"The end of the year is approaching, and I didn't dare to go up the mountain to disturb you anyway. It's just that I didn't expect that this year was approaching the first day, and the government suddenly spread rumors that it was going to be forced to do it, and then in less than three days, the villagers were summoned to the county seat to talk, and they wanted all parts of the country to be served with forced labor, and went to the border to build a city. Ning Chen said helplessly, "But even the public meat in the village can't be sold, and both of my Hun families gave birth to children a few days ago, so we want to go up the mountain to try our luck." ”

"Boy, are you fooling the ghost?" the old rooster screamed loudly, "You Zhao Guo's servants are in round every ten years, and you just went up the mountain a few years ago to catch us and made up the conscription, and it's only been a few years, and you're here again?"

"Senior, really, it is said that a few years ago, our Great Zhao and the grandsons of Western Qin won a big victory, so they dared to build cities, transport grain, and catch more Qin people. Ning Hui added next to him, and it seemed that he had inquired quite clearly.

The old rooster stared at the two carefully, and finally made sure that the two did not seem to be joking. Eyes rolled. Then he said: "Little ghost, I haven't heard that after a big victory, I will chase and serve." I think you've been deceived. ”

The old rooster is good, seeing that Ning Chen and the others are anxious to defend, the words changed: "Although I don't know why you braved the snow to go up the mountain, but I think it is the same as two years ago, there is indeed a shortage of money, but when it comes to the end of the year, everyone thinks that there is some surplus food, plus the heavy snow covers the mountain, this time only the two of you are stunned." Originally, we also have a relationship with your Ning family, and we should help you, but we have already helped you a few years ago, and a few years ago, Xiaoyun led you to the tree and asked your village to move the two small trees, I think it helped you a lot. ”

"That little cloud just now was two years ago. Ning Chen asked in surprise, his pupils shrank suddenly, as if he had remembered something.

"Of course, in the summer of two years ago, you were in rotation in Ningjia Village. There is no accumulation of grain in the summer, only the village to try luck on the mountain, we Yunjin Chicken live in Tingshan, and live next to your Ning family, it is also considered harmonious, so once you are really cornered, come to the mountain to try your luck, most of us will lead you to some mountain goods, two years ago it was Xiaoyun's hand, but unfortunately you were shot with a red feather arrow, injured your legs and feet, damaged your vitality, and did not recover until now, we gave this piece of Yuehua to this child, but I didn't expect to almost be poisoned by you. The old rooster flew to Ning Hui's side, and as he spoke, he pecked Ning Hui's head with his beak.

"Senior, don't come, we were wrong, wrong. Ning Hui said as he protected his head with his hands, but he didn't dare to fight back, if what this old rooster said was true, these Yunjin chickens were really the benefactors of the Ning family. No wonder the old people in the village often say that the cloud brocade chicken is a symbol of good luck, although the Ning family is really unable to go up the mountain to try their luck, but they have never returned empty-handed, most of them will be lucky to find some good mountain goods, to solve the urgent need.

"Seniors. Ning Chen seemed to want to say something, but he couldn't say it, and in the end he just turned into a sentence, "I'm sorry." He carefully took out the moon fruit from his arms, walked slowly to the old rooster, and placed the moon fruit in his hand on the snow, "Please bring this thing to that little cloud girl, and, I'm sorry." ”

"Boy, I think two years ago, that kid who will take revenge is you. Huh?" the old rooster turned his head and squinted his eyes and swept Ning Chen, saw the moon fruit on the ground, quickly picked it up, and walked back to the chicken flock quickly, that speed, it simply made Ning Chen and the two of them in a daze, and after a while, the flock of chickens became noisy, and after a while, two figures came out of the flock, and through the moonlight, it could be seen that it was the old rooster and Xiaoyun. Xiao Yun suddenly lowered his head to Ning Chen and the others, continuing three times, as if saluting. Ning Chen and the others, who were looking at this, subconsciously hugged their fists and saluted. The two looked at each other, their faces flushed, and the hen opposite also crowed softly twice before returning to the flock.

"Boy, look at you and you are still a good share, this account is settled, it will definitely make you look good with my temper in the past few years. After the old rooster waited for Xiaoyun to leave, his eyes rolled and he said, "But the little old man's temper has been much better in the past few years, not only will he not punish you, but also for the sake of your acquaintance, how about giving you another fortune?"

"Fugui?" Ning Chen asked uncertainly.

"Yes, since your Ning family is short of money now, if you leave with me, maybe you can solve this problem. The old rooster walked up to Ning Chen's side and looked at him and said.

"Brother Ning, let's be careful. This old ...... Seniors, they wouldn't be so kind. Ning Hui walked up to Ning Chen's ear and whispered, seeing the eyes of the old rooster narrowed slightly, he hurriedly changed his tone.

"Little ghost, now your lives are in the hands of Xiao Lao'er, why should Xiao Lao'er lie to you. The old rooster paced back and forth, shaking his head and saying.

"Senior, can you really eliminate the conscription of our Ningjia Village?" Ning Chen asked hesitantly.

"If you are willing to come, you have a chance. The choice is yours. The old rooster said as he ran his feathers.

"Okay, let's go with you. Ning Chen gritted his teeth, and for the sake of themselves and the village, he decided to go up with the old rooster.

"No, no, no, it's you who goes with me alone, and he stays here. The old rooster flailed his wings and refused.

"Don't, Brother Ning, don't go with him. Ning Hui hurriedly reminded Ning Chen.

Ning Chen looked at Ning Hui next to him, his brows furrowed, and he scratched his cheek with his left hand, unable to make a choice.

The old rooster saw Ning Chen's hesitation and persuaded: "I know you don't worry about him, but the place we are going to is far away, his leg muscles are relaxed, and it will delay our speed at first glance, if you don't want to take this wealth, then forget it." ”

"Brother Ning, go ahead, I'll be fine here. Ning Hui persuaded at the same time. Ning Hui saw Ning Chen's intentions. I also know the recent troubles of my friends who have grown up. "Brother Ning. You can rest assured. I'll be fine. Said firmly to Ning Chen.

Ning Chen looked at Ning Hui's determined expression and finally made up his mind. Ning Chen, Ning Kang and Ning Hui grew up together since childhood, and Ning Kang is the oldest of the three, and he is also Ning Chen's eldest brother, the young village chief of Ningjia Village. Ning Chen and Ning Kang have a rigid temperament and admit death, while Ning Hui's personality is relatively weak, which plays a reconciling role between the two.

Since Ning Chen violated the clan rules in order to marry Zhang Yao, he fell out with his eldest brother, and he also ran to live at the end of the village. When everyone didn't understand, only Ning Hui had always supported him. Since childhood, Ning Chen Ningkang has always played the role of an older brother. Even if Ning Chen wanted to take this wealth at this time and prove to the eldest brother that he was not wrong, he couldn't rest assured that Ning Hui couldn't help but tell him again and again. "Ah Hui, you must wait for me to come back. ”

So after the old rooster and the flock of chickens said hello, the chickens walked towards the depths of Tingshan together. As the winding path walked towards the top of the mountain, at first, Ning Chen, who was carrying a bow and arrow, wanted to mark the road, but as the figure of the old rooster jumped up and down, the dense woods and weeds and shrubs formed a natural labyrinth, and in the left and right turns, Ning Chen finally lost his way completely.

Finally, when the moon rabbit sank to the west and the golden crow was about to come out, Ning Chen came to the edge of a small cliff, the cliff was about a zhang high from the ground, and when he went down to the cliff with the old rooster, he came to a relatively flat place, and there was a low cave on the stone wall of the cliff. "That's right, this is it. The old rooster stopped and greeted Ning Chen.

When he heard the old rooster call to stop, Ning Chen began to calm his accelerated breathing. , panting slightly, looking at the stone cave opposite has a strange feeling, this is a very uncomfortable feeling, but I don't know how to describe it, obviously I feel that I have walked a long way in my heart, and I feel very tired, but my legs are not heavy.

"Why, the mountain road is not easy to walk, if you add your friend, I'm afraid you won't be able to reach it at dawn. The old rooster began to smirk. After a while. walked next to Ning Chen again. "Have you rested?"

Seeing Ning Chen nodding, "Then let's go." Ning Chen lowered his head, lying on the ground, crawling behind the old rooster in the dark stone cave, the stone cave is very short, and narrow, even if it crawls, it can't speed up, about a cup of tea, the stone cave becomes wide, you can walk with the waist of the cat, when swaying from side to side with the stone cave, finally came to a wide space, here is not dark, on the contrary, there is a very soft moon-white light sprinkled from the top of the cave, Ning Chen looked around carefully, and found that it seemed to be in the belly of the mountain, here is slightly irregular square, about two hundred and seventy zhang long, about 100 zhang wide, more than ten zhang high, the rock wall is smooth, there is a large natural smooth stone pillar in the center to the top of the cave, the roof of the cave is embellished with a lot of jade, which is the brilliance leaking from the jade.

There are also a lot of moon pines and some unknown trees dotted around, and it is not boring. There was a pool of water in the middle of the trees, shimmering like fish scales. The temperature inside the cave is slightly warmer than in the wild.

"Housheng, is it beautiful here?" Just as Ning Chen was still observing, the old rooster suddenly asked.

"Well, it's very beautiful. Ning Chen replied truthfully. "Follow me. The old rooster led the way, treading on the hard ground scattered with not much chicken droppings. He didn't turn around much, and as the temperature rose untraceably, Ning Chen came to the central stone pillar.

At the beckoning of the old rooster, "Look there." Ning Chen looked closely, and on the west side of the stone pillar, about seven or eight zhang high, he vaguely saw some dazzling red light, which looked a little dazzling in this white light.

"Do you see that red light? That's what I mean by wealth. Ning Chen stared at the place hard, and didn't understand what the so-called wealth was, so he couldn't help but look back at the old rooster.

Looking at the puzzlement in Ning Chen's eyes, the old rooster shouted a little eagerly, "Fool, stupid, that's Huo Yunzhi, you won't even know about Huo Yunzhi, right?" Then he saw the embarrassment on Ning Chen's face. finally explained: "Huoyunzhi is a strange thing born and raised by heaven and earth, and it can only grow at the intersection of yin and yang. The nature is warm and hot, and the medicinal effect is magical. It is a kind of heaven and earth spiritual object, which is definitely of great value. ”

Ning Chen looked at the red mang, his throat moved, but he never moved. "Boy, the great wealth is ahead, why don't you hurry up?" the old rooster cried in surprise.

"Senior, although the kid wants to try his luck, he is not stupid. Ning Chen replied helplessly. "We offended the predecessors before, the predecessors not only forgave us, but also gave us a fortune, although the predecessors are not like the legendary monsters with a vicious temperament, the heart is compared to the heart, the predecessors are in the position of a boy, dare to take this fire Yunzhi?"

Between the opening and closing of the old rooster's mouth, it seemed that he wanted to say something, but he finally couldn't say it. "If the seniors need anything, please explain that today's seniors are really kind to us. If Ning Chen is strong in helping, he will never shirk it, if he really can't do it, please also ask the seniors to raise their noble hands and let my brothers go back. Ning Chen said firmly.

"Hou Sheng, Xiao Lao'er really has no malice, this is really a wealth for you, you just need. As the old rooster spoke, seeing Ning Chen's firm face, his voice gradually lowered. Then he sighed, as if he had made up his mind, "That's it, Housheng, no, Ning Chen, I can tell you the reason, but you have to swear, what you see and hear today will be forgotten." If I can do it, I'll tell you the secret. ”

Ning Chen took a deep breath, and then swore: "I, Ning Chen, in the name of the ancestors and ancestors of the Ning family, swear that I will not tell outsiders what I have seen and heard today with my life, and if I break my oath, I will definitely ......."

"Child, it's okay, I know your determination, and I believe that you won't reveal the secret of my Jing clan's Yunjin lineage. Your Ning family is a good person, I can tell you the secret. "The old rooster is colorful.