Starting from the city, it took about ten minutes to drive to the suburbs.

There are several beautiful mountains in the east of the city, with layers of mountains, high or low, with different forms and winding and continuous. Driving on the mountain road, the ever-changing green mountains and green waters in front of you, although there is nothing particularly wonderful, but for the office workers who work at the desk every day, it is still like a visual feast. Looking out the window at the patches of green, the long-numbed visual nervous system becomes excited.

Soon after entering the mountain, a quaint stone memorial arch suddenly appeared in front of you, and above the stone memorial arch is four strong cursive inscriptions: "Xinglin Villa". Entering the villa, the road is lined with lush tall trees, and the canopy of the trees is like a giant umbrella that shields the sun, which makes people feel a sense of peace and mind.

Zhongqin parked the car, looked at Xu Ming, who was still sitting motionless in the car, and said, "What's wrong with you?" Scared out? ”

Xu Ming said with a smile: "I'm drunk, it's like I'm in an oxygen bar, the air here is so fresh, I haven't felt so breathing so freely for a long time." ”

The carillon laughed again: "You are too easily satisfied, this is not a real scenic spot." It's like a book, it's just a page cover, and you haven't opened it to see the wonderful content yet. Let's go, I'll take you through page by page, be careful that you'll get drunk. ”

The two of them followed the signs in the direction of the apricot grove, passed through several corridors, walked slowly along the stone steps, and climbed a high slope, where they suddenly came into view like a huge landscape painting.

The stretch of mountains surrounds this col, looking at it, it looks like a huge fan-shaped painting screen, in which the undulating and dense trees are the main color, and the clusters of mountain flowers between the trees show their delicate faces from the trees. Or red bright, or white pure, or yellow, or colorful like a dream. With their gorgeous costumes, the mountains that have gone through tens of thousands of years of wind and rain have become younger, and the silent years of this land have become smarter.

Nearby, there are patches of apricot groves, and the wind blowing in the forest blows through the face, making people feel a hint of unique tenderness in the sweetness. Xu Ming's eyes revealed a long-lost intimacy: "There are two apricot trees in front of the house in my hometown, and my father said that they were planted by my grandfather when he was alive. Every year in early spring, the apricot trees will bloom full of white flowers, pink and white, and the two apricot trees seem to have put on a wedding dress overnight. Under the moonlight, it was like a dream. Every year, the wheat harvest season is also the time when the apricots are ripe, and the golden fruits are the sweetest memories of my childhood. ”

Looking at the sweet satisfaction on Xu Ming's face, Zhong Qin smiled: "Do you know why this place is called Xinglin Villa?" ”

Xu Ming looked at the apricot grove full of fruits in front of him, thought for a while and said: "I know that the apricot forest is the name of the Chinese medicine community, and it is said that Dong Feng, a Fujian marquis during the Three Kingdoms period, was as famous as Zhang Zhongjing and Hua Tuo at that time, and was known as the 'Three Divine Doctors of Jian'an'." Zhang Zhongjing wrote "Treatise on Typhoid Fever and Miscellaneous Diseases" and "Jin Kui Yaolu", which was praised as "medical saint" by later generations, and was the first of the three divine doctors of Jian'an, Hua Tuo practiced medicine in the rivers and lakes, and his footprints were all over the Central Plains and the Jianghuai Plain, creating many medical miracles, Dong Feng lived in seclusion in the mountains and forests, because he did not take money and materials from patients for the treatment of people, and those who recovered from serious illnesses only planted five apricots and one light one, so that more than ten years, formed an apricot forest with more than 100,000 apricot trees. This story spread, and later generations naturally represented the medical profession with the apricot forest, and the doctors often regarded themselves as 'people in the apricot forest'. I wonder if this apricot grove has the same story. ”

Zhong Qin nodded: "The benevolence of doctors, the stories about famous doctors that have been passed down and sung by people from generation to generation, are all people who have deep compassion and compassion in addition to their medical skills. In front of the patients, they will not consider whether they are poor or rich, close or estranged, they will treat them equally and do their best to save the patients. People also don't forget their favors and always commemorate them in a variety of ways. This apricot forest also has such a story, there are many stone monuments in front, let's go and see it clearly. ”

The two of them walked into the apricot forest not far away, dozens of large and small stone tablets appeared in front of them, looking at the inscriptions carefully, they were all some medicine tablets, some left the medicine hall number, some left the name of the doctor, and some only recorded the prescription, no name and no surname. According to the county annals, these prescriptions were left by the local famous Chinese medicine doctors and wandering doctors, and many of them were miracle remedies for treating some common diseases and chronic diseases.

Zhongqin looked at the stele in front of him and said: "It turns out that there are more steles here than now, some of them are incomplete because of their age, and some of them are not reasonable after being verified by experts, and may have side effects and mislead the people, so the county cultural relics department moved them to other places as cultural relics and preserved them properly." What is left behind can not only provide choices for the people, but also provide reference for doctors, and continue to benefit the people. ”

Looking at these stone tablets, Xu Ming seemed to see a grand picture, and a number of doctors walking in hanging pots appeared in front of him. They have crossed time and space, often saving people from fire and water in times of crisis.

Xu Ming couldn't help but say with emotion: "Although I don't know much about traditional Chinese medicine, I know that traditional Chinese medicine advocates life, harmony and benevolence, and is the real magic weapon that protects the Chinese nation from generation to generation." How many sudden warm epidemics in history have been defeated by a dose of medicine by the divine doctors, and these histories and legends are the best proof. Those who are praised by the folk as miracle doctors, leaving behind medical ethics and magic prescriptions, they often spend their money to save the world, not only leaving valuable experience in medicine, this spirit is also the most valuable wealth they leave to future generations. ”

Walking into the depths of the apricot forest, a burst of fragrance will come to your face, which is the unique fragrance of ripe and unripe apricot fruits. Xu Mingji says that every winter passes, and in the spring light of March, the branches of the apricot trees are adorned with clusters of apricot blossoms, first white and then pink. The flowers have five petals and a cluster of yellow stamens in the middle, which exude a burst of fragrance when the wind blows. Bees come in droves, fluttering among the flowers, busy picking flowers and making nectar. In June and July, when the flowers have fallen, they begin to grow small green fruits that hang all over the branches.

Because it is not a holiday, there are very few tourists in the apricot forest, and only the figure of sporadic tourists appears in the apricot forest. "I really didn't expect that there is a paradise here. No, it should be a source of apricot in the world, and it is not right, it is not isolated from the world, but it has been here for generations, protecting people's livelihood and blessing one side. ”

Zhongqin smiled and said, "You are not a local, you may not have heard of it, this apricot forest also has a name, called 'Immortal Forest'. Xu Ming greedily breathed the fresh and fragrant air in the apricot forest: "I really haven't heard of it, I never knew that there was such an apricot forest here." 'Immortal Forest' must be related to love? Right? ”

Zhongqin nodded: "You guessed it, it is a local love story that has been passed down for hundreds of years, and it is also recorded in the county annals." It shows that this story has both a history and a great impact. ”

The story told by the carillon is not only widely circulated among the local people, but also included in the local chronicles as celebrity anecdotes. Moreover, because of this long-standing love, this apricot forest is enough to prove it, and it makes people sigh that the charm of true love is indelible with time.

In the last years of the Qing Dynasty, there was a local squire Zhou Yuanwai, who was very prestigious among the people because of his kindness and charity.

Zhou Yuanwai gave birth to a daughter, because when she was born, dozens of apricot trees in the courtyard of Zhou Yuanwai's house were in bloom, and the apricot blossoms in the garden were competing to open, so she was named Xinggu, known as Apricot Girl.

Miss Xing has been smart since she was a child, and Zhou Yuanwai specially invited a gentleman for her to teach her to read, because the books that Xing Gu read can never be forgotten, and Mr. is often amazed by this. When she reached adulthood, the apricot girl was not only erudite and versatile, but also beautiful, and everyone who had seen her face praised the apricot girl as a fairy descending to earth, and was the dream of scholars from all over the world.

Zhou Yuanwai was in the prime of life, but he had an inexplicable serious illness. Since then, his health has deteriorated, and he has not been cured by famous doctors. He lamented the impermanence of fate, and gradually lost the confidence to receive treatment, so he could only helplessly watch himself lie on the bed and struggle, and his family could only look at him at a loss.

Looking at the father who was strong in the past, devoted himself to doing good deeds and accumulating virtues, and benefiting the villagers will die soon, Miss Xing made an amazing move.

She made a statement of her own opinion, promising to cure her father's illness, and willing to serve a broom. Everyone was grateful for the heart of the apricot girl's filial piety, but they sighed that there was no way to change their lives. No one dared to unveil the list for several months, until one day in late summer and early autumn, a young man who looked to be in his thirties and had bright eyes seemed to be able to penetrate other people's organs.

The young Xun Zhong walked into the courtyard of Zhou Yuanwai's house, without the guidance of a servant, relying on his keen sense of smell, he walked through the corridor and walked to Zhou Yuanwai's sickbed. Waiting for the servant to help up the dying Zhou Yuan, Xun Zhong shook his head, sighed and said: "Quack doctors harm people, misdiagnosis and death." ”

After taking Zhou Yuanwai's pulse, Xun Zhong looked around and said the names of the drugs Zhou Yuanwai had taken one by one. And these are all conclusions that Lang Zhong came to in an instant with his own sensitivity to the medicinal properties of medicinal smells, from the various indistinguishable strong or shallow medicinal smells attached to Zhou Yuanwai's body and the objects in the room.

Miss Xing was stunned, and she said that she checked the prescription that Zhou Yuanwai had used, and it was completely correct, and there was no mistake. While surprised, she finally saw hope for saving her father. The Lang Zhong in front of her seems to be the lifesaver she wants to find.

The young Lang Zhong silently recited the mantra: "Yin and cold and yang heat are yin and yang, and they only make a fuss about truth and falsehood." Yin and Yang are one and the earth is Tiantai, and water and fire are both qi and gas. The unity of yin and yang is for qi, and all kinds of diseases cannot be born when gasified. All diseases are stopped due to gasification, and all diseases are removed after gasification. Huiyang melts the gas and ice, and the spring flowers bloom and all diseases are relieved. While starting along the soles of Zhou Yuanwai's feet, he massaged from the bottom to the top over and over again, and after the massage, he took out a box of silver needles and began to start acupuncture on several acupuncture points on Zhou Yuanwai's limbs and viscera.

Half a day later, Zhou Yuanwai's face was magically flushed, and he was able to sit up by himself without the support of the servant.

The apricot girl looked as if she had changed her father in a blink of an eye, and the young man in front of her undoubtedly had the magic of resurrecting the dead. Her eyes were full of tears, and she looked at the young man who was calm and continued to carry needles on her father's sick body, her heart was full of infinite gratitude, and she knelt on the ground with a "plop".

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