"Why aren't there fierce beasts?" The old man's son is a middle-aged man about forty years old, who seems to be an honest person, and he said loudly: "Dad, have you forgotten that the year before last, Lao Zhang of the next door went up the mountain to collect medicine and found a fierce tiger" The old woman shook her head again and again, and said loudly: "What a tiger, didn't Shun'er say that it was a black leopard?"

The old woman's Shun'er was referring to her son, and the middle-aged man nodded and said to the old man: "Dad, the child heard Uncle Zhang say with his own ears that what he encountered was a huge black leopard, not a tiger. Dad, you're mistaken. ”

"Black leopard. Ye Boyu suddenly became interested, and hurriedly asked, "Dare to ask this big brother, what kind of leopard is it?"

The middle-aged man nodded and said to Ye Boyu: "I heard Uncle Zhang say that one afternoon, he went to pick herbs on the cliff of the first line of heaven, and he saw a red ginseng flower on the high part of the cliff, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed, it must be a formed ginseng, maybe it will be a hundred years of wild ginseng."

Uncle Zhang has been collecting medicine for many years, and knows that this kind of old ginseng that is more than 100 years old has spirituality, and if you see it here today, you may be gone tomorrow. Therefore, he didn't care about anything else, and went up the mountain to pick ginseng desperately.

Who knows, he fought with his life, and finally climbed halfway up the hill, seeing that the old ginseng was in front of him, Uncle Zhang was overjoyed and was about to reach out to pick it.

At this moment, suddenly a fishy wind blew in front of him, and a huge black figure flashed quickly and incoherently, by the moonlight, Uncle Zhang could see clearly that it was a black panther, the black panther lowered his head and picked up the old mountain ginseng, and in a blink of an eye, it disappeared into the mountain forest, and was never seen again. ”

"What happened later?" Ye Boyu asked.

The middle-aged farmer shook his head and said in a low voice: "I didn't know later, Uncle Zhang just said this, and there will be no more in the future." ”

The old man said impatiently: "That old man babbled all day long, saying that he had seen a black panther and a tiger, why had he seen so many villagers for so many years, and he was the only one? I think he's just talking nonsense. ”

The old woman also echoed and said: "Yes, I see that Lao Zhang also has a problem, since he came back from collecting medicine that day, he has been telling everyone all day and night about the cliff murals, century-old mountain ginseng, he must be enchanted, his words, we can't believe it." ”

Ye Boyu said to the middle-aged farmer: "This big brother, after eating for a while, can you take me to meet this Uncle Zhang?" "What are you doing seeing him?" The middle-aged farmer asked strangely.

Liu Feixu has been eating in a muffled voice, and Ye Boyu, who is listening, behaves strangely today, but he knows that he must have a deep meaning, and he doesn't break it, just listens quietly.

Ye Boyu ate a few bites of food and said casually: "I have nothing to do today, I heard that this Uncle Zhang just said was so curious, and I wanted to go and see." "I see. The middle-aged farmer nodded and said, "That's easy." Uncle Zhang lives next door, and he doesn't go to collect medicine these days, and stays at home every day. After dinner, I will go to plough the land, you follow me, and I will take you to his house to find him. "There's Brother Lao. Ye Boyu said happily. "I'll go too. Liu Feixu didn't speak all the time, and only then did such a sentence come out. "Good. Let's go together. Ye Boyu said with a smile.

A few people quickly had breakfast, and the old man took a hoe and went to hoe in the farmland. The middle-aged farmer set up the ox, led the cow, called Ye Boyu and Liu Feifu, and the three of them went to find Uncle Zhang together.

Uncle Zhang's house was next door, he got off the platform, and after walking a few steps, he walked to the front of a wooden house, and the middle-aged farmer called a few times, "Uncle Zhang, are you at home?"

After a while, I saw the door of the wooden house open, and out came an old man in his seventies, black and thin, and although the old man was thin and thin, he spoke very loudly, and said loudly from a distance: "Da Shunzi, what is the matter?"

Immediately, he saw Ye Boyu and Liu Feixu, and asked in surprise: "Who are these two?" "These are two lost guests who came to our Peach Blossom Village by mistake. The middle-aged farmer said, "This morning, they were very interested in hearing the story of your encounter with a black panther while collecting medicine, so they asked me to bring it to you." "I see. Zhang Laohan was very happy and said loudly: "Come on, come on, come into the house quickly." Let's talk in the house. As he spoke, he enthusiastically pulled Ye Boyu and Liu Feifu and let them into the house.

The middle-aged farmer led the cow and said loudly: "Uncle Zhang, I went to work in the fields." Let's talk slowly. With that, he walked away on his own.

Zhang Laohan didn't keep him, but just enthusiastically pulled Ye Boyu and let the two into the house.

The room was very simple, except for a bed and a small dining table, which could not sit at all. There were also two jars of wine on the ground, and nothing else. Zhang Laohan scratched his head and smiled embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, I can't sit in the room." We had to go outside the house to talk. ”

Ye Boyu said a few polite words, and the three of them sat on the ground under a big willow tree outside the house. As soon as he sat down, Zhang Laohan couldn't wait to ask how the two of them came here, but there had been no outsiders here for at least decades.

Ye Boyu didn't say much, but said that the two of them were from the capital, and they came out to play, but they accidentally got lost, so they strayed into Peach Blossom Village. Immediately, Ye Boyu immediately asked about the black panther, Zhang Laohan seemed to be very proud of his encounter with the black panther, as soon as he heard Ye Boyu ask, he couldn't care about anything else, and talked about the events of the day with his eyebrows.

Zhang Laohan said mysteriously: "This matter can be said to be the first strange thing that I Zhang Laohan has encountered in my life for more than 70 years, that day, I went alone to the front line of the Sky Canyon to pick herbs......

What he said was exactly the same as what the middle-aged farmer said, in fact, he was collecting medicine and met a huge black panther. Ye Boyu wanted to know more than that, he asked for some details. "Uncle, can you still remember what the black panther you saw that day looked like?" "Why can't you?" Zhang Laohan said affirmatively, and carefully described the appearance of the black panther, but the words were vague and unclear. Ye Boyu knew that he actually saw it inadvertently for a moment, how could he see any details.

Ye Boyu turned to ask: "Uncle, have you told everyone in the village about this?" Have you reported it to the village chief?" "Don't mention him!" Zhang Laohan patted his thigh, shook his head and said: "The first thing I told him was, not only did he not believe it, but he also said that I knew how to drink some wine all day long."

That's right, I'm okay with Mr. Zhang, I like to drink a little wine, but I'm never drunk and talk nonsense. If you don't believe me, forget it, and accuse me of talking nonsense, which is a bit excessive. ”

Liu Feixu shook his head, rolled his big eyes a few times, and said with a smile: "Uncle Zhang, think about it again, what strange things did you see that day, or what else did you say to the village chief, and the village chief reprimanded you?"

Zhang Laohan thought for a while before he said: "At that time, I did see a very strange thing, but it was too bizarre, I only told the village chief alone, and after he heard it, he accused me of drinking and talking nonsense, and he didn't let me tell anyone else." Over time, I forgot about myself, and if you two hadn't asked, I wouldn't have remembered. "Oh, what's the strange thing?" asked Liu Feixu in a hurry.

Zhang Laohan pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "You two are outsiders, and you have nothing to do with the people in the village. Besides, this matter is not a big deal, I don't know why the village chief didn't let me talk about it, it's really strange.

That day, I stumbled upon the old ginseng, but, strangely, the old ginseng did not grow on the cliff, but on a huge Dan furnace, and behind the Dan furnace, there seemed to be a small ancient temple. "What, the huge Dan furnace?" Ye Boyu hurriedly asked, he didn't find any huge Dan furnace in the mountain temple.

Zhang Laohan smiled awkwardly and said loudly: "Haha, I know you won't believe it, in fact, I can't believe it myself, I must be dazzled by my old eyes and mistaken."

Old man, I have lived here for more than 70 years, passing by a line of heavenly canyons every day, not to mention any huge Dan furnace and ancient temples, just grass and trees, the old man is clear, I must have seen it wrong. ”

Ye Boyu knew in his heart that Zhang Laohan was actually not mistaken, that day it must have been because the century-old ginseng essence broke into the mountain temple, and he didn't know how to break the seal of the mountain temple and expose the mountain temple. That's why there was a scene where Zhang Laohan saw a black panther taking away the old mountain ginseng.

And the village chief accused Zhang Laohan of talking nonsense, otherwise he told others, it would be easy to understand, it must be that the village chief didn't want the mountain temple and his secrets to be exposed, so he ordered Zhang Laohan to do so.

However, I have been to the mountain temple, but I have not found any huge Dan furnace. Could it be that the secret is in this huge Dan furnace?

Thinking of this, Ye Boyu smiled and said: "Uncle Zhang, that first-line sky, we also walked once when we arrived at Peach Blossom, and we really didn't see any huge Dan furnaces and small temples." Could it be that the old man really saw it wrong. ”

Zhang Laohan shook his head and said, "Yes." The old man, my eyes are dizzy, and it was late that day, I must have seen it wrong, and I can't blame the village chief for reprimanding me. Ha ha. ”

Ye Boyu asked a few more questions about the village chief, and Zhang Laohan just said that the village chief and they have always been together in Peach Blossom Village, but they live a little far away from everyone, and everything else is exactly the same as everyone.

After asking a few more words, Ye Boyu calculated that the villagers should find out that the sky was scorched, and this Zhang Laohan had nothing to dig up, so after a few idle words, he said goodbye to Zhang Laohan and went out.

Please look forward to watching the next chapter, "The Little Temple-Part II"