"Painting and calligraphy business?" Meng Jiu's doubts were even heavier, "Then how did we come to this remote and vulgar village?" ”

"We're here to find medicine in Skylark Mountain."

Si Boyan briefly explained his intentions, dispelled Meng Jiu's doubts, and helped Chang Le to Meng Jiu.

"We came to find Dr. Meng Jiu on purpose, and we heard that Dr. Meng Jiu can cure red disease, and please save her life."

Meng Jiu casually rolled up the wooden book, rested it lightly on his lap, and smiled bitterly.

"I'm like this now, I can't protect myself, I'm afraid I'm powerless. However, I can take Mrs. Bu's pulse first and see how she is doing. ”

"Thank you."

Si Boyan immediately helped Chang Le and let her sit next to Meng Jiu.

Meng Jiu stretched out his right hand and pinched the veins on Chang Le's wrist, checked Chang Le's eyes and tongue again, and shook his head heavily.

"She has suffered too much from the cold and has not been well-healed, so she is more susceptible to red disease infection, and her symptoms are faster than ordinary people. I can give her an injection first to help her strengthen her strength and slow down her symptoms, but it is similar to us, and she will have a high fever tomorrow at the latest. ”

"It's a while to be able to slow down, and it's troublesome for Dr. Meng Jiu."

Under Meng Jiu's instructions, Si Boyan put Chang Le lying next to Meng Jiu, and sat cross-legged on the other side of Chang Le. Meng Jin took out a silver pin bag from a small cabinet and lit another candle.

As soon as Meng Jiu unfolded the bag, Chang Le was frightened by the silver needle that emitted the cold light of the forest, and the body memory on his body was recovering, constantly transmitting to his brain the pain of the last time he stabbed her. Chang Le struggled to sit up.

"No, no, I'd better die early and be reincarnated early, don't bother so much."

"It won't hurt, bear with me." Si Boyan pressed her back and turned her head to his side, "Out of sight is clear, you didn't sleep last night, it's better to sleep well now." ”

"Nope."

Chang Le's head shook into a rattle, and his body curled up beside Si Boyan's legs, his head buried between his arms, and his hands clutched at his clothes.

"Don't let those needles prick me if I die, I was conceived last time...... I got several stitches, and it hurt me to death! ”

"Bu Huai still stabbed you?" Si Boyan asked her in disbelief.

Chang Le immediately showed half of his head and stared at him very aggrievedly.

"Wasn't it last time to save you? I was so sleepy that I asked him to find a knife to cut it for me, and he had to find a silver needle. was supposed to be sober with a knife, but he was stabbed several times by him, and he could be ruthless! ”

Si Boyan couldn't help laughing, rubbed her head, and said with a smile: "I see, it's really hard for you." ”

"You're still laughing!"

"No, I just feel that you have really suffered a lot for me, and I really feel sorry for you from the bottom of my heart." Si Boyan immediately restrained his smile and said seriously.

"I really can't see it." Chang Le buried his head back again, and the word "refuse" was written all over his body, "Anyway, I don't want to apply needles!" ”

Meng Jiuzheng was burning the silver needle with a candle flame to sterilize the silver needle, looking at Si Boyan and Chang Le's greasy appearance, he smiled knowingly. As a doctor, he has seen a lot of such situations, and he is not surprised.

I burned a needle and stretched out my hand to hand it out, but no one took it. When he looked up, he found that Meng Jin was leaning against the wall, his eyes were staring at Chang Le and Si Boyan for a moment, his eyes were full of envy, and his face was a little pink.

"Ah Jin?"

Meng Jiu called softly.

Meng Jin reacted at this time, and hurriedly took the burned silver needle from his hand. Seeing Meng Jiu looking at himself with strange eyes, he smiled embarrassedly and dodged his gaze.

Meng Jiu glanced at Meng Jin a few times, couldn't help sighing, and took out three silver needles melancholy, and roasted them back and forth on the candle flame.

Meng Jin is still so young now, she shouldn't stay in this ancestral hall, not only her, there shouldn't be any villagers trapped here. But now he can't do anything.

"Doctor Meng, there is really no cure for this red disease?"

Seeing that there was still a while left for the needle, Si Boyan didn't persuade Chang Le anymore, but only asked her to sit quietly and ask Meng Jiu about the situation of this red disease. As he spoke, he also gently adjusted Chang Le's cloak and covered her body tightly, so that she would not freeze badly again. His right hand rubbed her head for a moment.

Meng Jiu's eyes sank, and he concentrated on burning the silver needle, handing Meng Jin a few and burning the next batch.

"The only thing that can cure red disease is cactus grass. Hundreds of years ago, cactus grass was still everywhere in the mountains. But the insect infestation continued, and the cactus grass was slowly used up, and now it can only be found in some precipitous places. But ......"

Si Boyan paused, and listened to Meng Jiu's next words.

"Our family has been a doctor for generations, and our ancestors discovered that blue tongue can also inhibit red disease, and after taking it, people with red disease will not spread the disease to others. But lantwan is only available outside, and it is expensive. Moreover, the orchid tequila needs to be taken for a long time, and once it is stopped, the red disease will attack. For us ordinary villagers, we can't afford to use this method at all. ”

Si Boyan fell silent. He seemed to understand where the village's eerie atmosphere came from.

They are greedy for money so that they can buy bluetongue. The group of people who besieged Yu Shan before, I am afraid that they also took a fancy to his money and wanted to rob him to buy medicine to treat his illness, after all, they were on the verge of life and death at that time. And everyone in Chuancao Village is weird, I am afraid that it is caused by the long-term suppression of this disease.

"This Skylark Mountain, but only you are familiar with it?" Si Boyan turned the question.

Meng Jiu nodded.

"Yes, there is a perennial miasma on Skylark Mountain, and ordinary people are not allowed to enter. Only when the ancestors discovered a way to fight the miasma, our family could collect medicine in the Skylark Mountain for a long time. I've been in and out of Skylark Mountain since I was a child, and I'm relatively familiar with Skylark Mountain. ”

"Then do you know if there is a big cave in Skylark Mountain?"

"Strange caves?" Meng Jiu pinched the last batch of silver needles in his hand, blew out the candles, and turned his head to stare at Si Boyan, "There are countless caves in Skylark Mountain, I don't know which one you are talking about?" ”

Si Boyan smiled slightly.

"Then it looks like we'll have to take our time to find it."

"Why are you looking for a cave?" Meng Jiu looked at him, "Are you here to find Penglai Valley?" ”

Hearing that Meng Jiu knew about Penglai Valley, Si Boyan was slightly stunned, and he was a little happy. Chang Le heard the key point in a daze, and also turned his head, pointing his ear at Meng Jiu, wanting to hear more clearly.

"This ......"

Si Boyan hesitated, he couldn't confirm whether Meng Jiu would help them.

Meng Jiu then explained: "Penglai Valley has always been in the world's mouth, and there are not many people who can find our Chuancao Village, which is also forbidden to be said to the outside world in our Chuancao Village. Where did you know and find this place? ”

Meng Jin also stared at Si Boyan vigilantly.

Knowing that there are many people who cherish herbs on the Skylark Mountain in their Chuancao Village, some outsiders come to look for them from time to time. But those who know Penglai Valley, they are the first batch.

"We're also being told." Si Boyan explained unhurriedly, "I learned about it from a Dao master. ”

"Dao Chief?" Meng Jiu's eyes flashed suddenly, "Are you talking about a person named Changchun?" ”

Seeing his surprised appearance, Si Boyan roughly guessed that this matter was not a bad thing, so he nodded.

"I see, you are friends of Changchun benefactors." Meng Jiu said excitedly.

Meng Jin looked at Meng Jiu in confusion and said, "Brother Jiu, who is this Changchun?" ”

"He is a great benefactor of our village." Meng Jiu's eyes were full of reverence, "Thirty years ago, he suddenly came to the village, rested for the night, and went to Skylark Mountain the next day. After seven days he did not return, and we all thought he had died on the mountain. But after three months, he came out of the mountains and saved my father. At that time, it was difficult to find the cactus grass, but he brought a bag of cactus grass and saved many people in our village. This method of relying on silver needles to delay red disease was also taught by him to his father. ”

"Wow, that's a really powerful person." Meng Jin's eyes also flashed with emotion.

"Well, we all guessed that he went to the legendary Penglai Valley for a while." Meng Jiu looked at Si Boyan as he spoke, "Since he asked you to come to Penglai Valley, it means that our guess is true." I also asked Gongzi to take me to Penglai Valley with me, so that the people in our village would be saved. ”

"We also want to save the people of Chuancao Village, but we don't know the exact location, and we still need you to take us there." Si Boyan sent out an invitation, "Moreover, even if you save the people of Chuancao Village now, the herbs will always be eaten one day." You need to get to the root of it, and it's better to move out of here. ”

"This ......" Meng Jiu was in a dilemma for a while.

"If you are worried that the county order will not agree, when we return from Penglai Valley, I can trust the relationship and let the county order let you out of the village."

"I didn't expect Childe to have such great ability." Meng Jiu opened his mouth in surprise, and finally smiled helplessly, "But this matter is not agreed by the court." We, the Meng family, have lived here for generations. Since Childe was guided by Changchun's benefactor, I might as well tell the truth. The Meng family, for generations, has been unable to leave Chuancao Village. ”

Si Boyan was puzzled for a while, and said, "Why is this? ”

"This is probably the curse of the ancestors." Meng Jiu let out a long sigh and said gloomily, "The Meng family's life and death can only be in Chuancao Village. In the past, some people couldn't stand the torture of naked insects and red diseases, so they escaped from Chuancao Village, but they all died violently a few days after leaving the village, and the specific reason is unknown. We can't get out, and people from outside can't settle in our village. Once an outsider lives in Chuancao Village for a year, he will also die of an inexplicable violent illness. ”

Si Boyan's heart at this time can no longer be described with shock, it is full of shock. I can't believe that there are such strange places in this world.

Chang Le was also shocked.

Meng Jin obviously heard this kind of thing for the first time, so he said, "Brother Jiu, what's going on?" How come I've never heard my dad say that? ”

"You're still young, so naturally you don't know. Moreover, not many people in the village know about it. Only the village chiefs and elders of the past generations knew, so the village chief would strictly prohibit the villagers from going out. ”

Meng Jiu explained calmly.

"Just because our family has been a doctor for generations and knows some words, we are in charge of the village chronicles. And the more patients I come into contact with, the more I know. ”