The smoke is vast, and a clipper boat goes down the river.

Mo Remnant stands on the bow of the ship, the cliff of Kuimen is thousands, the narrowest part of the river is only more than ten zhang, the water is turbulent, the waves are turbulent, deafening, and it makes people palpitate.

All the way down from the Sichuan River, it is the early spring season, the willows on both sides of the river are dark and the flowers are bright, in the mountain songs, children play in the water, and the village girls pound clothes, which is intoxicating to see. And the Three Gorges of Badong in front of him is another scenery, the scenery of the Central Plains is so beautiful and magnificent, Mo Yan sighed in his heart.

At dusk, the boat docked at the Padangguan ferry, and there were already people from the Wushan Gang leading the horses to pick up the boat. Walking up the Shennong River for more than ten miles, a tall fir forest hides a manor, which is the helm of the Wushan Gang.

The lobby is brightly lit, and there is a woman in Tsing Yi sitting on the Taishi chair in the middle, about 30 years old, with a beautiful face, although she is a little blessed, she still does not lose her charm. On the chairs on either side sat several hall masters who had come from the rudder after receiving the summons.

The Miao Hall Master stepped forward and bowed: "Mrs. Min, Xia Bashan has been brought." ”

The woman smiled and said, "Uncle Miao has worked hard all the way, please sit down and rest." ”

The master of the Miao hall waved his hand, and the entourage led Xia Bashan and Mo Yan into the door and came to the hall.

"Mr. Xia, I haven't seen you for many years, but you've always been good?" Mrs. Min's voice was soft and mellow, with a hint of charm.

Xia Bashan hurriedly saluted and replied, "It's okay, Mrs. Lao is worried." ”

"I heard that your medical skills have improved greatly over the years, and you have cured many seven terminal diseases in western Yunnan, but is it true?"

"Yes, the old man is not talented, there are a few cases that can be cured with one dose of medicine. Xia Bashan thought in his heart, if he can't cure the young helper this time, he will definitely die, it is better to talk about the surname Suo, don't let people look down on it.

When the hall masters heard this, they exchanged their heads and ears, as if they did not believe it.

"That's good, Mr. Xia, now that the young gang leader has the same disease as his late husband, if you are well healed, not only will the previous account be written off, but the Wushan Gang will also give another hundred taels of gold," the lady said, her face sank, "If it can't be cured......"

"It's impossible to be cured," Xia Bashan interrupted Mrs. Min's words and said proudly, "Xia is hungry and thirsty right now, can you ask Mrs. to prepare wine and food first, and then eat after the diagnosis and treatment." ”

"Sure enough, the wine and food have already been arranged, so let's come with the concubine now. Mrs. Min stood up, and Xia Bashan, Mo Yan, and the Miao Hall Master followed into the inner hall.

Lifting the tent, there was a scrawny young man lying on the carved mahogany bed, with a scorched face, red eyes, and salivation on his open mouth.

Xia Bashan sat on the edge of the bed, stretched out his hand and grabbed the wrist of the young gang leader and cut off the three levels, and sure enough, it was the same as the pulse of the old gang leader Min, the pulse floated on the skin, as if there was nothing, like a fish swimming in the water, and the pulse rate was extremely slow and disordered.

"Three yin and cold poles, yang dies outside, the pulse of Yuxiang's heart is desperate, don't be alarmed, Xia will heal you. Shabashan said confidently.

Mo Yan looked at the bedroom of the rich family, and out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that Mrs. Min was squinting coldly on the side, and the corners of her mouth twitched slightly with disdain.

"Mo Remnant, go and fry a pair of medicines immediately," Xia Bashan pulled Mo Remnant aside and whispered, "Don't let anyone get close to the medicine jar, the rivers and lakes are sinister, and you must guard against it." ”

In the room, Mo Yan untied his baggage and took out a packet of gastrodia soup and a few pieces of old gastrodia, poured them into the medicine jar and added water to start boiling. About half an hour later, the medicine was fried and put into a bowl and brought into the inner hall, and a maid waited to feed the gastrodia soup to the young helper one by one.

"Madam, please rest assured, you can be cured in three or five days. Shabashan assured.

"There is Mr. Lao Xia, and the concubine is unwell, so I asked Uncle Miao to take the two of them to the side hall for dinner. Mrs. Min was helped by the maid to go in and rest.

At the wine table, several hall masters who divided the rudder accompanied them, and Miao hall masters introduced them one by one.

"Mr. Xia, is the young gang master's illness really so sure?"

"Master Miao Tang, please rest assured, back then, Xia had no good plan for the illness of the old gang leader Min, but now he is completely sure, and he will see the difference between the two doses of medicine. Shabashan said with an oath.

"I don't know what kind of medicine Mr. Xia used, can you tell me and let everyone open their eyes?" asked a gorgeously dressed middle-aged man, who was the steward of the helmsman.

Xia Bashan smiled slightly and arched his hand: "Xia's home remedies, it is not enough, please forgive me." ”

All the hall masters are all bold men on the rivers and lakes, and when they saw that he didn't want to reveal it and didn't care, they raised their glasses and toasted, and chatted with the sea and the sky.

Mo Yan was eating on the side, and also heard that the Wushan Gang is the largest gang in the Three Gorges area of Badong, mainly controlling land and water commerce and the transportation of goods along the river. At that time, the old gang leader Min was widowed, and the young gang leader was still young, so he continued to marry a young and beautiful woman from the Qinglou of Yichang Mansion, who is now Mrs. Min. Since the young gang leader fell ill and bedridden last year, Mrs. Min took over the affairs of the gang. The master of Miao Tang is the brother of the old gang leader, and they worked hard together to develop and grow the Wushan Gang, so they have the scale they have today. Therefore, Mrs. Min has always called her Uncle Miao.

Mo Yan found an opportunity to ask the Miao Hall Master about the way to Shennongjia, and learned that this place is more than 100 miles away from Shennongjia, and it is necessary to go all the way north along Shennong Creek.

"Since ancient times, most of the medicine pickers who have gone into the mountains have never returned, and even the local mountain people dare not rush there, let alone a child. The Miao Hall Master kindly comforted.

As the master of Miao Hall said, going to Shennongjia to collect medicine is indeed a very dangerous thing, and if you don't get it, you will lose your life. Alas, but since he has come to Shennongjia, if he returns empty-handed, wouldn't he ...... Maybe I'm lucky enough not to go into the deep mountains and old forests, and maybe I can pick up real medicine.

The next morning, a maid came to report that the young gang leader had been vomiting non-stop, Xia Bashan and Mo Yan hurried to the inner hall, and Mrs. Min was already there.

The house was filled with a sour smell, half a basin of filth had been picked up on the floor, and the brocade quilt was a mess.

Mrs. Min looked at Xia Bashan expressionlessly and said nothing.

"Haha, the young gang leader has improved greatly, all the cold things in the abdomen are spit out, and the yang energy is born. Shaba said with a smile on his face, holding his goatee.

"Is that really the case?" said Mrs. Min coldly.

Of course, what Xia said was child's play. Xia Bashan checked his pulse, feeling that the bounce was indeed much more powerful than last night, and then ordered Mo Yan to decoction and pay the medicine again.

"I ...... Feel good...... Much more. "The young helper was able to speak intermittently.

Mo said in his heart, Lao Tianma is really extremely effective, which increases the determination to go to Shennongjia to collect real medicine.

When he was a child, Mo was decoction in the room to cook the medicine in the night.

Mo Yan felt sweet in his nose, yawned, and fell asleep......

I vaguely heard the sound of a "creak" door, and then someone was talking in my ear.

"Did the kid pass out?" sounds like Mrs. Min.

"Don't worry, the Xue family's incense has never missed," this voice is so familiar, by the way, it is the man in beautiful clothes at the wine table, "I didn't expect that this Xia Bashan really has two strokes, and it can actually dissolve the five poisonous hearts, let me see what recipe he used." ”

Mo was in a daze when he heard Steward Xue open the gastrodia soup paper packet, and muttered in his mouth: "Ginseng, almonds, ephedra, this is Qianghuo, as well as gastrodia, atractylodes and cinnamon, and the last taste, it should be aconite." Strange, how can such a simple recipe be able to cure the poison?"

"Xue Zifeng, your Li Dai Taozhuang's strategy worked ten years ago, but Xia Bashan is not what it used to be, we underestimate him too much. Mrs. Min complained.

"Yan'er, this pill is mixed into the medicine jar, and after dawn, the young gang leader will die, and when the time comes, Xia Bashan will have no argument, and killing him will be over. ”

"Hmph, if you make another mistake, the slave family won't be able to spare you. Mrs. Min sneered.

"Our people are arranged inside and outside the helm, if there is a change, the situation can be controlled, and the child will wake up in a stick of incense, let's leave quickly. ”

With the sound of the door closing, everything fell silent again.

I have to tell Mr. Xia about this quickly, Mo Yan wanted to get up, but his body was sore. I don't know how long later, I heard the sound of the door opening, and someone came to the front: "Mo Yan, is the medicine decoction?" It turned out to be Xia Bashan.

"Summer ...... Sir, I'm in for a fascination...... Fragrant. Mo Yan's mouth was a little disobedient.

Xia Bashan stretched out his hand and lifted his head to look at it, then scooped a scoop of cold water, took a big mouthful of "poof" and sprayed it on Mo Yan's face.

Mo suddenly sobered up, and stood up slowly: "It's Mrs. Min, and that Xue steward, who poisoned the medicine jar ......" He recounted the scene that had just happened to Mr. Xia.

Mr. Xia listened silently and muttered: "Ten years ago, the old man suspected that the old gang leader Min was poisoned, and now the young gang leader was also poisoned, and what happened just now confirmed the original speculation. Now in addition to Steward Xue, it is not clear which others in the gang are Mrs. Min's comrades, and a bloody storm is inevitable. Mo Remnant, this place is too dangerous to stay for a long time, you should leave secretly tonight. ”

"What about you?"

"I can't leave, I was lucky enough to escape by taking advantage of the chaos, and now I've been watched. Their target is me, and they won't notice you as a child, and now that the civil strife is still unfolding, tonight is the only chance to escape. You can just go, go south, you can rush to the official ferry before dawn, you take this bit of silver first, and sell the Bashan Medical Center after returning to Dali, and then go home. Xia Bashan took out more than ten taels of silver from his bosom and handed it to Mo Yan.

"Let's go together. Mo Yan insisted.

"You can't leave any of them, don't worry, the old man will find an opportunity to slip away, just like he did ten years ago, and see if there is anything to eat. Xia Bashan turned out more than ten steamed buns from the cage drawer, and let Mo Remnant carry him behind him in the baggage.

"Let's go, or it'll be too late. Xia Bashan gently pushed open the back window of the room, listened to the movement, and then lifted Mo Yan with both hands and flipped out.

"Mr. Xia, this is for you. Mo Yan turned around and took out a paper bag wrapped in old Tianma from his arms and handed it to Xia Bashan, and then disappeared into the darkness.

Xia Bashan opened the paper bag in surprise, first stunned, then leaned under his nose and smelled it, and then his face changed greatly, and he immediately understood after a little thought, and couldn't help but have a wry smile, and a long sigh came out of his chest.

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