"Silver Fox, come in quickly, see what I've found!"
Li Lanzhen shouted loudly outside.
No sooner had he finished speaking than Silver Fox rushed into the house, sword in hand.
When he saw the hole, he was also taken aback!
"Auntie, how did a hole appear here?"
Li Lanzhen told Silver Fox what had happened in this room.
Upon hearing this, Silver Fox turned and rushed into the hall. He paused in front of the stone table in the corner, in front of the character "Hua" carved on it, and gently stroked the character with a trembling hand.
He stroked every single one of the places engraved with the character 'Hua', then got up and rushed into the east room, standing at the entrance of the cave.
He said to Li Lanzhen, "Auntie, follow me, let's go into the cave and take a look."
The passage in front of the cave is not very wide, just wide enough for two adult men to walk side by side.
After walking about three meters, I saw a spacious cave of more than 200 square meters.
The room was filled with wooden shelves, and on the shelves were baskets filled with dried herbs.
There were also a dozen or so shelves filled with jars and pots.
They continued walking in.
After walking another three meters, another cave of more than 100 square meters appeared.
This cave should be a living room.
There was a wooden bed against the back wall, along with a table and chairs, and books were neatly arranged on the table.
There was a candlestick on the desk with a candle that hadn't burned out completely.
Of course, there were also writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones on the table.
Silver Fox slowly walked to the desk and picked up a dusty black wooden plaque from beside an open book.
A black tassel is tied to the bottom of the wooden sign.
A sudden inspiration flashed through Li Lanzhen's mind.
She took a step forward and saw Silver Fox pull a black rope from his neck, with a matching wooden plaque attached to it.
Li Lanzhen took a look and saw that both wooden plaques were carved with the character "Hua".
"Silver Fox, what's this?"
Silver Fox looked up and Li Lanzhen saw that he was already in tears.
She wondered if this place had some connection to the Silver Fox.
"Herbal medicine, medicinal valley, a wooden plaque with the character 'Hua' engraved on it."
These key pieces of information churned through Li Lanzhen's mind, and suddenly she remembered something.
"Silver Fox, wait a moment, I want to show you something."
With that, she vanished.
Li Lanzhen rushed into the space warehouse and took out the box.
In the blink of an eye, she was standing next to the silver fox again.
"Silver Fox, look at this."
Li Lanzhen placed the box on the table, opened it, and took out the same black wooden plaque.
Silver Fox took the wooden plaque and placed it together with his own and the three plaques on the table. They were identical, even the wood was the same.
"Auntie, where did you find this?"
Li Lanzhen sighed and said.
"It's a long story..."
"So, we put the skeleton into the coffin and brought this wooden box out, hoping to run into someone who knew them."
What a coincidence, we're from the same family!
Yes, this box contains all the items found by Li Lanzhen and her companions when they fell into a cave in an underground river during their escape from famine.
With trembling hands, Silver Fox forced himself to remain calm and took out several medical books and a notebook from the box.
He turned the pages one by one, looking at them and gently stroking them with his hands.
Tears fell drop by drop onto the paper.
He quickly raised his head, suppressing his tears.
She pulled a blue handkerchief from her sleeve and gently dabbed away the tears on the paper.
Then she raised the notebook in her hand and waved it gently, letting the wind dry the traces of tears.
A page fell out from the thick notebook and fluttered to the ground.
Silver Fox bent down, picked up the paper, gently unfolded it, and looked at it.
After taking one look, Silver Fox began to choke up.
Li Lanzhen could sense his grief and knew that he was holding back his tears.
Silver Fox calmed himself down and then handed the paper in his hand to Li Lanzhen.
Li Lanzhen didn't take it immediately, thinking that it was probably a letter left by Silver Fox's family.
But since Silver Fox told me to look, then it's okay to look.
So she reached out and took it. The handwriting was very neat. Li Lanzhen guessed at it, but only managed to get a general idea.
She guessed that the person who left the letter, the skeleton they found in the underground river cave, must be Silver Fox's father.
This letter was written to his daughter.
He instructed his daughter, who was also Silver Fox's sister, to raise Silver Fox well, and then they went to Youzhou to find King Rong.
Prince Rong will protect them, allowing the siblings to grow up quietly under assumed names.
Make them remember their grandfather's family precepts: they must never practice medicine again.
Then tell them that in the mountains northwest of Youzhou City, there is a gourd-shaped valley of medicinal herbs.
These are medicinal herbs that their grandfather planted here when he was alive.
The imperial court was unaware of this place, and outsiders knew very little about it either.
When the Silver Fox family encountered danger, the father of the Silver Fox family had already given a signal, and the entire family moved away.
That's why this place is deserted.
Later, he was told that when he grew up and saw this letter, if the Prince of Rong ascended the throne, he would also be able to do so. He was to ask Silver Fox to protect his sister and then go to find his uncle's family.
They were brought back to Hulu Medicine Valley to continue cultivating medicinal herbs.
As for this medicinal herb valley, should we inform Prince Rong so that he and his sister can discuss and decide what to do?
Finally, he advised them that the siblings should support each other, not seek revenge, and simply live their own lives well.
After reading the letter, Li Lanzhen's eyes also reddened.
What kind of dynasties are these! Look how they persecuted this family!
He handed the letter to Silver Fox and saw him with tears streaming down his face, struggling to control himself.
She went up to him, hugged him, and gently patted his back.
"Silver Fox, if you want to cry, then cry your heart out. Only I can hear you here. After you've cried, then live a good life."
As soon as Li Lanzhen finished speaking, Silver Fox burst into tears like a child.
Li Lanzhen held him and gently patted his back as if he were a child.
I didn't say a word, but I felt extremely sad.
This poor child!
Under Li Lanzhen's comforting words, Silver Fox gradually stopped crying.
Composing himself, he looked up at Li Lanzhen with embarrassment and said in a hoarse voice.
"Thank you, Auntie."
"Why are you thanking me, kid?"
As Li Lanzhen spoke, she handed him a bowl of spiritual spring water.
At this moment, the light inside the cave dimmed.
“Let’s go outside and talk,” Li Lanzhen said to Silver Fox.
Silver Fox nodded, then looked around reluctantly.
Li Lanzhen asked him, "Do you need me to store everything here in the secret place and put it in your medicinal herb field?"
Silver Fox shook his head. "Just leave it like that."
Auntie, please put this box back in the secret place.
As Silver Fox spoke, he placed the black wooden plaque on the table and the wooden plaque from the box into the box.
The two of them left the cave. Li Lanzhen still traced the character with her finger, and the cave door closed, becoming a perfectly sealed wall.
The two of them went into the main room and sat down at the stone table.
Li Lanzhen took out meat-filled sesame cakes and sesame cakes she had bought in Youzhou City from her spatial storage, along with a pot of tea brewed with spiritual spring water, and placed them on the stone table.
"Let's eat something to fill our stomachs and hurry back."
Li Lanzhen said, and Silver Fox nodded and said, "Okay, Auntie, after we go back, I want to go to Youzhou City tomorrow morning to see Uncle Hua."
"Are you going to find your uncle?"
"Yes, Auntie, I'm going to find my uncle's family. He took more than 100 people with him. They used to grow medicinal herbs in this valley."
Through Silver Fox's intermittent narration, Li Lanzhen learned about her family's past.
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