Chapter 230: See the old Taoist priest again

Jianzhou Wei is the largest Wei of Nuer Gandu Division, the jurisdiction is mostly Jianzhou Jurchen, the territory of the mountain peaks are numerous, rolling and undulating, longitudinal horse mountain road, ravines vertical and horizontal, rivers are dense, the terrain is steep. Zhu Ziping and Li Jingxi came out of Liaoyang City, still in a hurry, the two learned the lesson of the old man's house, knowing that there was chaos outside the gate, so they no longer stayed outside the city, so as not to affect the innocent.

Five days later, in the evening, the two walked in the mountains and forests, seeing the dark clouds rolling in the sky, followed by the raindrops, Zhu Ziping patted the horse's back, and the horse ran fast in pain. Entered the city, found a small inn to rest, after dinner, the rain was getting heavier and heavier, lying on the kang, Li Jingxi pillowed Zhu Ziping's legs, talked about what he saw and heard on the road, and unconsciously fell asleep in the sound of wind and rain.

The next morning, the rain stopped, after getting up and washing, because the small inn does not serve breakfast, after asking Xiao Er, I learned that there is a noodle restaurant less than 100 steps to the left, which is very famous. The two thanked each other, and not far from the inn, and sure enough, they saw a noodle restaurant with a lot of people sitting. Zhu Ziping glanced at it and found that most of them were carrying blades, and he was slightly surprised in his heart, why are there so many people in the rivers and lakes?

Find an empty table to sit down, the effort is not big, the little two brought up a plate of flower rolls, two large bowls of mutton soup with meat, sprinkled with chopped green onions and coriander, there is also white vinegar and a seasoning box on the table, the seasoning box contains salt, monosodium glutamate, black pepper, chili noodles, you can add according to your own taste. Zhu Ziping took a big sip and felt that the mutton soup was fat but not greasy, and there was no smell at all, and the flower rolls were even more fragrant.

Suddenly, someone said in a rough voice: "Second brother, no matter what, we must get thousand-year-old ginseng!" "The noodle restaurant, which was originally noisy, has become silent. Zhu Ziping looked for a sound, and there were two people sitting at the table not far away, about thirty years old, asking the man who was naΓ―ve. The other person immediately shouted: "Third brother, drink your ecstasy soup, what nonsense!" ”

A big man at the other table stood up and pointed at the third brother: "That fool, the thousand-year-old wild ginseng is owned by Changbai Villa, do you still want to snatch it?" The third brother was the most annoying to say that he was naΓ―ve, and when he heard the words, he slapped the table and scolded: "Damn, Changbai Villa has only been built for a few years, how can the thousand-year-old ginseng be it?" What are you, believe it or not, Lao Tzu tore you in half? ”

Three people stood up at the same time, all with big bellies and round waists, and scolded: "Things that don't have long eyes, dare to be disrespectful to our Changbai Sixiong, if you don't tear it today, we will tear you!" The second brother originally wanted to shout to stop the third brother, but when he saw several people from the other party coming over, he hurriedly got up and hugged his fists and said: "It turned out to be the four heroes of Changbai, disrespectful and disrespectful!" My third brother is young and ignorant, please forgive me. ”

"It's not impossible to forgive, Changbai Sixiong is reasonable, this fool kowtows three times, let's let him go!" The fourth child who spoke before was full of anger, and it was the first time he had met someone who threatened to tear him up when he was so big, and as soon as the words fell, he heard an angry roar: "Let you say I'm naΓ―ve!" The third brother's stout body pounced, and the two twisted together. Suddenly, the noodle restaurant was like a fried pot, and many people hurriedly ran outside.

Xiao Er of the noodle restaurant begged for mercy with a cry to the people on the side: "Hero, hero, please go outside, I won't accept your money, can't you?" The second brother took out an ingot of broken silver and handed it to Xiao Er, and shouted: "Third brother, don't stop!" The third brother scolded and let go of his hand: "Damn, there's a kind of let's go outside and have a good fight!" "Good! There's a kind of you don't run! We're waiting for you outside the door! The fourth child rolled up his pants and strode out the door.

At this moment, an old voice said: "Which is the shopkeeper, do well, give a bowl of mutton soup." I saw an old Taoist standing at the door at some point, with a hat behind his back, covered with rain, and even the shabby robe on his body was wet. Zhu Ziping's heart shook violently: That old road at the gate of Liaoyang City! Five days without seeing is even more sloppy.

The fourth child was angry, and when he saw that the old road was blocking the way, he stretched out his palm and pushed, "Get out of the way!" Lao Dao stumbled, sat on the ground, and his robe was stained with muddy water, which was even more dirty. Nobita ignored him, jumped to the middle of the road, and shouted: "Fool, today is either you die or I die, come out to Lao Tzu!" The third brother snorted and rushed out the door, and the two scuffled together. The second brother and the other three males followed, and after a while, there were a lot of people around watching the excitement.

Zhu Ziping saw that they were fighting with brute force, and then saw that Lao Dao took advantage of his inattention and got up and got into the noodle restaurant, Zhu Ziping got up and greeted: "Old fairy, please come here." Lao Dao glanced at Zhu Ziping, I don't know if I recognized it, or I didn't recognize it in my heart, walked over, wiped my muddy hand on the robe, reached out and grabbed a flower roll in Zhu Ziping's plate, put it in my mouth and chewed it.

Half of the people in the noodle restaurant ran out to watch the excitement, and the other half had already sat down and continued to eat and drink. Li Jingxi said: "Old fairy, sit down and eat slowly, I'll help you get a bowl of mutton soup." "Get up and greet Xiao Er. Xiao Er answered, looked away from the two sides of the fight, and brought a bowl of mutton soup and put it on the table.

Li Jingxi took out one hundred and fifty copper coins, paid them to Xiao Er even with the previous account, and asked, "Little Second Brother, what is the matter with the thousand-year-old ginseng they are talking about?" Xiao Er was so frightened that he stuck out his tongue, waved his hand again and again, took the money and turned to leave. Millennial ginseng is ginseng that has grown for thousands of years, and female dolls don't understand this? Lao Dao picked up the bowl, drank most of it in one gulp, burped, wiped his beard with his sleeve, and glared at Li Jingxi, without the slightest gratitude.

Li Jingxi didn't think it was annoyed, and said with a smile: "It turns out that the old fairy knows, can you talk to us?" "Say what? …… Isn't it that in the woods under the Tianchi of Changbai Mountain, a wild ginseng was found, and a flower the size of a bowl was found, and it is estimated that the ginseng body in the soil is at least a thousand years, but it is the best time to dig at three o'clock in the afternoon of April 28. It is the territory of Changbai Mountain Villa, and it is very tightly guarded, and these people just want to try their luck...... Why, you're also interested? Lao Dao kept his throat down, and it seemed that he rarely said so many words, took a breath, picked up the bowl and took another big sip.

Li Jingxi said curiously: "Old immortal, can thousand-year-old ginseng really come back to life?" Why not sooner rather than later, but April 28 mining? Lao Dao glared at the round eyes: "Then there is still a fake?" Wild ginseng is divided into five parts: reed, reed, body, vein, and whisker, among which the reed bowl is tight, the jujube kernel, the pimple body, the fine grain, and the leather strip must be the top grade. Ordinary people can also prolong their lives when they take it. Why April 28th? Because this day is the birthday of the Medicine King Bodhisattva! ”

Zhu Ziping thought that Lao Dao was a little crazy, and saw that what he said just now was very clear, not like delirium, but more like debauchery, and after a little contemplation, he said: "If you are not mistaken, the old immortal, you are also going to see the thousand-year-old ginseng." The old Taoist hand trembled: "Boy, you don't fart, I'm a local in this way, what kind of thousand-year-old ginseng do you see?" ”

Zhu Ziping shook his head and said: "No, the old fairy's home is near Liaoyang, six hundred miles away from Liaoyang, what are you trying to do with your age?" Lao Dao was stunned for a moment, and suddenly smiled: "Bendao thought that you were good at first glance, but I didn't expect that you would only be blind and leave." Reaching out and grabbing another flower roll, he walked out of the noodle shop with his shoes on.

Outside, the people who were fighting ran away at some point, and a few soldiers wearing metal hard helmets, leather armor, and riveted combat boots were asking Xiao Er for something. Presumably, those people had already fled when they saw the officers and soldiers coming. Zhu Ziping and Li Jingxi left the noodle shop, and the old man was gone.

When the two returned to the inn, Li Jingxi asked, "Big brother, why do you say that the old immortal is near Liaoyang?" "We came out of Liaoyang City that day, and he couldn't lead out of the city without a way, so he should be a native of Liaoyang." Zhu Ziping pondered, "Looking at his posture, if he is not a martial arts master, he is a miracle doctor in the world." His eyes were terrible that day...... By the way, Jing'er, he just said that April 28 is the birthday of the Medicine King Bodhisattva, do you know what's going on? ”

Li Jingxi replied: "The Medicine King Bodhisattva, also known as the Pure Eye Nyorai, is a Bodhisattva who specializes in giving people good medicine and curing the sickness and suffering of sentient beings...... I see, is the eldest brother judging that he may be a miracle doctor? Zhu Ziping shook his head and said: "No, I heard him talk about ginseng, so I guessed that he might be a miracle doctor." Jing'er, let's inquire where Tianchi is and how far it is from here, and if we stop by, we will also go and see. ”

Li Jingxi secretly wondered: The eldest brother is not a person who likes to join in the fun, why did he suddenly think of going to Tianchi? I only heard Zhu Ziping say again: "Jing'er, I told you about my eldest mother, she and her uncle are old, if the thousand-year-old ginseng can prolong life and bring the dead back to life, I would like to ......."

Li Jingxi suddenly realized, and listened to him: "The old fairy seems to be pulling us out, saying the specific time and place, just now I was thinking, although we didn't run fast on horseback on the road, the journey of six hundred miles took five days, and there was no delay on the road." But Jing'er, have you noticed that the old fairy was not allowed to go out of the city gate in the first place, he was covered in mud and did not look like riding a horse, how could he appear here? ”

Li Jingxi thought about it, that old way is really a little strange. The two entered the inn, asked Xiao Er how to go to Changbai Mountain Tianchi, learned that this place is four hundred miles away from Tianchi, about three days away from horseback riding, after the two of them totaled, Tianchi is just located on the way to Jianzhou Zuowei, today is only April 17, there are still ten days to live, simply stay in the inn for a few more days, taste local snacks, until April 25, before setting off.

From time to time, you can see groups of martial arts people on the road, most of whom are strong and speak boldly. In order not to cause trouble, Zhu Ziping tied the sunset in the caftan behind his back, Li Jingxi put on a human skin mask, the two were dressed ordinarily, a man and a woman looked lonely, and they did not attract too much attention, and rushed to the Tianchi of Changbai Mountain unhurriedly, I don't know what storm will be set off.

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