Chapter 425: Accepting the Mission
Xu Dong said, "I understand, you are now a conscience and don't want to harm the Dragon City Kingdom like this anymore, so you let the two of us steal the apocryphal scriptures from the Dragon King Pavilion, I don't make a mistake to think so." ”
"That's right, it's just that you put me in the same category as the king of the dead country, in fact, I only found out about this matter a few days ago, if I had known about this matter, I would have dealt with it a long time ago." ”
He continued, "Seeing the mysterious deaths of many monks in the Dragon City Kingdom, I have been pondering the reason, and not long ago, I stumbled upon the rare book of the Commentary on the 'Medicine' Sutra, and I knew that the one in the Dragon King Pavilion was a forgery. ”
Xu Dong was a little skeptical of the statement of the 'Medicine' King, "The Oolong Kingdom has been dead for more than a hundred years, why did you only find this rare book now, besides, the Oolong Kingdom only has this one "Commentary on the 'Medicine' Sutra". ”
The king of medicine said, "If you don't let you see the scene, you won't believe me, you come with me." ”
After speaking, he and the 'medicine' boy walked in the head, Xu Dong and Yaqian followed, and the four of them followed up a steep stone ladder to climb a mountain cliff, and then pulled the green vines from the sunny slope of the cliff to the bottom of the valley.
It was a quiet valley, with no bird's noise or cicadas to hear, and there was a silent stream at the bottom of the valley, and when the four of them reached the opposite bank, they could faintly see a row of mountain 'holes' hidden by wisteria.
Xu Dong and Yaqian also followed this route when they came here with the 'Medicine' King before, but somehow they couldn't find this road when they entered the 'Medicine' King Valley alone, perhaps, this is the magic of the 'Medicine' King Valley and the secret of the 'Medicine' Wang family.
The words of the 'Medicine' King echoed in his ears, "This place is called the 'Medicine' King Valley, which was originally a nameless valley, and it was given the name by our 'Medicine' Wang family, Wolong Valley winds for hundreds of miles, and the place where the top spiritual 'medicine' is really produced is this valley." ”
"Except for our 'medicine' Wang family, no one knows that the top-grade spiritual 'medicine' is produced here, my family has survived in this valley for tens of thousands of years, and this secret has been kept for tens of thousands of years, and no one knows this secret so far. ”
"This row of 'holes' and 'holes' was dug by our 'medicine' Wang family, and the family members lived in the 'holes' before, and our family lived in this valley, and it became a paradise. ”
"It wasn't until a person named 'Miao' in our family was born that this situation was changed, and this 'Miao' walked out of the 'Medicine' King Valley and established a small kingdom, which is called the Oolong Kingdom. ”
"You also know that the Oolong Kingdom is famous for its abundance of spiritual 'medicines', needless to say that these spiritual 'medicines' are produced from Wolong Valley, but other places in Wolong Valley only produce medium- and low-cost spiritual 'medicines', and there are very few places that produce high-level spiritual 'medicines'. ”
"The only place to produce the top spiritual 'medicine' is this valley, after the establishment of the Oolong Kingdom, in order to maintain the national body, a part of the top spiritual 'medicine' produced in the 'medicine' King Valley was taken out, and the top spiritual 'medicine' appeared in the world. ”
"More than a hundred years ago, the Dragon City Kingdom coveted the wealth of the Oolong Country and sent 100,000 iron horsemen to invade the Oolong Kingdom. ”
"Of course, the king of Longcheng Kingdom knew about Wolong Valley, and ordered his 100,000 iron horsemen to control Wolong Valley, and they forcibly took away the spiritual 'medicine' in the hands of the 'medicine' people at a low price, and a large number of spiritual 'medicines' were transported to Longcheng Kingdom. ”
"After the Oolong Kingdom established by 'Yao' was conquered, the 'Medicine' Wang family swore to death not to be the Shunmin of the Dragon City Kingdom, and all the family members hid in the 'Medicine' King Valley and never came out again. ”
"In the past hundred years, the 'Medicine' King Valley has undergone great changes, most of the members of our family have passed away, and a few members have left the 'Medicine' King Valley to live in various countries, and the bones of those dead clansmen are hidden in this mountain 'cave'. ”
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"Don't stand still, follow along. "Seeing that he was distracted, the 'Medicine' King hurriedly urged.
Xu Dong raised his eyes and saw that the 'Medicine' King had climbed a wisteria to the mouth of a 'hole', and his agile body was like a sturdy spirit monkey, which was really unimaginable, this was an old man who was more than five hundred years old.
The four people followed each other into the mountain 'cave', a choking stale smell came out from the depths of the 'hole', and the 'medicine' boy who walked in front took out a 'medicine' bottle and opened it, only to hear a "sizzling" sound, and the pungent rancid smell was sucked into the 'medicine' bottle.
The first is a stone offering table, which is filled with all kinds of offerings, probably because of the passage of time, and these offerings have been carbonized into a pile of fossils.
There was a large stone 'bed' inside, and a corpse that was decomposing sat on the stone 'bed', and the smell of corpses emanated from the corpse, and the 'medicine' boy took out a bottle of 'medicine' liquid and splashed it on the corpse, and a good smell of 'medicine' immediately drove away the smell of corpse decay.
The 'Medicine' King pointed to the abdomen of the carrion, "The 'Medicine' Sutra Commentary is in his stomach, you may not be able to see it, but I can see it clearly, this book is the only rare book, and there will be no second 'Medicine' Sutra Commentary" in the year. ”
Xu Dong asked, "Is this ...... Who is this, and why is the "Commentary on the 'Medicine' Sutra" in his stomach? ”
"Medicine" Wang said, "This is the descendant of the 'Miao' I told you, that is, the king of the fallen country of the Oolong Kingdom, I estimate that after his death, his descendants put the "Commentary on the 'Medicine' Sutra" into his stomach in accordance with his will. ”
Xu Dong can also imagine that scene, after his death, the descendants of the deceased monarch took out his internal organs and replaced them with the "Commentary on the 'Medicine' Sutra", in order to let the world's most famous 'medicine' book rot in his stomach.
"The reason why he did this was to let a secret rot in his stomach forever, and the secret was that he had given the King of Dragon City a pseudo-scripture book, and the real scripture had been hidden by him." ”
Yaqian pulled Xu Dong aside, "Xianggong, why can't I see what scriptures are in his stomach." ”
Xu Dong couldn't help but smile, "If you don't know the sea and have a certain level of warmth, it is impossible to see the 'color' of the goods in him through the belly." ”
As he spoke, he opened the "Heavenly Eye" of the Purple Mansion to take a closer look, and saw that there was a dark 'yin' shadow on the abdomen of the corpse, he adjusted the focus, and the dark 'yin' shadow became clear, and it was indeed a thick scripture.
"That's it. "In order to verify whether this book of 'Commentary on the Book of Medicine' is authentic, we might as well take this book out of his stomach, and I can tell if it is true or false." ”
Xu Dong hurriedly asked, "Master, what criteria do you have for judging, that is, what method is used to distinguish its authenticity from falsehood?" ”
"Medicine" Wang said, "Blood juice, the real "'Medicine' Sutra Commentary" rare book is written with a variety of different blood juices, if you see dozens of different blood juices from this book, then it proves that this book is genuine. ”
"What do you say? ”
"Let's put it bluntly, before me, our 'medicine' royal family lasted 2,400 years, and a total of 24 'medicine' kings were inherited, and the "'Medicine' Sutra Commentary" has a total of 24 volumes, which were written by these 24 'medicine' kings with their own blood juice mixed into dansha. ”
"Oh. Xu Dong exclaimed, "What do you mean is that these twenty-four 'medicine' kings have written down what they have learned all their lives to form this "Commentary on the 'Medicine' Sutra." ”
"Yes, why is it called "Commentary on the Sutra of Medicine", they also refer to the "Sutra of Medicine" written by many predecessors, plus their own lifelong experience in cultivating spiritual "medicine", which can be said to be the classic among the classics. ”
After speaking, the 'medicine' king asked his 'medicine' boy to take out the book by disemboweling the corpse, because it had been embalmed with various 'medicine' substances in advance, although it had been more than a hundred years, the book was still very well preserved.
Xu Dong took the book from the 'medicine' boy and opened it to see that the handwriting on the inner page was really written with blood juice, and he could smell a faint smell of blood, and if he looked closely, there were more than 20 kinds of blood stains of different shades.
"Well, I'm not wrong." ”
Xu Dong said, "But even so, I can't be sure that the "Commentary on the 'Medicine' Sutra" in the Dragon King Pavilion is a pseudo-scripture book, and it can only be said that it is not a rare book, perhaps, it is a scripture copied from a rare book." ”
"What you said is not unreasonable, so I want you two to take the book from the Dragon King Pavilion, isn't that the same thing, we will be clear if we compare the two books." ”
At this time, Xu Dong was also aroused with a strong interest, he wanted to immediately 'get the truth' of this matter to be revealed, and after thinking about it, he asked, "Master, are you sure that the apocryphal book is in the Dragon King Pavilion." ”
"I sent the 'medicine' boy to find out about this matter, this book is usually hidden in the Dragon King Pavilion in the Dragon City Palace, only when the king wants to make pills, let people take it out, and after preparing the 'medicine' prescription, he immediately returned the book. ”
Xu Dong said, "Okay, Yaqian and I will go to the Dragon City Palace to investigate the situation, and if we have the chance, we will take out this book." ”
"It's not just to embarrass the two of you, I'll send the 'medicine' boy with you to find the 'Medicine' Sutra Commentary among the 50,000 scriptures, and it may be easier to have the 'Medicine' boy to help." ”
Don't pass the 'medicine' king, Xu Dong, Yaqian and the 'medicine' boy rushed to the dragon city king capital, and when they arrived at the dragon city king capital, it was already sunset, and a touch of blood 'color' remnant sun hung on the golden roof of the palace.
Xu Dong tried to use Zhihai to check the layout of the palace, but there was a Dao magic barrier set up in the palace, no matter how powerful he put Zhihai, he couldn't see what was going on inside the palace walls.
Because the 'medicine' boy had come here to investigate a few days ago, he must have been somewhat familiar with the Dragon City Palace, so Xu Dong asked him, "Senior, can we 'mix' into the palace after disguise." ”
The 'medicine' boy shook his head, "No, there are only members of the royal family living in the Dragon City Palace, and the guards guarding the palace 'gate' are very familiar with the people who enter and exit, and it is impossible for the living to 'mix' in." ”
"Then you'll have to go in late at night. ”
"Besides, in a royal forbidden place like this, even if you can 'mix' in during the day, you can't move around, you must know that those palace guards who guard the king's house and guard the courtyard are not dry meals." ”
Looking at the high walls of the palace in front of him, Xu Dong couldn't help but think of the Luotuo Palace, which was thousands of miles away, and it had been two months since he left the Chunyang Palace, and he didn't know if there was anything going on in the palace.
He didn't want to be good, and when he thought about it, he remembered one thing, his wife Zhao Ke should be pregnant in October, and she was about to give birth to a prince for him in these days.
From this incident led to another incident, which made him remember him and Guo Ying's son Xiaohu, who had been sent to Mr. Five by him for several years, and I don't know what he has become now.
He secretly thought that when he completed the task "handed" to him by the 'Medicine' King and obtained the "Thunder Grass" seeds from the 'Medicine' King, he would definitely go back to the palace to visit Zhao Ke, and also go to Mr. Five to see Xiaohu by the way.