Chapter VII

Master Jia looked at the small jar of ashes that had been packed up in front of him and bowed his head and was silent

Wei Liushan saw that Master Jia didn't speak, and turned his head to look at Steward Jia, his eyes were slightly anxious

"Let's go, sir, Madame's health is not good, and it is very hard to hold on until now," Steward Jia stepped forward and whispered

This sound interrupted Master Jia's memories, after all, he and Mrs. Jia are childhood sweethearts, there are too many memories, Master Jia sighed and picked up the ash jar and walked outside the cave, and a group of people hurriedly followed.

The foot-wide sheep farm trail on this mountain winds along with the mountain, although it is not easy to walk, but the group is close to the mountain wall and walks forward slowly, and the march is not too slow, Wei Liushan's people lead the road in front, Master Jia followed, and Lu Zhanying behind him, in order to use a rope to tie him and everyone together in the past, holding a short sword without a scabbard in his right hand, in case of an accident, he inserted the sword into the mountain at any time, Lu Zhanying did not dare to hold it up although his martial arts were strong, there were two strong men in the front and back of the team, and the five people walked with full attention to prevent accidents at any time, and then stabilized their figures, but fortunately, these people were lucky, finally walked to the cave that Wei Liushan said not long after dark.

The entrance of the cave is not very big, a person just went in with a cat's waist, on the mountain wall of the sheep farm trail, after entering the space is very large, there is a radius of dozens of zhang, after a group of people went in one after another, one of Wei Liushan's subordinates took a torch to light up the oil lamps on the walls of the cave one by one, the terrain in the cave is very flat, although it is natural, but it looks like it is artificially leveled, there is a extinguished fire in the corner, and there are simple beds laid with hay scattered everywhere, looking like this, this is obviously the foothold of Wei Liushan and they passed back and forth before。

After the two men put their luggage away, they said to Wei Liushan, "Big brother, let's go out and cut some branches and come back to make a fire."

Wei Liushan nodded, these people were originally going to follow Li Ergou to betray him, but now that Li Ergou is dead, these subordinates still regard Wei Liushan as a big brother, which still makes him feel gratified

Although it was bitterly cold in the mountains, the group sat around the fire, eating the heated dry food, and there was a lot less fatigue, and everyone was silent and didn't know what to say.

Lu Zhanying stood up and walked to the entrance of the cave and looked at it, "It's snowing, will it affect the speed of travel?" Reflecting the light from the entrance of the cave, they saw the snowflakes with goose feathers, and everyone looked up when they heard him speak.

A maid suddenly said, "Then can we wait for the snow to stop before leaving?"

"Shut up, how can you speak here," Steward Jia scolded angrily

"The snow stops, hmph, are you cold now?" Wei Liushan said, "This is next to the fire, although it is not biting cold, but it is still unbearable, how many branches can you have on both sides of this cliff for you to add firewood?"

A group of people was silent

Steward Jia said, "Yes, I can't wait, I have to go out quickly, the little girl's illness can't afford to spend here."

The third child walked to the fire and sat down, thought about it, and said, "We usually retreat when we encounter this kind of weather, but now it is definitely not possible to retreat here, usually take people to pick some young and good health, but this time it ......."

Wei Liushan coughed slightly embarrassed and said, "I'm dragging down the brothers, but now even if I draw a map for you, you will have to brave the snow to walk this part of the mountain road."

Xiao Cui heard Wei Liushan's words of self-reproach and secretly pinched him, she felt that she should not stop the responsibility on herself, after all, the old age of this big family, the frail and sickly

"Don't talk about the sixth brother, isn't it just that the road is more difficult to walk, let's just slow down, as long as we get out of the Silver Dragon Mountain Range, we get to the West Wind Mountain Range, even if we don't have dry food, we can still hunt, our brothers are all good" One of his subordinates said words of relief, and his tone revealed the meaning of going to Wu State, in the past, they only sent people out of the Silver Dragon Mountain Range and returned, and no one dared to mention the idea of going to the West Wind Mountain Range and going to Wu State.

It seems that these brothers really don't want to do this anymore, Wei Liushan thought that these things were very unpleasant

After a night of silence, everyone fell asleep around the fire one after another, leaving one person to keep adding firewood to it, and changing people every hour, and all this wave of robbery in this mountain range is here, so there is no need to patrol and post sentry or anything, but this fire cannot be extinguished, otherwise these people will all freeze to death here.

The next morning, the snow did not stop but it fell bigger, a group of people braved the heavy snow on the road, the path on the cliff was even more difficult to walk, everyone closely attached to the mountain wall and walked forward slowly, at noon on the relatively spacious road to eat some dry food, a little rest and continued on the road, to the night there was no cave, the group had long been tired of the legs trembling, especially the old man Jia and the two teenagers with a tent, early can not walk, the third with branches tied to three small wooden frames, three men pull one, fortunately the snow thickness resistance is small, relatively easy to pull。

You can't stop at night, you will freeze to death if you stop in this weather, but if you continue to walk, everyone will already be unbearable, the first time you encounter this situation, it is also very tricky for Wei Liushan to lead the team, and when the group is at a loss, one of the subordinates next to the third child suddenly became excited and said, "Sixth brother, look at the sixth brother, the front is almost to the place where the little monkey fell off the cliff last time"

Wei Liushan frowned and said, "Okay, why are you mentioning monkeys, people have been dead for so long"

"It's not the sixth brother, before the monkey fell, everyone wanted to bring his body back, I went down with a rope tied to my body, and I didn't see how deep it was when the rope ran out, but when I came up, there was a mountain crack not far from the mountain road, there was a mountain crack not far from the mountain road, there was a person how wide, I don't know how deep it was, now we have to find a place to rest, I think we can go there and see"

"Damn it, why didn't you say it earlier," Wei Liushan scolded

"We were also the first to brave the snow to hurry, I didn't say it before, because I didn't think I needed it, and there were already many cracks on this mountain."

"How far is that crack from the pavement?"

"There is an estimated distance of three feet"

"Okay, then let's go and have a look" Wei Liushan turned to the people behind him and said, "Everyone hold on a little longer, there is a hole in front, we can spend the night there"

Everyone came to their senses when they heard it, and they didn't doubt that the words in Wei Liushan's mouth were true or false

Soon a group of people came to the place where the subordinate said, and when everyone was wondering where the cave was in Wei Liushan's mouth, the third child and the subordinate who found the crack had already tied ropes and started to descend from the edge of the cliff.

Everyone realized that the cave he was talking about was down here, and everyone stretched out their heads to look at the bottomless cliff below, and sat on the ground in fright, although they were very reluctant to be tied down, but it was better than freezing to death here.

After a while, the third child climbed up along the rope and nodded, "There is indeed a mountain crack below, Ah Qiang has already gone in to check, and we will pull him up as soon as he pulls the rope."

It's just that as soon as the words fell, the rope on the ground was pulled twice, the third man signaled, and the two men hurriedly stepped forward and began to pull the rope up, and when Ah Qiang came up, the third hurriedly asked, "How is it?"

"It's so fucking big, I can't see how deep I can see it with a torch, and I guess another team of people can hide it."

Everyone was very happy to have escaped death, and hurriedly began to tie the rope and go down.

Wei Liushan's people went down first to prevent accidents in the cave.

Then go down is a group of family members and Liu Laohan and Lin Yujing, waiting for the signal to come up below, it is Jia Xiaobao and Jia's housekeeper's daughter, these two people are very careful and slow with their hands and feet, and then when they get to the entrance of the cave, a gust of canyon wind blows mixed with wind and snow, and directly blows the thin girl Jia out, scared her ah ah yell, the two people at the entrance of the cave quickly tightened the rope and dragged her back to stick to the mountain wall, but the tent on the head was scraped away, a long hair fell down, and the shawl was scattered in the wind, Miss Jia carefully climbed down to the entrance of the cave, and was illuminated by the firelight, and the two people at the entrance of the cave saw the appearance of Miss Jia, and instantly screamed and ran to the hole。

"What the hell....... There are ghosts......" Everyone in the cave was frightened when they heard the cries of the two.

"Damn, what's the name of the ghost, how can there be a ghost?" the third scolded and walked towards the two, and one of them gave a kick

The two of them were scolded by the third child, and their minds were relieved, "Third brother, it's not a ghost, it's a human, but it's scary than that female ghost."

The third child looked at Miss Jia who was standing still at the entrance of the cave

She lowered her head and long hair in front of her, and she couldn't see clearly in the dark, the third child walked over slowly, and when she was almost in front of her, Miss Jia still lowered her head, suddenly turned around, and reached out to untie the rope around her waist, the third child realized something, ran to the hole in three steps and two steps, and hugged Miss Jia who had just stepped out half a foot.

Miss Jia's trembling voice whispered softly, "Let go of me, let me jump"

If she screams loudly and writhes and splashes it to be okay, her thin body is very stiff, and she firmly refuses to withdraw when she takes a step forward in the air, even if she is held by the third child, although the trembling voice is not loud, but it also reveals the determination to die.

"Why bother, although my third child is a rough person and can't persuade people, he still knows that it's better to die than to live."

At this time, Jia Xiaobao and the rest of Master Jia, Steward Jia and Lu Zhanying also came down and down, the entrance of the cave was very small, and they all withdrew to the cave if they couldn't stand, and the four of them understood what was going on at a glance

"Ying'er, what are you doing, your father is just your daughter, are you willing to leave your father?"

"Daddy.... Ah......h

A gust of wind blew, blowing away the hair covering the face, through the light revealed from the hole, the third child saw the face that was regarded as a ghost, even if the third child had seen the world, he was frightened and gasped, his wrinkled face was like an eighty old woman, his blue face had begun to turn black, and the black spots the size of his thumb were on the left and right of his face, which cardamom girl could bear such a terrifying face.

The third child hurriedly let a few people into the hole, and then tore a large piece of the satin robe in front of him, handed it to Miss Jia and said, "Use it as a scarf for the time being, it's clean."

Miss Jia reached out and took it, and wrapped her face around it, revealing only two eyes

There is a lot of space in the cave, and it is also a cave with a height of zhang to go inside, a few people sit around the fire, after starting from the cave last time, Wei Liushan deliberately let people carry some dry firewood, which is useful at this time.

Lin Yujing hurriedly distributed a little dry food to the four of them, and at this time, the three subordinates sent out by Wei Liushan also came back from the cave and sat down.

"How's that?" Wei Liushan asked

"Don't mention it, there are three forks in the torch and more than two zhang in it, the size is also seven or eight feet high, we are three and one person, I have two forks in the seven or eight zhang inside, Lao Ding's walk two or three steps and found that there is a hole next to it, Lao Jiao's no fork hole but walked more than 20 zhang and did not dare to go in again, there is wind, it is estimated that it is a hole in the hole, the same maze"

"It seems that I have to rest and rest and go up the old road again," the third sighed and said

"Nonsense, you haven't walked through the hole once, you still expect to be able to get out of here and out of the mountain," Wei Liushan scolded angrily

"Sixth brother, I didn't look at this hole and keep going in, and the wind thought that I would definitely be able to get out, so that I didn't have to brave the snow to walk the cliff path, and I would be tired enough."

"It's windy, who the knows where it goes, this Silver Dragon Mountain Range is so long and so big, hurry up and arrange the brothers who are on vigil, hurry up and rest"

"Don't worry, sixth brother, I'll arrange it"

As soon as the third child's words fell, Miss Jia, who was sitting in the corner, fell to the ground with a bang and didn't move, Steward Jia hurriedly ran over and picked her up, "Ying'er, what's wrong with you?"

Lu Zhanying hurriedly got up, first probed his snort and breath, and put his hand on his pulse. Jia Zhenshan and Jia Xiaobao also arrived

"How's that?" Jia Zhenshan asked in a low voice

Lu Zhanying put down his hand and bowed his head silently.

"Oh, you're talking, how is Ying'er, why isn't she awake?" Steward Jia asked anxiously

"Don't rush him," Jia Zhenshan patted him on the shoulder

Lu Zhanying raised her head and thought about it and said, "When I was a child practicing martial arts, I studied medical skills with my master for a period of time, she is a master of using poison, so my medical skills are not very good, and I can't be sure of it now, but I just used my true qi to check along her meridians, and found that the pill I gave her before was almost out of effect, and the suppressed yin qi seemed to be almost uncontrollable, and it stands to reason that this pill will take several days to exert its medicinal effect, but I don't know why this hair is done so quickly, and it is about to be exhausted, which is very strange."

"Then what should I do, Ying'er can't die, you have to save her, Lu Gongzi, don't you still have a pill?" I beg you, you feed her another one, I can promise you anything" Steward Jia begged

"Hmph, pills? Do you think they're sugar pills? To tell you the truth, I didn't just say that the deadly poison at that time, my master was a master of using poison, and she gave me those two pills."

"What? You actually poisoned Ying'er, I'm ..... I'll fight with you," Steward Jia said and was about to rush towards Lu Zhanying

Jia Xiaobao saw it and hurriedly stopped him and said, "Uncle Jia, calm down, although Mr. Lu used poison, he is a guest of our Jia family, and he has been helping our Jia family, and he is usually very good to Ying'er, he will not harm Ying'er, I believe him"

"Listen, you stupid pig, the young master understands this truth" Lu Zhanying directly scolded Steward Jia" I, Lu Zhanying, will not be able to get along with a girl's family, I was ruthless to feed her this medicine, just because I didn't want her to endure the torture of yin qi anymore, but seeing that she was going to relapse with yin qi, I had to make this decision, although the heart piercing pill is a deadly poison, but the medicine is all refined with the things of the yang, which will definitely be able to suppress or neutralize the yin qi in her body, so that she can last for a few more days, and the toxicity of the medicine will become less toxic with the consumption of suppressed yin qi, and it will not cause her life damage, at most a little pain”

"Then what now, didn't you say that you can hold on until you go out," Steward Jia looked at the daughter in his arms

"According to my thoughts, it is to wait for the residual Zhiyang True Qi in her body to disappear before the positive effect of the pill will start to work, but I didn't expect why there would be a situation where the Zhiyang True Qi and the pill were consumed at the same time, and now I am trapped here, in such a place where the cold is so heavy, I can't think of a suitable way for a while."

"Master, what should I do, I can't lose Ying'er" Steward Jia cried anxiously

"Lu Yingying, please think of a way, only you can save Ying'er here, I also grew up watching this child grow up, although it was not born to me, but I am also pampered, please think of a way, when I go to Wu Country in the future, I will thank you heavily"

"Master Jia is serious, Lu is a friend of Jia's family, so he should do his best, but the problem came out very suddenly, and in this environment, please give Lu some time to think of a way."

"So, Lu Yingying bothered"

Lu Zhanying didn't answer, stood up and walked to the fire, thinking about how to solve this thorny problem as he walked, although after feeding Miss Jia the pill last time, he also thought about how to heal it, but after all, he had been in the Jia family for so long, and he had thought about it before, but this was not the most important mission for him to stay in the Jia family after all, plus the Jia family has been looking for someone who can cure this disease, but most of the ones found are helpless or can only alleviate the symptoms, Lu Zhanying originally planned to feed her the pill, and then let her persist out of the Yinlong Mountain Range, away from this place where the cold is heavier, and then think about finding a place with heavy yang energy, let herself transfer the yang qi to her body, temporarily suppress the yin qi in the body for a long time, and then deceive Master Jia's letter, but now that this situation is happening, she can't ignore it, otherwise the letter will definitely not be obtained

"I'm going to send some hot soup to Miss Jia and let her drive away the cold," Lin Yujing got up and took a small bowl and specially explained to Liu Laohan

Lin Yujing happened to pass by Lu Zhanying, Lu Zhanying turned his head to look, suddenly he looked up as if he had been struck by lightning, he raised his head and trembled lightly with excitement, Lu Zhanying saw Lin Yujing with a stomach, and suddenly thought of a way to treat Miss Jia, if this method is true, not to mention suppressing the yin qi in the body, and even allowing her to heal completely, so that he can get the letter from Master Jia, and he can go to the Qingshan faction, the more he thinks about it, the more excited he becomes.

"Mrs. Zhang, please stay" Lu Zhanying's voice changed because of excitement

Lin Yujing stopped and turned her head to look at Lu Zhanying, with questions in her eyes, neither of them had ever crossed paths along the way, and Liu Laohan had specially explained that he was now Mrs. Zhang Zhong before he set off, so the first time I heard him call himself Mrs. Zhang, he didn't show any flaws

Lu Zhanying walked up to Lin Yujing and asked, "I don't know, Mrs. Zhang, can I let you take a pulse?"

Lin Yujing looked at Lu Zhanying very inexplicably and said, "Take my pulse, can Lu Yingying see that I have any symptoms?"

Liu Laohan stood up at the first time, walked over and asked, "I don't know what Lu Daying found?"

Lu Zhanying smiled coldly and said, "Even so, I don't need to hide it from you, I have been tired of traveling for many days, I didn't think much about treating Miss Jia in my brain, but just now, when I saw my daughter-in-law's belly, I remembered a passage I read in an ancient book a few years ago, two of which are like this, the yin does not give birth to the yin, and the yang does not grow the yang, these two sentences are crucial, I guess you will not understand, I will explain it to you simply"

Lu Zhanying took a step forward and continued, "Miss Jia was weak since she was a child, and she was exposed to yin qi in her early years, and there was no emergency treatment, so that the yang energy in her body was not born, or she gave birth to a small amount of yang qi that was transformed or restrained by yin qi, and now if you want to solve this problem, you need that yang thing, and now we have this around us only on your daughter-in-law."

"I—what is that?" Lin Yujing asked suspiciously

As soon as Liu Laohan heard his words, thought about what he was going to do just now, and after thinking about it, he roughly understood what was going on, so he slowly stood in front of Lin Yujing and blocked Lu Zhanying

Lu Zhanying laughed when he saw Liu Laohan's movements, "It seems that your old man is very smart, he has already figured it out" Lu Zhanying stretched out his hand and pointed at Lin Yujing's stomach and said, "Yes, the tip of the belly before the fetus must be a boy, and the yang thing used to heal the wounds is the virgin essence blood in her stomach, there can be no second virgin boy here, wait for me to take the pulse of your daughter-in-law, if it is really a baby boy, then Lu will have to do this hurtful thing once, there is no better thing to be yang than this childhood essence and blood"

Lin Yujing's frightened face turned pale, and the bowl in his hand also fell to the ground, and Steward Jia behind him had also stood up, and he had heard everything Lu Zhanying said just now

"What are you guys still doing, don't tie up that girl," Steward Jia shouted loudly as he looked at a few people around Wei Liushan

And Wei Liushan's glance made the few people who just wanted to stand up sit down again