Chapter Eighty-Six: In the Changbai Mountains
Xu Tianchang was about to say more, but Zhang Jinyan grabbed his hand and said resolutely: "Second brother, don't say so much, this matter is so decided, I will go back and report to the prince, pick a team of elite soldiers, ride a fast horse with you, just say it!" Xu Tianchang couldn't help him, plus what he said was right, a group of people is always much faster than alone. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
So, Zhang Jinyan led Xu Tianchang to see Wan Yan Yong, at this time the car had arrived at the princess's maiden house, Li Hongyuan was talking to his relatives, and Wan Yan Yong was sitting on the side to accompany him. Seeing that Zhang Jinyan was coming with Xu Tianchang, he hurriedly got up and went out. For Dugu Jian and Xu Tianchang's life-saving grace, Wan Yanyong still keeps it in mind. Waiting for Zhang Jinyan to explain the cause and effect of the matter clearly, even if Yan Yongdang agreed, let Zhang Jinyan and Bu Sahu choose strong, smart and clever soldiers to follow them.
Originally, Wan Yan Yong wanted Bu Sahu to follow, but Zhang Jinyan refused, because Bu Shahu was Wan Yan Yong's personal guard and was responsible for his safety, so it was better to stay. Wan Yanyong didn't insist when he saw this, but just told them to go early and return early and pay attention to safety.
After that, Xu Zhang and the others set off on fast horses with the selected thirty soldiers. Along the way, they kept changing horses in the post station and the city, without stopping at all, and arrived at the foot of Changbai Mountain three days later.
Looking at the mountain peaks that were still covered with snow, Zhang Jinyan said, "Second brother, where do you think we should start looking?" Xu Tianchang looked around and replied: "Such a big mountain, if we go in with black eyes like this, like a headless fly, I am afraid that we may not be able to find double-headed ginseng after a few months." Let's ask someone first. Zhang Jinyan also nodded in agreement.
The group dispersed and began to ask passers-by at the foot of Changbai Mountain. It's just that this mountain is already very large, and there is more than one way into the mountain, and there are very few people going up and down the mountain, so they have spent a long time trying to see five or six people passing by, and none of them know the news about the two-headed ginseng.
In the evening, everyone returned to the intersection where they had gone to the mountain first, and told them all about the situation they had discovered, but they basically didn't say anything, because none of them were exact and useful, they were all said, heard, and legendary, and even more evil was that a mountain man said that the two-headed ginseng had been cultivated and had already turned into a human form. Hearing this, Xu Tianchang and Zhang Jinyan both shook their heads again and again, very speechless.
Seeing that this was the case, Xu Tianchang turned his heart sideways and said: "I can't take care of it so much, third brother, I think so, leave a few people here early tomorrow morning to guard the horses and luggage, and we will go into the mountains to search, and then divide the people into three teams, you and I will each take a team, and then let the captain of the pro-soldier take a part of the people, and each go along a road to find it." Although this mountain is big, I think there are not many places where this kind of genius treasure can grow, it must be a place that is inaccessible and full of spiritual energy, according to this idea, I believe that I will be able to find it!"
Zhang Jinyan nodded and said, "Okay, then do it." And then we send people back here every day to meet and report what we have gotten, so that everyone can have a number in their hearts. Xu Tianchang naturally agreed.
Early the next morning, they left two people to guard the horses and things, and the remaining thirty people divided into three groups and marched towards Changbai Mountain. At the fork in the road, the three groups of people each chose a direction and then parted ways to start the journey of finding medicine.
Xu Tianchang led people all the way north, deep in the mountains. After walking for about seven or eight miles, he happened to meet a mountain man, who seemed to be about a hunter in the mountain, and when the mountain man saw that it was a group of soldiers, he hurriedly wanted to dodge to the side. Xu Tianchang walked for such a long time, and when he finally saw a person, he was naturally very happy, and hurriedly stopped the mountain man and asked him for directions.
"This big brother, take the trouble to ask, do you know where to find a thousand-year-old double-headed ginseng in this Changbai Mountain?" Xu Tianchang directly expressed his intention. The mountain man looked him carefully, up and down, before he said: "I said this big brother, you are making fun of me, right? That double-headed ginseng can only grow in a hundred years, and it takes a thousand years to take shape, if you say that you can find it, then why do we hunters venture into the mountains all day long to endure hardships and find prey? Won't it be enough to dig that ginseng directly? Not to mention us, even those mountain chasers in the mountains who live by picking ginseng will never see it once in their lives!"
Hearing what the mountain folk said, Xu Tianchang was also very surprised: "Big brother, didn't you say that the two-headed ginseng grew in the cave formed after the weathering of rotten wood for thousands of years? ”
"Ahh......h What should I do now?" Xu Tian was often anxious to scratch his ears and cheeks, and kept stomping his feet. Seeing Xu Tianchang's very anxious appearance, the mountain man persuaded: "So that's the case, big brother, don't worry, I see that you still have officers and soldiers, and the person who wants to come to save must also be a person with a more noble status, seeing that you are so sincere and so hard, it is really commendable, I will give you some guidance." ”
Xu Tianchang hurriedly bowed down and said, "Then thank you big brother!" The mountain man continued: "If you rely on you to find and pick this double-headed ginseng, I'm afraid it will be impossible to do it at all. Don't say that you can't find this kind of ginseng at all, even if you are lucky enough to find it, but you don't know how to dig and pick, how to collect and preserve, in case you hurt it again, and lose the aura inside, then the medicinal effect will be gone, so relying on yourself, it is basically impossible to get this kind of thing with aura. If you want to get this kind of treasure, you have to ask for the help of those veterans who have been collecting medicine all year round in this mountain. ”
Hearing the words of this mountain man, Xu Tianchang nodded again and again, but when he finished speaking, Xu Tianchang felt that he didn't say anything, and he still didn't know how to look for it. "Big brother, I heard you say that for half a day, it means that I should go to find those people who collect medicine, but we have been looking for a day yesterday, and none of those people at the foot of the mountain are willing to help us. ”
I saw the mountain man stretch out his hand and point to a mountain road to the west and said: "Big brother, you see, go west from this road, or a few miles, you can see a shack, where there are often some people who specialize in collecting precious medicinal herbs on the mountain for a living, these people haunt the steep peaks and cliffs all year round, and they know much more about the places where the medicinal herbs grow than ordinary people, if you can find them to help, maybe there may be some opportunities." ”
After receiving this news, Xu Tianchang's spirits perked up, and he immediately replied: "Okay, I'll go to them, thank you big brother!" Bidding farewell to the mountain people, Xu Tianchang led the people all the way to the west. Sure enough, after walking only three or four miles, I saw a shack on a flat land. When the group approached, they saw a man in a leather robe at the door shouting, "What are you doing, what are you doing here?"
Xu Tianchang saw that this person was just an ordinary medicine picker, and he couldn't be the master, so he stopped the Jin Bing behind him, walked up and replied: "This big brother, we came to your place to ask you to help collect herbs, dare to ask the eldest brother, where is the person in charge of you?" The man looked at him and replied: "Oh, so that's the case, then you go in and talk to our Brother Zhao, Brother Zhao is our leader, and he is in charge of everything." ”
As he spoke, the man turned his head and shouted into the shack: "Brother Zhao, there is business coming to the door!" I only heard someone inside reply: "Let people come in!" The man made a gesture of invitation sideways, Xu Tianchang nodded, and ordered the golden soldiers to wait outside, and he walked into the shack. (To be continued.) )