Chapter 42 Forbidden Land
A few days later, in the early morning, the morning sun was in the center.
Zhao Zheng had just finished washing, and under the stimulation of cold water, he was refreshed and ready to welcome a new day. At this time, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside the door, and before the footsteps approached, he heard the person outside the door shouting: "Zhao Zheng, come out and take a look, Ah Bao seems to be a little wrong." ”
Listening to this voice, it was obviously made by Wang Er. This person and Ren Qianqiu are very casual in terms of addressing Zhao Zheng, sometimes calling him Zhao Gongzi, sometimes calling him Elder Zhao, and most of them calling him by his name in private. In terms of salutation, Zhao Zheng didn't care too much.
"Po has an accident?" Zhao Zheng was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then showed a look of concern, walked quickly to the door, and opened the door. Ah Bao is a high-grade beast with the potential of a ninefold heavenly martial artist, and after getting along with him for a while, he already has some feelings, which still has a lot of weight in his mind.
Wang Er also happened to walk to the door at this time, and he said in detail: "When I got up in the morning, I fed Ah Bao, and found that it always had a runny nose in both nostrils, and its body seemed to be hotter than usual, as if it was sick. ”
"Is there such a thing? I'll take a look. Zhao Zheng's expression moved slightly, and he strode out of the house, and went straight to the house where Ah Bao was, which was adjacent to his bedroom, and he would arrive after walking two steps. Pushing the door in, he walked directly to the cage and observed Po's situation.
Sure enough, as Wang Er said, Bao's little black nose was running out of the nose, making the hair on his mouth wet. In addition, its spirit is also significantly less than in the past, and it looks listless.
Zhao Zheng opened the cage and reached out to touch Bao's body. It was found that the body temperature was indeed a little higher. It seems to be a fever.
"Looks. It's really sick. He caressed Po's soft, hairy, fleshy body and said worriedly.
"It looks like it's caught with the wind cold, do you want me to boil a pot of ginger soup for it to drink, to get rid of the cold." Wang Er proposed.
"If it's a person who is sick, you can do anything, but Ah Bao's situation is special, for the sake of prudence, don't mess around. I'd better take it to Lengxiangju to find the Jade Hall Master for medical treatment. Zhao Zheng shook his head. No.
After making up his mind, he put his hands into the cage together, hugged Ah Bao whole, hugged him in his arms, and rushed directly to Leng Xiangju. The person who opened the door was still Xiaohua, and as soon as the little girl opened the door, her eyes suddenly stared at Ah Bao, her face showed curiosity, and she blinked: "My good girl, what is this?" ”
"Just a little pet. I raised it, and today it is sick. There's something wrong with me, so I'm here to ask for help from my tutor and ask you to go through it. Zhao Zhengdao.
"It's really interesting, it's tiger-headed, half black and half white, it's the first time I've seen this kind of pet, what is it?" Xiaohua stood on tiptoe, stretched out her hand, and stroked Ah Bao's head a few times, but Ah Bao suddenly raised her head and rubbed all the snot on her hands, "Oh, it seems that it is really sick, look at these snot, I will go and tell Master about this." ”
Xiaohua took out her handkerchief, wiped her hands, turned around and went into the yard, and it didn't take long for her to run back again, bringing back good news. Yu Ling'er agreed to treat Ah Bao and asked Zhao Zheng to carry Ah Bao in.
Zhao Zheng walked to the courtyard with Ah Bao in his arms, accompanied by Xiaohua. Walking on the road, Xiaohua carried out several sneak attacks on the listless Po, touching Po's stomach for a while and poking Po's feet for a while. Seeing this scene, Zhao Zheng smiled helplessly, people who don't know the details will only regard Ah Bao as a cute animal, who would have imagined that this little thing can have such terrifying speed and destructive power when it grows up.
When she arrived at the clinic in the house, Yu Ling'er was already waiting there, and it seemed that she hadn't started alchemy today, otherwise she wouldn't be so leisurely.
Zhao Zheng said hello and exchanged a few words, and then put Ah Bao on the ground and left it for Yu Ling'er to treat.
When Po arrived in an unfamiliar environment, he had a strong curiosity, stared at his slightly daze eyes, and turned his head around.
"I was in a hurry the day I came back from the Misty Fragrance Valley, and after you came back, I took it directly to Chaoyangju, and I haven't taken a good look at it yet." Yu Ling'er leaned over and stared at Ah Bao, the corners of her mouth were rarely curled a little, and she vaguely showed a slight smile, which was unprecedented for her, who had always been indifferent. It seems that she likes Po quite a lot.
"You can see enough of it this time, I'm not good at learning, a bottle is less than half a bottle, but I don't dare to prescribe medicine to it." Zhao Zhengdao.
"It's just a minor disease, and it can be easily cured, but it needs to be carefully controlled in terms of dosage, and it is really difficult for ordinary doctors to control the heat. I think it's all right, so you can leave it with me for the time being, and when I'm cured, I'll give it back to you." It's also easier to keep it with me, and it's easier to decoction and medicine. Yu Ling'er suggested.
Zhao Zheng could see that Yu Ling'er was in love with Ah Bao, and wanted to take the opportunity to get closer to Ah Bao, but this kind of proposal could not be refused. He nodded in agreement, left Ah Bao in Leng Xiangju, turned around and returned to Chaoyang Ju, and sent Ah Bao's cage and all kinds of food and drink.
In this way, Ah Bao temporarily lived in Leng Xiangju, and he didn't have to guess to know that during his treatment, he would inevitably be fiddled with by the people of Leng Xiangju.
A few days have passed, and Zhao Zheng has been waiting for Ah Bao to send him back every day, but there is still no news. Presumably Yu Ling'er thought Ah Bao was cute, and she was reluctant to return Ah Bao for a while, so she delayed it for so many days.
Zhao Zheng was worried about Ah Bao, so he decided to go to Leng Xiangju, even if he didn't bring Ah Bao back, at least he would ask about his condition.
After many days, he knocked on the door of Leng Xiangju again, and as soon as he entered the door, he asked the disciple who opened the door about Bao's current situation. The other party laughed a few times, and said frankly that Ah Bao had been cured three days ago, but Yu Ling'er and the female disciples were reluctant to let Ah Bao go back, so they have been delayed until now.
Things are exactly the same as Zhao Zheng guessed, it is nothing to let Ah Bao stay here for a few more days, and he should be rewarded for curing Ah Bao. He said he wanted to see Po with his own eyes and then go back. The female disciple readily agreed, claiming to go back and ask the master. The courtyard door was closed again.
Zhao was waiting outside. But after waiting for a long time, the door did not open. In desperation, I had to stimulate my five senses and eavesdrop on the movements in the hospital.
"You guys who are not successful enough to lose more than anything, you can't even look at a small animal, hurry up and find me well, if you can't find Bao, see how I clean up a few of you!"
"Master, I was angry just now, I saw Ah Bao wandering around in the courtyard. It must still be in the yard and will definitely be found. ”
"Ahh I didn't look for the firewood room just now, so let's go there and look for it. ”
"Go, go, Elder Zhao is still waiting outside the door to see Bao."
The voices in the courtyard were very chaotic, and the chatter was full of women's voices, including Yu Ling'er's and a female disciple. Judging from these conversations, it is obvious that Po has been lost!
Zhao Zheng chuckled in his heart, he really didn't expect it. The people of Leng Xiangju will lose Po. If Ah Bao just got into a corner, it would be nothing, but I am afraid that someone with a heart will steal Ah Bao. He wanted to go in and find out. But because of politeness and inconvenience, I can only wait outside the door in a hurry.
The people in the courtyard were also in chaos, and everyone, including Yu Ling'er, was looking for Bao's trace, but they couldn't find Bao after looking for a while, and they didn't know where the little guy had gone. The only thing that is certain is that Ah Bao is definitely not in the hospital, otherwise he would have been found a long time ago.
Seeing that the matter could no longer be covered up, Yu Ling'er had no choice but to order her disciples to open the door and welcome Zhao Zheng in.
Although Zhao Zheng had already learned the specific situation, it was very rude for Yungong to eavesdrop on other people's conversations in the rivers and lakes, so he still had to pretend that he didn't know anything and asked Ah Bao where he was now.
"Elder Zhao, I'm sorry, my disciples were too careless, and after taking Ah Bao out of the cage, they forgot to put it back, and now it doesn't know where it ran to, and I turned the yard upside down and couldn't find it. Don't worry, I will definitely do my best to get Po back and hand it over to you. Yu Ling'er said apologetically. There was a little sweat on her jade face that was shy of the moon, and she seemed to be as anxious as Zhao Zheng.
"It's come to this point, there's no other way, I'll look for it with you." Zhao Zheng smiled bitterly.
Everyone put down all the affairs at hand, went all out to find Ah Bao, and divided into three groups, one way to stay in Leng Xiangju to continue the search, all the way to the surrounding area to search, and the other way to the Criminal Regulation Hall to borrow a few wolf dogs to help. Zhao Zheng called all the people from Chaoyangju out and asked a few people to help together.
According to the smell of Ah Bao in his memory, Zhao Zheng sniffed thousands of smells in the air, looking for the traces left by Ah Bao, and searched around Leng Xiangju. The taste of Po is still very special, and it is relatively easy to identify. He pursued the smell of Bao, and went farther and farther, and even traced all the way to the back mountain of the Jade Emperor.
At this time, Yu Ling'er also led a few wolf dogs to chase after her, which means that Zhao Zheng did not smell wrong, and the smell on Ah Bao's body did extend all the way here. The back mountain here is steep, there are many trees and strange rocks, the road is very difficult to walk, and there is a certain danger.
Zhao Zheng's heart hung in the air, for fear that after Bao slipped here, he would stumble and fall down the mountain. Although Po is a Pixiu, he is just a cub now, and his body is very fragile, so he can't afford to toss.
Po's scent continued to stretch forward, and it seemed like it was a long way to find it.
Just as everyone was halfway there, from behind the branches of the two pine trees, two Taishan sect members jumped down, and the two stood side by side, and they were a pair of twins who looked exactly the same. The two of them said together: "Everyone stop! Go further, it is the forbidden place of the gate 'Yuxiang Garden', and no one is allowed to get close without the token of the master. ”
These two twin protectors had an arrogant tone and awe-inspiring eyes, and they didn't give Yu Ling'er and Zhao Zheng face at all. Around these two people, there is still a faint momentum ready to go. The twins, one named Zhang Xue and the other Zhang Bing, are collectively known as the "Ice and Snow Twins", who are specifically responsible for guarding the forbidden land of this "Yuxiangyuan", and everyone in the sect knows about it.
The Zhang brothers have the unique induction of twins, they can communicate with each other, and even blend internal forces together. Together, the two of them can reach the realm of the Ten Heavens in terms of strength, and they have reached the level of first-class masters. The two of them only obeyed the dispatch of the head of Jintai himself, and in addition to the head of the house, even Le Bu or the Three Musketeers of Taishan could not mobilize them. They have only one task inside the door. That is to protect Yuxiangyuan all year round. No matter what happens. Never leave half a step. Even if the enemy is present, they will not leave without permission.
The reason why such a pair of masters was sent to protect Yuxiangyuan was naturally for a reason. Located in the back mountain of the Jade Emperor, the Jade Xiangyuan is surrounded by a pile of stones, and there is an extremely fertile land in the interior, in which the famous Lingguo saliva white jade fruit in the Taishan sect is planted. For example, the best spirit fruit such as saliva white jade fruit naturally has to be guarded by someone day and night. In addition to the Zhang brothers, next to the spirit fruit. There is also a spirit bird "Jade Crowned Crane" accompanied by the spirit fruit, the strength of this spirit bird is also quite high, it has the cultivation of the Nine Heavens, and the speed is extremely fast, if it flies with all its strength, even the Eleventh Heaven Martial Artists will be difficult to catch up!
With the Zhang brothers and the Jade Crowned Crane protecting the Yuxiang Garden, it can be said that it is foolproof, even if the people of the Three Swords Sect come, don't want to get involved in the saliva white jade fruit planted in the Yuxiang Garden.
Regarding the matter of Yuxiangyuan, all the people in the sect knew about it. Even the little disciples are no exception, not to mention Yu Ling'er and Zhao Zheng. Something big has happened. They didn't dare to trespass on the Jade Fragrance Garden, so they could only ask for a token from the master, and then come here to look for Bao.
Yu Ling'er was the first to answer, first indicating that she would not trespass on the forbidden land, and then asked, "Two Dharma protectors, I wonder if you have seen a black and white animal cub running here?" We came here to find this animal cub. If you've seen it before, please let us know, and it would be better if you could just catch it and give it to us. ”
"Black and white animal cubs...... Are you talking about a little thing with two clumps of black hair on one eye? The Zhang brothers said together. The two of them were able to speak together, and every word they said was exactly the same, even the tone was exactly the same, just like one person.
"Yes, yes, that's it, it's very special, it's easy to identify." Yu Ling'er hurriedly said. Looking at it like this, he is even more anxious than Zhao Zheng, the master.
"There was indeed such a small thing that broke into here just now, and when we saw that it was small and exquisite, we didn't take it seriously, and let it approach Yuxiangyuan all the way. After seeing it, the jade top crane, the spirit bird guarding the Yuxiang Garden, seemed to be very interested in it and caught it to play in the Yuxiang Garden. The jade-crowned crane was lonely and lonely, without the same kind of company all day, and it was rare to find a playmate, so my two brothers did not stop it. That little thing is still probably still playing with the jade-crowned crane in the Jade Fragrance Garden. The Zhang brothers explained.
Zhao Zheng was dumbfounded when he heard this, this Ah Bao is really able to walk around, he actually ran all the way here, and he is quite popular, and he was favored by the spirit bird like the jade-crowned crane as soon as he met. It seems that the most powerful thing about Pixiu is not strength and speed, but his cute and likable appearance.
"Since it's in Yuxiangyuan, I hope the two Dharma Protectors can help you and give it to us." Yu Ling'er pleaded.
"I'm afraid that this won't work, the two of us are responsible for guarding the Jade Fragrance Garden, and we are not responsible for anything else. Even if the little beast were yours, we wouldn't have been able to run to bring it to you. If you want to bring it back, you'll have to figure it out for yourself. The Zhang brothers said categorically.
"Two Dharma protectors, rules are dead, people are alive, why be so unreasonable. It's not a difficult thing to do, it's just a matter of raising your hands, you can stay here and watch us alone, and the other person will go over and bring the little beast back, and the time it takes before and after, that is, the time it takes to take a sip of tea. ”
"You said it lightly, what kind of place should you be, this is the most important forbidden place of the Taishan faction, not a place where you can command. We brothers don't listen to anyone but the head. Not to mention that even if you put your sword on the necks of our two brothers, we would not be able to hand over anything in the Jade Fragrance Garden to you. The Zhang brothers decisively said.
Yu Ling'er still didn't give up, and reasoned a few more sentences, but the Zhang brothers just refused to agree, and their four legs seemed to have roots, firmly stepping on the ground, refusing to move half a step.
The Zhang brothers don't eat oil and rice, they don't eat soft and hard, and everyone has no choice but to think of other ideas.
Zhao Zheng relied on himself to get along with Ah Bao for a period of time, and they had a certain affection for each other, and shouted a few times at the back mountain, trying to call Ah Bao back. But after a long time, I didn't see Po come to see him. He didn't give up, and wanted to shout again, but was stopped by the Zhang brothers, because this kind of behavior would disturb the spirit bird Jade Crowned Crane guarding the Jade Fragrance Garden. Don't look at the jade-crowned crane as just a spirit bird, when it comes to its status in the Taishan faction, it is a lot higher than the elder Zhao Zheng.
Everyone stood in place, waiting left and right and not seeing Ah Bao coming, and they could only look at the Yuxiangyuan in the distance with longing eyes. Here you can only see the tall stones on the periphery of Yuxiangyuan, but you can't see the situation inside, so you can only be in a hurry.
"It seems that there is no other way, but to ask the head of the house, beg his old man to send us a token, and let us go into Yuxiangyuan to find Bao. You wait here, and I'll go to the master. Yu Ling'er volunteered. Among all the people, Yu Ling'er has the highest status and the longest entry time, so it is most suitable for her to go to the head of the house to ask for a token.
"Then there will be Master Lao Yutang." Zhao Zheng said slightly depressed.
Yuling Eryu lightly touched her feet, rose up, and a few dodges disappeared. (To be continued......)