Jingyan County is located in the southwest of the Sichuan Basin, and it takes about two hours to drive from Chengdu to the county seat.

Brother Neku pointed to a towering mountain behind the county seat, and said that it was Jiuzi Mountain, and the blood ginseng we were looking for was in the Hanlin Tomb on that mountain.

I asked if there was any origin of this Hanlin Tomb, and Brother Neku looked at the sky, and there was still plenty of time, so he told me about this Jiuzi Mountain and the Hanlin Tomb.

During the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a businessman named Lei Chang in Jingyan County, who started by selling illicit salt, but later due to various accidents, the family foundation he had saved for many years fell short, and he ended up without even three meals.

One day, Lei Chang was squatting at the door of the broken house, worrying about the next meal, a middle-aged man over fifty years old happened to pass by, glanced at the door beam of Lei Chang's house, and said with emotion: "This household should be rich and rich, but it's a pity that someone robbed it of feng shui, it's a pity, it's a pity!" ”

When Lei Chang heard this, he suddenly came to his senses, he had never understood why he was suddenly unlucky when his business was doing well.

Hurriedly stopped the middle-aged man to ask, at first the middle-aged man refused to speak, but then when he saw Lei Chang's pitiful look, he told the truth of the matter.

He said that Lei Chang was originally a rich and noble life, but for some reason, Feng Shui luck was affected, which caused him to be like this.

Lei Chang hurriedly asked if there was a way to make up for it, and seeing that the gentleman did not speak, he quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed, until his forehead was broken, and the gentleman was moved by compassion.

"It doesn't hurt for me to help you, as for the reward, you don't have anything now, but you have to promise me one thing, changing my life against the sky will greatly reduce my longevity, if you soar one day, you and your children and grandchildren need to give me a good life."

When Lei Chang heard this, he hurriedly said: "Sir, don't worry, as long as I, Lei Chang, can get out of the predicament, Mr. will be my benefactor!" ”

Then it took Mr. 7749 days and used many methods to finally change Lei Chang's feng shui luck.

When they parted, the gentleman said, "From now on, you will surely have prosperous official fortune and prosperous descendants, and in thirty years' time, I will return to this place, and then you will have a good life to provide for me." ”

After this incident, Lei Chang really turned over and transferred, under the instruction of the old gentleman, he participated in the imperial examination, and won the Hanlin in one fell swoop, and this is not over, he has a total of nine sons, all of whom were in the Hanlin without exception.

A family, nine sons and ten Hanlin, this is simply unheard of, the Lei family is flourishing, it can be said to be the peak.

Thirty years later, an old beggar suddenly came to the door of Lei's house, saying that he wanted to meet Lei Chang.

Lei Chang had already resigned from his official position at that time and enjoyed Qingfu at home, but the change of fortune had long been forgotten.

When he saw the old beggar, he didn't recognize it, and it wasn't until the old beggar reported his identity that Lei Chang remembered it.

However, at this time, Lei Chang has been in a high position for a long time, and it is already a habit to be a power and a blessing, and he does not have the slightest intention of repaying his kindness, but attributes everything today to himself.

However, since he made a promise back then, if he broke the contract, I am afraid that it would not be good for this matter to spread out, but Lei Chang was not willing to support this old beggar.

As soon as his eyes moved, he had an idea, he took the old beggar to the backyard, pointed to a mouthful of graphite and said: "Old gentleman, what I promised you back then, I must not forget each other, in this way, my family happens to be missing a donkey, in the future you will replace this donkey to grind, I will not break my promise, three meals a day to ensure that you can eat, this is also an offering for you." ”

The old beggar didn't speak, dragging his old body, and began to grind every day, about half a year later, one day the old beggar suddenly said to Lei Chang: "No, your life is rich and noble, it shouldn't be only this achievement, there is still a small thing that has not been done well at that time, if you make up for it now, the Lei family will go to the next level." ”

Lei Chang was moved when he heard this, and hurriedly asked what the solution was.

The old beggar didn't speak, just waited until sunset, and let Lei Chang carry him to an arched bridge in the county, Lei Chang was very reluctant in his heart, but thinking about changing his luck, he had to drag his old body and grit his teeth to carry the old beggar to the bridge.

At this time, the sun was setting, and the shadow of a nineteen-story pagoda not far away happened to overlap with the shadow of the arched bridge, alternating with each other like a full bow with arrows.

And the direction of the arrow happened to be towards the compound of Lei Chang's family.

The old beggar suddenly shouted loudly on Lei Chang's back, "The tower is like an arrow, the bridge is like a bow, and the arrow shoots Lei Hanlin!" ”

After finishing speaking, he looked up to the sky and laughed three times, and suddenly jumped into the water from Lei Chang's back, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Lei Chang's family has a big business, and it is not surprising that an old beggar died, so he only scolded himself for being unlucky, and he didn't take it to heart.

From this day on, the Lei family had bad luck, and later, because of some things, he annoyed Emperor Guangxu, and in a fit of anger, he ordered the Lei family to be beheaded.

On the execution ground, Lei Chang finally had a heart of repentance, and before he was executed, he shouted loudly to the sky, "May my blood be able to warn future generations, and never be a ruthless and unrighteous person!" ”

Immediately, the executioner's butcher's knife fell, Lei Chang's head was separated, and then there were dozens of corpses of the Lei family, all buried in the back mountain, because the Lei family had nine sons and ten Hanlin, so the mountain was named Jiuzi Mountain, and wanted to use Lei Chang's experience to warn future generations.

After listening to this story, I sighed with emotion, thinking that it is really necessary to be kind, people are watching the sky, there are gods in the head, good and evil have cause and effect, it seems that this is true.

Brother Neku added that because of Lei Chang's repentance before death, a ginseng seed was condensed in his mouth, and after hundreds of years of infiltration, it finally became a superb blood ginseng.

Seeing that the sun was gradually setting, Brother Neku and I had enough to eat, so we hurriedly drove towards the back mountain.

There is only a path up the mountain, and we can only abandon the car and walk, Brother Neku took out a few soybeans, let me hold them in my mouth, and didn't let me speak, just let me follow him.

It may be that the soybeans in my mouth have played a role, but I didn't encounter anything special along the way.

Finally, when he came to a small dilapidated temple, Nekugo spread a white cloth on the ground, and then placed the food and wine prepared in advance, and lit an oil lamp at the door.

He looked at the time, his expression became serious, looked at me and said, "It's almost time, this place is too yin, I have to go outside to help you block those dirty things." You just wait here, and if you see a child coming in, don't be nervous, pretend to be normal, invite him to drink and eat, and then he will ask you some questions, and you must answer them in a good direction. ”

"Lei Chang repented before he died, so he hates ungrateful people the most, no matter what question that child asks you, your answer must not be ungrateful, otherwise no one can save you, remember!"

After finishing speaking, he took out a roll of red thread and handed it to me, "You take this, and when the child is full of food and drink, you can send it to the door, and then find a way to quietly hang the end of the red thread on it, remember, you must not be discovered by it, and before I come back, no matter what happens, you must not leave this temple for half a step!" ”

I nodded, taking every word Neku said to heart.

After saying that, Brother Neku went out, and about ten minutes later, a dark wind suddenly blew outside, and the sound of a fight could be faintly heard outside.

There was only a dim oil lamp in the small temple, and I sat alone in it, feeling a dark coolness.

About half an hour later, a child's business suddenly came from outside the door, "It's so fragrant, is anyone inside?" ”

Brother Neku explained this situation to me before, and I hurriedly said in a calm tone: "Good wine and good meat, but unfortunately no one accompanies me to enjoy it." ”

Then the door was pushed open with a creak, and a little boy wearing a red belly pocket and combing braids walked in, looked at me and smiled: "That's not easy, you just let me eat with you." ”

I thought to myself that this kid should be the blood ginseng, so I tried to behave calmly and naturally, and chatted with the kid while eating.

Although it is only five or six years old, it drinks and eats meat in a good way, and it looks very old in conversation.

After a few drinks, he suddenly raised his head and asked me, "Let me ask you a question, there is a snake that was about to freeze to death on the road, and happened to be rescued by a farmer, after the snake woke up in his arms, there were two choices, first, bite the farmer, and it can continue to live, second, do nothing, just die slowly, if you were that snake, what would you do?" ”

I remembered Brother Neku's words and blurted out, "Of course you can't bite, people are kind enough to save you, even if you die, you can't do something ungrateful." ”

The boy was so happy to hear that he clapped his hands vigorously, and then asked me several more questions, and I answered them all on the good side, so happy that the child could not close his mouth.

After he had eaten and drunk enough, he patted his bulging stomach and said that he would go back first.

I hurriedly got up and brought it to the door, and the moment it stepped out of the threshold, I hurriedly hung the end of the red thread quietly on its back.

Then I quickly closed the door and sat on the floor gasping for air.

Although what I just experienced was not dangerous, let me eat and drink with a thing that I knew was not human, and it was false to say that I was not nervous in this process.

At this time, the movement outside the door suddenly became louder, and I heard people crying, people laughing, and knocking on the door, and even heard someone calling my name.

But I was silent, let alone open the door, and Brother Neku had warned me that I should not leave the temple for half a step no matter before he returned.

It's very lively outside, there are all kinds of sounds, and I can clearly hear someone talking, just like a vegetable market, but I know that those things are not people, and my brain makes up that this small temple is surrounded by those things, and I can't help but feel a chill on my body.

Knowing that at dawn the next day, Brother Neku walked in with a tired face, his body was dirty, and his hairstyle, which was groomed with half a pound of mousse every day, was also messy.

I can see that he must have had a harder night than me.

"Damn, I didn't expect those things to be quite powerful, there is actually a ghost general in it, if it weren't for Lao Tzu's quick reaction, he wouldn't be able to come back today!"

Neku grumbled, and then asked me, "How's it going?" ”

I nodded at him, "It's all right." ”

Neku gave me an appreciative look, "It's not bad, it seems that you're not that stupid." ”

Then he took the red string from my hand, and a playful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "When the sky is completely bright, we will go and catch that blood ginseng, boy, I warn you, don't pop your eyes out of what you see later!" ”