Chapter 20: The Tianshan Mountains

"The slave knows that there is a person who may be able to save Lord Huo. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

A servant walked into the council hall and said to Xu Da.

When Xu Da heard this, he was furious: "Bold! dare to break into the council hall privately, when we were talking just now, did you eavesdrop outside?"

The servant hurriedly knelt down and said: "The adults are angry, but the villains don't dare!" The villain takes care of Lord Huo every day, and sees that Lord Huo has been treated in every possible way but there is no effect, and his condition is getting worse day by day, and the adults are running and working hard for Lord Huo's illness all day long, and the villain sees it in his eyes and is anxious in his heart, so the villain dares to come to see the adult. The villain has just arrived in the council room, and the adult just spoke, but the villain did not eavesdrop, and asked the adult to be clear. ”

Xu Da said: "What do you know about you?"

The servant said: "Although the villain does not understand the major affairs of the state, he knows that Lord Huo is a loyal minister with outstanding military achievements, and a good official who specializes in protecting the common people. Master Huo is in trouble now, and everyone is anxious, and they all hope that he can recover as soon as possible. ”

Xu Da wanted to be angry, but when he heard what the servant said, he examined him and asked him, "What's your name?"

"The minion's name is Li Quan. ”

"How long have you been in Jiayuguan?"

"It's been five years. ”

Xu Da relaxed a little and said, "Get up." ”

"Lord Xie Xu!"

"Li Quan, you just said that you know that there is a person who can save Master Huo, who is that person?"

Li Quan said: "Before the villain came to Jiayuguan, he lived in his hometown. I heard from the people in the village that there is a strange person living on the Tianshan Mountain, this person lives on the mountain all the year round, sucks wind and dew, lives forever, and is still a miracle doctor, who can cure all kinds of diseases. ”

When Xu Da heard this, he smiled and said: "Suck the wind and drink the dew, immortality? Do you mean that this person has become an immortal? What a joke, I have never seen an immortal person, these must be made up by the people." ”

Li Quan said: "My lord, the villain has not seen it with his own eyes, so he doesn't dare to talk nonsense." When the villain was a child, he had seen that man. At that time, there was a person in our village who had jaundice, and the family had already begun to prepare for the future. The man came to our village, went into the house, saw the sick man, and said, 'This man is not dead, why is he starting to prepare for the future?'

The man said, 'I have asked several doctors to see him, but he can't be cured, and there is no way to do it, so I have to wait for him to hold his breath and bury him.' ’

The man shook his head and said, 'Why do you say you can't be cured?'

When some people saw him wearing a white robe, he was old, and he didn't look like a doctor, so they thought he was a charlatan, and joked with him: 'You said he could still be cured, but you should show us a cure?'

The man said, 'If I heal this man, you have to give me something.' ’

Then the master of the house said, 'What do you want?'

'Wine, I only want wine, and it is good wine. If I heal this man, bring me all the good wine in your house. ’

'Good. The master of the house said, 'If you can cure my son, I will give you all the good wine in the house, but what if you can't heal me?'

The man laughed a few times and said, "You are laughing, there is no disease in the world that my Qin Xue Palace can't cure!"

Everyone saw that he was talking in such a loud tone, and they all gathered around and waited to watch a good show. The news also spread in our village, and the whole village ran to see it. I was 10 years old, and I went to the front of the crowd to see. I saw the man take out a pill from his body, mix it with half a bowl of wine, give it to the patient, and say, 'All right, it will be all right in a few days.' ’

They didn't believe him and asked him, 'Liar, you just gave him a pill and he was cured?'

The man said, 'I don't believe you.' ’

We all ran over and surrounded the patient. Don't say it, it's really an artifact, after the sick person took the medicine, his face immediately turned bloody, and it didn't take long for him to open his eyes and be able to speak! The master of the family was very happy, and immediately brought him all the good wine in the house, and he took the wine with him, and went away. No one knows who he is or where he lives. Later, some people said that they had seen him near the Tianshan Mountains, and that he seemed to live on the snow-capped mountains, and that he was an immortal who had attained the Tao. ”

After hearing this, Xu Da said: "You were only ten years old at the time, and decades have passed, and I am afraid he will die long ago." You say that he has attained the Tao and will live forever, who will believe him?"

"My lord, what the villain said is true, it is really what the villain has seen with his own eyes, and there is no half-truth. ”

Xu Da said: "Even if what you say is true, the Tianshan Mountains are so far and so big, where can I go to find this person?" Xu Da was not interested in Li Quan's words, so he waved his hand at him and said, "Okay, okay, you go down." ”

Li Quan was about to leave, when Jing Chuan suddenly spoke: "I think I can go and find it." ”

Xu Da said to Jing Chuan with some surprise: "Righteous man, it is impossible to do this hearing. Regardless of whether there is such a person or not, even if there is, if you have to go up to the Tianshan Mountain to find it, you don't know how to find it. ”

Jing Chuan said: "I have heard of this Qin Snow Palace on the rivers and lakes, try it and see if you can find it." ”

Xu Da said: "Righteous man, do you also believe that there is such a person?"

"Whether there is it or not, just go and see it, and now I can't think of any way to save Lord Huo. ”

Li Quan, who was standing on the side, saw that Jing Chuan decided to go to Qin Xue Palace, and immediately said: "My lord, the villain has really seen this person, and now I still remember his appearance, if the adult goes to find it, the villain is willing to lead the way for the adult." ”

"Okay, you go with me. ”

Xu Da saw that Jing Chuan really wanted to go, and it was not easy to stop him, so he said to Li Quan: "If there is really such a person, if you find it, it will be a great merit for you, and if you can't find it, you will be punished for the crime of deception!"

Li Quan said: "Don't worry, the villain will find him even if he is desperate!"

Jing Chuan stood up and said, "Lord Xu, I don't think it's too late, let's go now." ”

Xu Da said with an apologetic face: "There is really a righteous man, in order to save Lord Huo, the righteous man did not hesitate to run around before his body recovered, I thanked Lord Huo first!" said and bowed to Jing Chuan.

Jing Chuan stopped him and said, "Don't say kind words, I'll set off." ”

Xu Da said: "Righteous man, I will immediately send a team of guards to accompany you. ”

"No need, I'll just go with Li Quan. ”

"That righteous man should pay attention to safety along the way, go early and return early!"

Jing Chuan said goodbye to Xu Da and went out with Li Quan. After packing up their horses and luggage, the two men left Jiayuguan and galloped away in the direction of the Tianshan Mountains to the west.

The Tianshan Mountains are located outside the Jiayu Pass in the territory of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, which was a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty and has been paying tribute to the imperial court as a subject state of the Ming Dynasty since Emperor Hongwu ascended the throne. On that day, the mountain was covered with snow all year round, and except for some nomads living in the riverside green space at the foot of the mountain, the mountain was inaccessible and the birds were extinct.

Jing Chuan and Li Quan were riding on horses, and Jing Chuan asked Li Quan: "How long does it take to get from Jiayuguan to Tianshan?"

Li Quan said: "If it goes well, it will be here in one day and one night." If you encounter bandits, sand and dust on the road, it may be delayed for several days. ”

"It's all a minor issue, don't worry. ”

Li Quan had heard about Jing Chuan on the school field before, so he was full of admiration for him, and said: "The hero's martial arts are strong, even if he encounters bandits on the way, he can easily solve them." It's just that if you encounter sand and dust, it's a bit of a hassle. ”

"Dust?"

Li Quan said: "The hero has never seen the sand and dust in the desert, and he does not know the power of the dust. In this desert area, there is no grass and trees, but yellow sand, once the wind comes, the sand and dust are raised, and the yellow sand is all over the sky, covering the sun, and nothing can be seen. If you encounter a big sand and dust, if you don't dodge it in time, even people and horses will be rolled up!"

It was the first time Jing Chuan had heard of such a thing in the desert, so he said, "I see. ”

Li Quan said: "Hero, please rest assured, the villain has lived near the desert since he was a child, and he is very familiar with these things, and he also knows the way to the Tianshan Mountains. ”

"Then you're done, little brother. ”

Li Quan saw that Jing Chuan was very polite to him, very surprised, and said with a smile: "The villain doesn't dare, it's an honor for the villain to lead the way for the hero." ”

Jing Chuan looked at the sky in the distance, rode for a while, and asked Li Quan: "Let me ask you, is Huo Qijian a good official?"

Li Quan said: "Does the hero say Lord Huo? Lord Huo is a well-known good official in our place! Before Lord Huo came to Jiayuguan, the chief soldier of Jiayuguan was a very tyrannical person, and he connived at his soldiers to loot everywhere and kill our common people, and we all hated him to the core! But since Lord Huo came, we have rectified military discipline, cared for the people, cracked down on bandits, and strictly guarded the frontier, and our common people have lived a stable life, and we are very grateful to him!"

"I see. ”

Li Quan was puzzled and asked, "Lord Huo has a great reputation, and everyone over there in Jingshi knows about it, haven't you heard of the hero?"

Jing Chuan said: "I am just a martial artist, walking the rivers and lakes, and I never care about the affairs of the country. ”

Li Quan said: "I think the hero doesn't just care about the affairs of the rivers and lakes, the hero can come back to save Lord Huo, which shows that the hero has the world in his heart, and the villain admires him very much!"

Jing Chuan just smiled and didn't say anything, but his heart rippled because of Li Quan's words. On that day, he had already decided to leave Jiayuguan and rush back to Shanxi. But somehow, halfway through, he suddenly decided to turn back and save Huo Qijian, who had nothing to do with him. Although part of the reason for this was because he remembered what the three senior brothers said to him in the dream, it was just a dream, maybe it could be said that it was just a thought that he was tired of the rivers and lakes and wanted to retreat. But he didn't think much of it at the time, and turned his horse's head and came back, and when he thought about it, even he himself was puzzled.

The rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the husband, which is just a useless truth for him. A person like him, who lives on the edge of the blade all day long, is destined to have only two endings: either kill the opponent, or be killed by the opponent sooner or later. Not to mention that the current imperial court is already extremely corrupt, and corrupt officials and corrupt officials are rampant and domineering, even if they are loyal to the country, they have no way to change this reality, and everything they do is nothing more than futile.

Jing Chuan has been trained as a killer since he was a child, and he can only recognize a few words, and he doesn't know much about the big truth, and he doesn't care about things other than his duties. When he was a killer, he cared about only one thing: the people he was going to kill. But since the disbandment of the killer organization, the four brothers have been hunted down and killed one after another, and he has to flee everywhere and make the world his home. His identity is no longer a killer, but a fugitive who is being hunted down. Accustomed to receiving orders to kill, he walked into the rivers and lakes alone, and suddenly became at a loss, not knowing what he should do. But as time went by, he gradually experienced more things, and his own consciousness was slowly awakened, and he slowly learned a lot about the grievances and grievances of the rivers and lakes, and also knew some things about the country.

He felt that something indescribable in his heart was slowly expanding, gradually controlling his thoughts and actions, so that he would not hesitate to set out to do something that had nothing to do with him. He didn't know if this was a good thing or a bad thing, just like now he was walking in the vast sea of sand in order to save a general he didn't know.

Jing Chuan thought for a while, couldn't figure it out, his head was a little big, he simply didn't want to, he whipped the horse hard, the horse neighed violently, and galloped forward.