According to the law of the Tang Dynasty, no fire is allowed to be cooked on these two days of the Cold Food Festival.

The Xinglin Pavilion is closed in accordance with the law.

At this time in previous years, Zhang Jinwen followed her ancestor to pick tea.

The process of picking young leaves from a century-old tree is sacred and mysterious.

Zhang Jinwen had no interest in how to manage the restaurant and medical hall, so she took Zhuqing and Zhufeng out to pick tea and medicine.

Since she showed her medical skills, the time to go up the mountain to collect medicine has become less and less.

This time I went out, like a bird in flight, with a flying mood and a brisk walk.

At the west city gate, the bustling flow of cars, horses and people out of the city almost crowded the city gate.

Since the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, the hundred industries in Chang'an City have gradually prospered, and the spring outside Chang'an City has also shown a thriving faction, and there are many people who go up the mountain to play.

The Cold Food Festival is connected with the Qingming Festival, and people who have been bored for a winter take advantage of the opportunity to sweep the tombs of their ancestors, climb the mountain to enjoy spring, collect wild vegetables, and go out to relax, in an endless stream.

Zhang Jinwen and a few of them carried medicine baskets on their backs, tried to avoid the crowds of people who came out to play, and walked dozens of miles into the depths of Zhongnan Mountain in one breath, and the tourists on the mountain road became more and more rare, and more and more green could be seen in the mountains.

Zhu Qing followed Zhang Jinwen in and out of the palace many times, and every time she saw Zhang Jinwen, she was in a posture of being ready for battle, and it was too rare to have such a careless appearance as today: "Jin'er, go further, there are more and more poisonous insects." ”

Spring is the season when all things grow, and the valley looks green from afar, but in fact, the dead leaves and lichen that have been soaked for a winter are mixed with the earth's qi, and it is very easy to infect the respiratory tract.

The ancients called it miasma.

"Senior Brother Zhuqing, light a torch."

Zhang Jinwen had already prepared, put on a muslin mask covering her mouth and nose, tied a cloth bag mixed with realgar spices on her ankles and wrists, and then held a torch coated with medicated oil.

My ancestor once said that there are treasures everywhere in the mountains, trees are treasures, flowers and plants are treasures, stones are treasures, flowing water is treasures, and all birds, beasts, insects and fish are treasures, just depend on how you use them.

Zhang Jinwen is most afraid of all kinds of insects, she can't see that those insects and snakes are treasures, she has to avoid them when she sees them from a distance, and she never uses any poisonous insects into medicine.

The sky was getting dark, and the valley was silent, except for the chirping of insects, high and low, far and near.

When night fell, Zhang Jinwen and the others rushed to the cave where they were resting.

"Jin'er, there's just someone here!" Zhuqing smelled blood.

Zhu Feng immediately went to patrol around the cave with the short knife he carried with him.

Zhang Jinwen took off the mask on her face and smelled an unusual smell: "It seems to smell of some living thing being skinned." ”

Zhu Qing re-lit the torches, and on the ground were two disemboweled, disemboweled.

Judging from the messy situation on the ground, these two snakes were shot to death after they suddenly appeared.

As for why it was still disemboweled, it is estimated that the people who rest here also know that snake gall is medicine, so they take it.

Zhu Qing identified the head of the dead snake: "Jin'er, it's seven steps down." ”

Zhang Jinwen stiffened her head and stretched out the torch in her hand to take a closer look: "It's not good, this is the snake king, I'm afraid something will happen." ”

She heard her ancestor say that there is a thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum near here, which is guarded by an earth dragon, and like these poisonous snakes, they also want to absorb the aura of thousand-year-old medicinal herbs.

Now, the snake king has been killed, and I am afraid that more poisonous snakes will appear to seek revenge.

Zhang Jin's scalp was numb, and if it was daytime, she would definitely leave immediately. Now I can only quickly turn over the cloth bag of raw lime from the medicine basket, draw an encirclement at the entrance of the cave and in the cave, and stand inside.

Seeing this, Zhuqing hurriedly went to find the branch: "Jin'er, don't be afraid, I'll throw these two dead snakes out." ”

"Can't touch it!" Zhang Jinwen shouted in fright: "The other poisonous snakes will find the smell when they ask." Senior Brother Zhufeng, you use this gypsum powder to sprinkle around the dead snake. ”

There was a sound of footsteps outside the cave, it was the voice of the bamboo wind: "Jin'er? Bamboo green? Are you all right? ”

Zhang Jinwen said loudly: "We're all good, Senior Brother Zhufeng, how are you?" What did you find? ”

It sounded like several people were coming together.

Zhu Feng walked into the cave, followed by several people with pale faces and panicked, and a person who was unconscious on his back.

Two of them, young men who looked exactly the same, saw Zhang Jin's daughter-in-law, and knelt down with a plop: "Little lady Zhang, please, save my master." ”

Kneeling on the ground is the original juice and original flavor of the Tai Yi Department!

Zhang Jinwen stretched out her head to look at the person who was put on the ground, and it was Dr. Sun: "What's going on?" Bitten? ”

The original juice and the original taste were pounding and kowtowing, and several other people also knelt down and kowtowed.

Zhang Jinwen hurriedly asked: "Don't kowtow yet, hurry up and say what's going on." ”

Yuan Juice cried with a sad face, and said tremblingly: "Little lady Zhang, my master took us to collect medicine and found a Ganoderma lucidum, the master said that it was a thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum, because it was dark, we planned to rest in this cave for one night, and then rush back to the city early tomorrow morning."

Then, the master was here to tell us about the medicinal properties of this Ganoderma lucidum, and out of nowhere, two snakes suddenly popped out, because of fatigue, we did not take precautions, and the master was bitten by a poisonous snake in order to save us.

When we came out today, we didn't bring any medicine for snake bites, so we wanted to go down the mountain with our master on our backs, but we got lost here. ”

Zhufeng added: "Jin'er, I found them nearby, and there are no torches, and I can't find the road. ”

Zhang Jinwen walked out of the circle drawn by quicklime and went to see Dr. Sun: "Where is the bite?" ”

Yuan Wei raised Dr. Sun's arm: "On the hand." ”

Dr. Sun's hands were swollen like big steamed buns, blue and purple, and the snake's teeth were shocked by the light of the torches.

Zhang Jinwen stretched out her hand to probe Dr. Sun's snort, and then took out all the medicines she had brought to prevent poisonous insects: "Zhuqing, bring a knife, you can bleed Dr. Sun!" ”

"Jin'er, there's no soju."

"Use the fire on the torch to burn the tip of the knife. Cut the tip of the middle finger and release both the blood and water from the hand until the blood comes out. Remember? ”

"Remembered."

Zhang Jinwen briefly explained a few words to Zhu Qing, and then said to Yuan Zhen and a few little pharmacists: "I will detoxify Dr. Sun now, you must be absolutely quiet and not make any sound." ”

Now the snake venom has spread throughout Dr. Sun's body with the flow of blood, and if it is delayed, Dr. Sun's breathing will be gone.

Without further ado, I had to move out of the forbidden spell.

Zhang Jinwen concentrated, transported her qi to the tip of her right index finger, silently recited the poison exorcism spell in her mouth, and pointed her index finger between Dr. Sun's brow.

As soon as her fingers touched Dr. Sun's eyebrows, she felt an irrepressible fear, as if an angry snake was about to burst out of Dr. Sun's body.