Chapter 320: The Mysterious Man of the Clear Lake
Gan Linger looked at the man in front of her, she was just a ten-year-old girl, how could she be assertive when such a big thing happened?
"If I do what my mother wants, will I really be able to meet her?"
"Yes, maybe your mother is waiting for you at Grandpa's by now!"
"Really, then let's go now!" Gan Ling'er showed joy on her face.
"No, no!"
"What's the matter?" Shen Linfeng was puzzled.
"My mother said that grandpa is far away in Dongling Mountain outside the capital. What will happen to your injuries after I'm gone?"
A trace of warmth passed through Shen Linfeng's heart, but he didn't expect this little girl to be still worried about her injury at such a time.
"My injuries are no longer serious, you just have to go with confidence!"
"How can that be? You're my first patient, how can I leave you alone while you're still healing?"
"And what do you say?"
Gan Linger thought for a moment.
"We'll leave tomorrow!"
"And now?"
"Hey...... You come with me to go up the mountain!" After speaking, before Shen Linfeng could answer, she began to pack up the basket of tools.
"Go up the mountain, why do you go up the mountain?"
"Stupid, of course it's going to break the broken poisonous wood! In this case, even if I'm not by your side, then you can also decoct the medicine yourself to heal, and I can go to grandpa with peace of mind!"
As she spoke, Gan Ling'er had already carried the huge basket on her back.
Shen Linfeng saw that she insisted on doing so, and in the end he could only obediently comply!
The two walked along the bamboo forest all the way to the west, and after about half an hour, a large mountain blocked their way.
The trail is not steep, but it is very winding. Gan Ling'er held a pestle and a wooden stick, chattering all the way. From the birds and animals on the mountain, to the flowers and fruits everywhere. It seemed that there was nothing on the whole mountain that she didn't know.
"Where's the poison cut wood you said?"
"I read in my father's book that the poison cut wood is on the top of this mountain. ”
Shen Linfeng glanced at the endless mountain road and couldn't help but let out a sigh.
"Why are you sighing? I can tell you, don't look at the barren mountains and mountains now. When spring arrives, morning glories are everywhere on both sides of the road. And the yellow chrysanthemum, and the dogtail ......."
"Looks like you come to this mountain a lot?"
"Of course, I have to follow my father every time he picks medicine. I love the green leaves, the oddly shaped roots and branches, and the weird-looking flower bones......"
Shen Linfeng was amused by her and laughed again and again.
"You're a girl, why do you only like these branches and leaves, aren't those brightly colored flowers bad?"
Gan Ling'er gave him a fierce look.
"What is there to like about gaudy things? It is better than these branches and leaves, although they look ugly and taste bitter, but they can save people's lives! Let me ask you, those gaudy things may save people's lives in addition to their good sights and smells?"
Shen Linfeng shook his head.
"Not really!"
Gan Ling'er showed a smug face, and the two quickly rushed to the top of the mountain while talking and laughing.
There are many strange rocks on the top of the mountain, which is extremely difficult to walk. The already narrow mountain road is basically covered with gravel. Although the ground is hard, there are many strange-looking trees lining the hills.
"Those should be Poison Cutting Woods!" Gan Ling'er said, pointing to the strangely shaped trees in front of her.
The trunks of these trees are not high, and the branches are bent. There was nothing bare on the whole branch, only a few bumpy scars, which were very uncomfortable to touch.
Gan Linger looked left and right around one of them.
It is written in the book that the poisonous wood needs to be taken for more than a year, so that the medicinal effect is the most appropriate. The poison is not too strong, and the effect of the medicine is moderate......" Gan Ling'er chattered endlessly.
Shen Linfeng lay on his side on a rock and yawned.
"Having said all that, have you made a good choice?"
"What's the hurry, do you think it's so easy to choose a medicinal herb? First of all, it depends on its ......" Before Gan Ling'er finished speaking, she went directly to the tree and cut it down on a thin branch.
She was busy working in the trees, and Shen Linfeng was at a leisure, and she walked back and forth in the forest when she had nothing to do. Before he knew it, he had reached the other side of the mountain.
There is not even a path on the back side of the mountain, and the mountain is steep and full of rocks. At the foot of the mountain there is a blue lake, and although it is far away, you can see that the water on the surface of the lake is sparkling and very clear.
On the other side of the lake, a wisp of white smoke slowly floated up. Due to the obstruction of the mountain, Shen Linfeng could not see where the wisp of white smoke came from.
"Where is the bottom of the mountain?" asked Shen Linfeng, pointing to the lake.
Gan Ling'er said while collecting the broken poison wood that she had just broken, "Qingshui Lake! I often go there with my father to fish!"
"Is there a village down the mountain?"
"Village?
"Is there anyone living there?"
"I've never seen it! What's wrong?"
Gan Ling'er walked to Shen Linfeng's side and looked down the mountain with him.
At this moment, more than a dozen horses galloped from the road by Qingshui Lake. Although the distance was relatively far, Shen Linfeng could still tell that these people on horseback were all dressed in black.
The road surrounds the lake, but the men in black never emerge from the other side of the road. Therefore, Shen Linfeng expected that these people must have stayed in the place where the wisps of white smoke rose.
"Who are those people?" asked Gan Ling'er in surprise.
"I don't know!"
"Could it be my mother's arrester?"
Since he knew that the senior in the bamboo forest was Ling'er's mother, Shen Linfeng told her everything that happened that night. But there is one point, Shen Linfeng did not say the name of the Xuan Sect from beginning to end. Because, Ling'er is still young, and she is kind and pure-hearted. If she knew that it was the Xuan Sect that had taken away her father and mother, she would definitely be resentful. This is not what Shen Linfeng wants to see, and it is definitely not the result that Ling'er's father and mother want to see.
But these people in front of him made Shen Linfeng suspicious, and the man in black who passed by the door that day, could he also be in the same group as these people?
If so, then it's most likely for Ling'er!
Could it be...... The people of the Xuan Sect are famous and upright, why do they have to dress up in such a disguise? Moreover, the man I saw that day had a rough face and a burly body, and he obviously did not look like the little Taoist priest of the Xuan Sect.
Shen Linfeng had a hunch that something might happen tonight!
"Hey, what are you looking at!"
"No, it's nothing!
Gan Linger shook the basket in her hand.
"As long as you have these poison trees, even if I am not there, your condition will be cured! But you must remember that you must not overdose, lest you become infected with its poison!"
Shen Linfeng was thinking about the identities of these black-clothed people, and after hastily agreeing, he dragged Gan Ling'er down the mountain!
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