Chapter 154

"Lang Jun. Look, there are fish in the river. They are so fat." After Ajin finished speaking, he eagerly looked at Xu Yi behind him, wanting to ask for his consent.

The fish in autumn are plump, and this river is a branch of the Shu River. It is located in a remote place. If their donkey cart hadn't arrived here, it happened to be lunch time, and they wouldn't have stayed here.

So, they got out of the carriage, and Ah Jin followed the sound of water flow to the river bank.

The fish, which weighed a pound or two, swam among the aquatic plants on the river bank, bubbling from time to time.

Xu Yi lowered his eyes and looked at the fish swimming in the water and said, "Are you coming to catch them?"

"Lang Jun, I'll come." Behind him, A Xu tied the rope of the donkey cart and tied it to a cypress tree several meters high. On the tree trunk, come quickly.

Xu Yi was surprised. After all these years, why didn't he know that A Xu could catch fish?

Look at Xu Yi looking at him doubtfully.

A Xu said: "When I was young, my mother didn't like me and threw me on the river bank to wash clothes. I watched others fishing with tree branches and followed him for a while."

His fishing skills were not good, but his sister wanted to eat fish. Lang Jun looked like he also wanted to eat.

They have been out for two days and are about to arrive in Zitong County.

Along the way, they stayed in a restaurant at night and could only find an open space to rest and have lunch during the day.

It was rare for them to travel with their husband, and they were full of interest and curious about everything all day long. Looking at the Bishan cliffs at both ends of the Shu Road, the blue sky and the white clouds, I can't see enough.

Xiao Huang likes life in the wild very much. He often gets out of the car and runs around outside.

When he was tired from running, he came back with his tongue hanging out, lying on the top of the car, looking around with his yellow eyes.

Asu wanted to drive, but he also had to be wary of the surrounding roadblocks, as well as wild beasts and apes that suddenly jumped out.

However, he was still shocked by the unique scenery in Shu Dao.

Lang Jun often said that the world is vast and Yanting County where they are located is just a corner.

And after driving for two days, they just left Yanting County and went to the county and prefecture next door.

"There are no tree branches here that you can use to catch fish." Xu Yi looked around and saw only dry leaves on the ground, and no tree branches thicker than a thumb.

After hearing this, Ah Jin also started searching.

There were a lot of fallen leaves around, and it didn't take long for them to find a branch that looked pretty good.

A Xu took out a small dagger and started whittling it on the spot.

The weather at this time is not cold enough to need a heater.

Ah Jin looked at the fallen leaves that no one had picked up, and felt that it was a pity. If so many fallen leaves were placed in their village, they would have been snatched away, so that they would not accumulate here and become fertilizer.

Fishing takes time, and Xu Yi saw that the two of them had great ideas, so he ignored them.

He sat back in the carriage and continued reading the travel notes he hadn't finished yet.

The road was bumpy, so he would wait until the donkey cart stopped before reading, so as not to hurt his eyes easily.

Xu Yi opened the curtains and took advantage of the bright sunlight outside. He propped one elbow on the short table and held a book in the other hand, opening it silently.

After an unknown amount of time, Ah Jin got into the car and picked up his things.

She took the small stove for boiling water, opened the bamboo basket containing charcoal, picked up a few small pieces with iron tongs and placed them in the mouth of the stove, then jumped out of the carriage with it in her arms.

Soon, Ah Jin returned and took away the pottery pot and tea set.

Xu Yi raised his eyebrows and ignored them.

"Gulu gulu~"

After a while, the sound of water boiling was heard not far from the carriage.

Ah Jin carried the pottery pot back to the car, knelt down next to the short table, moved his hands skillfully and generously, and soon made half of the pot of hot black tea. She poured hot tea out of a clay pot and brought it to Xu Yi.

Then, Ah Jin anxiously went to find his brother.

Xu Yi flipped through the books in his hand, reached for the cup of hot tea, and took a sip.

Unknowingly, Xu Yi finished drinking the tea in his hand, and A Xu and A Jin came back happily.

"Lang Jun, brother caught a fish!" Ah Jin ran back holding up her skirt.

He gestured his arms towards Xu Yi with a bright expression, "That fish is so long, it looks like it's enough for us." For

today's lunch, Lang Jun and the others were able to eat fish.

As soon as the fish was caught, A Xu disemboweled it, washed the intestinal blood in the fish's belly with river water, and cut it into several pieces with a kitchen knife.

When they came out this time, A Xu brought all the kitchen utensils such as iron pots and clay pots for the small stove in the kitchen.

I also brought soy, vinegar, oil, salt and spices, just so I could have something hot to eat when having lunch outdoors.

The charcoal fire in the small stove was burning brightly. A Xu used his hand to test the temperature. When he felt it was about the same, he poured two spoons of oil at the bottom of the clay pot and put the fish pieces inside to fry.

When it was halfway through frying, Ah Jin brought over the condiments that he had prepared.

This is river fish, and the fishy smell is not strong, but A Xu still grabs the ginger and throws it into the clay pot. This ginger can not only remove the fishy smell but also improve the freshness. There will be a big difference between having it and not having it.

The fish pieces were quickly fried until they were browned on both sides, and the smell of fish emanated from the clay pot, which spread far and wide.

In the cypress forest.

There was a young man of thirteen or fourteen years old, wearing a fur coat so dark that the color could not be seen. He held a bow in his hand, a wooden arrow on his back, and a scimitar at his waist.

As he walked, he carefully hid behind an old tree, his black eyes staring at the weeds not far away.

Then, a gray rabbit jumped out of the grass.

The young man made a move, raised the wooden bow in his hand, pulled out the wooden arrow behind him, set it up and shot directly.

"Whoosh -"

there was a sound of breaking wind, and the gray rabbit was startled and wanted to run away.

Before it could jump away, the wooden arrow had already arrived in front of it and shot it.

The young man's tense face showed a smile, and he ran quickly towards the gray rabbit.

He grabbed the rabbit's ears and saw that the arrow was shot in its leg. He thought to himself, the rabbit was just about to run away.

He happily carried the rabbit back and suddenly smelled something fragrant. He stopped and twitched his nose to sniff the air.

The smell of grilled fish?

No, grilled fish doesn't taste that fragrant.

The young man followed the scent and saw that it was heading outside the forest. He thought about it and touched it carefully.

Outside the forest, there is an open space next to the Shu Road.

Xu Yi came out of the carriage to stretch his limbs and stopped by to see how A Xu was doing with his cooking.

After frying the fish pieces, A Xu sprinkled salt and pepper on them. From a pile of bottles and jars, he picked out a jar with "Cornus Powder" on it, opened the lid and shook some on top of the fish pieces.

After some operations, the fragrance floating in the air became even stronger.

A Xu took out the fish pieces and stewed a pot of mixed soup.

This soup has no other special features. It just contains vegetables, meat, and fungi. It is stewed with water spinach, dried bacon, and dried mushrooms sent by Mrs. Chen.

The smell is salty and fresh, not unpleasant, but rather appetizing.

Xu Yi felt a little hungry instantly. They only ate three meat buns before they came out of Di's shop this morning.

"Woof woof woof!"

Suddenly, Xiao Huang barked in the direction of the forest.

Xu Yi suddenly squinted his eyes and looked into the forest. The tall trees were intertwined and his vision was blurry.

But Xiao Huang doesn't bark for no reason. There must be something hidden in this quiet forest.

Is it a human?

Is it a beast?

Wild beasts would not appear in broad daylight, not to mention that they had lit a fire, so it was most likely that they were humans.

At this moment, Xiao Huang quickly swung his tail and rushed into the forest with a "woof" sound.

Xu Yi's eyebrows jumped and he hurriedly called to it: "Xiao Huang, come back!"

As his voice sounded, Xiao Huang reluctantly looked back at Xu Yi, her eyes seeming to tell him that there was movement not far away.

Xu Yi frowned, seeing that it didn't want to come back, so he had to walk over steadily.

When he came to Xiao Huang, he didn't squat down to comfort its head. Instead, he focused his attention on one of the trees that was too big for a single person to hold.

"Come out." Xu Yi shouted in a low voice.

After a while, a "puff" sound came from the other side of the tree.

There are indeed people hiding there.

Xu Yi touched his hand to his waist, where there was a dagger with a handle more than a foot long.

When Xu Yi was about to take out the dagger, there was movement on the other side, and a young man even younger than Ah Jin walked out from behind the trees.

The young man's face was dirty, with a few stains on it, but his eyes were sharp, staring straight at Xu Yi.

"Who are you?" The young man spoke in a not-so-standard Shu dialect.

Xu Yi said: "Let's go to Zitong County and stop here in time for lunch." After showing that he had no ill intentions, Xu Yi asked him, "Who are you? Why are you hiding here to peek at us?" The young man

said.

A shy blush appeared on Lang's face: "I, I smell the fragrance."

There were rustling footsteps behind him.

Half of Ah Jin's head popped up from behind Xu Yi, staring curiously at the young man who suddenly appeared here.

"Lang Jun, who is he?" Ah Jin asked, moving his eyes downward, looking at the rabbit ears in his hand, but the rabbit was no longer struggling, only its leg was injured and bleeding.

"Are you a hunter? Did you hunt that rabbit?"

The young man stood there stupidly, listening to Ah Jin ask him, his cheeks and ears turned red unconsciously, and he opened his mouth and said, "Uh , I... I... shot him."

After hearing this, Ah Jin looked at him in surprise: "Are you a stutterer?"

The young man's face turned even red: "..."

There seemed to be something wrong with his brain program. , and became confused.

Seeing him like this, Xu Yi did not let Ah Jin continue to amuse the child. He smiled lightly and said: "There should be many ferocious beasts in the mountains. It is best not to stay in the forest for too long while carrying the injured rabbit, lest the smell of blood will destroy these animals." Bring the wild beasts here."

After saying that, he took Ah Jin and Xiao Huang and turned back the way they came.

The young man stood in a daze under the tree for a long time, then carried the gray rabbit away in a daze.

He hadn't taken a few steps when he heard footsteps approaching faster from behind.

The young man drew his sword and turned around cautiously. Before he could swing the sword out, he saw who was coming.

He was stunned for a moment.

The knife lay between the two of them, stuck in the air.

Ah Jin was frightened by his sudden movement, and his smiling face instantly turned cold: "What are you doing? I just want to stop you and ask if you can sell the rabbit in your hand."

The young man was shy. She put away the knife and whispered: "I, I didn't mean to."

Ah Jin waved her hand, and she was not really angry: "You haven't answered my question just now, whether it will be sold or not."

" Sell." The young man was not in a daze this time.

In the past, when he hunted more, he would find others in the village and replace them with others. Some would give him two kilograms of rice with the husks removed. There is still a layer of skin on the outside of the rice, which makes it hard to eat and a bit harsh on the throat. He still prefers to trade prey for fish.

The fish he brought back were directly wrapped on wooden sticks and placed on top of the fire coals. They could be eaten after being grilled and sprinkled with salt.

The fragrance he smelled today was even more fragrant than the village chief's home.

Ah Jin heard that he was going to sell, and asked happily: "How much, I will give it to you."

The young man pursed his lips: "No, I don't charge money."

"Huh?" This time, Ah Jin was stunned. Staring in disbelief at the boy in front of her who was smaller than her.

"No money? Then what do you want me to give you in exchange?"

The young man blushed in embarrassment and swallowed more and more saliva in his mouth.

He gritted his teeth and said: "I want to exchange for the fish you cooked."

A Jin: "..."

"Lang Jun, Lang Jun, he wants to exchange for the fish his brother made!"

A Jin didn't even look back, holding up the fish The skirt stepped on the dead leaves and ran back quickly.

The boy's eyes followed her movements closely, and by the time he reacted, he had already followed her.

...

Xu Yi had a whim, and when he saw the rabbit in the young man's hand, he immediately had the idea of ​​​​testing A Xu and A Jin.

He asked Ah Jin to find the young man and ask if he could sell the rabbit in his hand.

Unexpectedly, Ah Jin would bring back such jaw-dropping news.

And the young man followed eagerly.

"Sit there, Ah Jin, go get him a pair of bowls and chopsticks." Xu Yi said.

When Ah Jin put the bowl and chopsticks into the young man's hands, Xu Yi said to him: "You said you wanted to trade the fish, but it took Ah Xu a long time to catch this fish. We have been waiting for a long time." , and waited until it was ready."

"I, then I..." The young man was a little panicked.

"Don't worry, I haven't finished talking yet." Xu Yi said, "If you are willing, I can give you some of the fish pieces in exchange, and there will be other food."

When they set off, Mrs. Lin was worried that they would be hungry on the way. I arrived and cooked twenty chickens for them.

The weather is slightly cold, but the chicken won't go bad even if it's been left out for two days.

Xu Yi wanted to take out the cooked chicken and the food cooked today in exchange for him.

Sure enough, when the young man heard that he could get so many things, he readily agreed.

The rabbit in his hand was already dying. At this moment, the young man let go of his hand, and the rabbit did not run away.

Lying on the ground motionless.

A Xu looked at it: "Lang Jun, is it dead?"

Xu Yi hasn't answered yet.

The young man stumbled and shouted: "No, it's still alive."

Ah Jin poked it and asked him, "Then why doesn't it move? Are you waiting to die?"

At this time, the young man Can't answer.

Xu Yi couldn't help laughing and said: "It is injured, and the surroundings make it sense danger. As a last resort, the rabbit will appear in a state of suspended animation, trying to get through, and plan to escape when the opportunity arises."

His explanation is different from others.

Not only A Xu and A Jin were listening carefully, but the young man was also listening curiously.

At this moment, he realized that these people were different from those he had encountered before.

They were all wearing clean and nice-looking clothes, and they smelled fragrant, the scent of incense that he had never used before.

The donkey cart they rode in was also huge, bigger than his room.

Xu Yi had been observing him, and the ends of his hair had turned a conspicuous red due to his attire and his year-round partiality for meat and fish and uneven nutrition.

It can be seen from the messy tail of his hair that the young man secretly cut his hair.

But it was not cut cleanly and it grew again.

However, Xu Yi didn't say anything more. When A Xu brought the soup to the young man, the young man eagerly lowered his head and ate it.

"..."

Under everyone's surprised eyes, the young man devoured the bowl of soup. He wiped his mouth with his dirty sleeve and stared straight at the clay pot containing the soup.

Xu Yi smiled and asked him, "Do you still want to eat?"

The young man's eyes moved. Can he still eat? He nodded without thinking: "I want to eat."

Xu Yi reached for the bowl, filled it for him, and said, "Since it's a deal, I want you to be full."

Then, he seemed to ask casually: "I My name is Xu Yi, a doctor. What's your name?"

The young man didn't look up and said vaguely while eating the soup in the bowl: "I, I don't have a name, they all call me Erqing."

Xu Yi was thoughtful and extracted some information from his few words.

This young man named Erqing is an orphan from a nearby mountain village.

His father was a hunter, and he followed his father up the mountains since he was a child. One time, his father went into the forest alone and encountered a heavy rainstorm. He lost his way and went deep into the forest. He was struck by miasma and could not be rescued.

Erqing didn't have to be an orphan, but his mother remarried to another village, and he was adopted by his uncles from the same clan.

Rather than saying it is adoption, it is better to say that it is using Erqinghui's hunting skills to lure prey.

They only used a little food to exchange a lot of meat from Erqing.

Xu Yi didn't know whether they took the prey for themselves to eat or to sell, but from what Er Qing said, it was not difficult to guess that these people took the prey into the city to exchange for money.

Ah Jin cupped his cheeks and listened, and couldn't help but feel sad for him when he heard: "They are good and bad, how could they bully you like this?"

Erqing was stunned: "They are very good to me."

"Huh? Do you have it ? It’s so hard to think about it, those people are clearly taking advantage of you, how can they treat you well?” Ah Jin’s eyes were filled with disbelief.

Erqing pursed his lips, lowered his head and stopped talking.

Xu Yi fell silent. A Xu and A Jin seemed to notice that he was in a bad mood and closed their mouths.

A long while.

The autumn wind rustled in the forest, but no one spoke.

Erqing suddenly raised his eyes to look at the sky, picked up the wooden bow beside him, stood up and was about to leave.

Xu Yi didn't let anyone stop him. He watched silently as the young man left.

...

As soon as the young man left, the body of the gray rabbit that was pretending to be dead moved and instantly resurrected on the spot.

Xu Yi caught it when it was about to slip away.

In an instant, the gray rabbit returned to its stiff state.

Xu Yi: "..." It's so easy to pretend to be dead.

He laughed for a moment, called A Xu and A Jin, and asked them: "You have seen how I deal with external injuries before. Now that this rabbit is in front of you, are you sure you can heal the wound on its leg?

" Hearing this, they all frowned and thought.

Ah Jin said: "Mr. Lang, how about stitching it with cotton thread?"

Xu Yi raised his eyebrows and looked at her: "Elaborate."

Ah Jin: "The wound was caused by a wooden arrow, and it bleeds." There's a lot of blood, and if I don't sew it up, I'm afraid the wound will fester. "

At this time, A Xu, who was next to him, suddenly said: "I think there is no need for sutures, just apply trauma medicine and wrap it with a cloth, and it will stop bleeding soon."

Xu Yi narrowed his eyes and asked them: " How can we save it without stitches or trauma medicine?"

A Xu: "..."

A Jin: "..."

Can we still save it without these methods?

Xu Yi looked at their confused faces and knew that they didn't react.

Clinical experience is not just about treating patients.

Small animals like rabbits are popular animals in many surgical experiments.

Still the kind of pitiful little guy who was quickly eliminated in various ways.

Xu Yi said: "If you can't think of it, just follow the method mentioned before and use only the method you think of to treat it. It will be cured within five days."

After that, he threw the rabbit to them.

A Xu and A Jin hurriedly hugged the rabbit that was pretending to be dead.

After hesitating for a moment, the two of them planned to use a handkerchief dipped in water to clean its hair.

After washing, they discovered that it was not a gray rabbit at all, but a light gray with white rabbit.

Maybe it had been wandering around in the woods for a long time, and its white hair turned gray, making it look like an ordinary gray rabbit.

When they returned with the rabbit in their arms, they saw Xu Yi already reading travel notes in the carriage.

The two of them divided the labor and cooperated, one treated the rabbit's wounds, and the other cleaned up the things.

Half an hour later.

Xiao Huang, who went into the woods to happily explore the unknown world, was summoned back by Xu Yi.

"Woof woof woof~"

Xiao Huang came back with a piece of bone in his mouth, put it at Xu Yi's feet, and wagged his tail crazily.

Xu Yi looked at the bone and felt his eyes go dark.

It was an adult's thigh bone. It had been dead for a long time and the bone had turned gray-black.

"Ah!"

A Xu and A Jin came up and were shocked when they looked at the bone.

"Xiao Huang, why are you picking up everything!"

"Lang Jun, are these human bones?" A Xu took a deep breath and looked at the bones that looked more and more familiar.

They studied medicine with Xu Yi. Xu Yi was writing medical records at his desk when he happened to receive a patient with a fracture.

He copied out the Chinese medicine books on orthopedics that he had read before, many of which he could draw the shapes of bones.

He had seen this bone in the Chinese medicine book compiled by Xu Yi.

"Yes." Xu Yi did not deny it. He took out a handkerchief, placed it on top of the bone, picked it up and examined it up and down in front of his eyes.

"Judging from the length of the bone, this is a man's thigh bone. He must have been dead for about three years." After that, he looked at Xiao Huang who was lying at his feet.

Xu Yi asked helplessly: "Xiao Huang, where did you pick it up from?"

Xiao Huang tilted his head: "Woof woof?"

Xu Yi: "..."

It seems that Xiao Huang also picked it up from everywhere.

It's normal for this person's bones to appear in the wilderness. After all, this is not a modern society.

Even in modern society, corpses dumped in the wild have never happened.

In the Shu Road, it is extremely common for someone to die here.

Xu Yi took the bones to the edge of the forest, dug a hole and buried them.

After doing this, he went to the river bank and washed his hands.

When he stood up, Xu Yi subconsciously looked back to see where his bones were buried. However, his peripheral vision seemed to catch something, and his head started to buzz.