The early spring sun was shining warmly, the snow and ice had gradually melted, and the branches of the trees began to sprout, and the place where they passed was full of life. Yun waited for a group of three people to rush for a month, and finally arrived at Funiu Mountain.

Funiu Mountain is a branch of Changbai Mountain, 300 miles longitudinal and horizontal, mostly primeval forests, and the deepest part is already inaccessible. There are only a small gathering place composed of a few scattered herb pickers in the periphery, which is convenient for the collection and circulation of medicinal materials. According to the news, Fangjiazhai is located in the depths of Funiu Mountain and basically lives a secluded life. If it is not necessary, few people go out of the mountains, so there is very little information about Fangjiazhai. Only a small number of herb pickers occasionally use salt and other necessities to exchange a little medicinal herb with them. They were completely self-sufficient, with the men hunting and collecting medicine, the women farming and weaving, and they were said to be quite repulsive to outsiders.

"I've been here for almost 20 years, so I'm familiar with them. I can only occasionally exchange something outside the village, and I have never been allowed to enter their village, so you outsiders don't even think about it. I advise you to stay away from that broken village, the men in the village are really strong, and they are said to know kung fu. A little brother of mine who was collecting medicine once saw three half-grown children of Fangjiazhai kill a big bear with a firewood knife in the forest, let alone those adults. "The old king of the medicine picker is flying with his eyebrows, and the stars are flying.

In this small village where medicine pickers gather, Lao Dao used a gourd of old wine to mingle with this forty or fifty-year-old man. Maybe I haven't seen anyone for a long time, Lao Wang is very interested, and it didn't take much to find out the situation of Fangjiazhai. Speaking of excitement, even the old story of him peeking at the widow next door taking a bath when he was a teenager was blown out by himself.

At this moment, a woman in her forties walked in with a frown. Seeing that there were outsiders, he just stood at the door and asked in a low voice, "Brother Wang, do you still have that wood spirit root?" Can you borrow some from me first?"

"It's my brother and sister!" Lao Wang burped: "The wood spirit root is really gone, and you also know that that thing is very difficult to pick when it grows on the cliff, and it is not of much use except for neutralizing the medicinal properties, so few people collect it." I've inquired for you in the past few days, and no one else has it. By the way, hasn't the old party come back yet?"

"Yes!" said the woman, worriedly, "I have been in the mountains for seven days, and it stands to reason that I should have come back a long time ago." But there is no news so far, I am really anxious!"

"Don't worry too much!" Lao Wang kindly comforted: "Lao Fang grew up in the mountains since he was a child, and no one is more familiar with this mountain than him. Besides, he has kung fu in his body, and he will be fine. Something could be delayed. ”

"I hope so!" the woman was not relieved by the king's explanation, but still frowned.

"By the way, Auntie, is your man's surname Fang?" Yun Yunyan's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he hurriedly asked.

"Hmm. The woman seemed to be very wary of strangers, but nodded slightly: "Then Brother Wang, I'll go back first." After saying that, he hurriedly left.

Seeing that the three of them showed interested expressions, Lao Wang didn't need to ask at all, and the big mouth began to talk non-stop: "His man's surname is Fang, I really don't know what his name is, he seems to be very taboo to talk about his past." But the kung fu is really good, there used to be a group of people who collected medicine, and most of the compradors robbed it, which provoked conflicts among the villagers. Lao Fang happened to be present that day, and more than a dozen people were overturned by Lao Fang of his family, not to mention more relieved anger! But speaking of which, his family was also unlucky enough, giving birth to a son who had been sick since he was a child, and he couldn't get out of bed when he was in his twenties, so he could only rely on medicine to hang his life. Lao Fang has to run into the mountains twice in three days, and he hasn't stopped all these years, and it's really hard for him!"

"Why don't you take the child out to find a doctor to have a good look?" asked Yun puzzled.

"The old man will dispense the medicine himself, which is said to be a family heirloom. But the indispensable auxiliary material in his medicine is the juice of the wood spirit root, which can only be refined if it is fresh. And this thing is still a specialty of Funiu Mountain, and you can't get it anywhere else, so you can't leave it all the time. ”

"Then does he have anything to do with Fangjiazhai?" Yun asked again.

"That's not clear. But once again, he drank too much and scolded that there was no good person in Fangjiazhai, and it was estimated that there was a bit of a festival......"

After drinking a gourd wine, the three of them got up and said goodbye to Lao Wang. After discussing it, everyone agreed that since the family's surname Fang seemed to have something to do with Fang's village, it was better to ask her first, than to rush into the mountain rashly.

The village was very small, and it was easy to find the location of the Fang family. Yun stepped forward and knocked on the door, and there was a rush of footsteps, and with a squeak, the courtyard door was pushed open. The woman she had seen earlier stood at the door with an eager face, but when she saw that it was not her own man, she immediately showed a disappointed expression.

"Auntie, I would like to ask you about ......!" Yun hurriedly stepped forward.

Before he could finish speaking, the woman looked alarmed: "I don't know anything, you can leave!"

Xiaoxiao was more clever, and immediately showed an innocent smile: "By the way, auntie, I heard that your son-in-law is seriously ill. My master is good at medical skills, I can help take a look, he is a big master, and he usually can't be invited by many rich and noble people!"

Lao Dao rolled his eyes and said, "I'll look at a fart!" But at this time, he had to raise his beard and look up at the sky to make a tall appearance.

The woman may be anxious in her heart, maybe she really can't do anything, maybe she sees that this old and young man does not look like wicked people, and hesitated for a moment as if she had made up her mind: "Then trouble sir, three of you, please come in!"

The three of them followed her inside, observing the environment by the way. I saw that her house only had two thatched houses, which were slightly dilapidated, and there were some farm tools and some dried mountain goods scattered in the yard. As soon as I entered the house, I saw that there was only one kang on the four walls, a table and two chairs, and a strong smell of medicine came to my nose.

On the top of the kang lay a young man, his face was sallow and skinny, and he was trembling at this time. Hearing someone come in, he barely opened his eyes, and saw his mother followed by several strangers, revealing a puzzled look.

The old woman stepped forward and patted his hand lovingly: "Don't worry, this old gentleman is a doctor, passing by here, my mother asked him to help you diagnose and treat you." ”

The young man was relieved, and still did not speak, but nodded weakly.

"Sir, this is what the child thinks, please take a look. Although the old woman spoke politely, she was still sad, and she did not have much confidence in these strangers.

Xiaoxiao knows the level of the old way, killing people is still successful, but saving people is not what he is good at, so he hurriedly stepped forward: "Master, you are old, let's rest first after such a long time." The apprentice has learned from you for so many years and has achieved a little success, so help this little brother take a look first!"

The old woman's brow furrowed even tighter, and she didn't think she was optimistic about the young one. But if there is a request, it is not easy to say anything, and it is not stopped.

Lao Dao also knew his two brushes, so he looked for a place to rest. Xiaoxiao first checked the young man's pulse, opened his eyelids and looked at it, then took out a silver needle and pierced his wrist, twisted it for a while, pulled it out, observed it and smelled the smell, and then said: "Auntie, your son-in-law doesn't seem to be sick, he should be poisoned, right?"

The old woman's eyes immediately burst into brilliance, and she said nervously: "Yes, yes, it's poisoned!

Xiaoxiao thought about it: "What kind of poison has to be checked yet." But I observed that the poison in the little brother had already invaded the internal organs, and it should be a short time. Does Auntie know the process of poisoning and the state of the poison?"

The old woman hesitated for a moment and immediately made up her mind: "Don't tell the little gentleman that my son has indeed been poisoned for a long time, and the exact date should be from the age of five." At the beginning, I always said that I had no strength in my body, and I often felt sore and chilled. We didn't pay much attention to it, thinking that it was because our congenital physique was too weak, so we found some recipes to replenish qi and blood for him to take. It wasn't until he suddenly fainted when he was eight years old and had a lot of nosebleeds that we were alarmed. The head of my family already knows some medical skills, and I found a few old doctors in the clan to diagnose and treat it together to determine that it was poisoning, but I couldn't tell what kind of poison it was. Later, after a long period of research, and a lot of medical books, I finally reluctantly prepared a prescription, although it could not be cured, but it could also be barely suppressed toxicity, but it had to be taken daily to have an effect. ”

"This winter is too cold, the heavy snow closed the mountain early, and I couldn't go up the mountain to collect medicine for two months. My man was in a hurry, and he just went up the mountain as soon as he thawed, but unfortunately he didn't get much. This time he said that he should have a better chance of going deeper, but there has been no news for seven days, and the child has stopped taking medicine, and I am anxious! If the child can be saved, even if it is only relieved, the old woman will repay the kindness of a few people as a cow and a horse!" After speaking, he was about to kneel down with tears in his eyes.

Xiaoxiao hurriedly helped her up and comforted: "Auntie, don't worry! Although we can't guarantee anything, we will do our best." ”

Next, Xiaoxiao continuously acupunctured the young man's acupoints, asked him about the changes and feelings in his body over the years, and asked the old woman to take out the current prescription and study it. In the end, even Lao Dao personally tried to use internal strength to force poison, and after a while, he could only shake his head. The two of them studied for a long time and came to the conclusion that the poison in the young man was very strange, and because it had been too long, it had invaded hundreds of limbs. It can no longer be condensed by internal force, and the only way is to prepare a symptomatic antidote and treat it for a long time before it can be removed. However, it is imperative to first analyze the composition of the poisoned drug in order to find a way to restrain it, and this is not something that can be done in a short time.

"By the way, Auntie, what's your uncle's name?" asked Xiaoxiao seemingly casually.

"Oh, my man's name is Fang Zhongtian. The old woman replied honestly.

Uh! The three of them were stunned at the same time, there was such a coincidence?