Chapter 1168: A Hundred Years of Vicissitudes
Just a few days after Xu Qing's mother and daughter escaped from prison and fled from Haishan County in a hurry, a divine consciousness was born from the center of the county town and swept across a radius of hundreds of miles, as if searching for something.
After a hard meal, the divine consciousness was covered again, and so on and so on, and only then did he really leave.
"Damn it!"
An angry roar, roaring heaven and earth, this time everyone heard it, and many people thought it was a thunderbolt in the clear sky. After all, to mortals, the monk who flew to the heavens was just a myth and legend. Since this planet was abandoned tens of thousands of years ago, the aura has not existed, and even the second-class vitality is extremely thin, and it is impossible to give birth to monks, even if there is an inheritance, it is useless.
And tens of thousands of years is long enough for mortals to forget everything.
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In the small courtyard on the side of the Taishou Mansion, Wang Taishou, who was obese at the moment, was accompanied by an embarrassed face. Doctor Li was quite unhappy, it seemed to have a thunderous rage, not only the air in the hall was dull, but even the weather outside was a little gloomy.
I don't know if it's an illusion, Wang Taishou glanced at Doctor Li, and he was a little frightened. When I first met His Majesty, I didn't seem to feel this way.
After a moment's pause, Divine Doctor Li softened his face and said, "I should also go, please take care of yourself." โ
When Wang Taishou heard this, he became anxious: "Why is the divine doctor in a hurry to leave? If it is because of those who are going to commit crimes, this official will issue a wanted notice, and I think that my colleagues will give some thin noodles, and they will not be able to escape farโโ"
Doctor Li stopped impatiently, and walked towards the back hall without looking back: "No, I have made up my mind." โ
Seeing that it was impossible to keep it, Wang Taishou hurriedly said: "Then, the divine doctor will wait for a while, and I will prepare a carriage and horse for the divine doctor." โ
Seeing Doctor Li respond, Wang Taishou hurriedly went out and recruited a servant.
"Go to the house immediately, and let Mrs. prepare the bags for Doctor Li, it must be rich. In addition, prepare three clever servants with family members to be the servants of Divine Doctor Li, and go to it immediately!"
"Yes, sir!"
The servant couldn't understand why Doctor Li was suddenly in a hurry to leave, but ran out.
About a stick of incense, the gifts were ready, and they all stopped outside the gate of the manor. Three carriages, two loaded with supplies, one simple and heavy, and three burly servants.
Wang Taishou and his wife, as well as a few concubines, were also there, the weather was relatively hot, and the acquaintances on the trees kept screaming, and everyone kept wiping their sweat. Mrs. Wang kept complaining that Dr. Li's shelf was really big. A maidservant next to her fanned her hard, and Mrs. Wang still felt guilty.
After another quarter of an hour's work, Wang Taishou couldn't bear it anymore, and his head was dizzy. A valet cleverly took a few umbrellas and held them up, which made it better.
"Waiting in good spirits, Master Ben is going to help the doctor clean up-"
While wiping his sweat, he moved into the manor and went straight to the residence of 'Doctor Li', which was a courtyard within a courtyard. Footsteps were heard, and a man ran out of his face. Dressed in a servant outfit, it was the servant who had been serving the 'Divine Doctor Li', but at the moment he was crying with a sad face: "Master, master, it's not good, it's not good-"
Wang Taishou chuckled in his heart and scolded: "What's wrong with the divine doctor?
"Divine doctor, divine doctor, divine doctor, his old man, is gone!" the servant knelt down with a puff, and waited for his death with trepidation.
"What, when did you leave? How could it be? You damn thing, why don't you stop it? Inform Master Ben?" Wang Taishou was suddenly furious, and stepped forward to kick him a few times, but to no avail.
The servant didn't dare to dodge, endured the pain, his head almost fell to the ground, and said: "The little one planned to help the divine doctor pack his bags, but the divine doctor didn't let him, let the little one go out and wait, and when the little one realized that something was wrong, when he entered the house just now, he found that the divine doctor was no longer there, and his bags were gone, and there was nothing leftโโ"
Wang Taishou was unwilling, and roared a little irritable for a moment.
"Get out, get out, come on, come on, go to the city gate, if you see the miracle doctor, let people stop you, and wait for Master Ben to arrive. Remember to be polite!"
He went to great lengths to arrange, sending money and goods to people, and even promising glory, wealth, and official positions, in order to retain this amazing doctor, and it was best to stay in Haishan County forever. After experiencing a serious illness, Wang Tai was enlightened and had the preciousness of having a good body.
It's all going to come to naught.
Wang Taishou's order, no one dared to disobey. The catchers went out to search privately, and the streets were rampant, but half a day passed, the men and horses were tired, and the soldiers defending the city swore that they did not see Doctor Li at all, nor did they see him out of the city. The big living people just disappeared.
"What the hell is Fat Wang doing?"
"Nonsense!"
"The man surnamed Wang has recovered from his illness?"
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Such a big formation, chickens flying and dogs jumping, naturally alarmed many forces in the county, and they couldn't figure out what kind of madness Wang Taishou was going to make, so they sent people to investigate. In the end, it was clear that it was just a farce, but it also made some of the rest of the people unhappy. Is a mere doctor guilty of such a mobilization of teachers and public weapons for private use?
In the face of everyone's accusations, Wang Taishou, who had regained his senses, had to lower his price and hold a banquet to make amends. A farce dissipated.
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For the people of Haishan County, the small things that Wang Taishou kept were big things, but the big things were too far away from them. What the people need is to be fed and clothed, their families healthy and safe, to pay less taxes and to live a good life, and they don't care much about the rest.
However, for Li Hongchen, experiencing a miracle doctor in the eyes of mortals is just an experience. For hundreds of years, he has played any role in the realm of mortals, blacksmith, doctor, farmer, soldier, trafficker, gangster, butcher, turtle man, etc., this is a kind of practice. The people and things in Haishan County are naturally passers-by.
His true identity is still a monk, and he is a man of two worlds with mortals, and he is high.
At this moment, he was already on the official road dozens of miles outside the city, and there was a strong man with black charcoal-like skin and a height of more than two meters and three meters, carrying a big bag half a person high, and the two of them hurried on foot.
"This planet is really a ghost place, not a trace of aura, not even the slightest breath of vitality can be seen!" the black charcoal man complained. "If I stay any longer, my blood will be exhausted, master, you see that I have lost a lot of weight!"
The black charcoal strong man said pitiful, comparing his body to a thick and hard body like iron, listless.
Li Hongchen ignored his cuteness, frowned, looked at the wilderness where the grass and trees were not flourishing enough, and said, "You are wrong, according to records, this planet may not have been like this tens of thousands of years ago-"
"That's just a legend, not to mention that there are so many planets in the void, it doesn't have to be this one, master, we have spent hundreds of years here, and we haven't found any clues. Why don't you change places?" the black charcoal man has little interest in staying here.
There is no aura and spirit stone to replenish, and the vitality is pitiful, and even flying can be saved. If it is consumed, it will be replenished. Even if his master is not ordinary and has a lot of resources, he doesn't want to waste them.
A hundred years of consumption is a lot.
The most annoying thing is to buy a carriage, and the horses are directly scared when they see him, let alone travel.
Therefore, most of the time, the two had to walk hard.
The black charcoal strong man chattered, it seemed that he hadn't spoken for many years, Li Hongchen occasionally replied, and then buried himself in the road.
After walking for about 100 miles, it was getting dark, and only on the official road ahead did I encounter a few horse-drawn carriages moving slowly, and the lanterns hanging in front of the cars guided the way. It's a small private convoy.
Li Hongchen exhaled lightly and breathed a sigh of relief: "Xiao Hei-"
The black charcoal strong man's face changed, and he said angrily. "I hate this place!"
Although he was reluctant, he still unloaded his bag, turned into a ghostly light, and entered a purple pattern bag in Li Hongchen's hand, which was a high-grade spirit pet bag, tied around his waist and hidden under his placket.
Li Hongchen angrily packed his bags, caught up with the convoy in a moment, and pretended to be out of breath.
The people in front finally saw him, and were wary of his approach, and the sword was about to be unsheathed. At this time, Li Hongchen put on a smile on his face, and greeted him: "Everyone, please, when you go out, can you go with a convenient companionโโ"
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Outside Haishan County, the side of the official road is dozens of miles deep, and it is still that forest, that eternal hill.
The vicissitudes of life, in the blink of an eye, have been several cold and summer.
One day in the early spring of this year, a low old man with gray hair and thin yellow muscles and a thin teenager broke into this place. The two were dressed in linen clothes, covered with patches, straw sandals, carrying large and small bamboo baskets, and each holding a mountain knife with a wooden handle and a trekking pole.
At first glance, he is a medicine picker from a poor family.
"Grandpa, look at the hillside, there seem to be medicinal herbs!" The young man's eyes were good, the surrounding grass and trees were only a trace of green, and on the sunny slope of the small hill, the trees were sparse and low, but some of the grass actually bloomed, which was very bright, which overshadowed the surroundings.
Green, white, red, pink, yellow, all the best. Some look very familiar, and they are clearly medicinal flowers.
The old man's eyes were not good, but he had a lot of experience, so he hurriedly stopped his grandson who was about to run over and reminded: "Dog baby, there are many insects and beasts in the mountains, the more unusual the place, the more careful you must be!"
"Yes, Grandpa. The dog baby was suddenly well-behaved, but it didn't seem very convincing.
"Let's go, go over with Grandpa, be careful-"
The grandfather and grandson slapped the grass with trekking poles, and finally climbed the hill smoothly.
"Huiyang grass, it's been less than ten years!" the old man carefully identified an emerald green plant, and quickly became excited, and his beard trembled.
He is not a doctor, but a mountain man who collects medicine and knows some medicinal materials. But obviously, such a whole slope of medicinal materials, concentrated, numerous, and actually grow very well, this is rare.
When the young man heard this, he scratched the back of his head and smirked: "Grandpa, have we made a fortune?
Syllable!
The old man slapped his grandson, but it was not strong enough, and the boy laughed more cheerfully.
"Dog baby, remember, this is a gift from the mountain god, you can't be greedy, remember what grandpa told you" The old man taught his grandson. "This place, even your father and mother don't tell me, you know?"
The young man replied, "Remember, grandpa, you said that you have to keep roots when you pick medicines, and you can't pick them all at once-"
The old man said, "Yes, leave a line in everything, otherwise it will be a curse, not a blessing-"
The grandfather and grandson finally picked one-tenth, picked at intervals, and left with half a basket of each person.
After that, sometimes half a year, sometimes a month, the time is irregular. For safety, sometimes they spend the night in the wilderness and only return the next day or the third day.
In just a few years, the old man became older, his body became more rickety, and his steps gradually became less and less comfortable, and the young man grew into a young man, long and strong, and grew a short beard.
Every time they come to pick medicine, they only pick one-tenth, still picking at intervals, sometimes with a hoe, carefully loosen the soil for them, add some water-storing soil, and the medicinal herbs on this hillside are unexpectedly not spoiled by insects and beasts, and have been growing very well.
However, over the years, the outside world has been changing and becoming more and more chaotic.
After collecting medicine this time, the two medicine baskets were carried on the dog baby, and the old man was tired and panting, and he had to be supported by his grandson to walk around.
"Old man, I can't walk anymore, it's up to you here in the future, remember Grandpa's previous words-" The old man said gloomily.
The dog baby nodded steadily: "Grandpa, don't worry, I remember, this is the gift of the mountain god, you can't be greedy, you have to keep roots for collecting medicine, and you can't talk about it to anyone here, you have to be careful when entering and leaving the forest, I'd rather walk more and spend the night outside, otherwise it will lead to disasters and break the roots of our family!"
The old man smiled with satisfaction.
After that, the old man did not come again.
The dog baby got married, but his grandfather passed away, and his parents are getting old day by day, and the burden of the whole family is on his shoulders. Therefore, he attached more importance to the life-saving hillside medicine field, and he also understood his grandfather's original thoughts.
Therefore, he went into the city to do hard labor, and worked harder. In addition to supporting the family, the money earned is for one of the sons to go to public school, instead of letting him inherit the ancestral business, farm the land, collect medicine, and work in the field and be a tenant for the rest of his life. As long as one son changes his fate, the whole family will be fine.
As for this medicine land, he regarded it as the last hope, used to save emergencies and lives. He won't come here unless he has to.
However, in this troubled world, sometimes the heavens do not follow people's wishes.