Part 1: Chasing Corpses at Night (3)

Out of danger, Ye Ping pondered in her heart: "Huomu Village can't go for the time being, the most important thing now is to solve the poison on the body first." He had no intersection with the Xiaoxiang faction before, but he had been walking the rivers and lakes for many years, and he had also heard of the domineering of the Xiaoxiang faction's "Chenzhou Fu", and he knew that swallowing the "Great Compassion Pill" was just to delay the onset of toxicity and remove the toxins in the body.

He was so confused that he walked briskly down the mountain, but he couldn't think of anyone who could cure the poison. In late autumn, the golden wind is blowing, but the mountain is still a gentle stream, the grass and trees are thick, and the He Shou Wu on both sides of the mountain road is swaying in the wind. Polygonum multiflorum is also known as purple black vine, the valley shrubs in the Jinghu area, the stone crevices on the side of the ditch have many growth, quite common, its tuber roots are often collected by local doctors into medicine, can play the effect of calming the nerves, invigorating blood, detoxifying, eliminating carbuncle and so on.

His mind moved, and suddenly he remembered someone nearby. This person's surname is Shen, and he had a relationship with him before. His people are righteous and benevolent, and their medical skills are clever, and any incurable diseases can be treated with medicine and medicine, so they have earned a nickname "resurrection from the dead" in the rivers and lakes.

The Baisha Town, where Shen Chong lives, is in the southwest direction of the mountain, not far from here, but Shen Chong Taiqiu has a wide road, and most of the year is spent traveling outside, visiting herbalists all over the world, collecting famous prescriptions, and indulging in medical research. At this time, it is impossible to know whether Shen Zhong has returned from his travels. Thinking of this section, he couldn't help but feel worried, and then thought that his chest was tight and his breath was weak, and the toxicity in his body had already faintly attacked, and he had no other good plan for a while, so he simply went to find out, so he tried his luck.

Having made up his mind, he no longer hesitated, identified the direction, and hurried in the direction of Baisha Town. This way has been running wildly, and the kung fu of half a pillar of incense has been more than ten miles. The more he walked, the more frightened he became: running like this on weekdays, his heart would beat faster, his face would be red and his body would be hot, but Ye Pingpiao walked all the way, but he felt that his heartbeat was getting slower and slower, and the cold in his body was getting worse. Frightened, I couldn't help but slow down and stopped running, but the symptoms did not slow down at all, and I vaguely only felt that my heart was beating slower and slower, and I was almost about to stop beating.

Fortunately, he had been to Baisha Town before, it was not far away, he walked slowly for three or four miles, bypassed a hill, his eyes lit up, a large lake in the distance under the autumn sun hit his eyes, the sun sprinkled on the open and calm lake, sparkling, like a piece of silver scale armor shining, it was the famous sand lake.

It is said that Sand Lake is famous, but in fact, the more famous thing is that there is a Sand Lake Villa in the west of the lake, and the villa lives a famous giant of the rivers and lakes. However, he didn't have time to think about it at this time, and went straight to Baisha Town.

Baisha Town is named after Linsha Lake, the market town is not large, with a population of hundreds of households, and there are only three or two market alleys. Ye Ping floated into the town, and there were all kinds of shops along the street, most of which were restaurants and tea shops. The heavy dwelling is located at the eastern end of one of the neighborhoods. Although it was daytime, there were few pedestrians on the street, and when they met a few pedestrians, they all showed a frightened look on their faces when they saw Ye Pingpiao, as if they had met a plague god, and they seemed to have to run home and quickly close the door.

Ye Pingpiao felt quite strange in her heart, but it was important to seek medical treatment at the moment, so she only walked along the market and came to a gray-walled mansion. There is a huge gourd hanging under the door of the house, and the plaque on the door screen reads "Shujing Qi Huang" four big characters, the word is broad, the silkworm head and goose tail, solemn and like.

However, on a sunny day, the Shen family's door was closed and silent. Ye Ping stood outside the door, feeling a chill in her heart: "Shen Zhong is like a yellow crane, most of them are wandering outside, and they have never returned home." Could it be that today is my time of death?"

He stood there for a long time, sighed, and was about to turn away, but then thought: "Although Shen Chongren is not here, maybe there is a good medicine for detoxification in the house, and it has come to this, why not go in and try your luck?" At this moment, his body was getting colder and his heart beat more and more slowly, and he didn't dare to hesitate anymore, so he jumped over, and had climbed over the wall of the house and entered the courtyard. At this time, it had been nearly two hours since he was poisoned, and then he rushed all the way, and when he landed, he only felt chest tightness and shortness of breath, dizziness and palpitations, stumbling under his feet, and almost falling, and he was even more frightened in his heart.

Who knew that the scene in the courtyard surprised him even more. Under the shadow of the mottled trees, on the four stone benches in the center of the courtyard, there are four people, men and women, old and young. The eight eyes of the four men were fixed on a stone table surrounded by a stone bench, and on that stone table lay a man dressed in short brown and wearing sandals, who seemed to be a farmer, but his face was bruised and his limbs were limp, and he lay there motionless, not knowing whether he was alive or dead.

The four people in the courtyard were focused on watching, looking quite concerned, and they all turned a deaf ear to Ye Pingpiao's arrival.

Ye Ping's heart was very curious, and she looked at it intently, the person in the east was about fifty years old, with a gray shirt and gray beard, and a solemn complexion, which was the solemnity of "coming back from the dead"; Ye Pingpiao knew that it was Shen Lingshan, Shen's only daughter.

On the other side of the stone table, there sat two young men in their thirties, their heads wrapped in white cloth and green shirts, one with a long beard and a thin body, and the other with a bearded face and a burly figure, and both of them with a proud face, but they did not know each other.

Ye Pingpiao was very curious, and pondered: "In broad daylight, the door of the house is closed, is this treating someone? But I don't know why I want to put the patient on the stone table? Ah, yes, this person is probably suffering from some incurable disease, and several people are discussing the consultation together." He was highly poisoned, and he was already disheartened, and he never thought that Shen Chong was at home, like seeing a light in the dark night, his heart was stirring, and he walked and said: "Shen ...... Doctor Shen ...... "As soon as the words came out, his throat was sweet, and a mouthful of blood spurted out, and the person suddenly fainted.

In a daze, I don't know how long it took, Ye Pingpiao felt someone whispering in her ear. I only heard one person say slowly: "The two factions of Xiaoxiang and Liantai have no grudges, but they don't know how to form a bond of life and death?"

A girl's voice said: "Daddy, that Sikong Beiqiu Lao'er is arrogant and domineering, it must be that Ye Zhangmen encountered injustice, drew a knife to help, and the two had a quarrel, and Ye Zhangmen suffered his plot because of this." "This girl is Shen Ling's daughter. Her voice was crisp, and when she talked about Sikong Beiqiu, her tone seemed quite disdainful, and she wanted to look disdainful.

Shen Shen was silent, expecting to nod slightly. Shen Lingshan continued: "'Chenzhou Fu' contains the poison of hook kisses, Sikong Lao'er is so vicious, he actually wants to put Mr. Ye to death, is there such a big grudge?"

With a heavy "hey", he said: "Walking the rivers and lakes, dangers are everywhere, and how many are not ruthless?" paused, and said: "I want Shennong's family to go down to earth, born with that crystal belly, 'taste a hundred herbs, and encounter seventy-two poisons every day', he can solve them one by one, but after taking this broken intestine grass, he can only watch his intestines break off inch by inch in his stomach." Although there are many attachments to this statement, the power of the broken intestine grass is also well deserved. ”

Shen Lingshan said: "Daddy said yes." Broken intestines, hooked kisses, all words and food are useless. The daughter remembered that Tao Tongming, a hermit in Huayang, once said, 'Yunye Ge is a hook kiss, and its entrance is like a throat kiss', and he also researched the word "kiss" or the word "pull", which means that it pulls people's intestines and rejects it. It is also recorded in the "Treatise on the Burning of Lei Gongcannon", "The hook kiss cures vicious sores, and its goblins kill people". ”

Shen Zhong said with a smile: "Ling'er Ling'er has indeed grown a lot recently. If the intestines and intestines are hot, they will burn the viscera and lungs, causing the lung qi to reverse upward, although the two belong to yin and yang, but they are each other's inside and outside. "Su Wen" has a cloud, 'lungs, the foundation of qi.' 'Its position is high and close to the king, living in the upper coke, as empty as a beehive, floating in the water, waiting to be ripe and sinking. Ye Zhangmen's lungs are congested, and the veins are stagnant, Ling'er, what do you say can be solved?"

Shen Lingshan said: "My daughter is about to ask her father. ”

Shen said solemnly: "This disease has a total of Xuan, Su, Qing, Epsom, warm, moist, replenish, and collect these eight methods can be treated, at this time, it must be in accordance with the two methods of 'Xuan' and 'Su' to penetrate the hundred veins, smooth the airway, and nourish the viscera." ”

Shen Lingshan said with a smile: "Fortunately, Mr. Ye has deep internal strength, and he has taken the 'Great Compassion Pill' of this sect before, which has greatly delayed the onset of toxicity. Our 'Songshan Jun Blood Dispersion' may not be as good as the antidote of the Xiaoxiang faction, when it can block the turbidity, demarcate the two cokes, and issue the right medicine. At this moment, the medicinal effect is coming, and people are about to wake up. Daddy, I've already boiled the white porridge, I'll bring it. ”

Ye Pingpiao's consciousness gradually cleared up, and she couldn't help but let out a soft "ah". Shen Lingshan smiled: "I really woke up." Ye Pingpiao slowly opened her eyes, and there were two people standing in front of the bed, one with two faces, one thin, one beautiful, one old and one young, it was Shen Chong, Shen Lingshan's father and daughter. He struggled to give a salute, and felt that his whole body was sore and weak, as if he had just recovered from a serious illness, and he couldn't get up, but his heart palpitations were gone, and the chill on his body had disappeared.

Seeing this, Shen Zheng hurriedly supported him and said: "The illness is not formal, Master Ye has not yet recovered, and he still needs to recuperate for some time." Ye Ping smiled and said in a low voice: "Thank you...... Shen Shen Shen Shen Doctor. "There was a moment of hunger in his belly, and he screamed.

Shen Lingshan covered his mouth and smiled lightly: "I'll go and bring some porridge." Ye Ping floated and said, "I'm tired!" He raised his eyes and looked around, but saw that the room was full of large and small bottles and jars, and what he smelled at the end of his nose was a faint smell of Chinese herbal medicine. Not long after, Shen Lingshan brought a bowl of fragrant white rice porridge from the back kitchen.

Ye Pingpiao ate the white porridge, felt tired and tired, and lay down to sleep in a daze. When I woke up again, it was dark outside. He felt much more energetic, and when he tried to move his body, the soreness was greatly reduced.

Seeing that he was awake, the heavy father and daughter entered the room again. Shen Zhong brought a small square pillow, placed it on his right knee, moved Ye Pingpiao's hand, closed his eyes and cut his pulse. took his right hand, and then his left hand, and after a while, he smiled and said: "Master Ye has deep internal strength, and the old man admires it very much." Spend the night resting tonight, and tomorrow you will be healed. ”

Ye Pingpiao suffered a mutation, and only at this time did he survive in a desperate situation and turn the danger into a disaster, so he was overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly.

He waved his hand solemnly and said: "Everyone is a fellow martial artist, and Master Ye doesn't have to be polite." But I don't know anything, and I hope the head of the house will see me. ”

Ye Ping said: "How dare you." But it doesn't hurt to ask. ”

Shen said solemnly: "As far as I know, Ye Zhangmen and Sikong Lao'er have never complained, and the two well water does not interfere with river water, why did the head of the family fall into the poisonous 'Chenzhou Fu'?"

Ye Pingpiao sighed lightly, and then recounted how he found out the news, and how he intercepted military intelligence late at night, but was ambushed by the disciples of the Xiaoxiang faction. Shen Lingshan moved a wooden stool, sat aside, and when he heard the thrill, he pursed his lips tightly, with a nervous expression on his face, and when he heard the highlights, he pursed his mouth again, patted his hands, and couldn't help but whisper.

Shenzhou Lu Shen, Jingkang was ashamed, and Shen Chong learned that Sikong Beiqiu was committed to the enemy, and he was indignant, and said angrily: "Sikong Lao'er secretly colluded with the Jin people to do evil, which is really a deep sin. Shen Lingshan on the side was also annoyed with his silver teeth and his face was frosty.

Unconsciously, it was dark outside the window, Shen Lingshan stood up, took flint, velvet and other things, and lit an oil lamp on the table.

Ye Ping said: "Shen Shen Divine Doctor Xianyun Yehe, Ye Mou was in danger this time, and came in a hurry, he didn't have the luxury of seeing his face, but fortunately, the divine doctor had never traveled far, so he thought that he should not die." ”

Shen Zhong saw that Ye Ping's complexion had improved greatly, and he was also quite relieved in his heart, and he pondered for a moment and said: "Ye Zhangmen is a celestial person, and he can become auspicious in trouble, and the old man is just a little helper." It's just that...... The old man also has a reluctant request, Shang Qiye is in charge of Haihan. ”

Ye Ping hurriedly said: "It is already rude to come to visit in the future, and the grace of Doctor Shen's life-saving is even more unforgettable." Where does the divine doctor speak, please speak. ”

Shen said slowly: "Master Ye came to the cold house, the old man should have talked about the friendship of the landlord, and asked the head of Ye to spend a few more days in the house, but the old man has been very inconvenient here these days. After a pause, he said: "Tomorrow morning, you will be in good health, and please ask Ye Zhangmen to move elsewhere, and the old man will come to the door to pay respects in the future and accept the sin of today's Yuanlong lying down." ”

Ye Pingpiao heard that his voice was different, and she seemed to have a lot of distress in her heart. The flame of the oil lamp on the square table danced up and down, reflecting on the heavy face, and the eyebrows were gloomy, looking worried. Shen Lingshan was silent, his eyes were as bright as stars, but it was difficult to hide his sadness.

Ye Ping said: "Looking at Doctor Shen down, do you encounter any difficulties? If the Divine Doctor does not suspect that his skills are weak and weak, please inform Ye that Ye will help him and will not give up." ”

Shen Zhong sighed when he heard the words, his body was like a clay sculpture, and after a while, Fang said: "'Doctor, benevolence is also. 'Shen practiced medicine all his life, accumulated good deeds, and was loved by friends from all walks of life, and also saved some small names, but he didn't want to ...... today. I'm finally tired of this small name. ”

Ye Pingpiao didn't know what he meant, his face was puzzled, and he said: "I'm stupid, and I hope that the divine doctor will explain it in detail." ”

Shen Zhong was speechless, his face became more and more solemn, his eyes stared at the fireworks of the oil lamp alone, his thumb and index finger trembled slightly, as if he remembered a very terrible thing.

Ye Pingpiao turned her head to look at Shen Ling's shirt. Shen Ling's eyebrows were full of sorrow, he straightened out his temples, calmed his mind, and said: "It's not a coincidence that Master Ye has come, Baisha Town has been quite restless these days, and there are ...... Yes...... Demons come to the door. When she said the word "evil ghost", her voice trembled slightly, showing that she was extremely frightened.

Ye Ping was startled, and said in a lost voice: "Evil ghosts, where did the evil ghosts come from?"

With a heavy "hey", he said: "Evil ghosts, I'm afraid they are a little more vicious than evil ghosts......" He looked in a trance, as if he was confiding in Ye Pingpiao, and seemed to be talking to himself.

Ye Pingpiao was stunned. Shen Lingshan said word by word: "Four-Sichuan-Tang-Gate." ”

These words seemed to have a kind of magic, and the three people in the room couldn't help but look out the window. The moonlight is quietly sprinkled on the window lattice, the shadow is clear, how can there be anyone outside the window?

When Ye Pingpiao heard these four words, her heart was terrified, her chest felt as if she had been hit hard by a big hammer, and said in a trembling voice: "Tangmen?" A flash of inspiration flashed in her mind, and she suddenly remembered the two men in green shirts with angry faces she saw in the heavy courtyard during the day.

Shen Lingshan said: "Well, yes, Sichuan Tang Sect, Tantric Tang Lag." ”

When Ye Pingpiao heard this name, he exclaimed: "Tang Lag?!Tang Gate Tang Lag?!" He has been walking the rivers and lakes for many years, and he has no idea about a widely circulated rumor on the rivers and lakes? The rumor said: "It is better to be shot than to provoke a village; "The rumors are referring to several first-class powerful sects on the rivers and lakes.

"Rather take a shot, don't provoke a village", this "village" refers to the four major villas of Suihan, Shahu, Cangjia and Fubi, which are known as Wulin and Junyan. Among the four major mountain villas, Shahu Villa, is thirty miles west of Baisha Town, the owner of the villa, Mu Cangming, known as "Mr. Sanshui", means magical, and the end is good. Ye Pingpiao has been famous for a long time, but she has no choice but to save her fate and has never dealt with him.

"Destroying the heart and chasing the soul, teaching the Tang Sect in love", talking about the other two powerful characters in the rivers and lakes. Love religion is a sect that has risen rapidly in Jiangnan in recent years, and the government has a very special relationship. Tangmen is a martial arts family with a long history, since the Song Xianping period Shu was divided into Yizhou, Lizhou, Zizhou, Kuizhou four roads, Tangmen lived in Sichuan. For more than 100 years, the Tang Sect people have been thriving, and the talents have come out in large numbers, and the skills in the forging of hidden weapons have become more and more mature, and their reputation has been rising, and for a long time, the disciples of the Tang Sect have acted domineeringly, and the means are vicious, and finally become a big martial arts family famous in the world with hidden weapons, dominating one side, the martial arts sects in Sichuan, Jinghu and even Guangnan region, there is no one who can compete with it.

However, although the Tang Sect has endured for more than 100 years, it has never wanted to fight for millet cloth, and there are disputes between the brothers. During the Xuanhe period of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, the Tang Gate, which had been flourishing, suddenly had a gap in the door, and since then it has caused continuous disputes, and the harmony has been lost, and the huge Tang Gate has gradually been divided into two factions. They call themselves "Ming Dao" and "Secret Dao" internally, and the people in the rivers and lakes are famous in the rivers and lakes according to the fact that the two factions are famous for their hidden weapons such as machine crossbow shooting and hidden weapons for feeding poison, and they are accustomed to calling them "Sutra" and "Tantra" of the Tang Sect. Although the Sutras and Tantras are in the same vein, they have been fighting for decades, with each other being killed and wounded, and the feud has become deeper and deeper, which has continued to this day.

It turned out that during the Song Xuanhe period, the Tang Sect produced two martial arts wizards at the same time, one was named Tang Keng, and the other was called Tang Rong. Both of them are famous craftsmen who forge hidden weapons, and the forging technology and level of Tangmen's hidden weapons have been greatly improved in their hands, and Tangmen has since become famous and powerful, becoming the most feared school of hidden weapons in the rivers and lakes. However, after many years, the two gradually diverged in their martial arts knowledge of hidden weapons.

Tang Keng was deeply influenced by the Tang tradition, advocated taking technology as the key link, devoted himself to the research and improvement of the delicacy and concealment of hidden weapons, and devoted his life to studying the forging process of machine-shot hidden weapons. He invented and improved the "Zhuxian Tube", "Scattered Flowers Flying in the Sky", "Tide Shooting Crossbow", "Star Stream Thunder" and "Cloud and Smoke Divine Dragon Cover", Song painting Wu Ye, exquisite, widely used by the disciples of the Tang Sect in the past dynasties, and earned a great reputation in the rivers and lakes, and now it has become the representative work of the crossbow of the Tang Sect, and is regarded as the pinnacle work by the disciples of this sect.

When Tang Rong was middle-aged, he met a stranger one day, and he was like a confidant at first sight. After Tang Rong interacted with the squinting stranger, his martial arts thinking gradually changed, believing that no matter how delicate and concealed the crossbow weapon was, the power was limited and domineering was insufficient after all, so he advocated using poison to establish power. Since then, he has been obsessed with the development of Qimen poison, and the three unique poisons he developed, "Ooyu Bai", "Buddha Head Blue" and "Monk Eye Blue", are rumored to be more toxic than "Crane Top Red". Since the advent of the three major poisons developed by Tang Rong, I don't know how many heroes and heroes have been frightened and turned into dry bones and dust.

It's just that Tang Rong's martial arts thinking has changed, but it has made the Tang Sect have different opinions on the forging and use of hidden weapons, and even have their own opinions, and gradually go their separate ways. Because the two of them had a great influence in the Tang Sect and had many supporters among the descendants of the Tang Sect, they were not convinced by each other and fought endlessly, and finally the two sides were round and square, and the momentum was like fire and water. This is also a situation that Tang Keng and Tang Rong focused on pure martial arts research during their lifetimes, and never expected it after their deaths.