Prologue Chapter 49 The Fragrance of Immortal Grass in Changbai Mountain (1)
The guy nodded: "Childe, wait a minute, I'll go and prepare." With that, he went to the back kitchen, and a moment later brought a pot of piping hot tea. The guy made a cup for him and said, "Little boy use it slowly." Then, I went back to work.
Xu Pu picked up the teacup and drank it all. Unexpectedly, it's okay not to drink hot tea, but as soon as this cup of hot tea enters the stomach, it suddenly becomes cold. It is like a drop of water on the eaves of the house for thirty-nine days, which has condensed into ice before it has yet to drip. Xu Pu felt that in his internal organs, bursts of cold air continued to surge, his head was dizzy for a while, and his whole body began to tremble involuntarily.
The man saw him sitting on a stool, his body shrunk into a ball, and he couldn't stop shaking, so he came over and asked, "Little boy, are you not feeling well?"
Xu Pugang wanted to ask him to find a doctor, but suddenly someone behind him spoke: "It doesn't matter, he just forgot to take medicine." ”
Xu Pu looked back, Fang Zhengkun walked out of the inn, came to Xu Pu's side, opened his palm and said, "Take the pill, it'll be fine immediately." ”
Xu Pu looked down and saw that what Fang Zhengkun was holding in his palm was the pill he had taken in the morning.
Xu Pu hesitated for a moment, but finally took the pill, put it in his mouth, and swallowed it with his head up.
Fang Zhengkun said: "I'll send you back to the guest room to meditate." With that, he held Xu Pu's arm and wanted to pick him up.
Xu Pu pushed him away and said, "Don't worry about it." As he spoke, he struggled to his feet and staggered towards his room.
Fang Zhengkun smiled slightly, let him go by himself, turned around and asked the shopkeeper: "Man, where is this road to the north?"
The man said: "There is a mountain and stone town seventy miles north of this road, and after the mountain and stone town, it is the boundary of Shandong." Fang Zhengkun nodded, turned around and went back to the guest room.
When I entered the room, I saw Xu Pu sitting cross-legged on the bed with his eyes closed, meditating. Fang Zhengkun didn't bother him, and sat down cross-legged on the other bed, using his skills.
After about half an hour, Xu Pu used all the medicinal power, and his body no longer felt cold. The body is no longer uncomfortable, and his mind is much clearer, Xu Pu immediately thought that he was chilled all over his body, not necessarily because he was hit by the wind chill last night, I am afraid that this old man secretly did his tricks, but I am afraid that the last time I had a cold on my body was also conspired by the old way. No wonder he didn't force it at all when I didn't take the pill in the morning, it turned out that he had already taken a countermeasure.
Seeing Fang Zhengkun meditating on the bed next door, he asked sharply, "Why did I get chills? What did you do while I was asleep?"
Fang Zhengkun was not annoyed, and said lightly: "You woke up quite quickly. Yes, it's the hands and feet of the poor road. A few days ago, Poor Dao poisoned your diet. This poison is called 'Clotted Blood' and is extremely cold. After being poisoned, if there is no antidote, within twelve hours, the blood of the whole body will freeze, and the person will naturally freeze and die. The pill I let me take every day, although it suppresses the toxicity, is not an antidote, it only has an effect for twelve hours, but if I don't continue to take it, the cold poison will attack. ”
Xu Pu said hatefully: "I have no grievances with you, why do you want to harm me so much!?"
Fang Zhengkun sighed and said, "Poor Dao doesn't want to harm you, he just teaches you martial arts." As long as you are willing to be obedient and take the pill I gave you on time every day, the cold poison on your body will not attack. If you want me to detoxify you completely, you just need to learn the skills of the poor path and defeat the poor path. ”
Xu Pu was angry and hateful, but he couldn't do anything, he could only look at Fang Zhengkun with hatred.
Fang Zhengkun said again: "Now that you know that you have cold poison on your body, the next time you want to escape, don't forget this section." Alright, pack your bags, and let's hit the road. ”
Xu Pu was indeed poisoned by blood coagulation, but not a few days ago, but after being stunned by Fang Zhengkun yesterday. Fang Zhengkun wants to use him to refine the Yuanyang Pill, if Xu Pu is really poisoned, the refined pill will naturally be poisonous, and Fang Zhengkun will naturally not do such a stupid thing. When he poisoned Xu Pu, he used a very small dose, just to make him feel cold all over his body, so he had to take pills.
What he said was just to coax Xu Pu to be obedient. Such scheming, let alone Xu Pu, who has no experience in the world, even if he is a martial arts master who has been in the rivers and lakes for a long time, he will inevitably be deceived by him.
Although Xu Pu hated Fang Zhengkun very much, he was under control and had to be obedient. He immediately packed up his belongings and left the inn.
Fang Zhengkun thought of going to Changbai Mountain, which is nearly 10,000 miles away, and walking on foot is time-consuming and laborious. So he went to the market and bought two horses, one for him and Xu Pu, and walked north along the main road.
Although Xu Pu is young, his grandfather and father were both born in the army, and he taught him to ride a horse since he was a child, so although he is young, he is quite skilled in equestrianism, riding on horseback and walking normally, stable and comfortable.
The two stayed overnight, followed the path, and traveled north.
In order to prevent the leakage of the collection, Fang Zhengkun discarded the Wensheng boy's costume he was wearing while Xu Pu was asleep, and prepared a children's costume for him. Xu Pu hated Fang Zhengkun very much, and didn't want to wear the clothes he prepared, but Fang Zhengkun had thrown away his original clothes, and Xu Pu had no choice but to put on children's clothes.
Along the way, Fang Zhengkun's cold poison had several attacks, and each time it happened, it coincided with rainy weather. After several times, Xu Pu finally figured out the pattern, and wanted to find the antidote from him when he was poisoned and couldn't move, and then escaped. It's just that Fang Zhengkun has been entangled with cold poison for many years, and he has long been familiar with the law of cold poison attacks. Whenever there is an indication of the onset of cold poison, he immediately seals Xu Pu's acupoint to make him unable to move, and then finds a place to settle down and exercise his strength to resist the cold poison.
Every morning, Fang Zhengkun also had to feed Xu Pu a pill. Xu Pu didn't want to eat it, but because of his experience last time, if he didn't eat it, he was afraid that the cold poison in his body would attack, so he could only do what he was told. After taking the pill, you have to cross your knees. After a month like this, Xu Pu felt that his hands and feet seemed to be much stronger than before. Secret Dao: Lao Dao is not lying, this medicine can really enhance the body.
The two walked for more than a month and finally got out of Shanhaiguan. As soon as they got out of Shanhaiguan, the road immediately became desolate, often hundreds of miles without people, sometimes they couldn't find a lodging, and the two had to sleep in the wilderness. Fortunately, it is summer at this time, and this bitter cold place in the north is similar to the climate in the twilight spring in the south of the Yangtze River, but it is not very cold.
The two crossed the mountains and followed the path to the northeast, and walked for nearly two months, and finally came to the foot of Changbai Mountain.
Changbai Mountain is located in the Jurchen realm, and the Jurchen was the former Jin people. At the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, the Jin State was destroyed by the Yuan people, and its residence became the territory of the Yuan Dynasty. After Zhu Yuanzhang drove away the Yuan people, he also conquered the Jurchens, and now the Jurchens are vassal states of the Ming Dynasty, paying tribute every year, and being called a vassal every year.