On the second night of the opening of the Sword Market, Hu Xiaoer and I came as promised. The thin monkey had been waiting in front of the stall for a long time, his face was flushed, and when he saw the two of us, he immediately said with joy that his father had agreed to him to take over the business.

I was glad to hear that.

Continue chatting with him and learn that the thin monkey's surname is Yu, and there are two brothers in the family, so his father and mother call him Yu San.

Yu Sandao, their family is a very ordinary sword-forging family under Qingquan Mountain. In the sword forging vein, there is no merit and no fault. He has never played any excellent swords, but his craftsmanship is not too humiliating. Therefore, eighteen years ago, the emperor issued a holy decree to ask for people, but his father was not chosen.

Now it seems that it is really a great blessing among great blessings.

Yu San is thin and small, and his two brothers are both strong and powerful men. Therefore, in the inheritance of the family business, his father intended to teach the sword-forging technique to Yu Da Er, and let him specialize in the trading of the sword market.

But I don't know if it's God's will, Yu Dad's craftsmanship is mediocre, and it is also mediocre when it reaches Yu Daer. On the contrary, Yu San, who had never been carefully cultivated, was quite surprised when he cast a sword for the first time.

The palm sword has always been carried by Hu Xiaoer, and he told me with great pride that when his owner knew that he had only bought a fine weapon for one or two pieces of silver, then he would not be far from the day when he was promoted to a shopkeeper.

I was the first person to hire a three-forged sword, and he was very serious about it. During the day, he watched his two brothers fight swords, and he also did a lot of homework. He also told me that the merchants forged swords mostly as accessories, and paid more attention to patterns and styles, and those who practiced martial arts needed a sharp weapon to defend themselves against killing, so the material for forging swords was extremely important.

He explained the hardness and softness of several different materials, and handed me a few sketches on which some of the styles of the blades were drawn, and so on. I was a little too big to make a decision.

After returning to the guest house, I immediately flew a pigeon to pass the book to Liu Slender Zi who was far away in Jinling, and told him about the situation of Qingquan Mountain, and attached a sketch of the craftsman Yu San.

After some time, the flying pigeon returned to the window of the guest house, and I received a reply from Liu Shouzi. In the letterhead, Yanagi makes a choice for the sketch of Three. Not only did he thank me again for my help, but he also said that he had hurried to Qingquan Mountain to come and get the sword himself. If I was still in Qingquan Mountain at that time, I could have drunk the worm wine that he brought through the alleys.

I'm really ...... about that Be overjoyed.

After returning the sketch to Yu Sanhou, the matter of swordsmanship for Liu Slender was a certainty.

Although it was only a sword, after the Yu family sword shop accepted the deposit, the father and son were busy.

In the past few days when Hu Xiaoer and I were looking for Yu San's sword, Xiaojiu did not forget to go up the mountain to recuperate Master Mao. In order to avoid attracting the attention of others, he went to Qingquan Mountain with the melon lady who was carrying a food box every day.

Since that day, Aunt Gua said Master Mao, Master Mao has not been so repulsive to outsiders. Different from the previous indifference, he let down a little guard when he looked at me and Hu Xiaoer, and he still had a bit of unique kindness and trust in Xiaojiu.

Xiao Jiu thought for a while, perhaps because of the patient's dependence on the doctor. But Master Mao's occasional glances at him always made him mistakenly think he was looking at ...... Own children in general.

You must know that if you just look at the faces, it is clear that both of them are sixteen or seventeen-year-old teenagers...... Isn't it?

There is one more thing worth mentioning.

One day, Hu Xiaoer and I came to visit Master Mao in the cave, and saw him sitting on a stone couch holding a medical book and looking at it intently. Xiao Jiu on one side felt his pulse, probed for a while, Xiao Jiu frowned and said, "Strange, why is the heart rhythm suddenly irregular?"

As he was talking, he saw Master Mao trembling and putting down the medical book in his hand, his face full of emotion, "This, this is really Yun Niangniang's medical book......

He said and showed us the writing, "Look at these handwritings, she wrote them, exactly like what I used to see." ”

The medical book was old, the paper was yellowed, and each page was filled with the handwriting of the former owner. Although the words and ink are small, they are both rigid and soft, and they are as elegant as clouds, which makes people look quite amazing.

Hu Xiaoer took the medical book and looked at it more carefully.

Xiao Jiu also said happily: "There are a few places in this medical book that are very obscure, but fortunately, there is Yun Niangniang's annotation next to it, so I don't have to work so hard to understand." He touched his head again and became a little embarrassed, "Although I have never met her, I was deeply inspired by her when I studied medicine. I always feel that I have been friends with her for a long time, and I respect her as my teacher. It's a pity ......"

I saw some sadness between his eyebrows, rubbed his shoulders and said, "Xiao Jiu, you found the medical book yourself in Master's Library, this is your fate with Yun Niangniang." You have been obsessed with medical skills since you were a child, and now that you have this attainment, he is fortunate to meet Yun Niangniang one day, I think she will definitely recognize you as an apprentice!"

Xiao Jiu bowed slightly, and his eyes showed some yearning brilliance.

I asked Master Mao: "Senior Mao, I heard people say that the medical saint Yun Niangniang has retired from the rivers and lakes since the first battle of Jingshui eighteen years ago. Now that you know her, do you know where she went?"

Master Mao shook his head a little stunned, "I don't know, in fact, the only time I saw her was eighteen years ago." Over the years, I have been hiding in the mountains to forge swords, and I hardly hear about what is happening under the mountain......"

He sighed and sighed with emotion: "Okay, no matter what, it's my luck to be able to see her handwriting again now." What kind of person is that healer, and what kind of rat am I?"

Listening to Master Mao's tone, he and Yun Niangniang are not ordinary interactions, of course, it is not the relationship between men and women, but there is a deep sense of respect.

I don't know what kind of past Master Mao and Yun Niangniang had?

And it was eighteen years ago......

Hu Xiaoer put down the medical book and said lightly: "Eighteen years ago, there was a new king in power in the palace, and there was a battle of Jingshui in the rivers and lakes...... It has to be said that it was an eventful time. ”

Master Mao never told us what his relationship with Yun Niangniang was. However, under Xiao Jiu's conditioning, he had angina a little less often, his face was not as pale as before, and his body bones were much stronger and stronger.

Aunt Gua is in a better and better mood, not only does she cook for us a few times every day, but she also says that there is a little miracle doctor in the Zhuzhu inn, and she is very capable.

After saying this, many people came to the guest house to see Xiao Jiu. In addition to the people from Qingquan Mountain, there are actually patients from the villages and towns next door! Aunt Gua also specially set up a shed in front of the melon stall to facilitate Xiao Jiu's medical treatment. Xiao Jiu has always been quiet to outsiders, but he is quite patient with patients and never charges a consultation fee.

With such a bodhisattva's heart and clever medical skills, some people gradually gave Xiao Jiu the nickname of "medical fairy". Xiao Jiu, who was called "Yixian" in person for the first time, was rarely a little shy, but as a senior sister, I felt very grateful.

Eighteen years ago, the medical saint Yun Niangniang retired to the rivers and lakes, and has never been seen; eighteen years later, there was a medical fairy Jiuye on the rivers and lakes, inheriting her mantle, with a benevolent heart, and since then hanging the pot to help the world.

This has always been Xiao Jiu's ambition.

As autumn fades over, the weather outside should be getting colder and colder. At the foot of Qingquan Mountain, which has always been dry, the wind blowing in the face slowly adds a lot of coolness.

With the improvement of Master Mao's health, I think it is time to say goodbye to Aunt Gua and continue to travel.

After Qingquan Mountain, we will go to Shangdu. As soon as I thought of Shangdu, somehow, my right eyelid began to beat wildly, and my heart became chaotic.

But before this strange thing was figured out, an incident broke out on Qingquan Mountain.

In the early morning of this day, me, Hu Xiaoer and Xiaojiu rarely sat in the courtyard together and drank tea leisurely. A figure suddenly rushed in at the door of Zhuzhu's inn.

It was the melon lady who went up the mountain at the end of the day, and she was running out of breath at the moment, looking flustered and her eyes were red.

She cried at us: "Oh no, Brother Mao, he vomited blood and fainted!"