There is a strange seclusion in the depths of the water clouds, the tiger ape is extinct, the eagle falcon is sorrowful;

But it was said that Xiang Saburo and Hou Ye brought more than a dozen servants, and these servants were all bought by them in the royal court of the Liwang of Yougu, and they spent all their fifty gold coins. The Xiongnu nobles of the royal court heard that Xiang Saburo wanted to make incense powder from the flowers and plants of Yanran Mountain, and they all sneered, and said: "There are swarms of tigers and wolves in the mountains, poisonous insects are everywhere, the valleys are deep, and the torrents are turbulent, where are there any strange flowers and flowers? Don't throw your life in it!" Xiang Saburo did not hesitate, he rode a green donkey by himself, Hou also rode a camel, and the servants drove three camels and more than a dozen mules into the mountain together. At the beginning, because it was the season at the turn of spring and summer, there were not many insects in the mountain, and the terrain was relatively flat. At night they pitched their tents in the meadows of the valley. Slept until midnight, heard a light rain outside, Hou also shouted Xiang Saburo, the two got up and gathered the cattle, from a distance heard the sound of war drums, the two did not know what was going on, a servant came out of the tent, frightened and shouted: "The water is coming! The water is coming! Run!" The others also got up and hurriedly ran to the mountains on both sides, Xiang Saburo wanted to get his flowers and plants, and Hou also desperately pulled him to run behind the people. Looking back, a white line came down from the hill, and in the blink of an eye they reached the place where they had camped, and the camels, donkeys, and mules had all washed away, and the tabernacle was gone, and everything was washed away by the water.

Everyone was terrified, but Kasaburo was heartbroken. After the flood, the servants rushed back. Hou also advised Xiang Saburo: "Now there is nothing." Go back and buy some more things. Come back again. "Kazaburo couldn't do it, so he had to go down the mountain. When the servants heard this, they ran away in an instant.

Walking to the valley mouth, Xiang Saburo stopped: "We can't go back! They all think that we can't do it, we have to do it well!" Seeing that he was very confident, Hou Ye also came to the momentum, "Okay! We will do it ourselves!" The two turned around and picked up the lost tools by the river, and also found a few things. Armed with a few simple tools, the two went into the mountain.

They searched valley by valley, and at this time it was the time when the mountain flowers were blooming all over the mountains, and Kazaburo's eyes were shining, and the dazzling flowers in the large meadows and forests seemed to be greeting him, and their smiling faces were welcoming his picking. Kasaburo trembled with excitement, and he threw himself into the flowers, hoping that he would never go out. Although Hou Ye does not have his fanaticism, he has also been infected by his enthusiasm, behind Xiang Saburo. Pick the different flowers and put them in a special silk bag.

Kazaburo's excitement continues. Hou also felt that something was wrong, felt that he was too excited, and reminded him: "Don't have any problems with these flowers and plants." How do I feel like you're a little overdone!"

"No, I'm just excited to see so many flowers I've never seen before. ”

"No!" Hou also exclaimed: "What's wrong with your face?" He pounced in front of Xiang Saburo, Xiang Saburo's face had faint red spots that had never been seen before, and his ears and nose also appeared red spots, Xiang Saburo seemed to be unconscious, he reached out to touch his face, and suddenly stopped, he saw that his hands were also patches and pimples, the patches were getting bigger and bigger, and his eyes were gradually blurred. Xiang Saburo sighed: "There is still something wrong!"

Hou also carried him to the bottom of a big tree, got some hay and dried leaves, laid him down, and said, "You don't have to think about anything else. Think about which kind of flower is so toxic, and think about what can be done?"

Xiang Saburo calmed down for a while and said, "Haven't you learned acupuncture and moxibustion? Although Hou is also at home without the good looks of his parents and brothers, but the doormen at home still shout "Little Hou Ye, Little Hou Ye" all day long, a few doormen still have some skills, Hou has nothing to pester them, they also passed on some of him, but there are too few opportunities to use it, many of them are thrown to the master, only acupoints, acupuncture He felt that it would be of great use in the future, and devoted himself to studying. I didn't expect it to be used on Kasaburo's body for the first time. Hou also pondered for a while, took out a silk bag, opened it, it was dozens of silver needles, took out the fire sickle and lit a fire, burned the silver needles, and pricked a few needles along Xiang Saburo's Taiyin lung meridian, hoping to remove his poisonous gas with the method of opening the mountain fire. Then he got a few stitches in the head and near the eye.

When Xiang Saburo was busy with his work, he was always thinking about what kind of flower it was. He said, "Do you see if there is a small yellow flower?" Hou also saw that there was a small yellow flower, bright and moving, smelling, fresh and lovely. Speaking of his feelings, Kazaburo thought for a moment: "Is the juice dry, or is it still flowing?"

"Also flowing. How?"

"You have to be careful of its juice. I'm afraid that's it. We have never seen this kind of flower in Middle-earth, so beautiful, yet so terrible! Well, we should give him a resounding name. ”

"You should think about how to heal yourself!"

"Healing is important, and so is naming. I think of a word or two, it's called 'Xuanfu', okay?"

Hou also said: "Well, 'Xuanfu', invert the aroma, quite haode." Think about how to cure its toxicity!"

"You dig up some soil under the roots of the 'whirlpool' flowers, the wetter the better. Hou also listened, took a shovel and dug some soil, and Xiang Saburo instructed him to use water and paste it on Xiang Saburo's face and hands. But it is also strange that the soil under the roots of this strange poisonous flower is a good medicine for its poison. Xiang Saburo felt cool on his face and hands, and gradually dissipated the poisonous gas, and by the time it was evening, there was no major problem. It was also Xiang Saburo who fiddled with all kinds of flowers all day long, and naturally developed the stamina to resist poisonous flowers and poisonous weeds, and it was the two of them who handled it properly that made him turn the corner. The two of them rejoiced, and wrote down the appearance of this flower, its toxicity, and the method of detoxification.

The next day, Xiang Saburo stayed at the lodging to rest, and Hou also looked for other flowers in the distance. He remembered the lesson of Kazaburo's distress, and when he saw an unknown flower and plant, he didn't dare to touch it directly with his hands, and he didn't dare to let its juice stick to his skin. Out of caution, he collected more than a dozen new flowers, and there were no surprises. Rejoice in your heart. I was very excited when I went back. Suddenly. There was a "rustling" sound in the grass around him. With a shock in his heart, he put down the tools in his hand, pulled out the sword at his waist, and jumped on the big stone next to him. As soon as he stood up, a big snake with thick arms appeared all over the body, and it just crawled over in a hurry, not caring about Hou Ye at all. Hou also saw it crawling away, and just wanted to jump down. Then I heard another sound, and a slightly smaller snake, dark and black, reappeared. Hou was also scared and suspicious in his heart, and he didn't know how many snakes there were here. Sure enough, there were a few more behind the black snake, but they were all accompanied, all of them were blue and white, and the size was almost the same. Seeing that seven or eight big snakes had passed, and there seemed to be one behind them, Hou Ye's suspicions were getting deeper and deeper. I don't know why these snakes suddenly appeared here. He stood on the boulder and did not dare to move, but the serpent did not seem to notice him. They just crawled past the rocks below him and disappeared into the grass behind them, and the sound was faintly heard dozens of kilometers away. Next, dozens of small snakes, some with the thickness of fingers, some with the thickness of chopsticks, squeezed and rolled along the route of the big snake in front of them. After stopping for a moment, there was still one behind, Hou Ye's eyes were straight, and he saw that the snakes behind him were endless, and there were tens of thousands. Many snakes were crammed into lumps, rolling bigger and bigger, rolling past him, and the sound of "smack" made the hair stand on end. He never imagined he would see so many snakes of all kinds today.

Finally, there was no sound in the direction where the snake came, and Hou also jumped off the boulder, wanting to rush over to see what happened to Xiang Saburo, but he couldn't stop the curiosity in his heart, wanting to see what so many snakes were going to do, he followed the traces of the grass falling all the way, turned a hillside, and a torrent was about two feet wide and blocked the way. What surprised him even more was that he saw a bridge made up of the bodies of countless snakes, large and small! Snakes were constantly being swept away by the torrent, and snakes were constantly being mended, but a snake bridge was firmly nailed to both sides of the river. Thousands of snakes climbed over the bridge. Hou also looked around, on the other side of the river was a fertile pasture, with flowers in full bloom and bees and butterflies playing in the meantime. The snake that crossed the river did not stop, but continued to cross the meadow and disappeared at the end of the meadow. Hou Ye's curiosity became stronger and stronger, and he wanted to see what was the mystery of the place where the snakes sacrificed their lives and forgot to wade through mountains and rivers. It's just that he can't go over the snake bridge.

He looked up and down the river, and finally found a way, and he found that there was a big tree with a bowl mouth by the river two or three miles away, and the body of the tree was three or four feet high. Who told us that there is no other way!" Swinging his sword at the root of the tree, he slashed into the tree and couldn't pull it out. I was sweating in a hurry, and it was easy to pull out the sword, and I was already a big man, and I was ashamed. Carefully continuing to chop, a tree finally fell to the opposite bank. Hou also put away the sword, which had become a saw, and crossed the river from the top of the tree. The snakes have long since lost their shadows, but fortunately, their routes are relatively clear, and following the traces of the snakes, Hou also came to a valley. The scene in front of him shocked him again, in front of him were countless snakes, layered, entangled, rolling, thousands of heads were crowded, and the sound of the snake core "slipping" resounded through the valley. He didn't know where so many snakes came out, and he saw that there were snakes coming in from all directions, and those who came later pressed the front ones at the bottom, and the bottom ones were going to turn up, so the waves of snakes rolled like waves, from south to north, from east to west, and they did not stop. Hou Ye saw that the snake field was just rolling around, except for the shock, there was nothing special, so he wanted to leave quickly.

At this moment, he heard a strange sound from the center of the snake field, as if the ground was moving, the snake in the center rolled down, and the snake on the periphery still wanted to swim in, so it continued to roll out. Hou Ye was surprised to see a big stone grow from the center of the earth, the big stone was getting higher and higher, and several snakes were wrapped around the stone, some big and some small, and they were biting, as if they wanted to monopolize the throne. zuihou, there are only two left on the top, the others want to go up, the stones are slippery and can't go up, and the top ones either slide down by themselves, or are bitten to death by others.

The remaining two, one was the big snake he saw for the first time, with a colorful snake body, a head like a giant egg, eyes like a bright lamp, and a core that was more than a foot long; The little snake seemed to be very satisfied, it didn't care about the big snake, and swam up the big rock by itself. It was too early to be happy, and when the big snake saw that it was climbing up on its own, it suddenly attacked, and the huge snake body suddenly circled behind the little snake. Open your terrifying mouth. Swallowed the little snake in one bite! Hou also watched thrillingly. I don't know what they're fighting for, it's like a throne. He just looked down, and at a glance, he saw Kazaburo coming behind him and crouching beside him. "What's going on?" the sweet aroma of Kazaburo's body seemed to arouse the interest of snakes, and many snakes swam towards it.

"I don't know. How did you get here? Your body isn't quite neat yet. ”

"It's fine. Look!" Kazaburo pointed to the center of the snake field, and saw that the big snake was constantly rolling, and it was about to fall down several times. It was all entangled, and the top of its head moved, and it kept slamming its head on the stone as if it were mad, until the flesh was blurred, and a small snake crawled out of top of its head. It was the little snake it swallowed, and I saw it triumphantly climb from the big snake to the top of the big rock, and the other snakes were all disheartened, staring at it, those snakes who wanted to come to Kazaburo. Hook back too.

Something even stranger happened, a flower suddenly appeared on top of the big rock. The petals are red in color and give off an intense aroma. Xiang Saburo sighed and said, "It's a pity that there is a snake king flower!" The words fell, Hou Ye suddenly rushed out, Xiang Saburo hurriedly pulled him, but he didn't pull it, he had already rushed into the snake field!

Hou also knew that the snake king flower was an indispensable raw material for Xiang Saburo to make incense powder, and he was fortunate enough to meet it today, so why not try it desperately? He ignored the slippery snakes under his feet, and bravely stepped forward. It's just a few feet away, and the danger contained in it is unknown! He has no distractions, only the flower that looks delicate and fiery in his eyes, and he doesn't know how many snakes have been bitten on his feet and legs. The sword in his hand kept waving, and all the snakes that stood in the way were waved by him in two pieces, and finally reached the bottom of the big stone, which was more than one person high, and it was covered with snake saliva, the slime of the snake body, and the snake blood, and a fishy smell that made people want to vomit. His lower body was already entangled with snakes of all sizes, and Hou also sighed in his heart, he had no way to go up and get the snake king flower! A familiar aroma hit, Xiang Saburo rushed over, Xiang Saburo smiled at him, full of regret and love, and then stepped on his shoulder, the fragrance on his body also aroused the attention of the little snake king, and he stood up, wanting to attack Xiang Saburo. Xiang Saburo waved a puff of incense mist in his hand, and the Snake King fell over on the boulder, Xiang Saburo did not stop, stepped forward to take off the Snake King flower, jumped down, and stuffed the flower into Hou Ye's mouth. Hou Ye's face was already full of black gas, and his mind was no longer clear, but he knew that it was a rare flower in a hundred years, how could he eat it by himself? Xiang Saburo said in his ear, "You are more important than any treasure!" Hou also lost consciousness.

Xiang Saburo hugged Hou Ye and provoked the snake king with his sword, and the snakes scattered and fled, watching them leave. When he reached the river, he put down Hou Ye, cut open the snake king, smeared the snake's blood on Hou Ye's wound, and fed the snake gall into Hou Ye's mouth. This snake king flower is a holy medicine for detoxification, and it is an extremely difficult treasure. So many snakes came from all directions, all to get her, and after eating it, it could be very poisonous, and in the battle of the snake king, it would gain the upper hand. I didn't expect it to be fulfilled.

In the middle of the night, Hou Ye had a rumbling in his throat, and his stomach was rumbling, and Xiang Saburo heard it and stepped forward to help him, but it was already an extremely strong stench that emanated out. Xiang Saburo knew that Hou was already fine.

A few days later, both of them recovered, and Hou not only recovered, but also felt that his body was full of energy before the big victory. I had the heart to try, and I took out a sword that was full of gaps and slashed at the big tree, and the big tree broke off at the right time! The fractures were neat and tidy, as if they had been cut. The two of them were surprised and delighted, knowing that the snake king flower was indeed a treasure, and the two of them were worth the risk.

They continued to search in the mountains. In a valley they met some shepherds, and they were surprised that they had gone to the mountains to look for flowers, and said, "What strange flowers can be in this mountain! There are only two of you, be careful not to touch the beasts!" The two of them spent the night at the shepherd's place, and heard from one of the shepherds that on the other side of the mountain, there might be no flowers they had seen. The two said goodbye to the herdsman and crossed the mountain, and in front of them was a shijie of ice and snow. The top of the mountain was covered with a thick layer of snow, and the snow in the valley below was unknown how thick it was, and I don't know how many years of snow it had. The two of them were not interested in the snow, and when they saw that there was no place for flowers and plants to grow, they were greatly disappointed.

The two discussed it for a while, since they came, they should go down and have a look, maybe they might see rare flowers and plants. The two saw that the snow was very thick, Hou was also in front, and Xiang Saburo was behind, and slid down from above. The snow was deeper underneath, making it difficult to move your feet. The two simply lay down in the snow and rested for a while.

The sun above them glowed coldly, and the two of them struggled to walk in the snow. It's white everywhere. Not a little angry. The two searched for two days. I didn't see a single flower, so I couldn't help but be a little discouraged. The two of them ate a little dry food under a large rock, grabbed a few handfuls of snow and ate it, and continued their descent downward. Seeing that the snow was getting thinner and thinner, knowing that they were about to get out of the thousand-year-old snow, the two sighed in their hearts, and when they looked back, the snow peaks were hidden in the mist. The exposed peaks glow with enchanting brilliance in the sunlight. The two of them knew that it was better to stay away from the scenery of the snow-capped mountains. The two of them admired the holiness and beauty of the snow peak for a while, and in the distance a clump of golden yellow shining in the sun, dazzling people's eyes. The two of them were overjoyed, shouted, and threw themselves at the golden bush. The gold is getting closer and closer, the proud little flowers are swaying in the wind, the brown spots on the petals, the faint fragrance in the wind, Xiang Saburo carefully holds a small flower. Placed under the nose, it has a fresh and elegant aroma. Intoxicated him.

It is a small flower that resembles a wild chrysanthemum, and they gently gather the spirits beneath the snowy peak. In this land, there are more than one kind of flowers, purple, blue, and green, competing to bloom in the summer sun. They don't know how many tens of thousands of years they have been driving, and it is not until today that they finally wait for someone who knows the goods.

Throughout the summer, Xiang Saburo and Hou were also in the mountains, and when the autumn wind was getting tighter, they finally gathered all the hundreds of strange flowers and flowers needed on the grassland and under the snow peaks, and brought them into the royal court of the king of the right valley. The mountain also arrived here, and he recruited a hundred virgins at the request of Xiang Saburo, all of whom were lowly servants in the families of the princes and nobles of the Xiongnu, and grinded the petals day and night with a jade mortar in a large tent, and Xiang Saburo worked with the virgins every day.

On this day, Xiang Saburo and Hou also arrived at the big tent again, and a group of little girls were resting, and they kept working for several hours, and they could only have such a moment of rest. A girl caught his attention, and although she was only about ten years old, she was already beautiful. Everyone else was resting, but she was the only one, although she was already soaked with sweat, she still smelled here, and there she picked up the broken petals that had fallen on the ground and put them under her nose. Xiang Saburo walked up to her and said with a smile: "What are you doing? Weishenme doesn't stop? Everyone else is resting!" The little girl blinked her eyes and said with adoring eyes: "Are you all picking these flowers? You are really a god!" Xiang Saburo has been appreciated by many people, and he has not been appreciated and worshiped by a child for a long time, that was ten years ago, and the children around him have an almost fanatical worship of him. He smiled and said, "Do you like these flowers?" and she nodded and said, "Unfortunately, after three days, I haven't memorized all the scents of each flower." Kazaburo was taken aback. "You say you haven't memorized all the scents of each flower?" he asked, word by word, and the girl nodded, "yes." She had a strange feeling for flowers, and when she was a child, she quickly got to know all the wildflowers near her hometown, and she could tell them about their shape, fragrance, and characteristics. Even if you are blindfolded, you can quickly distinguish the fragrance of each flower by just your nose. Xiang Saburo is very curious, he can't do such a skill. He didn't believe it, and no one else believed it either. Hou also picked up a few petals casually, and the girl said the names of the flowers one by one and the characteristics of the fragrance. Hou also made more than a dozen kinds of flour that had been crushed, and the girl sniffed them one by one with her eyes closed, and said the name of each one. The girl's name was Nanrong but she was a lowly slave, and when her father heard that she had committed a great crime, she was punished and was serving in her master's house, this time to earn money for her master.

Kazaburo asked Nashan to buy Nanrong, wanting to help her get free. The little girl didn't appreciate it, but just asked Kazaburo to be able to give instructions on how to make incense powder. Xiang Saburo saw that she was beautiful and stubborn, and she was not reluctant, so he took the time to tell her a lot of things about flowers and plants, incense powder production, etc.

Kazaburo finally made a different incense powder from the previous one. This kind of northern grass flowers are fragrant, faint, if there is nothing, but with a kind of mystery. The wealthy merchant Nashan of Daqin got this secret incense powder, and was overjoyed, and became popular among the nobles and noblewomen of the Xiongnu Shan Yuting and various royal courts, and made a lot of money. Xiang Saburo's name is also a hundred times more valuable among the princes. It is difficult to tolerate still doing cheap labor in the master's house, but it has changed the master. Later, I heard about the palace of the king of the right valley. Xiang Saburo often went to the palace and met him a few times, but every time he saw him, he had to ask him questions, and he was also happy to be a studious child. When Cheng Yi killed wolves in the Divine Wolf Ridge and went to the royal court to meet the King of the Right Valley, the two of them were still in the mountains, so they didn't see them.

Cheng Yi listened to their origins. "So." You've arrived at Shan Yuting. Why did you come?"

Xiang Saburo smiled, and Hou also said: "You are now a famous hero on the grassland, so you naturally feel a little dirty." We have been at the right valley Liwang all these years, and the king has taken good care of us, so please take a look at the two of us. A few people from Lone Eagle also came. "Cheng Yi heard Wei Changfeng say that it was not the lone eagle who was strong in martial arts in the right valley Liwang, but the other two people.

He looked at Hou Ye, "Are those two people here too?" Hou Ye was stunned. Immediately understood, glanced at Xiang Saburo, and said with a smile: "Cheng Yi is really powerful! Prince Wudan didn't misunderstand you." One of the two men came, and the other was to protect the king. "He doesn't have to lie to Cheng Yi, he has to say something.

"What do you see?

"I don't know. Possibly. ”

Cheng Yi said his current predicament, Xiang Saburo pondered for a moment and said, "Nanrong, we will help you find it." I'm afraid she's no longer in Shan Yuting, but I have a way. Unexpectedly, my apprentice became Wei Changfeng's wife and had a child. Oh. Think of the first time I saw her, she was a child herself!" Kazaburo felt as if he was in a different world. The two of them were not keen on making achievements. Just do what you like, helplessly, the things in the world are not up to people, not what you want. He disdained to sell the incense powder he made, and the result was that he kept making and selling it so that the two of them had time to do their own things. King Liwang of Yougu asked them to contact their old friends several times and opened their eyes for him, but Xiang Saburo refused. Now that the mountain has returned to Daqin, they originally wanted to follow the mountain, but the lone eagle once again retained on behalf of the King of the Right Valley, and asked them to go to Shan Yuting. Over the years, the two have hundreds of servants and more than a dozen tents in the royal court of the right valley Liwang, and their incense powder is very popular among the palace and nobles. If you have an obstacle, you can't act freely. The two had to bite the bullet and come to Shan Yuting. Shan Yuting was no stranger to them, they usually came once or twice a year, and they had their own tent here. When the two arrived at Shan Yuting, they heard that Cheng Yi is now a celebrity in front of Prince Wudan, responsible for Shan Yuting's investigation and arrest of thieves. The two of them have admired Cheng Yi for a long time, inquired about his behavior, and found here.

Cheng Yi said, "Who was the one who fought with me just now?" he just asked casually, not thinking about their answer.

Hou also said: "You don't know about them? How can it be! They are all big people!"

Cheng Yi was shocked, he didn't think about it at all. He always thought that Prince Wudan and Da Shan were the father and son of each other, and that Wudan's affairs were Shan Yu's affairs, and Shan Yu's affairs were Udan affairs. The matter of the two of them is the matter of Shan Yuting, that is, the matter of the Xiongnu steppe. I didn't expect Shan Yu and Prince Wudan to be two different things. Things were far more complicated than he thought.

He knew that the two people in front of him knew more than he could have imagined, so he bowed his hand and said, "Please see you." The kid really doesn't know the current situation of Shan Yuting!"

Hou also looked at him with a strange expression: "Your father Weishenme agreed with you to do this, why didn't he help you?" Cheng Yi was also strange, and said: "It's my own business, so I haven't looked for my father." ”

"That's it. With the iron official in Shan Yuting's shili, it is still very easy for you to be a little captain. It seems that Tie Daguan has concerns, so he didn't say much to you. Shan Yuting now has at least five shili in contention, and maybe even more. Prince Wudan is the most obvious share, he has the right time, place, and people, and seems to have the most hope of success. He has been the crown prince for many years, the son-in-law of Da Shan Yu, with a large group of loyal ministers, sitting on the wealth of 200,000 households in Shan Yuting, and he can gather no less than 200,000 knights quietly. However, Wu Dan has been the crown prince for too long, and his determination to kill, his ruthlessness, and his contempt for the old ministers have made him lose many people, especially his every move is in the eyes of others, everyone can see it clearly, and there is no secret at all. Moreover, his people, strictly speaking, are still Da Shan Yu's people, if Da Shan Yu has even the slightest displeasure, his people may not be his people. Cheng Yi was sweating on his back when he heard this, he didn't expect the majestic Prince Wudan to be like this in the eyes of people who understood. "What else?" asked Cheng Yi.

"There is one more person in Yuting Shan now, I can't help but say, that is the Zuogu Liwang Yi Pheasant. This person said in Shan Yuting that he was meeting Da Shan Yu, but he never left, and his thoughts were already clear. ”

But it is exactly: it is always difficult to realize the dream of Shenglong, the moon shines on the frost soldiers in the wolf mountain, there is no news from the eagle and the dome, and the wind breaks in the cold night. (To be continued......)