Chapter 156

Erqing held the corpse and remained motionless. The noise in his ears seemed to be far away from him.

He could no longer tell whether the bones belonged to his father, but he was not afraid.

Seeing the bones carefully gathered aside, he remembered what Xu Yi said to him.

It is said that the bones were originally scattered around, and only the head to the waist bones were stuck on the bamboo pole. It was unknown how long they were beaten by wind and rain.

His hunting range is not here. For so many years, he didn't even know his father was here.

At this time, the noise in the ears turned into a pushing and arguing.

"It's not me, I didn't kill him." Uncle Erqing's third clan was forcefully grabbed by the collar of his clothes. He was grabbed by the neck, and his face turned red quickly because of the difficulty in breathing.

"I...I...save...life..."

"Ahem..."

The villagers next to him stopped the man who suddenly went crazy. The group of people was in chaos, trying to separate the two.

"Brother Dashan, calm down first. Is there any misunderstanding here?"

"Yes, Sangou usually has dirty hands and feet at most. He doesn't look like he dares to kill people."

"Besides, Erqing's father But his brother, he can't kill his own brother..."

Er Qing's ears twitched, and his red eyes, which had not slept all night, were staring at the person who said those words.

It was his uncle from the Five Clan, a good old man in the village, but Erqing knew that these were all fake.

When he was at his uncle's house, he had the worst food. He was only given a bean cake with vegetable soup for every meal. But he still had to work. He was not that good at hunting at that time and often came back empty-handed.

He was disliked by the uncle of the five tribes for a long time, and was later taken away by the uncle of the three tribes who said he would treat him well.

He thought he had met a good person.

Er Qing was extremely disappointed. He staggered up holding the corpse, his eyes only stared at the person who was obviously retreating, and a smile as cold as frost appeared at the corner of his mouth: "Yeah, who would have thought that Uncle Sanzu would kill him?" Brothers."

"Er... Erqing?" Uncle Wuzu was frightened by his appearance.

Other unsuspecting people in the village also noticed that something was wrong.

It seems that this morning, when they received the news and later searched for the body, Erqing was too calm.

But why did he react like this to his best uncle from the three clans? Maybe they were hiding something that they didn't know about.

"Sangou, what on earth did you do?" Someone asked him, "Why are Brother Dashan and Erqing...did you really kill them?"

Sangou's heart was pounding and he went in panic. Look at the person next to you.

As a result, the man lowered his head, as if he was burying himself, as if he didn't exist.

"You! Just say something, don't pretend to be dead for me!" Sangou pushed the man fiercely. He was the one who was questioned just now, but he couldn't be the only one. This man also had the idea of ​​what happened back then.

He's pretending to be a grandson here. Could it be that he wants to pin all the charges on him?

Sangou suddenly became frightened. If this was true, he would definitely not be able to stay in the small mountain village any longer.

No, no, he couldn't admit it.

"I don't, I don't know anything."

"You ask him, he was also there back then, why are you only asking me and him..."

"Why are you asking me? Wasn't it your idea back then? "The man suddenly raised his head and stared at him with hatred on his face.

Sangou swallowed his saliva, his hands were trembling, his lips moved, and he almost bit his teeth into pieces: "You...what crazy talk are you talking about?"

"It's now, what are you still planning to hide? Back then, If you hadn't been greedy and killed Erqing's father, there wouldn't have been so many things!" The man seemed to be speaking arrogantly, but although he was nervous in his heart, he was calmer than ever.

Yes, that's right, none of this is his fault.

As long as the blame is placed on Erqing and his uncle from the third clan, then he is not the one to take the blame.

He seemed to have made up his mind and knelt down in front of the old village chief: "Village Chief, Village Chief, I, I am willing to say anything, please forgive me."

"Back then, San Gou saw that Er Qing's father seemed to have picked up some treasure. He wanted Erqing's father to divide the things, but Erqing's father was unwilling and said he wanted to return the things, so he borrowed a knife and took the opportunity to kill Erqing's father, and also threatened me, if If I don't listen, you will kill me..."

In order not to be silenced, he had to pretend to listen to Sangou.

Unexpectedly, Sangou was a madman, so he buried the body in the bamboo forest on the spot.

He went to the village again and said that Erqing's father did not listen to the advice and went into the miasma forest alone. He failed to come back and died in it.

Later, Dashan's brother felt something strange and suggested that he go to look for someone outside the miasma. He somehow managed to find his way into the bamboo forest and found the body.

At that time, the two of them did nothing but kill the man and buried him in a pit next to the stone.

For some reason, the bodies of both of them were pushed out by bamboos and bamboo shoots before they were discovered by the stranger.

How could Sangou be so slanderous? How could he be willing to suffer quietly after listening to his clever words and then biting back and blaming all the sins on him?

He got up and kicked the person aside, trying to continue kicking with his lame leg. Several villagers grabbed him, and everyone looked at him differently.

Sangou didn't notice, and kept insulting him, including "shit" and "bitch".

The more he scolded, the more everyone believed his words, thinking that it was all Sangou who did this.

The old village chief was so angry that his body was shaking. If his grandson hadn't been supporting him, he would have fainted.

Sad... His cloudy eyes looked at Erqing and Dashan.

This can't be any better.

...

"Lang Jun, they have been gone for a long time, why haven't they come back yet?" After Ajin finished feeding Xiao Huang, he saw that the sun had reached the top of people's heads, and those who left the village had not returned yet.

Xu Yi slowly read and drank tea, his frown gradually calmed down, and he just said: "It's a good thing."

When A Xu and A Jin heard what Lang Jun said, they were no longer impatient.

One of them began to prepare lunch with peace of mind, while the other took Xiao Huang to the river to wash the clothes he had changed out of yesterday.

She carried her clothes and came to the river bank. The women in the village had gone home early, and there was no one else by the river. Ah Jin chose a satisfactory position and squatted down, letting Xiao Huang play around.

"Don't run too far away. If I can't find you when I go back later, I won't care about you."

Xiao Huang called out "woof, woof, woof" several times, happily stepped on the pebbles on the river bank, and ran around to explore.

Ah Jin saw that it wasn't running around, so he didn't care about it.

After a while, she came back with the washed clothes in her arms. Seeing Xu Yi still reading the travel notes, she wrung out the clothes and hung them outside the carriage.

The weather is getting colder and the north wind is blowing, so the washed clothes are more easily dried by the cold wind.

Ah Jin thought, after a few hours, the clothes will be dried and put away.

Just then, the group came back.

Er Qing was in the crowd. When Xu Yi saw him, he didn't say anything and just watched quietly.

The attention of the villagers was no longer on these outsiders. The most important thing now was that Erqing and Dashan wanted to report to the government.

That's the reporting officer! For their village, the biggest official the villagers have ever seen is the village chief, so the reporting officer must report to the village chief.

When the village chief heard about this, he came quickly in an ox cart.

A murder occurred in a small mountain village. This matter had nothing to do with outsiders like Xu Yi, but when the village chief heard that the person who found the bones was Xu Yi, and Xu Yi was still a doctor, he called his son to invite someone over.

When Xu Yi arrived, the old village chief and several parties involved were there.

Uncle Erqing and the other man were tied and kneeling on the ground.

The two of them were dirty and messy, as if they had rolled in the ground several times.

Xu Yi glanced past them and looked at the chief, who was wearing a gray-blue cotton robe, had a beard, and looked to be in his forties.

His eyes stayed on Li Chang's head for two more seconds.

When the chief saw Xu Yi, he asked him to take a seat with a serious look on his face.

Xu Yi sat on the empty seat next to Er Qing. He glanced at Er Qing's too calm face, thoughtfully.

However, the next scene was different from what Xu Yi had imagined.

Unlike the serious and solemn promotion of the county government office, the village chief did not ask the person involved about the cause of the incident, nor did he check the bones or the modus operandi of the crime. He only asked the old village chief to describe what happened.

After hearing that Erqing's father and Dashan brothers were probably killed by Sangou, and that the people next to him were forced to be accomplices, the chief began to feel discouraged.

The three dogs were directly asked to do corvee service to pay for their sins. As for the other person, they were to do corvee service for ten years and could come back after serving.

Xu Yi: "..." Is the judgment of the case so casual?

Just when Xu Yi thought that this matter would just go away, the chief spoke again.

He waved his hands to drag Sangou and the other person who were paralyzed on the ground, and looked at Xu Yi with a smile: "Doctor Xu's trip here is quite tiring. How can he get used to living in a small mountain village?"

Xu Yi said calmly and calmly: "Thank you very much for your concern, Chief. Your stay is not bad."

The Chief asked, "Doctor Xu, can you come and sit at my home when you have time?"

Xu Yi said, "It is better to obey my orders than to be respectful."

I don't know what the Chief asked him to do. Xu Yi did not refuse.

He raised his eyebrows, and before leaving, he ordered A Xu to invite Er Qing.

Er Qing still had the same stern expression, with one eye extremely red, revealing some of his true emotions.

There was a chaotic sound in the village, as if a woman was crying.

Xu Yi turned a deaf ear and only asked him: "What are your plans in the future? If you continue to stay here, I'm afraid you will get into a lot of trouble."

Erqing slowly raised his eyes to look at him, the veins in his clenched palms bulged, and he suppressed He said emotionally: "I want to leave here."

"You are still so young, where do you plan to go?" Seeing this, Ah Jin felt a little worried about him.

Erqing shook his head, his face full of confusion.

Yeah, where can he go?

He knows nothing but hunting. Will he get better after leaving the small mountain village?

Xu Yi said: "I'm afraid it won't be easy for you to leave. You should pack your luggage first and see what you want to take with you."

Erqing stared at him with red eyes.

Xu Yi smiled lightly: "Maybe, I can give you a ride."

After that, he touched the young man's head and walked away.

They did not ride in the long ox cart, but in their own donkey cart.

Seeing his low-key and impressive donkey cart, the chief felt a sense of emotion in his heart.

A small traveling doctor, accompanied by two servants, seemed to be richer than his elder.

However, this is also why he invited the other party to his home.

In this era, qualified doctors were not short of money, and many wealthy families were rushing to see doctors. The medical fees and rewards they received were much better than those of low-level officials and government officials like them.

When they arrived, Xu Yi saw that the house in the village was more spacious and elegant than the thatched houses in the small mountain villages. It was a blue brick house.

There are several rooms surrounded by mud walls, in which poultry houses, pig houses, and cow sheds are built.

The bullock cart he rides in is owned by his family, and the driver is his youngest son.

After arriving at the place, the eldest son led the ox cart to the shed and fed the cattle with fodder.

There was also fodder in Xu Yi's carriage. A Xu tied the rope, ran to the back of the carriage, opened the door, and took two handfuls of fresh and good fodder to feed the donkey.

Bad, the donkey is picky and won't eat.

I don’t know who got this donkey’s temper.

Xu Yi touched his nose and pretended not to see the look A Xu cast towards him.

"Doctor Xu, please come in." The mayor had a good attitude. After inviting Xu Yi into the main room, he also asked his son to make tea.

His son looked at his biological father, then at Xu Yi, took out the only tea in the house, made two cups and sent them over.

After chatting for a while, Li Chang went directly to the topic.

He invited Xu Yi over because he wanted Xu Yi to see him. He had a strange hair disease. Every time he combed his hair, a lot of hair would fall out.

The originally thick hair has become sparse and sparse. If it is not cured, I am afraid that I will not be able to see anyone.

Hearing this, Xu Yi lowered his gaze to his head again.

Ancient people were also at risk of hair loss.

This person's long hair has moved back a lot, revealing a forehead that is not full and smooth.

The hairline is in danger.

Xu Yi looked away calmly and said, "Chief, wait a moment while I get the medicine box."

There are many reasons for hair loss, and it is impossible to determine just by looking at the appearance.

Xu Yi ordered Ah Jin to bring the medicine box, open it, take out the pulse pillow, and check Li Chang's pulse.

Soon, it was concluded from his pulse that his hair loss was symptomatic.

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, it is also called deficiency alopecia.

There are many causes and pathologies that lead to deficiency hair loss, such as Li Chang, which is a typical deficiency of kidney qi, causing the hair to become dull, thin, and fall off.

Xu Yi said slowly: "Li Chang, your pulse is heavy and thin. Are your waist and knees usually sore and weak?"

Li Chang's eyes lit up and he nodded quickly: "Yes, even if you don't move around much, your legs seem to be fine." Several miles of land."

Before he became a farmer, he used to work in the fields. He was lucky enough to study with a master for two years.

That year, there was a drought in eight villages in ten miles and there was no harvest in the fields. Officials were sent down from above. Seeing that he was smart, the official promoted him to be the head of the village.

His family changed its structure from then on. Within a few years, they built a big house and lived in a brick house.

Naturally, even though the head of this mountain village seems to be the biggest official, he doesn't have much money.

His family was able to grow up because he bought a lot of fertile land at low prices due to his status as the head of the village. They also gave these fertile land tenants to farmers without land, and by collecting the tenant tax, they could live a good life that was the envy of villages ten miles away.

Naturally, Xu Yi didn't know this, so it was a bit of a surprise when he was diagnosed with nutritional alopecia.

Xu Yi continued: "This is a symptom of insufficient kidney qi. The internal organs of the human body are integrated into one body and mutually reinforcing each other. If one of them has a problem, there will be an imbalance."

"Is this the reason for hair loss...? "The chief asked uncertainly.

Xu Yi nodded and said: "The hair has lost its support and is scorched and falling. It needs internal treatment and adjustment to make up for the loss of Qi and blood."

Li Chang shook his hands and felt hopeful that his hair was finally saved: "Can I ask Dr. Xu to help me?" Prescription."

"Easy to say." Xu Yi did not refuse and immediately took out the paper and pen.

Ah Jin was pouring water and grinding the ink for him. Xu Yi took the pen and quickly wrote down a prescription made of Bazhen Decoction.

Remove the expensive medicinal ingredient ginseng and use Codonopsis pilosula instead, and then use several herbs such as roasted astragalus, polygonatum, cooked polygonum multiflorum, dodder seed, astragalus and black sesame.

This prescription is mainly used to replenish qi, nourish blood, and build up true energy.

Xu Yi told the director that as long as the deficiency of kidney qi is taken care of, the hair will naturally stop falling out.

The chief took the prescription and read it carefully. There were several words in it that he did not recognize.

But it doesn't matter, as long as the doctor at the medical clinic in town can understand it.

The chief happily put away the prescription and asked Xu Yi to stay for a meal before leaving.

Xu Yi didn't stay. After collecting the consultation fee, he got on the donkey cart and left the Li Chang's house.

The donkey cart is heading back to the small mountain village.

In the carriage, Ah Jin was holding a gray and white rabbit and cleaning and bandaging the rabbit's wounds.

Yesterday, Xu Yi was going to take a test on them. When A Xu and A Jin were treating the rabbit's wounds, they couldn't use the ointment prepared in the car.

Ah Jin went to the edge of the forest, dug up an herb to stop bleeding, mashed it, and applied it to the wound.

When he opened the bandage, a complex smell of fishy smell mixed with herbs came out.

Ah Jin held his breath and examined carefully, and found that the wound hit by the wooden arrow had a thin layer of blood scab on the outside.

"Lang Jun, look, the wound is better." Ah Jin happily held the rabbit and showed it to Xu Yi.

Xu Yi raised his eyebrows with approval in his eyes: "Not bad, keep working hard."

After receiving Xu Yi's praise, Ah Jin sat back happily, put the rabbit in his hand on the soft cushion, and turned around to open the medicine box. .

This medicine box is not the one used by Xu Yi to treat people.

Instead, it was custom-made by Master Ji. It has five floors, and the space on each floor is not small. There are five small compartments, 5525, which can place more than 20 different medicinal materials.

Xu Yi brought all the commonly used medicinal materials with him. If they were missing halfway, he could replenish them little by little.

Ah Jin picked out the medicine to make the healing ointment, and in the slightly shaking carriage, he began to grind the powder and prepare the ointment.

It took her half an hour to prepare the ointment and apply it to the rabbit's wound.

The small mountain village has arrived.

A Xu drove the car to a stop, turned around and entered the car.

When he saw Ah Jin re-bandaging the rabbit's wound, he felt a little depressed and asked Xu Yi aggrievedly: "Lang Jun, my sister has cured the rabbit, what should I do?"

Xu Yi was stunned for a moment.

He wanted to test both of them, but now only Ah Jin had the experimental rabbit, which was not possible.

Soon, Xu Yi said with a smile: "Er Qing still has one, you can exchange it with him for money."

A Xu's eyes suddenly brightened: "Lang Jun, I'll go right away."

After he finished speaking, he I couldn't wait to find Erqing, for fear that if I went late, the rabbit would become someone else's.

Xu Yi: "..."

Ah Jin: "Brother left us here."

*

The dusk is dim, the black crows are crying, the wind is blowing the trees, and the fog, clouds and glow occupy half of the sky.

The small mountain village was as peaceful as ever. The villagers closed their doors and secretly talked about what happened today.

But they didn't dare to let their children know that two evil men had appeared in their village.

Now that the evildoers have been captured and sent to do corvee labor, their lives continue to go on day after day, no different from usual, except for light meals and simple meals, they have new things to talk about.

The only person who was worried was the old village chief.

He made it clear last night that he wanted to protect those two people. Erqing was a promising child in the village. Will he have a relationship with him because of this?

After hesitating for a moment, the old village chief went to Erqing's house on crutches.

When he arrived outside Erqing's house, it was dark, but the door was closed, and there was no light inside.

The old village chief panicked and stepped forward to knock on the door.

“Bah—”

The door was not locked, but closed gently. He patted it and opened it on his own.

With the small lamp in his hand, the old village chief saw that the house was quiet. Only the old table and chairs were still there, and the other wooden bows, wooden arrows and other hunting items were all gone.

He went to the room where Erqing slept, and the bed and quilt were also missing.

The old village chief sighed suddenly, and Erqing left the small mountain village.

...

On the Shu Road heading to Di's store outside Zitong County, a donkey cart with a lantern hung on it rushed to the outside of Di's store before it got completely dark.

The driver was a young man, wearing a smart narrow-sleeved shirt, with a belt that stretched out his waist, broad shoulders and narrow waist, and a tall and straight posture.

When he jumped out of the car, he could tell from his posture that he was a practicing martial artist.

On the corridor on the second floor of the restaurant, two merchant guards were standing. They heard the sound and came out to check.

Seeing that there were new guests staying at the hotel, he withdrew his inquiring eyes.

A Xu pulled the rope around the donkey's neck and led it into the courtyard of Didian.

The waiter who came out to greet me was carrying a sweat towel and asked with a smile if he wanted to stay in the hotel.

After the weather cooled down, the number of customers staying in the hotel decreased, and the service attitude of the di store became better.

Xu Yi then got off the carriage and saw the waiter in the shop. He remembered the last time when he followed Uncle Tang, Zhang Tiegou and Ah Fu to Zitong, and was caught up by Uncle Pang when he was halfway to the Di shop.

Time has passed and circumstances have changed, and the years and years have passed.

In a blink of an eye, not to mention him, even A Xu and A Jin were old enough to get married.

Xu Yi said to the waiter: "Please open three rooms for us, and ask for four pots of hot water and four meals. The food can be delivered to the hall."

The waiter said: "Okay, guests, please follow me. Come."

After he said that, he saw another person coming out of the carriage.

The man was wearing clothes made of animal skins, carrying a hunting bow and arrows on his back, and holding a patched bundle in his hands.

This man seemed out of place with the other three.

But the waiter doesn't care much, as long as these people can make money.

Once inside, they found a place to sit down.

A Xu and Er Qing waited for the room to be opened and then began to move the things in the carriage.

There was a lot of stuff in the carriage, and they went back and forth several times before they finished moving everything that couldn't be left in the carriage.

When they came back, the waiter brought the food ordered by Xu Yi.

A Xu sat down and complained to Xu Yi and A Jin: "The room this time is smaller than the last time. We moved our belongings up and there wasn't much room to stay."

Er Qing was stunned: "Is it small? "

A Xu: "..." He has lived in a good house in the past few years. The room is spacious, and there are inner and outer rooms. Separated by a screen, the outside can receive people who enter the room.

Suddenly, he realized that he had not thought of his previous home for a long time.

He put his thoughts back and said to Erqing with a smile: "That's right, the place where my sister and I live is much bigger than here."

Erqing couldn't imagine how big it was. He thought the room in Didian was already very good.

Xu Yi paid for today's hotel stay. Erqing felt a little sorry. He took out a tattered small cloth bag from his arms, opened it and poured out the money inside, which contained dozens of pennies.

He was a little red-faced, this was all the money he could get at the moment.

Xu Yi glanced at him and said, "Don't be in a hurry to return the money to me. We will go to the city tomorrow and we will stay in the city for a few days."

As for Erqing, it depends on what he has planned.