When the village chief saw the two words written by Jiang Zelin on the table, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, and then he nodded and said, "I know, he is a person from our village, but he left the village a long time ago, and he hasn't come back once in a few years, and he has disappeared in recent years." ”

"It's been a long time since you've been back?"

"Yes. ”

Jiang Zelin frowned and sighed, Qi Xuan told him that this place was the place where that person had stayed the longest, and if he couldn't be found here, it would be even more difficult to find him.

"Village chief, do you know where he usually goes?" Jiang Zelin was unwilling to give up just like that.

But the village chief shook his head, "I don't know about this, he doesn't have a fixed place to travel outside, and every time he comes back, he won't tell us much about the outside." ”

At this time, the eldest daughter of the village chief came over with a kettle, smiled and nodded to the two guests in the house, said hello, and then helped them fill up the tea.

"Oh," said the village chief, "this is my eldest daughter, Fem. ”

Jiang Zelin nodded politely, but saw that Fu'er's gaze stayed on the place where he had just written his name, and at this time the water was almost dry, and the words were no longer clear.

Just when Jiang Zelin thought she knew something and was about to ask, an old woman's voice in the inner room called the woman away.

The village chief smiled and said, "If it's late today, the two of you will have dinner at my house and rest for the night." ”

"Thank you, village chief, then we'll bother. ”

Jiang Zelin saw the hesitant look on the village chief's face, as if he wanted to say something but didn't dare to say it, or was embarrassed to say it, if it was Jiang Zelin in the past, he would choose to ignore it, but now it is different.

"Village chief?" Jiang Zelin asked tentatively, "Do you have anything else to say?"

"This ......," the village chief was embarrassed, "I wonder if the son is in a hurry to leave?"

Jiang Zelin apologized, "We have something urgent, but if the village chief has any requests, it doesn't matter." ”

"That...... This boy knows how to heal, right?"

"Yes. ”

Hearing this answer, a smile immediately appeared on the village chief's face, "That's the case, all the women in our village, when they reach a certain age, will get a strange disease, and they will be bedridden ever since, in fact, he also went out to explore the rivers and lakes for this, hoping to find a cure, but ......"

At this point, Jiang Zelin already understood what the village chief wanted him to do, so he said, "Can you take me to see it?"

"Of course!" the village chief got up and said repeatedly, "My daughter is sick, can you go with me now if it's convenient for the child?"

Jiang Zelin said to Ji Lan beside him, "You wait here, I'll come when I go." ”

"Just do what you want, don't tell me. ”

Jiang Zelin patted Ji Lan lightly, turned his head and motioned to the village chief to lead the way.

Following the village chief to the inner room, an old woman was lying on the bed, and the woman was feeding her water and drinking, and she saw the village chief walking in with Jiang Zelin with a surprised expression on her face.

"I'll bring Gongzi Jiang to your mother's illness. ”

Hearing this, Fu'er hurriedly got up and made way, "Please, Gongzi Jiang." ”

Jiang Zelin slowly approached, and after some inspection, he found that almost all the tendons and veins on this old woman's body were broken, and the reason for the rupture was not an external force, as if it was corroded by something and disconnected.

"How's it going?" the village chief asked nervously.

Jiang Zelin got up and looked at the village chief, "Excuse me, do you have any special customs here? ”

The village chief nodded again and again, "Yes, once the women of our village get married, they will tie one thing around their waists, and they can't take it down without special circumstances." ”

"What is it?"

The village chief looked at the woman, "Go and get it." ”

After a while, Nu'er brought what the village chief said, a braided belt made of plants.

Jiang Zelin carefully checked it and found that this plant was not poisonous and harmless to people, and after thinking for a while, he turned his head to Fu'er and said, "Nu'er bring a bowl of water." ”

After experiments, Jiang Zelin finally understood the reason for their illness.

For this reason, Jiang Zelin believes that that person must also know that what he is looking for is a cure.

"Village chief," Jiang Zelin asked, "hasn't he said anything? ”

The village chief frowned in embarrassment, and was silent for a long time before he spoke, "He told everyone that this custom must be abolished, but ...... This custom is left by the ancestors, and it cannot be canceled just as it is canceled. ”

"Even if it endangers human life?"

"This ...... But this thing is not poisonous, and I have seen many people. ”

Jiang Zelin sighed, "It is not poisonous, but when it is mixed with two other things, it will produce a poison that can corrode the muscles and veins and penetrate into the human body." ”

"Two other things?"

"Why, didn't that man explain it to you, didn't tell you why he wanted you to abolish the custom?"

The village chief shook his head, "I didn't say it." ”

Jiang Zelin's face suddenly appeared embarrassed, "This ...... It's really hard to say. ”

After hesitating for a moment, Jiang Zelin approached the village chief and said in the village chief's ear that the person couldn't say.

"Huh?"

The village chief looked incredulous, "How come? This is ridiculous, isn't it?"

He didn't say why, maybe he just decided you wouldn't believe it. ”

"This ......"

The village chief lowered his head and thought for a long time before asking, "Is there any way you can solve this matter without abolishing this custom?"

"He may be looking for the way you want to go out, but I'm almost certain that he won't succeed, because it's not a terrible poison in the first place, it's the result of years of accumulation. ”

"Does it have to be canceled?"

"Village chief," Jiang Zelin persuaded, "the rules can be changed, no matter what time it is, human life is the most precious, isn't it?"

Jiang Zelin said and glanced at the woman standing aside, "Do you want your daughter to suffer the same pain?"

"But I'm not up to me alone. ”

Jiang Zelin shook his head speechlessly, "If that's the case, I'm sorry, I'm afraid I won't be able to help you." ”

"Then ......" the village chief grabbed Jiang Zelin, who was about to leave, "I will find a way to deal with the problem of customs, but what about the people who are already sick?

"Yes, I can help them connect their muscles and pulses, and after a period of recuperation, they will be able to move. ”

"Really!" said the village chief excitedly, "that's great! ”

"It doesn't matter. ”

After speaking, the village chief took Jiang Zelin away and looked at him apologetically, "There are a lot of sick people in our village, I'm afraid we will have to work hard for Jiang Gongzi." ”

Jiang Zelin paused, turned to the village chief and said, "If it is within 100 people, I can complete it in one day." ”

"Well, it's definitely less than a hundred. ”

"It's good over there. ”

The village chief personally arranged a place for Jiang Zelin and Ji Lan to live, and then went out himself, ready to tell the good news to everyone in person.

"Are we going to stay here for a day?" asked Ji Lan as he exercised.

Jiang Zelin did not hide it, and truthfully told Ji Lan about the situation.

After listening to Jiang Zelin's narration, Ji Lan only used two words to describe it, "stupid." ”

"Isn't it?"

Perhaps this custom was originally meant to be punished, but when it came to the future, they knew it as a custom and not as its original intent. ”

"Maybe it's just a coincidence. ”

As the two were talking, there was a sudden knock on the door of the room.

Jiang Zelin stepped forward to open the door in confusion.

"Miss Fu'er, is there something wrong?"

"No, it's nothing," said the girl, picking up the box in her hand, "I've prepared some snacks to eat if the two sons are hungry." ”

"Thank you," Jiang Zelin took the snack, and saw that Fu'er didn't seem to want to leave immediately, so he could take the opportunity to solve his previous question, "By the way, can Miss Fu'er take a step to speak?"

Fu'er smiled, "Of course you can!"

"Please. ”

Jiang Zelin and Fu'er came to the side of the courtyard, "Miss Fu'er, you also know Shi Yu, right? Today you saw my name written on the table, do you have something to say?"

"Well," Fu'er nodded, "When Brother Shi Yu finally left, he told me that there was a person who told him a very mysterious place, and he was going to check it out. ”

"Oh, where is it, in that direction?"

Fu'er lowered her head and smiled, and said to Jiang Zelin, "Jiang Gongzi, can you give me one thing on you?"

Jiang Zelin was puzzled, "What is it?"

"This. ”

Concubines refer to a piece of green jade hanging on Jiang Zelin's clothes, it is not a particularly precious thing, Jiang Zelin took it off and gave it to Concubine, if such a piece of jade can be exchanged for important news, it is worth it for Jiang Zelin.

Fu'er took the green jade, the smile on her face became even brighter, and she truthfully told Jiang Zelin what Shi Yu said to her.

"Brother Shi Yu said that place is called the Garden of the World, in the south of the place where the sun sets in the west. ”

Jiang Zelin bowed his hand and said, "Thank you Miss Fu'er for telling me." ”

The girl suddenly ran away with a shy face.

Although Jiang Zelin was a little puzzled, he didn't care very much, turned around and went back to rest.

The next day, Jiang Zelin got up early in the morning and began to work hard for those who were sick, and in the evening the people of the entire village set up more than a dozen tables of wine and food at the village chief's house, saying that they had to thank Jiang Zelin for everything.

In the middle of the meal, the village chief suddenly stood up and announced to everyone with a smile on his face, "Jiang Gongzi has saved so many people in our village, and he is our great benefactor! In addition, I have better news to tell you, that is, I want to marry my eldest daughter to Jiang Gongzi." ”

"What did you say!"

Jiang Zelin stood up and looked at the village chief and said, "The village chief can't make this joke. ”

The village chief was even more puzzled, "Didn't Gongzi Jiang already agree?"

"When did I promise such a thing?"