-a????? The abbot thought for a while and said, "It usually grows next to the roots of trees by the water stream, and it is difficult to identify in summer, but there will be a circle of white fluff on the top in winter, so it is easy to recognize." "A circle of white fluff? What does it look like? Little Peach thought hard. I didn't come up with a reason.

Zhao Kuangyi always remembered when Huo Kun came over, and walked out from time to time to visit the people who came. I didn't hear anything about the abbot at all.

Then the messenger arrived, and the abbot went out. After listening to the attendant's advice, Zhao Kuangyi hurriedly said goodbye to the abbot with Xiao Tao and went to the bottom of the mountain. I wanted to hire a farmer's carriage, but on the first day of the first lunar month, no one was willing to leave the family to earn this money, so I had to buy a carriage, and Zhao Kuangyi drove it by himself and galloped towards the Yuezhou area.

The carriage traveled on the road all day. In order to be in a hurry, Zhao Kuangyi did not rest at night and continued to hurry. The next morning, I rushed to a small town called Shaojing Town. Zhao Kuangyi stopped the carriage. When he arrived at a restaurant, he tied the carriage and said to Xiao Tao: "There should be two more towns to be the boundary of Yuezhou." Hurry again, tomorrow morning at the latest. You can go to Yuezhou City. ”

Xiao Tao nodded, looking at Zhao Kuangyi, whose eyes were red, a little distressed: "There are still two days to apply the needle, and I can catch up." ”

Saying that, the two walked into the restaurant together, entered a private room, and ordered a few dishes. There are a lot of guests in the New Year. The dish is also slow. Before the food came up, Zhao Kuangyi, who was exhausted, couldn't hold it anymore and fell asleep on the table. Xiao Tao's heart ached a little, and she got up and went out to tell the store to serve food later, so that Zhao Kuangyi could sleep more.

The shopkeeper was rushing to the private room with the dishes, and when he heard Xiao Tao say this, he said, "That's right." I'll give your food to the table next to it, and they are urging it, and they are rushing to go into the mountains to collect medicine after eating. ”

Hearing the word "picking medicine", Xiao Tao's heart couldn't help but move, and she hurriedly walked out and closed the door lightly, watching the store walk to one of the tables in the lobby outside to put down the dishes, Xiao Tao hurriedly walked to the table and asked, "Are you going to collect medicine?" ”

The four or five people sitting at the table glanced at Xiao Tao, and one of the older ones replied, "Yes." What's the matter with the girl? ”

Xiao Tao hurriedly asked, "Do you have a medicinal herb called Five Fires, Five Flames and Earth Radix Ginseng here?" In a hurry, I almost didn't call the awkward name.

At this time, the store happened to come to serve the food again, and when he heard Xiao Tao's question, he smiled and said, "You asked the right person." These are the people from the Qihuang Medicine Society in our town. I know a lot about all kinds of medicinal herbs. After listening to what the store said, Xiao Tao respected these people even more.

The older man smiled and said, "The Five Fire Earth Ginseng is the most of us here. If you're lucky, you might even be able to run into it. ”

Xiao Tao was a little excited, and said to those people: "Then can you trouble you to pick some, I'll buy them all." Silver is negotiable. I'm just waiting here, how long will you have to come back? "Do your best.

"Pick some?" The elder shook his head, "Girl, you are a layman at first glance. It's good to be able to pick one of the five fire land cucumber cucumbers, but also pick some? Yes, in the mountains of Shaojing Town, we are a specialty of Wuhuo Di Xuanshen, but it is difficult to pick that ginseng. It grows along the slope of the ditch, and it is not easy to find, but even if it is found, it digs and digs, and suddenly it runs away. ”

"Ran away?" Xiao Tao had never heard of a medicinal herb that could run, so she couldn't help but widen her eyes.

A woman in her thirties next to her looked at Xiao Tao's appearance and burst out laughing: "I don't know this? What's so unusual about people participating in the conference? The five fire ground scavengers, especially the essence of the sun and the moon, are naturally more difficult to dig. There are many cases where digging and digging disappearing. So we can't promise we'll dig it back for you. ”

The elder also said: "Besides, when we enter the mountain, we have to go to the top of the mountain to collect some rare medicinal herbs, and we can't come back in a moment." The dry food is ready, and I have to go for at least three or five days to pick some medicinal herbs and come back, so as not to make a hard trip in vain. ”

Three or five days? Then Zhao Kuangyi must not wait. Xiao Tao's heart was half cold, and she couldn't help but ask, "Then have you ever picked that ginseng?" ”

The woman smiled, "Of course I did." It's just that you can't pick it every time. But two or three times, there is always one time that can be picked. The medicinal herbs are very good for people's health, and many diseases that are not easy to treat are used with the Five Flames and Earth Radix Radix, and they all get better quickly. Where are you uncomfortable? ”

Xiao Tao shook her head: "It's not me, a friend, my arm is frozen, and I have some paralysis." ”

The woman continued, "That's right. Five fires are especially effective for frostbite. Seeing that Xiao Tao said sincerely, he couldn't help but say, "Or you follow us into the mountains to look for it, and if you find it, you will be able to find it, and if you can't find it, you will come back." ”

The older man stopped the woman: "You're talking nonsense again." She doesn't know how to collect medicine, so how can she go in? ”

"Third brother," the woman said with a smile, "why are you confused, the five fires are not very tall, usually under the tree of the mountain pass, let's go over and look for it together, if we find it, we will sell it to this girl, and if we can't find it, she can also go back the same way." It's a mountain pass, it's easy to get in and out, what's not to do. ”

Xiao Tao's heart moved, the woman's words were particularly tempting to her, if she could find the Five Flames Land Xuanshen, Qi Gongzi's arm would not always be able to hold things, and he would not be able to untie the horse's rope when the bad guys caught up. Thinking about it, my heart is even more painful and sour. Then he asked the people, "How far is it from here to the mountain pass?" ”

The woman replied, "We will arrive in the carriage with a stick of incense, but we are all walking, and it will not take an hour to pass." The mountain pass is also easy to find, you go in and have a look, if not, just come out and return, it's not far. ”

The more Xiao Tao listened, the more heartfelt she became, it was only an hour, if she could really find the Five Fire Land Xuanshen, she would be able to heal Qi Gongzi's arm. Xiao Tao carefully looked at the people and listened to their conversation with the shopkeeper, who were the locals of this town. Xiao Tao's heart relaxed, and the idea of rushing to find ginseng had already occupied her mind, and she said to those people: "Then I will go into the mountain with you later." ”

After a while, the men finished their meal and settled the bill with the shopkeeper. Xiao Tao turned back to the private room and looked at it, Zhao Kuangyi was still sleeping there, he was too tired all the way, and Zhao Kuangyi slept very deeply. Xiao Tao asked the store to take care of Zhao Kuangyi, turned around and walked out of the restaurant with those people.

Those people walked to the southeast of the town, chatting about some interesting things about collecting medicine along the way, and Xiao Tao listened as she walked, but she didn't feel dull. The woman did not lie, the town was very small, there was not a stick of incense, she had already walked to the outskirts of the town, and after more than half an hour, she had already reached the bottom of the mountain, and the woman said to the others: "We will stay in the mountain for several days anyway, so it is better to help this girl find the five fire land Xuanshen here." Anyway, even if there is that ginseng, it's around here. ”

When the rest of the people saw that the woman said this, they did not object, and they climbed up the low slope of the mountain pass together. Xiao Tao asked casually: "Why do you also collect medicine in winter?" ”

The woman covered her mouth and laughed, "You don't understand this." Herb collection is suitable all year round. Winter is better than winter, and some medicinal herbs only grow in winter, and they are all precious medicinal herbs. ”

"Oh." Xiao Tao seemed to understand whether she understood or not, and climbed up the slope together. The woman said, "The Five Fire Land Ginseng goes up this slope, often under that kind of tree. The woman pointed to a big tree and said, the tree is also strange, it is not shed leaves on such a cold day.

After saying that, the woman squatted under the tree and looked back, shaking her head: "There is no one under this tree." After speaking, he walked forward again, and Xiao Tao followed.

At this time, a person in front of him shouted, "Here it is." ”

Xiao Tao's heart was beating high, and she didn't care about telling the woman, so she hurriedly ran over. She was eager to see what kind of ginseng it was. The woman shouted anxiously from behind, "Don't, don't run so fast." Before he finished speaking, Xiao Tao had already strode to the person who shouted.

The man was squatting and digging a little bit, and suddenly stopped his hand, looked at Xiao Tao who was running and sighed: "What are you doing running so fast?" It's so easy to see a tree, you run so hard, and you run away again. ”

Ran away? Xiao Tao is a little at a loss, she hasn't done anything, just run a few steps like this, and she can run? At this time, the woman behind her also ran over and said to Xiao Tao, "I'm still desperately shouting to you." When you see ginseng, you have to walk lightly, otherwise the strength is too great, and the ginseng is easy to run. ”

So that's the case, Xiao Tao looked at the woman a little dejectedly: "Then what should I do?" ”

The woman patted Xiao Tao's shoulder: "Look for it again." ”

The midday sun was warm, and a group of people were looking for it on the slope again, when suddenly the older one shouted, "There is one here." This time, Xiao Tao was smart, she didn't dare to run, she just moved her steps lightly and moved to the front, and the others also held their breath and stared, without saying a word, watching the man take out a rope from his sleeve and tie the ginseng. Then dig around little by little, for fear of breaking the ginseng's whiskers.

Xiao Tao's eyes widened and she looked carefully, and finally understood what the old host meant by the circle of white fluff. It was under the tree, and there were a few leaves on it, which also turned yellow in winter, and when the frost and dew condensed, a white frost formed on the leaves, so that it looked like a fluffy hair. Xiao Tao patted her chest, fortunately, she came with the herb picker, otherwise this ginseng was under her nose, and she wouldn't recognize it.

After about a meal, the herb pickers slowly dug up the whole ginseng. This ginseng is not very big, but it also has a lot of whiskers, and the man handed it to Xiao Tao and said, "Take it." Although this ginseng is not a thousand-year-old root, the curative effect is not bad. Today is your fate. ”

Xiao Tao took the ginseng and didn't know how to thank them. He took out some silver from his sleeve and handed it to the woman, saying, "I don't know if the money is enough, so you can keep it." Thank you so much. ”

The woman pushed Xiao Tao's hand back: "Don't, you're so boring." ”