In the shack, I saw more than a dozen people gathered in twos and threes, squatting or sitting, divided into three piles, roasting hands in front of the fire and talking in low voices. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Seeing Xu Tianchang coming in, these people were not surprised, it seemed that it was commonplace. In front of the table, a man in a brown leather robe, a cotton hat, and a beard about forty years old sat staring at Xu Tianchang who walked in.

Seeing the eyes that shot straight over, Xu Tianchang's eyes also looked back, and he knew that this person must be the leader of these medicine pickers, that Brother Zhao. When he got closer, before he could speak, the big brother Zhao first asked, "This brother, I don't know what herbs you want to buy from us?"

Xu Tianchang was not pretentious, and said directly: "Brother Zhao, the herbs I need are very rare, and ordinary people can't pick them at all, and I also came to Brother Zhao after being instructed by others." Brother Zhao smiled: "Then you can talk about it, see what kind of herbs it is, I dare to say, as long as it is on this Changbai Mountain, there is really nothing that I can't pick up in Zhao's big hat!"

Hearing Zhao Dahao's assurance, Xu Tianchang spoke: "Okay, Brother Zhao, I'll just say it directly, I need a thousand-year-old double-headed ginseng to save people, I don't know if Brother Zhao can help? Of course, as long as you can find it, everything is easy to say." Zhao Da Hat was slightly stunned, and then laughed out loud, but there seemed to be a hint of unwillingness and sadness in this laughter: "Hahahaha! Brother, do you know what this thousand-year-old double-headed ginseng is? Is it really that easy to get?"

Xu Tian often heard that he had something to say, but at this time it was important to save people, no matter what conditions Zhao Da Hao wanted to make, he had to ask him to help find the thousand-year-old double-headed ginseng! He replied anxiously: "Brother Zhao, I know that double-headed ginseng is very rare, but at this moment my friend's life is on the line, and I urgently need to use it to save people!"

The big hat didn't seem to hear his words, and said in a deep voice: "Brother, do you know? This kind of double-headed ginseng will take at least 500 years to grow, and then it will slowly merge into one, from two adult old ginseng to one, and then grow for at least 500 years before it can really become a double-headed ginseng, you can imagine how rare it is! I still saw my master pick a plant more than ten years ago, but my master died in its hands because of it! Can you understand?"

Xu Tianchang knew that there must be a very special story here, but if Zhao Dahao didn't say it himself, he couldn't ask casually, so he had to reply: "Brother Zhao, I can understand your feelings, but please also help me, no matter how difficult it is, I must get the double-headed ginseng, my friend is really waiting for it to save his life!"

Seeing Xu Tianchang's firm eyes, Zhao Da Hat picked up the wine jug on the table and poured a few big sips of wine, and then said: "Okay, the words are all said for this part, I don't embarrass you, brother, I Zhao Da Hat just likes to be cheerful! I have this two-headed ginseng, but it was my master who exchanged his life for more than ten years ago! You can take it if you want, but you must also exchange it for a life!"

As soon as the last sentence came out, Xu Tianchang was taken aback, he didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd of Zhao's big hat: "Brother Zhao, whose life do you want in exchange?"

Zhao Da hat looked out the window with his eyes, gritted his teeth and said: "The person I want you to kill is the enemy who killed my master - the bandit Xu Da Ma Bang! Back then, he knew that my master had dug up the treasure ginseng, so he came to snatch it, and my master fought for his life and let me escape with the treasure ginseng, but he himself was killed by Xu Da Ma stick, and this revenge is not shared! It's just that Xu Da Ma Bang has many subordinates, and we are all some people who collect medicine, and they are not his opponents at all, so I have to endure it all the time. Brother, if you can promise to help me kill Xu Dama and avenge my master, then this thousand-year-old double-headed ginseng will be given to you!"

Xu Tianchang heard this, and he hated this Xu Da Ma stick very much, and immediately agreed: "Okay! Brother Zhao, I promise you! I don't know where this dog thief is now?" Zhao Da Hat couldn't help but be a little overjoyed when he heard his words, he saw Xu Tianchang hanging a sword from his waist, and also saw the team of golden soldiers standing outside, and naturally guessed in his heart that his origin must be extraordinary. That Xu Da Ma Bang is just a bandit, how can he compete with the officers and soldiers?

Now that he has received Xu Tianchang's promise to avenge his master, Zhao Dahao is naturally overjoyed, and immediately replied: "This big horse stick usually hides in the bandits' den in Beishan, and from time to time he will come down the mountain to loot, and often bully us who collect medicine and hunt and chop wood. It's a pity that we are not his opponents, otherwise everyone would have joined forces to fight him. ”

Knowing the whereabouts of this big horse stick, Xu Tianchang didn't want to delay any longer, and replied directly: "Okay, please wait here for Brother Zhao, I will take people up to destroy this gang of bandits, avenge the respected teacher, and be angry for everyone!" After speaking, he turned around and was about to walk out.

Who knew that Zhao Da hat shouted again: "Brother, don't worry, I have one more thing to say!" Xu Tianchang turned around to look, only to see him continue: "Brother, after you killed Xu Da Ma Stick, please be sure to help me retrieve another thing, that is the 'compass' he snatched from my master more than ten years ago, with it, no matter how deep you go into the mountain, you will not get lost, it is the treasure of our mountain people, please be sure to bring it back for me!" Xu Tianchang nodded and agreed.

Walking out of the shack, he asked a soldier to go back to deliver the news that he already had the whereabouts of the two-headed ginseng, and asked Zhang Jinyan to rush over to support them as soon as possible, while he took the remaining eight people to advance towards Beishan first.

The group climbed several more hills, and finally saw the bandit village that Zhao Damao said. It is said to be a stockade, but from here, it is actually a cave with a few shacks outside, and then surrounded by a fence, it becomes a stockade. However, the location of this village is very dangerous, surrounded by steep mountain peaks on three sides, and only on the opposite side is a mouth that is a few feet wide, just enough to allow a horse-drawn carriage to enter and exit.

Now these bandits have fenced this opening, and there are people guarding it behind, if they want to attack it, they are afraid that the casualties will not be too small. In addition, the mountains here are high and the emperor is far away, and there is no one to take care of them, so these bandits are naturally very happy and happy, and the ordinary mountain people hate them so much, but there is nothing they can do.

Xu Tianchang stood on the mountain not far away and observed for a long time, and did not find a good way to attack it directly, but if he waited like this, if he wanted to wait for Zhang Jinyan and them to come to support, it would be at least tomorrow morning, after all, it was almost half a day's journey from the mountain pass when he went up the mountain, and it would take time for Zhang Jinyan and others to get the news. Even if we look at it as soon as possible, we won't be able to get there until tomorrow morning.

After looking at it for a while, Xu Tianchang saw that there were about fifty or sixty bandits in the village, and counting some in the cave, he estimated that there would be at least seventy or eighty bandits! If he only relied on his own few people, he was afraid that it would be difficult to take down this group of bandits. He waited from noon to evening, and did not find a good time, and the bandits were like turtles shrunk in their shells, and they never showed their heads, and after an afternoon, none of them came out of the gate.

In order to prevent being discovered by those bandits, they did not dare to make a fire, so they drank some snow water with dry food and even if they had dinner, fortunately, those soldiers were also well-trained, and none of them complained. When it came to the second watch, the reinforcements finally came up, it was more than ten people led by the captain of the pro-soldiers, they were originally looking for the mountains in the east, but after walking for a long time, they found that they were walking a dead end, and the front was full of cliffs, and they couldn't get through it at all, so they had to turn back again. In this way, he happened to meet the soldier who came back to deliver the letter, so he led people to follow the soldier over to support Xu Tianchang along the way.

As for Zhang Jinyan and them, there was no news until they came back, so the soldier who delivered the letter asked the two people who stayed behind to wait for Zhang Jinyan's messenger to come back, and then rush back to report as soon as possible, and asked Zhang Jinyan to bring people to come over to support as soon as possible. (To be continued.) )