When I heard the word witch doctor, I felt that it was very unreliable, and there was a strong sense of feudal superstition that deceived people. However, seeing the couple's urgent mood as if grasping the last straw, Qu Le still did not put it in his heart after all.
Speak out your thoughts.
After all, it is better to have hope than despair.
Ever since Qu Le took the initiative to chat, the couple would chat with her from time to time. Anyway, the journey was long, so it was good to pass the time.
The more they talked, the more they learned. The couple's surname was Wang. They had a son at an old age, so they loved their belated son very much, and they developed a domineering character in his son. Fortunately,
The Wang family is considered a big family in their hometown, and their family conditions are favorable. Even if their son is a little willful, the couple will try their best to satisfy him.
Unexpectedly, when his son was ten years old, he fell in love with a dog raised by a foreigner at the market and insisted that the foreigner sell the dog to him. The foreigner was unwilling, so he went there with his servants.
He grabbed him, which immediately angered the outsider. The outsider reached out and slapped him on the forehead, and he fainted immediately. When the Wang family heard the news and rushed over, the outsider had already left with the dog, so they had to take their son away.
He was sent to the hospital for treatment, but fortunately his son woke up soon.
They thought the incident was over, but their son would have nightmares almost every night from then on. He would be so frightened that he was covered in sweat. No matter how much his parents tried to coax him, he would keep crying.
Due to being unable to sleep well for a long time, the child's mental state became worse and worse, and his condition became more and more serious. Not only did he have nightmares at night, but he was also restless during the day. The slightest movement around him would frighten him to tears.
Come out. Seeing their son losing weight day by day, the Wang family and his wife invited many doctors to no avail. Later, after several inquiries, they found out that the outsider who knocked their son unconscious in the first place came from southern Xinjiang.
They suspected that their son had been poisoned by people from southern Xinjiang, and the person who tied the bell had to be tied to untie the bell, so they took their son to southern Xinjiang to seek treatment.
I had only heard of poison before, but had never seen it with my own eyes. Qu Le was a little ready to take action, and said to the Wang family and his wife: "I have learned some medical skills before. If you can trust me, can you let me feel your son's pulse?"
"
It was just to feel the pulse, and the Wang family agreed generously. They raised their son's arm and rolled up his sleeves, revealing a thin and yellow wrist.
Qu Le put her fingers on the other person's wrist, closed her eyes and carefully felt the beating frequency of the pulse. After a while, she opened her eyes and said with some surprise: "The pulse is a bit weak, it should be due to lack of Qi and blood, but I can't see
It’s really strange that he has other illnesses.”
The Wang couple smiled helplessly, and Mr. Wang said fairly: "We invited many doctors, but all of them said they couldn't tell that Ada was sick. We also took a lot of medicine, but it was of no use. We were forced to have no choice but to
If we go to southern Xinjiang and have a look, we don’t know how much hope there is for salvation. After all, the people in southern Xinjiang are... "not easy to get along with."
He didn't say the last half of the sentence, but his anxious expression showed the unsaid half of the sentence.
Regarding the topic of southern Xinjiang, the Wang family and his wife did not say much. They often stopped talking about some sensitive points, and then cautiously glanced at the little girl next to them, as if they were afraid of something.
The little girl looks only about 11 or 12 years old, with two long braids wrapped with colorful ribbons hanging behind her ears, wearing a cute white round hat, and an exotic colorful skirt, neck, and wrists.
Wearing exquisite silver jewelry on her ankles, they jingle at the slightest movement.
Judging from her dress, she looks very much like a Southern Xinjiang person, but under normal circumstances, because real Southern Xinjiang people never take a ride on the horse team, they have a secret shortcut that can return to Southern Xinjiang in the shortest time.
Most of their comings and goings take shortcuts and will not have anything to do with foreigners.
The little girl has a lively personality. She will smile first when meeting people. She has two shallow dimples and is particularly cute when she smiles. She is completely different from the lonely and perverse Southern Xinjiang people. She often
Chatted with Qu Le for a few words, and learned from the chat that the little girl's name was Sang Yue, and she was once from southern Xinjiang.
Why "once"? Sang Yue didn't say much, and Qu Le couldn't ask more questions.
When eating, Sang Yue would take out some snacks she brought and give them to Qu Le as a courtesy, and Qu Le would also give her some hot steamed buns and steamed buns.
They get along very well, and Qu Le also tried to get the Wang family and his wife to chat together, but the Wang family and his wife have always been wary of this little girl, fearing that their son would be poisoned by these southern Xinjiang people again, so they have always been cautious about this little girl.
The little girl kept her distance.
Qu Le said: "I went to southern Xinjiang to join my relatives."
Sang Yue was a little surprised, opened her eyes and asked: "Do you have relatives in southern Xinjiang?" It's not that she was too surprised, but that people in southern Xinjiang didn't like to have too much contact with the outside world. Their ancestors had lived in southern Xinjiang for generations.
In Xinjiang, it is rare for people to intermarry with foreigners, let alone send their children away from southern Xinjiang. The chance of ordinary people being related by blood to people from southern Xinjiang is almost zero.
Qu Le was also helpless: "I'm not sure either. It was my sister who told me that my mother is from southern Xinjiang. Now that my parents and family are gone, my sister is also unable to protect herself, so she asked me to come to southern Xinjiang to look for my mother's tribe.
I hope I can get their protection.”
Sang Yue was stunned and asked: "Do you have any special items for identifying relatives? In southern Xinjiang, it is not big or small. If you search for it in every village and town, you don't know what year or month you will find. If you can,
If there is something, it should be much faster."
Qu Le shook his head: "I only know that my mother's surname is Lan."
"Lan?" Sang Yue paused for a moment, "Lan is a common surname in southern Xinjiang. From the main family to the collateral families, there are thousands of families, large and small. It's really hard to find. Do you have any other clues?
?It’s best to have a coat of arms that represents the family.”
Qu Le thought about it carefully, and immediately remembered something. She said: "There is a butterfly birthmark on my back. My sister said that as long as I show this birthmark to the elders of the clan, they can confirm my identity.
"
Upon hearing the words "Butterfly Birthmark", Sang Yue's eyes opened even wider, and her immature face showed an exaggerated expression: "Are you a descendant of the Butterfly Valley Lan clan?"
Qu Le looked confused: "What? Butterfly Valley?"
Sang Yue really wanted to see the butterfly birthmark on her back with her own eyes, but because there were other people in the carriage, it was really inconvenient to take off her clothes. Sang Yue had to give up and explained the origin of Butterfly Valley in a low voice: "Five hundred years ago, Ji
The Kingdom of Ji and the Nanyu were at war, and the war spread to the Nanling area. The terrain of Nanling was uneven, with many mountains and hills, and was covered with poisonous barriers all the year round. Once outsiders entered, few could survive. During the battle, Ji Kingdom's army accidentally killed
Entering the Nanling Mountain Forest, I soon lost my way. Unexpectedly, I accidentally stumbled into the Nanling people's stronghold. The general of Ji State promised the Nanling people with wealth and status, hoping that the Nanling people could help them leave the Nanling Mountain Forest. The Nanling people have always lived in seclusion.
For generations, their ancestors have been isolated from the outside world and rarely interacted with outsiders. Some of them were tempted and wanted to join the Ji Kingdom army, but others wanted to stick to their ancestral precepts and did not want to have too much involvement with the outside world. In the end, the Nanling people
They were divided into two groups. One group led Ji State's army to leave Nanling, and helped Ji State lure the Southern Territory army into a poison trap. In the end, Ji State won a complete victory, and that group of people followed Ji State and left forever.
The Nanling people were not only good at poison poisoning, but also witchcraft. With their help, the Ji State army won consecutive battles in the subsequent wars. The Ji State Emperor was very happy, but at the same time he was also very worried about the Nanling people who stayed in the Nanling Mountain Forest.
Will be exploited by people from other countries, so he quietly issued an imperial edict and asked people to lead the army to Nanling again, and the entire mountain forest was destroyed. Fortunately, the elders of Nanling had already predicted that after some tribesmen left with the Ji Kingdom's army,
Not long after, the elder immediately led the remaining tribesmen to leave Nanling overnight and quietly migrated to the Southern Wilderness Plain. They took root in the Southern Wilderness Plain and lived from generation to generation, which became today's Southern Border."
The elder who led the Nanling tribe to the Southern Wilderness Plain was named Lan. This Elder Lan was the oldest elder in the entire Nanling tribe, and was also the most respected elder by the tribe. He took his descendants to take root in the Southern Wilderness Plain, and worked closely with all the tribesmen.
Together, we sow and cultivate in that barren and barren land.
A hundred years later, the Ji Kingdom was engulfed by other countries, and the Nanling people who had been reused by the Emperor of Ji Kingdom were also dispersed. After several turmoils, they have now dispersed to various countries and become one of the tools used by the emperors to fight and govern the country.
Over the years, no matter how the outside world has changed, after the vicissitudes of life have passed, the Nanling people on the Southern Wilderness Plain still live in peace year after year.
Elder Lan had passed away long ago, and his descendants have multiplied over time and have become one of the largest clans in southern Xinjiang, and Butterfly Valley is the birthplace of the Lan family.
Sang Yue sat on a tree stump, her two slender legs dangling gently, and the silver jewelry on her ankles jingled. The crisp sound was very sweet. She tilted her head, blinked her big watery eyes, and looked innocent.
: "When I left southern Xinjiang, Lan's family was still in Butterfly Valley. If nothing else happens, they should still be living in Butterfly Valley now. If you want to recognize your relatives, the best thing is to have the butterfly mark on your back.
It proves that although the Lan clan is a bit stinky, they are famous for protecting their shortcomings, and they will definitely not let a descendant like you, who has family blood, wander outside."
Hearing what she said, Qu Le's uneasy heart felt a little relieved.
At that time, the sky was completely dark, and the night sky was full of bright stars. The horse team stopped on the roadside to rest. Boss Ma and his brothers gathered around the fire to keep warm. Some of them brought a pot of hot soup to Qu Le and Sang Yue.
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Since entering southern Xinjiang, the temperature difference between day and night has increased, and the temperature at night is very low. After sitting outside for a while, Qu Le was shivering in the night wind. She took the hot soup with both hands and said thank you.
She and Sang Yue divided the hot soup, each taking half.
After taking a sip of hot soup, a warmth spreads down the throat to the abdomen, and the body warms up.
After drinking the hot soup, the two of them got back into the carriage one after another. The three members of the Wang family had huddled in the corner and fell asleep. The two of them sat quietly, wrapped themselves in blankets, and soon fell asleep in a daze.