Chapter 17: Tianshan Medicine Garden (Happy New Year's Day)
Because the Gu family only has one direct descendant in the inheritance, except for the second uncle and father, there is no one else in my previous generation. And this generation, because the second uncle is still unmarried, I am the only one left. If something happens to me, it is very likely that the Gu clan, which has been inherited for hundreds of years, will die out......
But now, a huge shadow is hanging over the Gu family's head, and the so-called premature aging phenomenon has appeared in the second uncle who has just turned fifty. If it is allowed to continue, the consequences will not be much better than the extinction of the clan!
The meal was slowly served, and we started chatting while eating.
"I've always had a question in my heart." I looked at the second uncle and said to the seventh master: "Why is the gene of our Gu family so special, not afraid of evil things? ”
The Seventh Master shook his head: "I really don't know about this matter. However, this gene is not a super mutation, and it is normal. Human beings themselves are very strange beings, made up of countless particles - such as neutrons, electrons and protons - atoms - molecules, these incomprehensible things, and finally after countless integration and changes, become everything in the world, just like magic. In this process, there will be a small change in one link, so that no two substances in the world are exactly the same. Although human beings are advanced, they are made up in this way. In the genetic makeup, there are also some different changes that make people different from each other. It's just that these differences may not be reflected until death, but you Gu family are reflected, which is a coincidence and the inevitable result of the development of all things. The luck of the Gu family is that this gene is inherited, so it will be maintained until now, and it has lasted for hundreds of years. ”
Depend on! I glared at the Seventh Master: "Seven, Seventh Master, I didn't expect you to have research on these things......"
Liang Ruoyi, who had been speaking on the side, said with a smile: "The Seventh Master and the Cloth Bag Master are both masters, this thing is normal." ”
The Budai monk was drinking vegetarian soup and eating bread on the side, relishing it; Not to mention the pig's head, whose hands are full of oil, is struggling against a pig's foot.
"I know a little bit about that." The second uncle suddenly put down his chopsticks and said: "My father once said to me, saying that our Gu family is not a Han people, nor is it a current ethnic minority, but the descendants of a nation that disappeared many years ago. It may be the result of further changes in our genes after we merge with other ethnic groups. ”
"Hmm." The Seventh Master nodded: "This is an explanation." ”
I then asked, "However, among the ten secret realms, where will there be what our Gu family needs?" ”
"The legendary Tianshan Medicine Garden, it is estimated that there will be." The seventh master said: "Before, your father used to go to great lengths to find the Sun Moon Lotus, the pollen of the Sun Moon Lotus is said to be able to cure all kinds of poisons, but it seems that it has no curative effect. My guess is that your father has probably found some clues that Progeria may be due to some kind of poisoning. ”
I turned my head to look at the second uncle, and saw that the second uncle also nodded.
"Alas," I sighed, "then, our expedition has just begun......
"Hmm." The Budai monk seemed to be full: "On the one hand, on the side of Tai Chi Halo, our pressure has decreased a lot; On the other hand, the toxicity in us has gradually begun to explode, and if there is no antidote, we will not live for more than five years. ”
"I ......" I smiled wryly, "I don't want to, when I was in my thirties, my son recognized as a grandfather." ”
That being said, I still have a lot of doubts in my heart. For example, the death of my father is still inconclusive, and when I arrived, my father had been burned to ashes when I arrived, and everyone said that my father died in a car accident. Now it seems that not only my father, but also my grandfather Gu Xiansheng's death is a bit strange.
I believe what the seventh master said about poisoning. According to the Seventh Master, seventeen years ago, he went to a place with Monk Budai, his father Gu Wenzhong and Ge Wei, and this place was proposed by his father, and after he went, everyone was poisoned, which made them tremble. It was later discovered that after the poisoning, their male function was lost, and the organs of the body began to age, gradually losing their function.
This discovery surprised them, and they hurriedly tried their best to find an antidote, and for this matter, my father even gave up the store in Jinan and returned to Huimin County, where my grandfather had lived for a long time, to find an antidote. It is estimated that my father made a discovery very quickly, but the pollen of the sun and moon lotus was missing, and when everyone wanted to look for it again, my father died mysteriously. Seven years later, that is, ten years ago, Ge Wei went to a place again with the Seventh Master and the Budai Monk, and it is unknown whether it was to find an antidote or other purpose.
According to Ge Wei's wife Ren Hongye, after that operation, Ge Wei only stayed at home for one night, and then disappeared, and soon someone found Ren Hongye, saying that Ge Wei was dead, and there was no body.
Thinking of Ge Wei's appearance when he died, it seems that they were poisoned for the second time, which is different. In other words, in their second operation, only Ge Wei was poisoned. Thinking of the scene where Ge Wei hung his coffin in Chengling, scolding the Seventh Master and the Budai monk, I can roughly imagine what happened at that time.
Oh, in the Hanjia operation, didn't these two peerless masters always use me as a meat shield!
"Seventh Master, you and my father, what kind of place are you going?" I asked as I served the soup.
"Seriously, I'm not sure about this until now." Hearing this question, the seventh master smiled bitterly: "At that time, your father found that place, and he also didn't know the specific location, and the equipment at that time was far inferior to now, I can only remember that the place should be at the junction of Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang." ”
I nodded: "Then, where are we going for this operation?" ”
The Seventh Master took out the ten maps he had copied from his backpack: "Judging from these ten maps, the only one I can confirm now is the one of Jin Su Mountain. The characters on the map were all made by Gaozu Liu Bang himself, and it is estimated that no one can understand them except him. We're going to crack it again. But this map of Jinsu Mountain, I also guessed by the surrounding rivers and the height he marked, the general terrain is almost the same as the last time we entered Jinsu Mountain, the only difference is that the black spot he marked should look like a mountain, but from my impression, Jinsu Mountain does not have this peak. ”
"Will it disappear because of the effect of terrain movement?" The pig's head, which was still feasting, took a gap and said.
"No, it won't." The cloth bag monk even finished picking his teeth.
The seventh master also nodded: "That's right, it shouldn't be." The topographical movement that can make a mountain peak disappear is at least a mountain earthquake of magnitude 8-9, and it is impossible not to record it in the history books. ”
"Then, or Gaozu Liu Bang, just want to remind him that there is something there, and that mountain peak is simply a disguise?" The second uncle said with a smile.
"It's also possible." The Seventh Master looked at the ten maps and muttered: "It's not just the antidote, we don't know what treasures are hidden in these ten secret realms, but their value is definitely not low, think about it, we are about to unlock the ten treasure houses buried in more than two thousand years, how exciting!" ”
"Hmm." The second uncle was also full, stroked his belly and leaned on the back of the chair: "What does the seventh master mean that the action should start as soon as possible?" ”
"That's right." The seventh master nodded: "First, there should be things that your Gu family, me and the cloth bag master need, Miss Liang and Xu Zeming's side are bound to get these ten secret realms, so while Xu Zeming is now worried about his old man's affairs, he has no time to take care of us, plus we really need these things urgently, act, start as soon as possible!" ”