Chapter 3 The corpse of the emperor and the sad tears
Although the hidden dragon stream in Xihua Mountain is famous, no one can say what kind of scene it is.
The entrance plank road was built on the mountain, crossing the mountains and rivers, for the corpse of the emperor, Zixia Zhenjun, the blind master and apprentice wanted to try their luck, the road went deeper and deeper, and it was estimated that it had gone deep into the hinterland of the deep mountains. The two of them stopped after running a distance, and the bright place was located in a towering mountain, standing on top of the mountains and mountains, towering and tall, towering into the sky, the clouds and mist were purple, and the plank road was beautiful and magnificent. This winding plank road is like a ladder to heaven, and crosses the heavenly pool, at a glance, there are dragon towers, phoenix pavilions looming in the clouds and mist. It's really like a fairyland, and the "fairy spirit" is pervasive.
The continuous mountains ahead have extremely strange movements. This perspective has just bypassed the bright light, if it were not on this horizontal plane, it is really difficult to see the outline of the mountain range, the mountain range in front of it is ugly and rough, the mountain is exposed and stony, the branches and feet are sharp and broken, the veins are bloated and stiff, and a vicious momentum makes people feel an inexplicable oppression and fear. The hexagram is the main culprit, and there is a tendency to kill, which is the potential to kill the dragon. The strange thing is that the trend of the mountain range does not conform to the ordinary dragon killing decision, but looking at the direction of the dragon, the surrounding star peaks stand sideways, the cliffs are grandiose, the surrounding branches and feet are retrograde, obedient and capricious, different from the normal, forget the past and the future, the line does not follow, and there is a rebellious fierce appearance hidden in the killing, which has the potential to swallow the sky and destroy the earth, which makes people suffocate.
Affected by the mountain structure, lithology and trend, Xihua Mountain has formed a landform dominated by mountain peaks, basins, canyons, streams and springs. The humidity in the mountains is concentrated and the humidity is high, and although the monks who practice in the mountains constantly turn over and dry their clothes, they still have mildew, and the wooden pillars and tables and chairs placed on the ground in the courtyard often become moldy, and even mushrooms grow.
Entering the mountain, it is a great test for the medicine picker, there are not a few brushes in the hand, and the person who has no points in his heart will not easily enter the mountain, in the words of some people, this medicine collection is "rich and dangerous". Peculiar drugs often grow in the place is also extremely peculiar, the habit is also more peculiar, such as "vine green", this kind of thing is difficult to see with the general naked eye, but under the accumulation of many years of experience of the herb picker, there is also a way to deal with it, when entering the mountain, bring a pot of distilled water, put it in the mouth, spray it towards the ground, and the thing will bloom like a flower, revealing in front of you.
It is said that the blind eyes of the bear, under direct gaze, a kilometer away, into the mountains to look for the "imperial corpse", fortunately wearing Zixia Zhenjun soaked in Dan oil "Baidou clothes", into the wet fog, water does not stick to the body, into the stove, smoke is not close to people, of course, this is only Zixia Zhenjun's side of the words, whether it is water, whether it is in the smoke, that is not said with the mouth.
"Apprentice, the 'Imperial Corpse' must be on the cliff of that Lotus Peak, I'm so old, I rely on you!"
The blind bear sticks to the cliff of the Lotus Peak, it is extremely slippery, the moss is all over, if it is not for some stone thorns, there is no place to grasp it, the hundred pockets are soaked from the inside to the outside, shivering with cold, fighting up and down the teeth and bones, not listening to the command under the feet, and picking wood is really fucking hard. He was very careful to separate the weeds, searching for the "corpse of the emperor", but the mountain stone was extremely slippery in the wet fog, one foot stepped on the air, the person fell down the cliff, the corpse was not found, but he broke his left foot, maybe his life was good, otherwise he almost died, but it is impossible to turn the "clouds up" again in this life, even if it is "the ground surge" is a little difficult.
After the blind bear was injured, he was bedridden, and this man had a good temper and did not complain about the master at all.
When Zixia Zhenjun saw his apprentice, his face was full of joy, and he grinned and comforted: "The grass is high on the clouds, the monkey can't climb up, and it falls down from that place, if the ordinary woodcutter can't find the bones, you can live like this, it is a miracle in the world!" , or I say you have a huigen! ”
The blind bear took the master's hand, was excited, and howled: "Master, I'm afraid I won't be able to enter the mountain again!" Lying on the grass and digging some fairies to catch it is a problem! While talking, there are tears on the side, this scene, in the words of the blind bear, is a "sad tear", which may be an upgraded product after "heart pain".
The old man raised his head and laughed, while helping him wipe his tears with his hands, he scolded the apprentice for being stupid: "Guiguzi, go to Yunmeng Mountain to collect medicine and cultivate, and never return, as well as Tang Bing, the Duke of Dongyuan in the Han Dynasty, Mr. Zhou Shu of Jiaoli, Wu Shi of Qili Ji and Cui Guang of Xia Huanggong, which one is not a long-term seclusion in the deep mountains and old forests?" Hanquanzi chased down the immortal riding the green ox, and his legs were broken...... When you enter the mountains and want to pick dragon treasure phoenix feathers, tree heart leaf liquid, wind raw meat, and lotus wood, how can you not be injured? You are the one who does great things, and you are in a single line! ”
The master and apprentice are all tendons, and when the master said this, the blind bear nodded secretly: "The hardship of eating is the hardship, and the party is the woodcutter!" "I just hope that my legs will get better soon. Otherwise, even if you have the ability to subdue the dragon and subdue the tiger and penetrate the heavens and the earth, you will end up a useless hero, and it is impossible to "roll the wheels" all day long like Sun Bin!
After thinking about it, Sun Bin was cheated by a friend for life, but he was okay, but he was cheated by his master.
One day, Zixia Zhenjun sent a few tattered books, saying that it was the secret method of picking wood, so that the blind bear could study hard. At this glance, the secret method in the book is strict, the effect is ethereal, and a certain martial arts foundation is also required.
Before leaving: "Apprentice, there are thousands of secret methods in this book, but it is the only one who lacks that taste, 'tree spirit carrying a sedan chair', this is the stunt of your uncle Sanhua Daoren, if you are lucky enough to learn, although it is a crippled leg, it is dozens of times faster than ordinary people!" ”
"Isn't that heaven?"
"That's pretty much it!"
After that, Zixia Zhenjun couldn't see a figure at all, as if the world had evaporated and disappeared without a trace. The stupid bear blind man was so anxious that he asked relatives and friends to help inquire about the whereabouts of Caixia Zhenjun and what the results were, for fear that the old man would die in a mess and no one would restrain him.
11 years of Tongzhi. The bear blind man recovered from a serious illness, barely able to get off the ground, and walked with a limp, everyone thought that he should be called "bear lame", but he was anxious, and within one day, he moved a pair of stone piers in front of the ancient tower gate on Liaokou Mountain to prove that he was "not lame". Perhaps everyone was also moved by this tenacity, and later the Huangquan Pharmacy opened, and the title of "Uncle Xiong" came out.
It's just that her daughter Xiong Nianyun quarreled with people when she was a child, and she was scolded by the child, a "blind bear" on the left, and a "lame bear" on the right, but your uncle is always your uncle, and those children have also suffered a lot.
Of course, the blind bear has a good heart, and always looks at the child's shortcomings in nutrition, whether he has a cold, so he can wait for an opportunity to take revenge, and prescribe the most bitter medicine to them, and he is very relieved to see the cramps on the bitter face.
Zixia Zhenjun has long since lost his news, and all that can be found is the clothes and backpacks of the master and apprentice who entered the mountain, as well as those tattered books that eat insects and dogs.
The blind bear has been sad for a long time, where has the master gone? Thinking about it, I can't think of anything.
In the end, the blind bear was ruthless and left Qingzhou with his parents and came to Liulidi. The medicine market here is prosperous, woodcutters and medicine people, pickers and doctors, peddlers and pawns, all kinds of talents gathered, all kinds of pills are complete, if the master is alive, he will appear here.
The blind bear's legs and feet are inconvenient, he can't enter the mountains, he can only help people see a doctor, he opened a pharmacy, but he always helps people who look down on the sick, although he is the owner of the pharmacy, his life is very poor, and the puppy eats rice soup, barely getting by.
After a few years, Zixia Zhenjun still hasn't appeared, the bear blind man is already in his prime, he is ugly and lame, his skin is like a toad skin, the ancients had an appearance association, and his appearance can't get by, which girl can take a fancy to him?
Embarrassed to marry a local girl in six miles as a wife, this girl is called "Shama poem", the nose is wide and the eyes are big, the waist is thick, such as the reincarnation of Lei Gong, the temper is short, there are four yin and yang errors in the eight characters, the lips are faintly bearded, and the blind man of the hammer bear is angry when he doesn't agree with each other.
After marrying a wife, the two of them occasionally picked Tianhe, gave birth to an only daughter, but was born very handsome, completely deviated from genetic inheritance, the blind bear asked someone to carve a door plaque, "Huangquan" pharmacy got its name from this, life is plain and down-to-earth, and occasionally a little happy.
Zixia Zhenjun left that set of secret techniques and equipment for wood mining, and was naturally thrown into the "cold palace".
At that time, there was a shortage of medical treatment and medicine, and poor families could not afford to see a doctor or buy medicine. Most of the croppers do not take medicine, but resist the past, or use some earthwork to deal with it. Chang Cripple is good at making "Five Tiger Pills", "White Elixir", "Wanying Pill", "Galacitocalypse", and "Tongsan San" can give medicine to the poor on credit, and then pay the medicine bill after selling the grain in the next year. If it is a minor illness such as dizziness and abdominal pain, you will give pills and take nothing; When the lonely old man dies or the poor have no money to bury, he is also willing to give coffins and handle the aftermath.
In the past, although his appearance was unknown, when people saw him, they took the initiative to call him "Uncle Xiong".
It's a pity that all the money earned from seeing a doctor is held in the hands of my wife, and I only give two or three cents a day to buy fritters and shortbread.
Time flies like a white ji, thirty years with a flick of his fingers, the grumpy Shama poem, the early crane to go first, the blind bear with his daughter, alone guarding the medicine shop, can't help but recall the past, about the "Zixia Zhenjun" wood-picking experience, again and again to the heart, let him toss and turn, unable to sleep at night.
The corpse of the emperor and the daughter of the cliff of Lotus Peak, the snow lotus fruit at the bottom of the pond of the Mongolian wind pond, the jade tooth in the cave of Qilian Mountain, the aged lotus root under the lotus pond of Poyang Lake, the thousand juice grass of Dongting Lake, and the yellow lotus flower of the cliff of Junshan Mountain...... One by one, the memory fragments are gradually pieced together into the unblurred face of "Zixia Zhenjun". The blind bear couldn't help sighing: If anyone marries a daughter, he will teach him the secret method of picking woods in the tattered book, go online to find a downline, and accept him as an apprentice.
Forget, it is difficult, even if the wind and rain of time blows, some feelings will become more and more fascinating, lonely, it is the devil, at any time to evoke what has been forgotten.
The blind bear touches the herbal medicine every day, relying on the pill to live, Zixia Zhenjun taught his own mountain hunting supernatural powers, strange doors, and different methods, which seem to have long disappeared in his mind, but as for whether it has completely disappeared, only he knows.
Many years ago, he was for the "corpse of the emperor" that no one had ever seen, daring to enter the Tibetan Dragon Stream, and daring to climb down from the Lotus Peak.
Is it the call of the mountains and forests, the sudden dispersion of Hui Gen, or the longing for his deceased wife, thinking of Su Shi's unthinking self-forgetfulness, and even grooming at night, or the accidental memory of the "old liar master"? The past that has been dusted for half a lifetime, like the cold moonlight outside the ancient window of wood carving, hits my heart a little bit, thinking about it, I can't help but cry.
The green mountains and green forests are still there, I don't see the ugly woodcutters of the year, the woodcutters are old, but the good thing is that the things are not people! What's bad is that things are people!