Is it really as the third uncle said?

I looked at the old stall head, and the old stall head nodded silently, obviously what the third uncle said was reasonable. It was the old stall who burned the dead tree, and the hole in the ground was destroyed. When we escaped, the vines we used were also prepared for us by the old stall.

But the third uncle looked at the ruins and shook his head again and again.

I asked the reason, and the third uncle sighed and said, "Chu Liuyan and the symptoms of the half-corpse on my body are probably due to the stiff qi here." After several twists and turns, although the disappearance of the two couriers was clarified, we still couldn't find a way to rescue the half-corpse. Now this place has collapsed again, and it seems that this is our fate. ”

Ma Tan thought for a while and said, "Maybe the kind of gentian sand that Zhou Zheng said can treat this kind of insect stiffness." It's a pity we didn't catch a few mirages, so why don't I try my luck again? ”

The third uncle glanced at Ma Jian and said with a smile: "What? Strange old man, is he so enthusiastic this time, do you want to repay Dao Ye for saving my life? ”

I remembered that when we were besieged by mountain dogs, the third uncle did save Ma Yan. Presumably Ma Jian didn't say it at the time, but he also knew it. This time, he took the initiative to go down to catch the mirage, and he may not have the meaning of what the third uncle said. But when the third uncle said this, his face was a little unbearable.

Ma Jian glared at the third uncle: "Stinky old way, I remember the grace of saving my life, I don't owe you a favor, I will grab a mirage to repay your life." ”

As he spoke, Ma Tan turned around and prepared to go down the mountain.

Due to the unclear situation below, we have just come out of danger, so it is naturally not good for Ma Jian to take another adventure.

The third uncle waved his hand: "Okay, blame the old man, don't play with the child's temper." Dao Ye's life doesn't need you to pay it back. The fire below has not been extinguished, and it is not worth it for you to go down at this time, and then pay for your old life. What's more, those mirages have already been burned to death, where can they be caught? ”

I looked at the burned ruins with mixed feelings. The hope of saving Chu Liuyan and the third uncle was also burned clean like this fire. But it's no wonder that the old stall is headed, after all, if he hadn't surrounded Wei to save Zhao, we would have been eaten by those mountain dogs and mandrills a long time ago.

Our group, under the leadership of the old stall leader, left Qiyang Mountain and returned to his thatched huts.

When I arrived at the old stall's house, it was already late at night. The old stall leader was not bad, and he personally spread some pancakes for us to eat. Although the hands of the old stall have also picked up bones, it is disgusting to think about it. But we had been hungry for a day and a night, and the smell of the pancakes overcame my fear, and we swept them away. That night, I slept at the old stall's house.

When I woke up the next day, I saw the sun outside the window, bright and dazzling.

I once again felt the preciousness of life, but when I thought of the half-corpse symptoms on the third uncle, my heart began to be depressed again.

We had just escaped last night and were in turmoil. After dawn, we officially expressed our gratitude to the old stall leader.

The old stall waved his hand, but he called me over alone, looked at no one around, and asked in a low voice, "Boy, haven't you forgotten our agreement?" ”

I was stunned for a moment, and then remembered

Come. I had an agreement with the old stall head, he promised to help me save people, and I would give him the money of the Five Emperors of Jiaqing Tongbao on my body. Although he said that it was borrowed for a year, in my opinion, since this thing is so precious, it may be difficult to get it back.

But since I have a word with others first, I can't be untrustworthy. The main thing is that I only know that this king coin is very precious, but I really don't feel that there is anything special about it, it is nothing more than that when you meet evil spirits, you can defend yourself. But this kind of self-defense magic weapon should be more than Wang Qian, and its role should be more than that.

Seeing that the old stall leader asked, I took off the king money from my neck. I took it off when it was in a cave in the ground. Later, when I rushed outside, I took it back from the third uncle's hand.

I handed the king coin to the old stall leader.

The old stall head was flushed with excitement, and the hand that took the money trembled a little.

The old stall leader took the king's money and carefully brought it to his body. He smiled at me and said, "Good boy, you really keep your word." My old stall owner loves it. Don't worry, I'll return this thing in a year's time, and I'll do what I say. When the time comes, you can come here and ask me for it. ”

I waved my hand: "This is as it should be, I promised you, how can I go back?" Then I'll come back to you in a year. ”

The old stall nodded and said, "That's it." You don't have this thing on you, and my old stall can't care about it. I gave you two things, which can be regarded as compensation for you, and it can be regarded as gratitude. ”

As he spoke, the old stall leader took out a cloth bag from his body and opened it.

In one of the cloth bags was a tooth. The teeth looked like the teeth of a ferocious beast, yellowish in color, long and sharp, and one could imagine that it must have broken the bones of many animals. The tooth had a red thread on it, and it could be worn around the neck.

The old stall put that thing on my neck and introduced: "This tooth is when I went to Yagu two years ago, I met two mountain dogs fighting for the king, one black and one gray, biting each other. But they lose both. I saw with my own eyes that the black mountain dog bit the throat of the gray mountain dog, and it itself died of exhaustion. I took it out and keep it to this day. This thing can ward off evil spirits, you can wear it. ”

I also heard the third uncle say that there are a lot of things to ward off evil spirits among the people. This black dogtooth is one of them.

"Treatise on Etiquette" records: Dogs belong to the "animals of the sun", which have a deterrent effect on yin and evil, and the most deterrent on the dog's body is the sharp teeth. Now I know that the mountain dog is actually a type of sand wolf. The Mountain Dog King is actually also the Wolf King. The wolf king's teeth are naturally superior. In this way, this wolf tooth is really a treasure. I didn't expect the old stall to be able to really cut love.

However, this also shows from the side that the royal coin is more precious.

Then, the old stall opened the backpack he had carried when he went up the mountain.

He pulled out a glass bottle from inside, which was about the size of a can and had a sealed mouth on it. The old stall put the glass bottle in front of me, and I could see at a glance that there were several worms intertwined inside.

I was a little dumbfounded when I saw those worms and pointed at them

The glass bottle was speechless.

Because those few insects turned out to be the mirage we had worked so hard to find, that is, the earth Jiao that Ma Tan said.

The old stall smiled: "When I burned the dead tree, this bone-picking hand was quite fast, and I caught these five insects." I know you need this very much, and I've given it to you. But don't tell them yet, I'm afraid they will find out and won't let you give me this coin. ”

(End of chapter)

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