In the dark night, except for the chirping of birds and insects, the surroundings were silent. A black shadow stood quietly on the edge of the river, looking up and up. He clenched his hands nervously, and after standing for a while, he paced back and forth a little helplessly.
, looking towards the river in the distance from time to time, feeling restless.
After waiting for a long time, a bamboo raft slowly appeared on the river. After the people standing on the bank saw clearly who was standing on the bamboo raft, they bent over and directly raised their toes and tapped on the river.
Before the bamboo raft could get closer, he had already jumped onto it.
A large eagle-like creature in mid-air flapped its wings and landed on it. The bamboo raft shook for a while, and all the river water spread on it, making the people holding the pole wet. Qi'an used the bamboo pole to prop it up to the bottom of the river and began to swim.
Driving in the same direction, he said to Xiang Que speechlessly: "Are you in such a hurry? You can't wait for me to dock before coming up. Fortunately, my bamboo raft is strong enough, otherwise it might fall apart if you step on it. Eh?
?This bird is good. Where did you get it? It’s quite interesting.”
Xiang Que patted him on the shoulder and said: "You have to understand my feelings. The arrow has to be fired when it is on the string. Don't call it a bird, otherwise it will easily give you a bite."
Hai Dongqing looked at Qi'an with a very humane look that seemed dissatisfied, and then seemed to be unwilling to pay attention to him, so he closed his eyes again, his eyes were very disdainful.
Qi'an lowered his head and glanced at Hai Dongqing, who was huddled at Xiang Que's feet with his eyes closed, and sighed: "You are really weird. You give me a different surprise every time I see you."
After driving for more than ten minutes, the bamboo raft followed the river and entered a tributary. Not long after, it paddled into a cave again. Just like the last time we visited Zhongjing's mansion, the bamboo raft's driving path was winding and winding.
An uninhabited area.
Zhupai Jinru Zhongjing's Mansion, quite far away from Xiangque, he saw a few familiar figures standing on the shore. His eyes suddenly turned red. Xiang Laoshi, his wife and his eldest sister's family were waiting anxiously on the shore. When they saw
After Xiang Que's figure appeared in the distance, he said repeatedly: "Here he comes, he comes, the mistress is finally here."
"Whoosh" Xiang Que's feet paused, and he stood up again, falling from the bamboo raft to the shore. He walked to his parents in a few steps, with red eyes, and said: "Dad, Mom..."
Qi'an, who was sitting on the bamboo raft, looked down at his wet trouser legs and said speechlessly: "Next time you come back, swim over by yourself. I won't take you to pick you up."
"Xiaosan, what's wrong with you? You sent me, your father, and your eldest sister here, and then you disappeared without a trace. Did you get into any trouble?" Xiang Que's mother wiped away his tears with a worried look on his face.
asked.
There was no way, the third child of the Xiang family had been in constant trouble since he was born. He was so careless that even when he was twenty-three years old, the family had been worrying about him for twenty-three years. In the first ten years, they only watched Xiang Que.
Worrying, I spent the next thirteen years looking in the direction of Zhongnan Mountain, worrying about him all the time.
Xiang Que pursed his lips and said, "My son's unfilial piety has made you miss him, and has also caused you to suffer."
Xiang Laoshi complained and said: "What nonsense are you talking about? My mother is worried about my son traveling thousands of miles away. You are our son. Isn't it normal to miss you?"
After Qi'an landed, he walked up to Xiang Que and whispered: "I won't disturb you tonight. Just reunite with your family. I'll come find you tomorrow and take you to see my master. There's something good going on."
"Trouble, Anzi," Xiang Que said, patting him on the shoulder.
"You have such a sweet mouth, bye"
After not seeing each other for more than half a year, the looks of Xiang Que's family are much better than before. Basically, there is no sign that they have been cursed by Kong Decheng. The whole family's faces are rosy and full of energy and blood, and their body bones are no longer in good condition.
Feeling weak.
In Zhongjing's mansion, the Cave Heaven Blessed Land nourished their bodies, and their bodies were personally recuperated by Qi'an's master. They all recovered their energy and spirit at an extremely fast speed. Xiang Que estimated that his family would be cured in less than a year.
, such an ideal recovery put another stone in Que's heart.
That night, Xiang Que had a long chat with his family. The chat was all about the family's petty issues and did not involve any of his own problems. Xiang Que did not want his family to worry, but Xiang Laoshi and the others deliberately avoided the issue and had a tacit understanding.
In the conversation, the incident that happened more than a year later was deliberately avoided.
After a night, Xiang Que got up.
In Zhongjing's Mansion, most of the Medical Saint's disciples and descendants had already gotten up early. This is an isolated paradise. The people in Zhongjing's Mansion live a self-sufficient life, making a living by fishing and farming.
, a completely modern version of Peach Blossom Spring. They will never set foot in the world unless necessary. Only when they need to purchase daily necessities every once in a while, will someone leave and enter the world of mortals.
"At first, your family was not used to coming here. After a while, they gradually integrated in. They work with us every day, working from sunrise to sunset. After two or three months, they have become completely accustomed to it.
After living here, I guess they may regard this as their home." Qi'an came up behind him and said.
Xiang Que sighed: "Having lived outside for decades, I naturally know the advantages of Zhongjing's mansion. Although life is monotonous and boring, it is really a good place for self-cultivation. Believe it or not, those rich and powerful people outside
If a rich man knew about this place, he would break his head and want to get in. When people reach a certain height in life, they no longer need the things outside of them. What they want is a life that can make them live a long life and enjoy the rest of their lives.
In this place, people just have to live longer and return to their true nature over and over again."
"No matter how much money you throw at this place, we may not let them in," Qi'an said proudly.
This is really nothing to brag about. If Zhongjing Mansion really wants to make money, they can just throw out a few prescriptions and make a lot of money. What they want is a mentality and lifestyle. In the end of this life,
What you pursue is not money and power, but a long and safe life.
"Let's go, let's take you somewhere. My master is waiting for you there."
Xiang Que suddenly shrank his neck. He still remembered the scene when the old man in Zhongjing's mansion tricked him when they first met. As he got older, he took him by the nose without showing any trace.
Sent into a pit.
"Don't think too much, this is a good thing for you. When my uncle sent word that you were coming, he already told us about your problems. Zhongjing Mansion has taken advantage of a lot of favors from you, so it should be
I have to do what I can for you."
Xiang Que squinted his eyes and said, "Really?"
Qi'an bared his teeth and said with a smile: "I'm definitely not trying to trick anyone. Hey, I didn't plan against you last time, right? I just let you do it easily. Don't care about it so much."
Qi'an took Xiang Que and walked towards the depths of Zhongjing's mansion. The last time he came to Xiang Que, he just took a quick stroll here and left without going deep into the mansion. This time he came here and found that this place is so unique. The area
The width was staggering, and the two of them walked towards the depths of the forest. They were surrounded by cliffs that were as high as ten thousand feet. Below were ancient trees of unknown age.
"This is the foundation of Zhongjing's mansion. There are many medicinal herbs that cannot be seen in the outside world or have become extinct. Some medicines can make the knowledgeable old Chinese medicine doctors stare at them just by taking out one of them.
come out"
"Thousand-year-old Polygonum multiflorum, ten-year-old Ganoderma lucidum or something like that?"
Qi'an rolled her eyes at him and said: "Have you read too many stupid martial arts novels? Ten thousand years, haha, human society has been around for ten thousand years. Human beings themselves have not thrived for so long, so why can we dare to say that things happened ten thousand years ago?
Even if something really has ten thousand years, it would probably have already matured long ago. Ten thousand years is an exaggeration, but if you say it’s about a thousand years, it’s definitely true.”
Xiang Que blinked his eyes "Uh, uh, uh" and said in disbelief: "Is there really such a thing as thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum and thousand-year-old Polygonum multiflorum?"
"Your parents were lucky enough to taste it when they were recuperating their bodies. Otherwise, at their age, they could recover so quickly?" Qi'an pointed to the ground and said, "Then do you know why this kind of thing can grow in this area?
Are things coming? And why can’t they grow in those inaccessible mountains outside?”
"Isn't this the Paradise of Cave Heaven?"
"That's just a reason..." Qi'an said in an understatement without explaining, and led Xiang Que through the jungle to a cliff with a height of tens of thousands of feet. He raised his head
He shouted towards the top: "Second Senior Brother, here we come."
The second senior brother Xiang Que, who had met once before, showed his head from a hundred meters above the cliff, and then threw down a rope. Qi'an grabbed the rope and climbed up the cliff: "Come up with me."
There are also many trees growing out of the rocks on the cliffs. The figure of the second senior brother is exposed in one of them. From below, you can't even see that there is a cave entrance hidden here.
The second senior brother smiled lightly and nodded towards Xiang Que, then turned and walked towards the depths of the cave, with Qi'an and Xiang Que following behind him.
After nearly an hour, Xiang Que was already shocked and speechless. The road in the cave extended diagonally downward, which meant that the direction they were traveling at this time was towards the underground.
In an hour, they could travel at least ten kilometers. The road ahead has not yet come to an end. One can imagine how deep they have gone underground.
"Surprised or not? Shocked or not?" Qi'an whispered.
"..." Xiang Que nodded speechlessly, then frowned and asked, "After walking for so long, why is the air not thinner at all?"
"Don't use common sense to infer anything. There are too many things in this world that cannot be explained." Qi'an had just finished speaking when several voices suddenly came from the passage.
The second senior brother said: "We are here, remember one thing, Xiang Que, don't mention the things here to outsiders...including anyone."