There are nine major states in the world, and the Great Zhou Dynasty accounts for six of them.

Thirty miles east of Tianxi City, Wuling County, there is a prison cow mountain, there is a bamboo sea under the mountain, endless, the autumn wind blows, the bamboo waves are bursting, it is magnificent.

In the bamboo sea, there is a vacant land with a length and width of about ten zhang, as if it is covered by the divine seal in the hands of the immortals.

A young man dressed in purple was tossing and turning in the clearing, and a bamboo sword in his hand was flashed by the blue light of his dance. After a pause in the falling sword, I saw that there was a mark like a drop of water at the center of the young man's eyebrows, and if I looked closely, it seemed like a green lotus blooming slightly, which contrasted with the original delicate facial features, which was very good-looking.

On the leeward side of the edge of the clearing, a young man in a brocade hat and a mink fur was lying on a simple bamboo lean, holding a book in his hand, immersed in it, ignoring the purple-clothed young man's flowing swordsmanship. I think I have a new understanding of the Chinese chapter of the book, and those eyes full of melancholy bloom with a glimmer of light. The pale and thin face gave birth to a hint of ruddy, which made him, who was originally dull, show a bit of brilliance.

It was early autumn, the heat had not subsided, and a breeze was blowing, and the young man put down the book of "The Art of War" in his hand, and tightened the mink fur on his body a little abnormally. It was as if this originally refreshing autumn wind was blowing on his body, just like a cold and biting cold.

The slight movement of the mink Qiu boy happened to fall in the eyes of the purple-clothed young man, and he waved the bamboo sword a few times in a pretended manner, then put away the sword and stopped, and said with a smile: "Wood, it's almost the same today, let's go back first, otherwise Dad will nag me again." ”

If it weren't for the sickly face, the mink Qiu boy could really be regarded as graceful and luxurious, he smiled, "Okay, I've been practicing for most of the day, and it's time to rest." After speaking, he helped Zhu Yi to get up slowly, closed the book in his hand, and put it into the medicine basket on the side.

The purple-clothed young man walked through the bamboo forest, climbed up a big bamboo with a thick bowl mouth, and did not stop until he was two or three zhang high, and then inserted his bamboo sword into a hole in the bamboo, and then slipped down the bamboo pole.

The mink qiu boy quipped with interest: "Qin Xuan, your kung fu of climbing bamboo poles is getting better and better! ”

"Hehe, I'm used to using this sword, and it's not easy to take home, so it's safer to hide here. After Qin Xuan finished speaking, he threw the chair that the mink qiu boy was sitting on into the air, just hanging on the bamboo sword, and after doing this, he clapped his hands, "Let's go!"

The mink Qiu boy smiled, didn't speak again, and was about to carry the medicine basket full of herbs, but was snatched away by Qin Xuan.

"Come on, you are a golden branch and jade leaf, and this basket of medicinal materials weighs at least ten catties. Qin Xuan said with a smile and picked up the medicine basket.

"Golden branches and jade leaves are used to describe women. The mink boy corrected.

"I know. ”

"I know you still say that, believe it or not, when you finish practicing this swordsmanship, I won't give you the next swordsman?"

When Qin Xuan heard this, he immediately lost his temper, and said with a smile: "Hehe, Brother Mu, brother, I'm playing with you, how can I take it seriously?"

When the mink Qiu boy surnamed Mu heard Qin Xuan call himself like this, goosebumps fell to the ground, and he quickly quickened his pace and ignored him anymore.

Qin Xuan smiled: "Hehe, what's wrong?I see that every time Yao girl calls like this, you are obsessed, tsk, Mu Linchun, why didn't I find out that you were this kind ......of person before?"

The two joked with each other and walked out of the bamboo forest one after the other. After walking five or six miles of mountain roads, the mink Qiu boy named Mu Linchun became more and more pale. He stopped on a pine tree, gasped for breath, and then bent down and coughed violently, Qin Xuan saw this and hurriedly ran behind him and gently patted his back for him. Mu Linchun took out a porcelain bottle from his arms, poured a pill and put it in his mouth, and then he came to his senses.

Qin Xuan said with a worried face: "There are still three or four miles away from Gu Yuan Hall, I'll carry you back." After speaking, without waiting for Mu Linchun to refuse, he took off the medicine basket and hung it on Mu Linchun's shoulder, and then stepped forward to carry him on his back.

Mu Linchun sighed, "Thank you, Qin Xuan. ”

Qin Xuan said angrily: "If it's a brother, don't say this, it's not the first time I've carried you, how can I be like a woman, and if you're like this, I won't treat you as a brother." ”

Seeing that Mu Linchun hadn't answered for a long time, Qin Xuan smiled again and said, "How can I not treat you as a brother, if I hadn't recognized you, the young master brother of the Red Lotus Sword Sect, where would I have the opportunity to practice kung fu......?

It's just that Qin Xuan didn't see it, Mu Linchun's eyes were dim lying on his back, the rivers and lakes that Qin Xuan longed for were already in it for him, but he didn't have the slightest interest in it.

Qin Xuan didn't know about the rivers and lakes at all, but Mu Linchun didn't say anything to persuade him to give up the rivers and lakes, he knew that it was Qin Xuan's dream. And himself, why doesn't he have a dream?

The mountain road was rugged, but Qin Xuan's steps were very steady.

......

Dongping County is a small county town not far from Prison Niu Mountain. When he walked to the city gate, Qin Xuan put Mu Linchun down, took the medicine basket on his back, and the two walked towards a street in the city.

In the middle of the street, there is a pharmacy named "Gu Yuan Tang", which was opened by Qin Xuan's father, Qin Zhiguan. Qin Zhiguan came here more than ten years ago to take root, because of his superb medical skills, famous far and near, he is called Qin Shen Doctor by the people here.

It was already evening, and all the guests who came to see the doctor and take medicine in Gu Yuantang were gone, and even the two hired men had gone home, leaving only a handsome girl in plain clothes who was still busy working in the store.

After Qin Xuan and Mu Linchun walked into the pharmacy, the girl's autumn-like eyes lit up, and she said happily: "You can be regarded as back!"

"Yo, today is the sun coming out in the west, Yao girl, you usually come back late, don't you all take a feather duster and wait for me here?

Yao's name is Shen Manyao, and she is Qin Zhiguan's apprentice, and Qin Xuan has always called her junior sister. Shen Manyao looked at Qin Xuan's unbeaten look, surprisingly didn't care, and said to Mu Linchun: "Brother Mu, Master, he found a cure for your strange illness today!"

"Really, what about others, what about others?" Before Mu Linchun could react, Qin Xuan had already asked three questions one after another.

At this moment, a well-dressed middle-aged man walked in from the back door of the pharmacy and said, "I'm here, you rabbit cub, I know that Xiaochun can't suffer the cold, and I came back so late." ”

The middle-aged man was Qin Zhiguan, the shopkeeper of Gu Yuantang, and he seemed to have an innate majesty. However, his majesty did not have the slightest deterrent power in Qin Xuan's eyes.

Qin Xuan is very clear about his father's character, he once secretly visited the Qinglou in private, and often talked to the little widow who came to Gu Yuantang for treatment, causing a lot of romantic debts.

In the past, Qin Xuan hated his father's behavior, but later he was relieved. Thinking that his father is good-looking, has a medical skill and a stable family business, even if he has three wives and four concubines, the reason why he has been beating a single person is not because he is afraid that he will be wronged after he continues the strings? Qin Xuan didn't understand these truths before, but after Mu Linchun came to the pharmacy five years ago, he analyzed them to him in private.

Qin Xuan turned his back and stuck out his tongue at Shen Manyao on the side, looking dead-skinned.

Qin Zhiguan was a little angry, every time his son went out to collect medicine, he would go out early and return late, it would take so long for this basket of ordinary tattered medicinal materials?

Mu Linchun suddenly said: "Uncle Qin, don't be angry, I have to be with Qin Xuan today, I haven't been out for a long time, I want to go out to breathe, who knows if my health is getting worse and worse, or Qin Xuan came back with me all the way, so I delayed." ”

Mu Linchun asked, "Just now the girl said that Uncle Qin found a way to treat my strange disease, is it true?"

Qin Zhiguan was not really angry, seeing that the topic was diverted, he didn't bother to pursue it anymore, he didn't rush to answer Mu Linchun's words, and said to Qin Xuan: "Angelica, close the shop, and then you all come to the study, and I'll talk to you in detail." ”

"Angelica" is Qin Xuan's nickname, Qin Zhiguan has been called for more than ten years, and he can't change his words, so he turned around and walked into the backyard after speaking. Qin Xuan was about to follow up, but Shen Manyao grabbed his collar, then squinted his eyes and said, "Go and close the door panel, don't want to be lazy anymore." ”

“......”

After finishing their chores, the three of them walked into the backyard, where there were many wooden shelves full of herbs, and many evergreen medicinal herbs were planted in the corners.

Walking into the study, Qin Xuan saw a broken ancient book under the oil lamp on the bookcase, and sighed, he asked, "Isn't this the martial arts cheats I bought with one or two silver a few days ago?"

"What kind of martial arts cheats? If it weren't for the fact that Yao Yatou turned it out when she was cleaning the study today, I wouldn't have known that your kid had taken a shit luck and bought a medical classic, guess which senior wrote it?" Qin Zhiguan's old-fashioned face finally had a smile.

"Could it be that it was written by the medical immortal Li Hangju?" A little impatient with his father selling Guanzi, Qin Xuan replied casually.

"Hey, you stinky boy, this time you're smart, indeed, this is the medical classic written by the great doctor Immortal Li Hangju three hundred years ago. ”

As soon as Qin Zhiguan's words came out, not only Qin Xuan was stunned, but even Mu Linchun, who had always been steady, was shocked, Li Xuanji was the holy hand of medicine in the Dayi Dynasty three hundred years ago, and it was rumored that he could bring the dead to life, and black and white impermanence could not take away the patients under his hands. This made Mu Linchun's heart rise with infinite hope. But then he frowned again and asked: "It is said that the medical immortal Li Xuanji was beheaded because he did not treat the power minister who stole the country at that time, and the medical books he wrote were also burned by his subordinates, so this medical book ......"

Qin Zhiguan smiled and said: "This medical book is handwritten throughout, it is the small seal used in the Dayi Dynasty, all the records in the book are in line with pharmacology, and there are many strange prescriptions that I have never heard of. also signed Li Xuanji's name in a very secret way. ”

After Qin Zhiguan finished speaking, he turned the ancient book to the last page, and the three of them approached the table, and it was immediately clear at a glance.

Qin Xuan smiled: "Haha...... There is a plum painted on it, and there is a teapot hanging above the plum, which has the meaning of hanging the pot to help the world, and together it is Li Hangji!"

Qin Zhiguan nodded and said: "The painting you see now has actually passed my processing, originally there was a blank on this page, just because there was an extremely faint fragrance that caught my attention, this is the smell of fog addiction flowers, if it is not for decades of training in the medical path, it will be difficult to detect." The fog addiction flower has a characteristic, the petals are mashed and smeared on the paper, which can cover up the handwriting, and it can only be revealed by fire and water immersion. ”

When Mu Linchun heard this, he really believed it for seven or eight points, and infinite hope rose in his heart, but he had never been surprised by the changes, and he didn't show too much joy on his face, but the glow revealed from his eyes could not be concealed.

Qin Zhiguan flipped the ancient book to one of the pages and continued: "You see, there is a poisonous insect named Xuanyin, which is shaped like an eel, its color is like snow, its first two horns, climbs like a snake, feeds on the five poisons, lives in the extreme north, if a person is bitten by it, he will be killed immediately. I have a friend who once ate his flesh by mistake......"

"I said Dad, can we stop reading it? Just tell us about it, I'm tired and panicked. Qin Xuan suddenly interrupted his father's words.

Qin Zhiguan glared at his son, but he still said bluntly: "Li Yixian said that he once had a friend who accidentally ate the flesh of the Xuanyin worm, and he became weak and weak, often coughing up blood, and was very afraid of cold, and he had to wear cotton clothes on dog days, but when it came to the cold winter wax moon, even if he only wore single clothes, he didn't feel cold, but he was sleepy all day, and if no one woke him up after falling asleep, he could sleep for a few days and nights, but if he slept for too long, he would run out of oil and the lamp would dry ......up" These strange symptoms that Qin Zhiguan said were completely consistent with Mu Linchun.

"How can it be cured?" Mu Linchun, who had always been calm and calm, his voice trembled a little.