Shi An watched the convoy go away, raised his eyes and looked around for a moment, and after identifying the direction, he ran towards Cangmeng Mountain.

Cangmusan Mountain is the highest mountain in Jinju, nearly 1,000 zhang high, and the mountains are full of trees, mostly pines and cypresses that are more than 100 years old, lush and green to cover the sky and the sun. It is rumored that there are many tigers, wolves and insects on the top of the mountain, so few people go, and the local residents live at the bottom of the mountain, and only dare to make a living by hunting in the middle of the mountain.

At the west foot of Cangmeng Mountain, two or three miles east of the east gate of Yixian County, next to the foot of the mountain, there is a field of about six acres, although it is covered with snow in winter, there are also a lot of cold-tolerant herbs, such as angelica, Tiandong, soul grass, astragalus and other perennial herbs are still alive, just because no one has served for more than half a year, no one picks the fruit like licorice like light, and the tubers buried in the ground have been jacked out of the soil, and people who understand medicinal materials know at a glance that these herbs have missed the picking period.

At the twenty-fifth day of the lunar month, Shi An was standing next to the medicine field at this time.

Shi An looked at these herbs with some distress, and muttered: "If Master sees this scene, he will definitely be half angry and scold Li Si for not being dedicated." The scene of the master's thunderstorm suddenly appeared in front of him, and his heart couldn't help but feel sad again. The first time Master brought me to the medicine field to learn about herbal medicine, I remember the events of yesterday vividly.

"An'er, this green long-leaved herb is called Bupleurum, which likes yin and fears yang, and should be planted under tall woody medicinal materials, and the medicinal part is the root. In spring and autumn, the stems and leaves and sediment should be removed, washed, moistened, cut into thick slices, and dried before they can be used. The taste is pungent, bitter, slightly cold, and belongs to the liver, gall bladder, and lung meridians. It is mainly used for cold and fever, cold and heat, chest and flank swelling and pain, menstrual irregularities, uterine prolapse, and anal prolapse. Can you make a note of that?"

"Look at this herb with thorny fruits, called Cang'er, it has the effect of dispersing wind and removing dampness, clearing the body and relieving pain, bitter, sweet, pungent, warm, return to the lung meridian, liver meridian, can disperse wind and cold, clear the nose, dispel rheumatism, and relieve itching. However, there is a small poison, and it is necessary to be cautious when taking medicine, and avoid taking headaches and paralysis for blood deficiency, as well as pork, horse meat, and rice swill. ”

The master pointed to each herb and explained it to him in detail, Xiao Shi'an often did not understand the meaning of the medicinal properties and the scriptures that the master said, but he could keep every sentence in his heart, and then slowly figure it out and learn it later.

Things are people, and now that the master has gone immortal, leaving behind earnest teaching, Shi An can't help but feel miserable.

When he raised his eyes, there was a new grave near the foot of the mountain on the edge of the medicine field, and he walked closer to it with a quick pace.

The tombstone erected at the head of the grave is inscribed: "Gengzi year, Xin Si month, auspicious day."

The tomb of his friend Zhao Gong Jingxu and Zhao Yang

Friends Shen Huicai Niu Wanglin Du Jin Ping Xi".

Shi An knelt down in front of the grave, and couldn't help but feel sad, he was not there when the master and mother died, he was not there when the body was collected, he was not there when he was buried, and he was not there when the monument was erected. Master and Mrs. treated him like his own son, but he didn't have time to do even a little bit of filial piety, and he didn't even get to see Master and Mrs. for the last time.

After crying for a long time, he got up and swept the snow off the gravestone and prepared to pay tribute. Shen Huicai prepared a lot of tributes, he only picked four kinds of melons, fruits and pastries that the master and his wife love to eat on weekdays, placed them neatly, put on filial piety clothes, lit incense candles, paper horses, and worshiped according to the children's three bows and nine bows.

After the memorial service, Shi An was about to get up and leave, when he suddenly heard the sound of carriages and horses marching in the distance behind him. Looking back, a car and horse were driving towards the medicine field, and it was the groom of the Wolf Head Gang who was driving it closely, and the car was also the car of the Wolf Head Gang parked at the post station, and the one sitting in the car must be the leader of the Sun Gang.

Shi Anxin was puzzled, why did Sun Lang come?

After Jin Huan's death, all the major and minor affairs of the Jin family fell on the shoulders of Mrs. Jin. Although there is still a man named Sun Lang in the family, he is a son-in-law, and he can't look down on the Jin family's property, so he can't count on it at all. Sun Lang got the title deed, and the purpose of this trip has been achieved, so regardless of whether the etiquette is thorough or not, on the afternoon of the twenty-fifth day of the lunar month, he left the crying Miss Jin, left the Jin family by himself, prepared to take a look at the medicine field in hand, and then went to the famous Fengyi Building in Yixian County for two days before returning home.

Sun Lang asked the coachman Lao Liu to drive the carriage out of the east gate, and the soldiers at the gate knew that this was the aunt of the Jin family, so no one stopped him, and the carriage went straight to the direction of the medicine field.

Shi An secretly calculated that he had no power to restrain the chicken, and he couldn't beat Sun Lang, so it was better to escape from here first. I didn't have time to think about it, so I picked up my baggage and ran towards the dense forest in the mountains. By the time the carriage arrived at the edge of the medicine field, Shi An had already run more than 100 feet.

"Helper, it's time to get somewhere. The coachman, Lao Liu, said respectfully to the people in the sedan car.

The sedan curtain was lifted, and it was Sun Lang who jumped down.

"Hahahaha," Sun Lang looked up to the sky and laughed, "This spiritual vein is in hand, then Old Man Liu should teach me the enlightenment formula, and from then on I can ascend to immortal!"

When he was complacent, Sun Lang raised his eyes and looked around, his eyes were full of white snow mixed with dark green herbs, and it was very discordant that there was a cemetery more than ten zhang away, the tributes were neatly placed, the paper money ingots that were not completely burned out were still emitting wisps of white smoke, and there was a series of footprints under his feet leading straight to the grave.

"Whose grave is this? Why is it not Qingqing, not Obon, and there are still people who come to worship? Where are the people who worship now?" a series of questions came to his mind. Shi An was dressed in filial piety and white, and ran away early, and Sun Lang's eyes could not see him.

"Let's go, come with me. Sun Lang shouted at the coachman, and he went to the cemetery in front of him.

"Zhao Jingxu, is that Langzhong's grave?" Sun Lang thought to himself, "The people who come to worship must be Zhao Langzhong's relatives and friends." But now it's the month of La, and it's not the death day of Nalang, it must be someone who hasn't come to worship before, and I think it may be the four fish that slipped through the net. ”

The footprints in front of the grave were carefully examined, and although the footprints were scattered, they could still be identified as a person. "It shouldn't be those three outsiders, if they want to come, they will come together, it is estimated that it is the junior apprentice named Shi An. If we don't kill him today while he is alone, there will still be some trouble in the future. After thinking about it, he took advantage of the fact that the sky was still bright and followed Shi An's footprints all the way.

Shi An has never practiced kung fu, and his speed is not comparable to Sun Lang, who has good skills, although he ran out early, but he suffered from weakness in his legs and feet, and the snow in the mountains and forests was slippery. The distance between Sun Lang and him is getting closer and closer, and after a stick of incense, he looks back, and Sun Lang is only two or three hundred zhang away from him, and the distance he is further away is a valley in Cangmeng Mountain, with cliffs and bottomless depths. There is no way forward, and there are pursuers behind, so how can this be good? Shi An secretly complained to himself.

When the distance was only ten or so zhang, Shi An, who was hesitant and unable to move forward, could be seen vaguely. Sun Lang fixed his eyes and saw that this person was Jin Gui who ran away from the Jin family, he was overjoyed, stopped, and shouted loudly: "I thought it was Zhao Langzhong's apprentice, Jin Gui turned out to be you, haha, it's really nowhere to find the iron shoes, it doesn't take any effort to get there, now see where you are running?"

Shi Anxin knew that once he was caught, there was no chance of survival. Even if Sun Lang didn't know that he was Shi An and didn't plan to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, even if he was captured back to the county government as Jin Gui, he would never escape. Let's jump down the valley, maybe there is still a glimmer of life in the favor of God.

Shi An turned around and smiled miserably: "Sun Laogou, grandpa, I am Shi An, Jin Laogou went before you, your dog's life is right to stay, grandpa, I am going to jump." If I live, count the days, and I will take your dog's life in your lifetime. If God doesn't open his eyes and takes my life, I will become a terrible ghost and haunt you day and night, so that you can't live in peace. ”

Shi An looked at the dark sky and said: "Master, Master, An'er is incompetent, I can't kill the enemy for you, wait for me to go underground and then do my filial piety to you and my wife." With that, he turned the burden and put it on his chest, then jumped off the cliff.

Sun Lang hurried a few steps and rushed to the edge of the valley to look down. By the glimmer of twilight, which had not yet completely covered the heavens and the earth, I could only vaguely see that the valley was unfathomable, and that there were clouds and mist below, and pine trees were thick. If you fall down from such a high place, even if you don't fall into a pulp, you must be seriously injured, and you will become the ration of the beasts in the mountains in the middle of the night, Sun Lang constantly comforted himself like this.

At this time, the mystery in his heart was gradually solved: Jin Gui was Shi An, pretending to be a servant lurking in the Jin family, and he didn't know how to kill Jin Zhixian, and he didn't know how to escape from the heavily guarded Yixian County. Sun Lang said secretly, this son is really not an easy person to match, I hope he has fallen to his death in this valley, otherwise he will be in trouble sooner or later. After returning to the sect, he must send more of his subordinates to search in the valley, and he must see people dead and corpses alive to feel at ease.

The coachman, Lao Liu, had just come over panting at this moment, and Sun Lang said, "Lao Liu, you write down the location of this valley." ”

"Yes, helper. Now let's go to Fengyi Tower?" asked Lao Liu.

"What the fuck are you going to Fengyi Building, go back to Yixian Post Station for a night's rest, and go back to Jiexian County early tomorrow morning. Sun Lang was a little uneasy.

With that, the two turned back to the medicine field, and then drove back to Yixian in a carriage.