in an instant. As soon as Wushuang finished sighing, he saw a person jumping down from the giant clam, and Wushuang's vision was swayed by the sun, and he couldn't see it really.

When the man fell from the giant clam, Wushuang looked at the person in front of him intently. I saw this man, covered with a sackcloth made of tree bark, regardless of his pants, and covered himself with a whole body, embarrassed, a little less than a beggar on the street. A black and white messy hair, piled up on his head one by one, dirty and messy, this person's hair is mostly pale, and he is not small in his age, but his body has not yet seen rickets.

Wushuang looked at the person in front of him carefully, but he couldn't see the person's face clearly, his entire face was covered by the messy hair, and he couldn't see it really. The man was carrying two fat fish in his hand, tied together with a reed, and the tail was still swinging back and forth, presumably just picked up from the pool.

Wushuang opened his mouth and said: "Uncle, I fell off the cliff, and I was poisoned, so I fainted on the edge of the pool, now I think it must be you who saved the kid, and the kid has thanked you for saving your life." With that, he bent down and bowed deeply to the old man.

The man didn't answer, but snorted in his throat, and it was a response. The old man turned his head and patted the big belly of the giant clam, and the giant clam seemed to understand the meaning of the old man, and with two cooing sounds, he spit out a pile of firewood from his mouth and piled it on the pyre outside the wooden house. The old man patted the belly of the giant clam again, and the giant clam turned around and left twice, very obedient.

Wushuang was very surprised when he saw this, and asked: "Uncle, this big toad was raised by your old man, no wonder I listen to you so much." ”

When the old man heard this, he glanced at Wushuang, and did not answer Wushuang's words, but only stretched out his finger and pointed to the pile of firewood. Seeing this, Wushuang said, "Uncle, are you asking me to pick up these firewoods?"

The old man nodded and did not speak. Wushuang was surprised in his heart, pointed to his throat, and said, "Uncle, can't you speak?"

When the old man heard this, he was stunned, as if he was thinking about something, his lips trembled slightly, and he was very excited, but he didn't say a word after all. Wushuang realized at this moment that this old man was actually a mute, and he didn't dare to say anything else at the moment, for fear of touching the old man's sore spots, so he hurriedly squatted down and placed the firewood spit out by the giant clam just now on the firewood pile.

The old man sighed, and took the two fat fish, and went into the house.

Wushuang inadvertently glanced at the old man, and suddenly found that the old man's legs were each tied with a wooden pole, and when he walked, his knees could not be bent, and the weight of his body was supported by the two wooden poles. The way he walked was very funny, and Wushuang said in his heart, he couldn't imagine that this old man was not only a dumb man, but also a lame man, which was really pitiful.

But after all, it was this old man who saved his life, and the poison in his body was extremely domineering, and it was really rare for this dumb and lame old man to be able to solve the poison on his body. Wushuang naturally knows the truth that people can't look good, and in addition to pitying this old man, he has no contempt in his heart.

After a while, the old man came out of the house, holding in both hands a clay pot made of yellow mud, which was cracked and dilapidated. The old man was holding the clay pot in both hands, looking very struggling, and when Wushuang saw this, he hurriedly stepped forward and took it from the old man's hand. The old man glanced at Wushuang with satisfaction, pointed to the mud pot, and then pointed to Bitan in the distance. Seeing this, Wushuang said, "Uncle, do you want me to go to Shengtan Water?"

The old man nodded, and when Wushuang heard this, he said, "Okay, you wait, I'll come when I go." With that, he took the clay jar and walked away quickly. The old man looked at Wushuang's distant figure and nodded.

After a while, Wushuang took the water and came back, but the old man had already lit a fire, the old man pointed to the wooden frame leaning on the side outside the house, Wushuang was smart and clever, and naturally understood what the old man meant, so he hurriedly went to fetch it for the old man, and put the mud jar full of water on the wooden frame. The old man was very happy to see Wushuang so smart and clever.

The two cooked together, a pot of fish soup, and after a while, it was steaming. When the old man saw that the fish soup was cooked, he went back to the house, took the dishes and chopsticks, and divided a large bowl for Wushuang. Seeing this, Wushuang waved his hand and said, "Uncle, thank you for your kindness, but our disciples of Baicao Valley can't touch the meat, otherwise the medicinal spirit in my body will be scattered, and I won't be blessed, boy, you can use it slowly." ”

When the old man heard this, he smiled, parted his hair with his hand, revealing an old face as dry as tree bark, and looked at Wushuang with interest. Wushuang was uncomfortable by the old man, and he didn't know the deep meaning of the old man, so he had to laugh with the old man.

The old man pushed the bowl of fish soup in front of Wushuang again, his lips trembled, and he hesitated for a long time before he burst out with a sentence: "No... Affair... Albeit... Eat. ”

Wushuang was very surprised when he heard the old man open his mouth to speak, and said, "So old man, you can speak." ”

The old man's lips twitched, and he said word by word: "I... Better... years, didn't say ... Words, forget... How... Spoken. In just one sentence, the old man paused word by word, but he had to stop for a long time and think for a long time.

When Wushuang heard this, he suddenly realized and said: "Yes, if a person does not speak for a long time, he will not be able to speak, just like a mute." Have you been here for a long time, why don't you go out and stay here?"

Hearing this, the old man put down the fish soup in his hand and said word by word: "Fifty... Years... Here's it... Be... Absolute Valley... Go out... Don't go. ”

When Wushuang heard this, he replied: "Although this is a desperate valley, since I can come here, I can also go back the same way, why can't I get out?"

When the old man heard this, he saw that Wushuang was leaving, and his face suddenly became extremely ugly. Said slowly: "First... Eat... Stuff... Let's finish eating... Again. With that, he handed the fish soup to Wushuang again.

Seeing this, Wushuang hurriedly shirked it and said, "Uncle, I just said that I really can't eat it." ”

The old man saw that Wushuang insisted on refusing to eat, so he put the wooden bowl aside, slowly stood up, and said to Wushuang: "Let me... Come. ”

Wushuang didn't know what the old man meant, so he had to get up and follow the old man. The two of them walked one after the other, and came to a bush on the edge of Bitan to stop, the old man turned around, glanced at Wushuang, pointed to the bush, and said, "You... Myself... Go... Take a look. ”

Hearing this, Wushuang stepped forward and separated the messy bushes, but saw a skeleton with deep eyes on him, and Wushuang suddenly fell to the ground in fright.

The old man said word by word: "I... Let him... Remain... Stay with me, he... I have to... Go, I... Stretch... and will... He, poisoned... Finish. ”

Wushuang fixed his mind, and took a closer look at the skull, only to see that the skull, the whole body was extremely dark, it was very old, and it had long been corrupted, but the bones were black, and it was obviously poisoned and died. In Wushuang's mind, a person's name flashed in an instant, and Wushuang exclaimed: "Could it be that you are a disciple of the Hundred Grass Valley Poison Sect, Shura Muqi." ”