"Brother Wang, go and get the salt!"

Zhou Xingyu casually put the washed chestnut rice into the water and cooked it, and said to Wang Wen.

Although it is said that it is just white rice, salt still needs to be added, which can not only make the food taste better, but also make people feel more energetic when walking.

"Brother Zhou, wait a minute!"

Wang Wenzheng was sitting in front of the window reading by candlelight, and when he heard Zhou Xingyu's words, he replied, put down the book in his hand temporarily, and then walked to the front of the bed and began to rummage, and soon found a small gray bag from it. After arranging the salute, Wang Wen walked towards the outside of the house.

"Brother Zhou, here you go."

Wang Wen handed the bag to Zhou Xingyu and said.

Zhou Xingyu was about to take the bag, but suddenly frowned and looked into the distance. Wang Ye, who was sitting in the room, also stopped his exercise and walked out, with the long sword hanging from his waist already in his hand.

Attracted by the movements of the two, Wang Wen followed the gaze of the two and looked into the distance. Soon, an old man with white hair walked over to this side, and the old man approached, and everyone saw that the person who came was the head of the backer village who was watching from the side of the road before.

The old man was alone, holding a small box in his hand, and walked over to this side, looking at a few people at the door, the old man said with a smile: "Several guests have worked hard, this is a little bit of our village...... A little mutton, but not much, and I hope a few guests don't dislike it. ”

After saying that, the old man lifted the basin with his dark hands and untied the lid on it. Looking at the broth in the basin and smelling the tempting fragrance, Wang Wen couldn't help but swallow a few mouthfuls of saliva, and saliva came out of his mouth.

If this was in Jinyang City, he would never eat such a shoddy meat, but during this period of time, he had not encountered a living creature for a long time, and the three of them had been living on dry food for the past few days, and now such a large pot of broth suddenly appeared in front of him, it was strange that he could stand it.

Wang Wen reluctantly took his eyes away from the broth in the old man's hand and looked at Wang Ye and Zhou Xingyu on the side.

"Brother Wang, Brother Zhou, what do you see?"

Although he wanted to take the broth from the old man's hand immediately, Wang Wen still held back, he didn't know how many times he encountered danger along the way, all thanks to the experience of Wang Ye and Zhou Xingyu, nothing bad happened. When he is away from home, he believes in the choice of the two more than himself.

"Ah Xing, look?"

Hearing Wang Wen's words, Wang Ye looked at Zhou Xingyu on the side, although he didn't find anything wrong with the old man, it didn't mean that there was no danger.

Zhou Xingyu sniffed lightly, looked at the old man, and then shook his head at the two.

Wang Wen was very disappointed when he saw Zhou Xingyu's actions, but since Zhou Xingyu had already expressed his position, he naturally chose to believe the other party.

There was a decision in his heart in an instant, Wang Ye said to the old man: "Thank you, old man, we have our own food, so we don't bother the village, we understand your kindness." ”

When the old man heard Wang Wen's words, he was stunned for a moment, and thought that he had heard it wrong, and he confirmed: "The three guests really don't want it?" You must know that the nearest village to our backing village also has hundreds of miles of mountain roads, and if you don't supplement your food, the next road will not be easy. ”

Hearing the old man's words, Wang Ye just shook his head.

"It's a pity that it's such good meat."

Obviously, seeing that Wang Ye and the others had made up their minds and had a resolute attitude, the old man shook his head and walked towards the place where he came from with the broth.

Seeing that the old man walked away, the broth could not be eaten, and the three of them sat back by the fire again, and shared chestnut rice porridge with only a faint salty taste in the pot.

Wang Wen drank the porridge in the bowl tastelessly, thinking about the broth brought by the old man in his mind, and his expression was a little dazed. In the end, I couldn't help but ask: "Brother Zhou, I don't think my husband is a bad person, why don't you want that broth just now?" ”

I heard the old man say that there are still hundreds of miles to go to the next village, such a long distance, at the speed of three people, it will take about three days to walk, which also means that you have to drink three or four days of clear soup and little water. There is nothing for Wang Ye and Zhou Xingyu, two people in the rivers and lakes, but it is difficult for him, a son-in-law who is accustomed to living a fine life and a superior life since childhood.

He will still find it interesting after a day or two of such a tasteless life, but after a long time, he can't stand it.

It's been almost half a month since he went out, and he can't eat well or sleep comfortably all the way to the open. I knew this was the case, so I had to take a scholar and travel by car.

Hearing Wang Wen's words, Wang Ye on the side was also puzzled, and asked, "Yes!" Ah Xing, I carefully observed the surrounding situation just now and found that there was nothing abnormal, why were you unwilling to accept the old man's kindness before? ”

Hearing the words of the two, Zhou Xingyu knew that if he didn't give a sufficient reason, the two might have a grudge with him because of this, Wang Ye was okay, Wang Wen was not easy to say, thinking of this, he said: "Actually, there is a reason why I don't accept the broth sent by the old man." ”

Wang Wen immediately asked, "Brother Zhou, what is the reason?" ”

Zhou Xingyu didn't explain immediately, but asked the two: "Brother Wang, Brother Ye, we saw the old man twice, I don't know if you have noticed any difference between him and ordinary old people?" ”

Where is it different?

Hearing Zhou Xingyu's question, the two couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Where is there any difference, the old man is the same as the old man in Jinyang City, the same old decay, his face is dark red, and his body is weak......

After thinking about it for a long time, the two didn't know what the difference between Zhou Xingyu was.

Wang Wen said: "It's no different, I think they're all normal." ”

Wang Ye also replied: "Ah Xing, I didn't notice any difference. ”

Seeing that both of them said that they had not found anything abnormal, Zhou Xingyu had no choice but to continue: "When we met twice, Brother Wang was an ordinary person because he did not practice martial arts, and he didn't find anything abnormal, didn't Brother Ye you also find out, would their hands tremble, stomp and frown involuntarily when they were standing?" ”

Wang Wen is an ordinary person, because he has not practiced martial arts, his five senses are only similar to ordinary ordinary people, but Wang Ye is different, what he cultivates refers to the martial arts of the Xuanmen Zhen School, and the five senses have long surpassed ordinary people, Zhou Xingyu doesn't believe that he really hasn't found anything.

Hearing Zhou Xingyu's prompt, Wang Ye showed a sudden look and said: "I only remembered when I heard you say this, when they saw us at the entrance of the village before, their bodies did tremble unconsciously, and their brows would be wrinkled, I thought they were frightened by the giant sword you carried, and thought that we were the murderers." How? Is there any other way to say this? ”

Hearing the conversation between the two, Wang Wen instantly became concentrated, and he stared at Zhou Xingyu with a pair of eyes, wanting to hear what he would say next.

Zhou Xingyu nodded and said, "Yes, this is also the reason why I don't let you accept the broth sent by the old man." ”

Zhou Xingyu continued: "You should know that my teacher is a first-class doctor in the world, right? ”

Wang Wen and Wang Ye nodded at the same time, Li Qingtai's name, both of them have heard of it, the reason why the imperial court was looking for Xuanmen to cooperate was because of Li Qingtai's superb medical skills, which led to Zhou Xingyu's first outing experience, although the process was difficult, but Zhou Xingyu finally completed the task, proving Zhou Xingyu's medical skills at the same time, it also indirectly proved that Li Qingtai's medical skills were outstanding.

After all, the disciples are so powerful, and the teachers must be even better.

What's more, Zhou Xingyu at that time only learned medical skills from Li Qingtai for a year or two.

Looking at the two of them nodding, Zhou Xingyu said before: "My teacher Li Qingtai is a doctor, he often goes to some remote places to collect medicine, because of personal interests, he has the habit of writing travelogues, and he writes some anecdotes on his travelogue. ”

Zhou Xingyu was about to continue, and Wang Wen asked, "Could it be that what Brother Zhou said is related to your teacher's travelogue?" I don't know if you can lend me a copy of that travelogue, but I'm quite interested in anecdotes. ”

Hearing Wang Wen's words, Zhou Xingyu nodded and said: "Yes, it is indeed related to my teacher's travelogue, as for whether the travelogue can be lent to Brother Wang, this has to be agreed by my teacher." ”

Li Qingtai has the habit of collecting books, and he is even more precious to those books, before Zhou Xingyu became Li Qingtai's true disciple, Li Qingtai didn't let him read them at all, and then he got better.

"Ah, that's right." Hearing Zhou Xingyu's words, Wang Wen's face showed regret.

He was a fond of reading, and he was no exception.

He had nothing to do with Zhou Xingyu's teacher, the two sides didn't know each other at all, although Zhou Xingyu didn't say it, but he also understood that the other party naturally couldn't lend him the book.

Seeing that Wang Wen had diverted the topic, Wang Ye said: "Ah Xing, put aside the matter of the book first, Ah Xing, you continue." ”

Nodding, Zhou Xingyu said: "My master has a travelogue that records that he once went to an overseas island because of collecting medicine, and met an indigenous village on it, and found that people in the village generally have symptoms of hand tremors, headaches, and pain in hands and feet. ”

Wang Wen was surprised: "Such a coincidence! It's exactly the same as the people in this village! ”

Zhou Xingyu shrugged his shoulders and continued: "As you know, my teacher is a healer, so he is naturally very interested in this situation, so he lived on the island, studied for nearly half a year, and after eliminating all the factors, he finally discovered the reason why these people have these diseases. ”

Speaking of this, Zhou Xingyu, Wang Ye and Wang Wen couldn't help but have admiration for Li Qingtai in their hearts, just because of a problem, they have lived on a remote island for so long, how can ordinary people do this kind of perseverance, it is estimated that they have long been impatient, no wonder Li Qingtai was able to become a famous doctor in the end.

Wang Ye asked, "Ah Xing, what is the reason for their illness?" ”

Having said that, he is also very curious, he wants to figure out the cause of these symptoms, if he can find out the cause, maybe he can also remind the villagers of the mountain village, it can be regarded as a good thing, even if it is useless, he will add a piece of experience.

Seeing that the two of them were so interested, Zhou Xingyu said unhurriedly: "It turns out that the reason why these people have pain in their hands and feet, unnatural trembling in their bodies, and headaches is related to a custom in the village. ”

Mores?

What kind of custom could cause people of a tribe to suffer from the same disease, the two were even more curious.

Wang Ye couldn't help but say: "Ah Xing, don't sell it, hurry up and say, what kind of custom is it." ”

Wang Wen also nodded and said: "Brother Zhou, I'm also very curious, you can tell us about it, the villagers in the village helped us solve the problem of accommodation, if we can help them solve this disease, it will be a reward." ”

At this point, Wang Wen and Wang Ye thought of going out.