If they hadn't looked at Xiao Chen's serious look, Dr. Liu and the others would have thought that Xiao Chen was here to investigate the book thieves.
Xiao Chen checked here carefully, but there was nothing to check. Moreover, Xiao Chen knew that Yang Laowu and the others probably didn't cause anything here and fell ill when they returned.
"Doctor Xiao, do we want to continue going up?" Now we have climbed to a height of five or six hundred meters. Although it is not very high, the mountain road is difficult to walk. The morning has passed like this, and it is now past eleven o'clock in the morning.
In Brother Yang's opinion, Dr. Xiao and Dr. Liu would definitely have to go down the mountain if they couldn't bear it by lunch time.
"Of course, it was so troublesome last time. We must at least find some clues before going down the mountain." Xiao Chen said.
"Well, what should we have for lunch?" Now they only brought water before going up the mountain. Moreover, the water was almost finished and there was no dry food. So what should we have for lunch?
However, for Xiao Chen, there are edible things everywhere in the mountains, such as some wild fruits. Xiao Chen must know them all, and there will definitely be nothing wrong with them in a day or two.
And those animals can be caught directly or roasted and eaten.
"Dr. Xiao, I'm afraid there won't be any water in the afternoon." Dr. Wu said.
Dr. Wu is the female doctor among these five people. It has only been a year since she got married and had a child, and this time she came to the quarantine area as support.
She had been sweating just now, and it was obvious that she was the one with the worst health among them.
"Dr. Wu, you don't have to worry."
There are also a lot of mountain spring water here, but these people definitely dare not drink it. On the one hand, it is the plague in the isolation area at the foot of the mountain. It is not yet confirmed what is spreading. In addition, some of the mountain spring water is not clean. It is normal to have mountain leeches.
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Medical doctors like Dr. Liu would definitely not dare to drink that water raw.
Xiao Chen took the woodcutter and went directly to chop some tree vines. These tree vines were actually a kind of medicinal material, and they contained a lot of water.
When you cut it with a knife, water dripped out from inside. The water was not only clean, but also a little sweet.
"Dr. Xiao, can I drink these?" Brother Yang asked in disbelief.
"These are Chinese medicinal materials. The water in them is absorbed by the roots. It is also a little sweet and can replenish moisture."
Hearing Xiao Chen say that, Dr. Liu and the others took it and took a sip, and they found it was somewhat sweet.
Xiao Chen and Brother Yang took them further up the mountain.
Soon, at a distance of seven or eight meters, I saw the branches left by Yang Laowu and others from cutting down the tree.
When Xiao Chen took a look, this area was actually filled with golden nan.
"These are all Jinsunnan!"
It can be said that golden nanmu is very valuable now. I am afraid that one gram of gold cannot be exchanged for one gram of golden nanmu. Of course, the largest golden nanmu here was cut down by Yang Laowu and the others, and the surrounding ones also have
Only two or three people can hold it together. Xiao Chen looked up and saw that it took at least a hundred or two hundred years for these golden nan to grow like this.
When Brother Yang hurried over to pay homage to those old trees, Dr. Liu and the others were also surprised. They did not expect that there were so many rare trees here.
However, they don't have the greedy look of trees. These trees themselves are here. If there is no man-made damage, the protection of this mountain forest will be very good, especially in terms of water and soil.
However, if all the golden phoenix trees here are cut down by then, it may take many years for such tall trees to grow again in this area.
Moreover, there are many small trees under the trees here, which can be transplanted and planted. In a few decades, they may reach a certain scale.
I saw Brother Yang constantly worshiping those old trees and muttering about the sacred trees.
Xiao Chen looked at the branches of these golden nan, and could see that these should have been cut down by Yang Laowu and others more than three months ago at most.
Xiao Chen could also see a lot of sawdust around him, and the branches didn't look too dry.
This place is the third tree to be cut down, and it is only one tree. However, just now Xiao Chen saw that the tree ring was nearly two hundred years old. Moreover, according to the old tree before it was cut down, it would have been at least four or five years old.
We can only hold each other together.
"Brother Yang, do you know what is best used for these golden nan?" Xiao Chen asked.
"I don't know, I don't dare to think, these are sacred trees." Brother Yang said hurriedly.
"These are the best for making coffins. You know Liuzhou, right? Liuzhou was most famous for its coffins in the past, and the coffins made of golden nan are even more top-notch. They have been popular with dignitaries since ancient times. Even,
These are what the emperors used after their death."
"Dr. Xiao, how do you know this?" Dr. Wu asked strangely.
"I've read it in ancient books." Since Xiao Chen knows about fortune telling by mountain doctors, he must know this.
Moreover, Xiao Chen always felt that the deaths of Yang Laowu and the others were related to these Jinsi Nan, and it seemed that they were really destined to be the same.
These golden nan were chopped off by them, perhaps to make coffins. However, they could not afford to use them, or were unwilling to part with them, so they sold them all for money.
In fact, this is equivalent to them using those golden nan coffins.
"Dr. Xiao, what do you mean by this?"
"This is destined." Xiao Chen said.
No matter how high their IQ is, Dr. Liu and others may not understand what Xiao Chen means.
However, Brother Yang was very scared. He was also afraid that Xiao Chen would be greedy for the nan trees here. However, Brother Yang just kept saying that this had nothing to do with him.
Xiao Chen patted Brother Yang on the shoulder, looked at him and said, "You don't have to be afraid, of course I won't be like Yang Laowu and the others."
Seeing Brother Yang's expression changed with fear, Xiao Chen didn't know what he was afraid of.
"Xiao, Doctor Xiao, do we still want to go up?" Brother Yang asked again.
"Of course, go up. I think Yang Laowu and the others have gone up to such a high place to cut down trees, so they should be in other places, and they shouldn't be any higher. Let's take a look around."
This place is seven or eight meters high. It is really hard for Xiao Chen to believe that old men like Yang Laowu, who are in their fifties, actually went up to this mountain to cut down trees, and then moved them down manually.
"I'm very tired, can you go over there and take a rest first?" Dr. Wu asked.
"Then take a rest first." Xiao Chen and Dr. Liu walked towards a stone not far away. Before they got there, Xiao Chen hurriedly asked Dr. Liu and the others to stop.
"There is a Luo Tietou there, be careful."
Luo Tietou?
That is the most venomous viper.
Although it is late autumn now, the temperature is still around 20 degrees, which is not the time for those venomous snakes to hibernate. Therefore, it is normal for venomous snakes to come out and act in this mountain.
Xiao Chen had already seen that behind those big rocks, there was a curled up Luo Tietou.
Xiao Chen went over first, holding a stick, and uncovered the iron head first, allowing the other party to escape, and then sat down on the stone to rest.
However, Brother Yang stood there in awe. He neither dared to get close to those trees, which he thought were sacred trees, nor did he dare to get close to those stones, which he thought were stone gods, so he could only stand there. (To be continued)