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That's what it feels like in the valley at the moment.

The smell of earth is the tranquility of tranquility, except for the rustle of leaves in the wind, only the sound of crickets crawling among the flowers and plants.

In the distance, a large cyan python hovered on a one-foot-wide wooden roof, its body motionless, and the tip of its tail constantly swaying up and down, but it was pleasant.

Suddenly, an old voice pierced the valley.

"Hey, come in and take a look, that kid is awake!"

The man in white answered, put down a small shovel in his hand, and slowly walked into the wooden house.

The wooden house is not small, but there is no partition, and there is an unobstructed view. On the right is a large stone table with nothing but an incense burner. The smoke from the incense burner lingered for a long time, and seemed to form a pattern in the air. Next to the stone table was a wooden table, which looked to be some years old, the corners of the table had decayed, and on the table was a small medicine mill, half a compass and a bowl of slimy strange plasters, yellow, yellow, green and green, which looked like snot.

To the left of the room was a wooden bed, which was empty. On the ground next to him, there were two people lying side by side, it was Li Bing and Anzi.

Anzi's upper body was stripped naked, and her whole body was covered with black mud. Or plasters, the two large holes in his shoulders that had been bitten by the python were also bandaged, the cloth was not very clean and oozing with blood, and the curse mark on his forehead, though faded, had not yet completely receded.

Li Bing groaned softly twice, and finally woke up. As soon as I opened my eyes, I saw an old face that I never wanted to see again, and I was so frightened that I was so clever that I suddenly propped myself up. Rao hurt his bones just now, and this movement made him grin in pain.

"Hey, Brother Li, you're awake!"

The man in white walked in from the door and greeted Li Bing with a smile. This man is none other than Chiren.

"Brother Chiren, why are you here?" asked Li Bing, standing up. Seeing that the old woman was still by his side, he subconsciously took a small step back.

The old woman snorted coldly, and said nothing: "If he is not here, you should go and clean the medicine valley for me." After speaking, he picked up his crutches, pointed at Anzi, looked at Chiren and said, "I was really upset to see them standing here in a good position, and when this kid wakes up, let them leave quickly." With that, he walked out of the hut without looking back.

Li Bing roughly guessed that it was Chiren and the old woman who saved him, and was about to ask, but he heard Anzi cough lowly, and fell to the ground unconscious, and hurriedly squatted down. But before his hand touched Anzi's body, he heard a voice from the door: "If you want him to die, just move around." ”

It was the old woman who turned back. Looking at Anzi who fell to the ground, she waved the cane in her hand slightly, and the eyes on the distorted face glowed faintly purple. Without waiting for the light to fade completely, a middle-aged man walked slowly into the room, walked straight to the wooden table, picked up the bowl of yellow, yellow, green and green "decoction", and walked straight to Anzi.

Li Bing looked at the man's clothes, which seemed to be Hui Hui's folk clothes, which had been so dirty that they had accumulated a thick layer of stains, and he hadn't changed them for half a year, and his face was also black and numb, which was unsightly.

When the man approached, a foul smell accompanied him, and the smoked Li Binghao was not uncomfortable, and Chiren also covered his nose to avoid it.

At the moment when Li Bing turned his head, he was surprised to find that under the black dirt on the man's forehead, there was actually a curse mark that was the same as on An Zi's forehead. Look at this man's eyes again, completely numb and unaware.

This man seems to have been manipulated by the old woman. Li Binggang came up with this idea, and recalled the previous encounter between himself and Anzi, and suddenly his back was cold, and a cold sweat broke out. If Chiren hadn't arrived, I'm afraid that his fate would be like this, just thinking about it, I feel scared.

said that the middle-aged man walked up to Anzi, knelt down, slowly opened Anzi's mouth with one hand, and then ...... poured all the snot-like decoction into Anko's mouth.

Seeing this scene in his eyes, Li Bing only felt a little disgusting, and then looked back at the old woman, but she had already left the room and disappeared.

"Brother Chiren, this ......"

Chiren motioned for Li Bingxian to sit down: "Brother Li, don't be afraid. Listen to me slowly. ”

He originally wanted to pour Li Binghe and himself a cup of tea, but when he picked up the teapot on the table, he found that it was empty, so he had to put it down and said:

"I originally said that I came to see my old friend, and I came here to do so. As soon as I entered the house, I found that the smoke of the incense burner was non-stop. After a closer look, I found that the two people inside seemed to be you and Anzi's brothers, so I hurriedly ran out and saw you fall to the ground. After explaining the misunderstanding to 'Tuva', I took you both here for treatment. ”

"Incense burner?"

Chiren pointed to the incense burner on the stone table and explained, "Well, that's it, the 'Mirror Incense' can indicate what happens in a fixed position. The incense burner is where the entrance to this valley is revealed. ”

Li Bing was half-understood when he heard it: "So, ...... is that big python?"

Chiren pointed to the ceiling of the room, signaled that Li Bing's big python was on it, and said: "It is the guardian spirit beast of this medicine valley, and Granny Tuva has been feeding it with elixir, so it has a strange fragrance on it, and it is also very powerful." ”

After learning about the general situation, Li Bing seemed to have finally made up his mind: "Thank you, Brother Chiren, if it weren't for you, I'm afraid I would have become the same person as the person just now." ”

Before Chiren's "no thanks" could be spoken, he heard Li Bing talk about the person who was controlled, so he took over the conversation: "Oh, you said that." ”

That person is called a 'puppet', and it is a method of controlling people's spirits in shamanic mysticism. This medicine valley, Tuva mother-in-law can't take care of it alone, so she uses such a method. As soon as a new person breaks in, the Guardian Python will bite him, and then Granny Tuva will control his mind. Once successful, the previous person will be released, and if there is no new person coming in for two or three years, then the person will also be released. ”

Hearing this, Li Bing felt that this method was too cruel, how many three years does a person have, and when this person goes home, I'm afraid it will already be a matter of fact. However, when he saw that Chiren was talking about this, he didn't shy away from it, so he didn't want to talk about it anymore, so he simply sighed.

"Brother Li is unbearable?"

Li Bing looked at Chiren looking at him, nodded slightly, but didn't speak, only listened to Chiren continue: "Actually, I'm also against this. But in order to maintain this medicine valley, Granny Tuva must find such a person. ”

Chiren said this, paused, seemed to think for a while before making a decision, and asked, "Does Brother Li know about the country of 'Rouran'?"

Li Bing still nodded slightly: "I've heard of some countries in the north of the country hundreds of years ago, and then they were wiped out by the Turks, and I heard that it seems that the territory is very similar to today's Hui. ”

As soon as Chiren heard the answer, he continued: "Three hundred years ago, when Rouran lost the country, the people fled in all directions, some to the west, and the other to the grasslands a little east, and merged into the tribe of Murowei, calling themselves 'Mengwu Murowei'. I am the gentle man. ”

He swallowed a mouthful of spit, seemingly lost in memories and thoughts.

"In the kingdom of Rouran, there is an institution called the Shaman, which is responsible for divination, medicine, and even the calendar of the whole country. Later, Rouran destroyed the country, but the spells and industries in the shamans have been handed down, and some people have guarded them for generations, looking forward to the day when Rouran will return to the country. These people formed shamanism.

And this medicine garden was one of the foundations of the shamans at that time. Generations before Granny Tuva have guarded this place, waiting for the day when Rouran will return to the country. ”

Li Bing also heard such a thing for the first time, and said without thinking: "Isn't this too stupid." and they have been destroyed for three hundred years. I was even thinking in my heart: Now the manpower of Murowei seems to be too much worse than that of Hui, and the idea of recovering the country is tantamount to a fool's dream.

He saw that Chiren didn't answer, and then realized that this sentence just now seemed to be a little inappropriate, and hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, Brother Chiren, I just said it casually." ”

Chiren was not angry, but laughed and said, "Haha, Brother Li, it's okay." This is what it is. And probably because of the same idea as you, Granny Tuva's son gave up guarding this medicine garden and went somewhere else. The other Guardians have long since left. Perhaps, the mother-in-law will be the last shaman to guard this garden. That's why the mother-in-law raised the python and wanted the python to take over his task of guarding the garden. ”

As soon as he finished explaining, he seemed to be unfinished, and then continued:

Although the son of the Tuva grandmother is gone alone, this faith will not die. No matter how many generations have passed, we have all dreamed of being restored to our former glory. Rouran was exterminated by the Turks, the Turks were exterminated by the Tang, and the Hui took over the Anbei of the Tang Dynasty. ”

After saying this, Chiren seemed to fall into some kind of frenzy:

"We're still weak, but we have that belief, we've been working hard and we're dormant. One day, maybe 200 years, 400 years, this wish will come true. It is precisely because of this belief that Granny Tuva sticks here, even if she has to use all means. As he spoke, his eyes were a little moist.

Li Bing seemed to be able to understand the strong vision in Chiren's heart, and did not speak, just nodded.

Perhaps Chiren felt that this topic was too dull, so he said half-jokingly: "The change of dynasties, the summer and the cold, aren't it the same in your Central Plains." Qin, Han, Sui, and Tang dynasties. The reincarnation of generation after generation, maybe one day, the spiritual mountains and wonderful waters of the Central Plains will also be managed by our Mengwu Murwei. Hahahaha. ”

After all, Li Bing is a member of the royal family, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but be a little unhappy, but in addition to this, he also liked Chiren to treat him as his own, and admired Chiren's true temperament even more, so he swept away the haze and only said: "Haha, then I wish Brother Chiren's dream come true." ”

"Thank you, Brother Li Bing. I also hope that one day, my dream will come true!"

As she spoke, Anzi's body moved twice, and she also made a hmmmm

"What's going on?"

Li Bing was about to answer, but when he saw Granny Tuva walk in again, he glanced at Chiren, as if he was blaming him for saying something he shouldn't have said, but he couldn't get angry.

"Since you're all awake, let's go quickly, and if you have something to say, you're not welcome here. ”

Since the master issued an eviction order, Li Bing and the others were not good at staying, and they were about to say hello and leave, but they were stopped by Chiren.

"Mother-in-law Tuva, Brother Li and Brother Li strayed here to find a very special mink, if the mother-in-law knows about the mink, please tell them, so that Brother Li will not run around and disturb the mother-in-law's cultivation. ”

The mother-in-law glanced at Chiren and said angrily, "Eh, I really owe you." After speaking, he looked at Li Bing again: "That mink is called 'Fire Raccoon Sable', I know where it is, but depending on your kung fu, it's in vain to go." ”

Li Bing was overjoyed, hugged his fists and said: "It's still the seniors who tell you, and the juniors try their best." ”

Granny Tuva sneered: "Hmph, this is not something to try if you want to. If you can't get it, you have to take your life. Do you remember that green python?"

Li Bing nodded slightly, and An Zi also muttered in his heart: "How could that big python forget." ”

The corners of Granny Tuva's mouth seemed to be filled with a wicked smile, and she decided that Li Bing would be frightened: "Do you know where the red spots on the green worm come from?"

"Could it be that mink?" Li Bing almost snorted, and even thought that even a sword could not break through its scales, what kind of mink could bite out such spots on the body of a python. Thinking so, he still said, "Even if this is the case, I am willing to try my best." ”

Mother-in-law Tuva bowed slightly, and her voice softened a lot: "Since you are not afraid of death, then I will help you, that bad thing has also eaten a lot of my herbs, if you can catch it, I will no longer pursue your sin of trespassing in the medicine valley." ”

After saying that, the eyes on the crutches came out again.

Not long after, the puppet Hui Hui walked in with a medicinal herb.