After breakfast, everyone extinguished the campfire, cleaned up and moved on. Stepping over the pebbles exposed in the stream, walking along the bushes at the water's edge for more than an hour, and then starting to climb over the mountains again.

The mountainside is covered with dense broad-leaved forests, with lichen mosses growing under the shady roots of the slabs, and some unknown mushrooms can be found everywhere, with the occasional mixture of toadstools such as the white poison umbrella and the phalloid.

I don't know who in the team suddenly exclaimed: "Boss, you shed a lot of blood......"

Foreman Dou, who was walking in front, looked down and saw that one of his trouser legs had been stained red with blood, and hurriedly took off his pants, and saw that there were several bleeding spots on his buttocks and thighs that were still oozing blood.

"This is a drought locust, it must have been bitten in the bushes by the stream just now," said Pharmacist Fu, "This thing sucks the skin with a suction cup on the top of its head, and it will naturally fall off after drinking full blood, which makes people unaware but the blood does not stop, everyone will see if they have bitten it." ”

"I have. One of the guards called out first.

"I'm bleeding too. ”

"This guy is still here,. Someone cursed and dragged down from his body.

"Don't pull hard, tear off the suction cup and still on the flesh, take off the sole of your shoe and slap it hard. Pharmacist Fu hurriedly said, and at the same time found that he himself had been bitten several times.

In the entire team, only Mo was unscathed.

On the way, the guards shot a roe deer and a few pheasants, and everyone rejoiced, and they had meat for dinner.

When camped in a large cave overnight, the guards lit a bonfire early to prevent the miasma from striking again. The aroma of barbecue wafted through the dense forest, and everyone sat around the fire to drink meat, chatting from all over the world.

"Which is the most powerful beast in Shennongjia?"

"One pig, two bears and three tigers," someone said, "the fangs of wild boars attack the crotch of people, and after they are knocked down, the pigs come up and bite together, which is terrible." Black bears only attack when they are angry and protect their cubs, while tigers are 'gentleman beasts' and can easily not hurt people. ”

Pharmacist Fu smiled and said, "It is said that the most terrifying thing in Shennongjia is the cauliflower soldering iron head, the crotch bee, and the drought locust that everyone has seen. Isn't it scary to think that this soldering iron is not big but is the most venomous snake in the region, and the bees in the crotch of the pants build their nests in the soil, and when people pass by the nests, they take off and swarm into the crotch and stab them.

"What about the mountain ghosts?" Mo Yan said suddenly.

"Mountain ghosts are just a kind of country legends, in the eighth year of Kangxi, the imperial court ordered Yichang Mansion to capture mountain ghosts into Beijing, but for more than 100 years, never caught one, even the corpse of mountain ghosts has not been seen. Pharmacist Fu replied.

In the middle of the night, Mo Yan was suddenly awakened by a scream, and everyone got up and raised their blades, and in the firelight, hundreds of rats more than a foot long fled in all directions. A sleeping guard had a bloody face and his nose and ears had been bitten off, and Pharmacist Fu hurriedly opened the medicine box, stopped the bleeding for him, and applied Jinchuang medicine.

Everyone didn't dare to sleep, so they sat with swords in their arms until dawn.

In the morning, after eating, Foreman Dou ordered a guard to escort the wounded down the mountain back to Yichang Mansion, while the rest continued their journey.

After a few days, they finally came to the sparsely populated Shennongjia reckless primeval forest. But seeing the endless forest sea covering the sky, like the mysterious desolation of the ancient flood, people suddenly feel fear and awe.

Foreman Dou said with a solemn face: "The white bear is in this dense forest with a radius of thousands of miles, I don't know how many people can come out after entering this time...... In any case, we must remember that we must not be separated, and one person will not live long in this forest. Well, let's go, it's up to our luck. ”

"Hold on to me, don't leave it behind. Pharmacist Fu told Mo Xuan.

Mo Yan took a deep breath and was feverish, he knew that the true medicine must have grown in this vast forest sea.

But I saw that the towering canopy of the ancient trees blocked the light, it was damp and dim, the vines in the forest were entwined with dragon and pan knots, and the air was filled with the smell of rotten wood and fungi.

Mo Yan still walked at the back of the team, and as far as his eyes could see, he saw a lot of medicinal herbs such as angelica, notoginseng, grass black and dendrobium banxia, as well as gastrodia, but the plants were not large, and they were far from the real medicine.

At the intertwined roots of a tall incense tree, there is an inconspicuous dwarf herb, and on the red flower stem grows a bush of thick inflorescences, shaped like a thick brush, and its peculiar appearance attracts Mo Yan's attention.

"This is 'King Wen's pen', because it is parasitic on the roots of other plants, so it is called 'borrowing the mother to return the fetus', this medicine is very effective in stopping bleeding and healing bones, only here can be seen. Pharmacist Fu explained to him.

Mo Yan gently plucked the herb and put it in the basket behind him.

Pharmacist Fu introduced as he walked: "Among the several unique herbs in Shennongjia, there is also 'a bowl of water by the river', double leaves, purple berries on the top, and a bowl-shaped small dimple at the rhizome, so it is named and can be used for high-grade gold medicine. ”

"What about 'Seven Leaves and One Branch'?" Mo Yan remembered another herb that Shi Yuhe had talked about.

"Well, the herb doctor is known as 'seven leaves and one branch of flowers, a hundred poisons are caught together', the seven leaves are rotidal with small yellow-green flowers on the top, and purple fruits are produced in autumn, and it is often used to prepare antidotes in the rivers and lakes. The most peculiar is 'a pearl on the top of the head', also known as 'Trillium', creeping fibrous roots, spherical tubers under the grass, called 'earth beads', which have the effect of nourishing yin and nourishing blood and prolonging life. It has three water chestnut leaves at the top of its stem, small golden flowers, and a pea-sized black-purple fruit in autumn that is called 'Dzi'. This thing is the most valuable, all the people who pick the medicine find it and swallow it immediately, it is said that after eating a one, they do not know hunger, thirst and fatigue within a few days, and it is rare to see it in the world. Pharmacist Fu sighed sincerely.

It would be nice if I could pick up the real medicine "Dzi", Mo thought about it.

Before the sun had set, the forest was already dark. In the distance, there were bursts of tiger roaring and wolf howling, which was terrifying. Foreman Dou ordered the guards to prepare a large amount of dry wood and dry branches, and lit a bonfire, as long as the fire was not extinguished, the beast would not dare to come forward.

At dinner, they put the smoked bacon they brought with them on the shelf and roasted it softly, swishing and oily, and the aroma was refreshing. The guards ate silently, no one wanted to speak, and Foreman Dou was drinking sullen wine in front of the wine jug alone, and everyone was very lost and uneasy.

"All near the fire, the beast is coming. Pharmacist Fu reminded everyone.

In the darkness, there were countless pairs of green eyes around them, staring at them motionlessly, and everyone was highly nervous, holding swords in their hands and not daring to sleep, for fear of being accidentally dragged out by those beasts.

"Boss, it's not a way to go on like this, if you don't sleep, where will you have the energy to search for the white bear tomorrow. Pharmacist Fu said to Foreman Dou.

"The two of us took turns to be on duty for an hour, Pharmacist Fu and I were on the first shift, and the rest of us were sleeping. Foreman Dou ordered.

Despite this, everyone still had trouble sleeping, and most of them did not dare to close their eyes.

It wasn't until dawn that the beasts quietly retreated.

Several of the guards were shivering with cold, bloodless faces, and their teeth gurgling. Then he had a fever, his face was flushed and he vomited, and after a short time he was sweating profusely, and his mouth was gibberish and he was delirious.

Pharmacist Fu sighed and said, "This is a miasma attack, and I'm afraid that there will be people who will get sick next." ”

"Is there a cure?" asked Foreman Dou.

Pharmacist Fu shook his head and said: "In the thirty-second year of Kangxi, the emperor suffered from malaria, and the imperial doctor could not cure it, and was later cured by the French missionary Hong Ruohan with a Western medicine called 'cinchona cream'. But this medicine is only available in Da Nei, and Yichang Pharmacy has never seen it. ”

Foreman Dou looked at the painful state of his subordinates, pondered for a long time, and finally made up his mind, and said slowly: "It seems that it is impossible to continue, if anyone gets sick again, everyone will be buried in this vast forest." Let's go home. ”

When the guards heard that they were going back, they all immediately picked up their spirits, set up their sick companions, and supported each other to find their way back.

Mo Yan has not yet picked up the real medicine, although the boss is reluctant in his heart, but the current situation is unbearable, so he has to follow behind stupidly.

"White Bear!" the guard in front suddenly exclaimed.

There is a turquoise pool in the depths of the dense forest, and two young bears are drinking from the pool, their bodies are snow-white, without a single stray hair.

"Shh," said Foreman Dou softly, "we are lucky, 'there is no place to find when we step on the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it', the archers are ready, and they are sure to listen to my order to fire a volley." ”

The two young white bears were unaware of the danger and frolicked on the shore after drinking water.

"Release!" Foreman Dou gave an order, and six or seven sharp arrows shot out at the same time.

One bear cub fell to the ground with several arrows in its body, and with an arrow stuck in its other buttocks, it howled and fled into the woods.

The crowd shouted and ran forward, drew their swords and stabbed the badly wounded bear cub to death, and one of the guards immediately opened its belly with a sharp blade, cutting off the golden gallbladder, and the blood stained the white hair in front of the cub's belly.

"It's finally time to make a deal, even if it's a bear cub, it's better than going home empty-handed. Foreman Dou carried bear bile in his hand and said with a long breath.

At this moment, there was a loud roar in the flat ground, which was deafening, and the branches of the trees rattled. Everyone was stunned, but they saw a huge white bear rushing out of the forest, running with red eyes.

The guards hurriedly set up their bows and shot arrows, and a few arrows hit the white bear in the chest, but the she-bear had rough skin and thick flesh, and the arrows could not penetrate at all. With two "pops", the brains of the two guards burst and they died under the bear's paws. The other guards were shocked, and they all swung their swords and fought desperately with the angry she-bear who was screaming.

Foreman Dou took off his waist card and handed it to Pharmacist Fu together with bear bile, and hurriedly said: "This is my waist card, you take bear bile and the child to run for your life quickly, this female bear is too powerful, we can't go back." With that, he drew his sword and rushed forward without hesitation.

"Let's go. Pharmacist Fu took the bear bile waist card into his arms, grabbed Mo Remnant, and the two stumbled into the dense forest, and the screams of the guards were faintly heard behind them.

Pharmacist Fu was out of breath and couldn't run, so he stopped and took a breath.

"Are they all going to die?" Mo Mo thought to the guards.

"There is more luck and less luck," Pharmacist Fu said gloomily, "Foreman Dou actually meant to buy time and cover for us to flee back to Yichang Mansion to resume our lives. ”

"But we seem to be lost. Mo Yan said.

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