It is said that Xu Zhi, Xue Atan and He Mengjiao slipped from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the valley, all of them were already ragged and scarred, and as soon as the three of them landed on the ground, they wanted to struggle to stand up, and a sore pain came to their hearts, it turned out that the three of them had dislocated and broken their limbs and bones in the process of falling into the valley.

Xu Zhi saw that the bottom of the valley was not big, but there was a hole in the sky, and the crape myrtle flowers bloomed all around, attracting countless bees and butterflies to come and collect honey, and there were some peach trees and apricot trees not far away, full of fruits, and a clear stream slowly flowed through the valley stream. The three of them could not move, so they had to lie by the stream and listen to the sound of rushing water.

Xu Zhi turned his head and asked Xue Atan, "Brother Xue, there are flowers and trees everywhere at the bottom of this valley, but what are you talking about Colorful Butterfly Valley?"

Xue Atan replied: "Yes! There are big, sweet fruits everywhere here. Hey, it's a pity that the three of us don't have a mouthful, we can only look at the greed. ”

He Mengjiao saw a wolf-like cry from time to time in the depths of the dense forest, and cried bitterly: "Now you are still thinking about eating? Now the three of us have broken our hands and feet. In this barren mountain range, if you encounter birds of prey and beasts, how should it be?"

Xue Atan also felt scared when he heard He Mengjiao say this, and shouted: "Yes, it's okay in broad daylight, if the beast comes at night, and our eyes are black, we wake up and find that our heads and feet are gone, wouldn't it be terrible to die?"

When He Mengjiao heard this, she trembled with fright, and said hurriedly: "It's terrible, I don't want to die yet?

Xu Zhi saw that Xue and He were more and more frightened the more they talked, and comforted: "Brother Xue, Miss He, don't panic! The luck of the three of us has always been very good, we will not meet wild beasts, and even if we do, we will be able to turn evil into good fortune and not die in great calamity." ”

Xue Atan saw that Xu Zhi didn't have any good countermeasures, and vented the anger in his heart on Jiang Chao and the others: "Brother Xu, don't be too optimistic! We are really unlucky today, just if we encounter a snake or insect along the way, we will encounter a group of fierce and unreasonable southern barbarians, who will be stalked, so that we have to roll down the cliff." ”

After Xue Atan finished scolding, he sighed again: "The three of us died in this colorful butterfly valley, and no one went back to report the funeral, and it will be bitter for my nagging old lady in the future!"

Xu Zhi and He Mengjiao didn't expect that before Xue Atan died, they still remembered their old mother, and they were also full of apologies: "Alas, yes, we don't care about life or death this time, we have to worry and fear Aunt Xue again!"

The three of them were silent for a long time, not knowing what to do.

Xu Zhi saw that Xue Atan and He Mengjiao were both depressed, and suggested: "Let's not always think about how to die, we have to find a way to live." We may not be in a good condition for two or three days, we may be hungry for a few days, but we must not go a day without water, and we must find a way to move to the other side of the stream!

Xue Atan and He Mengjiao hesitated for a moment, and both felt that what Xu Zhi said was reasonable, so they followed Xu Zhi, endured the severe pain, and slowly moved their bodies to the stream. The three of them moved to the water's edge, poked their heads down with great difficulty, drank a few sips of the stream's water, ate a few fallen fruits, and gradually regained their strength.

Just as the three of them had eaten and drunk and closed their eyes to recuperate, a gray wolf came out of the woods, opened its big mouth, showed its deep fangs, and walked towards the stream.

The gray wolf may have been lured by blood, or it had not filled its stomach for a few days, and it crossed the stream to the three of them, and the gray wolf first pounced on Xue Atan, who was closest to him, and put his two front paws on Xue Atan's chest, lowered his head, and was about to bite his throat.

Xu Zhi and He Mengjiao saw it, and shouted loudly: "Dead wolf cub! Get out of here! Don't bite down!", the two saw that the gray wolf was not scared away, and quickly turned their heads away, closed their eyes, and couldn't bear to see this bloody scene.

Xue Atan knew that he was fierce and lucky, and his life was hanging by a thread, so he closed his eyes in despair, waiting for the gray wolf to bite off his neck. Suddenly, a gravel flew from not far away, and with a pop, it blinded the gray wolf's left eye.

The gray wolf howled and jumped off Xue Atan's body. At this time, a white ape jumped down from the tree and rode on the gray wolf's body, and the gray wolf twisted his body to throw the white ape off his body, but the white ape firmly grasped the gray wolf's back. The gray wolf was very helpless, howled a few times, bit his tail and spun around a few times, then fell to the ground and rolled again, turned around with fear and ran back into the dense forest, and the white ape also jumped from the wolf's back to the original tree.

Xu Zhi and He Mengjiao let out a long breath when they saw Xue Atan turn the corner.

Xu Zhi and the three of them saw a figure flickering in the woods not far away, and a white-haired old man walked out with a childish boy. The grandfather and grandson were dressed as mountain people, the grandfather was very burly and tall, while the boy looked like Lei Gong and was very thin.

The little boy said to the old man as he walked: "Grandpa, I used the finger flick magic skill you taught to knock down the mountain beehive on the tree, and blind the eyes of the gray wolf, the bet you made with me just now, I won!"

While holding the boy's hand, the grandfather praised: "Of course you won, grandpa lost! There are three people injured by the stream, we two go and take a look, we can't see death without help!"

The child listened to his grandfather's praise, and immediately danced with his hands: "I won, I won grandpa!", after speaking, he trotted all the way, crossed the stream, and jumped to Xu Zhi and the three of them. When the white ape saw this, he jumped down from the tree.

Seeing that Xu Zhi and the others were not harmed by the gray wolf, the child stretched out his hand and lifted the white ape high, and praised: "Grandpa! Xiaobai has defeated the gray wolf!", and after speaking, he held the white ape in his arms.

Xu Zhi, Xue Atan and He Mengjiao listened to the words of their grandfather and grandson, and only then did they know that the two escapes were the result of the grandson's rescue. The three of them glanced at each other and said in unison, "Thank you for your life-saving grace!"

When the child heard the words of the three of them, he looked a little unhappy, and asked with a childish face: "Why do you three just thank my grandfather? Don't think that I am young and look down on me, you were saved by me with flying stones!"

Xu Zhi and the three of them were all amused by the child's words, so they had to say again: "Thank you, little brother, for coming to the rescue!"

How do you know that the child is not happy again, pouting his mouth, and said: "The three of you don't open your mouth little brother, shut up little brother, although I am young, but I have a name, my name is An Jingsi, what is your name?"

Xu Zhi and the three of them hurriedly informed their grandparents and grandchildren of their names and intentions, and the grandchildren also introduced themselves, it turned out that their grandfather's name was Wang Jin, and An Jingsi was just his disciple, and the two were not really grandchildren.

Wang Jin hurriedly stopped An Jingsi and said with a smile: "Three distant guests, don't be surprised, our children in the mountains are so stubborn, let you laugh!"

Xu Zhi saw that Wang Jin spoke elegantly, and hurriedly apologized: "Forgive the three of us for the inconvenience of our hands and feet, and we can't salute the two life-saving graces, please forgive me!"

Wang Jin replied: "It's easy to say! Everyone walks the rivers and lakes, don't be too polite! Besides, you also saved our Xiaobai!", after speaking, he pointed to the white-eyed white ape on An Jingsi's shoulder. Xu Zhi and the three of them immediately understood that this white ape was the same ape that was fighting with a group of chimpanzees.

Wang Jin then asked, "How did you make a feud with the people of the Jiang Temple?"

Xu Zhi told everyone about his experience, and sighed: "I didn't offend Jiang Shenmiao, they wanted to arrest me just because I was a drunkard, not because of wine, but because I coveted the strange books and strange pictures circulating in the rivers and lakes!"

Wang Jin said "oh" and stopped talking, he turned around and instructed An Jingsi: "Jingsi, let's go to the woods and cut some bamboos and come back, and use it to make a big bamboo raft." ”

An Jingsi asked: "Grandpa, when we came, we didn't take a raft. What's the use of making a bamboo raft at this time?" Wang Jin replied: "That raft is not big enough to carry so many of us!"

Wang Jin said to Xu, Xue, and He: "Three guests, if you don't dislike it, Jing Si and I will transport you along the flowing water to the coniferous valley behind the mountain to recuperate, I don't know what the three of you want?"

Xu Zhi and He Mengjiao didn't answer, and Xue Atan asked, "The old man is a person from the coniferous valley behind the mountain?"

Wang Jin didn't speak, just nodded silently, Xue Atan saw it, and shouted: "I'd rather die than go to the coniferous valley behind the mountain!

Wang Jin took An Jingsi into his arms, and he saw that Xue Atan refused to enter the Coniferous Valley, and he didn't speak for a long time. He Mengjiao saw that the atmosphere was very embarrassing, and comforted: "Brother Xue, the three of us have injured our hands and feet, and we can't move half a step, if we don't follow the old man to the Coniferous Valley at this time, we will either starve to death in this valley, or be bitten to death by wild beasts, are you so afraid to go to the Coniferous Valley?"

Xu Zhi also persuaded: "Brother Xue, you are too prejudiced about the mysterious legend of the Turtle Valley, but you don't know that our lives were also saved by the old man, which shows that the people of the Turtle Valley are not as terrible as you think!"

Xue Atan saw that Xu Zhi and He Mengjiao both agreed to go to the mysterious Coniferous Valley, and saw that Wang Jin was kind and respectful, not like a big villain, so he had to reluctantly nod and agree.

Seeing that the three of them agreed, Wang Jin led An Jingsi and cut a few stout bamboos and some green vines in the woods not far away. The grandfather and grandson skillfully used an axe to cut the bamboo and divide it into several pieces, and then fixed a few bamboo pieces with green rattan to make a simple bamboo raft, and then carried the three of them to the bamboo raft. The grandfather and grandson used a thin bamboo pole to make a raft and pull the raft down the stream.

Xu Zhi and the three of them lay flat on the bamboo raft, hearing only the sound of gurgling water and the crisp birdsong by the stream. The bamboo raft went forward for a few miles, and suddenly made a big turn, and entered a narrow cave, which began to be very narrow, and became more and more open as it went, and the walls of the cave were covered with strange and colorful stalagmites, and the sound of tinkling and tinkling spring water, echoed in the cave, which was particularly beautiful and loud.

Finally, the bamboo raft followed the stream and entered a wide fork river, both sides of the river were dense coniferous forests, Wang Jin and An Jingsi docked the bamboo raft on an open ground in the depths of the taiga, and introduced to Xu Zhi and the three of them: This is the mysterious coniferous valley in the eyes of your outsiders, it is actually an ordinary canyon in the mountains, there are 100 families living in the valley, surrounded by high mountains, clouds and mist, people outside the mountains can rarely see its true face of Lushan.

Wang Jin and An Jingsi had just come ashore from the bamboo raft, and a group of children had already gathered around, clamoring to see the rare items that Grandpa Wang brought back from outside the mountain, and they were a little disappointed when they saw Wang Jin and An Jingsi coming back from the bamboo raft with some ordinary daily necessities, and saw three injured outsiders lying behind Grandpa Wang, and the news suddenly spread throughout the entire taiga valley.

The whole village heard that Wang Jin had brought three outsiders into the valley, and felt that it was fresh and rare, and men, women, and children all gathered around to watch, especially several old men, who were 100 years old, with white beards and white hair, holding crutches, carrying their grandsons and great-grandchildren, staring at Xu Zhi and the three of them for a long time, and sighed: "We have not seen people outside the mountains for decades, why are the people outside so thin, and the clothes they wear are so tattered." ”

Wang Jin introduced Xu Zhi and the three to the whole village, and told their tragic experience. To Xue Atan's surprise, the whole village was very polite, and saluted the three of them first, Xu Zhi and the others also hurriedly nodded and replied: "The three of us have inconvenient legs and feet, so we have disturbed your neighbors a lot!"

When the whole village heard what happened to the three of them, they all shook their heads and sighed to express their sympathy. Several old men sighed: "This outside world is really chaotic! The three of them are suffering outside!", and after speaking, they vied to invite Xu Zhi and the three of them to their house as guests. Xu Zhi and others were very sincere and enthusiastic when they saw the neighbors, and they were very moved, and they kept expressing their gratitude.

Wang Jin said: "Fellow villagers, I see that they have difficulty moving, so they can stay at my house for the time being to recuperate! When their injuries are a little better, let them visit you, how about it?" Wang Jin obviously had a high prestige among the villagers, and as soon as he spoke, everyone listened attentively, and no one expressed any objections, and they all shouted: "Okay! We all listen to Lord Wang, and we will arrange what you say!"

Wang Jin and An Jingsi brought Xu Zhi and the others home, Wang Jin's house is a two-story bamboo building, the house is very tall and spacious, but the items in the house are very messy. It turned out that Wang Jin never married a wife and had children in his life, and only adopted one disciple of An Jingsi, the two of whom were named grandsons, and they were actually masters and apprentices. Wang Jin often teaches An Jingsi to read and write, practice martial arts, and the two live a very comfortable life.

Wang Jin just settled Xu Zhi and the three people, and the neighbors sent chickens, ducks, fish, hares, all kinds of melons, fruits and vegetables, Wang Jin quickly accepted them, and expressed their gratitude one by one, everyone said in unison: "Your Lord Wang's distinguished guest is the common guest of our whole village, a village is not divided between each other, if Lord Wang says another word of thanks, it will be too obvious!"

Xu Zhi was accustomed to seeing the intrigue of the world along the way, competing for fame and fortune, and suddenly saw this long-lost true love in the world, and saw that everyone was like his parents and relatives, a warmth welled up in his heart, and his eyes suddenly moistened.

Xue Atan and He Mengjiao are also away all the year round, and they have tasted the warmth and coldness of human affection, and they are also moved to tears at this time.

Wang Jin knows some medical skills, he carefully checked the joints of Xu Zhi's hands and feet, and said with a smile: "The three of you are really lucky, but the bones of your hands and feet are dislocated, it shouldn't be in the way, as long as the joints are reset, you can fully recover in a few moments!"

While chatting with the three of them, Wang Jin pushed the joints of the hands and feet of the three people back into place, and the three of them could immediately swing their hands freely and walk on the ground with their legs.

Xue Atan felt relaxed and painless, so he deliberately walked a few laps in front of Wang Jin, jumped a few times, and praised: "Grandpa Wang!

He Mengjiao also stood up, shook her arm gently, kicked her legs, and said with a smile: "Grandpa Wang, you are really a god, the three of us have met Hua Tuo and Bian Que in the present world! I really don't know how to thank you!"

Xu Zhi also stood up, bowed to Wang Jin, and thanked him again for his great kindness in healing his injuries.

Wang Jin hurriedly pulled Xu Zhi and said with a smile: "The three of you don't have to be polite! Since your hands and feet are fine, it is better to help the old man make a fire and cook a hearty dinner!"

He Mengjiao applauded first, and Xu Zhi and Xue Atan also rushed to help Wang Jin kill chickens and ducks

After a while, the three of them helped Wang Jin gather a table of good food and good dishes. Xu Zhi and the three of them hadn't eaten such a sumptuous meal for a long time, and seeing that the grandfather and grandson were very hospitable, the three of them no longer greeted politely at the banquet, and devoured them unscrupulously, and choked on the food from time to time.

Wang Jin saw that the three of them were really hungry, and hurriedly persuaded them not to be anxious, and to chew and swallow good wine and food slowly. The three of them had food in their mouths, and it was inconvenient to answer, so they had to nod their heads constantly, and even An Jingsi, who was present, was amused by their expressions of eating.