After thinking about it, Liu Changqing hesitated and asked, "You accepted Suo Ling as an apprentice, but I listened to it on the side, isn't it big?" Turning his head to look at Suo Ling, he said, "What do you say?"

Suo Ling wiped away the tears on his face and asked, "My master...... How long has my master been there?" Liu Changqing sighed: "We just separated, and in just three or four days, I met Zhiying. Suo Ling said: "I...... I...... I don't know what to do. At the moment, I can't go back to Dongmeng Mountain, but I hope ...... I hope that Master's spirit in heaven will forgive me for being an unfilial disciple. ”

Liu Changqing said: "You and I are both masters who were poisoned and killed, and we have sympathy for each other, I hope to find out the real culprit as soon as possible, so that they can laugh at Jiuquan and die blindly." He said to Ding Zhonglang again: "This is the best, let's do this, after three months, you teach Suo Ling medical skills, and we should leave." ”

Ding Zhonglang twisted his beard with his hands, very happy, but seeing that the two of them were so sad, he didn't dare to show it, he only nodded and said, "We haven't slept all night, let's go and rest!"

Liu Changqing and Suo Ling went out together, looked at each other, and said together: "You ......" and they both stopped, looking at each other with a smile, Suo Ling said: "Brother Liu, thanks to you for taking care of you, thank you!" Liu Changqing said: "You and I are friends of life and death, what else do you say thank you." ”

The two looked at each other like this, and after a long time they heard the rooster crowing outside, and the traces of tears on Suo Ling's face were still there, and he smiled slightly, looking forward to his life. The two said goodnight to each other, and each went back to the house, Suo Ling went back to the room first, and when the door was closed, he said mischievously: "Wrong! It's good morning." Liu Changqing smiled.

The next day, the day is three poles, the rain is clear, the weather is good, the small flow bridge is close to the woods, and the air has a pleasant feeling. Liu Changqing and Suo Ling got up together, washed away yesterday's sadness, and their faces showed joy. After each of them finished washing, they went to call Doctor Ding. I knocked on the door several times, but I didn't listen to him. Suo Ling said: "My second master, everything is good, but he likes to sleep and doesn't let others disturb him." ”

Liu Changqing pushed open the door and called him, and saw two pieces of cotton stuffed in his ears. Liu Changqing woke him up, he opened his eyes and looked, pulled down his long face, disappeared in an instant, and said in a lazy voice: "Who will realize the big dream first? The grass hall sleeps enough in spring, and the day outside the window is late. Suo Ling heard it outside and teased: "Okay! Don't be late! The sun outside is brighter than Zhuge . No later than your meal. ”

After Ding Zhonglang got up, he took the two of them again, and instead of going to the restaurant where he was sharp, the food was very palatable. The shopkeeper was also stunned when he saw Ding Zhonglang, Ding Zhonglang said: "You gave my horse a croton, but it hurt me, and I don't care about you, you make a table of good food and good food, present good wine, and the three of us will eat and drink enough, and we will go on the road." ”

The shopkeeper scratched his head and scratched his ears, and hurriedly invited the three of them to sit down, a table of food was full of flavor, the three of them had not eaten all night, and they ate in a big gulp, even Suo Ling had a big appetite for the little food he ate on weekdays.

The three of them were full of food and drink, and immediately hit the road, there was no horse seller in the town, only Suo Ling himself had a horse. The three of them did not ride on horses, but walked forward. Along the way, Ding Zhonglang explained the medical techniques and herbs to Suo Ling, Suo Ling has a very good memory, this matter is related to the lives of his master and Liu Changqing's six people in the same family, and he has used 12 more labor than usual. Ding Zhonglang couldn't help but praise, but there were no medicinal herbs around him, and although Suo Ling remembered many of the names of the medicines, he didn't know what this medicinal herb looked like. Ding Zhonglang said: "When you get to my house, I will naturally show you." ”

When the three of them arrived at Daliuqiao, it was much more prosperous and lively, Liu Changqing and Ding Zhonglang each chose a horse in the town, Liu Changqing was strong in kung fu, and he was not afraid of any thieves coming to covet the property of the three people, and there was nothing to do along the way.

After six or seven days, at lunch on this day, Ding Zhonglang said: "In two days, I will be home." I haven't been home for a long time, and if it weren't for the blind date with a letter to me, I'm afraid that my mother is too sick to get out of bed, and I wouldn't have known. Liu Changqing and Suo Ling saw the wilderness of the Gobi outside, very desolate. Suo Ling said: "Second Master, why is your hometown in such a place? This place is too remote, I have never seen it. ”

Ding Zhonglang smiled bitterly and said: "You are still young, and there are still many things that you have never seen! You think this place is not good, but I think this place is good, although this place is desolate and sparsely populated, but there are many strange flowers and plants, but there are not other places! In the eyes of my doctors, it is a large area of feng shui treasures. Ding Zhonglang saw his mother cut, and he didn't stay, saw the herbs, picked them off casually, and explained to Suo Ling, how to use medicine, how to treat diseases, how to take medicine, what drugs to conflict with, dietary taboos, etc., Suo Ling listened carefully. Ding Zhonglang's eyes suddenly lit up, he rode a few steps forward, the three of them stopped together, Ding Zhonglang jumped off the horse, and the three of them surrounded a medicinal herb. Suo Ling asked, "What is this?"

Ding Zhonglang said: "This herb is quite peculiar, its name is 'Ten Thousand Bones Dry', eaten alone, the toxicity is not great, the strange is that if it is mashed with banana leaves for people to eat, the toxicity is incomparably great." Suo Ling was surprised: "So weird?" Ding Zhonglang nodded and said, "In the medical world, this is not weird, there are more weird things than this!" Looking back at Liu Changqing, he said: "Ten thousand bones and banana leaves can be eaten together, it can poison people, and the poison situation can make people delirious, and it is not clear whether they are dreaming or reality." Liu Changqing's heart ached.

Ding Zhonglang plucked the ten thousand bones and said, "After mixing it with the plantain, add the mashed medicinal juice to the well water, and after immersing it for twelve hours, the water will also be poisonous." Both of them said "hmm". Ding Zhonglang said to Liu Changqing: "You open your mouth and eat ten thousand bones." ”

Suo Ling was shocked and asked, "What are you doing?" Ding Zhonglang said: "The legend of the Nine Heavens Black Lotus, after all, no one has ever seen it, let me try if he is really poisonous and inviolable, this herb is eaten alone, the toxicity is very easy to solve, with me by my side, it is not in the way." ”

Liu Changqing ate it as he said, and the three of them passed another day, and went straight to the gate of Ding Zhonglang's hometown, but they didn't see anything wrong with Liu Changqing's body. Ding Zhonglang said happily: "You have really become a living medicine treasure, after this ten thousand bones are eaten, no matter how strong the body is, you will get sick in three hours at most, but you have nothing to do." Little brother, you are not shallowly blessed, not shallow in your blessings!" Suo Ling and Liu Changqing both had happy faces.

Ding Zhonglang's house is in the deep mountains, the mountain road is full of potholes, there are many stones, and the weeds are overgrown. The three of them were afraid of hurting the horse's hooves, so they all dismounted and walked, and Ding Zhonglang no longer explained medical skills, and kept telling the two interesting things when they were at home. When I was a child, I went up to the mountain and caught pheasants and hares, and when I encountered a fierce wild boar, I climbed a tree to save myself, and I cut down trees to build a house for myself. Ding Zhonglang said that every time he goes home, he thinks of these things, some trees have grown into towering trees, and some newborn saplings are also very strong.

After turning and turning, after a few turns, there are some paths that he can't see, he can find them. Ding Zhonglang said: "No wonder, my old mother also likes here, I take her to enjoy happiness, she is always unhappy, saying that it is better to farm and grow melons here, I will accompany her here in the future, and after the old mother goes, I will also find a quiet place, plant melons and vegetables, and enjoy my old age." ”

Suo Ling listened to it and said: "One day, I will do the same, in a place where no one is around, raise some chickens, rabbits, and calves, grow vegetables and flowers all day long, and enjoy life with my sweetheart." Liu Changqing was thrilled when he heard this, his eyes looked at her, and seeing that Suo Ling didn't pay attention to himself, he suddenly felt a little lost.

Suddenly, I heard Doctor Ding say: "Here we are! There are only a dozen families here, and the easternmost one in the front row is my old mother's house." Suo Ling said: "Second master, you don't bring a wife ......" Halfway through speaking, he suddenly remembered that Ding Zhonglang had told her that he was suffering from terminal disease, which was an incurable disease. Stick out your tongue and keep your mouth shut.

Ding Zhonglang said: "You little girl is poor, to be honest, I also want to take one to my old mother to see, this time when I came back, on the way you met the masked woman, I spent money to invite, on the road I have been unpredictable, after thinking about it, or forget it, my mother knows my illness, she saw me, she was very happy, whether there is a wife or something, it doesn't matter." Suo Ling was dumbfounded and said, "She's a woman? ”

When he arrived at the door, Ding Zhonglang said: "The two of you will live here for two or three months, I will clean up the firewood room and the west hall, and you will live in one room. ”

Ding Zhonglang looked at the two of them with a smile, found that Suo Ling had some displeasure on his face, and asked, "Good apprentice, aren't you happy?"

Suo Ling said: "It's not that I'm not unhappy, how can I not be happy? You have earned so much money, why don't you build a big house for your grandmother? Your grandmother doesn't want to go with you to enjoy happiness, why don't you ask someone to take care of her?"

Ding Zhonglang laughed and said, "You have thought of it, how could Master not think of it?" But my old mother didn't like big houses, and when he missed my father, he felt at ease when he saw this small house! It's better to ask someone to take care of her, my old mother has suffered all her life, and she is used to suffering, I asked someone to take care of my old mother more than ten years ago, she is good, I wish I could wash other people's clothes and socks!" Liu Changqing and Suo Ling laughed together.

The door was closed, Ding Zhonglang pushed it open, and the three of them went in together, Ding Zhonglang shouted: "Mother!" An old woman's voice came from inside: "Son! Is it you? I want to kill you!" Ding Zhonglang's face was happy, and he said: "Listening to the voice, my mother is not seriously ill, but her body is quite strong." ”

With a "squeak", the door of the house was opened, and Ding Zhonglang's mother came out of the door, and the old man with her hands stretched out asked, "Son, is it you?"

Ding Zhonglang was shocked and shouted, "Mother, why are you like this?" He ran forward, looked at the old mother, and asked loudly, "Mother, why are you blind?" When did you become blind?"