lanterns illuminate rivers and mountains

Kurosawa really left.

Autumn passed quickly, the temperature dropped sharply, and the ground was full of frost.Ye Zhen drove the sheep to the back mountain in the morning, his hands were red from the cold.He breathed into the palm of his hand, stood on the hillside and looked around, but he could no longer see the tall and silent figure of the Japanese skewer.

"It's okay, anyway, it's annoying when he pops up from time to time."

Ye Zhen was washed twice during this period, and the medicinal effect deeply penetrated into the bone marrow and skin, as if the meridians and blood vessels of the whole body were cleaned up, not only the inner breathing was extremely smooth, but also the physical fitness improved a lot.

Once a person is born, it is inevitable to eat and excrete, and waste and oil will naturally accumulate in the blood vessels of the internal organs.It is said in ancient books that if a person wants to become an immortal, he must fast the grains, so as to avoid the bad smell caused by the circulation and digestion of five grains, which is the truth.

However, after the medicinal effect of the marrow-washing herb soaked into the five viscera, it cleansed and penetrated Ye Zhen's viscera, making him clear and refreshed, and the effect was quite miraculous.

Later, when Ye Zhen thought about it, he really started to benefit in Miao Jiang only after Heisawa left.When Kurosawa was around, he often helped him and brought him all kinds of snacks, making him a little dependent on this man who popped up from time to time.This kind of dependence will obviously have a negative effect on the rigorous special training.

Although he has passed away one after another, his life is a bit lonely. He can't understand what the Miao people around him say, and he is like a deaf person all day long... But he is the only one he can rely on, and his special training results have also improved rapidly. .

Soon he will be able to meditate all night in the treetops of hundreds of feet alone, go to the snake lair alone with a big knife on his back, and get the guts of a century-old snake for the Miao village, or he can retreat alone in the ice bed for three days and three nights, with a normal body temperature And come in and out freely.

Bao Weng specially set up a martial arts training hall for him, and ordered his disciples to take turns to practice with Ye Zhen.Although the fighting between the Miao people is not as extensive and profound as the martial arts of the Central Plains, but in terms of bravery and bravery, it is far superior to those bodyguards of the mountain family.Ye Zhen was beaten to the point of bleeding several times, and others were also beaten to the point of bleeding. During that time, every day in the Miao Village, a young man with a bandage on his head and a limp walking was seen every day. lad.

Ye Zhen was very frightened, and ran to talk to Bao Weng: "I'm not doing this well, it hurts everyone..."

"Then do you want everyone to hurt you? You don't have eyes for punching and kicking, not to mention being inferior to others, and you deserve to be beaten." Bao Weng stared at the man boiling the herbal medicine, while humming in a strange way: "Our seedlings When a person is 16 years old, he has to go into the mountains to hunt tigers and bears. How can he be merciful when the wild beasts in the deep mountains are violent? In order to gain a strong position in front of nature, which one of the Miao people has not undergone thousands of trials since childhood?"

Ye Zhen nodded in agreement, and crawled behind Bao Weng's chair, poking his head to see the cauldron for boiling medicine.

Bao Weng stretched out his hand and knocked him down, angrily said: "No rules! How did Long Jiwei teach you!"

Ye Zhen hummed and climbed onto the armrest of the chair and sat down. After a while, he asked curiously: "Did Long Jiwei stay in Miao Village back then? When did it happen? Actually, there is someone named Xuan Lin in my family. You Do you know him, he is also from Miao Village?"

Bao Weng heard that the front was fine, until the name Xuan Lin appeared, and then he jumped up as if being stung: "—Xuan Lin?"

"Yeah, oh, he's my dad... well, although he's not my real dad, but for Long Jiwei's sake..."

Bao Weng said angrily, "Has he already got a human body?"

"...Ah, yes, he is human."

Bao Weng got up abruptly, walked around the ground three times, and then said fiercely: "—Monster! I don't know whose body it is, what if he is harmful to others?!"

"Master, my father is very good. I haven't seen anyone he wants to harm? Well, except that he often gives me noodles with clear soup and little water, and takes me to pick them that grow on neighbor's trees secretly. Beyond the plums..."

Bao Weng scolded: "What do you know! This evildoer made waves and did countless evils in the deep mountains back then. I don't know how many sacrifices he had to offer every year. Later, even our Miao children wanted to eat it! Fortunately, Gu Tong designed to subdue that monster, and returned It took away its two souls and five souls, for which our Miao Village sacrificed a lot, and had to move from the deepest part of the Shiwanda Mountain to the middle of the mountain in Yunnan..."

Ye Zhen argued: "Although my dad is cheap, he has never eaten a child! And who is Gu Tong?"

"Long Jiwei."

"……what?!"

Bao Weng's face was full of seriousness, and even his voice was full of reverence: "Gu boy is the son of the headman. In order to drive the Gu spirits in the village to be used by our people, we must bled them from the day they were born to raise Gu and cultivate them well. Insects, cleaning up evil insects... In order to avoid angering monsters, Miao people have to offer a large number of sacrifices every year, so that we have no seeds to sow in spring, and no food to harvest in autumn. The Gu Tong set up a scheme, used himself as bait to lure the monster, and found a group of Miao children as cover, and finally managed to subdue this evil beast by narrowly escaped death!"

Ye Zhen: "..."

"Borrowing the unfathomable power of nature, Gu Tong took away the two souls and five souls of the monster, making it insane and unable to continue doing evil; and let it sign a contract that can be driven by my people. The time limit of the contract is One Jiazi, that is, 60 years—calculate, the contract expires at the beginning of last year. The demon finally broke free from Gu Tong's control and regained consciousness!"

"...Master," Ye Zhen said solemnly, "Although the story is very exciting and you tell it passionately, that demon has never done anything bad. He often boils water for Long Jiwei's feet at home."

Bao Weng said righteously: "Monsters are cunning by nature, and this is just to confuse the world!"

"...No, I think he is quite happy to boil water for washing his feet..."

"The demon and my Miao people have a deep hatred, and they must never forget to take revenge, and one day they will come to destroy the Miao village!"

"...No, no, master, trust me, he really doesn't have that much time to spare..."

"We Miao people have never underestimated the enemy! Even if the monster has supernatural powers and can cultivate a human body, we will not be afraid of him! In order to protect the Miao village, we must stand ready to take revenge on that monster!"

Ye Zhen: "..."

Ye Zhen burst into tears.

He finally understands why Long Jiwei told him not to mention Xuan Lin in Miao Village - dare to love this treasure man not only with eccentric yin and yang, but also with grotesque behavior, he is also a fucking paranoid!

The last time to soak the marrow is when the winter is coming.Because this winter was colder than expected, the last batch of grass seeds was not ready immediately, which delayed some time.

Ye Zhen at this time can no longer be compared with when he first came to Miao Village.After training in various ancient secret methods in Miao Jiang, his internal energy attainments have taken a big step forward; at the same time, the frequent actual combat every day has also trained his external kung fu to be more exquisite.

The first half year of Ye Zhen's arrival in this era was purely wasted. Fortunately, he was still young and made rapid progress. This year in Miao Village made up for the previously wasted time.

When Ye Zhen hadn't fully recovered after soaking the marrow-washing grass for the last time, someone came to pick him up - but to everyone's surprise, it wasn't Long Jiwei who came to pick him up.

It's Xuanlin.

The entire Miao Village instantly entered a state of preparation for battle. Everyone felt as if they were facing a big enemy, and the air was filled with tension that was about to explode.

Although one year later, most of the young people in the Miao Village did not know the old things, but under the influence of the elders, they also knew that the man in black waiting at the gate of the Miao Village had bad intentions and was an enemy of the Miao Village. Unpredictable and unpredictable.

Bao Weng loudly ordered his disciples in Miao language: "Bring on your muskets! Surround the gate! As long as he takes a step forward, shoot him to death, shoot him to death!"

The beautiful Miao Nu sister showed a rare nervous look, shouting something, running around in the crowd.

Ye Zhen was still wrapped in bandages all over his body, and he jumped to the door with all his strength, whining to express his protest and concern, but no one could understand what he wanted to say.

Bao Weng immediately called out: "Help the younger brother in! Prepare hot water and scissors!"

Ye Zhen hesitated for a moment, thinking that this sentence was so familiar, as if it was often heard in ancient TV dramas when women were about to give birth?

Sister Miao immediately rushed towards Ye Zhen mercilessly, picked up the soft leather on the back of his neck with two flamboyant jade fingers and threw it on the bed.

Ye Zhen: "Woo! Woo! #$^%^*(&￥#%#...!!" Don't lock me up, I'm going to see my dad!!

Miao Nu mentioned Ye Zhen expressionlessly, stared eye-to-eye for a while, then turned her head and said a few words to Bao Weng in Miao language.

Tears welled up in Ye Zhen's eyes, sister, you must have understood what the young master is saying!Grandpa thank you!Hurry up, help me take off the bandage, so I can meet my dad before you beat him into a hedgehog!

Miao Nu asked: "Master, this kid is cute again, can I spank his ass?"

Bao Weng: "What time is this and you still have the mood to say this, well, just hit it lightly..."

Miao Nu turned her head upside down, gently patted Ye Zhen's round buttocks amidst the humiliating screams of her little classmate Ye Zhen, then grabbed him by the neck and threw him back into the room.

"..." Ye Zhen fell headlong, turned over with all his strength, and roared: "Oooohooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow it!"

The gate of the Miao Village is open. If you look down from the sky in a helicopter, it will definitely be a very shocking scene.

The mountain waterfall crashed down, hitting the boulder covering the sky in the mountain stream, splashing thousands of feet of snowflakes, and at the same time split into two streams and smashed into the deep pool at the bottom of the mountain.There is another hole under the boulder. The huge stone gate of an ancient Miao village with a height of three feet is opened twice, which looks like a huge sharp knife standing in the waterfall.

Hundreds of strong Miao people held muskets, bows and arrows, and big knives, slid around the open gate, with expressions on their faces as if they were facing an enemy.

And on the mountain road below them, Xuan Lin put his hands in his trouser pockets indifferently, with an air of novelty and carelessness.

After a cup of tea, the crowd gradually became agitated. I saw Bao Weng walking slowly with a few disciples, and everyone automatically parted a path, watching them in reverence as they walked to the front.

Xuanlin said "Oh—" in surprise, with a long tone, which sounded quite unbearable: "The little radish back then has grown up! But to be honest, you have grown so big, you can't be beaten. I'm a little over-familiar already!...What's your name, Bao Weng? Baby? Be Weng?"

"Bold and monstrous!" Bao Weng yelled violently, his brows were so erect that they almost flew out from the top of his wrinkled head: "You still have the face to come to our Miao Village, and you are not afraid of being shot to death by our random arrows!"

"You're talking too badly, I'm just here to pick up my son from school. Speaking of which, what about my son? Ye Shisan—! Junior classmate Ye Shisan—!"

Xuanlin looked left and right, and Bao Weng was furious: "Where's Long Jiwei? Why doesn't Long Jiwei come?"

"Oh, are you talking about my wife? That's ridiculous, my dear, how can I bother my wife to do such a small thing as the child after school, as a male, he should share the burden of housework and educating the children... "

Bao Weng said angrily: "Without Long Jiwei, we wouldn't just hand over the child to you, a demon who eats people and doesn't spit out bones!"

Xuanlin: "..."

"If you dare to offend the Miao people, you will bear the wrath of the gods! If you don't hurry up and retreat, if you dare to take a step forward, you will be smashed to pieces!"

Xuanlin dug his ears lazily, blew on his fingertips, and sighed: "Since this is the case, there is no other way."

He raised his foot casually, and landed gently on the steamy and sandy mountain road, and said, "Then, I'll go to your Miao Village to find my son myself."

This light step was like a drop of cold water falling into a boiling oil pan, and the Miao people were all stirred up in an instant!Countless muskets aimed at Xuanlin in an instant, and the Miao people's angry roar echoed in the valley for a long time like thunder!

At this moment, a distressed teenager's voice rang out in a panic: "Hey! Wait! Wait, old man!"

Countless eyes looked at it at the same time, and saw a little mummy covered in bandages all over its body, hopping over with its legs together.

That jumping posture is so desperate and so funny, like a clumsy frog whose legs are bound by bandages, while jumping and crying lasagna: "Uncle Xuanlin——! Uncle Xuanlin, don't be impulsive, I'm coming! Come on, tell me, did you bring me chocolate balls—?!"

Xuanlin: "..."

Bao Weng: "..."